SAN FRANCISCO -- -- SAN FRANCISCO -- Half a century ago, six men with no sailing experience climbed aboard an aging Chinese junk in Taiwan and survived a typhoon that nearly wrecked the little ship.
Even in our 21st century of supertankers and cruise ships lit like floating cities, Zheng He’s treasure fleet still inspires awe. More than 300 vessels with some 30,000 men sailed in the first ...
LE MARS, Iowa -- A Le Mars native is one of a crew of eight people sailing a replica of a 600-year-old Chinese war junk back to China after a successful 69-day sail from China to Eureka, Calif. Wendy ...