"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." If you’ve ever seen a remote-control boat skate across the water—or controlled one yourself—you know it’s ...

Each pointed a boxy radio control at his own DragonFlite 95, a meter-long vessel with a pointy sail like a shark fin. Sometimes the boats rounded markers made from painted Clorox bottles. Other times, ...

The racing season is short enough as it is in Chicago, especially those years when the spring thaw is agonizingly glacial and the fall cold snap comes too soon. It used to be that things got pretty ...

A light breeze is creating just a ripple on the surface of the big pond at The Oaks. Several sleek racing yachts vie for position to catch the wind. The “sailors” adjust their rudders and sails to ...

Tony Gonsalves’ thumbs caress the sail and rudder joysticks on his remote, making millimeter adjustments to his DragonFlite 95’s trim as he silently wills the 37-inch one-design through the leeward ...