Category: Boating

Cockpit Cuisine: Joys of Al Fresco Dining on a Maine Cruise

8/31/2013 - Dropping the mooring pennant is the equivalent of an instant vacation for me. Like many vacationers, I like to eat out as a special treat. The difference is that I define “eating out” quite literally: dining out in the cockpit. It is common to see our boat at anchor with… SEE MORE

The Camden Windjammer Festival is a great opportunity to mingle with schooner crews and tour the visiting and local ships.

Fleets, Fireworks and Fun: Windjammer Weekend in Camden

8/30/2013 - Maine is fortunate to have more than its fair share of traditional sailing ships, but gathering them all together in one harbor can be quite a chore (many of this historic vessels do not have inboard power). For the past several years, the folks in Camden have managed to do… SEE MORE

From afar, North Haven Island is a distant patch of greens floating in a field of blues.

Savoring Midsummer Dawns in North Haven Harbor

8/28/2013 - North Haven Island, dead ahead, is a distant patch of greens floating in a field of blues. It’s not until we approach the Sugar Loaves, two plump rising islands in the Fox Islands Thorofare, that other colors bleed into the scene ahead. An ocre ring of rockweed glistens along the… SEE MORE

Lighthouse Marina, of Aquebogue, offers the entire line of Southport Boats' 27 and 29-foot center-console fishing boats.

Lighthouse Marina Joins Southport Dealer Network

8/27/2013 - Southport Boats, a division of Maritime Marine Group, LLC, is expanding its nationwide sales reach into the Long Island Sound area with the addition of Lighthouse Marina to its dealer network. Lighthouse Marina, of Aquebogue, will represent Southport Boats' entire line of 27-foot and 29-foot center console and express fishing… SEE MORE

SCARPA drag races through Hussey Sound during the 2013 MS Regatta. She placed third in racing division 2.

Racing for a Cure: Portland’s MS Regatta

Boating

8/27/2013 - Saturday, August 17, started out warm and sunny. Portland Harbor was calm, but not for long! Over 110 boats, including sailboats of varying lengths, lobster boats with super-fast engines, and large, powerful tugboats invaded the harbor for the weekend. The MS Harborfest event kicked off on Saturday morning with a… SEE MORE

Another brilliant August afternoon on the Maine coast.

Losing Track of Time and Loving It on the Maine Coast

8/25/2013 - As another brilliant August afternoon unfolded over the Maine coast this weekend, I found myself reclining in the sand while the cool waters of Muscongus Bay lapped over my feet. I had kayaked to The Brothers, a small chain of tiny and treeless islands about a mile off the coast… SEE MORE

Ladies Racing Series - Beverly Yacht Club

Sailing Style: Beverly Yacht Club’s Ladies Racing Series

8/23/2013 - The Beverly Yacht Club (BYC) in Marion has hosted a Ladies' Racing Series during the summer months of June, July, and August since 1946. A recent revival has grown the fleet to 14 Twelves, each skippered and crewed by ladies. Every Thursday afternoon, the fleet meets for lunch and then… SEE MORE

PREVAIL returns to Camden after a day of racing in the 2013 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous.

Third Annual Penobscot Bay Rendezvous Proves a Charm

Boating

8/22/2013 - Three days of fantastic sailing under cloudless blue skies and three nights of parties under starry skies lit by a waxing moon made for maybe the best year yet for the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, a three-day celebration of yachting held between Thomaston and Camden. Fifty sail and powerboats, almost double… SEE MORE

Perfect day, as competitors in the Penobscot Bay Rendezcous sail by the Camden hills.

A Rendezvous to Remember on Penobscot Bay

8/18/2013 - As my good friend Mark Abb and I set off from Rockport Harbor during the afternoon of August 17, we soon realized that we would be running right through the middle of the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, an annual regatta that features an incredible collection of sailboats, all dancing around gracefully… SEE MORE

Kayaking Maine’s Outer Islands Off Tenants Harbor

8/15/2013 - Tenants Harbor is a beautiful place, and kayaking around the majestic islands that surround it is something else entirely. There's Northern, Southern, Mosquito, Seavey, High, and Clark Islands. There are small little anchorages like the Brothers, Spectacles, and Long Cove. There are magnificent houses down the shoreline of Harts Neck,… SEE MORE