Category: Culture

Custom-designed interior by Newport Yacht and Home on the True North 34 OE.

Newport Designer Adds to Success of New Powerboat

1/22/2015 - Newport Yacht & Home is proud to have added to the success of the award-winning True North 34 OE with custom-designed soft goods, cushions, cabinetry, and surface finishes. Our goal was to create a unique look that was bold in color and pattern, but classic in style. Together with the… SEE MORE

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LIVELY LADY - 25' x 9'3" Abaco sloop designed by Edwin Albury and built by Edwin and Keith Albury, Man O'War, Bahamas, c1965

Warm Breezes and a Classic Sloop to Welcome the New Year

1/6/2015 - With much of the U.S. in a January freeze, we thought we'd share some blue Bahamian waters, sunny skies, and the Abaco sloop Lively Lady to welcome us all into 2015. The crew at NOAH Publications want to wish you the best in the coming year. For more soul-warming photography… SEE MORE

AIMEE LEONE (Interior) - 37' x 9'6" pilot cutter designed by Watts & Letcher, built by Philip & Son, Ltd., Dartmouth, England

A Cozy Cabin For December

12/3/2014 - The weather outside might be frightful in December, but the cabin of the pilot cutter Aimee Leone looks warm and inviting. For more information about the photography of Benjamin Mendlowitz, including the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, and our other products, visit us at www.noahpublications.com. SEE MORE

Waterfire in Providence: A Seasonal Celebration on the River

11/12/2014 - The sight is surreal.... Something between a post-apocalyptic film scene and an ancient tribal offering to the god of fire. You smell the fires first. The scent hangs thick in the downtown air. Dodging traffic and getting closer to the Woonasquatucket and Providence Rivers, the music echoing off the surrounding… SEE MORE

Doughdish No.1 Gets Some Fall Attention

10/27/2014 - After 41 years, Dovekie, Doughdish Hull No. 1, is getting some well-deserved attention this fall. Dovekie is the very first Doughdish produced by Bill Harding and Edey and Duff. She was launched in 1973 and has been owned and sailed by the same family since. To date, Doughdish has built… SEE MORE

The stunning view from the top of Mount Megunticook, in Camden Hills State Park.

My Fall Trip to Maine: Down East and Up the Trail

10/19/2014 - I was pretty excited for my last trip north. My normal route from Boston to Rockland was split up and I drove the more rural areas. The drive took me off Route 1 and onto the back roads of Maine I often skip by without a further thought. Traveling along… SEE MORE

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TWIST (formerly Hazel W III), at home on the Mediterranean.

New England Dragger, Mediterranean Yacht: Meet TWIST

10/8/2014 - Never in Bob Fuller's wildest dreams would he have thought that three years ago, during the dead of winter, he would be contacted by a Swiss physician about the possibility of rebuilding and converting a 40-year-old wooden lobsterboat into a yacht that would one day be going to Europe. But… SEE MORE

RI Tall Ship Passes Major Milestone Toward Completion

9/26/2014 - The mainmast of the 200-foot Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was stepped Wednesday, September 24 in a dockside ceremony at The Hinckley Company in Portsmouth, marking a major milestone in the completion of Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel that will serve students from across the country and abroad.… SEE MORE

The A-30's long overhangs make her a witch in light air.

Refreshing Take on a Classic Daysailing Yacht: The A-30

9/25/2014 - At Stephens Waring Yacht Design we're excited to be partnering with Artisan Boatworks to create the new A-30 daysailer. Artisan president Alec Brainerd has long been in love with the comfort, simplicity, and fine craftsmanship of classic daysailers like the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15s, and asked us to meld the… SEE MORE

Wolfe’s Neck Farm: A Photographer’s Journey

9/4/2014 - Wolfe's Neck Farm is located only a few minutes from the busy epicenter of shopping that is downtown Freeport, but once you get there you might as well be a world away from L.L. Bean and the hustle bustle. Here are some images that I took during a recent visit… SEE MORE

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