Category: Culture

Whales putting on a show in front of volunteers at Race Point Light, off Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Lighthouse Volunteers Rewarded with Whale Show

4/2/2012 - Cape Cod Chapter volunteers took a moment from their work at Race Point Light Station on Sunday, April 1, to do a little whale watching. A few whales were really putting on an incredible show just a couple of hundred yards offshore! SEE MORE

8-meter boat no. 17 racing at Marblehead. © Leslie Jones/Boston Public Library

A Trove of Historic Marblehead Images

3/30/2012 - Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we're constantly discovering, and sharing, new wonderful collections of historic coastal images. This collection, from the Boston Public Library's collection of images by Leslie Jones (1886-1967) has some of the most stunning shots we've ever seen from in and around Marblehead. To see… SEE MORE

Florida Statewide Boating Conference Returns May 15-17

3/27/2012 - After a six-year hiatus, Florida's statewide boating and waterway management conference “From Stem to Stern” returns May 15-17 in Clearwater Beach. Whether new or experienced, attendees will learn the absolute most up-to-date information on proven techniques and sound strategies they can use to navigate the challenges facing boating and waterways… SEE MORE

Indiantown Island, a Great Discovery Near Boothbay

3/26/2012 - Indiantown Island is managed by the Boothbay Region Land Trust and is a great day stop for hiking or a picnic. The island has a small dinghy dock accessible at all tides, for dinghies, and a couple of miles of trails. The trails are well kept and the white blazes… SEE MORE

Crews install solar panels on the Pomham Rocks Lighthouse's oil house. The power generated will be used in a security system.

Pomham Rocks Light Goes Solar

3/22/2012 - This past week the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse installed solar panels atop the light station's oil house to provide power for a security system at the island. The work was performed by the Hamilton Ferris Company from Bourne, Massachusetts, with help from FPRL volunteers who also provided the boat… SEE MORE

A 26-foot Monomoy Surfboat undergoing restoration for the Nantucket Shipwreck and Life-Saving Museum.

Discovering Restorations in Our Own Backyard

3/20/2012 - All documentary films are journeys of discovery. Our film, "Wood/Sails/Dreams," has taken us off our island of Nantucket, across to Vineyard Haven, along the coast from Newport to Bristol to Wareham, and eventually up to Maine. Recently, though, we took our cameras to a little workshop on Nantucket. We met… SEE MORE

USHarbors recently received a strong endorsement from marine journalist Ben Ellison on his blog, Panbo.

Top Marine Electronics Writer Recognizes USHarbors

3/19/2012 - The USHarbors team was thrilled this weekend to discover that we'd been reviewed by Ben Ellison, one of the top journalists to cover the marine electronics industry, and that we'd passed his tests with flying colors. Now, in the name of full disclosure, we must make clear that we have… SEE MORE

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The steamship Katahdin, built in 1914 at Bath Iron Works, needs significant restoration to keep operating.

Help Save Maine’s Inland Steamship

3/13/2012 - Our radar doesn't usually reach all the way to Maine's northern lakes, but a report about the steamship Katahdin way up on Moosehead Lake caught our attention. Anyone who has ever passed through Greenville couldn't help but be startled by the sight of the 220-ton wooden ship tied up at… SEE MORE

Winter's light on the morning run to Isle Au Haut.

Every Day, Any Weather: The Isle Au Haut Mail Boat

3/9/2012 - Getting to Isle Au Haut is a true Maine coast experience. You have to cross the Eggemoggin Reach, drive over two bridges and two causeways, and hop two islands. All this before you even get to the mail boat, a 46-foot Jarvis Newman design that was made for harsh weather… SEE MORE

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Monhegan Island, Maine — Fishermen cleaning catch out of a dory on the beach. From a postcard

People and Vessels: Early Portraits of Monhegan Island

3/6/2012 - The people of Monhegan Island are and always have been rugged individualists who, for better or for worse, have needed to cooperate with one another. The island's name means "grand island." It sits isolated at the outside of Muscongus Bay, about 12 miles offshore. There's only one good harbor. By… SEE MORE