Category: Coastal Travel

The Volvo Ocean Race Village at Fort Adams in Newport opens May 5. Photo by Dan Nerney.

Newport Ready to Show the Volvo Ocean Race to the World

5/4/2015 - On Tuesday, May 5, dignitaries, guests and fans of sailing gathered at Fort Adams State Park in Newport to open the Race Village for the Volvo Ocean Race Newport Stopover, the only North American stopover in the nine-month race. The Race Village is open daily, May 5-17 and is free… SEE MORE

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Maine Paddle Company Shaw & Tenney is providing paddles to everyone who finishes the 300-mile Everglades Challenge.

Maine Paddle Company Participates in Everglades Challenge

3/6/2015 - Expedition–style racing adventures in small human- and wind-powered boats. That’s what Water Tribe is all about. Every year rowers, paddlers, and sailors take to the water in four events: The Water Tribe Challenge. Shaw & Tenney, based in Orono, Maine, is proud to be playing a part in the biggest… SEE MORE

Buzzards Bay Winter Scenes: Sunsets and Sea Ice

3/2/2015 - It's no secret that the Northeast has been cold this winter. Daily life has become an adventure for many of us dodging snowplows and playing musical parking spaces. We have watched storm after storm dump record amounts of snow across New England. At this point... I am done. It's been… SEE MORE

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Auxiliary schooner JUNO, REBECCA, and HEART'S DESIRE, off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts.

Following Three Schooners Into Spring

2/27/2015 - March brings us spring, and schooners like these will bring us to the 2015 boating season! This trio of auxiliary schooners — Juno, Rebecca, and Heart's Desire — were photographed off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. For more photography by Benjamin Mendlowitz, including the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, and our other products, visit… SEE MORE

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The magnificent beach on Jupiter island.

Hobe Sound NWR: Discovering Solitude In South Florida

11/18/2014 - Amid the hustle and bustle of South Florida, there are splendid spots along the coast that offer a homesick Mainer the opportunity to hear nothing but the ocean, the wind, and the abundant wildlife that surround this tropical oasis on the southern end of the East Coast. Hobe Sound, in… SEE MORE

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Preparing for the Yarmouth/Royal River Dredging Project

11/13/2014 - The Royal River in Yarmouth is always a busy place, but recently it's been even more bustling as the marinas in the area prepare for a long-awaited federal dredging project. Falls Point Marine has been assisting the three marinas in the area — Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Royal River Marina, and… SEE MORE

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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

Fall Regatta Season Remains in Full Swing on Casco Bay

10/24/2014 - Pleasure boats are getting hauled along the Maine coast, but that doesn't mean that the sailing and racing season is entirely over. The weekend of October 18 and 19, for instance, was a busy one for high school sailing at SailMaine — and for SailMaine sailors! On Saturday, SailMaine and Casco… 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

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

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