Category: Coastal Travel

Tidal Roots specializes in Stand-Up Paddleboards and technical fishing gear. Image by Kyle Schaefer at Tidal Roots.

Rockland Show to Feature Finest Maine-Made Products

4/18/2014 - Maine is the least densely populated state in New England, and that claim to fame often makes it feel like one big community. Our state is also fortunate to host an abundance of artisans who produce high-quality, creative products. The Maine Made Program, founded by the Maine Department of Economic… SEE MORE

Okoume is the African hardwood used in most of CLC's boat kits.

OkoumeFest: A Boatbuilder Rendezvous on the Chesapeake

4/11/2014 - It’s a springtime tradition: once the water of the Chesapeake Bay is warm enough to welcome small craft boaters, Chesapeake Light Craft, the boat kit experts, stages a two-day celebration of hand-built wooden boats known as OkoumeFest. The event’s name derives from the plantation-grown African hardwood used in thousands of… SEE MORE

Jigs and teasers will often lead to double headers. The action should begin in mid April.

First Stripers of 2014: When, Where, and How to Catch Them

4/7/2014 - I'm confident we will have a lot of stripers around sometime in the next two weeks. Those first arrivals will be schoolies, and they should be around in big numbers since they are abundant. Here's the scoop on what's to come: When: I know from keeping logs over the last… SEE MORE

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Life on the Coast 2014: New England is now available as a free download for Apple, Android, and Kindle devices, and on the web.

Second Edition of USHarbors’ Digital Magazine Now Available

4/4/2014 - USHarbors' annual digital magazine, Life on the Coast, is now available as a free download for iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and Kindle tablets. Like the 2013 edition, which has been viewed by tens of thousands of boaters and coastal travelers, this 132-page interactive digital publication is also viewable through any… SEE MORE

The new Hunt Yachts Southeast Sales & Service Office is located at the Hinckley Stuart Service Center in Manatee Pocket.

Hunt Yachts Opens Sales, Service Office in Stuart

4/4/2014 - Hunt Yachts is proud to announce the appointment of Capt. Sean P. Hickey as Regional Sales Director for the southeastern U.S. and the opening of the new Hunt Southeast Sales & Service Office in Stuart, on Florida’s Treasure Coast. This expansion is part of the strategic plan developed following Hunt’s… SEE MORE

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Maine Cat Introduces New 38′ Bridgedeck Catamaran

3/25/2014 - Maine Cat is excited to announce the introduction of our newest member to the Maine Cat family of open bridgedeck high-performance cruising catamarans. The new Maine Cat 38 has been designed to fill the void in the sailing multihull market for an affordable, go-anywhere, high-performance cruiser that can comfortably carry… SEE MORE

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North Point Yacht Sales, with offices in the Chesapeake and the Carolinas, will now offer yachts like the Southport 29CC.

North Point Yacht Sales Joins Southport Dealer Network

3/24/2014 - Southport Boats has partnered with North Point Yacht Sales to represent its full line of center console boats in the Mid-Atlantic region and the Carolinas. North Point Yacht Sales' multiple locations will offer sea trials for Southport's 27-foot, 29-foot and new 33-foot models beginning this spring. North Point Yacht Sales… SEE MORE

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The Northeaster Dory is comfortable and stable, with payload room for camp cruising and passengers.

The Ultimate Vacation: Boatbuilding in Sausalito

3/6/2014 - Some people might think it’s the perfect vacation. Chesapeake Light Craft, the boat kit experts, has a long history of offering aficionados of elegant small wooden boats the opportunity to bring home more than a tan and some photographs from a week away from the office. With the addition of… SEE MORE

Dusk in Rockport, Maine, reveals that Old Man Winter is holding on until the bitter end in northern New England.

New England Ready to Bid Farewell to Winter, Hello to Boating

3/6/2014 - Like many New England boaters, I love winter. Not only is it a time to enjoy other activities like skiing and skating, but it also provides a useful amount of downtime, a period when I can make my off-season "to-do" lists and then use the shoulder seasons to get some… SEE MORE

Excellence, a Lyman-Morse yacht on display at the 2014 Palm Beach International Boat Show.

Team Lyman-Morse On Display At the Palm Beach Boat Show

3/4/2014 - Team Lyman-Morse is headed south for a boutique boat show, the 2014 Palm Beach International Boat Show. When we signed up for this show we were excited to show Excellence (ex-Wombat) as a platform to showcase our work — and now the boat is for sale! Do not miss the… SEE MORE