Category: Travel

Hound - like new and ready for Caribbean racing!

A Range of New Projects at Lyman-Morse

12/10/2013 - The owners of Hound, a 60' aluminum sloop designed by Aage Nielsen and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1970, searched us out at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company for our metal fabrication capabilities. It was not a big surprise that this 43-year-old-boat needed some aluminum hull plates replaced. In order to… SEE MORE

After some TLC at Lyman-Morse, COOKIELICIOUS is off!

Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding: Getting Boats Ready for Fun in the Sun!

11/25/2013 - The hive that is Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding has been humming this fall. New projects both in and out of the marine world are in the works, a host of good sized powerboats are in for winter refit work, and we turned around a bunch of boats that are escaping the New… SEE MORE

Gloucester Dories are still a staple of the waterfront in this lively, unique harbor. For boaters, it's a great stopover.

Gloucester, the Original Working Waterfront

11/4/2013 - “It’s pronounced ‘GLOSS-tah’, not,…’gl-OW-stir’”, our friend Julia corrected as she swiped through my iPad and reviewed my destinations, including Gloucester, on Cape Ann just north of Boston. Like a second daughter to us, Julia is from nearby Scituate (pronounced, “SIT-chew-it”), and joined us for a few days of sailing on… SEE MORE

Every other slip appears empty as marinas suffer in the year since Superstorm Sandy.

Where Are the Boats? NJ Slowdown Persists Long After Sandy

11/3/2013 - A beautiful weekend day, and instead of a steady stream of Snowbirds heading south, I've seen just two boats — one of them under tow by my friend Rich at Tow Boat US. Much has changed along the Jersey Shore in the year since Superstorm Sandy paid us a visit, and… SEE MORE

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Georgetown, a Welcoming Stopover on the ICW

10/13/2013 - Snowbirds on the Intracoastal Waterway look forward to several idyllic stopovers on their way south — Beaufort, North Carolina, and St. Augustine, Florida, are just two that spring instantly to mind — but boaters looking for one of the warmest welcomes in the South know to set a course for Georgetown, South… SEE MORE

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A mini-boat under sail in Belfast Harbor.

Message in a Boat: Unmanned Vessels Crisscross Atlantic

10/11/2013 - Most people love the idea of sending off a message in a bottle, seeing where it goes and hearing back from the finders. But most of the time, the bottle goes off into the ocean and it’s gone forever. Maine-based Educational Passages has come up with a much better idea:… SEE MORE

63' Bruce Farr-designed ocean sailing yacht KIWI SPIRIT, built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co.

Sailing Yacht Arrives for Record Circumnavigation Attempt

10/7/2013 - There is a new girl in town! Kiwi Spirit, built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding of Thomaston, Maine, arrived in St. Augustine yesterday. You are going to be hearing quite a bit about her and her owner, Stanley Paris, in the weeks ahead. Dr. Paris plans to depart St. Augustine on Nov… SEE MORE

Heading out into the Gulf of Maine overnight is always exciting.

Stormy Voyage to Boston Across the Gulf of Maine

10/5/2013 - We had sailed a rollicking 80 nautical miles out of Port Clyde in just 10 hours. Then the GPS flashed 12.1 knots, as we surfed down another big wave. The fun was over. I had put my daughter and I in a pickle. With just the deeply reefed main up,… SEE MORE

Approaching Bath from the south. Doubling Point Light is at right.

Kennebec River Cruise: Around Arrowsic Island

10/4/2013 - Photographer Al Trescot loves the Kennebec River region and its people. Through his books and his articles, he has shared this passion. Last spring, I mentioned that I didn't know that region at all. He said he'd give me a tour. On an incredibly beautiful mid-September morning, we boarded his… SEE MORE

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The M/V ELIZABETH MORRIS will become a familiar sight in Narragansett Bay, including here, at Conimicut Light.

Save the Bay Welcomes New Vessel to Its Fleet

9/26/2013 - On a gorgeous fall day Save The Bay was pleased to gather September 25 at Fort Adams in Newport to christen the newest and largest vessel in its fleet, the M/V SEE MORE