Category: Travel

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

To be able to make the 200-mile trip from Newport to Maine in one day takes power. This 42' jetboat delivered.

Jetboat Power: Newport to Maine in 9.5 hours

9/18/2013 - It’s the aspect of boat shows that most people never consider: Moving the yachts to and from the venue. On Sept 16, I was able to help deliver a brand-new 42’ flybridge motoryacht from Newport, Rhode Island, to Thomaston, Maine, after the close of the Newport International Boat Show. As… SEE MORE

Surfing 4 ft swells in Vineyard Sound. Photo by Deborah Elfers & George Moffat.

Taking the Burly Way to Edgartown

9/6/2013 - It has been said that the journey is half the fun. For some of the sailors competing in this year's H-Class Nationals in Edgartown, the journey was a bit more! A handful of the saltiest competitors made the trip to the Vineyard via Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, and Vineyard Sound.… SEE MORE

Cockpit Cuisine: Joys of Al Fresco Dining on a Maine Cruise

8/31/2013 - Dropping the mooring pennant is the equivalent of an instant vacation for me. Like many vacationers, I like to eat out as a special treat. The difference is that I define “eating out” quite literally: dining out in the cockpit. It is common to see our boat at anchor with… SEE MORE

From afar, North Haven Island is a distant patch of greens floating in a field of blues.

Savoring Midsummer Dawns in North Haven Harbor

8/28/2013 - North Haven Island, dead ahead, is a distant patch of greens floating in a field of blues. It’s not until we approach the Sugar Loaves, two plump rising islands in the Fox Islands Thorofare, that other colors bleed into the scene ahead. An ocre ring of rockweed glistens along the… SEE MORE

Another brilliant August afternoon on the Maine coast.

Losing Track of Time and Loving It on the Maine Coast

8/25/2013 - As another brilliant August afternoon unfolded over the Maine coast this weekend, I found myself reclining in the sand while the cool waters of Muscongus Bay lapped over my feet. I had kayaked to The Brothers, a small chain of tiny and treeless islands about a mile off the coast… SEE MORE