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ARTEMIS stands up to a gust in Newport Harbor during Hurricane Sandy. WHITEHAWK is in the foreground and REBECCA just astern.

Riding Out the Storm at Anchor and Ashore in Newport

11/2/2012 - Most boaters were able to haul their yachts or at, the very least, find a tidy basin to tuck their boats into before Hurricane Sandy's impact was felt on the New England shore. But a large yachts chose to ride out the storm in Newport Harbor, and Corinna Halloran's photos… SEE MORE

KIWI SPIRIT, a 63' sailing yacht built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co., rests at the dock in Thomaston.

Fast, Light, and Big: Circumnavigating Yacht Launched

11/2/2012 - “Weigh This.” That’s what’s scrawled all over the inside of Kiwi Spirit, the 63’ cutter launched November 1 at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston. Never mind the gorgeous red fir cabinetry and interior paneling or the flat-screen television bolted to the wall in the huge yacht’s luxurious main salon. Instead,… SEE MORE

Storm Scenes: Videos Show NJ, NY Hurricane Destruction

11/1/2012 - The scenes of destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy along the mid-Atlantic coast and Long Island continue to amaze and horrify us. Even with plenty of time to prepare for this storm, its winds and waves were clearly so powerful that most assemblies of wood, concrete, mortar, and nails were simply… SEE MORE

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Save The Bay's aquarium, located at Easton's Beach in Newport, was seriously damaged by the passing of Hurricane Sandy.

Newport Aquarium Damaged by Hurricane Sandy

11/1/2012 - As every Rhode Islander now knows, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our coastal communities – especially those along the southern shores of Rhode Island from Westerly to Little Compton. The effects of this storm are far reaching and will be long felt. Aquidneck Island was no exception. While we were… SEE MORE

Homes are flooded in Tuckerton, NJ, on October 30 after Hurricane Sandy made landfall on the Jersey Shore the previous day.

Storm Scenes: Hurricane Sandy at the Jersey Shore

10/31/2012 - As New Jersey struggles to get back on its feet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scenes from the Jersey Shore are starting to show the extent of the damage and the amount of time it's going to take to clean up and, in many cases, rebuild. Here's a gallery… SEE MORE

Coast Guard House Restaurant in Gansett was heavily damaged by Hurricane Sandy.

Storm Scenes: Destruction on the Rhode Island Shore

10/31/2012 - My brother Steve went down to Narragansett and the south shore to check out the damage on Tuesday, October 30. He checked out many of the fishing areas. Just about everywhere is either a mess or destroyed. Many of the roads along the beaches are impassible due to sand, rocks,… SEE MORE

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Ramp at Sail Newport, looking into Brenton Cove, on the morning of October 29 as the first impacts of Hurricane Sandy were felt.

Storm Scenes: Hurricane Sandy Arrives in Newport

10/29/2012 - The first impacts of Hurricane Sandy were beginning to be felt at Sail Newport and Newport Harbor in general on the morning of October 29, with the storm surge combining with the high tide to overtop several local roads and parking lots. Winds in the morning were only in the… SEE MORE

Just before the morning high tide, waves were crashing over the Rockland breakwater. With the storm surge, they overtopped it.

Storm Scenes: Midcoast Maine Prepares for Sandy

10/29/2012 - Though Hurricane Sandy looked like it would make landfall in New Jersey, the massive storm's impacts were already being felt on the morning of October 29 in midcoast Maine. A northeast wind had already stiffened into the twenty-knot range with gusts to thirty, and a quick check of Rockland, Rockport,… SEE MORE

Hurricane Sandy is proving to be as unpredictable as it is deadly.

Storm Prep: How to Track Hurricane Sandy

10/27/2012 - Virtually everyone on the East Coast is keeping an eye on Hurricane Sandy (the storm has switched between being a hurricane and a tropical storm a couple of times since it formed in the Caribbean Sea) as it zig-zags up the shore. The storm is generating plenty of sensational headlines… SEE MORE

Enjoying October’s Brilliance in Port Clyde

10/18/2012 - How lucky I am to live on the coast of Maine! To be able to watch the sun set over the balsam firs in Port Clyde harbor on a cool October afternoon is a privilege that I most certainly do not take for granted. Fall is a fickle time of… SEE MORE

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