Category: Travel

PARAMITA, Mike and Deedie Bouscaren's Harrier 29, floating peacefully on the Maine coastline.

Exploring the Maine Coast on a 29-Foot Classic

9/28/2012 - We love getting emails from new owners of Hunt Yachts. Here's one from a new Harrier 29 owner homeported on Mount Desert Island on the Maine coast: "This past June, after the Hunt team hosted a warm christening ceremony for our new 29-foot Harrier Paramita, I pointed her bow Downeast… SEE MORE

A perfect September day in Bucks harbor.

Autumn and I on Cape Rosier: A Match Made in Heaven

9/25/2012 - A dutiful and persistent traveler of the Maine coast, I am sometimes asked what is the most beautiful place I have seen on my travels. I often struggle, for their are far too many beautiful places to name just one. There are exceptions, however, locations which stand above the rest.… SEE MORE

The NJ Maritime Maritime Museum is just one of many great sights to take in during a stop in Beach Haven, New Jersey.

Beach Haven Offers Snowbirds a Historic Stop

9/21/2012 - Labor Day is behind us. Summer crowds are thinning out, but boat traffic southward and fishing is heating up. A good place in New Jersey to stop at is Beach Haven, a small town near the southern end of Long Beach Island. Here you’ll find two excellent marinas within walking… SEE MORE

Homes

The original clam cake bag, courtesy of John Howell.

SBA Accepts Offer for Future Park at Rocky Point

9/20/2012 - On Sept. 17, the U.S. Small Business Administration announced it has accepted the State of Rhode Island's offer to purchase 80+ acres of the Rocky Point property in Warwick. Some 40 acres have already been preserved along the coastline. The remaining acreage will be the future home of a state… SEE MORE

Without the noise of engines, the sounds of the natural world and noise of oar through water is almost deafening.

A Perfect Sunset Unfolds on the Maine Coast

9/17/2012 - Every now and then, the stars align and a perfect sunset unfolds. This one, just off the headquarters of WoodenBoat near Center Harbor was so vast, we thought we could row inside it. Then it seemed to bleed into the water around us and with one last stir of an… SEE MORE

This Back Cove 37 looked like something I could be quite comfortable aboard.

Yachts of All Sizes Shine at Newport Boat Show

9/13/2012 - Every year, we are awed by the yachts that congregate in Narragansett Bay for the Newport International Boat Show. Just as New England boaters are coming to terms with the fact that the season will come to an end in a month or so, this in-the-water show allows them a… SEE MORE

Sometimes there are invasive non-living things in tide pools.

Coastal Ponderings: Do Tide Pools Have To-Do Lists?

9/12/2012 - Living on a small farm, I am plagued with endless to-do lists. As I try to recall the demand of spring projects, somehow the fall seems even more crammed with immediate needs and wants. Of course the needs of putting up firewood, storm windows, garden harvesting, storing winter hay, and… SEE MORE

As you enter the museum, you see complete whale skeletons hanging above.

A Visit to the New Bedford Whaling Museum

9/5/2012 - While visiting the southern New England coast, consider a stop at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. After your visit to the museum, the historic section of New Bedford surrounding the museum has restaurants, galleries, and more. SEE MORE

A trio of schooners (with a fourth in the background) tied up at the public landing in Camden for the Windjammer Festival.

Sunday Morning at the Camden Windjammer Festival

9/4/2012 - I have as much fun in the rain as I do in the sun when I'm shooting. This past Sunday was drizzly and overcast but that didn't deter me from taking my relatively new 100mm macro lens to see what I could capture at this year's Camden Windjammer Festival on… SEE MORE

Schooner Mary Day Turns 50 and Gets a New Eagle

9/4/2012 - The schooner Mary Day, based in Camden, Maine, celebrated 50 years of windjamming on Sunday. The owners gave the boat a "present": a new transom eagle, lovingly carved by Don Dodd of South Blue Hill, Maine, and gilded by Capt. Jen Martin and her crew. The crew poses here with… SEE MORE