Category: Coastal Travel

Charleston was once a summer resort for plantation owners looking for cool ocean breezes. Today, it's still a great destination.

Cruising Back in Time in Charleston

6/22/2012 - Residents of Charleston are quick to tell you it’s the place where the Ashley and Cooper Rivers join to form the Atlantic Ocean. This confluence has created a peninsula rich in history, gracious in style, and welcoming to those visiting by water. While the cruise ship visitor will land on… SEE MORE

Great Spruce Island, with Islesboro in the distance.

Adventures Afloat: Penobscot Bay’s Northern Islands

6/20/2012 - Though settled for centuries and still enough of a community to have a mail boat, this cluster of islands doesn’t seem to have a formal name. Given that it’s just north of North Haven in north Penobscot Bay, let’s go with the reference some locals use: the Northern Islands. An… SEE MORE

Environment

The Downeast Fisheries Trail links forty-five sites of importance to Maine's fisheries, both historic and current.

New Trail Celebrates Maine’s Fisheries

6/20/2012 - The maritime heritage of Downeast Maine is celebrated and illustrated at forty-five locations in Hancock and Washington counties that are part of a new interpretive trail launched June 21. The trail recognizes the importance of fishing to Maine’s coastal communities. According to the National Marine Fisheries Service, the proportion of… SEE MORE

Don't cut Green daymarker No. 19 too close, especially when traveling north on the ICW.

Local Guide, Jekyll Creek: Navigating Green Marker #19

6/18/2012 - Traveling north thru Georgia on the ICW in the Jekyll Creek area is not as bad as it is made to be. Keep Green No. 19 about 30 yards to the east and look for the range. Do not cut No. 19 too close! I see barges come thru at… SEE MORE

Operation Sail 2012 Arrives in Baltimore

6/15/2012 - The much anticipated Maryland Star-Spangled Sailabration / Operation Sail 2012 event kicked off June 14 in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Over forty tall ships, smaller sailing vessels, and grey warships from the US and foreign countries are represented in the festivities, as well as dedicated shore events and displays. There are… SEE MORE

July fog rolls across Port Clyde Harbor.

Welcome to Summer on the St. George Peninsula

6/13/2012 - Summer in Maine seems to bring out everything about the coast that I love. The nights are soft and filled with glorious sunsets. The mornings are calm and the ocean is still. The wispy and sometimes thick fog engages in its battle with the blue sky above. The Village Ice… SEE MORE

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse

6/13/2012 - This is the last of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore. Built in 1855, the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse is the oldest screw-pile lighthouse in Maryland. This particular example is in fine condition, though it's lacking full access all the way up into the light itself. Other screw-pile lighthouses… SEE MORE

Culture

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor

6/12/2012 - This is the fourth of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore -- the US Coast Guard Cutter Taney, the last ship still afloat that fought in the attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941. Compared to the submarine USS Torsk, the Lightship Chesapeake and the USS… SEE MORE

Culture

Exploring Baltimore’s Inner Harbor – Chesapeake Lightship

6/12/2012 - This is the third of five entries related to the Historic Ships in Baltimore -- the Lightship Chesapeake. Unlike the USS Constellation, the Lightship Chesapeake isn't controversial and doesn't have any conspiracy theories swirling around her. Built in 1930, she was simply a lightship - and spent her long service… SEE MORE

Culture

Betty's Dream, shown here, will be among the vintage aircraft taking part in an airshow in Rockland on August 17.

Airshow Planned for 2012 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous

6/12/2012 - The world-famous Texas Flying Legends Museum will perform an airshow in Rockland on Friday, August 17, at 11:30 a.m. as part of the 2012 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous. The public will have a perfect view of the half-hour airshow from the Rockland Breakwater. Based out of Ellington Field in Houston, Texas,… SEE MORE