Category: Travel

Spring in Northeast Harbor: Boats, Blooms, and Bays

5/11/2012 - As the month of May progresses, things are happening in Northeast Harbor, and it's all about boats, boats, and more boats! Launching boats, sanding hulls, rigging lines, checking equipment, and taking the boats out for the first runs of the season. Under a sparkling blue sky, on a lazy Friday… SEE MORE

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A breathless June morning in Tenants Harbor.

Dreaming Away a Rainy Day in Tenants Harbor

5/9/2012 - Rain, rain, rain! That's all the sky seems to want to give us the past couple of weeks in midcoast Maine. The sun will appear for a day, then disappear for three days. The ground will begin to dry up, only to be blanketed with heavy rains a few hours… SEE MORE

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Cygnus II makes her way north in late March.

Greeting a Classic on Her Way North

5/9/2012 - A piece of history is docked at the Little Egg Harbor Yacht Club in Beach Haven, New Jersey. She is headed up to the 1,000 Islands, along the U.S./Canada border, with her congenial, capable owners Mike Wright and Jody Reynolds at the helm. If the Jersey Shore weather clears up… SEE MORE

Sunset at Marshall Point Lighthouse, Port Clyde

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5/7/2012 - Spring sunset at Marshall Point Light. SEE MORE

The U.S. Coast Guard Museum at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, home to approximately 6,800 historical artifacts, is due to reopen.

Coast Guard Academy Museum to Reopen

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5/7/2012 - The U.S. Coast Guard Museum at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London is scheduled to re-open to the general public Saturday, May 12, following a year-long abatement and renovation project. The museum will re-open its doors from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The $297,000 renovation was completed… SEE MORE

Naskeag Point, one of my favorite places on the Maine coast.

Exploring Brooklin’s Finest in Springtime: Naskeag Point

5/4/2012 - I will never forget the first time I came upon Naskeag Point. It was late May and I had come to Blue Hill to visit a friend for the afternoon. After our visit, I decided to drive down Route 175 to Brooklin, the self proclaimed "wooden boat capital of the… SEE MORE

Camden, Maine, where the mountains really do meet the sea.

Camden: A Full Appreciation

5/1/2012 - Camden is one of the most beautiful places on this earth, let alone on the Maine coast. I count it as a daily blessing that I can walk to the shores of Penobscot Bay, or hike the twisting trails of Camden Hills State Park. The light that hangs over the… SEE MORE

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Frenchman Bay crashes into the jagged shoreline of Acadia National Park, on Mount Desert Island.

Exploring the Treasures of Maine’s National Park

4/23/2012 - Acadia National Park is considered by many to be the most impressive destination on the coast of Maine. Founded in 1919 as Lafayette National Park and given the official title of Acadia ten years later, the park has long been a mecca for visitors and coastal enthusiasts who come to… SEE MORE

April showers bring plenty of May flowers to Port Clyde.

Looking Forward to May Days in Port Clyde

4/22/2012 - They say that April showers bring May flowers, and they are right, especially along the mid-coast of Maine. As I write this, rain is pelting the windows behind me, and the sky is a pale shade of gloomy. The temperatures are in the forties and the mercurial and downright unpredictable… SEE MORE

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DORADE, the legendary S&S yawl, proving her stuff on the racecourse more than 80 years after she was launched.

Maine Sailors Look Good in Caribbean Races

4/21/2012 - It can rain on Antigua, it can rain on the first day of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, but no matter, because as one competitor said to the contrite race committee, "sailing is an outdoor sport." The practice day was everything one would want from a day of sailing classic… SEE MORE