Category: Coastal Travel

A beautiful new launch by Pease Boatworks and Railway.

The Sights and Smells of the Boatbuilders Show on Cape Cod

2/10/2012 - It's a fact: You can tell how good something is by how it smells. And the Boatbuilders Show at Cape Cod smelled like boatbuilding at its best when it opened its doors on February 10, with the essence of fresh varnish, paint, and clean fiberglass greeting people as they walked… SEE MORE

An old sardine shack stands in front of the bridge to Campobello Island in Lubec.

As Far Down East As You Can Get: Lubec

2/8/2012 - East of anywhere, the town of Lubec has a frontier-like quality to it, especially in the middle of a Maine winter. Standing on the town dock, you can look right across to Campobello Island and up the mouth of Cobscook Bay to Canada and the islands of New Brunswick. On… SEE MORE

The passenger schooner Victory Chimes crosses our bow in the Fox Island Thorofare. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

A Sail Through History Along the Fox Island Thorofare

2/5/2012 - Someone planning to move their boat southward through Maine once asked me, “I won’t have much time to spend in Penobscot Bay, what is the one thing I shouldn’t miss?” That’s such a dismal thought, but my answer came quickly: “Sail through the Fox Island Thorofare”. The Fox Island Thoroughfare… SEE MORE

Culture

The Ice & Smelt Festival will be held Feb. 3-4 at Mailly Waterfront Park in Bowdoinham.

A Festival of Smelt, Ice, and Fun in Bowdoinham

2/1/2012 - Anyone who has lived through a Maine winter knows that you need to find your fun outdoors or you'll go stir crazy waiting for spring and, eventually, summer. Luckily there are a bunch of great festivals that actually celebrate freezing your butt off outside, and surely one of the quirkiest… SEE MORE

Environment

A late January sunset unfolds over Port Clyde Harbor and Muscongus Bay.

One Shimmering Moment: The January Thaw in Port Clyde

1/31/2012 - Every once in a while, a day will come in late January when you swear you can almost taste spring. It may only be for a brief moment, but there it is, and there is no denying it. It might be the light in the air, the shimmering reflections off… SEE MORE

Environment

Get the coal pot back to Thomaston, Maine for the party on July 3rd.

Lyman-Morse Announces Plans for Coal Pot Regatta

1/25/2012 - Yes, it’s January, so the folks at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston, Maine, are planning a summer party for the 3rd of July. Here is the scoop: The First Annual Coal Pot Regatta is open to any and all boats heading to New England in general, and Thomaston, Maine, specifically,… SEE MORE

An old boatyard at the northern end of the Pool, on Great Cranberry Island's eastern side.

In the Lee of Acadia: Welcome to Great Cranberry Island

1/24/2012 - Great Cranberry Island, a lovely oasis of sloping meadows, protected inlets, and rocky shores, is truly a place where you can escape the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Sitting just two miles off Mount Desert Island, GCI, as the locals call it, is the largest of the Cranberry… SEE MORE

A Cape Cod Knockabout sailing fast to windward in Hadley Harbor. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

Enjoying Knockabouts and Evening in Hadley Harbor

1/20/2012 - Woods Hole, the infamous current-ripped passage between Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay, gives me the willies. The combination of the racing current in the channel and rocks not far out of the channel is a bit too thrilling for me. But by timing our passage correctly, paying close attention to… SEE MORE

A fishing pier in Milbridge, home to clammers and lobstermen alike.

Pulling a Living from the Mud in Milbridge

1/19/2012 - His name is Richard Stanwood, his profession is clamming, and his home is Milbridge. A stout fifty-four-year-old who has been raking the local mudflats since he was 7, Stanwood wouldn’t have it any other way. “I was born right here in this town, over there on my kitchen table,” he… SEE MORE

Environment

CHRISTMAS anchored for the night in Lake Tashmoo, near Vineyard Haven on Martha's Vineyard. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

Lake Tashmoo: Part Hurricane Hole, Part Boater’s Playground

1/17/2012 - Dodging Hurricane Earl wasn’t our plan for visiting Lake Tashmoo in September 2010. We’d have preferred to enjoy this picturesque lake-like anchorage leisurely, as we had in the past. It’s a beautiful spot, one we like to linger in. Alas, on this trip we were headed into Lake Tashmoo for… SEE MORE