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Two Award Winning Boats Get Rigged Up for Summer Racing off Marblehead

5/22/2013 by Eleanor Lawson

• Boating

Boat of the Year 2011 and 2013 Rig Up for a summer of sailing/racing off Marblehead this summer. We were busy rigging up a C.W. Hood 32s at the Eastern Yacht Club recently when and we were enjoying the camaraderie of our friends aboard the J/70 that was also about… SEE MORE

10 Energy Saving Tips for Energy Awareness Month

10/8/2019 by US Harbors

• Coastal News
• Homes

By Linda Poppenheimer. This October, fulfill the promise you made to yourself earlier in the year to get serious about saving energy and reducing your carbon footprint. October is an ideal time to address your energy use for a number of reasons. First, you still have plenty of time to… SEE MORE

• climate change
• Green Energy
• sustainability

US Commerce Declares Fishing Disasters for 7 States

9/27/2019 by US Harbors

• Fishing

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross has declared fishing disasters for seven states on three coasts. “Fishing is the cornerstone of countless coastal economies and has been a way of life for generations of Americans,” he said in a brief news release Wednesday. “This determination acknowledges the… SEE MORE

• Fisheries

Crab Kings: Bering Sea Season Looks Strong Ahead of October Start

9/11/2019 by US Harbors

• Fishing

By Laine Welch. Bering Sea crabbers got some good news in advance of the season opener in mid-October. “We’ve been told that we will have a Bering Sea red king crab season. We don’t know what the catch will be yet but we understand that it will be reduced from… SEE MORE

• Bering Sea
• King Crab