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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

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

Upcoming Food Festivals Across the US

8/7/2019 by US Harbors

• Food

Here in the Northeast we are savoring the remaining days of summer  while avoiding thoughts of the cold months just around the corner. As we move into the height of food festival season we wanted to share a few of our favorites from across the US. Don't miss out on… SEE MORE

• festival

US Precipitation Record Hits All-time High in 2019

7/18/2019 by US Harbors

• Nature

Rain – and plenty of it – was the big weather story in June, adding to a record-breaking 12 months of precipitation for the contiguous U.S. It's the third consecutive time in 2019 (April, May and June) the past 12-month precipitation record has hit an all-time high. Here’s a snapshot of… SEE MORE

• flooding
• NOAA
• Rain