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3 Boats I'd Like to Tow Home Today
Today is the last day of the Newport International Boat Show, and as always seems to happen at boat shows, I'm struck by just how many gorgeous yachts are available these days. With so many options to choose from, I decided to play a little game and pick just three… SEE MORE
Prepping a Classic
Even classics — or, perhaps, especially classics — need some TLC every so often, and the Fife ketch Belle Aventure got plenty of it recently at Wayfarer Marine in Camden. Here is a series of photographs showing what it takes to keep a classic like this looking and sailing her best. SEE MORE
Sailing Read Brothers Win RI Business Award
Brad and Ken Read, brothers from Newport who have become two of the state's most famous sailors, were honored September 15 for their work in promoting Rhode Island as a destination in which boaters can both play and get marine work done. The Rhode Island Marine Trades Association presented its… SEE MORE
Hunt 44 Wins 'Best New Powerboat' in Newport
We could tell that the brand-new Hunt 44 power yacht was turning some heads on the dock at the Newport International Boat Show, so it didn't come as a complete surprise when this new design won the show's "Best New Powerboat" award. Hunt Yachts also took the award for "Best… SEE MORE
Yachts of All Sizes Shine at Newport Boat Show
Every year, we are awed by the yachts that congregate in Narragansett Bay for the Newport International Boat Show. Just as New England boaters are coming to terms with the fact that the season will come to an end in a month or so, this in-the-water show allows them a… SEE MORE
Basking in the Splendor of September on the Maine Coast
I am prone to hyperbole, but I have to admit, when the month of September arrives on the Maine coast, a certain poignant smell — a mixture of spruce fir, ocean, and wild flowers — pervades the landscape and seems to take my breath away. It is the smell of… SEE MORE
Free Demo Sails to Be Offered at Newport Boat Show
C.W. Hood Yachts is pleased to announce that a CW Hood 32 Daysailer will be available for demonstration sails offered by Sail America’s Discover Sailing Program at the Newport International Boat Show, September 13-16, 2012 in Newport. “We are delighted to have one of our CW Hood 32’s available for… SEE MORE
Cape Cod Classic: The George Williams Skiff
Mention the term “skiff” to anyone who has lived around Woods Hole and they will immediately picture a George Williams skiff, a total old school classic and great for a multitude of purposes. The typical George Williams skiff is around 17 feet in length and made of painted pine plywood.… SEE MORE
Penobscot Bay Silhouette
The Fox Island Thorofare is always dependable for being fog-free, even when the rest of Penobscot Bay is socked in. Once you leave the Thorofare, on the other hand, it's another story, as I and this schooner discovered as we crossed paths between North Haven and Camden. SEE MORE
Former Cup Yacht Wins Again at Classic Yacht Regatta
We had a great weekend competing in the 33rd Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport on September 1 and 2. Blue skies and moderate but shifty winds welcomed a beautiful collection of classic yachts to Newport for the MoY Classic Yacht Regatta. We had tight racing in… SEE MORE
Sunday Morning at the Camden Windjammer Festival
I have as much fun in the rain as I do in the sun when I'm shooting. This past Sunday was drizzly and overcast but that didn't deter me from taking my relatively new 100mm macro lens to see what I could capture at this year's Camden Windjammer Festival on… SEE MORE
Schooner Mary Day Turns 50 and Gets a New Eagle
The schooner Mary Day, based in Camden, Maine, celebrated 50 years of windjamming on Sunday. The owners gave the boat a "present": a new transom eagle, lovingly carved by Don Dodd of South Blue Hill, Maine, and gilded by Capt. Jen Martin and her crew. The crew poses here with… SEE MORE
