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Scenes from the Seattle Waterfront and Elliott Bay
Seattle is one of the busiest ports in the Pacific Northwest, but it can also be one of the most stunning. Here are some recent images from my trips around the waterfront in and around Elliott Bay. SEE MORE
Provincetown Lobsterboat Gets a Drop-Down Tailgate
Nauset Marine recently installed an aluminum transom tailgate on a customer’s 36-foot lobsterboat, Susan Lynn. The boat, a Calvin Beal design built two years ago by Sargent’s Custom Boats in Milbridge, Maine, was in the Nauset shop for about a month while crews completed the modification and performed other significant… SEE MORE
Florida Statewide Boating Conference Returns May 15-17
After a six-year hiatus, Florida's statewide boating and waterway management conference “From Stem to Stern” returns May 15-17 in Clearwater Beach. Whether new or experienced, attendees will learn the absolute most up-to-date information on proven techniques and sound strategies they can use to navigate the challenges facing boating and waterways… SEE MORE
Teaching Troubleshooting at Portland Yacht Services
In conjunction with the Maine Boatbuilders Show, staff at Portland Yacht Services conducted a troubleshooting competition that tested students' ability to untangle a variety of electrical problems within several console mockups. Participants included students from the Portland Arts & Technology High School. Other competitions held during the three-day boat show… SEE MORE
Cozy Classic on the ICW
We received this photo over the weekend from one of our owners enjoying an anchorage on the Intracoastal Waterway. By the way, he's in his 80s and recently bought the vessel from a couple in their 70s! For more information about Wilbur Yachts, click here. SEE MORE
Indiantown Island, a Great Discovery Near Boothbay
Indiantown Island is managed by the Boothbay Region Land Trust and is a great day stop for hiking or a picnic. The island has a small dinghy dock accessible at all tides, for dinghies, and a couple of miles of trails. The trails are well kept and the white blazes… SEE MORE
Spring Arrives on the St. George Peninsula
From Port Clyde to Tenants Harbor and up to Spruce Head, the winds of change are beginning to blow. Spring is officially here, and the prettiest peninsula in Maine is ready for it! Lobster boats are now heading out to deep waters again, their sterns loaded down with traps that… SEE MORE
Hunt Presents New Surfhunter, New Options
Based on customer demand, Hunt Yachts has added the Surfhunter 36 Coupe to its lines. The Surfhunter 36 Coupe builds on the already proven hull of Hunt’s Harrier 36 to offer more accommodation for extended cruising and is the eleventh model in production by this iconic American brand, all designed… SEE MORE
All in a Name
Once in a while, a boat's name perfectly sums up what we are all seeking at the coast. And aboard this gorgeous Hinckley, certainly most of us would find it. SEE MORE
Pomham Rocks Light Goes Solar
This past week the Friends of Pomham Rocks Lighthouse installed solar panels atop the light station's oil house to provide power for a security system at the island. The work was performed by the Hamilton Ferris Company from Bourne, Massachusetts, with help from FPRL volunteers who also provided the boat… SEE MORE
On the Hook, Under the Cornice
A Sabre 402, Princess, anchored in Fitzgibbon Cove, off the Behm Canal in southeast Alaska. What a beautiful sight! SEE MORE
Solo Sailor Enters the Homestretch
There are a lot of extraordinary sailors doing extraordinary things these days, whether it's the guys enduring a carbon-fiber pounding in the Volvo Ocean Race or the remarkable speeds being maintained in circumnavigations. But in our mind one of the most impressive feats to have been attempted in recent years… SEE MORE