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Autumn and I on Cape Rosier: A Match Made in Heaven
A dutiful and persistent traveler of the Maine coast, I am sometimes asked what is the most beautiful place I have seen on my travels. I often struggle, for their are far too many beautiful places to name just one. There are exceptions, however, locations which stand above the rest.… SEE MORE
Celebrating Maine's Fine Friendships
Not many working boats have withstood the tests of time as well as the mighty Friendship Sloop. These salty fishing vessels once worked the waters of Muscongus and Penobscot Bays, and today a few of the early originals are still sailing, though now as private yachts. Here are two stunners… SEE MORE
My Dear Summer in Maine, I Bid Thee Farewell
It is always bittersweet when the summer season passes on the coast of Maine. Fall is such a beautiful time of year, and the surrounding hush that accompanies it is more than welcome, yet I always seem to bemoan the loss of balmy breezes and long days of light. The… SEE MORE
Speed Dream Becomes a Reality in Thomaston
The dream of creating a monohull capable of challenging the fastest sailing records in the world became reality this week when Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston, Maine, launched the first SpeedDream prototype. This 27-footer looks like part stealth fighter, part lawn dart, but if everything goes as designer Vlad Murnikov… SEE MORE
Big Things Happening on the Belfast Waterfront
Maine's newest boatyard has been busy over the past couple of months, loading several new, large refit projects into the big buildings here at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River in Belfast. From a 113-foot motor yacht to an 80-foot Swan, these projects will help keep the Front Street Shipyard… SEE MORE
A Perfect Sunset Unfolds on the Maine Coast
Every now and then, the stars align and a perfect sunset unfolds. This one, just off the headquarters of WoodenBoat near Center Harbor was so vast, we thought we could row inside it. Then it seemed to bleed into the water around us and with one last stir of an… SEE MORE
New Arrivals at Petit Manan Point
The north winds that we have been anticipating indeed arrived, and with them a moderate influx of migrating birds to our area. The American Goldfinch is a common backyard bird, and if you’ve kept feeders you’ve likely had some good views of these beautiful birds. This male is currently molting… 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
Coastal Ponderings: Do Tide Pools Have To-Do Lists?
Living on a small farm, I am plagued with endless to-do lists. As I try to recall the demand of spring projects, somehow the fall seems even more crammed with immediate needs and wants. Of course the needs of putting up firewood, storm windows, garden harvesting, storing winter hay, and… 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
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
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