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Chasing Autumn Leaves on North Haven Island
North Haven is an island of incredible beauty, a place where time slows and the hustle and bustle of the world seems oh-so far away. While beautiful to visit in the height of summer, when graceful sloops slide down the Fox Island Thorofare and elegant yachts anchor in Pulpit Harbor,… SEE MORE
Leaf Peeping on the Maine Coast, Megayacht-style
Foliage season brings millions of people to Maine each year, as the Pine Tree State's autumn colors are considered some of the best in the country. Plenty of those visitors arrive by boat, but most do not attract quite as much attention as the Rising Sun, a 453-foot megayacht that… SEE MORE
A Great Kayak Trip to Vinalhaven's Seal Bay
Seal Bay on Vinalhaven is one of those areas of the chart that my eye is drawn to, and once there, lingers for awhile as I realize how much shoreline is packed into those inlets and how little of it I've seen. I've paddled through it a couple of times,… SEE MORE
Singlehanded, Ultra-Green Yacht Nears Launch Date
Kiwi Spirit, the 63' ultra-green racing yacht that Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company is building for Dr. Stanley Paris' attempt to sail around the world nonstop, is nearing completion in Thomaston. As you can see from these photos, the topside paint is done, much of the deck hardware is installed, and finishing… SEE MORE
A New Coastal Adventure: SUP for a Day
I have a confession to make: I've been a SUP snob. For the past couple of years, I've watched more and more people paddling around my favorite harbors while standing up straight on a surfboard. I'll admit that I've looked somewhat askance at these vertically-inclined paddlers. First, while Stand-Up Paddleboards… SEE MORE
Exploring the Maine Coast on a 29-Foot Classic
We love getting emails from new owners of Hunt Yachts. Here's one from a new Harrier 29 owner homeported on Mount Desert Island on the Maine coast: "This past June, after the Hunt team hosted a warm christening ceremony for our new 29-foot Harrier Paramita, I pointed her bow Downeast… SEE MORE
Camden to Kodiak: Nordwind Transits Northwest Passage
I love walking the docks and hearing about the adventures that boaters either have in the works or are just completing, and surely one of the most ambitious that I heard in Camden Harbor this year was aboard Nordwind, the 86' wooden yawl originally built for the German Navy back… SEE MORE
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