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100 Years of Racing Herreshoff Sloops in Marion
This summer, the Beverly Yacht Club in Marion will host the 2015 H Class Championship. The event will celebrate 100 years of racing Herreshoff Twelves at BYC. In 1914, N.G. Herreshoff designed the 12½ for teaching younger boys how to sail on the rough waters of Buzzards Bay. During the… SEE MORE
Buzzards Bay Winter Scenes: Sunsets and Sea Ice
It's no secret that the Northeast has been cold this winter. Daily life has become an adventure for many of us dodging snowplows and playing musical parking spaces. We have watched storm after storm dump record amounts of snow across New England. At this point... I am done. It's been… SEE MORE
Following Three Schooners Into Spring
March brings us spring, and schooners like these will bring us to the 2015 boating season! This trio of auxiliary schooners — Juno, Rebecca, and Heart's Desire — were photographed off Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. For more photography by Benjamin Mendlowitz, including the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, and our other products, visit… SEE MORE
Cure for Winter Blues: Cozy Up With A Whaleboat
When winter is giving us its worst here in New England, is there any better refuge than a warm boat shop? Whether you're building a traditional whaleboat, like the folks at Lowell's Boat Shop did a couple of years ago, or working on your own craft, there's nothing like working… SEE MORE
Winter on the Coast: Prime Time for Cape Cod's Kiteboarders
With temperatures hovering in the 30s and winds gusting into the 40s recently, the Cape Cod kiteboarding faithful were incredible to watch. As I wedged myself out of the car, careful not to let the door chop off my leg with the next gust, I added another fleece layer to… SEE MORE
Doughdish No.1 Gets Some Fall Attention
After 41 years, Dovekie, Doughdish Hull No. 1, is getting some well-deserved attention this fall. Dovekie is the very first Doughdish produced by Bill Harding and Edey and Duff. She was launched in 1973 and has been owned and sailed by the same family since. To date, Doughdish has built… SEE MORE
New England Dragger, Mediterranean Yacht: Meet TWIST
Never in Bob Fuller's wildest dreams would he have thought that three years ago, during the dead of winter, he would be contacted by a Swiss physician about the possibility of rebuilding and converting a 40-year-old wooden lobsterboat into a yacht that would one day be going to Europe. But… SEE MORE
100 Years of Yachting History: 2014 H Class Championship
The 2014 H Class Championship was held August 8th - 10th and hosted by the Buzzards Yacht Club. This year's event celebrated the 100th anniversary of the Herreshoff 12½ design. Drawn in 1914 by N.G. Herreshoff to teach young boys to sail on the rough Buzzards Bay conditions, the little… SEE MORE
On Tour: New Southport 33 FE Center-Console Debuts
The largest yacht in the Southport Boats line of center-console fishing and cruising boats, the Southport 33 FE, has begun an East Coast tour of premier dealers and marinas. Beginning at Navtronics Marine in Kittery, Maine/u>, hull No. 1 of the Southport 33 FE has been taking interested customers, media,… SEE MORE
Arey's Pond: Six Decades of Boatbuilding on Pleasant Bay
In the early 1950s, Jim Kidd, a retired Coast Guard officer, built a home on the edge of Arey’s Pond, just off Pleasant Bay. He designed the basement to be a boat shop for his retirement years but he soon found that he was getting calls to fix and repair… SEE MORE
High Tides, Hot Fishing to Come at the Cape Cod Canal?
In the past few years, I have experienced some of my hottest fishing in the Cape Cod Canal on the June full moon tides. The full moon is this Friday, June 13, and the big tides, those with the single and double asterisks next to the low tides, will occur… SEE MORE
Serenity, On the Sand at Duxbury Beach
We love Duxbury Beach, located near Duxbury Harbor, for many reasons, including the over-sand permits that are allowed here. What's your favorite stretch of sand on the South Shore? SEE MORE