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Newport's Pre-Race Volvo Show In High Gear
Though the official race stopover in Newport won't happen until May 2015, the summer of 2014 is seeing plenty of Volvo Ocean Race action in the City by the Sea. Nearly all of the teams have chosen to use Newport as a destination for their transatlantic test sails before the… SEE MORE
Warming Waters Spell Blues and Schoolies for RI Fishermen
I fished upper Narragansett Bay this week and landed four schoolies that looked like clones — all in the 18-20-inch range. (They were all taken on Zoom flukes fished off a float.) Last weekend, I went down to the Cape Cod Canal with my son Ben and we each got a… SEE MORE
Hometown Team Arrives in Newport After Transatlantic
Team Alvimedica, with American skipper Charlie Enright of Bristol, Rhode Island, at the helm, sailed into Newport Harbor on June 9 following a challenging ten-day crossing of the Atlantic. A flotilla of local vessels welcomed the Volvo Ocean Race team at the Castle Hill Light entrance to Newport Harbor. The… SEE MORE
Best Tactics, Lures for Narragansett and Buzzards Bay Fish
In the last week I have been out quite a few times from shore and from the boat. Each time I fished I ran into a mix of stripers and bluefish. Right now Narragansett Bay has good numbers of bluefish in the 5-8 lb. range that are looking for the… SEE MORE
Battleship Cove - A Living Museum of Naval History
In the past few years, I have driven back and forth from the Cape to Providence, Rhode Island, countless times. With every trip through Fall River, I would see the large mast of the battleship USS Massachusetts just visible over the bridge guard rails and make another promise to myself… SEE MORE
At Last, Spring Striper Fishing Explodes at RI Shore
One spot. One night. One hundred fish landed. Any doubts that we would even get a spring migration were erased on May 2, as I saw a small army of fisherman hauling in one fish after another in a popular spot along the oceanfront. And, I didn't see just schoolies.… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse and Ted Fontaine Reunite for New Project
Cabot Lyman, owner of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company, and his family have had a working relationship with designer Ted Fontaine for nearly thirty years. The relationship started in 1983 when Fontaine, while managing the Ted Hood Design Group, drew the lines for the 55' ketch Janmar for a customer of Cabot’s.… SEE MORE
Newport Short-Listed to Host 2017 America's Cup
Newport is once again close to hosting the world's largest sailing regatta, as the City by the Sea has been short-listed to host the 2017 America's Cup. The city joins San Diego and, presumably, Hawaii as one of the final options for the site of the regatta, which was won… SEE MORE
First Stripers of 2014: When, Where, and How to Catch Them
I'm confident we will have a lot of stripers around sometime in the next two weeks. Those first arrivals will be schoolies, and they should be around in big numbers since they are abundant. Here's the scoop on what's to come: When: I know from keeping logs over the last… SEE MORE
RI Tall Ship Announces First Voyage Plans
What do the clouds tell us about weather? Where exactly are we positioned on the globe? How does sail trim affect boat speed and angles? Mariners of all ages will have the opportunity to answer these questions and more aboard America’s newest tall ship, the 200-foot SSV Oliver Hazard Perry,… SEE MORE
American Entry Gives RI a Volvo Ocean Race Team to Support
Bristol sailor Charlie Enright has delivered what Rhode Island and the rest of New England craved — a local team to cheer for in the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race. The round-the-world sailing race begins in October from Alicante, Spain, and will include a stopover in Newport in May 2015. Though the Ocean… SEE MORE
Reinvigorated Boat Show Opens in Providence
The Providence Boat Show opened at the Rhode Island Convention Center on January 31 with new management, more boats, and new attractions to help boaters survive what is proving to be a long, challenging winter. The 20-year-old show was taken over this year by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association,… SEE MORE