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Salem To Host Fleet Of Rare Vintage Boats August 25-26

8/15/2018

The Antique & Classic Boat Festival is featured by Yankee Magazine this summer as its “favorite event” in all of Massachusetts! This is the Festival’s 36th year. It was founded in Boston in 1983 to celebrate that historic port and has since moved to another historic port – Salem, Massachusetts.… SEE MORE

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NEWPORT, R.I. (August 13, 2018) - With 51 teams registered to compete, the 2018 Ida L

Ida Lewis Distance Race Goes Big on Friday August 17th

8/15/2018

NEWPORT, R.I. (August 13, 2018) – With 51 teams registered to compete, the 2018 Ida Lewis Distance Race will create quite the spectacle of sail when it starts at 12:30 p.m. on Friday (August 17) between Fort Adams and Rose Island. Prior to the gun, Ida Lewis Yacht Club’s Race… SEE MORE

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Preparedness still key as more storms expected to develop

NOAA forecasters lower Atlantic hurricane season prediction

8/14/2018

Conditions in the ocean and the atmosphere are conspiring to produce a less active Atlantic hurricane season than initially predicted in May, though NOAA and FEMA are raising caution as the season enters its peak months. “There are still more storms to come – the hurricane season is far from… SEE MORE

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Growth at Great Island Boat Yard Creates New Opportunities

8/7/2018

Great Island Boat Yard is in search of full-time, year-round Finishers. We currently have an excellent team of yacht finish technicians, but wish to expand our team as our business contintues to grow. Duties include both varnish and brush painting on boat interiors and exteriors. Successful candidates will be detail… SEE MORE

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Women Sailors Heading to Austin for Sailing Championship

8/6/2018

Austin Yacht Club to Host 2018 USSCA Women's North American Championship Sept. 28-30 Austin, TX:  Women from around the country will be in Austin competing in the 2018 USSCA Women's North American Championship this September.  Austin Yacht Club is hosting the event on Lake Travis.  The Club is putting on… SEE MORE

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Artwork from the cover of TIDES by Jonathan White

Jonathan White, Author of TIDES: The Science and Spirit of the Ocean, to attend Maine Boat & Home Show

8/2/2018

The regular rise and fall of the seas is a phenomenon we are all familiar with. In fact, US Harbors is so intimately connected to the tides through our popular tide charts, it could be described as a website powered by the moon! The author Jonathan White explores humanity's connection… SEE MORE

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Friesland sailing barge 'Uiltje'

Distinctive Dutch Yacht, sealed and finished with West System and Epifanes

7/25/2018

An awesome photo from our counterparts at Epifanes in Aalsmeer, Holland including this beauty. This is a "boeier," a classic Friesland sailing barge with its signature apple-shaped bow. It's sealed with West System and finished with rolled Epifanes Poly-urethane Clear. Check out the swinging leeboard. These were designed specifically for… SEE MORE

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2017 Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival - photo courtesy Frank Conahan

36th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival - only one more month to go!

7/25/2018

You won’t want to miss it! Yankee Magazine has featured the Antique & Classic Boat Festival as its favorite event in all of Massachusetts!  More than 40 rare vintage sail and powerboats will be on display over the August 25-26 weekend at Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina in Salem, Massachusetts.  Come. … SEE MORE

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Best Beach Towns for 2018

7/12/2018

It's mid-July, and if you haven't been to a beach yet, chances are you're thinking about it. But where to go? Where is the best beach near you? What makes it better than the rest? Weather, house prices, crime rate, restaurants and more are all factored in to a report… SEE MORE

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Ghost sails Mystic Harbor with two other Barnegat Bay, NJ sailboats.Photo by Gretchen Coyle

New Jersey Maritime Museum's A Cat 'Ghost' Featured at Mystic Seaport Wooden Boat Show

7/2/2018

The New Jersey Maritime Museum’s A Cat Ghost, along with five other Barnegat Bay boats ranging in size from 12’ to the 28’ Ghost, were recent New Jersey ambassadors at Mystic Seaport’s Wooden Boat Show in Mystic, CT. How does a 28’ sailboat with no motor get north to Mystic,… SEE MORE

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Small Boat Love In 2017

Get Your Groove on at the Small Boat Love-In

6/25/2018

Are you a small-boat enthusiast? Do you love to show off your boat? If so, you'll want to trailer your beloved boat to Rockland for the 2018 Small-Boat Love-In – or SBLI for short. The SBLI is a groovy gathering of privately-owned power, sail, and human-powered boats under 22 feet… SEE MORE

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How is your summer so far? - Take our Survey

6/18/2018

Summer is finally here, and everyone is heading back out on the water. We want to be able to provide you with all the coastal information you need, and to do so, we've a few questions for you. If you have a spare 3 minutes we'd love you to tell… SEE MORE

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