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Summer Plans: Boats for Everyone at Maine's August Show
Small boats and watercraft offer an intimate experience on the water that is unmatched in larger boats. The stroke of a paddle or oar can be your own personal connection to the lake, river, or bay. The motions are physical, but can offer a meditative rhythm or a mindless escape,… 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
Classic Herreshoff To Be On Display at WoodenBoat Show
L. Francis Herreshoff's design No. 53 was built by Britt Brothers in 1933. Only one hull was ever built and she sailed among the islands of Casco Bay with the family of Willoughby Stuart. The graceful lines and uncluttered simplicity are easily discernable characteristics of a classic L. Francis Herreshoff… SEE MORE
New Twist for Useppa Catboat Rendezvous: A Poker Run
A formula exists for a successful sailing regatta: light wind one day, heavy the next, good parties with even better food, congenial sailors, and tall tales told months later. Add a Poker Run as a bit of amusement, and you have a few hours of pure fun for everyone from… SEE MORE
End of Spring: On The Brink Of What All Mainers Wait For
Here we are! The summer solstice is around the corner, the temperatures are rising, and the boats are appearing in force once again. Here's to summer, the season all Maine residents wait for. Go for a hike, sit on the beach or get out on the water. Maine is too… SEE MORE
Sneak Peek at a Herreshoff P-Class Racing Sloop
Here is a sneak peak of the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, which will be available on July 1st. This is Joyant, a 581 x 11'6" N.G. Herreshoff-designed P-class sloop, racing in coastal Maine waters. Published annually since 1983, the 2015 calendar offers twelve never-before-published photographs of classic wooden boats… SEE MORE
Maine Maritime Museum: A Trip Downriver on Seguin
I love the coast of Maine for nearly endless reasons. After growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the cold water and rocky shores of Maine feel more like home than the long lines of cars traveling through my village on Cape Cod. My interest in history usually takes me from… 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
Tuesday Night Etchells Season Kicks Off in Falmouth
Portland Yacht Club members know the real sign that sailing season is about to start — when docks are in, the launches are running, and weekday racing kicks off! PYC hosts Tuesday night Etchells Fleet 27 races. Etchells Fleet 27 is one of the largest one-design fleets in Maine, with… 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
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
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
