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The Thrill & Fun of Yacht Racing: H-Class Nationals
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RRFQZNGUZo[/embed] Here's a quick highlight clip of the 2012 H-Class Nationals, held at the Shelter Island Yacht Club on Long Island, New York. For a report from the 2013 H-Class Nationals, held in Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, click here. For more information about the H-Class and the fiberglass Doughdish… SEE MORE
Enjoying the Excitement of an August Striper Blitz
My brother Steve and I went out during the evening on August 14 in the boat along the RI oceanfront. Instead of going way offshore in deep water, we fished close to shore in about 20 feet of water. We hit the biggest August blitz of stripers I have ever… SEE MORE
Kayaking Maine's Outer Islands Off Tenants Harbor
Tenants Harbor is a beautiful place, and kayaking around the majestic islands that surround it is something else entirely. There's Northern, Southern, Mosquito, Seavey, High, and Clark Islands. There are small little anchorages like the Brothers, Spectacles, and Long Cove. There are magnificent houses down the shoreline of Harts Neck,… SEE MORE
Lobster Yacht Project Enters the Home Stretch
For most boatbuilding projects, seeing the light of day is a tremendous milestone and cause for celebration. Twist, a 45-foot lobster yacht that the crew at South Shore Boatworks has been rebuilding for two years, was recently moved outside and then relocated for finishing. When completed, this American lobster yacht… SEE MORE
Portland Hosts Maine’s Largest Regatta Ever
I’ve heard it said that the attention span of kids between 8 and 15 years old is decreasing as modern technology, especially hand-held devices, increases. This wasn’t what I witnessed during the USODA 2013 New England Championship, held August 5-8 at SailMaine in Portland! I saw three hundred-plus, focused, highly… SEE MORE
Restored Fife Yacht Shows Well at Marblehead
The restored 1929 Fife 8m Quest, which was restored recently at French & Webb, is off to a super start to the racing season. On August 10 at Marblehead she came in third overall out of 60 classic yachts participating in the Corinthian Classic Yacht Regatta, the first leg of… SEE MORE
Rain or Shine, It's Always a Fine Day at a Boat Show
If the 2013 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show was this much fun in the rain on August 9, in the perfect weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday, it's bound to be over the moon. There's always a nice mix at this boat show in Rockland. This year they've added… SEE MORE
Summer Parade of Big Fish Continues for RI Boat Anglers
It is amazing how many big fish have fallen to boaters this summer. If I had to guess, I would say there may have been over 100 stripers over 50 lbs. landed by boaters in the last month. Most of these big fish have been caught along the oceanfront and… SEE MORE
Two Jarvis Newman Sisters at the Marblehead Town Dock
We always love having C.W. Hood projects at the dock together, and when they're both Jarvis Newman yachts, it's a match made in heaven! Lionfish, at left in this photo taken at the Marblehead town dock, is a Jarvis Newman 46 built in 1978 by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company. She was… SEE MORE
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Gathers the Classics
Every summer, the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta draws classic wooden yachts from near and far to Center Harbor, home to WoodenBoat, Brooklin Boatyard, and a variety of other marine craftsmen who have made Brooklin the (self-proclaimed) "boatbuilding capital of the world." The 2013 event delivered a little bit of everything: light… SEE MORE
H-Class Nationals Deliver Fun on Martha's Vineyard
The H-Class Nationals were hosted in Edgartown on August 3-4 by Edgartown Yacht Club. The weekend was excellent, with Saturday providing plenty of wind and spray and Sunday serving up calm with blue skies and light winds. A fleet of 27 boats met to compete. Some traveling sailors rented local… SEE MORE
High Pressure Happiness On the Maine Coast
When the weatherman proclaims that a high pressure system will take hold along the Maine coast, it means that sunshine will appear and the sweet breezes of summer will blow. This week temps are in the mid 70s during the days and the high 40s during the star-filled nights. This… SEE MORE
