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How to Build a Yacht in Three Minutes: Kiwi Spirit
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yN0--FL7qvE[/embed] How does a 63' yacht get built in 3 minutes and 27 seconds? Check out this video, filmed and edited by Billy Black, to see the time-lapse construction of Kiwi Spirit, a fast circumnavigating yacht designed by Bruce Farr and built for Stanley Paris at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in… SEE MORE
Access, Parking Still Problematic for RI Fishermen
As of right now, don't waste your time and gas heading to RI's south shore to fish. You'll be very frustrated with closed roads, access, and parking problems, all of which have not been straightened out since the hurricane. It's been a very slow response to get the beachfront parking… SEE MORE
Views of a Classic: Old Ironsides
The USS Constitution, known informally as "Old Ironsides" on account of her being a critical vessel in several American victories in the War of 1812, is the oldest wooden vessel afloat today. Still owned by the Navy, she's a three-masted heavy frigate, 165' LOA, of 2,200 tons. She was built… SEE MORE
Talk of the Docks: The New Hunt 44 Express Sedan
The Hunt 44 Express Sedan motoryacht has literally been the talk of the docks up and down the East Coast this year. This new yacht was recently recognized as the Best New Powerboat at the Newport International Boat Show in the “Newport for New Products” judging. Her display was also… SEE MORE
Sabre 48 Salon Express wins "Best Downeast Boat"
Sabre Yachts, based in Raymond, Maine, has just returned from the 43rd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show after quite an adventure with Hurricane Sandy. The highlight of the show was the Sabre 48 Salon Express winning Active Interest Media’s (AIM) “Best Downeast Boat: 45-55 FT”. AIM publishes some of… SEE MORE
Bay Fishing Returns, But RI Oceanfront Still a Mess
I am back to fishing saltwater. I got out on Friday and hit a number of places in upper Narragansett Bay, an area that received little damage from the hurricane. The water in the Bay was clean in most places, though there was some debris like leaves, sticks and trash… SEE MORE
Riding Out the Storm at Anchor and Ashore in Newport
Most boaters were able to haul their yachts or at, the very least, find a tidy basin to tuck their boats into before Hurricane Sandy's impact was felt on the New England shore. But a large yachts chose to ride out the storm in Newport Harbor, and Corinna Halloran's photos… SEE MORE
A Sizeable Haul at Front Street Shipyard
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tl22xrNKlXY[/embed] Photographer and videographer Billy Black stopped by Front Street Shipyard in early October and made a short video of us hauling a 94' steel motoryacht that came to Belfast for a five-week painting project. This was the biggest lift we've done at Front Street Shipyard and certainly pushed our… SEE MORE
Fast, Light, and Big: Circumnavigating Yacht Launched
“Weigh This.” That’s what’s scrawled all over the inside of Kiwi Spirit, the 63’ cutter launched November 1 at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston. Never mind the gorgeous red fir cabinetry and interior paneling or the flat-screen television bolted to the wall in the huge yacht’s luxurious main salon. Instead,… SEE MORE
Storm Scenes: Videos Show NJ, NY Hurricane Destruction
The scenes of destruction caused by Hurricane Sandy along the mid-Atlantic coast and Long Island continue to amaze and horrify us. Even with plenty of time to prepare for this storm, its winds and waves were clearly so powerful that most assemblies of wood, concrete, mortar, and nails were simply… SEE MORE
Newport Aquarium Damaged by Hurricane Sandy
As every Rhode Islander now knows, Hurricane Sandy wreaked havoc on our coastal communities – especially those along the southern shores of Rhode Island from Westerly to Little Compton. The effects of this storm are far reaching and will be long felt. Aquidneck Island was no exception. While we were… SEE MORE
Storm Scenes: Hurricane Sandy at the Jersey Shore
As New Jersey struggles to get back on its feet in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, scenes from the Jersey Shore are starting to show the extent of the damage and the amount of time it's going to take to clean up and, in many cases, rebuild. Here's a gallery… SEE MORE
