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Cape Cod Classic: The George Williams Skiff

9/10/2012

Mention the term “skiff” to anyone who has lived around Woods Hole and they will immediately picture a George Williams skiff, a total old school classic and great for a multitude of purposes. The typical George Williams skiff is around 17 feet in length and made of painted pine plywood.… SEE MORE

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My first False Albacore of the season, and hopefully not the last!

False Albacore Have Arrived In Rhode Island

9/10/2012

I had been hearing rumors about false albacore here and there along the Rhode Island coastline, but I hadn't actually seen one until Sunday, September 9. My brother Steve and I went out in his boat in some big rollers and found good numbers of false albacore tearing up the… SEE MORE

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Penobscot Bay Silhouette

9/8/2012

The Fox Island Thorofare is always dependable for being fog-free, even when the rest of Penobscot Bay is socked in. Once you leave the Thorofare, on the other hand, it's another story, as I and this schooner discovered as we crossed paths between North Haven and Camden. SEE MORE

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AMERICAN EAGLE leads the fleet. The former America's Cup yacht won the 12 meter division in a recent classic yacht regatta.

Former Cup Yacht Wins Again at Classic Yacht Regatta

9/5/2012

We had a great weekend competing in the 33rd Annual Museum of Yachting Classic Yacht Regatta in Newport on September 1 and 2. Blue skies and moderate but shifty winds welcomed a beautiful collection of classic yachts to Newport for the MoY Classic Yacht Regatta. We had tight racing in… SEE MORE

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As you enter the museum, you see complete whale skeletons hanging above.

A Visit to the New Bedford Whaling Museum

9/5/2012

While visiting the southern New England coast, consider a stop at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. After your visit to the museum, the historic section of New Bedford surrounding the museum has restaurants, galleries, and more. SEE MORE

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Hopeful Signs for Better Fishing In RI

9/4/2012

I 'm guessing we have turned the corner on the worst summer fishing for stripers that many of us have ever seen on the mainland shore here in Rhode Island. I got out twice this weekend. Although I hate going down on these crowded holiday weekends, I had to move… SEE MORE

  • Fishing
A trio of schooners (with a fourth in the background) tied up at the public landing in Camden for the Windjammer Festival.

Sunday Morning at the Camden Windjammer Festival

9/4/2012

I have as much fun in the rain as I do in the sun when I'm shooting. This past Sunday was drizzly and overcast but that didn't deter me from taking my relatively new 100mm macro lens to see what I could capture at this year's Camden Windjammer Festival on… SEE MORE

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Crew and the new transom eagle "Belle"

Schooner Mary Day Turns 50 and Gets a New Eagle

9/4/2012

The schooner Mary Day, based in Camden, Maine, celebrated 50 years of windjamming on Sunday. The owners gave the boat a "present": a new transom eagle, lovingly carved by Don Dodd of South Blue Hill, Maine, and gilded by Capt. Jen Martin and her crew. The crew poses here with… SEE MORE

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Visiting the New Bedford Whaling Museum

9/4/2012

While visiting the southern New England coast consider a stop at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. After your visit to the museum the historic section of New Bedford surrounding the museum has restaurants, galleries and more. SEE MORE

The tancook whaler VERNON LANGILLE beats from Camden to Rockland.

Labor Day on Penobscot Bay

9/3/2012

For Maine boaters, Labor Day is always a special holiday, as it represents not, we hope, the end of the sailing season, but nonetheless a reminder that the days are getting shorter and we must make the most of every hour afloat that we can. I was lucky enough to… SEE MORE

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A recent black sea bass caught in RI waters.

For Keeper Bass and Blues, Block Island Is the Best Bet

9/2/2012

Nothing has really changed recently in terms of fishing in Rhode Island. As I write this the temperature hovers near 90 degrees and the water along the Bay and oceanfront is like bathwater. So, fishing for stripers and blues is less than ideal, and downright slow in most places. However,… SEE MORE

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BELLE AVENTURE, a gorgeous 85' Fife ketch that has spent the summer in Camden, Maine.

Belle of the Bay: Camden's Fife Summer

8/31/2012

We've had quite the Fife summer here in Camden, with our own Sumurun being joined by Belle Aventure and, of course, Adventuress being the talk of the coast these days. Belle Aventure has had a bunch of work done recently at Wayfarer Marine, and she's looking absolutely gorgeous. Here are… SEE MORE

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