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For Sailors, Penobscot Bay is a Feast
Whether spending time in pristine coves or visiting historic, bustling, picturesque harbors, it’s hard to find a bad view from your cockpit or onshore anywhere on the coast of Maine. Then there’s our weather! Even before the last century, an exodus made the trek by sea or land from sweltering… SEE MORE
A Racer's Life: Newport's Kenny Read Back at the Helm
You might think that after 39,000 miles of racing a yacht around the world's roughest oceans, you'd get a little time off. Not so for Newport's Kenny Read, skipper of Mar Mostro, the Puma- and BERG Propulsion-sponsored entry in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. Despite dismasting in the race's first… SEE MORE
A New Adventure Begins for a Classic Fife Yacht
There’s been plenty of ink and attention paid this summer to the ultramodern go-fast boats being built these days, so it’s refreshing indeed when the sailing world turns out to honor the return of one of yachting’s grand dames. That was certainly the case in Rockport Harbor on July 21… SEE MORE
Stuck in Cape May — and Loving It!
One of the best things about cruising to Cape May by boat is that we often get stuck there. This is meant as the highest compliment: rough water in either Delaware Bay or the Atlantic can extend a Cape May visit by a few days. Tour, walk, read a book,… SEE MORE
Launch of Adventuress, Rockport, Maine
A crowd gathered in preparation for the launch of Adventuress in Rockport Harbor. Check back for a full photo gallery. SEE MORE
Downeast Fisheries Trail: Otter Cove Fish Houses
In the late twentieth century, both sides of Otter Cove, now part of Acadia National Park and a site on the Downeast Fisheries Trail, were lined with fish houses that supported as many as twenty-five families. Located in protected coves near fishing grounds, fish houses operated as staging areas for… SEE MORE
Sampling the Local Fish in Thomaston
Perched near the public boat ramp where the St. George River opens wide to the south, The Slipway is a relatively new waterfront restaurant in Thomaston. Opened by the former proprietors of the Dip Net in Port Clyde, The Slipway has some of the freshest fish around, much of it… SEE MORE
What Is Happening to RI's Stripers?
Log entry, July 15: "Sandeels by the millions have hit Narragansett Beach and the stripers have found them. Landed 32 bass on teasers and swimmers from shore. Most of the fish went 5-8 lbs., but had a number of keepers in the 10-12 lb. range. Action began around dusk and… SEE MORE
Adventures Afloat: South Bristol and Christmas Cove
Rutherford Island, located eastward across the Damariscotta River from Boothbay, is better known by the names of its two harbors, South Bristol and Christmas Cove. Both are important and complex enough that NOAA has charted them to 1:10,000 scale instead of the normal coastal 1:40,000. The central feature of Christmas… SEE MORE
7 Great Things to Do in Buzzards Bay
My favorite part of spending the summer here at the Woods Hole Inn is the opportunity it gives me to explore Woods Hole and Cape Cod. So when I found out part of my job was to take weekly driving tours and write about what I saw and did, I… SEE MORE
Build Up Your Fall Fishing Arsenal During Summer Heat
We're in a big lull right now in southern New England as far as shore fishing is concerned. However, better days are ahead as fall fishing is just around the corner. I usually begin getting ready for fall fishing in the summertime. I like to go into my cool basement… SEE MORE
Checking on the Puffins of Petit Manan
One of our most exciting endeavors on this lovely seabird island is monitoring the Alcid burrows around the perimeter of the island. Alcidae is a family of seabirds that includes Atlantic Puffins, Razorbills, and Black Guillemots, all of which breed here on Petit Manan. Unlike the terns that lay their… SEE MORE