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How to Find, and Catch, Early Season Stripers
I got out fishing Saturday evening. My main focus was to fish shallow, moving water. I got in this one Bay location where I had a small outflow spilling water into the Bay. The place looked like a nothing spot but with water movement, it had really produced for me… SEE MORE
Uncovering the Fleet
Spring has finally arrived in virtually all of our favorite harbors across the country, which means winter covers are coming off and fleets are being readied for the water everywhere. The boating season can't come soon enough for me; when is your scheduled launch date this year? SEE MORE
Maine Crews & Boatyards Savor Antigua Memories
The Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta has come to a close, and by all accounts the event was a hit, especially for the Maine boatyard crews — not to mention the publisher of the Magazine of the Coast — who made the trip to the Caribbean. In addition to the top-quality racing… SEE MORE
Summer Scene at Robinhood
This is a shot of Robinhood Marine, where for the past 10 years I've kept my boat. Looking forward to another great summer with owner Andy Vavolotis and Gordon Reed! SEE MORE
Japanese Boatbuilding Talk Planned at Museum
The Japan America Society of Maine (JASM) and the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath have teamed up to co-sponsor a talk by Douglas Brooks on Japanese boatbuilding. The presentation will be held at Maine Maritime Museum on May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Douglas Brooks has apprenticed with five different boatbuilders… SEE MORE
Perpetual Ocean: Better Than a Lava Lamp
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xusdWPuWAoU[/embed] We stumbled across this ridiculously cool video of the ocean currents in action around the world recently, and we can't help but share it. This video isn't something that you should use for navigation — it's even a bit less useful than Wind Map, in our opinion — but it's… SEE MORE
Yachting in Maine - The Way Life Should Be
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vJDHHrexIc[/embed] Every April, many of Maine's top boatbuilders and boatyards head down to Antigua to show the classic yacht crews and owners gathered for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta just how incredible the Maine coast really is. They spend the week proving that not only can Maine craftsmen build a… SEE MORE
For the Record: 10 Questions for an Ocean Racer
Dr. Stanley Paris is in a rush. Between running a marathon next month, launching a new 63’ yacht at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co. in Thomaston, Maine, in August, and entering several significant ocean races next year, he maintains a busy schedule. But the real challenge for him will begin in November… SEE MORE
Multi-Venue RI Boat Show Returns for Second Year
The Rhode Island Boat Show, a three-part event at Rhode Island marine centers in Warwick, Bristol, and Jamestown, will return to the Ocean State this weekend for the second year. The event takes place April 28-29 at Conanicut Marine Services inJamestown, Bassett Marine in Warwick, and Bristol Marine in Bristol.… SEE MORE
For Superyachts, Wood is Still Good
It's almost incredible to believe, but in the superyacht world a five-year-old boat can practically seem, well, old. Which is why it's nice when a yacht like Windcrest, launched less than a half-dozen years ago at Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine, keeps turning heads and winning awards. The 98'… SEE MORE
Striper Bliss: Two Casts, Two Keepers
You know the numbers of keepers are on the increase when you can hook two of them on back-to-back casts. It happened to me Tuesday night while fishing the Bay from shore with a Zoom fluke on a small jighead with light tackle. The two fish looked like clones. Both… SEE MORE
North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay
These are just a few of the thousands of images taken by the Provincetown Center for Coastal StudiesProvincetown Center for Coastal Studies Aerial Survey team. These surveys monitor the number and location of right whales in Cape Cod Bay so that researchers can determine the health of the population and… SEE MORE