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Sailor Adds to Support of Community-Access Sailing
Yachtsman James H. “Jim” Clark , internet pioneer and co-founder of Netscape Communications, continues to follow through on his promise with a $190,000 donation to Sail Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing Center. The Newport-based non-profit organization has been in operation since 1983 to provide public access to the sport of… SEE MORE
Navtronics Marine Group Joins Southport Boats Network
Southport Boats, a division of Maritime Marine Group, LLC, is pleased to announce the addition of Navtronics Marine Group of York to the Southport Boats dealer network. Navtronics will represent the Southport 27' through 29' Center Console and Express fishing boats throughout Maine and New Hampshire. Navtronics Marine Group approaches… SEE MORE
RI Native Appointed As Narragansett Baykeeper
Save The Bay, a community-based organization committed to protecting and restoring Narragansett Bay, announces the appointment of Tom Kutcher as Narragansett Baykeeper, a licensed program of the Waterkeeper Alliance. Kutcher will lead the prominent on-the-water advocacy and watchdog program for the organization. Kutcher brings extensive experience in coastal ecology from… SEE MORE
Swans Island In Quieter Days
These photographs were all selected from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company collection. The company's photographers captured images for postcard production and sought scenes depicting life in New England's small towns and villages. Swans Island has always been a fishing community (it's presently the homeport to about forty full-time fishermen).… SEE MORE
Avoiding Whale Strikes? There's an App For That
It's almost hard to comprehend how carefully we tiny humans must be when traveling around right whales, the massive cetaceans who make an annual migration from the Gulf of Maine down to Florida and the southeastern U.S. And yet impacts between ships and right whales are the leading cause of… SEE MORE
Rockport Crews Prepare for Antigua Classic Regatta
Every year some of the most beautiful classic yachts in the world rendezvous in Falmouth Harbor, Antigua, for five days of racing at the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta at the end of April. The excellent sailing conditions and warm weather are always a welcome respite at the end of a… SEE MORE
Great Art to Support a Great Coastal Area
There aren't many ski areas in the world where you can see the ocean from the slopes, but Camden, Maine, is one of them (it's actually the only ski area in the Lower 48 with an ocean view). And now, thanks to the generosity of a Maine gallery, you can… SEE MORE
Striper Fishing Has Arrived on the New England Shore
Over the past two days, I have been fishing for stripers at the ocean and had some great success. On Monday, I was there four and a half hours and landed nine fish. But the big news is that I had one fish that was a near-keeper that I landed… SEE MORE
Maine's Connection to Antigua Classics Goes Deep
The connection between Maine yachts and the Caribbean goes back centuries — the ice and cocoa trade was but one example of the way these two locations have worked together — but the bond between Maine boatyards and warm-water yachtsmen is no less significant. Wayfarer Marine, in Camden, has long been… SEE MORE
Two Days, Two Fifes at Wayfarer Marine
In two days, Wayfarer Marine has done something that not many other boatyards, if any, have done: launched a Fife one day and hauled another the next. Belle A’venture was first to go in the water after a brief period in the shed to wood the hull, paint the topsides,… SEE MORE
Eagle Begins Historic East Coast Tour
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America's Tall Ship, has begun its 2012 Training Cruise, which includes participation in Operation Sail 2012 and War of 1812 Bicentennial events in New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Boston, and New London. "It is an honor to participate in commemorating the War of… SEE MORE
Exploring a Hidden Gem: Owls Head
Sometimes small towns can go overlooked. And sometimes those same small towns can have an attraction that, were it located in a more well-known destination, would bring far more visitors than it actually does. Owls Head is one such place. The lighthouse and surrounding state park are both perfect places… SEE MORE