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Planning for Summer Means Planning for Storms
If you're like most sailors, April finds you making plans for the boating season ahead. You're probably scouring the charts and deciding which favorite harbors to visit this year, and which new destinations to plug into the GPS. I learned the hard way, though, that in addition to these dreamy… SEE MORE
Compass Project Launches Youth-Built Dory
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3NWGDcwt3s[/embed] Last June students from Casco Bay High School launched their Gloucester Light Dory built by students in an after school program designed to introduce students to engineering through boat building. This video, filmed by a crew from MaineToday Media, captures the excitement and pride involved with such a boat… SEE MORE
Welcome: Lots of Schoolies Appear at RI Oceanfront
There has been a trickle of fish all week along the oceanfront. But, the Mother Lode arrived today. My son, Ben, gets the first big numbers of the season in the Pickering family, as he fished the oceanfront today and came away with 25 schoolies. He was not alone in… SEE MORE
A Trove of Historic Marblehead Images
Thanks to the wonders of the Internet, we're constantly discovering, and sharing, new wonderful collections of historic coastal images. This collection, from the Boston Public Library's collection of images by Leslie Jones (1886-1967) has some of the most stunning shots we've ever seen from in and around Marblehead. To see… SEE MORE
Biennial Catboat Rendezvous Yields Fun, Champions
North vs. South. East vs. Midwest and West. Florida Chamber of Commerce weather with plenty of wind adding to the excitement. Excellent racing, good friendships, lots of food and drink. Even the Useppa Olympics! Everyone was a winner at the biennial Useppa Island Rendezvous, hosted this winter by the Useppa… SEE MORE
Cozy Cabin Comfort
Isn't this the coziness we're all striving for belowdecks? Sorry, this one's already under contract at Classic Boat Shop. But I'll bet there's another listing that would fit the bill nicely... SEE MORE
Seeing the Beauty of the Details: Cape Cod Catboats
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/31676425[/embed] Much of the magic of wooden boats is in the details: the way a mast heel fits into the step, the way a fastener bites into a frame. In this short clip, Bill Sauerbrey, a boatbuilder with Beetle, Inc., in Wareham, Massachusetts, explains the beauty of fitting such details… SEE MORE
Positive Influences: Halsey Herreshoff
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/31677175[/embed] The more we follow the threads of this story the more we are drawn into our connections with the past. What began as a short film about the old days on Nantucket and the first Opera House Cup has now added a new story element: The importance of preserving… SEE MORE
Newport Crew Strong in Brutal Volvo Race
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrKQgJykdO4[/embed] The Newport-based crew of Puma's Mar Mostro is looking strong as they hold onto second place in a brutal Leg 5 of the Volvo Ocean Race, from Auckland, New Zealand, to Itajai, Brazil. The leg has seen plenty of casualties so far: the crew of Abu Dhabi Ocean Racing… SEE MORE
New Toy for Weather Junkies: Wind Map
We've said it before, and we'll say it again: We are weather junkies. We love anything that helps us better understand the conditions around us, and the latest online gadget looks like one that will be fun to stare at for hours on end. We discovered Wind Map through an… SEE MORE
Oysters, Surprising Protector of the Bagaduce River
Native Americans called this place matchebiguatus, which means place where there is no safe harbor. They were referring to the currents and tidal flats and rocks and reversing falls of the Bagaduce River and Northern Bay. Depending on the tide, the river surges one way or the other beneath Route… SEE MORE
Savoring the Quiet Around Machias
Maine's Washington County is the place where the term Downeast becomes less of a myth and more of a reality. Towns like Cutler, Jonesport, and Lubec sit perched on the bold cliffs over the rough waters of the Atlantic. The lobster boats outnumber pleasure craft, and the working man outnumbers… SEE MORE