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Thawing Out from a Maine Winter in Steuben
Spring is officially here, thank god. Even though this winter was rather mild, it still feels incredible when that first prolonged blast of warm air settles over Maine's small coastal towns and villages. If you are lucky enough to live on the coast, you know what this feeling is like.… SEE MORE
Maine's "Glass Eel" Fishery Opens
Beginning today, March 22, the shores of Maine's tidal streams will become ragged with fyke nets, mesh mouths open wide to the sea, hoping to funnel migrating elvers into their holds. An elver is a baby American eel, Latin name Anguilla rostrata. They hatch somewhere in the Sargasso Sea near… SEE MORE
On the Hook, Under the Cornice
A Sabre 402, Princess, anchored in Fitzgibbon Cove, off the Behm Canal in southeast Alaska. What a beautiful sight! SEE MORE
Solo Sailor Enters the Homestretch
There are a lot of extraordinary sailors doing extraordinary things these days, whether it's the guys enduring a carbon-fiber pounding in the Volvo Ocean Race or the remarkable speeds being maintained in circumnavigations. But in our mind one of the most impressive feats to have been attempted in recent years… SEE MORE
New Maine Seafood Guide Debuts
I am delighted to announce the launch of the new Maine Seafood Guide, which provides information on Maine seafood species, a guide to fishing methods and gear, and more. This is the only Maine-specific reference for Maine seafood. I identified the need for such a resource while working on an… SEE MORE
Maine Boatbuilders Show 2012
Too many great boats to choose from at the Maine Boatbuilders Show at Portland Yacht Services last weekend. SEE MORE
The Sights and Sounds of a Voyage to Catalina Island
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/30739668[/embed] After about a ten year hiatus from the annual Catalina Island trips that my family used to take, my dad, sister and I finally reunited on the island and found it just about the way we left it. Catalina is still beautiful, smells just the same, and is full… SEE MORE
Launching the 2012 Boating Season in Style
Boating season in some areas of the country has been underway for weeks or even months (indeed, for some fortunate souls it never ends), but in harbors north of the Mason-Dixon Line we usually have to wait until April at least before we wet the oars. But with the thermometer… SEE MORE
Out of the Mold: An Ocean Racing Yacht
There is a particular moment during the process of building a boat when the dream of a yacht suddenly turns into reality. In a wooden boat, it's when the shutter plank is installed. In a fiberglass boat, it's the moment the hull is removed from the mold. At Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding… SEE MORE
Discovering Restorations in Our Own Backyard
All documentary films are journeys of discovery. Our film, "Wood/Sails/Dreams," has taken us off our island of Nantucket, across to Vineyard Haven, along the coast from Newport to Bristol to Wareham, and eventually up to Maine. Recently, though, we took our cameras to a little workshop on Nantucket. We met… SEE MORE
Top Marine Electronics Writer Recognizes USHarbors
The USHarbors team was thrilled this weekend to discover that we'd been reviewed by Ben Ellison, one of the top journalists to cover the marine electronics industry, and that we'd passed his tests with flying colors. Now, in the name of full disclosure, we must make clear that we have… SEE MORE
Sailing to Frenchboro in the Fog
Sailing to Frenchboro in the fog seems natural to us. The fog is familiar on our way to the little working harbor, we’ve seen it before. Under our quiet sails, with Frenchboro to windward, we’re safe moving slowly, hearing distant working engines and keeping clear of passing islands. After many… SEE MORE