Tag: Food

Dockside Provisions, the new store at Handy Boat in Falmouth Foreside, Maine, has been completely redone and upgraded.

More Facilities, More Food, More Fun in Falmouth Foreside

5/30/2014 - Over the past year, Handy Boat has taken the next steps in improving our waterfront property to fit our customers’ needs. In early 2013 we rebuilt our dock store and turned it into Dockside Provisions, a beautiful new convenience store. Dockside Provisions offers beer, wine, snacks, ice cream, ice, gas,… SEE MORE

Sandy Hook Market opens in the Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor Marina

5/15/2014 - Sandy Hook Market is now open. They open every day at 5am. Located in the harbor with On the Deck and Sissy's Restaurants. The Market sells fresh seafood and Boating and Fishing Supplies. They also carry convenience goods such as snacks, ice, cold drinks, paper towels, gloves, etc. The Market… SEE MORE

Food

A lovely spring afternoon at Rowes Wharf was the perfect setting to honor the 3000th Sabre Yacht.

Launch Season, Party Season at Boston’s Rowes Wharf

5/15/2014 - We all love the arrival of warmer weather because it means we can head back out on the water — but it also means we can return to parties at the waterfront! The USHarbors crew was fortunate to be able to join our friends from Sabre Yachts and Boston Yacht Sales… SEE MORE

Tidal Roots specializes in Stand-Up Paddleboards and technical fishing gear. Image by Kyle Schaefer at Tidal Roots.

Rockland Show to Feature Finest Maine-Made Products

4/18/2014 - Maine is the least densely populated state in New England, and that claim to fame often makes it feel like one big community. Our state is also fortunate to host an abundance of artisans who produce high-quality, creative products. The Maine Made Program, founded by the Maine Department of Economic… SEE MORE

Life on the Coast 2014: New England is now available as a free download for Apple, Android, and Kindle devices, and on the web.

Second Edition of USHarbors’ Digital Magazine Now Available

4/4/2014 - USHarbors' annual digital magazine, Life on the Coast, is now available as a free download for iPads, iPhones, Android devices, and Kindle tablets. Like the 2013 edition, which has been viewed by tens of thousands of boaters and coastal travelers, this 132-page interactive digital publication is also viewable through any… SEE MORE

Large or small, sail or power, there's plenty of boats to ogle over at the Providence Boat Show, Jan. 31-Feb. 2.

Reinvigorated Boat Show Opens in Providence

1/31/2014 - The Providence Boat Show opened at the Rhode Island Convention Center on January 31 with new management, more boats, and new attractions to help boaters survive what is proving to be a long, challenging winter. The 20-year-old show was taken over this year by the Rhode Island Marine Trades Association,… SEE MORE

A walnut and cherry edge-grain cheese board

A Few Gift Ideas for the Boater On Your Holiday List

Coastal News

12/12/2013 - What do boaters do when the snow flies and the temperatures plummet? We build things for our (and your) home! Here are three one-of-a-kind cutting boards, all made by Odette here at the Fair Cape Woodworks workshop. Also available are chess/checkers boards and wine bottle balancers made from hardwoods such… SEE MORE

Gloucester Dories are still a staple of the waterfront in this lively, unique harbor. For boaters, it's a great stopover.

Gloucester, the Original Working Waterfront

11/4/2013 - “It’s pronounced ‘GLOSS-tah’, not,…’gl-OW-stir’”, our friend Julia corrected as she swiped through my iPad and reviewed my destinations, including Gloucester, on Cape Ann just north of Boston. Like a second daughter to us, Julia is from nearby Scituate (pronounced, “SIT-chew-it”), and joined us for a few days of sailing on… SEE MORE

3 Days of Wicked Fast Maine Sailing and Lobster Eating

Boating

9/30/2013 - Etchells racers from all over the country converged at the Portland Yacht Club in Falmouth on September 20, 21, and 22 to compete in the 1st Annual Etchells Lobster Bowl. The regatta was a world qualifying race for the 2014 Etchells World Championship Regatta, June 2014 in Newport, Rhode Island.… SEE MORE

Food

What a season we had for rock crab this year!

Delights of the 2013 Crab Fishing Season

9/22/2013 - Every summer, I crab fish off Arcadia Point around Hope Island. The water is probably too shallow for Dungeness, but it was a stellar summer for rock crab this year. Next year I will be trying farther south, toward Olympia and Boston Harbor. SEE MORE