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April 2, 2020

Sperry Sails stitchers making masks
The stitchers at Sperry Sails in Marion, Mass., have launched a mask-making initiative with the goal of creating 1,000 masks in the next week and 10,000 by the end of May, according to an email from Ben Sperry.
April 1, 2020

Points East to go digital for May issue
Come mid-April you’ll still be able to get your Points East fix, but it will have to be here, on our website.
March 16, 2020

Moby Dick? She’s alive and well
By Bob Muggleston For Points East Here’s a scenario I’ve thought about quite a bit lately: The year is 1939, and you’re aboard a boat tooling around Block Island Sound. Fog has rolled in, making visibility difficult. Horns sound. Suddenly, to starboard, something emerges from the swirling vapors. Stunned silence.Read More
March 16, 2020

Rebuilding a Tinkerbelle sister ship
By Roger Crawford For Points East In the late summer of 2019, I received a call from a gentleman named Steve who asked if I’d be interested in restoring a small wooden sailboat. Steve had wanted a project for himself, and after some searching found a boat for sale builtRead More
March 16, 2020

A shipyard burned, a treasure lost
A fire destroyed George W. Zachorne Jr. & Sons Boatbuilders, in Wickford, R.I., but more was ruined than structure, boats, tools and precious artifacts. A way of life was snuffed out, too.

Sperry Sails stitchers making masks

Points East to go digital for May issue

Moby Dick? She’s alive and well

Rebuilding a Tinkerbelle sister ship

A shipyard burned, a treasure lost