• Rob, Tracy and Helen (on the tiller), students in the first-ever Basic Keelboat class offered by the Cape Cod Sailing School, put Blue Skies through her paces.Photo by Mark Barrett
    April 22, 2024

    A legacy unleashed

    Blue Skies’ stability and versatility made her an ideal sail-training platform, on which more than 100 adults learned to harness the wind, and one particular Buzzards Bay outing proved her merit as an able microcruiser.

  • Above, The highlight of the day was cocktails on the lawn of Sullivan House, on the opposite side of the pond, with its superlative view of the harbor.
    April 22, 2024

    Catalina confab

    When the Catalina Rendezvous invite arrived, we were thrilled. We’d meet Catalina Yachts principals, compare notes with Catalina owners, and be with our people, at Block Island, for three whole days.

  • Photo courtesy Chuck RoastThe extreme overhang of the Bolero’s stern is a thing to behold.
    April 22, 2024

    Paddling around

    Feeling the energy of three geezers: check. My mighty seven-foot craft is nice and dry and bobbing at the float ready to go.

  • Photo courtesy Craig MoodieThe author, champagne in hand, celebrating his retirement.
    April 22, 2024

    Boat blessings

    This was a celebration. We had our boat. We had each other. We had the moment. And we had . . . champagne.

  • Photo courtesy Mike MartelCapt. Tom Bradford touching up the cockpit coaming on his 1935 Cape Cod catboat Gannet. Tom is using Epifanes, a high-solids, high-durability Dutch varnish, thinned with a special thinner.
    April 22, 2024

    Painting tips for a “Bristol” result

    No matter what color you choose for your boat, you want it to look professional

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