At the heart of our magazine are the stories related by our readers of their adventures and cruises. There are so many and so many different kinds. Below are some of our favorites.
Bringing the old girl home
Capt. Mike kicks off a new day-charter venture with a flawless 300-mile delivery of his fetching, 96-year-old lobster cruiser from Sedgwick, Maine, to his home waters in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay.
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Duxbury to Hull in an old rowboat
December 2024 By Ron Woolley I’m definitely not a boater. I realized that about two hours into what turned out to be a 9 1/2 hour row from my town of Duxbury, Massachusetts to my old town of Hull about 35 miles north along the
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The wilful little Breeze
December 2024 By David Roper We were just leaving Marblehead Harbor, headed for Salem, when Elsa’s old Yanmar began to surge before quitting altogether. “Maybe we could get a tow?” my wife ventured hopefully. I rolled my eyes. “Elsa doesn’t do tows,” I said, haughtily.
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Racing with the wind
Pelagians Attend the 2024 Gloucester Schooner Race Fall 2024 By Brian R. McMahon Over the Labor Day Weekend, Russ Vickers and his Apple Blossom crew, Brian Herr and his Imagine crew, and your author and his wife Martha with Barbara Iannoni onboard En Garde! joined
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Last cruise of the season
Fall 2024 By Brian R. McMahon I’ll be unloading En Garde! and making a forlorn trip to Manchester Marine for an early haul out soon Looking for an easy overnight cruise, I suggested that Jill and Larry join me in a trip to Gloucester Inner
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