Part 1: With crew unavailable, the author, a relative cruising greenhorn, chose to singlehand to Downeast Maine from New York. He reached Kennebunkport, learned a lot, and nobody got hurt.

By James Rudolph “I used to clean this stuff off the bottom of boats. There’s not an inch of this that isn’t alive. There’s worms, eels, crabs. It would get in my beard and I could just feel it moving.On an overcast and unseasonably warm day in December, Cameron GrilloRead More

Touisset, Mass. Peter Hallock of Touisset, Mass., died peacefully on Sept. 25 in the company of his family. Born on April 8, 1931, Pete was a kind and creative person with a passion for adventure and a knack for doing things his own way. The founder and CEO of GripnailRead More

Touisset, Mass. Peter Hallock of Touisset, Mass., died peacefully on Sept. 25 in the company of his family. Born on April 8, 1931, Pete was a kind and creative person with a passion for adventure and a knack for doing things his own way. The founder and CEO of GripnailRead More

Saunderstown, R.I. Irving Chase Sheldon, the son of James Rhodes Sheldon, Jr. and Marjorie Starkweather Chase, died peacefully at his Gould Way home in Saunderstown, R.I., on Sept. 8, 2020. Born in Narragansett, R.I., Irving died 99 years later at his home in Saunderstown, just seven miles to the north.Read More

I shot these photos this morning from the Green Street Bridge over the Ipswich (Mass.) River. The couple in the boat are our friends and neighbors, Jon & Gabrielle on their way to Crane Beach. Dan Raycroft

Saunderstown, R.I. Irving Chase Sheldon, the son of James Rhodes Sheldon, Jr. and Marjorie Starkweather Chase, died peacefully at his Gould Way home in Saunderstown, R.I., on Sept. 8, 2020. Born in Narragansett, R.I., Irving died 99 years later at his home in Saunderstown, just seven miles to the north.Read More

Madison, Ga. Steven L. Waterman, 74, passed away Sept. 3, 2020 peacefully after an accelerated bout with military service-connected brain damage. Born in Hope, Maine, March 29, 1946, he was the son of Robert T. and Norma Blom Waterman. Steve was a 1964 graduate of Rockland High School, where heRead More

Madison, Georgia Steven L. Waterman, 74, passed away Sept. 3, 2020 peacefully after an accelerated bout with military service-connected brain damage. Born in Hope, Maine, March 29, 1946, he was the son of Robert T. and Norma Blom Waterman. Steve was a 1964 graduate of Rockland High School, where heRead More

Schooner Ladona came in close to the porch this afternoon (Friday, Aug. 28) with Terry Sue Philbrick calling hello. Terry and her husband, Capt. Gib Philbrick operated the schooner under its previous name, Nathaniel Bowditch for decades. Ladona is one of only two of the windjammer fleet to be sailingRead More