Boat and owner share some characteristics. They’re both getting older, but not ready to part yet.

“I can’t keep it from you any longer,” I told my wife. It was a tough message to deliver, but I had to do it, for her sake.

October 2021 By David Buckman One of the most compelling elements of boat ownership, and life in general, is the protracted process of crafting a sense of style that complements our designs and pays respect to beauty, functionality and proportion. Though such ambitions may rarely cross our minds as specificRead More

October 2021 By Tim Plouff It is not unusual to see young people finding their way while messing about in a small boat in the harbor, on the lake, and up and down the rivers. For families living near or on the water, small boats are a ritual of lifeRead More

My father coached me to “Never get run over by the same trolley car twice.” Regrettably, I failed to abide and managed to accidentally set oars free in Buzzards Bay for a second time.

October 2021 By Capt. Michael L. Martel Good men do not let good boats die. This thought, like an ancient proverb, came to me and stuck in my head following a recent conversation with Captain Guillaume Touhadian, Captain of the classic L. Francis Herreshoff sailing yacht Ticonderoga. Captain Guillaume hadRead More

I’ve had 20 boats – six power and 14 sail – with an average length of 20.5 feet and cumulative LOA of 389 feet. Am I the victim of a sad waterborne addiction? Or just another boat fanatic? I think I fall somewhere in between.

September 2021 By Christopher Birch “I just clogged up the toilet on the company plane and I need your help,” was how the scandalous text chain with my boat service customer started. “We’re going to be up for another four hours. There is only one toilet on this thing andRead More

Morgana was rocking gently in her slip without any new bumps, dings, or worse. I could, and had, docked Morgana in a slip for the first time! I had stayed the course despite my fears, inexperience, and self-doubt.

August 2021 By Tim Plouff Multiple-generation Mainers can often trace their roots to lumbering or the sea. As the islands off the rugged coast were often the first places that original residents established a toe-hold in the new continent, islanders became the mothers-of-invention by necessity. These hearty souls also becameRead More