One might think that drawing up plans for a traditional design for the day-charter trade is simple, but consider the thought processes invested in the new schooner Adirondack IV. Then think again.

December 2023 By Christopher Birch Lately, I’ve been fantasizing about what will come next in boat design. Happily my crystal ball has a lot to say on the subject. Walk with me into the future and down the red carpet at the 2026 Eagle Seven Sailing Yacht Design Awards gala.Read More

She’s been a faithful companion, but she just doesn’t fit well.

After years of crewing, she’s now firmly at the helm of her own boat.

August 2023 By Jack Farrell “Security call, security call, security call. The motor vessel Shining Star is outbound from Portsmouth Harbor to the Isles of Shoals, passing Fort Point Light. We’re standing by on channels 13 and 16 for concerned traffic. Shining Star.” Such was the regular refrain during aRead More

August 2023 By Pat Brogan We started cruising in Tilly Twin, the 35.5’ Laurent Giles-designed ocean racer in the spring of 1962, when I was nine years old. We cruised the same harbors that we previously did while sailing Flame, the Herreshoff 23 that kicked off our family cruising tradition,Read More

. . . hath a man for his boat than when he restores her two different times, from square one, two decades apart. Groves did this with his Hinckley Pilot 35 My Girl, with late drama, and he doesn’t regret a single minute of it.

August 2023 By Carey Reeder Stuffing box leaks, stiff, unmovable sea valves, electrical gremlins – these are just a few of the worries sailors learn to tolerate while underway; but that should, if possible, be addressed once back in port. But every known issue was once unknown. This is oneRead More

August 2023 By Bob Muggleston It’s weird how inanimate objects can sink their claws into you and make you miss them even after they’re gone. This is the case with my 1966 Pearson Commander, which I only owned for five years. But everything that happened with this boat – fromRead More

If I were to win the lottery, I would build a replica of Arion. I would raise the freeboard four inches, and the cabin sides two inches to give a full six feet and change of headroom for my tall friends. I’d add a foot more beam to open up the main cabin.