September 2021 By Homer Shannon It was the morning of July 14, 1999. Three boats from the American Yacht Club in Newburyport, Mass.; Carpe Diem, Overtime and Cinderella, were anchored way up in Quahog Bay. Homer and Dee Shannon from Cinderella had just returned from a short trip in theirRead More

May 2021 By Bob Muggleston In 2014, and new to the magazine, I was manning the booth at a boat show when a gentleman strolling by with a beer called good-naturedly over his shoulder, “Bring back Dodge Morgan!” He didn’t stop to elaborate. I turned to my coworker. “Who’s DodgeRead More

October 2010 By Dodge Morgan Throughout life one does collect some one-line statements worth remembering – and actually remember a few of them. I like to say my memory is good but short, which means my recallable one-liners are from quite a way back in time. Here are just aRead More

September 2010 By Dodge Morgan My little schooner Eagle is not showing her age but is showing off her age. She is 84 years old and looks like new. Credit for her Bristol condition these years goes to Paul Bryant of Riverside Boat Yard in Newcastle, Maine. Credit to herRead More

August 2010 By Dodge Morgan Abby Sunderland is the American woman of 16 years who was attempting to be the youngest solo circumnavigator. She has impressive sailing credentials as a member of an impressively sailing-savvy family. Abby’s boat, Wild Eyes, was a 40-foot sloop specifically designed by Scott Jutson asRead More

July 2010 By Dodge Morgan I spent my second longest continuous time on board a boat this past winter. It was seven months on the trawler Osprey, compared to my two and one-half years in the early ’60s cruising and sailing on the schooner Coaster. I was 30 years oldRead More

June 2010 By Dodge Morgan The British Seagull outboard motor appears to have been designed prior to the industrial revolution. Fifty years ago, it was a most simple and straightforward piece of machinery found on many dinghy transoms, but now it is a humorous curiosity to those who just happenRead More

May 2010 By Dodge Morgan “Do you have a pup with you?” This is just one sentence I translate from of an endless series of them spoken loudly – bellowed actually – to compete with the squeak-like quacks of a very nearby dog, and coming from a woman tethering aRead More

April 2010 By Dodge Morgan I can safely state that the one activity every human being knows how to do is to eat, although answers to the eating how-to and why questions show a very wide gastronomical and attitudinal variety. Some live to eat and some eat to live. IRead More

Midwinter 2010 By Dodge Morgan Trawler Osprey is a boat that evokes a subtle power of persuasion but with a significant impact on a sailor’s mental state and cruising frame of reference. To begin with, she has the amenities of a high-rise flat in Manhattan or a luxury house trailerRead More