June 2023 Still Water Bending by Wendy Mitman Clarke, Head to Wind Publishing 2017; 351pp, $17. Reviewed by Christopher Birch There’s been a lot of rumbling lately about the elusive work/life balance. For Jines Arley Evans, that issue is not a concern: The man just fishes. His boat is hisRead More
June 2023 War Sailor Maria Ekerhovd (Producer). Gunnar Vikene (Writer and Director). (2022). (Norwegian: Krigsseileren). Netflix. https://www.netflix.com/ Review by Webb Chiles Singapore. 1948. A European man is comatose in what appears to be an opium den. Another European man arrives, deliberately seeking him. “War Sailor,” a Norwegian-made, three-part Netflix series,Read More
In The Boy Who Fell to Shore: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald By Charles J. Doane, Lata Books, 2022, 298 pp, $19.95 May 2023 By Tim Murphy When I was a kid and circumnavigators were gods, Per (“Peter”) Tangvald was a Titan. He was theRead More
Spring 2023 The Compleat Cruiser – the Art, practice, and Enjoyment of Boating By L. Francis Herreshoff, published by Sheridan House, 1963. By Randy Randall Arthur Wiley was a farmer, an airplane pilot, a welder, an inventor, a mechanic and a teacher. He was also Gary’s father-in-law, and when GaryRead More
September 2022 By Marilyn Pond Brigham Many of us are familiar with traditional, organized sailboat races – class boats, handicaps, courses set by Committee, rules and trophy cups presented at a classy club. The Race to Alaska (R2AK), which runs annually in June, covers 750 miles of open water fromRead More
August 2022 By Susan Cornell Hear Ye! The streets and rafters of historic downtown Essex, Connecticut, rang with sea chanteys as the first Connecticut Sea Music Festival presented concerts, workshops, a Symposium on the “Music of the Sea” and demonstrations of sailor skills. But fear not should you suffer from FOMO.Read More
August 2022 By David Roper This is a continuation from the July issue of an excerpt from Dave’s upcoming book “The Ghosts of Gadus Island” August 1985 Fog, Gadus Island After a breakfast of corned beef hash and eggs, Sophie climbed a couple steps on the ladder and poked herRead More
July 2022 By J. Albert Mann Far Away Islands of Paradise As told to the author LeCain W. Smith, by the Sea Cat Chowder, 2022; 176 pp., Windrose Productions. Written from the point of view of a cheerful and chirpy cat, “Far Away Islands” is the second book in aRead More
January/February 2022 “Can’t Sail in Jail: A Novel” by Greg Gilmartin Reviewed by J. Albert Mann An obvious truth, perhaps, but a truth nonetheless. You can’t sail in jail, which is unfortunately where most of Gilmartin’s characters belong. We are introduced to this tale’s docket of eccentrics, along with theirRead More
