September 28, 2020 at 12:00 am
View’s even better with a Mudslide This view is from the end dock at Kingman Yacht Center, in Cataumet, Mass. It’s a beautiful place to watch the sunset; even better if you are about 200 feet from this spot at the Chart Room, with one of their famous mudslides inRead More
August 24, 2020 at 8:16 am
Editor’s Note: Wow, did I manage to bungle this one! After no one identified the photo to the right when it first ran in the July issue, I took the initiative to provide clues – both on our Facebook page and in the August issue of the magazine – thatRead More
June 22, 2020 at 12:00 am
Editor’s Note: June’s Mystery Harbor was drawing nothing but blank stares, so I posted clues on our Facebook page trying to move things along. Specifically, I mentioned the two commercial fishing boats in the picture in front of a gray building with light-blue trim. One of the vessels was aRead More
April 20, 2020 at 12:00 am
Anniversary celebrated there It’s Edgartown, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. My family chartered a boat out of Newport, R.I., a few years ago and on the trip we eventually went from Cuttyhunk to Edgartown. We spent two nights there and got to celebrate a wedding anniversary, asRead More
March 16, 2020 at 12:00 am
Canadian hospitality hard to beat It’s Head Harbor, on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada. We’ve sailed there a few times. The most memorable occasion was when we were on our way to the St. John River in New Brunswick a couple years ago. After entering Head Harbor we askedRead More
January 27, 2020 at 12:00 am
Sail still more popular than power No doubt, that would be Sippican Harbor in Marion, Mass. Photo taken from the front lawn of Barden’s Boat Yard. Growing up I spent summers in nearby Wareham, Mass., and most Saturday mornings found my dad and me traveling over to Marion to buyRead More
November 18, 2019 at 12:00 am
The harbor in the Oct./Nov. issue of Points East is Essex, Conn. The Connecticut River Museum, with its cupola and waterside deck, are dead giveaways. One of my first summer jobs was working for a yacht broker housed in the lighthouse on Pratt Street, around the corner from the EssexRead More
September 23, 2019 at 12:00 am
The Mystery Harbor in the September issue is New Bedford Harbor. The picture was taken from Pope’s Island Marina looking west toward the city. New Bedford is home to the largest fishing fleet on the U.S. East Coast. It’s also our homeport for recreational boating. Brian Joseph New Bedford, Mass.
August 26, 2019 at 12:00 am
Yep, you’re right I’m going to take a wild guess and say this may be Lunt Harbor in Frenchboro, which is on Long Island, in Maine. If it is, it’s a nice place to grab a lobster and head for Northeast or Southwest Harbor, or from which to head toRead More