It was a sunny but chilly day Tuesday as Points East co-founder Bernie Wideman, current publisher Joe Burke, and art director John Gold moved Bernie’s Pearson Saucy from her summer quarters at the Winthrop Yacht Club to winter storage at the Hingham Boat Yard. Brisk winds and the occasional 25Read More

FOFER is a 1953 Sparkman & Stephens 38 foot Loki class yawl, which was appreciated as she tacked through Fox Island Thorofare October 16th with two visible crewmembers. Lynn Whitney, Vinalhaven

What a lovely sight to see the 1941 Alden cutter, Owl flying through the Fox Island Thorofare this evening at sunset time. Reef tucked in as all the passing boats did today (including my husband leaving the mooring for Rockland this afternoon), Owl slid by much like the gulls andRead More

Just back from a 10-day adventure way way off the grid, to Desolation Sound, Vancouver Island, BC, then headed south to the city of Vancouver. Flew in to Refuge Cove up north by float plane. You don’t want to think about having a heart attack out here, believe me. SecondRead More

Stop by our booth at the Newport Boat Show, say hello and pick up the latest issue

It was a lovely fall day on Penobscot Bay after the thunderstorms cleared things out. The Monday parade of schooners through the Fox Island Thorofare was enjoyed by passengers, crew and porch viewers alike! It was led off by an exchange of honks of the Lathrop with the trumpet fromRead More

The motor yacht Hilarium was docked in the Inner Harbor in Falmouth, Mass., on Sunday, Sept. 11. The 137-foot ship built by Hakvoort in 1984 underwent a repower and repaint by Derecktor Shipyard in Florida in 2014. The ship’s original 12V396 engines were replaced with MTU 16V2000’s, according to CaptainRead More

Yesterday afternoon I watched with delight as this  yawl tacked its way through the narrows of the fox Island Thorofare. We met this morning in Perry’s Creek and the owners explained the prayer flags off the back stay we specifically for getting through tight spaces.  I think their boat handlingRead More

Huntress holds the distinction of being the first wooden Hinckley Pilot #1 seen here passing through the Fox Island Thorofare after a night on Mooring & Muffins in ‘the creek’. Captain and Mrs. Harris dropped off an invitation to their celebration for Huntress‘s 60th year later this summer. The eventRead More

Tom Mulstay lands Tuesday’s dinner on Great Bay, New Hampshire.