Here’s some holiday cheer from the Trees in the Rigging  on-land and in-water boat parade held Nov. 26 in Essex, Ct. Thanks to Sue and Bob Cornell for capturing the images.

They know how to say farewell to summer on Plum Island Sound! Contributor Dan Raycroft caught this band of nautical minstrels jamming while out on the water this Labor Day.

Points East contributor Dan Raycroft caught this image of the August blue moon rising over the Ipswich River Thursday night. Thanks Dan!

  We spotted this adorable beauty recently on the freshwater portion of the Saco River. It’s a Roberts Kit-Craft Skimmer. A kit-built boat that was manufactured by the company of the same name in Branford, Conn. Although it’s less than 8-feet long and weighs in at 85 pounds, it canRead More

Frequent contributor Dan Raycroft caught this image Thacher Island off Cape Ann just past sunset recently. The Cape Ann Light Station on Thacher Island is nationally significant as the last light station to be established under colonial rule and the first station in the United States to mark a navigationalRead More

Saturday, May 27 everything was ready to try out. In the morning we did some last minute prep, then headed out. The boat ran OK! The Binary Star is 29 yrs old now. Hope for the best! I caught a nice Black Sea Bass at the mouth of the ThamesRead More

Last weekend’s deep freeze froze the Saco River from shore to shore at Marston’s Marina in Saco. Regular Points East contributor Randy Randall writes: “For the first time in quite a few years the river froze from shore to shore.  That cold snap was enough to freeze the river andRead More

Dan Swift removing two sofas from his 65’ Hatteras LRC to make room for new furniture. His boat is on anchor at Ft Pierce, Florida so this was the only way to take these sofas ashore.Where there’s a will, there’s a way. When he’s not escaping the cold in Florida,Read More

  Frequent contributor Dan Raycroft sent us this sunrise image from North Hutchinson Island off Ft. Pierce, Fla.

Contributor Dan Raycroft sent us this photo taken last week from the Pert Lowell Company on the Parker River in Newbury, Mass. On the left is Ralph Johnson, owner of the Pert Lowell Company. To his right is one of his shop workers Al Cox. The two were setting upRead More