Submitted by Daniel Raycroft

I shot these photos this morning from the Green Street Bridge over the Ipswich (Mass.) River. The couple in the boat are our friends and neighbors, Jon & Gabrielle on their way to Crane Beach. Dan Raycroft

Schooner Ladona came in close to the porch this afternoon (Friday, Aug. 28) with Terry Sue Philbrick calling hello. Terry and her husband, Capt. Gib Philbrick operated the schooner under its previous name, Nathaniel Bowditch for decades. Ladona is one of only two of the windjammer fleet to be sailingRead More

We wanted to get in some fishing time before tropical storm Isisais stirs thing up here in L.I.Sound. Sea conditions in the AM were 2′ with a lot of whitecaps. After lunch things calmed down and seas went to 1′. We noticed schools of bait fish swarming the surface. TheyRead More

Sighted at Chick’s Marina in Kennebunkport. The Fore Aces is a 124′ Delta Marine vessel, built in 2003 refitted in 2014, according to Boat International. Formerly owned by musician Jimmy Buffet, she’s available for charter starting at $90,000 per week.

Bob Cornell caught this image of the Mayflower II a few minutes after she departed Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn., on Monday, July 20. “What a crowd on the water and on land and so fun!,” reported Sue Cornell.

Unusual sight on two moorings, rafted stern to stern in narrow Perry’s Creek on Vinalhaven, two aluminum ocean-going, international visitors. Comparable in size, Maake-s from Holland and Long John Silver from Netherlands. The latter was documented by My Ship Tracking as 12 x 4m, approx. 40′ x 13′. It alsoRead More

Fishing is slow. We still manage to catch a few now and then. We catch too many Sea Robins. We don’t keep them. They are too hard to fillet. They are neat looking fish with colors like a land Robin. They are vocal too. They grunt grunt when they landRead More

Sailing Vessel La Joie de Mer, or also known as The Joy of the Sea, a 98′ cruising yacht transits the Fox Island Thorofare dwarfing every spar and boat along the way.  She  is sailing under the flag of Cayman Islands. Her length overall (LOA) is 30 meters and herRead More

  This is Jody Wolford-Tucker, HVHC Executive Director, sharing a brief message to convey our gratitude that the Hospice Regatta of Maine has been able to set sail this year! While the safety needs of the pandemic have required we hold no land events or our customary post-race celebrations, ourRead More