Sighted in Fox Island Thorofare Thursday afternoon, the Schooner EROS. EROS is a classic 115 ft / 35.1 m beauty built in England in 1939 for the daughter and son-in-law of a British Lord. She was very soon after commandeered by the Royal Navy to participate in the famous evacuationRead More

The Vinalhaven High School class of 2020, in conjunction with the “traditional” (and extremely limited) graduation ceremony on Saturday,  held a lobster boat ceremony the next day to cap off a weekend of celebrations. Organized by the staff graduation committee, the lobster boat ceremony included a speech by their 8thRead More

This sailboat came ashore on Crane Beach in Ipswich, Mass., during Memorial Day weekend and has remained there for more than a week now. The channel at the entrance to the Ipswich River which runs between Crane Beach and Plum Island is very shallow. I didn’t witness the beaching ofRead More

In these troubled times, we encourage you to watch this video created by Sandy Hook, Conn., cruiser Jack Carlson  summarizing his 2019 season on the water. Jack and his Catalina 36 Mind’s Eye cruise out of Milford, Conn. It offers hope that we’ll get through our current situation to betterRead More

“Nor’ Easter” I work for SeaTow and snapped this  Friday 10-11-2019 while assessing an over turned boat on a mooring in Salem Harbor.

This picture was taken in Mistake Harbor, way Downeast, by Points East contributor Christopher Birch. The wooden trawler in the background, Serianna, was built and is still owned by wooden-boat guru and broker Bill Page. He’s something of a legend and I had a very pleasant chat with him aboutRead More

September is prime cruising weather, especially when the days begin and end with such lovely colors. Here are some from our very own Lynn Whitney! Above, sunrise on the Fox Island Thorofare taken through the boathouse doors. At right, sunset on Perry’s Creek. We’d love to see some from youRead More

We weren’t after Sea Robins, Rays or Sharks, but we saw a lot of that. Peg caught the only keeper Fluke. We went all over looking for Fluke or Sea Bass. From Niantic to Fisher’s Island, no joy. Closer to our home docks we finally connected with one nice keeperRead More

I was lucky enough to be aboard the Roderick McAllister captained by Sarah Kaplan on Sunday for the annual MS Harborfest Tugboat Races in Portland, Maine. It was a wonderful day, and a fun event for a great cause. Here are some shots of the action and a short video.Read More

A nice Sunday sail on Tootles, a slipper 17…