Redding, Conn. Jean passed away Dec. 19 after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. While growing up in Glenview, Ill., she actively developed a lifelong love for ballet and sports. After graduating from Middlebury College in 1968 with a math degree, she enjoyed a long, successful career at IBM, whileRead More

Points East publisher Joe Burke, left and former co-owner/publisher Sandy Marsters, right, Flemish the dock lines for former Points East co-owner/publisher Bernie Wideman’s Saucy after arriving at her winter quarters in Boston’s Constitution Marina in October.

The reflection of the decorations on the sails were as beautiful as the decorations themselves ~ an added bonus! Pam Humbert, East Northport, NY  / pkjc@optonline.net

A rainbow appeared over Northport as a storm cell moved away from Northport.

Rising before dawn for a long trip homeward bound from Clinton, Ct. we awoke to this tranquil scene.

Guest perspectve/Charles Sutton My roommate at Cornell University for two years, starting back in 1948, was Joel White (1930-1997), son of E. B. White, most famous for his books “Charlotte’s Web” and “Stuart Little,” humorous articles in “The New Yorker” magazine, and for his wife, Katharine White, the magazine’s seniorRead More

Guest perspectve/Marilyn Brigham I make lists – shopping lists, birthday lists, Christmas lists, to-do lists. They keep me organized and focused, and I enjoy a feeling of some accomplishment when the task has been completed and all the items have been crossed off. But, early-on in our cruising, I’d drawnRead More

Last August, we met a woman who owns a boat, who was kicked off her mooring – for which she paid more than $2,000 in advance, has anchored her boat nearby since May, and has accrued tens of thousands of dollars in fines while doing nothing wrong. As if thisRead More

Well, you are about to embark on another enlightening, informative, instructive, illuminating, enthralling and clarifying episode of “Boat Talk,” hosted by The Shackle Brothers. As a bonus, we’ll also have a new round of The Puzzler, designed to stump all of you; or at least those of you with veryRead More

Cruise of the Leight, Part eight: I had imagined my summer of cruising as a “sailabout” of sorts, sharing qualities of the aboriginal Australians’ walkabouts. I was seeking the peace of wild places, mysteries of nature, depths of solitude, and the incomprehensible energy of the sea. I wanted to lieRead More