Bay City, Mich. The sailing legend and industry innovator who pioneered the use of boatbuilding epoxies died from skin cancer Aug. 27. The day before his death, the Great Lakes Multihull Regatta was held on the Saginaw Bay, near Gougeon’s Killarney Beach home. Knowing that Gougeon was dying, race organizersRead More

Monhegan Island, Maine Victor died Aug. 27. He moved to Monhegan Island in 1973, where he held a variety of positions, including owning and operating the Monhegan House Hotel. He started Monhegan Restorations, a business he pursued until his death, building and restoring homes, caretaking cottages, and repair and maintenanceRead More

  Shhhh . . . mini-subs are manufactured there The photo is a northerly view of Point View Marina, on Salt Pond in R.I., either from their dock or Point Judith Marina’s dock. I spent many years behind the middle building, which was the winch room for the railway, doingRead More

North Kingstown, R.I. Bruce passed away on Aug. 5, 2017 in his summer residence Metis-sur-Mer, Quebec. This kind, caring, peaceful soul had a great love of the sea, and he fulfilled this passion by working on a Tall Ship and commercial fishing boats, and working for the U.S. Navy. WhileRead More

Brooklin, Maine The World War II Navy veteran died on Aug. 4, in the home where he was born. Over his lifetime, he wore many hats – sea captain, boatbuilder, woodsman and folk-art toymaker. Allen was widely known as a shipwright who, with the help of Capt. Bill Brown andRead More

Cruise of the Leight, Part Five: I was imagining 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

The Cape Horners’ Club By Adrian Flanagan, Adlard Coles Nautical, 2017; 295 pp., $27. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East When my wife and I acquired our first big sailboat, we always made sure we had a Big Gulp of ice water at the helm when departing or arrivingRead More

The summer is in full bloom at the Isles of Shoals at this writing, and with it has come the usual uptick in activity – most of it good, and all of it interesting. The summer help (mostly young people in or just out of college, and known locally asRead More

“You should keep your opinions on all this boat stuff to yourself, Dave,” my dear wife said the other day, just after I’d picked up the mooring and settled down in Elsa’s cockpit. “They’re really just observations, not opinions,” I replied. “People are different. They have different learning curves fromRead More

Guest perspective/W.R. Cheney I used to see her on my way into town from our winter home at Lady’s Island, S.C. Factory Creek runs parallel to Route 21 – the Sea Island Parkway – for a short distance, just east of the bridge connecting downtown Beaufort with Lady’s Island. There’sRead More