Guest perspective/Russ Roth Two years ago we made a decision to repower our sailboat, Skiya (see Points East, August 2015). This spring I needed to be repowered. Last June, Marty and I left our mooring in Portsmouth Harbor on our yearly migration to our mooring in Rockland, Maine. We hadRead More

You could call her a jack-of-all-trades, but if you honor her thus, you must add that she’s a master of most of them, too. I met Julia Doyle-Kingsbury at the 2015 Boatbuilders Show on Cape Cod. She was working the Squeteague Sailmakers exhibit, and I was so delighted by theRead More

Belfast, Maine Stephen died on July 21. He sailed as captain on traditional schooners and large-tonnage vessels, as well as engineer on tugboats. He was also a blue-water merchant mariner, steamship boatswain, and owner/captain of the Balmy Days. Stephen taught at the Maine Maritime Academy and multiple school ships. HeRead More

  If you can correctly identify this harbor, you’ll be on your way to winning a fine Points East designer cap. To qualify, identify the harbor AND tell us something about the harbor, such as how you recognized it and some reasons you like to hang out there. We’ll pickRead More

Newport, R.I. Robie passed away July 12. Although he battled Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for nearly 30 years, his family was always his first priority. Robie’s business career was devoted to the marine industry, and he was an avid competitive sailor and sportsman. His first experience was at The Beverly YachtRead More

Providence, R.I. Rick, a noted college sailor and sailing supporter, died July 10. Racing as a boy on Narragansett Bay, at famed Edgewood Yacht Club, Rick went on to be one of the top collegiate skippers in the country, winning the National Championship for Brown University in 1948, a titleRead More

Larchmont, N.Y. A warm, caring and open-hearted brother, son, uncle, friend, and experienced sailor — who brought light into this world (literally and figuratively) – passed away due to a sailing accident while visiting San Francisco Bay over the summer. Aaron was a respected and accomplished professional lighting designer withRead More

I already can hear the wharfside wags hurrumphing, but I am going to say it anyway: Recreational boating is not warfare. Sure, at times it may seem so but if we’re on the right boat, for all the right reasons, with the right seagoing experience, and with plenty of seaRead More

An early season heat wave hit the Isles of Shoals this week, and with it came the first big wave of visiting yachts and boats. The most notable among them was Paul Rollins’ lovely schooner Heart’s Desire. It felt like the middle of July in Texas this afternoon, as weRead More

A Speck in the Sea by John Aldridge and Anthony Sosinski; Hachette Book Group, 2017, 247 pp., hardcover $18-20, ebook $14. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East I wonder what it is about us that makes us ignore internal dialogue, often at our peril. Why do we shush thatRead More