In this column, I share stories from the Isles of Shoals and beyond. Some six miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Piscataqua River, this amazing place is host to a variety of interesting vessels, wildlife and people – a rest stop on the East Coast maritime highway. I wasRead More

Guest Perspective/Paul Brown The year was 1987: my first year of sailing. I had a mooring at South Freeport, Maine, on the ocean side of Wolf Neck. Wolf Neck is the land separation between the Harraseeket River and Middle Bay. This was a year before I ever ventured to singlehandRead More

Cruise of the Leight, Part II: 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

  Site of the best Fourth of July fireworks displays It’s the southern tip of Snug Harbor in South Kingstown, R.I. The photo is looking east from the area of Cap’n Jack’s Restaurant in East Matunuck. Snug Harbor is to the left, the host of one of the most famousRead More

“I don’t know, Paul,” I said in an uneasy tone as I sat on the couch of the big-time yacht broker who’d set up most of my boat delivery jobs. “I need to draw the line and quit this business before I’m 30. “I’m not getting any younger.” Even atRead More

She was born in New York City – her father was an architect there – and she lives in Norwell, Mass., but Leslie Silvia’s spiritual wellspring has always been Peddocks Island in Boston Harbor. Her grandfather, Alex Bies, who’d emigrated from Poland in 1889, was assigned to the island’s ArmyRead More

We received a wonderful postcard from Billy Macleod,  an old friend of editor Nim Marsh who sent along this photo of himself (right) and Nim (left) on a trip.  He writes: “Going through thousands of photos and came across the enclosed — it’ll take you back!! Obviously headed east butRead More

Barrington, R.I. The lifelong Rhode Islander passed away on April 4. She was a physical education teacher and coach, spending the majority of her career at The Wheeler School in Providence. As a longtime member of the Barrington Yacht Club, she served on the board of governors as membership chairmanRead More

New Rochelle, N.Y. The New Rochelle Harbor marina manager and yacht broker died on April 2, in an accident as he left his houseboat for a party held in his honor on City Island. Artie’s passion was sailing. In his teens, he crewed on Snipes, especially at Stuyvesant Yacht Club.Read More

Huntington, N.Y. Capt. John Russell died March 28. Shipmate Capt Ron Schaper wrote on Scuttlebutt: “Big John, The Gentle Giant, JR: Since the early 1970s, John and I have sailed thousands of offshore miles together. On one memorable Thanksgiving, about 600 miles offshore, we used wooden sail battens, canvas, flattenedRead More