October 2010 By David Roper Faith, fear and fateThe strong southeast winds had not dropped with the sun as they usually did that time of year, and the threatening black ledges 30 yards from Elsa’s stern off barren Smuttynose Island were close enough to show their barnacles as each waveRead More

September 2010 By Craig Bergeron This stock is so much better than the store-bought, sodium-soaked stocks we find in the supermarkets. The key to making it is to let it cook at a slow simmer (not a rolling boil). I like to make this in big batches and freeze itRead More

September 2010 By Dodge Morgan My little schooner Eagle is not showing her age but is showing off her age. She is 84 years old and looks like new. Credit for her Bristol condition these years goes to Paul Bryant of Riverside Boat Yard in Newcastle, Maine. Credit to herRead More

September 2010 By David Roper As they rounded the point, the fog came right back. Just then, the young boy caught the first smell of spruce and felt the warmth of the land. Despite the fog, he looked for the entrance to the cove, eager to end that day’s foggyRead More

August 2010 By Dodge Morgan Abby Sunderland is the American woman of 16 years who was attempting to be the youngest solo circumnavigator. She has impressive sailing credentials as a member of an impressively sailing-savvy family. Abby’s boat, Wild Eyes, was a 40-foot sloop specifically designed by Scott Jutson asRead More

August 2010 By David Roper The thousands of items of marine gear on the market today supposedly exist to allow us a myriad of choices to facilitate our ability to get away, go boating, relax and be happy. I wonder, though. Robert Bellah, one of today’s most influential sociologists andRead More

July 2010 By Dodge Morgan I spent my second longest continuous time on board a boat this past winter. It was seven months on the trawler Osprey, compared to my two and one-half years in the early ’60s cruising and sailing on the schooner Coaster. I was 30 years oldRead More

July 2010 By David Roper It’s 3:22 a.m. on a Friday in June and I’m sitting on Elsa’s starboard berth looking across at a small oil painting of Marblehead Harbor that highlights a handful of gaff-rigged sloops and schooners from another century. The painting has a wonderful patina, and now,Read More

June 2010 By Craig Bergeron This is a great recipe that is quick and easy – so easy that you can cook this quickly during the week after a long day at work. This is a great recipe that’s a bit different, and not the usual fried/baked and cooked inRead More

June 2010 By Dodge Morgan The British Seagull outboard motor appears to have been designed prior to the industrial revolution. Fifty years ago, it was a most simple and straightforward piece of machinery found on many dinghy transoms, but now it is a humorous curiosity to those who just happenRead More