Brewer, Maine James R. Fernald of Somesville and Brewer died Saturday, March 9, as a result of injuries sustained in a skiing accident following a life lived fully, consciously and purposefully. He was born on Friday, March 13, 1962, in Bar Harbor, the second child of the Fernald clan. JimRead More

Barnstable, Mass. Lover of family, faith, and the ocean, Paul will be dearly missed by all who knew him. Paul passed away suddenly after a brief illness on Feb. 5. Paul was raised in Marblehead, Mass., at his family’s waterfront marine business, where he developed a lifelong love of sailingRead More

Winter 2024 By Christopher Birch Last month in this column, I broke out my crystal ball and gazed into the future of yachting. My time travel took me to the (fictional) “2026 Eagle Seven Sailing Yacht Design Awards Gala,” where I marveled over the bronze medal winner: Boom Boom Solar.Read More

Winter 2024 The 95-foot pilothouse sloop known as Project Ouzel reached a major milestone on a snowy day in Maine at the end of last November. The hull emerged from the build shop at Rockport Marine with all structural bulkheads in place, was raised and carefully inverted in a Travelift,Read More

Winter 2024 By Bob Muggleston I’ve always had a soft spot for pretty boats that are down on their luck. A notable example of this predilection, and how it eventually plays out for better or for worse, took place 30 years ago when I was driving down a country road.Read More

Sailors always seem to be looking on the bright side of life.

The manual had offered a warning of the problem that was to come.

“I can do that,” I replied to my boat partner, Geo. It was the end of the sailing season, and someone needed to go up the mast on a friend’s boat.

Winter 2024 By David Roper Editor’s Note: This is Part 6 of David Roper’s series about true pirates. By midnight we had tied to the wharf in the town of St. George’s, Bermuda. The sudden calm of the harbor felt blissful after the stormy trip from Rhode Island aboard aRead More

Part 1: So many small, simple implements – a fine chisel, the perfect rigging knife, even a small boat – can nurture heritages that live and breathe, like this 1968 O’Day Mariner that has brought joy and fellowship to generations.