Forget the oil in your 2-stroke outboard and you may be rowing home.

Despite minor mishaps our sail Downeast, past Mount Desert Island to Winter Harbor, was almost perfect for us, as we set forth with a fantastic August weather window and a positive cruising attitude.

One might think that drawing up plans for a traditional design for the day-charter trade is simple, but consider the thought processes invested in the new schooner Adirondack IV. Then think again.

December 2023 Editor’s note: Holy smokes did we get tons of email after posting the October/November Mystery Harbor. I’m only half-joking when I say we could have published an entire issue of Points East that just featured correct answers. If you submitted one and don’t see it here, it’s likelyRead More

Partners find their different cruisiung styles compliment each other.

December 2023 By Randy Randall Four Months in a Sneak-Box by Nathaniel H. Bishop. Lee & Shepard Publishers. 1879. 348 pp. $19.13. Kindle Edition free. When it comes to cruising, how small a vessel is too small? Extraordinary voyages in ridiculously small boats, it seems, have been a maritime traditionRead More

Making the best of a difficult situation.

December 2023 By Christopher Birch Lately, I’ve been fantasizing about what will come next in boat design. Happily my crystal ball has a lot to say on the subject. Walk with me into the future and down the red carpet at the 2026 Eagle Seven Sailing Yacht Design Awards gala.Read More

Lately I’ve been balancing the demands of boat captain and grandfather, happily aware of how blessed life can be.

December 2023 By Bob Muggleston It’s early November as I write this, and, for the last two weeks, after what seemed like little or no movement at marinas here in Connecticut, suddenly boats are being yanked from the water at a breathtaking pace. What this means for the company IRead More