December 2023 By David Roper n the last issue we left you underwater. Literally. We were off of Bermuda during my 1970s boat delivery from Rhode Island to St. Thomas. We were lying ahull, four of us flat on the cabin sole, when suddenly the wind and wave noise vanished,Read More

Southport, Conn. Rene J. Coudert died on Nov. 19, 2023 after a long illness. Born on Sept. 9, 1936 in Greenwich, Conn., he attended Brunswick School and was a graduate of The Canterbury School (1955) and the University of Virginia (1960). For many years, he was employed at IBM andRead More

Orleans, Mass. William “Bill” Hathaway Farnham, Jr. passed away on November 16, 2023, in Orleans, Mass. Bill was born on July 31, 1936, in Cambridge, Massachusetts to William and Mary Farnham of Milton, Mass. Bill was raised alongside his three sisters: Elizabeth (Betsey), Ann, and Mary (Polly). Bill was aRead More

Damariscotta, Maine A. Knight Coolidge, 78, passed away peacefully November 13, 2023 in Damariscotta. Knight was born in Chicago, Illinois, September 30, 1945. His first childhood home was a repurposed Chicago World’s Fair guard house just south of the University of Chicago where his parents, Dr. Thomas B. Coolidge (MD,Read More

Vergennes, Vt. Hale Walcoff passed away on Sept. 30, 2023. He was 67-years-old. A lifetime on the water made him appreciate nuance and the power of things unseen, and he loved his family, his friends, his dog, his work, and God (not necessarily in that order). As managing director ofRead More

West Gardiner, Maine Col. John Forest Marsh MWS (retired), of West Gardiner, passed away surrounded by family on Sept. 25, 2023. John was born in 1942 to Maynard and Frances Marsh. He attended primary school in Gorham, Maine, and moved on to earn a degree in history from the UniversityRead More

We entered our Freedom 30 in this year’s Figawi Race, from Hyannis to Nantucket, and we knew where we were the whole weekend – dead last in our class, with 18 post-race stitches on the sail home.

The Siren call of lobster-trap-free water has lured many a sailor north of the border.

Fall 2023 By Tim Plouff It was shaping up to be one of those summer days that boaters dream about; clear skies, soft southerly breeze, and a warm sun. With the truck and boat prepped for travel, I hit the road just after sunrise headed south for Bath and aRead More

Fall 2023 By David Roper I kept replaying it in my head: “And we’re not stopping at Bermuda,” Mark had commanded. But he wasn’t the captain. I was. And I told him so. He’d smirked, then winked at Artie. “Yeah, sure you are.” At this point, alone on deck, itRead More