It was my last sailing trip of the summer: late August, with the school year looming and syllabi still unwritten for my fall classes at the University of Maine. But one piece of business on the water remained.

The question we get asked most about this lifestyle is, hands down, “What do you do all day on a boat?”

Fall 2023 Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts by Phil Bolger. McGraw Hill, LLC. 1994. 432 pp. $22.   Reviewed by Randy Randall “Boats with an Open Mind: Seventy-Five Unconventional Designs and Concepts” is Phil Bolger’s last published book. He died in 2009, but his influenceRead More

Fall 2023 By Bob Muggleston One of the two other jobs I have besides editing this magazine is working for a marine canvas company. Short of pounding cotton into the seams of a wooden ship, or re-building that ship like they do at the nearby Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard,Read More

With a 22-foot lobsterboat spinoff, Kevin cruises to Monhegan Island from Casco Bay and returns via Penobscot and Muscongus bays, delighting in a sampling of what the Maine coast has to offer.

Our winner We’d have to say “the best fish sandwich” gave us the answer to your September Mystery Harbor. We live on Cape Cod, not far from Plymouth Harbor. While we have spent time in the harbor aboard our Wasque 32, Starbuck, we have more frequently dined on the harborRead More

Fall 2023 By Jack Farrell I bought my first sailboat in 1982. That 17-foot O’Day Day Sailer was the perfect platform for learning how to sail, allowing me to quickly gain experience from my many mistakes with minimal consequence. Every weekend that first summer was spent sailing around Pepperrell CoveRead More

They know how to say farewell to summer on Plum Island Sound! Contributor Dan Raycroft caught this band of nautical minstrels jamming while out on the water this Labor Day.

Sag Harbor, Long Island The beloved singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett passed away at his home in Sag Harbor, Long Island on Friday, Sept. 1, surrounded by family and friends. Buffett, 76, had been fighting Merkel Cell Skin Cancer for four years. He continued to perform during treatment, playing his last show,Read More

Atlanta, Ga. The first Black man of any nation to solo-circumnavigate the world via Cape Horn, William “Bill” Pinkney died on Aug. 31 at the age of 87 in Atlanta, Ga. Pinkney was born on September 15, 1935 in Chicago, Ill., to Marion Henderson and William Deltorius Pinkney. After spendingRead More