Points East contributor Dan Raycroft caught this image of the August blue moon rising over the Ipswich River Thursday night. Thanks Dan!

Reading, Mass. Stephen Andrew Brodecki, of Reading, Mass., passed away on Aug. 30. He is the son of the late Andy and Anna Brodecki. He is the brother of Christine Seaquist and her husband, Jack, of Port Orange, Fla., along with three nephews and a niece. Stephen was a graduateRead More

  We spotted this adorable beauty recently on the freshwater portion of the Saco River. It’s a Roberts Kit-Craft Skimmer. A kit-built boat that was manufactured by the company of the same name in Branford, Conn. Although it’s less than 8-feet long and weighs in at 85 pounds, it canRead More

September in Maine: The skies were blue, the air cool and crisp, and the wild waters beckoned, but the Harwood’s vessel was on the hard for a refit. Solution: the seagoing version of “the next man up.”

We’ve heard (and possibly experienced) many of these disasters before. They still make for great reading.

A “bully” place indeed July’s Mystery Harbor [no one guessed it, so we posted clues in the August issue] is Oyster Bay, N.Y. I’m guessing, since he certainly spent time there, Teddy Roosevelt would have described Oyster Bay as a “bully” place . . . and I concur! I wasRead More

September 2023 By David Roper We were headed out into the Bermuda Triangle on a delivery from Rhode Island to St. Thomas on an untested vessel. With me was Hobie, a fellow river pilot who’d never sailed or been on the ocean, and two other crew, Mark and Artie, whoRead More

September 2023 By Peter Dragonas It was a cold and snowy December evening when friend George and his wife Judy came over for dinner. Great company from the yacht club always makes for a pleasant evening, reminiscing about past sailing adventures. We live in a town on Boston’s North ShoreRead More

September 2023 By Jack Farrell A midsummer southeaster was lashing our coast with six-foot waves, 30-knot gusts and sideways rain measured in inches falling per hour. The tourist boats had all been canceled for the day, leaving the Shining Star, our 46-foot Mussel Ridge lobster boat, the only link fromRead More

She’s been a faithful companion, but she just doesn’t fit well.