. . . hath a man for his boat than when he restores her two different times, from square one, two decades apart. Groves did this with his Hinckley Pilot 35 My Girl, with late drama, and he doesn’t regret a single minute of it.

Dave’s delivery becomes increasingly grim as the weather and crew deterioriate.

August 2023 By Christopher Birch Bill’s gone. My wife and I always sail with our dog, Bill, but now he’s gone. He was our third crew member for over a decade. He sailed with us to Canada and he sailed with us to the Bahamas. In fact, we never sailedRead More

Each Maine island with a year-round population is distinct from the others; the most remote of these is Matinicus, some 10 miles out to sea from Vinalhaven. I cruised there, and found a community with a singular character.

August 2023 By Carey Reeder Stuffing box leaks, stiff, unmovable sea valves, electrical gremlins – these are just a few of the worries sailors learn to tolerate while underway; but that should, if possible, be addressed once back in port. But every known issue was once unknown. This is oneRead More

August 2023 By Natasha Salvo During the winter of 2021-22, we spent time living aboard my parents’ former Jeanneau 41 in Marina di Ragusa, Sicily, now owned by my brother. I’d spent many weeks cruising aboard the boat with them in the Mediterranean, Aegean, and Azores and was happy toRead More

August 2023 By Bob Muggleston It’s weird how inanimate objects can sink their claws into you and make you miss them even after they’re gone. This is the case with my 1966 Pearson Commander, which I only owned for five years. But everything that happened with this boat – fromRead More

Vineyard Haven, Mass. James (Jim) Howard Lobdell, the first of three sons of Margaret Kisk and Howard Lobdell, arrived with the incoming tide on Aug. 20, 1943. He left us, much mourned, with the outgoing tide, on July 22. He was 79. Sitting with him as he set off onRead More

Bristol, R.I. After a wonderful 92-years of life, Herbert P. Browne, Jr., died peacefully next to his wife of 66 years, Christine Gorcynski Browne, on July 6. Herb and Christine founded Bristol Bagel Works in 1994 with their son, Rob, where they worked side by side until they could noRead More

Southport, Maine Andrew Compton “Andy” Holmes, 89, died July 1, 2023 at Lincoln Health Miles Campus in Damariscotta. Andy was born Nov. 4, 1933, in Middletown, Connecticut and graduated from The Albany Academy in 1951, Wesleyan University with a B.A. in chemistry in 1955, and from the University of PennsylvaniaRead More