If I were to win the lottery, I would build a replica of Arion. I would raise the freeboard four inches, and the cabin sides two inches to give a full six feet and change of headroom for my tall friends. I’d add a foot more beam to open up the main cabin.

July 2023 By Jack Farrell Early June, and all eyes are on the weather forecast this morning as a cold front the previous night swept away the early summer heat wave, leaving behind a cool stretch of days with northeast winds gusting over 30 knots and seas from six toRead More

July 2023 By David Roper It was in a dark, decrepit bar by the New Bedford waterfront where I found him. He was half slumped on the last stool by the swinging door to the kitchen. “He’s over there. That one,” the bartender said, lifting and pointing his chin towardsRead More

July 2023 By Randy Randall We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows and Amazons) by Arthur Ransome, Jonathan Cape Ltd. 1937; 333 pp, $15. If you didn’t happen to grow up in the UK, you might not know about a series of children’s books called “Swallows and Amazons.” IRead More

Part 4: The big day was here. We were taking the J/30 Mojo down the East River, through Manhattan, and into New York Harbor, bound for our oddly amorphous destination, the Statue of Liberty.

July 2023 By Bob Muggleston Growing up, I spent a lot of time around my dad, working for his small landscaping company. He never considered himself a deep thinker, but he sure did love a good aphorism. He especially loved ones that contained irony, and of those, “The shoemaker’s kidsRead More

East of Schoodic Point: It’s where some say the real Maine cruising experience begins, and where this intrepid New Hampshire resident headed on his powerboat to battle fog, tide and foul weather.

July 2023 By Chuck Paine I grew up on Jamestown, and I love to go back there in the summer. It is a magical place. A couple of years ago I was visiting Jamestown, and had almost the same experience Don did. I spied Arion there, and went over andRead More

July 2023 By Christopher Birch Entering Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay aboard Sundance, our 36-foot Morris Justine, I heard a security call on one-six as we sailed past Castle Hill. A tug pushing a crane barge was announcing its intentions for an inbound transit of Newport Harbor passing Goat Island andRead More

The mystery harbor is Wychmere Harbor in Harwich Port, Cape Cod, Mass. Looks like the photo is taken from the bottom of the grassy lawn at the overlook on Route 28. We often pass this location and pull over to view the harbor and boats. Every season offers a uniqueRead More