Topsham, Maine James Ferguson Millinger was born in York on Feb. 5, 1935. He died in Topsham on May 5, 2023. Jim was the son of Mrs. and Rev. Walter H. Millinger, pastor of the First Parish Church in York from 1929 to 1952. When he was 12, his motherRead More

Returning from Roque Island in our outboard canoe, I asked Doris if she’d like to visit other Maine islands. “Not in this unstable boat,” she replied. And here’s where this speedy day-cruise tale begins.

This herring gull is as common as can be, yet her arrival and brief stay on our boat was magical.

May 2023 By Jean Kerr When we bite into a perfectly grilled piece of super fresh swordfish, we should probably say a little benediction. The fish we are enjoying is often the result of many dangerous and exhausting days at sea. Two bestselling books published more than 20 years ago,Read More

Part 2: Cruising by Facebook, Yelp, GPS, and the seats-of-their-pants, the crew of the J/30 Mojo knocks off another leg of their friendship and tourism cruise to visit a venerable New York City lady.

Silver Eel Pond on Fishers Island is where the ferries from New London, Conn. dock at Fishers Island. The three white cottages are former Coast Guard houses, now privately owned. I have been a summer visitor to the island since I was 10-years-old (1951). Silver Eel Pond was formerly inRead More

May 2023 By Bob Muggleston I just looked at my last editor’s log: May of 2021. Two years ago! While the OCD part of me loves the symmetry of leaving and returning in the same month (yes, it’s true . . . I’m back), another, incredulous, part wonders how it’sRead More

May 2023 By David Roper In part 1 of “Spineless Sam – A Sea Story,” we meet Sam Martin, a down-on-his-luck liveaboard sailor who wants to win back the heart of his ex-girlfriend, Sylvia. His alcohol-soaked plan? He will heroically sail his boat seven hours to see her, braving aRead More

In The Boy Who Fell to Shore: The Extraordinary Life and Mysterious Disappearance of Thomas Thor Tangvald By Charles J. Doane, Lata Books, 2022, 298 pp, $19.95 May 2023 By Tim Murphy When I was a kid and circumnavigators were gods, Per (“Peter”) Tangvald was a Titan. He was theRead More

Squirrels in the mast, a hitchhiking bird and end-of-season haul out trouble. Just another season on the water.