Winter 2023 By Jean Kerr For Points East Every Sunday, my husband and I watch a parade of clammers (the lucky few) walk by our house on their way to the clam flats at Brave Boat Harbor in Kittery, Maine. The licenses issued by the town are for clamming onRead More

A week-long gig 100 miles out to sea brings the author back to the early days of his career.

Winter 2023 By Donna Price For Points East Ian and I have been sailing our 44-foot Nordic sailboat Mystic along the coast of Maine over the past four summers. We had never come this far down east before, as work commitments and other constraints always seemed to limit our time.Read More

Winter 2023 By David Roper For Points East In my files this winter, I came across this invitation from nearly twenty years ago, sent to ‘middle-aged sailing men’ who are now, in 2023, old sailing men: As a Middle-Aged Sailing Man Known to be a Competent Bullshitter You are HerebyRead More

Winter 2023 By Ali Wisch Fabre It is hard to believe, but it’s true – I have been a landlubber for six months. When I first moved off the boat, I was too caught up in the move to process the experience. I masked my separation anxiety (maybe not soRead More

Winter 2023 By Jack Farrell For Points East The late December gale that blew through the Piscataqua Region with hurricane-force winds and historic storm surge caused surprisingly little damage at Star Island, the unofficial capital of the Isles of Shoals. During a caretaker supply mission one beautiful afternoon in mid-January,Read More

  Frequent contributor Dan Raycroft sent us this sunrise image from North Hutchinson Island off Ft. Pierce, Fla.

Contributor Dan Raycroft sent us this photo taken last week from the Pert Lowell Company on the Parker River in Newbury, Mass. On the left is Ralph Johnson, owner of the Pert Lowell Company. To his right is one of his shop workers Al Cox. The two were setting upRead More

A bit of Maine humor, this harbor entrance cans was nicely decorated with a painting… this was at the entrance to Round Pond Harbor…. we come and go from Round Pond to get to our property on Louds Island… David Masury Kittery, Maine

Sweet, soaked in rum with a long shelf life… is there any other food better suited for life on the high seas?