July 2022 By Randy Randall So, what is girding? Funny you should ask. Maybe some kind of medieval torture or that feeling you get in your stomach when the long sea swells go on forever? Well, it’s none of those. Girding (sometimes called tripping) describes a marine accident that couldRead More

The planning was intense, the execution flawless and the result? Magical.

July 2022 By J. Albert Mann Far Away Islands of Paradise As told to the author LeCain W. Smith, by the Sea Cat Chowder, 2022; 176 pp., Windrose Productions. Written from the point of view of a cheerful and chirpy cat, “Far Away Islands” is the second book in aRead More

A pair of venerable dinks, with a cumulative age of more than six decades, has for years served the Brighams and their five sailing vessels as tried-and-true tools in their quests for successful cruises.

New Providence, N.J. Colin G. Golder passed away suddenly on June 19, 2022, while participating in the Newport to Bermuda race for the 11th time. Colin was born in Carshalton, United Kingdom, the only child of Hilda and Stephen Golder. He resided internationally before moving to New Providence where heRead More

Points East contributor Dan Raycroft caught this image of the Newport, R.I. bridge while attending a pre-race party for the Newport-Bermuda Race.

Little Compton, Rhode Island Noel M. Field, Jr, a US Sailing National Judge, former Board member, advocate for sailors and champion of sportsmanship, died at home on June 12, 2022. Noel served as Chief Judge at high-level events, including Shields, 470, Interclub, 210 and ILCA (Laser) National Championships. He alsoRead More

Mainers Jesse Whitney and Kate Roelke had a tour of the Derecktor Shipyard during a stay in Ft. Pierce on his boat. Kate is dwarfed by the tire of one of the world’s largest mobile hoists for yachts with a capacity of 1,500 U.S. short tons. visit https://derecktor.com/derecktor-ftpierce-florida/ for theRead More

Read about the build process in our post.

June 2022 By Ali Wisch Fabre As I was doing my due diligence, sifting through last year’s copies of Points East, reflecting on… what I’d been reflecting on at the time, I grabbed our June 2021 issue and realized, to my surprise, that I hadn’t written the editorial. My predecessor,Read More