Nature’s mercy is something we appreciate aboard our smaller craft here in New England as well.

Maine Coaster memories I believe the mystery harbor is York Harbor in York Maine. I, along with family and friends, used to charter with the late-captain Richard Witham aboard his Maine Coaster that was docked at the York town dock. Alan Brown Branford, Conn. Easy on the eyes I think theRead More

It can happen in the blink of an eye. Wear a PFD to stay alive.

My mother, Gail Stanwood, passed at 96 in October 2020. She kept meticulous cruising logs, then retyped the accounts with detailed narratives. She would savor this 2021 log entry for the sloop, Prelude.

March/April 2022 and 1998 Editor’s note: This article ran in the very first Points East magazine in April 1998. As we celebrate our 25 years of publishing, we felt compelled to rerun this piece, as it reflects so much of what makes this magazine special. Call me Deckfluff, for IRead More

March/April 2022 By Jack Farrell During a short break from winter’s grip in late February, the temperature along the coast rose briefly into the high 60s. At Star Island, unofficial capital of the Isles of Shoals, the care-takers had been out of fruit and vegetables for weeks. We took advantageRead More

In many ways, the summer of 2020 was like any other. But there was the COVID pandemic, which changed everything, except for the things that did not change, like sailing along the coast of Maine.

March/April 2022 By Ali Wisch When the first issue of Points East was published, I was probably sitting at my desk, in a classroom at GW middle school in Ridgewood, New Jersey. An awkward 13-year-old who feared big waves, and thought the best thing about my grandparent’s boat, Praxis, anRead More

March/April 2022 Editor’s note: Points East magazine and Saco boat designer Clint Chase of Chase Small Craft are working together to design a pram that can be used by cruisers as an affordable and flexible dinghy. We have solicited our readers for ideas about size, design, use and handling requirements.Read More

Mississauga, Ontario John passed away in Mississauga, Ontario on February 14, 2022. John was born December 13, 1943, at an RCAF airbase in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, on a cold, snowy Sunday morning. After a quick stint in the Royal Canadian Navy, he attended the University of Manitoba, Rochester, Illinois and eventuallyRead More