Edgartown, Mass. David Butler Vietor died peacefully at home on February 8 after a three-year battle with pancreatic cancer. He was born and raised in New Haven, Conn. Each summer, and the Vietor family relocated to Edgartown, where his father taught David and his younger brother to sail. Over theRead More

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My son and I, and his friend Dave, delivered Blue Moon, a Grand Banks 42 – named after that nocturnal orb – from Lake Champlain to his marina in Boston. It was a memorable getaway.

Deep-fried smelt are the “ocean’s french fries.”

January/February 2022 By David Roper These are the first published opening pages of Dave Roper’s new book, “Odin’s Island,” inspired by a true story. Odin’s Island – 1985 It had gotten cool, and the wind had started to increase and turn northeast, and this gave Cleo concern. She locked theRead More

January/February 2022 “Can’t Sail in Jail: A Novel” by Greg Gilmartin Reviewed by J. Albert Mann An obvious truth, perhaps, but a truth nonetheless. You can’t sail in jail, which is unfortunately where most of Gilmartin’s characters belong. We are introduced to this tale’s docket of eccentrics, along with theirRead More

It was time to use the best days of August for some serious adventures.

I was back on our motorsailer in the Chesapeake Bay, where we’d left her for repairs while homeward bound for Maine from the Bahamas two years earlier. It was time to complete the cruise.

January/February 2022 By Randy Randall There’s that old nautical saying, “If you’ve never gone aground in your boat, you’re not a sailor.” Maine ports and rivers are usually deep and well-marked, but estuaries like the Saco River and Biddeford Pool can surprise you – and before you know it, you’reRead More

My first overnight was there This was where I did the first overnight on our sailboat this past summer with my mom and dad. It turns out friends of ours met us for dinner at the restaurant. It was all capped off with great blueberry muffins brought to the boatRead More