Grew up in Camden The Mystery Harbor is Camden, Maine. I was born and grew up in Camden during the ’50s and ’60s. Looking out, the harbor is Curtis Island. My great-grandfather was a lighthouse keeper there when it was called Negro Island. Anson Norton Thomaston, Maine   Maine toRead More

The perfect boat will be the one that takes care of itself.

Spring and the boating season was fast arriving. It was time for “The Talk.” Yeah, THAT talk.

March/April 2021 “On Harbor’s Edge, Book One: 1912-1913” by Kate Hotchkiss. Maine Authors Publishing and Cooperative, 2020. 287 pp. $18.95. Review by Lisa Shields For Points East First in a planned series of novels, “On Harbor’s Edge: Book One: 1912-1913” takes us into the first few years of the marriageRead More

March/April 2021 By Jack Farrell At the end of a long flight home from a week’s visit with the grandchildren out west on the last night of February, it was immediately evident that winter was losing its hold on our coast. The landing lights switched on as we descended alongRead More

March/April 2021 By Molly Mulhern Over the last 13 years I have always had a sailboat in the water. Then along came last spring, in which I found myself not only boatless, but dealing with a worldwide pandemic. Given the mass disruptions that were taking place at the time, notRead More

During the summer of COVID-19, we celebrated 33 years of marriage by cruising locally, focusing on Buzzards Bay and cozy Rhode Island. Short of a hurricane, what could possibly rain on our parade?

March/April 2021 By Pam Humbert We were smitten when she first came into sight from the launch. It was a Pearson 30, the make of boat that had reached the very top of our short list after three years of pouring over advertisements, research and inspections. We thought to ourselves,Read More

Preparing scallops is a simple process, the main thing being not to overcook them. Short cooking times and high heat are your primary guidelines (if you’re cooking them at all, that is).

March/April 2021 By Paul Brown In the late 1980s I was relatively new to sailing, and had recently purchased a 1968 Thunderbird 26 I named Brownscow. Brownscow’s design was the result of a contest offered by a West Coast plywood company in 1958, and – as per the requirements ofRead More