Sailing Scared: Maine to Florida 2014-15 by Karlene Osborne; Custom Communications, Inc., 2019; 128 pp.; $16.95. Book review by Randy Randall Reading “Sailing Scared,” Karlene Osborne’s new book about a cruise from Maine to Florida via the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW), one realizes early on how entirely appropriate the title is.Read More

In the December issue of Points East the editor put out a call for “trip-gone-wrong” stories, so here’s one, detailing the very first time my wife Jo and I ran aground on Trinity, our 29’ Island Packet. I say “first,” as it’s happened more than once. We’d been cruising onRead More

Guest Perspective By Dave Tew For Points East In 1975 I was a senior in college, and trying to figure out what to do with my life. At the time, the Western Electric Corp. offered a program in which they evaluated and sponsored soon-to-be-graduating college students, and introduced them toRead More

Providence, R.I. John Marshall Roney died peacefully on March 10 in Providence, R.I. John was born on Sept. 21, 1939, in Washington, DC, the son of Joseph Roney and Elizabeth Marshall Chamblin. He graduated from St. John’s Military Academy, Providence College and The Columbus School of Law at The CatholicRead More

Warwick, R.I. Martin J. Denny-Brown, 79, passed away on Feb. 10 after a long battle with Parkinson’s disease. He was the beloved husband for 50 years of Katharine S. Denny-Brown. He was born in Oxford, England, in 1940. His parents moved to Cambridge, Mass., in 1947 where he grew up.Read More

Midwinter 2020 By Grace Kelly ecoRI News staff Why go to France for fancy escargot when the abundant local periwinkle beckons? These common seaside snails are an invasive species originally from Europe. They spend their days on briny rocks eating barnacle larvae and algae. While what few periwinkles that areRead More

Fear is part of the boating experience — It’s how you handle it that counts. We asked readers to recount their experiences with fear on the water. These are their stories. “If we get through this, let’s get married” Watery nightmares turn to dream realized A gift of calm inRead More

Groton, Conn. Cynthia Allman Buffinton Mason, of Mystic and Groton Long Point, Conn., died Jan. 28 in New London at the age of 96, after a battle with pneumonia. Born in Norwood, Mass., in 1923, Mason was the daughter of Hazel Dell Sargent and Fred Grosvenor Allman of Sharon. MasonRead More

Guest Perspective: Paul Brown Fundy Flotilla 2004, from Northeast Harbor to Grand Manan, and then on to Saint John and the St. John River. Brownscow, my Beneteau Evasion 32, had made it to Grand Manan, New Brunswick, and then had to leave the flotilla as my crew, Irv, had toRead More

“Tales from a Tugboat Captain: An Inside Glimpse of what it’s Like to Live Where You Work” Thomas Teague; Self-published, 2019; 135 pp. $24.95. Reviewed by Bob Muggleston For Points East OK, so a minor disclaimer: I’m a total sucker for books written by professional mariners. Being on the recreationalRead More