Palm Beach Gardens, Fla. Paul (“Peter”) Pollard Johnson, Jr. of Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., 75, passed away on July 13, with family by his side. Paul was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and raised in Saunderstown, R.I., where he developed a deep appreciation for, and a love of, the ocean. AnRead More

Camden, Maine Samuel Manning, marine illustrator, builder, craftsman, teacher, harmonica player, sailor and oarsman, cast off and died gracefully at his home in Camden, Maine, on July 9, 2019. The town clock rang at the moment of his passing, welcoming him in his transition to his next great adventure. SamRead More

Farnham, Va. Jeremy McGeary, previously of Newport, Rhode Island, died July 8, 2019, at VCU Medical Center in Richmond, Virginia. The cause of death was metastatic melanoma. Born in Weymouth, England, he began his career as a charter skipper and yacht designer, and became an award-winning marine writer and editor.Read More

Bethany, Conn. Dick McCurdy, a marine electronics legend who was the driving force behind Ockam Instruments for almost 40 years, passed away quietly on July 5 at his home in Bethany, Conn. After graduating from MIT and working for Kenyon Marine for many years, Dick became one of the firstRead More

Bethany, Conn. Dick McCurdy, a marine electronics legend who was the driving force behind Ockam Instruments for almost 40 years, passed away quietly on July 5 at his home in Bethany, Conn. After graduating from MIT and working for Kenyon Marine for many years, Dick became one of the firstRead More

Guest perspective/Randy Randall “Hey Dad,” Jeremy yelled. “Looks like you hit the jackpot! What is all this stuff?” He was right. I’d practically filled the front of my kayak with trash. “Help me unload all this,” I told him. But you see collecting trash is kind of a game withRead More

By Ben Emory For Points East In August of 2014, just as dark fell, the Fish-class sloop Perch, on her trailer, was dropped off at Brooklin Boat Yard on Maine’s Eggemoggin Reach. I’d purchased the Nathanael Herreshoff-designed boat sight-unseen, based on a YachtWorld.com ad and photos sent by Tyler FieldsRead More

Guest perspective/Capt. Laura Tecce Surely, many long-suffering spouses have heard this: “No one talk to me while I’m docking.” (But, if you can’t talk to him, how are you supposed to know what he’s doing or where he’s going?) Or how about this: “Throw the lines.” “Where are the bumpers?”Read More

By Ben Emory; Seapoint Books, 2018; 224 pp.; $19.95. Reviewed by Fiona Gordon Natural Resources Council of Maine Ben Emory provides a detailed account of how his formative years spent summering on the coast of Maine framed his personal and professional lifelong commitment to conserving land and, through that, wildlifeRead More

Last summer I wrote a column about First-World problems and a bumblebee. Well, really it was about an engine that would struggle under load, making a sound not unlike a person choking to death. I dared not throttle up when that happened; hence, I ran most of the summer underRead More