Part 2: The author reveals more favorite Maine anchorages – not the “best” ones – and the crew of the Saga 43 Ilene favors small places with solitude or ones with good eats, museums and theater.

Last month, in the library of my town of Marblehead, Massachusetts, my friend and neighbor put on a world-class exhibition. Not of books, art or music. But of antique outboard motors – 20 of them. It was an exhibit of the first 50 years of outboards. These antiques were carefullyRead More

The Mystery Harbor in the May issue of Points East is Sippican Harbor, in Marion, Mass. Just outside this photo, to the left, is where Tabor Academy’s SSV Tabor Boy is moored. Tabor Boy has been a staple and landmark in the harbor for years, when she’s not off onRead More

Arcadia, Fla. Will Walter White, III of Arcadia, Fla., and formerly of Sarasota, Fla., and West Hartford, Conn., died on May 16, 2019. He was 88 years old. A Tabor Academy and a 1952 Cornell University graduate, he spent his career as a public relations executive in New York andRead More

Stamford, Conn. Richard Matthews, a noted world-class sailor who served as navigator for two significant America’s Cup crews, died May 11 in Fairfield, Conn. Matthews served as navigator on America’s Cup challenger Vim in 1958, and in the same role with Weatherly in 1962. His brother Don Matthews was onRead More

Points East ad representative David Stewart had a front row view of the implosion of the Brayton Point power plant towers on Saturday, April 27, on board Rum Runner. Thanks to Paul & Carol Baggott for chartering the boat and to Dwight Haley who compiled the images for the showRead More

Barrington, R.I. Margaret “Peggie” Hillegass (May), died peacefully at home on Sunday, April 28. She leaves behind her husband, Ronald Carl Hillegass and her two sons, Ronald “Carl” Hillegass, Jr. of Stonington, Conn. and Michael George Hillegass of Washington, D.C. She was preceded in death by her son Kent FieldRead More

Dawn broke late on this stormy morning in early April. Yesterday was sunny and warm, but today it was winter on the water again. A cold rain was falling, verging on sleet. The biting wind drove a familiar salty tang. Seas were from the northeast at five to nine feet,Read More

There was a time when being told that some of my ideas were impractical, or just not done, proved no small incentive to do them anyway. Mostly I was just annoying, but did get on rather well with irregular behavior. Then I got it into my head that I shouldRead More

Guest perspective/Tim Plouff Mariners plying the Gulf of Maine in the vicinity of central Penobscot Bay and Blue Hill Bay are all too familiar with the landmark “mountains” of Isle au Haut. So named by Samuel de Champlain in 1604, Isle au Haut – “High Island” – has three, distinct,Read More