Southport, Conn. David K. Storrs died on March 3, 2019, with his wife Landon T. and his son, David K. Jr., at his side. He was President of Alternative Investment Group, which he co-founded in 1996. Previously he was President of Commonfund, and from 1971 to 1984, he was theRead More

Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich. Kimberly R. Woodhouse, 62 years old, passed away January 29 surrounded by family after a decades-long battle with cancer. Born on June 8, 1956 in Grosse Pointe Farms, Kim graduated from Our Lady Star of the Sea High School. She earned a degree in Fashion MerchandisingRead More

“Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together” by Nathaniel Philbrick; Penguin Books, 2018; 240 pp. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East The Sunfish. What a weird boat, though not as weird as the flush-deck Sailfish. We had one of those atRead More

The following is a sneak peak at David’s forthcoming book, “Beyond Mermaids: Life’s Tangles, Knots, and Bends,” content that will likely appear as the preface of the book. It’s tempting to draw out the world you want from a picture. A lot of what we remember is fiction. Maybe. Here,Read More

Fixing up old boats is a family tradition. Back in the day, various seafaring relatives spent a good deal of time keeping their vessels afloat, while more recently my father and I bought beaters of sloops for next to nothing, fixed them up and pursued a life of modest adventure.Read More

By Rand Peck My fascination with New England lighthouses began in June 1974, on my first flight with Air New England as a Twin Otter copilot from Hyannis, on Cape Cod, to Boston’s Logan Airport. I was young, inexperienced, behind the curve, and a source of humor for my captainRead More

Without a doubt, there are many distractions to help bridge the gap between boating seasons these days, a lot of them thanks to technology. I’m thinking specifically of online classifieds (a personal favorite; see the trouble it got me into), YouTube and Vimeo, sailing vlogs, and streamable documentaries – allRead More

As I write this dispatch we are in the deep dark weeks of full winter. The days have just now begun to lengthen, although so far it’s pretty hard to tell. The record early cold and snows of November were happily followed by seasonable temperatures, and just a flurry nowRead More

“Second Wind: A Sunfish Sailor, an Island, and the Voyage That Brought a Family Together” by Nathaniel Philbrick; Penguin Books, 2018; 240 pp. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East The Sunfish. What a weird boat, though not as weird as the flush-deck Sailfish. We had one of those atRead More

Guest perspective/Christopher Birch My adventures in yachting got off to a rich start. A “SAIL” magazine subscription card, with a questionnaire at the bottom, was my launch ramp. I checked the box indicating my net worth exceeded $10 million (I felt like $10 million just checking that box). I alsoRead More