But always there comes a point when the sands of time have almost drained from the glass, when there’s little chance left to share what really matters.

Cruising the New England coast over the last five years with my wife Leslie, from Block Island to Southeast Harbor, in Maine, completely changed my feelings about yacht clubs.

I’ve never really understood how the commercial guys can find 600 traps out on the open ocean. We had enough trouble finding 10.

The May Mystery Harbor is Bass Harbor in Tremont, Maine! If there ever was a place to be on Mount Desert Island during even the crowded summer season, this is it. The yellow roof on the right marks Thurston’s Lobster, my favorite place on the island to get a seafoodRead More

Part 3: In the life of every vessel, a figurative day of rain must occasionally fall, and for the O’Day Mariner 19 Blue Skies it came in the form of a wild and destructive capsize, but even this couldn’t dampen her spirit.

June 2024 “The Worst Journey in the Midlands” by Sam Llewellyn. Macmillan Publishers. 1994. 192 pps. $8.36. Reviewed by Randy Randall I recently read “The Worst Journey in the Midlands” by Sam Llewellyn on the recommendation of Nim Marsh, the former editor of Points East and someone I consider aRead More

June 2024 By Bob Muggleston Over the last few years, working for a marine-canvas business, I’ve been in a lot of boatyards and taken photos of more unregistered yard vehicles than I can count. The one I’ve included with this piece is my favorite. My educated guess is that thisRead More

June 2024 By John Murray Editor’s note: this year’s Downeast Challenge, which takes place on July 26-27, is from Marblehead, Mass., to Portland, Maine. The following is a charming first-person account from one of the 2022 race’s participants, who ended up double-handing with his 12-year-old son. In 2022, I plannedRead More

Some basic tips about what you slap on the transom.

June 2024 By Jack Farrell Some years ago, a group of high school seniors from an organization called Upward Bound stopped at Star Island for a few days. As the island manager at the time, I was given the task of showing them around and doing a little teaching onRead More