If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind. Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Roman Statesman, 50 AD Years ago, I wrote about embarking on a process of understanding which is the right boat for each of us, and doing that based on a kind ofRead More

“Put on all sail!” shouted the captain as the ship sailed toward the island. As we neared the island I heard a cannon fire. A scream came from the mizzen mast, and then I saw three men fall, and following them was the top half of the mast. I suddenlyRead More

A Foolish Voyage: Self-Discovery At Sea,” by Neil Hawkesford; self-published, 2015; 155 pp. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East When we first meet Neil Hawkesford, he is hanging upside down from his seatbelt in his wrecked car after running off the road during a rally competition. If you stickRead More

Guest perspective/Ed Jankovic A few years after the Cold War ended I was in Budapest, Hungary, and it being around Thanksgiving, I hoped I could locate a restaurant in the city that might remind me of home. An old place on Csanyi Street, just around the corner from Andrassy Street,Read More

“We could have at least looked at the chart . . .” someone said. “Or we could have turned on the GPS,” I said, reaching across to the boat’s Garmin unit and pushing its little red button. “Well,” said Beth, reaching into her canvas bag and pulling out a bottleRead More

North Kingstown, R.I. Thomas Edgar Hazlehurst, 84 of North Kingstown, R.I. sailed away peacefully on a sunny Saturday morning, Nov. 17, 2018. He lived in Rhode Island his entire life and he called the waters of Narragansett Bay his home, starting in Beetle Cats at the age of 11. HeRead More

  The bascule bridge gave it away It’s the harbor at Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Connecticut. I’ve only ever driven by there, most recently to go to the annual Catboat Association meeting in Groton, but from charts and pictures the bascule bridge looks right, and the catboat appears to beRead More

North Kingstown, R.I. Robert (Bob) H. Fuquea passed away after years of valiant battle against respiratory disease. He was a graduate of Rogers High School in Newport, R.I., and attended the University of Rhode Island (URI) before a brief Rhode Island hiatus to work on Wall Street. Recognizing he wasRead More

Mystic, Conn. David Bailey, of Mystic, Conn., passed away peacefully in his sleep with family at his side on Nov. 14, 2018, at the age of 97. He was born in New York City to Elvia Z. and Russell T. Bailey. They soon moved from Brooklyn to Greenwich, Conn., whereRead More

On the beach, Cape Rosier, Harborside, Maine. This gently sloping beach draws picnickers, dog owners, beachcombers, and waders during the season. And at the end of the season, it’s a place where local fishermen offload their traps at high tide and come by truck to pick them up at lowRead More