A fortuitous engine problem I first sailed into New Harbor, on Block Island, R.I., many years ago with a group of friends and a very attractive blonde. An engine problem kept us there for a few days and the blonde and I got quite chummy. One thing led to another,Read More

What better way to end the summer than with a parade of beautiful windjammers that included Ladona, Stephen Tabor, Victory Chimes (with new owner Capt. Sam Sikkema at the helm), J&E Riggin and Heritage. These were all captured by Points East’s Lynn Whitney from her perch overlooking the Fox IslandRead More

This summer’s Sturgeon Moon offered favorable winds and clear skies off Eaton’s Neck Light.  Photo by Pam Humbert  aboard Morgana of Northport, NY

Maine’s mountains by the sea are possessed of a particular gravity, and taking to the trails on a Downeast cruise both adds an expanded dimension to your travels and helps maintain a level of conditioning. Although coasting can be a relatively sedentary business, conditioning is a valuable asset when ridingRead More

Those of you who read last month’s column know I saved the life of a bumblebee and that, as he was headed to shore, he buzzed me. Not that kind of buzz. More of an informational kind of buzz. You see, my engine had been broken, losing high rpm, forRead More

Hard to believe, but another New England summer is already winding down out at Star Island, unofficial capital of the Isles of Shoals. The end of my 10th season approaches without fanfare. Historic runs of mackerel and menhaden have lured the whales in close to shore and brought a welcomeRead More

Guest perspective/Capt. Mike Martel and Capt. Don Ringwood A few years ago, on our way home on a Sunday morning from an annual Christmas party in New Hampshire, my wife Denise and I decided to take the “scenic route” home to Rhode Island, down Route 1A through the Hamptons, alongRead More

If you’re a sailor, chances are you’ve thought about what it would be like to circumnavigate. The idea of a continuous voyage that lasts years, and involves exotic destinations – it’s heady stuff for the coaster, and there’s no shortage of literature on the topic, which makes for especially greatRead More

Guest Perspective / Hank Garfield Sailing is the ultimate slower traffic. When I’ve got the boat trimmed just right in a fresh afternoon sea breeze, with spray flying and my crew laughing in exhilaration, it’s doing maybe seven miles an hour. Nonetheless, I do occasionally use it for transportation. IRead More

And The Sea Shall Have Them All By Art Milmore, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2017, 240 pp., $20, $9.99 Kindle Edition. Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East By any measure, the steamer Portland, built in Bath, Maine, and launched in 1889, was a lovely, elegant ship. Were she toRead More