On a North Haven beach since July 4. No oars.

  It’s a ‘One Morning in Maine’ location I’ve often been mystified by Mystery Harbor photos, but the picture in the September issue of Points East is Bucks Hahbah in beautiful North Brooksville. The car on the dock is a bit out of the ordinary, but heart-shaped Harbor Island isRead More

Portsmouth, R.I. Donald passed away at home with family and friends at his side on Aug. 17, 2018. He was the husband of Ann (Sullivan) Kidd, his “Honey.” Born on Sept. 14, 1943, in Fall River, Mass., Donald was the son of the late Thomas W. Kidd, Jr. and theRead More

Isle of Palms, South Carolina Joey Chomyn, the kind and beloved son of June and John J. Chomyn of the Isle of Palms, South Carolina, died Saturday evening, Aug. 11, 2018, in a power boating accident near Limehouse Bridge on the Stono River in Johns Island, South Carolina. His bodyRead More

By Bob Muggleston For Points East On June 30, aboard his Westsail 32 Mighty Sparrow, Jerome Rand closed the loop he’d begun nearly nine months earlier by sailing into his homeport of Gloucester, Mass. For Rand it was the first time he’d been on land since leaving in the fallRead More

Middletown, R.I. Geoffrey Hart Spranger passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 2, 2018 at Newport Hospital following a brief illness. The only son of the late Joseph William Spranger and the late Ruth Marie (née Berger) Spranger, Jeff was born in East Providence, R.I. on Nov. 25, 1932. Jeff’s lifelong loveRead More

  These two beauties were spotted on the docks at Portland Yacht Services on Fore Street in Portland, Maine last week. On the left is First Light, a 92′ Pilothouse Sloop, Ted Fontaine design. On the right is Marae (ex Paraiso), a 108′ Pilothouse Sloop, another Ted Fontaine design. NoRead More

In the early 2000s I was lucky enough to race to Bermuda not once, but twice, with Jim Mertz, the “Iron Man of the Onion Patch,” who participated in 30 Newport Bermuda Races between 1936 and 2004 – a record that probably won’t be topped anytime soon. Jim is goneRead More

The maintenance of a sailboat is possessed of a certain intensity for those of us who are marginally mechanical. Demanding a keen eye and a grasp of the nature of a wide variety of materials and complicated technologies, the cost of failing to act prudently can range from annoying toRead More

In this column, I share stories from the Isles of Shoals and beyond. Some six miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Piscataqua River, this amazing place is host to a variety of interesting vessels, wildlife and people – a rest stop on the East Coast maritime highway. August: theRead More