Guest perspective/Michael Camarata Many boat owners leave their home marinas for a weekend or a summer cruise only to go to other marina docks or, perhaps, a mooring field. They never anchor. Maybe they’re afraid. Or nervous. Or perhaps it’s simply inexperience. There’s nothing wrong with patronizing these important businesses.Read More

For cadets between their second and third years at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut, June is a special month. Classes are over, the grass on their hillside campus overlooking the Thames River is green again, and afternoon southwesterlies – warm, and full of promise – haveRead More

I can hardly launch spring fitting-out season without thinking about cruises past, and when the photograph above surfaced amid the chaos of my desk I was reminded of the excitement of discovering the New England and Fundy coast in the ’70s, aboard a leaky old wooden sloop I’d acquired forRead More

Guest perspective/Phyllis Méras Eight decades ago, catboats were familiar sailing and fishing boats in Vineyard and Cape Cod waters. They were sturdy, roomy, gaff-rigged, with a single sail and a centerboard. They were considered the ideal first or second boat for young sailors. At the Harborside Inn in Edgartown, Mass.,Read More

Marine Diesel Basics By Dennison Berwick, Voyage Press 2017, 212 pp., $16.00. Reviewed by Bob Muggleston For Points East Canadian author, illustrator, sailor and adventurer Dennison Berwick is the type of guy every boat owner loves having aboard: He’s someone who can do a little bit of everything, and, mostRead More

May is prime construction season at Star Island as we work to catch up on years of deferred maintenance. Much of our material is loaded by hand, but for the bigger loads we use a truck-mounted boom lift. The temperature approached summertime readings early in the month as we dockedRead More

A playground for all things boating The Mystery Harbor in the June issue of Points East is a photo taken from the docks of the Centerport Yacht Club looking south at the back end of Northport Harbor on the north shore of Long Island, N.Y. I grew up there inRead More

Newport, R.I. Bjorn Johnson, a consummate Corinthian Yachtsman who gave generously and tirelessly of his time and knowledge to the sport of sailing, crossed the bar on May 16 in Newport, R.I. Bjorn was a proud member of the Cruising Club of America, New York Yacht Club, Storm Trysail Club,Read More

Newport, R.I. Bill died on May 12, 2018. He was born in Bellport, L.I. to Anders Peter and Florence Mary Dyer Larson, and was raised in New York City. Bill graduated from the Trinity School in New York City. He attended Randolph Macon University and graduated from American University withRead More

We had a fantastic turnout for our 2018 Casco Bay Crew Match party with our partner SailMaine. Beautiful weather, fantastic food and drink and of course wonderful company! If you missed it, we hope to see you next year. We also have a second event scheduled for June 1 atRead More