A Shakedown Sail on Maine’s Penobscot Bay
To prepare for an upcoming voyage across the Atlantic on a boat loaded with new sails and systems, a group of friends set sail off the coast of Maine.
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To prepare for an upcoming voyage across the Atlantic on a boat loaded with new sails and systems, a group of friends set sail off the coast of Maine.
History for Rent: A pair of Rhode Islanders have restored Shamrock‘s wheelhouse and now rent it out.
A family of four enjoys 10 blissful days of cruising the harbors of southern New England
The Maine builder held a 10-year birthday bash for its M36 daysailers.
Cruising the Northeast this summer? Head Islesboro, Maine, on August 2nd for plenty of good times!
In the Northeast? Heading offshore? A one-day Safety at Sea Seminar will be held on Wednesday June 18th in Newport, RI.
What do sailors do when they come ashore? Build boats, of course.
The worst thing for me about taking a break from cruising is having to find a job. Not the job itself, mind you—just the looking
As we had struggled up the St Lawrence River and down the canal systems toward the Hudson river, discussion of what to do afterwards had
The charts we bought in Newfoundland for the St Lawrence River have a neat feature: a letter inside a little diamond leads you to a table in the margin that tells you what the current will be doing just there at each stage of the tide.
The annual pilgrimage begins in Castine, Maine, where the faithful gather on a summer’s Wednesday eve to partake of libations and reaffirm their belief in the majesty of wood.
“The further we go, the more expensive winter storage gets, and this late in the season all the marinas and yards are shutting down. If we’re going to fail and have to leave the boat behind until spring, we’re better off getting an early start on that…”
To prepare for an upcoming voyage across the Atlantic on a boat loaded with new sails and systems, a group of friends set sail off the coast of Maine.
History for Rent: A pair of Rhode Islanders have restored Shamrock‘s wheelhouse and now rent it out.
A family of four enjoys 10 blissful days of cruising the harbors of southern New England
The Maine builder held a 10-year birthday bash for its M36 daysailers.
Cruising the Northeast this summer? Head Islesboro, Maine, on August 2nd for plenty of good times!
In the Northeast? Heading offshore? A one-day Safety at Sea Seminar will be held on Wednesday June 18th in Newport, RI.
What do sailors do when they come ashore? Build boats, of course.
The worst thing for me about taking a break from cruising is having to find a job. Not the job itself, mind you—just the looking
As we had struggled up the St Lawrence River and down the canal systems toward the Hudson river, discussion of what to do afterwards had
The charts we bought in Newfoundland for the St Lawrence River have a neat feature: a letter inside a little diamond leads you to a table in the margin that tells you what the current will be doing just there at each stage of the tide.
The annual pilgrimage begins in Castine, Maine, where the faithful gather on a summer’s Wednesday eve to partake of libations and reaffirm their belief in the majesty of wood.
“The further we go, the more expensive winter storage gets, and this late in the season all the marinas and yards are shutting down. If we’re going to fail and have to leave the boat behind until spring, we’re better off getting an early start on that…”
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