View Article  Spring varnishwork
The beginning of each season starts inside the vessel, as I clean and sand the interior varnishwork. While it is ...   more »
View Article  Gusty winds from the north on an August evening in Tashmoo
This past weekend we spent aboard Yuletide. Arriving on a Friday night, I could see the lights from the Oak ...   more »
View Article  Colored fog on the Portland coast: July 4th some time ago
Recently we saw some fireworks, or rather we saw the clouds illuminated by fireworks. It reminded me of years ago ...   more »
View Article  Seawater that glows at night

One of the true beauties of August is the glowing waters of Vineyard Sound.
Last Friday evening was the first ...   more »

View Article  Sailing Backwards in Vineyard Sound
In Vineyard Sound you can actually sail backwards while going to windward!
Last weekend Cheryl and I went out for ...   more »
View Article  Catboats

Catboats are beautiful in their timeless lines, and powerful hulls. I have flown across Buzzards Bay in record time, skimming ...   more »

View Article  Horseshoe Shoals
Horseshoe shoals is off of Popponesset and Cotuit. For years I boated out of Popponesset bay, and then Cotiut Harbor. ...   more »
View Article  Hauling out of Mattapoisett

A wide open harbor that offers little shelter in a storm, Mattapoisett looks out across Buzzards Bay, to the Elizabeth ...   more »

View Article  Working aboard the SS Nobska and the Islander, 1971

The Nobska was a handsome vessel, with a great deal of age and history long before I stepped on board ...   more »

View Article  Fishing in Norway, 1973

Fishing in Norway

Back in 1973 I spent some time in Bronnoysund, Norway. While there I learned a great deal ...   more »

View Article  Yuletide to Tashmoo, Our new home
This Past Saturday, July 29th, Cheryl and I sailed Yuletide off to our new mooring in Lake Tashmoo!
We left ...   more »
View Article  Yuletide Launch 2006
This year's launch was the latest in Yuletide's 21 years   more »
View Article  Catching Halibut in Norway

Many years ago I lived along the coast of Norway. It was a wonderful time in my life, where I ...   more »

View Article  Hadleys Harbor in October

We took Friday, Oct. 23rd off, to get away to Hadleys for a long weekend. Out on Buzzards Bay by ...   more »

View Article  Labor Day 2005: Lake Tashmoo

Labor Day 2005 on Lake Tashmoo

 

We had planned to spend the entire week on the Vineyard, but heavy ...   more »

View Article  Floating Bluefish

Today I went sailing aboard Haven, a Cape Dory 31 out of Mattapoisett. It is owned by friends Larry and ...   more »

View Article  Earl and the Colors

I went to dinner tonight at the New Bedford Yacht Club. Loring and Joanna are members, so they invited me ...   more »

View Article  Yuletide
This is Yuletide's 20th year afloat. It seems like no time at all that I was working at Cape Dory ...   more »
View Article  Daysail to Hadleys Harbor

Yesterday I had the chance to get out for a daysail with my buddy, Barry DeSt. Croix. It had been ...   more »

View Article  Squibnocket

Tuesday, September 28, 2004

This past Sunday I went fishing with my buddy Charley. A couple times each summer we ...   more »
View Article  Lake Tashmoo

Wednesday, July 13, 2005

It was a late launch this season. I got the boat in on the last day ...   more »
View Article  Cuttyhunk
My first weekend back on Cuttyhunk in twenty years.   more »