What We’re Watching Super Solo — In 1969 Sir Robin Knox-Johnston became the first person to complete a nonstop, singlehanded circumnavigation of the globe. He sailed the 32-foot teak-planked Bermudan ketch Suhaili, built in Bombay, and emerged as the lone finisher of the 1968–1969 Golden Globe Race. The 29-year-old spent 313 days at sea to … Read more
Seahorse 48: Preparing a Long-Range Trawler for Extended Voyaging LOA: 48 feet, 5 inches • BEAM: 14 feet, 10 inches • POWER: single 150-hp John Deere 4045TFM diesel • SPEED: 6.5 knots cruise • RANGE: 6,825 nautical miles at 6.5 knots • TANKAGE: 2,000 gallons fuel, 250 gallons water • CONTACT: Seahorse Marine, Zhuhai, China, … Read more
Donald Baxter MacMillan and the Arctic Schooner Bowdoin They don’t make foul-weather gear like this anymore. Pictured here is Arctic explorer Donald Baxter MacMillan aboard his schooner Bowdoin, wearing the confident, ready expression of a man accustomed to cold seas and difficult voyages. Donald Baxter MacMillan was born in 1874 in Provincetown, Massachusetts, into a … Read more
Recent Responses from the Mid-Atlantic Seaboard This roundup summarizes recent Coast Guard and partner responses across the Mid-Atlantic seaboard, highlighting search and rescue operations, a fatal equipment accident, medevac operations, and multi-agency search efforts. Each report reflects the ongoing maritime safety work carried out by the Coast Guard, local fire and rescue units, and volunteer … Read more
I wasn’t always consumed by boats. I began my career as a book editor, a mid-career professional who accepted a well-paying position and relocated to an inland region a few hours from the coast. City life gave way to a quieter pace: editing deadlines, house hunting, small renovation projects and the steady routines of a … Read more
Essex Spring Boat Show Draws Strong Crowd; Organizers Eye Annual Event At one moment during the new Spring Boat Show in Essex, Connecticut, exhibitor Jim Eastland wondered whether launching a boat show in a soft economy had been the right move. Three hours later, as the docks filled with interested buyers, his doubts were gone. … Read more
Snow Goose Upholstery Refresh: A Timeless, Durable Interior for a 1986 Grand Banks 32 When Onne and Tenley van der Wal purchased their 1986 Grand Banks 32 in late 2020, the boat needed more than mechanical work — its interior fabrics were worn and dated. The couple tackled most of the renovation themselves, but they … Read more
Spring Striped Bass Migration and Fishing on the East Coast Before dawn, a pale light rose above Elk Neck State Park and revealed the Susquehanna Flats: a wide, shallow expanse of grass-filled water at the top of Chesapeake Bay. With no wind to disturb the surface, the flats lay like a sheet of glass. The … Read more
How the Bahamas’ Private-Boat Quarantine Opened Safe Passage for Families During COVID-19 LeAnn Morris Pliske and her husband were at the end of their rope in Fort Lauderdale: stuck at home with their 12- and 13-year-old children and a couple of dogs, they needed space and fresh air. “I was losing my mind,” she says. … Read more
Thor: A World War II Rescue Boat Coming to the Florida Holocaust Museum A 34-foot, 20,000-pound wooden fishing boat named Thor, one of the vessels used to ferry Jewish people out of Nazi-occupied Denmark during World War II, will soon be on display at the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg, Florida. The boat’s arrival … Read more
