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Seadog Submerges
This past Saturday morning, I grabbed a breakfast sandwich at the local Dunkin Donuts and went down to the harbor to look at the boats. [...]
To Replace or Not To Replace
It’s spring commissioning time, full of activities from washing and waxing the hull and painting the bottom, to oiling the teak and a dozen other [...]
Maine Boat Builders Show 2018
This past weekend I attended the Annual Maine Boat Builders show in Portland, Maine. There were lots of interesting vendor displays of small rowing boats [...]
Battleship Cove, An Interesting Alternative
Most boat museums in the Northeast close around Columbus Day, but there is one display of “boats” that stays open year around, namely Battleship Cove, [...]
Christmas Bargains
Tis the season to get great boating bargains. Currently, many marine retailers, like their land-locked peers, are offering great pre-holiday bargains. They're offering value pricing [...]
Check It Out
Well, we’ve come to the end of the boating season here in the Northeast. The temperatures at night are sub-freezing and daytime figures are not [...]
Antique Boat Museum Collection
The Antique Boat Museum (ABM) in Clayton, NY has a great variety of antique boats in it's collection. One of the more interesting boats on [...]
Fall Boating Demands Attention
Fall boating can be a great experience in New England. When the sun is out, and the breezes are light, it can be a fun [...]
Adventure
It’s late August and the summer boating season is headed into the final stages. The days are getting a bit shorter, and ambient temperatures a [...]
35th Annual Antique and Classic Boat Festival, Sunday, August 27th
Summer is not over yet, but it’s certainly winding down. The sun is setting earlier and the average temperature is dropping, both not exactly good [...]