News and Blog
Boat Safety Inspection – June 27th
The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be at the Manchester Yacht Club on Saturday, June 27th between 0800 and 1200 to conduct vessel safety inspections. During [...]
Simple Pleasures
Recently, a friend loaned me a dinghy that had not seen the water in over 10 years. During that time, the homely, but solid, little [...]
DUI Lawyer Charged with Drunk Boating
The lawyer was driving “Naut Guilty”, a 29-foot powerboat, when a 19 year old woman passenger jumped overboard to retrieve a seat cushion. As the [...]
Avoiding the “Up Periscope” Command
It’s early in the season, and while many boats have been launched, a large number of them are not being used much due to chilly [...]
South Shore In-Water Boat Show – April 25-26th
This weekend Hingham Shipyard Marinas is hosting the 7th Annual South Shore In-Water Boat Show on Saturday, April 25th and Sunday, April 26th, from 10am - [...]
80 Grit
In spite of cold and windy weather conditions that seemed more like early March than late April, spring commissioning efforts began this weekend and 80 [...]
Volvo Ocean Race lands in Newport, RI on May 5th
The Volvo Ocean race, sometimes referred to as the "Around the World" race, began in Alicante, Spain on October 14, 2014 and will end in [...]
Startups want to be the Airbnb for boats
According to the San Francisco Gate, start-ups in the Bay Area are now offering peer-to-peer boat rental services. Similar to Airbnb, the new boat rental service companies and boat [...]
Down East
Last weekend I attended the Maine Boatbuilders show held every March in Portland. While another snow storm made travel from Massachusetts to Maine initially tricky, [...]
Midway Between Shows
It is early March, and we're between some of the major shows around here, the NE England Boat Show and the Maine Boatbuilders Show. The [...]