Skipjacks of the Chesapeake Bay
April 21, 2025
Painter John Barber depicts historic skipjacks still in service.
Painter John Barber depicts historic skipjacks still in service.
In The Life Line, the artist depicts the heroic rescue of a woman from a sunken ship.
The Maine-based painter encourages students to observe and paint dynamic marine surroundings.
The schooner American Eagle comes around Owl’s Head at the mouth of Penobscot Bay in Maine in the painting Breaking Storm by Carol L. Douglas.
A marine art gallery in Stonington, Connecticut, is an oasis for those smitten by the sea
On the Chesapeake, one artist captures the scenes of busy watermen
Ed Parker’s painting, The Lobster Trap, was inspired by a story in The Boston Globe about the environmental impacts of climate change on lobster fisheries in the Gulf of Maine.
Renowned realist artist Jamie Wyeth, the third generation of the Wyeth painting dynasty, commissioned a Monhegan skiff from the Carpenter’s Boat Shop in Pemaquid, Maine,
In the painting Storm on Machias Bay, Maine by Robert B. Dance, a Downeast-style lobster boat charges through high seas.
Newport Yacht Builders will launch Hull No. 3 of its Downeast sportfisherman.
The Norwegian builder will add a new model to the Scandinavia line.
Our digital fleet of standout boats.
The new designs of the 35, 40 and 50 will debut in late 2025 and early 2026.
The builder calls his new 30-footer “masculine.”
Professional mariners and recreational boaters are unhappy about the Coast Guard’s proposed cost-saving measure.
How an ancient practice transformed the region.
The center console will be offered with two layouts and multiple outboard propulsion packages.
To sharpen her seagoing chops, the author takes STCW training.
The muse for photographer Benjamin Williamson is Downeast.
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