Art With Mystery
March 17, 2023
Flames burn through a three-masted ship caught in rough conditions in A Fire at Sea: Abandon Ship!, a mid-19th-century oil painting by an unknown artist.
Flames burn through a three-masted ship caught in rough conditions in A Fire at Sea: Abandon Ship!, a mid-19th-century oil painting by an unknown artist.
A pink sky, purple clouds and fading sun illuminate the two-masted brig in the foreground of “Ships Stranding,” a painting by James Edward Buttersworth produced around 1860.
The ribs of a partially built schooner rest on the sands of the Carver Shipyard in Searsport, Maine, in John H. Snow’s Schooner On the Ways from 1918.
Two rowboats approach the tail of a large whale in Thomas Hoyne’s “Flying Flukes,” created in 1986. In the distance, crews from whaling ships wait
Schooners, clippers, sloops and paddle steamers crowd New York’s East River in the 1849 lithograph “View of New York from Brooklyn Heights” by Frances Flora Bond Palmer.
In the painting “Sea Trade” by David Thimgan, the clippership Woolahra is being towed into Humboldt Bay by the steam tug Ranger.
A cloud rolls across the blue sky on a summer day in Brooklin, Maine while three sailboats cruise through Eggemoggin Reach in Sarah Faragher’s painting Morning Sail, July.
The East River in New York City is abuzz on a busy morning in 1899 in artist Patrick O’Brien’s painting “Empire City.”
Shamrock V, built for Sir Thomas Lipton, was the first British yacht to be built to the new J Class Rule and was designed to take Lipton on his fifth and last America’s Cup challenge.
Artist Keith Reynolds created this painting, Christmas Island, after visiting Christmas Cove near Boothbay, Maine, where he was inspired by what he saw he saw just off the peninsula.
What many of us cherish most about time on the water are the people with whom we share it.
Mary and Chris Kelleher refurbished their Krogen 36 Manatee for their Great Loop adventure.
Before water skiing, aquaplanes skimmed across lakes and bays nationwide, launching one of America’s earliest boating crazes.
With the boating season in full swing, our editors make the case for visiting their local waters.
With Chris DiMillo at the helm of Hunt Yachts, this classic brand is good hands.
Willard Bond used bold color to emphasize the power and energy of a yacht race.
It’s the smallest model in Viking’s convertible fleet, but it punches well above its weight.
The Antares 12 Coupe boasts three cabins for extended cruising capability
To catch more striped bass, fish live bait, work the structure, and wait for dark, because your best catches may be after sunset.
Meet the Revolutionary War-era whaleboat that helped the Culper Spy Ring outwit the British on Long Island Sound.
