Q & A: Walking the Plank

The CEO of Grand Banks Yachts is truly bipartisan in his approach to boats and boating.

J. Russell Jinishian, a leading authority on contemporary marine art, talks about boats and the sea as creative inspiration.

Kim Hapgood, the program director at Sail Newport in Rhode Island, offers advice on how to keep sailors of all ages engaged in the sport.

As captain of Aphrodite, a 74-foot Purdy commuter yacht that ties up every summer in Rhode Island’s Watch Hill Harbor, Kirk Reynolds is responsible for one of the most beautifully restored boats in the Northeast.

Sam Temple started working at Rockport Marine in
 Rockport, Maine, when he was 11 years old. Today he co-owns and runs the place.

Jim Moores has restored more than 100 antique and classic boats over the past 35 years, including the 1930 93-foot Defoe-designed
Presidential yacht Honey Fitz.

Jamie White  has sailed over 30,000 miles on square-rigged and traditional vessels and served as chief rigger for some of the world’s greatest tall ships.

Some people feel born and bred to do a job, but for Cindy Purcell hers is also a labor of love.

It’s said that in the 1880s, seven of the 10 boatbuilders on Man-O-War Cay in the Bahamas had the last name Albury.

On any given day, you’re likely to find Chesapeake Bay photographer Jay Fleming mucking through a mosquito-ridden marsh, kayaking around a fleet of workboats or diving head-first into a net full of fish.