Cold Comfort
February 12, 2024
We take the Targa 32 for a ride on a Maine December day and find it to be a stout, year-round, cold-weather cruiser
We take the Targa 32 for a ride on a Maine December day and find it to be a stout, year-round, cold-weather cruiser
A recycling program collects nearly 36,000 bushels of oyster shells each year from Chesapeake Bay restaurants.
Fawcett Boat Supplies in Annapolis has been wowing boaters with its deep inventory and knowledgeable service for 70 years.
A 110-year-old lighthouse in the middle of Chesapeake Bay has been converted to a rustic and relaxing B&B.
“Dream big,” is the advice Gary Reich’s father gave him during their first-ever visit to a boat show together.
It was 1977, only a couple of months before the original Star Wars movie was released, when my elementary school classmates and I shuffled up the steps of the long, yellow school bus.
I was a sophomore in high school when Baltimore’s sailing ambassador, the clipper Pride of Baltimore, sank.
There’s something tortuous about magazine deadlines.
The campus of Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, Maryland, is typically quiet and serene. Things were much different on this morning. As I walked the grounds, the high-pitched whines of chain saws and power planers filled the air.
I am an over-the-top geek for birds. If the four nest boxes and five bird feeders in my backyard don’t sufficiently bolster my bird-nerd credentials, then the four pairs of binoculars and half a dozen or so bird field guides scattered about my house do.
A 24-foot research vessel will be used to test the latest technologies to detect and protect whales.
The Italian yard adds a new model to its popular Gozzo line.
According to these owners, when it comes to buying a day boat, it pays to shop around.
This American firm founded in California built elegant cruisers for 85 years.
Days after she won the prize that became the America’s Cup, she was sold, but that was not the end.
Spring has sprung in Maine and beautiful boats are being prepped for launch
Ocean Signal has an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional flares.
This cruising destination is so under the radar, it’s really a boaters’ paradise.
Before she was sunk by a German torpedo in 1915, Lusitania was one of the grandest and fastest passenger ships to cross the Atlantic Ocean.
Cuttyhunk and its neighbor Penikese are quiet cruising destinations in the Elizabeth Islands.
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