
Cold Comfort
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.

Researchers on a barren Maine nesting island needed to be supplied with food and water. We went along for the ride.

To extend the boating season, add a heater for a cozy cabin.

A husband-and-wife team remake a 1984 model with gumption, good help and a desire to get back on the water.

An avid tuna fisherman builds his dream boat with expertise from a Rhode Island custom builder.

About 15,000 Lyman wooden boats still exist. People who know what they are clamor to preserve them, along with the yard’s legacy

It’s a charter captain’s job to keep you safe, but it’s your responsibility to make sure he knows how to do that.

Weathering generational change, one boating family keeps steam power alive and well.

Former sailors from Rhode Island make the transition to power with this adventure-ready trawler.

This centenarian sees little reason to slow her routine of working the waters in Maine alongside her son.

Seasoned boaters embrace this Downeast design after years aboard sailboats in Maine.