Editor’s Letter

I don’t know about you, but if there are two things I could use a lot more of these days they are silence and knowledge.

Is it a bright, cold day in April? Hang in there. The days are lengthening, and the tepid sunshine of winter’s fraudulent orange orb will

Adventure. Is there anything better? For starters, it is readily available. As Gilbert K. Chesterton said, “An inconvenience is an adventure wrongly considered.” I’ve tried

An escape plan is a natural temptation in a political climate that’s as rancorous and divisive as ours has lately become (not that I’ve ever

I took a detour and slowly drove through the local boatyard yesterday. The sky was low and gray, the trees were bare, and boats were

As anyone who has experienced a period of boatlessness will tell you, being without one doesn’t mean you think about “yours” any less. It’s a

It’s hard not to love autumn, especially if you live in the Northeast. The fall air is crisply cool and tinged with the scent of

Doing what you love for a living is a great blessing, but it also has its dangers. This thought surfaces every boat show season, but

It’s been an odd summer. I had planned to spend a few months working from Matinicus Island, Maine, but fate intervened with other less-pleasant notions.

I flew to Providence, Rhode Island, last week, on my way to a meeting. It was a beautiful morning, and as we descended from cruising