Underway

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

What is it that makes a boat perfect? This time last year I was in the midst of surveys and final paperwork, keenly excited about

I can’t claim that Heck and Samba are naturally salty dogs. When I moved the three of us aboard a boat more than a decade

As you might imagine, the best part of my job involves looking at and thinking about boats. The frustrating part of my job is I

It’s April, the month I long for each year more than any other. The first crocuses, daffodils and forsythia are doing their annual interpretive dances

It was kind of early for a swim, but later that day I’d be on a plane back to the loathsome winter of the Northeast.

Writing a monthly column has its challenges, though they’re not what you might think. It’s true that a good topic can be temporarily elusive, but