Posts published in “January-February 2026”
You left your boat in the water this year because the holidays came up too quickly and time ran away, so you figured, “What the hay, I’ll leave it in and pull it in the spring for maintenance.” You left your outboards down, ice eater…
The concept of raising or lowering a boat from one level to another, dates back to the 3rd century BC. Chinese, Egyptians and Greeks were building primitive locks to alter the flow of canal water and even preventing saltwater from the Red Sea from contaminating…
How a 19th-century record-keeping process became the most versatile art form in angling. The White Lies That Sparked an Art Revolution“It was this big!” Every angler has been there – arms stretched out, grin widening in unison with hands expanding further apart, showing the length…
The very mention of City Island evokes for many boaters a maritime history unique in New York, specifically in Long Island Sound. Of course, sailors think of beautiful yachts like Brilliant, built on City Island in 1932 but still active at Mystic Seaport, or Dorade,…
In the past getting out on the water was one of my primary forms of entertainment. Whether it was fishing with friends or sailing the waters of Long Island Sound I was out there almost every weekend. But it’s not that easy for me to…
January 17, 1920, marked the beginning of Prohibition. One of its purposes had been to improve morals in society by eliminating alcohol. But within weeks, the continued demand for illegal spirits soon led to smuggling and organized crime. Long Island Sound, with its 600 miles…
Broken and brokenagain on the sea,the moon so easily mends.-Chosu On the open ocean, with only sea and sky in view, the moon becomes an object of intense fascination. At sea, there is nothing to distract from its capricious celestial show, no place to hide…
The ship was a wooden-hulled three-masted ship. It was the first that the U.S. Navy commissioned. It was originally a 90-gun ship. In 1836, the ship was cut down to one deck and was re-rated as a 54-gun frigate. (Frigate: A vessel featuring three masts…
Chester A. O’Hara, the United States Customs roundsman strolled along the pier and casually offered a reminder to several of the impatient passengers to stay in line as he and his fellow customs officers neared the completion of their official duties. Two hour earlier, the…