During the great age of sail there were many seaports along the New England coast that supported maritime industries. The Port of Gloucester in Massachusetts is well known for its fishing fleet. New Bedford and Nantucket are famous for their once large whaling fleets. Today…
Long Island Boating World
In 1827 Portland Harbor was declared a port of entry. The Barcelona Harbor Lighthouse was erected to assist with the navigation on the waters, the shipping on Lake Erie, and for the opening of the Erie Canal. Everything moved on the waters prior to an…
When cruising the Connecticut coast consider a two-night stop in the town of Branford. This old New England town was settled in 1644 and has a population of about 28,000 people. It is located just east of New Haven and west of Guilford.Cruising here is…
When you consider that New York State has been battered by close to 100 tropical and subtropical cyclones, nor’easters and other powerful storms since the 17th Century, it’s a wonder Long Island still exists. Yet, if you look at old maps and charts, except for…
More than two centuries ago, John Adams proclaimed, “The sea and it’s treasures are the common property of all men.” At that time, the entire world population was barely 800 million. Today it hovers around 8 billion souls. Could the treasure to support such population…
Captain Joachim Blankenburg scanned the brightly lit domain below. He turned to A. Eger, his flight mechanic. “We have,” he paused, “almost arrived.” The flight mechanic smiled. It had been a long flight. “We are not there just yet,” Baron Carl von Gablenz, the flight’s…
Whether at the full light of day or under a sunset’s golden sky, gazing out at a tidal creek meandering through a salt marsh’s river of grass can be captivating. As the waters recede toward low tide, wide patches of mud flats are uncovered. They…
Man overboard training has begun! As I wrote last month, a little scare while out in bad weather made us realize that beside myself, someone else needs to have some basic knowledge of operating our boat. And so, on a beautiful quiet, wind free day…
Aids to navigation have been around coastal waters since the first Neanderthal went fishing in a calm bay cove. Having caught all he needed, he paddled back in his crude willow branch and hide skin boat and found that low tide arrived, and a sand…
Famous Ships – Part 1 … The Stories They Tell … 1, The Santa Maria … This ship was the largest of Christopher Columbuses’ 3 ships. It was the flagship for his voyage across the Atlantic Ocean in 1492 …The Niña and Pinta were support…