Soundings Magazine - September 2019
Soundings Magazine - September 2019
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In this issue
Melting Pot In the Penobscot Bay—Mount Desert Island region in Maine, we discover a thriving boatbuilding community and history that goes back 400 years. BY GARY REICH
Will Biodiesel Ever Work For Boaters?
San Francisco powers its Red & White sightseeing fleet with biodiesel. Seattle’s King County Water Taxi uses biodiesel to move people across Puget Sound.
5 mins
Jess Wurzbacher
Jess Wurzbacher holds a master’s degree in tropical coastal management from Newcastle University (U.K.) and a 200-ton Master license. She sailed all over the world as chief scientist and program manager for Seamester and is a PADI scuba instructor with more than 1,000 research and training dives to her credit.
4 mins
3 Takes On Classic Maine Style
The looks may be classic, but many craftsmen in Maine are giving their Down East builds something extra nowadays, whether working in wood or fiberglass.
7 mins
Lady Luck
An epic voyage immortalized Felicity Ann and her intrepid skipper. Now this pint-sized yacht is getting another lease on life.
8 mins
Superlative St. Augustine
St. Augustine, Florida, is one of my favorite cruising destinations. (And I’ve been to quite a few.) It’s pretty, historic, has a timeless ambience and celebrates with festivals year-round. And it has beaches and golf.
3 mins
The Great Ship WaverTree Returns
A ship saved by a city, a museum saved by a ship
5 mins
Coronet Around Cape Horn, 1888
Cape Horn, looming in the background of this dramatic work by Russ Kramer, is one of the most dangerous places on Earth to sail. In 1888, without electronic navigation equipment or radio communications, it was even more so.
1 min
His Bark And His Bite Were Equally Friendly
What is the world coming to? Up is down. Wrong is right.
2 mins
Doug Zurn
A native of the Great Lakes region, Doug Zurn grew up sailing and boating.
4 mins
Go Anywhere, Do Everything
Today’s trawlers — and other seafaring boats with passagemaking qualities in their DNA — provide comfort, efficiency and seaworthiness
10+ mins
The Connecticut River Valley Is About To Get Big
Federal grants highlight the region’s boating and fishing splendor.
3 mins
Bottom Of The Bay
What’s In A Name? It Depends Upon What’s On The Menu
4 mins
Carver C34 Coupe
The new C34 Coupe is the smallest of Carver’s sport cruisers and flybridge yachts.
1 min
Grady-White 270 Islander
The seeds of a boating life are sown early.
4 mins
The Seafair Sedan That Started It All
I sold my 53-foot Gulfstar motorsailer a little while ago.
4 mins
Outback 50: A Fresh Take On The Trawler
“This boat comes closest to the boat I’d actually want for myself,” says designer Michael Peters.
3 mins
Line 'Em Up: Navigating With Natural Ranges
Among the tricks and techniques in the navigation toolbox, few are as foolproof as the natural range.
3 mins
Beneteau Gran Turismo 50
Beneteau Gran Turismo 50
1 min
Hunt 60 Ocean Series: Any Way You Like It
Hunt 60 Ocean Series: Any Way You Like It
2 mins
Vacuum Bagging
Vacuum Bagging
2 mins
Brant Point Light
Brant Point Light
1 min
Elizabeth Dupont
Elizabeth Dupont
4 mins
Swim Marathon In Need Of Skippers And Boats
Organizers of St. Vincent’s Swim Across the Sound can reel off plenty of numbers that are going up — dollars raised, cancer patients and families assisted, athletes who have participated, volunteers mobilized. But there’s a number that’s gone down in recent years, and only one demographic can turn it around: boaters.
3 mins
Sailboats
A Classic Herreshoff In The Hands Of A Master
4 mins
You've Got Some Options On The Lower Connecticut River
The lower Connecticut River has been called one of the last great places on Earth. For boaters who’d like to explore the region, Old Saybrook, at the river’s mouth, and Essex, 6 miles upstream, are good places to start.
3 mins
'Worm Girl' Brings Science To Bait
Somewhere along the Maine coast, a man trudges through thick mud as the tide forces the river to retreat toward the ocean. Slicing the mud with his tined, handheld hoe, the digger’s eyes scan the scene beneath him for his squiggling adversary — Glycera dibranchiata, the common bloodworm. Spying one on the move, he plucks it from its hidey-hole and plops it into a holding bucket.
3 mins
Bertram 31 Fly Bridge Cruiser
Life doesn’t stay the same. Boats don’t, either. Dug Stowe has had his Bertram 31 for almost 20 years, and it has made the transition from a “fishing with the guys” boat to a family cruiser that’s a perfect fit for his companion, Kerri, and their 2-year old daughter.
4 mins
Know What To Do Before The Flood
For me, the words damage control conjure claustrophobic scenes from the 1981 German U-boat film Das Boot. Begrimed men, stripped to the waist in rising water, struggling to plug gushing pipes that depth charges ruptured, all while the prying ocean tries to entomb them in their fragile biosphere.
5 mins
Plastic In The Ocean? This Batch Is For Science
Areef-mimicking project in the Mediterranean Sea is deploying plastic into the ocean, not removing it. The temporary reef in the Gulf of La Spezia, off Italy’s northwest coast, should help determine whether aquatic organisms can withstand ocean acidification.
2 mins
Back From The Brink
Hinckley Yacht Services rescues a T29 Runabout to showcase its maintenance and refit work.
5 mins
Soundings Magazine Description:
Publisher: Active Interest Media
Category: Boating & Sailing
Language: English
Frequency: Monthly
Soundings is the monthly magazine and online brand for passionate pleasure boaters. Our award-winning coverage of issues, events, seamanship, how-to, gear and cruising destinations are second to none. With an experienced staff of editors, writers and field correspondents, we are able to provide our discerning audience of experienced boaters with the dispatches, features and information they need to get the most out of their lifestyle.
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