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The passenger schooner Victory Chimes crosses our bow in the Fox Island Thorofare. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

Coastal News

A Sail Through History Along the Fox Island Thorofare

2/5/2012 - Someone planning to move their boat southward through Maine once asked me, “I won’t have much time to spend in Penobscot Bay, what is the one thing I shouldn’t miss?” That’s such a dismal thought, but my answer came quickly: “Sail through the Fox Island Thorofare”. The Fox Island Thoroughfare… SEE MORE
The view from Widow Island across to Calderwood Island, just off the eastern shore of North Haven.

Coastal News

The Perfect Summer Cruise Around Penobscot Bay

1/5/2012 - Last summer I experienced what all parties involved have deemed the "perfect cruise." Every once in while, everything comes together — the weather, the company, and the boat. The rest, well, the rest was history! Pulling out of Rockport Harbor in my friend Mark Abb's sturdy 21-foot center console powerboat,… SEE MORE