Month: July 2025

by B.J. Porter (Contributing Editor) Years ago when we had a new-to-us boat and new-to-us children, my wife and I found ourselves in a quandary. How can we sail a boat that’s ten feet longer than our last with a toddler and a new baby to tend at the same time? We needed all hands […]

by B.J. Porter (Contributing Editor) “Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing – absolutely nothing – half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats.” ​ Water rat, from The Wind in the Willows Over the winter we started a Boating for Beginners series for the boating-curious about how to get out […]