Holly Parker
Holly Parker is a former Offshore/Northeast Boating Magazine editor and contributing writer. Based in Portland, Maine, she spends her summers crewing aboard the windjammers Wendameen and Bagheera. She is also on the faculty at North Yarmouth Academy, where she teaches English.
Destination Boothbay
Boothbay Harbor is what many people imagine when they think of a Maine coastal town. Yes, there are plenty of rugged wooden wharves and working lobsterboats, but these days the harbor also sees its share of million-dollar luxury yachts....
Video QuickTour: Stonington, Connecticut
In 2010 I traveled to the lovely town of Stonington in eastern Connecticut to check out the local boating scene. Along the way I ran into Dann Lockwood, General Manager of venerable Dodson Boatyard. Lockwood graciously gave me lift...
Focus on: Wellfleet, Massachusetts
If you want to visit Wellfleet by water, you need to know your tides. The harbor, tucked between Great Island and Indian Neck, is a collection of shifting bars and channels that, at low water, can test even the...
Focus on: Stonington, Connecticut
Stonington Harbor, located just west of Watch Hill, on the eastern end of Long Island Sound, is an ideal boating destination and a wonderful place for transients to stop on extended trips along the coast. Not only does the...
Focus on: Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Boothbay Harbor is what many people imagine when they think of a Maine coastal town. Yes, there are plenty of rugged wooden wharves and working lobsterboats, but these days the harbor also sees its share of million-dollar luxury yachts....
