While honeymooning in the British Virgin Islands more than 40 years ago, Toby Dunn saw his first NY50 anchored off the Bitter End Yacht Club. Though outwardly Spartan bore few remnants of her royal lineage, her Herreshoff DNA was...

Mystic Seaport will host a presentation by champion sailor Cam Lewis on the new AC72 class catamarans that will compete for the 34th America’s Cup in 2013. The talk will take place Saturday, March 17, from 5:30 to 7:30...

TheDay.com: At about this time 12 years ago, when the region was preparing for the OpSail 2000 visit of the world’s tall ships, George Moffett, then captain of Mystic Seaport’s Schooner Brilliant, also was preparing for an ocean race....

Westerly Sun: Mystic Seaport shipwrights installed the first plank on the exterior of the 1841 whaleship Charles W. Morgan this afternoon (Feb. 21), thus marking a significant milestone in the ongoing restoration of the ship and beginning the fourth...

Mark Kurlansky, author of the New York Times bestseller Cod, will be the first speaker at the 2012 Maritime Author Series at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, on Wednesday, February 1. The series runs selected Wednesday evenings February through...

Mystic Seaport of Mystic, Connecticut, will host a Pub Sing and Chantey Blast in support of the Museum’s 33rd annual Sea Music Festival on Saturday, January 7, 2012, from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Snow date is Sunday, January 8....

TheDay.com: Crews from Cianbro Co. are about to enter the second year of the $14.9 million drawbridge renovation project . “This year will really be the busiest of the 3 years,” said state Department of Transportation project...

TheDay.com: Mystic Seaport submitted the winning bid at a Massachusetts auction Saturday for a journal written by a crewman of the Charles W. Morgan whaling ship. According to Frank McNamee of Marion Antique Auctions in Marion, Massachusetts, the Seaport...

At 2:00 p.m., on November 28, Santa Claus will arrive at the Mystic River Park in Mystic, Connecticut, on the John Paul tugboat. Santa will greet the crowds and listen to the children’s holiday wishes. Admission is free. Named...

The Mystic River Historical Society of Mystic, Connecticut, will host a free lecture by Laura Beach on the history of collecting maritime art and artifacts. The lecture is on November 30 at 7:30 p.m. Americans have been collecting marine...