Karin Winegar is a freelance writer based in St. Paul, Minn PENOBSCOT BAY, Maine — The first mate and I waded into the sea with a basket, scooping up salt-fragrant green handfuls of clean, knobby ...

Though Tracy Kidder would prefer that you steer clear of his river, the thing about summer in Maine is that such solitary waterborne experiences are not hard to find. The official count of islands off ...

The August 1779 American naval disaster, the Penobscot Expedition. Different treatments of the August 1779 American naval disaster, the Penobscot Expedition. A re-enactment of the Battle of Castine ...

Raising the sails and cruising in the breeze past scenic villages and uninhabited islands, to anchor each evening in a quiet cove where you can watch the sun set to the sounds of seabirds calling and ...

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