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Soundings • NOVEMBER 2021 VOL. LIX, NO. 3

A Few Good Lessons

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MAILBOAT • FEEDBACK FROM OUR BOATING COMMUNITY

A Star is Reborn • THE RESTORATION OF THE LARGEST WOODEN SAILBOAT EVER BUILT BY NATHANAEL HERRESHOFF IS ON COURSE FOR COMPLETION IN 2025

Who Gets to Use Our Oceans? • A NEW PROPOSAL WOULD TRACK LOBSTER BOATS IN FEDERAL WATERS TO COLLECT DATA THAT PROTECTS COMMERCIAL FISHERIES AGAINST DEVELOPERS

WHAT WE’RE WATCHING

MORE SALTY SPOOKY READS

Will We Say Goodbye, Genset? • BOAT BUYERS MAY SOON ENCOUNTER A LITHIUM-POWERED REPLACEMENT FOR CONVENTIONAL GENSETS POWERED BY GASOLINE AND DIESEL FUEL

Follow the Sun • A FATHER-AND-SON BOATBUILDING TEAM CRUISE 1,400 MILES UP THE INSIDE PASSAGE USING SOLAR ENERGY TO GENERATE POWER AND PROVE THEIR VESSEL HAS LEGS

The Lost Harbor of Christopher Columbus • ON THE HUNT FOR ONE OF THE FIRST HARBORS IN THE NEW WORLD DOCUMENTED BY EUROPEANS AND MISPLACED BY MODERN SCIENCE

Coeur Custom 340 Steinway HT • AN ELEGANT WOODEN DAYBOAT WITH POWERFUL STERNDRIVE ENGINES IS CUSTOM-DESIGNED FOR WAYNE GRETZKY

Defensive Driving • WITH NEW BOATERS EVERYWHERE, ACCIDENTS ARE UP. EXPERIENCED SKIPPERS NEED TO THINK SMART TO STAY SAFE

Baltic 38DP

The Dazzler • Hinckley’s new outboard-powered 35 represents the evolution of a legacy brand

The Woodstock of Sailboat Racing • For classic yacht sailors, the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta is much more than a race

MOVING THROUGH THE Murk &Fog • The latest electronics can make a trip through the soup much more comfortable

LIVING HISTORY • A dazzling fleet of classic yachts convene in Rhode Island for the Herreshoff Marine Museum Golden Jubilee

Arriving at Stonington, 1892

Jarvis Newman 36 • A COUPLE FIND A DOWNEAST CLASSIC, AND THE RIGHT YARD TO BRING IT BACK TO LIFE

Big Game Fishing with Papa