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Loving life in the slow lane

A cruising couple has it their way with a lobster yacht built in Maine and finished off in Connecticut

Osmond Beal 32 Jim Long maneuvers past a partially submerged log, one of the hazards that Tropical Storm Irene left last summer in the lower Connecticut River. The retired project engineer is on a late-season afternoon run to show off Nancy Ann.

Memory Lane Makeover

Steve Brady revived fond memories of his youth by restoring a 1974 Sea Ray SRV180 runabout

When Steve Brady was a teenager in the mid-1970s he would blast around Long Island Sound in a number of powerboats. Among them was a friend’s 18-foot Sea Ray runabout that he drove hard and fast.

“It was silly kid stuff,” Brady says. “My friend Greg and I were really into wave jumping and trying to get the engine out of the water, and that boat was a real hit for wave jumping.”

The Upside to downsizing

A cruising couple finds their new smaller boat to be big on comfort and convenience

The C-Dory TomCat 255 power catamaran Story and photos by George Sass Sr.

In the July issue, I wrote about our decision to downsize from the custom 43-foot Down East-style boat that has taken us safely and comfortably more than 12,000 miles during the last 10 years. We wanted something that would simplify our lives and allow us to continue cruising on a reduced budget as we slowly make the transition to retirement.

Lighthouses you can call home

The federal government has declared a dozen beacons excess property and is giving them away

When Robert G. Müller sees Race Rock Light come into view during a boat tour of Long Island Sound lighthouses, he sees beyond its quaint Gothic Revival keeper’s house to a rich 132-year history of warning yachts, ships and fishing boats away from the rocks and strong tidal race that lie just southwest of New York’s Fishers Island.

Station acquired in 2006

Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station in Maine as it looked in the 1950s.

Janet Reingold has to laugh when she talks about the photo of the construction worker wearing red earmuffs while he grouts the granite blocks on the Cuckolds Fog Signal and Light Station. The earmuffs aren’t just to keep his ears warm. They are to protect them from the station’s air horn, which lets out a long, loud blast every 17.5 seconds when fog or haze settles in.

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