Eighteen months after leaving Monaco, the 100-foot catamaran Turanor PlanetSolar returned to where it started, slipping silently across the finish line May 4 under cloudy skies that nonetheless delivered enough power to secure its place in history as the first boat to circumnavigate under solar power alone.
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Bruce Brakenhoff Sr., co-founder of the Bartram & Brakenhoff Yacht Brokerage, died at the age of 80 after a heart attack June 15 at his home in Jamestown, R.I.
Construction of the 132-foot Oliver Hazard Perry — Rhode Island’s flagship and first education-at-sea tall ship — is nearing completion at Senesco Marine in North Kingstown, R.I. Organizers hope to sail the three-masted square-rigger by July 2013. The fundraising goal is $7.4 million, with nearly $5 million raised so far. www.ohpri.org
Chesapeake Bay has many special places, but about 15 miles southeast of Annapolis, Md., is a spot, Poplar Island, that is unique.
In a region where land is shrinking from erosion and sea-level rise, Poplar Island has grown.
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Chesapeake Bay has many special places, but about 15 miles southeast of Annapolis, Md., is a spot, Poplar Island, that is unique.