At the time of this writing spring was still weeks away. Yet ever since the Christmas tree came down in mid-January, I have felt increasingly restless, and I am hardly alone.
The 26-foot-long wooden motor launch Bubble rests on blocks in an ancient, cluttered shed that is part of the venerable legacy of the Herreshoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, RI.
Chesapeake Bay boaters make the leap from small boats to a vessel that took them on a 13-month circumnavigation around the eastern half of the United States: