Harry Ricciardi

Sailing Snowflake With My Father

Snowflake had been advertised on the Wooden Boat Magazine website for six months when my partner Ana and I decided to look at her on Mount Desert Island in Maine.

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Working Together to Keep Mary Eleanor Shipshape

Every summer, Paul Curran and Jill Walsh from Oak Bluffs haul their Bahamian Sloop, Mary Eleanor, onto the railway at Gannon and Benjamin in Vineyard Haven.

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Marta Launch Celebrates Nat Benjamin's 100th Design

More than 80 people gathered at Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven Saturday for the launch of Nat Benjamin’s 100th design, a custom 26-foot, gaff-rigged sloop called Marta.

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A Mantra for Life on the Water: Stay Calm and Keep Sailing On

In a quiet spot, inside the harbor in Culebra, Puerto Rico, in January this year, Elise Quebec pumped up a wingsurfing wing for the first time.

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Dynamic Duo Keeps It Old School

At the head of Vineyard Haven harbor, Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway is still building wooden boats.

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Full Sail as Islanders Tie the Knot in Singular Maritime Style

On Jan. 23, Zada Clarke and Alex Goldhill were married in Carriacou, an island to the north of Grenada.

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Waterfront Community Helps Raider Chart New Course

The sound of sledgehammers ringing against iron pipes took over the Vineyard Haven waterfront this weekend as the 1910 British Channel pilot cutter Raider was rolled from the back of the shed at Five Corners.

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Looking for Wind at Pat West Gaff Rig Race

There are many sailboat races in Vineyard Haven throughout the summer but the Pat West Gaff Rig Race is unique in its requirements.

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From Sea to Slurp, First Oyster Harvest Is a Briny Bounty

On Tuesday, Jeff and Tony Canha of Husselton Head Oysters sold their first crop at The Net Result in Vineyard Haven.

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Meet the Fleet Event Builds Camraderie and Awareness

In Menemsha last Thursday the Martha's Vineyard Fishermen's Preservation Trust hosted its annual Meet the Fleet event.

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