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Category Archives: Boston Harbor Navigation
World’s End and the Weir River
A view if the distant Boston Skyline from World’s End: The image above is taken from World’s End, a reservation area located at the extreme Southeastern edge of the Boston Harbor. World’s End is a park and reservation in North … Continue reading →
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Tagged atlantic ocean, boston harbor, Hingham, hull, wier river, World's End
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One Hull of a Sunset
As a large narrow Peninsula jutting out into the Eastern edge of Boston Harbor and separating it from the Atlantic Ocean, the town of Hull is unique to this area in that it has a large Western-facing shoreline. From here, … Continue reading →
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Tagged allerton point, hull, hull boats, hull sunset, ma, sunset
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New Bedford: Top American fishing port, legendary whaling capital, work in progress
Along the Southeastern edge of Massachusetts lies the cove where the Acushnet river flows into Buzzard’s Bay. Herein is located the port city of New Bedford – a uniquely positioned city possessing a rich history but an economically challenged present. Once … Continue reading →
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Gloucester fishing boat washes up on Cohasset shores after storm
This week’s Nor’easter, packing wind gusts up to 50mph, swept a Gloucester fishing boat all the way across Massachusetts Bay. This morning, while driving down Jerusalem Road in Cohasset, I was surprised to see the boat was still there, so … Continue reading →
Sunset out at Graves Light
Here are a few photos of Sunset out at Graves Light, Friday evening, October 26th. Recall Graves light is the abandoned lighthouse on Graves Ledge, the outermost outcrop of rock in the outer Boston Harbor: The Sun sets directly behind … Continue reading →
New Gloucester wind turbine visible from afar
You can see it! Last Saturday, I noticed the structure off the Northeast while I was out in the bay East of Boston Harbor. The new wind turbine in Gloucester is very clearly visible to boaters from outside Boston Harbor, … Continue reading →
Casco Bay – Does it get any better than this?
Here is some great footage from my time up on the waters of Casco Bay this weekend. Ok, ok, I get it….too much time spent on Maine….stay on topic (Boston Harbor)….but having the Northern exposure that it does, Maine’s boating … Continue reading →
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Guided missile destroyer Dauntless docked in Boston Harbor today
It was a pretty awesome sight to see this morning on the way into work- a sleek, modern, naval ship docked in Boston Harbor. I did some brief research on the world wide web and quickly discovered that this ship, … Continue reading →
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Lots of Mackerel hanging out at the B Buoy
The mackerel bite is on out by the B buoy, indicating that fall fishing season is still underway. I was hanging out near the B Buoy on Saturday, trying to catch some cod, but all I kept getting was mackerel. … Continue reading →
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A Tour of the North Shore: Day trip to Gloucester Harbor, Thacher Island, Rockport and the Annisquam River
This past Sunday’s conditions were ideal, so I made a trip up to Cape Ann. After navigating past the beautiful and secluded twin lighthouses of Thacher Island off Rockport’s coast, I decided to take advantage of the conditions and head … Continue reading →
