My First Overnight Passage
Overnight Passage by Tony DiStefano

BVI Crusing
BVI Cruising by Dan and Linda Lacey

Lake Champlain
The Lake Champlain Rendezvous schedule has been posted in the member's only section. Members can also chat about their plans and thoughts in the Rendezvous Forum

Roger Jones
We are sad to announce the passing of an NE-TS member. Information can be found here

Rendezvous Schedule
2008 Schedule is posted! See members section for details! More info to follow!

Update
New Boats For Sale! section!

ONLINE NE-TS Forum! NEW!
It is finally here! NE-TS online forum! Members get exclusive private forums. There is a public forum for non-members!

NE-TS Invades
The Boston Boat show that is! Pictures of NE-TS in the Havencraft Booth can be seen HERE

Dues are due!
If you haven't already paid your 2008 dues, they are due by the end of January. The member's section password will change on Feb 1, 2008!

NE-TS at the Boston Boat show!
Havencraft has invited the NE-TS to promote the club at the upcoming boat show. If a club member would like to work the booth, let the Webmaster know! Information on the show can be found HERE. A club flyer can be viewed here.The club had a banner made too

Calendars
2008 Calendars on Boatmain.US! Click here to view!

2007 Holiday Party pictures
2007 Holiday pictures posted! Click here to view!

"Put the Tarp up Harry!!!"
Another story about the 2007 Lake Champlain Rendezvous as only Tony D of "the Beep" can tell it.

2007 Fall Foliage Cruise
Writeup for the 2007 Fall Foliage Cruise. Boston Harbor outing of S/Vs Mildred Rose and Spice. All the pics may be found here.

2007 Buzzard's Bay
Writeup for the 2007 Buzzards Bay Rendezvous by Ed Fatzinger. File is in PDF format

2007 Buzzard's Bay
Pictures from the 2007 Buzzards Bay Rendezvous.

2007 Boston Harbor
Pictures from the 2007 Boston Harbor Rendezvous.

A Friendly Duck
John O'Conner's account of a friendly duck

Casco Bay rendezvous report
Dan Dobbin's account of the Casco Bay Rendezvous!

Allen Harbor 2 rendezvous report
"Whale" writes a story of the weekend from her point of view

Updated! Updated boat ramps
Added Westport Boat ramp!

Sometimes you just have to do it yourself!
Tony - owner of "The Beep" does it again - writes another great article

Bahamas 2007 report
2007 Bahamas: Continuing adventures of Puff Stuff and Time Enough in the Bahama Islands

Lake Champlain Rendezvous report
Y Not's rendezvous report on Lake Champlain 2007! Pictures added!

Unofficial Cuttyhunk Rendezvous Everyone is disappointed that the Saco River Rendezvous has been cancelled. I have made a worksheet for a rendezvous to Cuttyhunk Island in Buzzards Bay (Check out members section)! I have also posted in the 'Sail together' section as well. Email the webmaster or use the sail together board to post your own outings!

Saco River Rendezvous Cancelled The Saco River rendezvous has been cancelled for 2007. See everyone next year at Saco River!

Casco Bay Rendezvous. The Casco Bay rendezvous worksheet has been updated Log into members section for more information! * Place your order for Lobster! Also information on "Pirates of Casco Bay"!

July 4th Fireworks Pictures Posted!
Some pictures of the Rendezvous down the Charles River, to the Esplanade, fireworks pictures too!

Unofficial 2007 Summer 'Sailstice'
The first NE-TS, unofficial, Summer 'Sailstice' rendezvous report by Dan Lacey from SV spice. Boston Harbor, Scituate and Cohasett were visited!

July 4th Charles River/Boston Fireworks Rendezvous. The July 4th rendezvous worksheet has been added. Log into members section for more information! Check out pictures from last year HERE! This is the rendezvous for 2007 not to miss!

Some fun stuff! 'Slide' show of past rendezvous from the last 3 years!
Had some time and I created a 'antique' 8mm style slideshow - make a screensaver if you want! off-site link

Roseanne Carr's Allen's Harbor report
Rosebud's report on their experience at Allen's Harbor 2007.

Lake Monster - Champlain Rendezvous The Champlain Rendezvous is just around the corner! Are you prepared for the Monster Bash! Check out the member's section rendezvous worksheet for more information!

July 4th Charles River/Boston Fireworks Rendezvous. The July 4th rendezvous worksheet has been added. Log into members section for more information! Check out pictures from last year HERE! This is the rendezvous for 2007 not to miss!

2007 Allen's Harbor pictures
Some pictures of the 2007 Allen's Harbor 1 rendezvous posted by s/v Mildred Rose 2007 Allen's Harbor 1 above link is off-site

Celebrate the Summer 'Sailstice'
Summer Sailstice is the global holiday celebrating sailing held annually on the summer solstice and the weekend closest to it, the longest sailing days of the year. This international event was founded to connect the global sailing community in a fun, creative, multifaceted, multi-location sailing holiday. SUMMER SAILSTICE information above link is off-site

Allen's Harbor I, 2007 video!
Roger Jones has produced and uploaded a short video of the first Allen's harbor Rendezvous. Pretty good picture of our 26M sailing too! Allens Harbor video above link is off-site

Boothbay Harbor Maine
Rick and Kathe went sailing in Maine over Memorial Day Weekend and you can read about their experiences at BoatMaine above link is off-site

Reminder!!
Many boaters now have new VHF radios with DSC technology. You can now call boat to boat as well as pressing a button for an automated Mayday call, which will alert close by boats to your distress AND give your gps location (if attached to radio) to aid in an emergency. Did you know you can get FREE registration of your DSC radio at Boat/US? Check it out!! Once you have your number..feel free to update your NE-TS member information to include your number so other members can hail you! above links are off-site

New link added to 'Sailing Links' Added a link to "Dave's Marine" in the Sailing links section. This is a favorite of the webmaster's. A great source for quality Marine Electronics with great service. If anyone has any good sources for sailing resources, email the webmaster.

Allen's Harbor Rendescous worksheet. The Allen's Harbor rendezvous has been added. Log into members section for more information!

Champlain Rendescous worksheet. The Champlain rendezvous has been added. Log into members section for more information!

Winnipesaukee Rendezvous worksheet. Log into members section for more information!

New Desktop Calendars
New desktop calendars by Rick!

Good Old Boat Magazine Offer in Members section! Log into members section for more information!

New BoatMaine Article
First hand report on Pulpit Harbor, which is in Penobscot Bay, by Mike Pothier, S/V Dragonfly.

Buy NE-TS Stuff ONLINE NOW!
Some t-shirts, coffee mugs with the NE-TS Burgee logo. (offsite link)

Thoughts from a cold February sofa.
By Mark Wilme

The Coast Guard Auxiliary - An Interview with Bryan Spivey
Video clip - Rick Dieffenbach interviews Bryan Spivey about the USCG Auxiliary

3 New Downloadable Calendars!!
Rick created 3 new calendars on boatmain.us for your download pleasure!!

Everything you wanted to know about marine insurance
by Ken Levitt (outside link) Understanding and shopping for Marine Insurance

Private group for dues paying NE-TS members
Private yahoo group for NE-TS members - store photos, send messages, read archived messages and lots more. Current NE-TS members email me webmaster2@ne-ts.com with your name and email and I will send an invite to you for the group.

When your plans change
Tony's story of sailing his "new to him" "big boat" in Florida Dec 2006/January 2007.

2006 Casco Bay unscheduled rendezvous
Better late than never - impromtu 2006 Casco Bay outing posted. S/V attending were Mildred Rose, Magic, Spice, Lady in Red

2006 NE-TS Christmas Party Pictures
A great time was had by all NE-TS members that attended this year's Christmas Party. Photos by Paul and Millie Seeberg. Click an image to see a larger image

News - Page 2
Second page of news (older articles)