Boating and Fishing
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- Where to Go
- The Best of Vermont
- Rumblings of Revolution
- New, New England Dining
- Boston’s Artistic Expression
- Vermont Leaf Peeping
- Into the Wild
- Vermont Skiing at Its Best
- Visit Vermont’s Maple Sugar Shacks
- Connecticut for Kids
- Vermont’s Covered Bridges
- A Shore Thing
- Vermont with Kids
- Portland Maine Art Galleries
- Small-Town Flavor
- Connecticut’s Wine Trails
- New Hampshire’s Farmers Markets
- A Weekend of Vermont Art
- Family Matters
- Maine Wilderness Camps
- Vermont Cheddar Houses
- Connecticut Spas
Boothbay Harbor teems with sailing ships. Lazy Jack (Pier One, Boothbay Harbor, 207/633-3444, www.sailschoonerlazyjack.com, May–mid-Oct., $28) is a 1947 schooner offering two-hour sails of the harbor. Renowned ocean sailors Herb and Doris Smithhave built five schooners, five of which were named Appledore. The exception is the Windjammer Eastwind (20 Commercial St., Boothbay Harbor, 207/633-6598, www.schoonereastwind.com, $25), which sets sail for two-and-a-half-hour cruises to see the seals at Seal Rocks.
The Muscongus Bay is a favorite for sea kayakaing. Midcoast Kayak (47 Main St., Damariscotta, 207/563-5732, www.midcoastkayak.com) rents kayaks ($35–55 for full day) and offers tours ($35–60) allowing you to poke in and out of salt marshes and harbors.
© Michael Blanding and Alexandra Hall from Moon New England, 2nd Edition
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