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    Mary Jane Hayes

    At far left, the 34-foot Sea Sprite, Nedwick, and sailors Walter and Neddie Barnard enjoy a spirited sail. At left, Christine, an O’Day 32 flies off with the Bob Lyons family aboard. Above, a luminous morning. All photos near Scituate, Mass.
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    Summertime is endless and over all too soon

    Issue 7 : Jul/Aug 1999 Summertime — and the cruising is easy, and its reason, really, for being. Summer is your two-week cruise to Maine, maybe, or to Cape Cod and the Islands, or to Newport and Mysti...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    October 22, 2026
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    Picture of a boat sailing
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    Coming to terms with sailing

    Issue 12 : May/Jun 2000 You’re not thinking sailing!” my husband once admonished me after a particularly stupid error on my part. Not only was I not thinking sailing, I was resenting what had come to ...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    October 14, 2026
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    Colorful spinnakers on boats well sailed, silhouttes, reflections, and mood shots at sunset . . . these are subjects for Mary Jane Hayes’ artistic eye.
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    Speaking of pictures

    A marine photographer tells how to get that once-in-a-lifetime shot Issue 14: Sept/Oct 2000 I love the sight of a sailboat romping by itself in a brisk breeze on an otherwise empty bay. I love still w...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    October 13, 2026
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    Sean Kelly, assistant harbormaster, and his furry assistant, named Bear, are at the ready in Scituate, Mass.
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    Hail to our harbormasters

    All kinds of people doing all kinds of jobs for boaters Issue 20 : Sept/Oct 2001 In most every port or harbor along the U.S. coastline, and on many inland lakes or river ports, there are harbormasters...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    October 5, 2026
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    Serena, on the shore, facing page. This page top, gouged topsides; center, reconstruction begins; bottom, gelcoating.
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    Salvaging Serena

    A cherished 28-foot sloop is blown ashore in a freak gale Issue 24 : May/June 2002 Weatherman Don Kent, of Boston’s WBZ-TC, called the easterly gales of May 9 and 10, 1977, a “historical storm.”...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    September 25, 2026
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    Picture of Aurora sailing
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    Aurora — a photographer’s favorite

    This old Winslow yawl still stirs passions Issue 64 : Jan/Feb 2009 Most sailboats, when berthed or moored, look rather like birds with folded wings. As birds are meant to fly, windships are meant to s...

    Mary Jane Hayes
    August 3, 2026
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