Roger and I kept in touch throughout the years following the 2010 Rendezvous, and it was clear he certainly loved sailing his Stuart Mariner.

We had front-row seats to a spectacular fireworks display with nine (!) people aboard ORION out in Niantic Bay.

There are eight new pictures posted on the 2019 Sailing Page, but for a whole lot more, check out the new Google Photo Album of the recent trip Liz, Harry and I took to Fisher’s Island and Turkey Point.

I updated the 2019 Sailing page with a few more pictures after a leisurely sail in the Niantic River yesterday afternoon.

I received a couple of nice e-mails from Eric Daniels of Frederick, Maryland who is the new owner of Mariner #3449 built in 1977. He has started tackling some projects and even used a 3D printer to make new Mariner logos to put on either side of the cabin!

I updated the 2019 Sailing Page after a great sail last week to the Niantic Bay Yacht Club and another great sail just today to Jordan Cove.

In its heyday, the MarinerClass Yahoo Group was a valuable resource, and I remember seeing postings by Steve Clark in Michigan of his beautiful Mariner, #560 COOL BREEZE.

I began a new Sailing 2019 page and added a couple of pictures taken last week to get things started. I plan to add many more as the weeks go by.

This Wednesday, registration for the August 2-4 Rendezvous from Niantic to Mystic Seaport will begin! Take a look at the flyer for all the details.

I finally finished my recap of the 2018 Mariner Class Association National Rendezvous to Essex.

I was pretty surprised to walk in the door and find the place practically empty. A gentleman politely informed me that Dwyer hadn’t been there in about a year.

Now that the holidays have come and gone, I’m able to think a bit more about all things Mariner. I’ve been making a mental list of the things I need to do this winter.

It’s a great opportunity for Mariner owners to have fun, check out the incomparable Mystic Seaport and enjoy sailing together.

Finally, I have uploaded and captioned all the pictures in my new photo album for the 2018 Rendezvous which happened at the beginning of August.

Paul Bowers is the new, enthusiastic owner of Mariner #272, and he has begun a new website to document the adventures of #272 - renamed CRICKET - in southern waters.

At the 2018 Mariner National Rendezvous in Stonington this past weekend, I happened upon the new August edition and was surprised to find my article had already been published!

After a great sail today, I posted four new pictures in the 2018 Sailing Page.

The weather was absolutely perfect today with sunny skies and a good breeze.

I added six pictures to the 2018 Sailing page and made a new photo album of a trip to Essex I took with my wife and a couple of her friends.

ORION was officially launched for the 2018 season this past Saturday, and today I took her for her first sail.