Easy Living, Texas Gulf Style
The polished wooden wheel is a testament to Meridian’s classic design. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
A wooden boat, like a historic home, is in a constant state of restoration. At 80 years, Meridian is certainly old, but she has “good bones,” as preservationists say, a phrase even more aptly applied to the product of a great age of American yacht design and construction. [Read more…]
Kathy Edwards has put a lot of love and passion into her Formosa 51 ketch, Windsong. Photo by Kelsey Walling
Kathy Edwards is devoted to her Formosa 51 ketch, Windsong, but it has taken a lot of work to bring the boat to its current state of presentability. [Read more…]
The sloop Faye stands out among the sailing craft at the Galveston Yacht Basin because of the enclosed pilot house with forward-slanting windows aft of her mainmast. She looks as if she’s ready for a winter passage in the North Sea. [Read more…]
Area musicians form a circle to play during the Sunday Hootenanny at Galveston Island Brewing, 8423 Stewart Road. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
B.J. and Kaysie Stampley are the proud owners of Water Therapy, a Sea Ray Express 50. Photo by Kelsey Walling
When B.J. and Kaysie Stampley owned a boating supply store on Clear Lake, they used the tagline “water therapy” on all their advertising. When it came time to rename their newly resurrected cruising boat, Water Therapy seemed the perfect choice, they said. [Read more…]
The sitting room on James Malone’s boat is modern with eclectic style. Photo by Kelsey Walling
James Malone’s polo shirt features a rendering of his 65-foot cruising yacht, with her name, Moon Palace, in a banner curving above it. Below the rendering is Malone’s motto: “Character, class and a full glass.” [Read more…]
Andy Green sits aboard Shazaam, a 36-foot racing sailboat he designed and built using innovative materials and advanced structural methods. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
Shazaam is only 36 feet long but more than able in open water. [Read more…]
Petty Officer Brooks Hargrove sits at the controls aboard the boat. Each of the forward seats in the wheelhouse is equipped with joysticks on the armrest controlling speed and direction. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
When you’re out for a bit of fishing in your outboard boat and find yourself sinking, or overwhelmed by a wave, or, having misjudged a sudden blinding rain squall and need help, who you gonna call? [Read more…]
Skip Devlin performs with The Buzzards during Open Mic at The Poop Deck in Galveston. Photo by Jennifer Reynolds
The Poop Deck, at 30th Street and Seawall Boulevard in Galveston has long been a popular spot for beer, socializing and watching the waves. The space beneath the deck has had various uses over the years — a tattoo parlor, a head shop, a bicycle rental business — but had been closed and unused for a while when the owners were persuaded to open it as a beachfront bar featuring live bands on the weekends. [Read more…]
Jeannie and Mike Janota take their 1942 Chris-Craft out for a cruise on Offatts Bayou in Galveston. Photo by Stuart Villanueva
About four years ago, Mike Janota, who runs the Community Sailing program at Sea Star Base Galveston, decided to get a little motor boat so that he and his wife, Jeannie, could cruise leisurely up and down the waterways of Bayou Vista, where they live. He was glad to find a 17-foot classic Chris-Craft for sale in a warehouse in the Clear Lake area. [Read more…]