A sea-weathered, 70-year-old master-woodworker and shipwright named Ted Box is undertaking the ambitious project of a lifetime.

Eight years ago, the schooner Valora broke loose in a vicious August storm and smashed against the Vineyard Haven breakwater. Valora was gone.

New races and new venues highlight the upcoming summer of competitive sailing on Martha’s Vineyard.

Capt. Kurt Peterson tuned up his guitar and sang, his right leg holding the wheel of his catboat, Tigress, steady.

For the third consecutive year, and the fourth time in eight years, Stephen Besse won the George Moffett Race.

Boats will be charging the line in two divisions of the annual George Moffett race this Saturday starting at 11:10 a.m.