Blundstone, known for their Chelsea-style boots, teamed up with the Island boatbuilder Gannon and Benjamin to create an Instagram video that was released on Blundstone’s page last month.

Nat Benjamin and Ross Gannon have decided to take a step back from the day-to-day running of their Vineyard Haven boatyard and will hand the business off to the next generation.

When Jim Boos, a retired yacht captain living on Bequia, took it upon himself to help the community rebuild a historic whaleboat called the Iron Duke, he hired Ross Gannon and Nat Benjamin to fly down this winter with their families and a few tools and help get the local boatbuilders started.

Little Lady, a historic vessel that has fished out of Menemsha for decades, has left its harbor.

Virginia (Ginny) Jones, whose roots in West Tisbury were as strong and deep as her love for the town and for a way of life on the Vineyard she feared was disappearing, died on Nov. 13. She was 82.

A few weeks ago, in the parking lot at the Tisbury Wharf Company on Beach Road in Vineyard Haven, Ishmael, the 41-foot schooner, rested out of the water on blocks.