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Northshore October 2025
Fresh back in Salem Harbor, Dylan Salzmann recounts a morning spent gliding out to Misery Island on 15-knot east-southeast winds, then back toward Manchester-by-the-Sea, where, upon tacking into Marblehead Harbor, he announced his arrival with a cannon blast. Considering that the yacht he was sailing, the When and If, was built for General George S. Patton Jr., the cannon—which fires 10-gauge blanks, not live ammunition—is a fitting way to call attention. Then again, a 63-foot racing schooner tends to draw a crowd on its own. “Everywhere you go, people are turning their heads looking at this boat,” says Salzmann, the vessel’s 30-
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