We have been social members at the Dolphin Yacht Club for a few years and they have used some of my images from their pier on the website. I hadn’t been able to capture a good image of the harbor facing facade until we went out for a dinghy ride on a hot June afternoon.

As we passed the DYC, I quickly composed this scene to capture boats in the harbor, activity around the kayaks and stand up paddleboards, a waterfront team member waiting to take someone on a launch ride and a fairly busy outdoor seating area all backlit by huge clouds.

We recently got takeout from the Dolphin when the dining service on site had not yet opened and I was really happy with my seared tuna steak. However, there’s nothing better than eating at the restaurant with a starter of tempura green beans, a tall painkiller and that killer view over Marblehead harbor…