Jeff Aumuller Has Been Living on a Sailboat for Half a Century

Jeff Aumuller Has Been Living on a Sailboat for Half a Century

By Sara Anne DonnellyPhotos by Ryan David BrownFrom our September 2025 issue Forty years ago, Jeff Aumuller sailed into Portland Harbor, and he’s lived aboard his boat ever since. In the spring and summer, he moors at Centerboard Yacht Club, in South Portland. When cold weather hits, he docks in a friend’s spot on Maine Wharf, on Commercial Street, or sails down the coast. Around him, the city skyline has become more congested, the boats sleeker…