MaineBoats Blog
Tell us your boat story and/or vote for your favorite name
Tuesday, February 23rd 2021
A boat name, like vanity license plates, can reveal much about the personality of boat owners, and how they use their boats. Someone who names their yacht Serenity, an all-time favorite over the years, or Happy Ours, is not likely to be using their boat to make a living, while a name like Bottom Line, implies a workboat.
We are asking readers to tell us us they chose a name for their boat and then to help us vote for the best stories.
New company breathes new life into Jimmy Steele's classic tender
Monday, February 22nd 2021
The classic down-east peapod design has been revived and revamped as the result of a collaboration between the legendary Sparkman & Stephens firm and the newly formed Downeast Peapod company, a subsidiary of the Newport, Rhode Island-based W-Class™️ Yacht Company.
Winter fun: Lawn Mower Racing
Friday, February 12th 2021
A group calling themselves the Thunder Valley Lawn Mower Drag Racers fired up their engines to race recently on frozen Norton Pond, in Lincolnville.
Rockland marina sold to national company
Thursday, January 28th 2021
Safe Harbor Marinas, considered the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas, has bought the Rockland, Maine marina and boatyard of Yachting Solutions. The national company has been expanding in Maine in the past year, buying the Great Island yard in Harpswell last spring.
Big new water jet cutting machine takes Front Street to the next level
Monday, January 25th 2021
The five-axis 3D waterjet cutting machine is the largest of its kind in Maine and among the largest in the country.
Iconic clock tower in Boston gets a “hand” from Maine
Monday, January 11th 2021
Boston's iconic Custom House Tower has four new sets of clock hands, thanks to Lyman-Morse Technologies in Thomaston, Maine.
Hinckley Yacht Services Gets Creative
Friday, December 18th 2020
Company's Portsmouth Yard transfers two-dimensional painting to a yacht hull.
At long last, the moth gets a test sail
Thursday, December 3rd 2020
There were trials and tribulations galore, mis-measurements and mistakes, and fights over Iphone-useage in the shop, but we persisted. And sometimes we laughed.
Electric news from Hodgdon Tenders
Tuesday, November 24th 2020
The Maine builder of luxury limo-tenders for super yachts has announced plans for an all-electric version.
Brooklin Boat Yard starts work on Taylor 44
Friday, November 6th 2020
The client owns a Taylor-designed, BBY-built racer that lives in Maine; he wants a second version to sail at his winter home in California.
MBH&H honored by magazine peers
Friday, October 16th 2020
Folio’s annual awards program—spanning all corners of the magazine publishing industry—recognizes the very best in editorial and design. It’s the most comprehensive and prestigious awards program of its kind in the industry. Each year the contest draws close to 2,000 entries in about 50 categories.
Boat club adds new Maine location
Wednesday, October 14th 2020
This will be Freedom Boat Club’s fourth location in Maine
Summer of the superyachts
Wednesday, September 30th 2020
Kept from the Mediterranean by COVID 19 restrictions, dozens of mega yachts cruised the Maine coast instead.
Youtube sailing stars explore Maine
Tuesday, September 22nd 2020
SV Delos is a YouTube channel featuring the lives of Brian and Karin Trautman and their one-year-old daughter, Sierra. The Trautmans have been cruising the world in their 53 foot Amel Super Maramu ketch (built in 2000 in La Rochelle France) for a decade, covering 75,000 nautical miles during that time
Ice boaters start racing early; compete on land, instead of a frozen lake
Friday, September 18th 2020
Twenty competitors tested their wheels in three days of sailing races on the runway at Loring Airforce Base
Capts. Doug and Linda Lee honored by windjammer association
Friday, September 11th 2020
Helping honor the Lees were the Schooner Heritage’s new owners Ben Welzenbach and Sean Grimes, long-time crew members, licensed captains and fellow mates abord the schooner for the past seven years.
Fatal shark attack in Harspwell
Wednesday, July 29th 2020
The death of a 63-year old woman is the first ever recorded shark fatality in the Maine
Lyman Morse's newest launch? A wind tunnel
Monday, July 20th 2020
This tunnel is destined for a major academic research facility on the East coast of the United States.
Portland Boating Franchise Heralded as Nation’s Best
Thursday, June 25th 2020
The highlight of Sea Tow’s annual awards banquet and the most coveted award of the evening, the honor of Franchise of the Year is awarded annually to the Sea Tow location that most exemplifies the company’s high standards of service and operation, according to a new release from Sea Tow.
Great Island Boat Yard sold to Safe Harbor
Friday, June 19th 2020
In addition to Great Island, the company also acquired Sportsman Marina on the Alabama Gulf Shore, bringing its network of boating facilities to 100 across 22 states.
