MaineBoats Blog
2022 Maine Boatbuilders Show cancelled
Tuesday, June 21st 2022
A lack of available boats for sale, staffing shortages, and a “struggling economy” have prompted the organizers of the Maine Boatbuilders Show to cancel this summer’s event, which was scheduled to be held at the Portland Ship Yard/Portland Yacht Services waterfront location July 15-17.
Maine’s First Boat plans June 4 launch
Thursday, May 19th 2022
The 51-foot wooden pinnace Virginia is a construction of the first boat built by English colonists in the new world.
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine changes hands
Friday, April 29th 2022
Ted Ruegg has taken the helm as publisher of the magazine, which has been celebrating Maine boatbuilders and life on the coast for over three decades. MBH&H founder and longtime publisher, John K. Hanson Jr. will continue on in the role of publisher emeritus.
Editor Polly Saltonstall also will continue in her role with the magazine and its digital and web editions. The magazine’s offices will remain in Rockland.
Lyman Morse launches second LM46
Friday, April 15th 2022
A design partnership between Drew and Cabot Lyman and New Zealander designer Kevin Dibley, the cold-molded sloop is designed to be fast, comfortable, and uncomplicated.
Boat raffle will benefit women boatbuilders
Wednesday, March 16th 2022
Rowboat Raffle will benefit The Apprenticeshop’s Mary Lacy Scholarship to support women in boatbuilding
Special Announcement
Tuesday, March 15th 2022
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors is celebrating our 35 year of publishing at a low-key event in Rockland on August 13, 2022. But due to issues with boat inventories, we are postponing our boat and home show until 2023.
UMaine Composites Center prints 2 boats for Department of Defense
Friday, February 25th 2022
Details on the designs are classified, but the prototypes will be tested by the military.
Lobster landings hit record high value
Thursday, February 17th 2022
2021 was the most valuable year in the history of the fishery
WoodenBoat Publications Acquired by Two Longtime Employees
Wednesday, January 5th 2022
Matt Murphy, longtime editor of WoodenBoat magazine, and Andrew Breece, publisher of the company’s magazine division, have bought the company from founder Jon Wilson
Maine shipyard partners with Silicon Valley start-up on all-electric hydrofoil boat
Monday, November 29th 2021
The Navier 27 is a 27-foot foiling performance vessel that will be capable of a range exceeding 75 nautical miles under electric propulsion, and will feature a highly advanced auto pilot.
Artisan tackles launch rebuild, Bugatti tender
Friday, November 19th 2021
During a recent visit to Artisan Boatworks in Rockport to check on my vintage Dark Harbor 17 Frolic, which is stored there, I was able to peek at some cool projects in progress.
MBH&H writers honored by magazine peers
Thursday, November 18th 2021
The magazine and its writers were honored with awards in two national magazine contests
Pilot project will provide local tide data
Tuesday, September 28th 2021
The six-month program, a partnership between USHarbors and Divirod, will include five sites, with a primary focus on communities in Penobscot Bay: Camden, Rockport, Rockland, Tenants Harbor, and Belfast.
Poet and art critic Carl Little wins life time achievement award
Wednesday, September 22nd 2021
Little, who has written about art for Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors for close to three decades, was honored by the Dorothea and Leo Rabkin Foundation for his work making art accessible to general audiences.
Maine Boat & Home Show to Showcase the State’s Best Boats
Monday, August 9th 2021
Also on tap will be a special exhibit showcasing 200 years of Maine small boatbuilding
Racing set for junior sailors
Monday, July 19th 2021
As big yachts gather to race in the Camden Classic the weekend of July 30, junior sailors will race in the Camden Classics Cup Youth Regatta on Friday, July 30 from 11 a.m.-3 p.m.
State unveils new shark ID tool
Tuesday, July 6th 2021
The Maine Department of Marine Resources has unveiled a new online tool to help people confirm if what they see in the water is a white shark, or something else.
Tall Ships set sail in the Penobscot River July 9-18
Tuesday, June 22nd 2021
Historic seafaring vessels will visit various ports in the lower Penobscot River basin from July 9-18, 2021. They will be honoring Maine’s rich maritime past in the waterfront towns that anchor the geographic area known as the 4-Port Loop.
New Museum is asking sailors for help
Wednesday, June 9th 2021
Sailing Museum in Newport, RI, is inviting the sailing community to share what they are doing in their communities to protect and preserve the waters they sail on.
Maine to Host New Classic Yachts Challenge Series
Tuesday, June 8th 2021
The classic racing season will start with the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge, July 24 and 25; followed by the Camden Classics Cup, July 29-31; the Castine Classic Yacht Race, August 5; and the Camden to Brooklin Feeder race on August 6. The Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, now in its 36th year and the regatta that started it all in Maine wraps up the Maine series on August 7.
