MaineBoats Blog
Freedom Boat Club opens two locations in Maine
The club offers an affordable alternative to boat ownership. Members who join have unlimited access to boats at its two locations in Maine plus 160 additional clubs across the U.S. and Canada.
Oldest Friendship Sloop to be launched at Museum
This 118-year old boat has been lovingly restored by a team of professionals and volunteers. Friendship sloops were Maine’s first lobster boats and are symbolic of Maine’s fishery. Blackjack was originally built by Wilbur Morse in Friendship, Maine.
Documentary of classic yacht restoration now online
Over the course of two-plus years, Langley followed the meticulous restoration and racing program of Marilee, the Nathanael Herreshoff-designed classic New York 40 racing yacht. Todd French and his crew at French & Webb in Belfast Maine, went above and beyond a typical restoration, which included a unique interior and interchangeable rigs.
MBH&H writer wins award for garden writing
Maine, Boats, Homes & Harbors’ contributing editor Lynette L. Walther has been honored by the Association for Garden Communicators with two 2018 Media Awards Silver Medals of Achievement for her newspaper garden columns.
Maine boat yards involved in real estate transactions
Hodgdon in negotiations to transfer its East Boothbay buildings to Washburn & Doughty; French & Webb sells one of its workshops
Hinckley unveils the Sou’wester 53, a carbon epoxy sailing yacht
Hinckley has added a new model to its Sou’wester line of cruising yachts. The new Sou’wester 53 was produced in collaboration with Tripp Design Naval Architecture, and is designed to deliver modern, family sailing.
Show poster unveiled, call goes out for Small Boat Love-In entries
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Inc. has unveiled a custom-designed poster for its 16th annual Maine Boat & Home Show, to be held August 10-12, 2018, on the waterfront in Rockland, Maine. Also show organizers have put out a call for owners of small craft to trailer their beloved boat(s) to Rockland for the 2018 Small-Boat Love-In. This will be the second annual groovy gathering of privately owned power, sail, and human-powered boats under 22 feet in length. It will take place in Buoy Park during the Aug. 10-12 show.
Museum's summer shows include models, model making, and model racing
The Penobnscot Marine Museum in Searsport, has opened for the summer and has planned many activities this summer in conjunction with its special exhibets on model making. What inspires model makers to create miniature versions of watercraft? The museum will explore this question through an exhibit entitled Sailing Small: Small Boats, Big Ideas.
Coast Guard asks for help finding missing buoy bells
Crews have identified at least seven instances where the noise-making devices have been removed from bell buoys primarily in the Penobscot Bay region over the past six months.
Atlantic Cup boats sail into Portland
The next and final “leg” of the cup will be a series of inshore races June 9 and 10 in Casco Bay
