MaineBoats Blog
Calling all Dogs! Put Your Best Paw Forward!
Get Your Woof On! Entries Sought for 16th Annual World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials
Explore Maine’s Earth, Sea, and Sky with artist Barbara Prey
Barbara Ernst Prey: Earth, Sea, Sky celebrates the artist’s long engagement with the landscape and people of Maine, where she has been painting for more than forty years. The exhibition of her watercolors and oil paintings is on view at the Wendell Gilley Museum from June 30 through October 14, 2018.
Hodgdon Launches Smallest Limousine Tender Yet
Hodgdon Tenders, the superyacht tender division of Hodgdon, has launched a 6.5 meter limousine tender, which the company describes as the smallest member of its Venetian line.
Maine Boat & Home Show Launches “Working the Coast” Initiative
The Maine Boats and Homes Show, state’s biggest boat show, will offer a new exhibition area designed to introduce commercial marine interests to the recreational market, and vice versa.
Windjammer Association honors longtime leader Meg Maiden
She’s been the energy behind the Maine Windjammer Association for decades. Yet, after 30 years, 42 bosses and thousands of windjammer guests, Executive Director, Meg Maiden, is passing the wheel and being honored for her legacy.
Grant will fund salmon restoration in Togus Stream
The three-year restoration project will involve Atlantic salmon egg planting at three locations in Togus Stream, installation of a fish way at Lower Togus Pond Dam, and removal of two small stone dams located downstream of Lower Togus Pond Dam.
Front Street begins work on major new building
The shipyard has bought a city-owned parking lot and secured a loan to construct a 22,500-square foot building on the property. The new facility will accommodate large yacht refits and commercial vessel construction projects while adding approximately 40 more full-time jobs at Front Street Shipyard.
Company will move forward with permit applications for land-based salmon farm
The company hoping to build a state-of-the-art land-based salmon farm in Belfast, Maine, has release conceptual drawings of what it plans to build and announced that it is moving forward with permit applications for the massive operation.
ABBRA Holds Successful Pilot of ‘Step Up to Supervisor’ Class in Maine
Class is designed to help boat building supervisors understand leadership responsibilities
Partnership Focused on Coastal Island Conservation
Sea Tow to Offer Free Services to Maine Island Trail Association in Celebration of MITA's 30th Anniversary
