MaineBoats Blog
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
Brooklin Boat Yard Launches Custom 91-foot Sloop
Third time’s a charm for 91-foot sloop, which is the third named Sonny that Brooklin Boat Yard has built for a 94-year-old owner.
Illegal elver sales prompt state to shut down elver season two weeks early
The Maine Department of Marine Resources plans to shut down the elver fishery two weeks early, on May 24 at 6 a.m. because of illegal sales, which jeopardize the department’s ability to manage the fishery, according to a release from the department.
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.
