MaineBoats Blog
New owner for Boothbay Harbor Shipyard
Andy Tyska, president of Rhode Island-based Bristol Marine, has announced the acquisition of Boothbay Harbor Shipyard. Located at the head of Boothbay Harbor, the shipyard joins Bristol Marine’s two other locations of working waterfront, including boat yards in Bristol, Rhode Island, and Somerset, Massachusetts.
New name same business for Hylan & Brown
D.N. Hylan & Associates Inc. of Brooklin, Maine, has been renamed Hylan & Brown Boatbuilders.
Southport Boats expands in Maine
Southport Boats has moved in a new, 60,000 square foot building in West Gardiner, Maine, that will allow the company to almost double its production of high quality, offshore center console boats.
Brooklin Boat Yard to build Alerion Class Sloops
Brooklin Boatyard has joined forces with the Sanford Boat Company to be the licensed builder for Alerion Class Sloops. The 26-foot sloop is a cold molded wood reproduction of Nathanael Herreshoff’s personal sailboat, Alerion, that Sanford has been building for 40 years.
Boatbuilder builds new church steeple
The team at Lyman Morse used their boat-building skills to help build a new steeple for a church in Camden using composite materials and new technologies.
New buildings for Artisan Boatworks
Artisan Boatworks in Rockport, Maine, has added a new storage building and paint bay to keep pace with its growing maintenance and storage business.
No shrimp fishing again this winter
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Northern Shrimp Section on Nov. 30 extended its moratorium on commercial fishing for the 2018 fishing season, according to a news release.
Film tells the story of legendary ocean sailor Mike Plant
The film Coyote, the story of American sailor Mike Plant, will be shown Wednesday, November 15th at 7pm at the Camden Opera House. The film’s director, Thomas Simmons, will be in attendance and will be part of a Q&A directly following the film.
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors celebrates 30 years in print
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine celebrated 30 years in print this fall, which happened to coincide with receiving some well-deserved honors from peers in the publishing world. The magazine won two honorable mentions for editorial excellence in Folio’s prestigious national magazine contest for 2017, and six more awards in the International Regional Magazine Association’s 2017 contest.
