MaineBoats Blog
Castine Classic Yacht Racers will honor Aage Nielson
The 2017 Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden will take place this summer on Aug. 3, kicking off three days of spectacular racing on Penobscot Bay. Event organizers plan to honor Aage Nielsen, a genius of 20th century yacht design, at an exhibition at the Town Dock and an Aug. 2 symposium at Maine Maritime Academy.
2017 Monhegan Residencies Open to Maine Artists and Teachers
The Monhegan Artists’ Residency is accepting applications for its 2017 residency programs. Residencies are available to Maine-based visual artists during the weeks of May 27 to June 30, and September 2 to October 7. Also, a two-week residency is available to a Maine art teacher from July 2 to 14. Applications are now being accepted online at monheganartistsresidency.org through March 17.
American is headed toward finish in Vendee Globe
American sailor Rich Wilson, who has been racing solo around the world in the grueling Vendee Globe, crossed the Equator back into the northern hemisphere Feb. 5 after 91 days, 6 hours, and 14 minutes of racing. Currently he is in 14th place out of 18 boats still racing.
Karen Talbot calendar illustrations feature Maine's native sea-run fish
The Maine Sea Grant College Program at the University of Maine has produced a wall calendar featuring detailed scientific illustrations by Rockland-Maine artist Karen Talbot of Maine’s twelve native species of sea-run or diadromous fishes. The twelve species are sea lamprey, shortnose sturgeon, Atlantic sturgeon, alewife, Atlantic salmon, brook trout, rainbow smelt, American eel, Atlantic tomcod, striped bass, blueback herring, and American shad.
Community mourns loss of birchbark canoe builder David Moses Bridges
Maine’s community of artists and boat-builders lost one its bright stars last week with the death of birchbark canoe master builder David Moses Bridges, 54, following a courageous battle with cancer.
New ownership for Islesford Dock Restaurant and Gallery
Bar Harbor restaurateur Michael Boland and billionaire MDI summer resident Mitchell Rales announced this week that they have purchased the Dock Restaurant and Gallery from Dan and Cynthia Lief, who had owned and operated it since 1993. The restaurant will open June 1 and is expected to stay open well beyond Labor Day, the new owners said in a press release.
Tall ships headed to Nova Scotia
Tall ships will visit Canada to honour the 150th anniversary of the Canadian Confederation in 2017. They are scheduled to stop at host ports in Ontario, Quebec and the Maritimes.
Alden honored for grassroots fishery work
Robin Alden, the founder and executive director of Penobscot East, has been named a Hero of the Seas by the Peter Benchley Ocean Awards. The award recognizes Alden’s career working at the grassroots, engaging fishermen's knowledge and participation to build sustainable, healthy coastal fisheries and fishing communities.
Coast Guard to add mariner-controlled horns to seven more lighthouses in the Gulf of Maine
Boaters who count on the sound of lighthouse foghorns to help find their way should not leave home without a working VHF radio. The Coast Guard has announced plans to install Mariner Radio Activated Sound Signals this spring at seven remote lighthouses in the Gulf of Maine. Last year the radio-controlled horns were installed at 17 lighthouses.
Former Eastport cannery slated for $18 million renovation
The way downeast city of Eastport got a huge boost in the arm with the news that a Kansas City developer has agreed to partner on an $18 million plan to renovate the former 30,000 square foot American Can Building on the waterfront.
