MaineBoats Blog

Maps of the heart
The Osher Map Library at the University of Southern Maine in Portland has an absolutely wonderful exhibit up now celebrating ...

Students start paddle company
Are you still looking for a nice gift for the paddler in your life? Students in a marketing class at ...

Bon Voyage nears French coast
Remember the little unmanned boat launched last summer from the French frigate LHermione as she head back across the ocean ...

Lighthouses to get radio-activated signals
The Coast Guard plans to install radio-activated sound signal devices at 17 lighthouses in Maine. The devices which can be ...

Windjammer captains honored
The Maine Windjammer Association is proud to announce that this year, the USS Constitution Museum – an interpretive center for the ...

Saving a classic
A well-known Rockland-based commercial boat went aground over the weekend in the harbor. But the owner and fellow vintage boat ...

Rockland sailing team tops in state
Skipper Jillian Galloway and crew Hannah Chase, both on the Rockland Community Sailing High School team, pulled off two-first place ...

Lots going on at Atlantic Boat
A road trip to visit longtime Brooklin-based boatbuilder Atlantic Boat showed a yard humming with activity. Atlantic is making the ...

Former President sails on special catamaran
Former President George HW Bush and First Lady Barbara Bush set sail last week with the crew of the Impossible ...