MaineBoats Blog
Meet the 2018 World Championship Boatyard Dog Competitors - SHERMAN
Wednesday, August 8th 2018
Be there when the REAL World Champion Boatyard Dog stands up, sits down, rolls over and takes a bow-wow!
Meet the 2018 World Championship Boatyard Dog Competitors - SASSIE
Tuesday, August 7th 2018
Trials take place Sunday, August 12th during the Maine Boat & Home Show at Harbor Park in Rockland.
Marilee takes Castine Classic Race
Monday, August 6th 2018
The Castine event kicked off three days of classic boat racing, culminating in the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta.
Meet the 2018 World Championship Boatyard Dog Competitors - MILO & GALAXY
Sunday, August 5th 2018
Trials take place Sunday, August 12th during the 16th annual Maine Boat & Home Show at Harbor Park in Rockland.
Meet the 2018 World Championship Boatyard Dog Competitors - HOBEY
Thursday, August 2nd 2018
Be there when the REAL World Champion Boatyard Dog stands up, sits down, rolls over and takes a bow-wow!
Meet the judges and emcees of the 2018 World Championship Boatyard Dog® Trials
Wednesday, August 1st 2018
Trials take place Sunday, August 12th at 10:30 am during the 16th Annual Maine Boat & Home Show, a celebration of coastal living that runs August 10-12, 2018, at Harbor Park in Rockland, Maine.
Apprenticeshop launches Mackinaw ketch
Tuesday, July 24th 2018
The boat will be used by the Apprenticeshop as an expedition, sail training, and seamanship vessel.
Viking longship arrives in Rockland
Monday, July 23rd 2018
Considered the world’s largest operating Viking ship, the Draken will be at the Rockland Public Landing, July 22-25, offering ship tours and activities on an onshore "Draken Village.”
Front Street wins grant to buy hi-tech cutting machine
Thursday, July 19th 2018
The equipment will streamline the construction of custom and production vessels, reducing costs and improving quality of the end-products, the shipyard said in a release.
Grants will fund Maine lobster research
Thursday, July 19th 2018
Money for the programs comes from lobster license plates.
Artisans in Abundance at Maine Boat & Home Show
Thursday, July 19th 2018
Everyone expects to see lots of beautiful boats at the annual Maine Boat & Home Show, and with 100 or so vessels expected on the docks and on land August 10-12, 2018, the event won't disappoint. What makes it "not a typical boat show" is the work on display by other creative talents: makers of bespoke furniture, fine jewelers, woodworkers, art photographers, and purveyors of unique clothing, home goods, kitchen wares, and more.
Hinckley launches first model in new Picnic Boat line
Friday, July 13th 2018
The company describes the new Picnic Boat 40 as its largest and most innovative Picnic Boat ever.
The Vikings are coming
Wednesday, July 11th 2018
The world’s largest Viking ship, the Draken, will visit Rockland as part of an East Coast tour.
New life for an historic Friendship sloop
Tuesday, July 10th 2018
Built by Wilbur Morse of Friendship in 1900, Blackjack was restored at the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum in Rockland, Maine. The launching ceremony included a team of oxen.
Schooner Heritage sails home to first in great schooner race
Monday, July 9th 2018
After gusty weather caused a short postponement, the Schooner Heritage raced across Penobscot Bay from Islesboro to Rockland and took first place in the annual Great Schooner Race.
Freedom Boat Club opens two locations in Maine
Monday, July 2nd 2018
The club offers an affordable alternative to boat ownership. Members who join have unlimited access to boats at its two locations in Maine plus 160 additional clubs across the U.S. and Canada.
Oldest Friendship Sloop to be launched at Museum
Friday, June 29th 2018
This 118-year old boat has been lovingly restored by a team of professionals and volunteers. Friendship sloops were Maine’s first lobster boats and are symbolic of Maine’s fishery. Blackjack was originally built by Wilbur Morse in Friendship, Maine.
Documentary of classic yacht restoration now online
Wednesday, June 27th 2018
Over the course of two-plus years, Langley followed the meticulous restoration and racing program of Marilee, the Nathanael Herreshoff-designed classic New York 40 racing yacht. Todd French and his crew at French & Webb in Belfast Maine, went above and beyond a typical restoration, which included a unique interior and interchangeable rigs.
MBH&H writer wins award for garden writing
Monday, June 25th 2018
Maine, Boats, Homes & Harbors’ contributing editor Lynette L. Walther has been honored by the Association for Garden Communicators with two 2018 Media Awards Silver Medals of Achievement for her newspaper garden columns.
