MaineBoats Blog
Carpenter’s Boat Shop names Alicia Witham new executive director
Alicia C. Witham has worked as a professional boat captain, educator and was a longtime manager at the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School.
Custom Hunt power boat under construction at Front Street
Construction of the 41-foot custom dayboat began in early 2021. The yacht comes from the drawing board of Ray Hunt Design of New Bedford, Mass.
Once again, lobster is Maine's most valuable fishery
Despite market losses and due to the pandemic, Maine fisherman adjusted, and were able to earn over a half a billion dollars for their catches in 2020.
And the winning boat name stories are….
We were awed by the more than 80 stories submitted by readers in our “How Did You Name Your Boat Contest.” They ranged the gamut from laugh-out-loud funny, to heart-warming, fanciful, and clever. The top-four vote-getters were.....
Tell us your boat story and/or vote for your favorite name
A boat name, like vanity license plates, can reveal much about the personality of boat owners, and how they use their boats. Someone who names their yacht Serenity, an all-time favorite over the years, or Happy Ours, is not likely to be using their boat to make a living, while a name like Bottom Line, implies a workboat.
We are asking readers to tell us us they chose a name for their boat and then to help us vote for the best stories.
New company breathes new life into Jimmy Steele's classic tender
The classic down-east peapod design has been revived and revamped as the result of a collaboration between the legendary Sparkman & Stephens firm and the newly formed Downeast Peapod company, a subsidiary of the Newport, Rhode Island-based W-Class™️ Yacht Company.
Winter fun: Lawn Mower Racing
A group calling themselves the Thunder Valley Lawn Mower Drag Racers fired up their engines to race recently on frozen Norton Pond, in Lincolnville.
Rockland marina sold to national company
Safe Harbor Marinas, considered the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas, has bought the Rockland, Maine marina and boatyard of Yachting Solutions. The national company has been expanding in Maine in the past year, buying the Great Island yard in Harpswell last spring.
Big new water jet cutting machine takes Front Street to the next level
The five-axis 3D waterjet cutting machine is the largest of its kind in Maine and among the largest in the country.
Iconic clock tower in Boston gets a “hand” from Maine
Boston's iconic Custom House Tower has four new sets of clock hands, thanks to Lyman-Morse Technologies in Thomaston, Maine.
