MaineBoats Blog
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.
Hinckley Yacht Services Gets Creative
Company's Portsmouth Yard transfers two-dimensional painting to a yacht hull.
At long last, the moth gets a test sail
There were trials and tribulations galore, mis-measurements and mistakes, and fights over Iphone-useage in the shop, but we persisted. And sometimes we laughed.
Electric news from Hodgdon Tenders
The Maine builder of luxury limo-tenders for super yachts has announced plans for an all-electric version.
Brooklin Boat Yard starts work on Taylor 44
The client owns a Taylor-designed, BBY-built racer that lives in Maine; he wants a second version to sail at his winter home in California.
MBH&H honored by magazine peers
Folio’s annual awards program—spanning all corners of the magazine publishing industry—recognizes the very best in editorial and design. It’s the most comprehensive and prestigious awards program of its kind in the industry. Each year the contest draws close to 2,000 entries in about 50 categories.
Summer of the superyachts
Kept from the Mediterranean by COVID 19 restrictions, dozens of mega yachts cruised the Maine coast instead.
