Boat Features

A Special Boat Comes Home
You often read stories about boat rebuilds, but finding and transporting those old boats can be just as much of an adventure, as this story shows.

Bowdoin turns 100
A century after it was built to explore remote Arctic regions, the schooner Bowdoin still sails northward, although now the passengers are mostly students.

Doing What Came Naturally
A familiar face in the marine world, Bentley Collins helped grow Sabre and its sister company Back Cove Yachts into premier boatbuilders.

And the winning boat names are...
The top four vote-getters in the "How Did You Name Your Boat Contest."

Every Boat Has a Story
The stories behind two classic boats that once called Moosehead Lake home.

A Sturdy Maine Schooner
A National Historic Landmark, the Lewis R. French turned 150 this April. She is the oldest two-masted schooner in the country, and the oldest Maine-built schooner still sailing, and calling Maine home.

The Essence of Summer
The search for a good rowboat for a Maine summer camp led to the perpetuation of a remarkable one-off design known as the Pine Island Skiff.

A Plucky Build-it-Yourself Design for Lake Sailing
The Goat Island Skiff is easy to build and fun to sail, and when the wind dies, it can be rowed as well.

Thrilling Sailing on a Flying Fifteen
A fast planing dinghy with a keel, the Flying Fifteen is a daysailing sports car.

Launching a Boat and a Career
A sardine carrier and a photo collection