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Boats

Wren: Restored Herreshoff 12½

A vintage Herreshoff sporting a “Free” sign was impossible to pass up.

Front Street Shipyard: Sprucing up Abide

In Belfast, a luxury yacht refit takes on a life of its own.

Samoset Boatworks: Lettie Elise, a vintage Young Brothers 45

Samoset Boatworks rebirths a vintage Young Brothers 45.

Willis Beal: April and Kristi

Willis Beal's latest lobsterboat will not be used for hauling traps. It’s a 5-foot-long “little boat,” meant for display.

Brooklin Boat Yard: Botin 43

The latest Brooklin-Botin collaboration, Jax, was born to run.

The Inheritance Class Cutter

Based on an early ship model, the Inheritance Class cutter was a classy daysailer

Revamping a Classic Motorsailer

Brooklin Boat Yard restores and revamps a classic boat

Protecting the Ocean One Dirty Job at a Time

The Friends of Casco Bay runs a boat that collects sewage from thousands of boats across the busy and expansive bay

My Gloucester Gull: The Perfect One-Woman Dory

The Gloucester Gull is a rowable ticket to heaven

Chase, Leavitt & Co.

Chase, Leavitt & Co. has been taking care of mariners for 169 years.

A Total Refit Makes a 36-year-old B-40 New Again

Refitting a classic Hinckley Bermuda 40 for entertaining and day sailing.

An Ode to a Beals Island Boat and Her Builder

Little Darlin’ is the last wooden lobsterboat built by the late Clinton L. “Buddy” Beals.

Lifelong Lessons of Time and Tide

An ode to 80-plus years of boating.

The Hinckley Company’s War Boat Production

While the Hinckley name today is synonymous with luxurious pleasure boats, back in the 1940s, the Maine boatbuilder produced a series of working boats for the war effort.

Joseph Ranco

Joseph Ranco: A Maine master canoe builder and early designer at Indian Old Town Canoe Co.