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Reading, Writing, and Outboards
Maritime learning for Lincoln Academy students
Ice Time in Rockport
An old-fashioned ice harvest
Winslow Myers in Motion
In his paintings, Nobleboro artist Winslow Myers seeks to represent the mystery of reality.
Luders 16s Reprise their Championship Regatta
After a nearly two-decades-long pause, the Luders 16 class rallied in Northeast Harbor to crown an international champion.
A Fisherman’s Tale
A saltwater fisherman shares helpful advice for weathering the long cold hiatus before the stripers and blues return.
Dorothy, Oh Dorothy
A brief encounter with a salty looking workboat leaves an artist wondering about what might have been.
Salmon, Shrimp, Whale Pods, and a Chowder Race
News, news, and even more news
Junk Journeys
A Gouldsboro Point sailor plies the coast on her junk-rigged sailing barge, Great Auk
When Cattle Pounds Kept Strays at Bay
In rural Maine, the town cattle pound helped keep the peace.
“Man plans. God laughs.”
Maine Yacht Center in Portland was never meant to build one of the hottest sailboats on the international offshore racing circuit—but that’s exactly what happened.
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Magalloway Conservation Project: Land Trusts Rally to Preserve Western Maine Landscape
The collective efforts of four groups working to protect the Magalloway
Allagash Wilderness Waterway Foundation: Preserving a very special wild river and its legacy
On July 28, 1857, Penobscot guide Joe Polis paddled his birch bark canoe across Eagle Lake to Pillsbury Island before returning to camp on the north shore of Chamberlain Lake, with Henry David Thoreau in the bow, and laden with 150 pounds of gear, to see the party safely from the shores of Moosehead Lake to Indian Island on the Penobscot River.
Maine Briefs
Rockland Musuem Kicks Off Summer Music Series
The Sail, Power and Steam Museum launches a new season with a performance by local musician Jimmy Moreland.
Elimination of Buoys Under Consideration
What are they thinking? The Coast Guard proposes eliminating hundreds of navigation aids along the Northeast coast to reduce cost and maintenance.
Maine Boat & Home Show Unveils its 2025 Poster
Featuring a Maine artist for its boat show promotions has been a longstanding tradition for the Rockland show.
Maine Boat & Home Show Names New Manager for 2025
Kate Holden, a marine industry veteran, to head up the Rockland in-water boat show this August.
Boat Show News
The 2025 Maine Boat & Home Show poster features art by Stephen Florimbi
A plein air painter's perfect summer day sets the scene.
The Daily 5
One-off 32 foot multihull is an energy-efficient ferry
After a long refit, Sunbeam V’s return is ray of sunshine for islanders
Chase, Leavitt & Co. has been taking care of mariners for 169 years.
On the small island of Matinicus, with its 100 year-round residents, the library is a well-loved institution.
Travel along a bridge-linked chain of islands in Harpswell