Boat Features

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.

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.

A Great Poet and His Beloved Boat
The poet Richard Ghormley Eberhart and his classic powerboat Reve.

Fairmaid: A Century-old Ketch Still Going Strong
Caring for a 100-year-old Alden ketch has kept this couple on their toes for 42 years.

The Little Tanker That Can
One 58-foot vessel and her intrepid captain keep island fuel tanks full.

Tollycraft 34: A Dream Come True
Reunited with a 1984 Convertible Sedan powerboat.