Boat Features

Hound: Refit included a larger rig
First in class after a refit

Grampus: Vintage Rebuild
A 1927 wooden launch leaves its homeport for a rebuild

Hinckley Introduces a Hybrid Poweryacht
Hybrid technology for the 40-foot Picnic Boat

Surfboat Launch Marks Life Saving Station Rebuild
Restoration at Wood Island

Boatbuilder Profile: Rich Woodman
Boatbuilder Rich Woodman respects tradition but is not enslaved by it.

A Restored Nova Scotian Classic Sloop Sails to Maine
The search for a historic boat led the author to Nova Scotia, where he found a Bluenose 23, and the perfect person to restore it.

A Special Sloop Designed to Carry Heavy Granite
Carrying heavy Maine granite to far-off ports required a special type of sloop.

Bringing the Tidely-Idley to Life
A Maine man and his daughter create a replica of the Tidely-Idley, the boat made famous in Robert McCloskey’s book Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man.

Albury Runabout
Photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz is known for his lovely images of boats. His shooting platform is a nimble 20-foot Albury runabout.

Unique wooden lobsterboat
Doug Dodge has spent the last decade perfecting a wooden lobsterboat that he hopes will be the fastest in its class