Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors is located in a historic building overlooking Rockland Harbor. We’ve gotten to know the harbor well, watching the ferries, fishing boats and sailors come and go. But there is a part of the view that we cannot see, underwater Rockland. We partnered with our friends at Compass Light Productions in Camden to produce this really cool short video about our harbor and its unexpectedly vibrant underwater life.
Maine I Love — Brad Burns
One photographer's vision of Maine's architecture details
Boat on Truck, Brooksville
Brooksville: A Storied Town
Celebrating the Seasons with Vigorous Tenderness
A Portland-based chamber music ensemble finds unique ways to mark the turning of the seasons.
Classic Boats, Ferries, Saunas, & Snow Rollers
In the World of Small Boats, Paul Gartside Does It All
Paul Gartside: A designer, boatbuilder, writer, and artist who’d fit right in, here in Maine.
Rose and Archie
Rowing from Gloucester to Lunenburg: Fear, Excitement, and Joy
Rowing a dory from Gloucester to Lunenburg is a test of nerves for an intrepid pair.
Spinning in the Wind
The Business of Moving Heavy Things by Boat
From its homeport in Rockland, the Island Transporter makes heavy construction on Maine’s islands possible.
The Donna Marie and the Pioneers who Fished Her
A visit to a lobsterboat long abandoned in a Jonesport field stirs memories of days offshore and holds chockful of fish.
The Governor’s desk and chair are home at last
A storied governor’s desk and chair take a circuitous route to their proper home.
The Sabre 51 Salon Express: Evolution of a Maine Classic
Sabre’s new 51-footer takes a venerable design in a new direction.
Winslow Homer’s Ways With Water
On the coast and inland, artist Winslow Homer rendered water with fervor and feeling.
Winter and Boats
Winter Wish: Tasty Tomatoes
The time is ripe for a tasty tomato
Winter Work
With help from a friend, a small-craft sailor discovers winter in Maine is a fine time for building boats.
“Tiffany Items” for Your Home
It’s those little things, the “Tiffany Items” that add pizzazz to a boat or home.
Photograph by Brad Burns
Anna Maria Hansen, Sailing Ships Maine’s senior captain, was named U.S. Young Sail Trainer of the Year, and Sailing Ships Maine, the program she leads, was named U.S.
Forget what some rodent from Pennsylvania might have to say, two items in our inbox this week point to warmer times ahead.
First, Lyman-Morse, sponsor of the Camden Classics Cup, has announced registration for the midcoast regatta will open on Feb. 21.
Big Jim’s New Lease on Life
Historic Maine fisherman billboard should soon be standing tall again
Front Street, Charger, Lobsters and Mud
Marina changes, large-scale 3D printing, and a new weather buoy
Hauling Logs, Saving Horses
A steam log hauler helped out the horses
Illuminating the Past
Enjoy an urban escape and catch a glimpse of Maine history at Portland Head Light and Fort Williams Park.
J. Rae Pictou: Remember Who You Are
The artist, storyteller, entrepreneur, and activist J. Rae Pictou draws on her Mi’kmaq heritage.
Jericho Bay Skiff’s a Class Act
A pair of skiffs built to teach
Medora Atwood and Portland’s Waterfront
Artist Medora Atwood captured the bustling Porland waterfront in her watercolors.
Ouzel
Maine artisans collaborate on a 95-foot world-girding pilothouse cutter built at Rockport Marine.
Riptide
An Australian cobberdog and a boat named Hornet
The Maine I Love—Kat Woodworth
Ocean views from the magazine's designer
10th Annual Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat
Women writers retreat to the Midcoast’s McGee Island.
A Catamaran of Hope
Using hand tools and ingenuity, Sweet Tree students launch a catamaran in Hope.
A Reward for Virtue
Brooklin Boat Yard launches Kiandra, a sloop built to go places
Courtney Olivia: Albert Hutchinson’s last Mussel Ridge
AR Kennedy Customs finished the last Hutchinson Composites Mussel Ridge 42
Cruise in Style Aboard Back Cove’s 412
Back Cove’s New 412 Flagship Is Ready for Cruising
Four Times Charmed
Dana’s Boat Shop launches the smart-looking Shelly Marie
Hinckley Picnic Boat 39: Master of the Swoop
Hinckley Yachts debuts another classic, the Picnic Boat 39
Letters to the editor
Moments in Time Caught on the Fly
A Maine nature photographer finds capturing stunning wildlife images to be a matter of time.
Ready! Aim! Fire Boat!
A Lyman-Morse-built fireboat, its call sign Clinton Marine 9-2, is now on station patrolling Long Island Sound.
Solar Sailing in a Refit Powerboat
A Hylan & Brown refit will cruise at the speed of the sun
A Falmouth, Maine, sailor, Peter Willauer, was among nine mariners recognized for their accomplishments by the Cruising Club of America, whose annual awards were announced shortly after the new year.
Photo by Kat Woodworth
