Author: Cara Read

Boats donated through Block Island Maritime Funding help promote kids sailing through coastal organizations.

New Maine Boat Donation Program Benefits Donors and Buyers

3/9/2011 - Some people say the best days of a boat owner’s life are the day he buys his boat and the day he sells it. In Maine the decision to pass a boat onto a new owner has gotten a lot easier with the recent formation of the Maritime Funding Association… SEE MORE

A photo from the 2010 Tom Morris Memorial Pursuit Race. Photo: Jeff Walls

2011 Maine Regatta Season Takes Shape

2/27/2011 - Never mind what that silly groundhog says – for us the real sign that winter will end soon is when the regatta schedules are released. In addition to longtime favorites like the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta and new gatherings like the Penobscot Bay Cup, the yacht races that comprise the Gulf… SEE MORE

Sabre 456 sailing off San Diego's Pt. Loma and inside Shelter Island Yacht Basin. Photo by Bob Grieser / OutsideImages.com

California Sailing on the Sabre 456

Boating

2/25/2011 - Our friends at Outside Images photographed the Sabre 456 near San Diego, California last week. If you missed the Sabre 456 at the Annapolis boatshow you can have a look at the Sabre website to view their upcoming boatshow schedule. They include information about boats in their line that will… SEE MORE

In Wintertime, Small Boats Rule the Seas

2/24/2011 - This is the time of year when most of our boats, at least for us northerners, are buried under shrink-wrap if they’re lucky and a layer of snow and ice if they’re not. But in proof that bigger is not always better, the little guys – meaning the ones with… SEE MORE

New Camden Restaurant from a Favorite Local Chef

2/24/2011 - Boaters pulling into Camden have no shortage of watering holes to choose from, whether they’re looking for dockside drinks or New England-style pub fare and brews served in Mason jars. But for nearly three years sailors and yachtsmen in search of a more refined culinary experience have been making the… SEE MORE

Ben Ellison at the helm of "Little Gizmo"

Maine Electronics Writer/Gadget Guru Wins Top Awards

2/18/2011 - In what was to us perhaps the most unsurprising news of the day, we just learned that our long-time friend and colleague Ben Ellison has been awarded two first place awards and a certificate of merit in an editorial contest. Boating Writers International (BWI) recognized the top marine journalists in… SEE MORE

New Boat Expands Maine College’s Reach

2/18/2011 - A new forty-six-foot power vessel being built for the College of the Atlantic (COA) at the Wesmac yard in Surry will extend the college’s islands curriculum both in terms of seasonal duration and geographic reach. Built to hold more than forty people and cruise at up to eighteen knots, the… SEE MORE

Fox Island Thoroughfare

2/7/2011 - Fox Island Thoroughfare SEE MORE

Matinicus Rock Light, NOAA Weather Station MISM1 restored. (Photo courtesy Congresswoman Pingree's office)

Service Restored To Matinicus Rock Weather Station

1/27/2011 - Congresswoman Chellie Pingree announced on January 27th, 2011 that federal officials have restored a weather station on Matinicus Rock (NOAA Station MISM1), which provides critical weather information for boats on Penobscot Bay. Pingree had urged officials to repair the station, which hasn’t provided data for two years. “Having this station… SEE MORE

Front Street Shipyard partners - L to R: JB Turner, Lucia Michaud, Steve White, Taylor Allen, and Ken Priest

New Marine and Composites Facility to Open in Belfast

Boating

1/23/2011 - A new custom boatbuilding facility/service yard/composites manufacturing facility on the Belfast, Maine, waterfront is well on its way to becoming a reality according to a press release received on January 18, 2011. The facility will be called Front Street Shipyard, and will be sited on the former Stinson canning factory… SEE MORE

Author: Cara Read

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