The Sabre 48 Salon Express was recently named Best Downeast Boat 45-55 ft. by AIM.

Sabre 48 Salon Express wins “Best Downeast Boat”

11/5/2012 - Sabre Yachts, based in Raymond, Maine, has just returned from the 43rd Annual Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show after quite an adventure with Hurricane Sandy. The highlight of the show was the Sabre 48 Salon Express winning Active Interest Media’s (AIM) “Best Downeast Boat: 45-55 FT”. AIM publishes some of… SEE MORE
KIWI SPIRIT, a 63' sailing yacht built by Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co., rests at the dock in Thomaston.

Fast, Light, and Big: Circumnavigating Yacht Launched

11/2/2012 - “Weigh This.” That’s what’s scrawled all over the inside of Kiwi Spirit, the 63’ cutter launched November 1 at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston. Never mind the gorgeous red fir cabinetry and interior paneling or the flat-screen television bolted to the wall in the huge yacht’s luxurious main salon. Instead,… SEE MORE

Storm Scenes: Hurricane Sandy Washes Onto Cape Cod

10/30/2012 - Hurricane Sandy brought some high winds and a whole lot of water to Cape Cod on October 29. Here are some scenes of the high tide at Nauset Marine's marina just off Pleasant Bay. We're glad to say that since these photos were taken, the water has already receded and… SEE MORE
Just before the morning high tide, waves were crashing over the Rockland breakwater. With the storm surge, they overtopped it.

Storm Scenes: Midcoast Maine Prepares for Sandy

10/29/2012 - Though Hurricane Sandy looked like it would make landfall in New Jersey, the massive storm's impacts were already being felt on the morning of October 29 in midcoast Maine. A northeast wind had already stiffened into the twenty-knot range with gusts to thirty, and a quick check of Rockland, Rockport,… SEE MORE
Hurricane Sandy is proving to be as unpredictable as it is deadly.

Storm Prep: How to Track Hurricane Sandy

10/27/2012 - Virtually everyone on the East Coast is keeping an eye on Hurricane Sandy (the storm has switched between being a hurricane and a tropical storm a couple of times since it formed in the Caribbean Sea) as it zig-zags up the shore. The storm is generating plenty of sensational headlines… SEE MORE
Shortly after launch, ANNABELLE DOROTHY MORAN is towed to her berth at Washburn & Doughty for completion.

Tugboat Launch a Family Affair in East Boothbay

10/26/2012 - Purposefully built of cold steel and powered by massive engines, tugs are about as far from a yacht as you can get. And yet when a new tugboat goes down the ways at Washburn & Doughty in East Boothbay it is as much an intimate celebration as the launch of… SEE MORE