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
The W.123 will be the largest W-Class yacht built to date.

Largest W-Class Yachts to Take Shape in Belfast

10/22/2012 - W-Class Yacht Company is expanding its family of yachts to include 100’, 123’ and 135’ models. The first of the new designs, the W.123, was developed by Bruce Johnson (formerly of Sparkman & Stephens) in collaboration with Rockport Marine Yacht Design. The new racer/cruiser yachts will retain the ‘Spirit of… SEE MORE
SPEEDDREAM, a prototype of what aims to be the world's fastest sailboat, reaches across Rockland Harbor. Note the bulb keel!

Exclusive: First Tests of “World’s Fastest Sailboat”

10/18/2012 - We saw Vlad Murnikov's drawings. We heard Cam Lewis was going to be skipper. We witnessed the build underway at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. But we didn't know for sure if the Speed Dream racing project would ever really take off, or if it would be another yacht designer's dream stuck on… SEE MORE
SEAS THE MOMENT, a 81-foot motor yacht hauled recently at Maine Yacht Center.

Hauling Season is in Full Swing in Portland

10/18/2012 - It's a beautiful fall day at Maine Yacht Center, and we're hauling boats left and right. Here's a shot of the largest yacht we've hauled so far, the 81-foot motor yacht Seas the Moment. We're excited to have them with us in Portland for the winter! SEE MORE