The brand-new Sabre 38 Salon Express is moved outside and prepared for transport.

New Sabre 38 Motor Yacht Sees the Light of Day

7/30/2012 - The first Sabre 38 Salon Express left the shop today headed for the boatyard. She will make her formal debut at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show in Rockland in less than two weeks, and moving this new yacht outside and preparing it for transport is an exciting day… SEE MORE

Front Street Shipyard Expands with Boatyard Purchase

7/30/2012 - Front Street Shipyard on the Belfast waterfront has purchased its neighbor, Belfast Boatyard. With the sale finalized this week, the owners of Front Street Shipyard are immediately welcoming the employees and customers of Belfast Boatyard while maintaining existing operations. The addition of Belfast Boatyard adds 500 feet of deep-water frontage,… SEE MORE
Jamestown is just a couple of miles across the East Passage from busy Newport, but it can seem like a whole different world.

Jamestown: A Delightful Daytrip, or Much More

7/30/2012 - While yachtsmen have made Newport a destination for generations, too many of them are so focused on the City by the Sea that they overlook Jamestown, another great location that should be on every Narragansett Bay traveler's itinerary. Whether you come by car across the Claiborne Pell Bridge (make sure… SEE MORE
Chuck Paine's Petunia

Petunia’s Birthday Party

7/29/2012 - Chuck Paine's sailboat Petunia is 75 years old, so he held a birthday party. White and red clam chowder, white and red wine, a hundred of her best friends, and Petunia's little sister (being built in the barn). For more of my photos, click here. SEE MORE
Hull No. 5 "Grace" being launched July 27.

Marblehead Daysailor Fleet Gains Another Classic

7/28/2012 - The Marblehead daysailor fleet gained another classic July 27 with the launch of Grace, Hull No. 5 of CW Hood's line of 32' sailing yachts. Though there was little wind after the yacht was launched and rigged, Grace still moved right along. This was a perfect way to end a… SEE MORE
The view from aloft aboard 70' ketch NO NONSENSE, moored at Portland Yacht Services.

View From On High in Portland Harbor

7/27/2012 - One of our crew recently brought a camera along with him while doing some work aloft on the 70' ketch No Nonsense. The views he captured of Portland Yacht Services and the Portland skyline are impressive. We're amazed that not only can he keep his knees from knocking while suspended… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Co. has begun construction of a new 42' flybridge jet boat to be built to a Hunt design.

New C. Raymond Hunt Yacht Takes Shape in Thomaston

7/25/2012 - Team Lyman-Morse is pleased to be teaming up again with one of our most successful design partners – C.Raymont Hunt - to build what will be an able, fast, 42-foot Flybridge jet boat. The owners are looking forward to extended cruising up and down the Maine coast and islands in… SEE MORE
There's not a bad view to enjoy from your cockpit or onshore in Penobscot Bay.

For Sailors, Penobscot Bay is a Feast

7/24/2012 - Whether spending time in pristine coves or visiting historic, bustling, picturesque harbors, it’s hard to find a bad view from your cockpit or onshore anywhere on the coast of Maine. Then there’s our weather! Even before the last century, an exodus made the trek by sea or land from sweltering… SEE MORE
IL MOSTRO, skippered by Newport's Kenny Read, competes in the Race to Mackinac.

A Racer’s Life: Newport’s Kenny Read Back at the Helm

7/24/2012 - You might think that after 39,000 miles of racing a yacht around the world's roughest oceans, you'd get a little time off. Not so for Newport's Kenny Read, skipper of Mar Mostro, the Puma- and BERG Propulsion-sponsored entry in the 2011-12 Volvo Ocean Race. Despite dismasting in the race's first… SEE MORE