Category: Coastal News

Looking for space to tie up to the public floats.

Spring in Rockport: Boat Launches, Rigging, and Paint

5/23/2012 - Springtime in my harbor is bittersweet. It’s exciting to see our small coastal village come to life after a long quiet winter. On the other hand, as each new spring arrives, our comfortable sleepy harbor seems a little busier. It’s plain to see Rockport Harbor becomes a bit more “discovered”… SEE MORE

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ADVENTURESS, an 83' Fife schooner, will be on display at the 10th annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show this summer.

Historic Fife To Be On Display At Maine Show

5/22/2012 - Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show is thrilled to have Rockport Marine’s latest restoration, the 83’ Fife designed schooner, Adventuress, at the main dock for the 2012 Show in Rockland. This 1924 design is one of the largest Fifes in North America and is both historically significant and beautiful. It… SEE MORE

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A waterman's boat is all prepped and ready for early morning customers

Prepped for Morning Customers on the Potomac

5/19/2012 - The sun fades into a tranquil scene at Point Lookout Marina in Ridge, Maryland, near the mouth of the Potomac River. SEE MORE

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The 191-foot Barquentine Dewaruci (Surbaya, Indonesia) and Nova Scotia’s Theodore Tug docked in Savannah, Ga.

Tall Ships Events Continue With NY Festival

5/17/2012 - Having left a huge public maritime festival in Savannah, Georgia, on Monday, May 7, seven tall ships have made it to Cape Fear, North Carolina, completing the first leg of Tall Ships America’s 2012 TALL SHIPS CHALLENGE. Three of those ships will continue on to join four others in Greenport,… SEE MORE

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The World Through the Eyes of a Ship Master’s Daughter

5/16/2012 - Ruth Montgomery was born in 1880 to a seafaring family (her father, both grandfathers, and many uncles were all deep water ship masters). Her father, Adelbert, assumed command of the bark Carrie Winslow (a bark has three or more masts; the aftermost is rigged fore and aft, while the rest… SEE MORE

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Summer Folk: The Tourists of Penobscot Bay explores the history of the region's tourism industry.

Marine Museum Readies for Season of Tourists, Battles

5/15/2012 - The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport will open for the 2012 season on May 25 with two new exhibits featuring regional tourism and marine art. "Summer Folk: The Tourists of Penobscot Bay" is a campus-wide exhibit exploring the history of tourism from 1890 to 1960. And to commemorate of the… SEE MORE

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The view from the defender's position during the bombardment of the British fleet

Exploring Fort McHenry

5/15/2012 - The participating vessels of Operation Sail are arriving in the Chesapeake Bay on June 13, 2012, to help celebrate the bicentennial of the creation of our national anthem, The Star-Spangled Banner. This song was, of course, written during the War of 1812 by Francis Scott Key as he observed the… SEE MORE

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COA Senior Presents Coastal Culture Exhibit

5/15/2012 - Ask someone from away what they know of Maine, and chances are they’ll say lobster. Ask someone from Maine what they know of lobstering, and it’s likely they’ll just shrug their shoulders. Alice Anderson, College of the Atlantic senior, is hoping to change that with an exhibit, Coastal Culture: Maine's… SEE MORE

Coastal Culture: Maine’s Fisheries and Working Waterfronts at Blum Gallery

Coastal News

5/10/2012 - BAR HARBOR, ME—Ask someone from away what they know of Maine, and chances are they’ll say lobster. Ask someone from Maine what they know of lobstering, and it’s likely they’ll just shrug their shoulders. Alice Anderson, College of the Atlantic senior, is hoping to change that with an exhibit at… SEE MORE

Island Institute’s Rob Snyder on “Becoming Fishermen in an Era of Depletion”

Coastal News

5/10/2012 - BAR HARBOR, ME—Rob Snyder, executive vice president of the Island Institute presents a talk on fisheries for College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum. The talk, "Becoming Fishermen in an Era of Depletion: Stories from the recent privatization of the northeastern United States groundfish fishery," will be on Wednesday, April… SEE MORE