Category: Coastal News

The rocky beach at the end of the Aldermere Farm path has an amazing view across to the outer islands of Penobscot Bay.

Hidden Discoveries: A Secret Path to Penobscot Bay

4/17/2012 - There is a beautiful path on the grounds of the Aldermere Farm in Rockport that winds and twists gradually down to the rocky shores of Penobscot Bay. It is about a mile round-trip, and there is a good amount of craggy shoreline to explore. I have seen some unbelieveable sunrises… SEE MORE

2012 WoodenBoat Show, photo courtesy of WoodenBoat

Mark Your Calendars for the 2013 WoodenBoat Show, June 28-30!

4/17/2012 - The WoodenBoat Show returns to Mystic Seaport, June 28-30, 2013. With over 200 wooden boats, hard-to-find tools and boat accessories its always a feast for the eyes of any wooden boat lover. 2013 brings new skills demonstrations, a new fleet of reader-built boats on the village green, and 2013 Family… SEE MORE

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Charles Coombs photographed the Morrill Sunday School visiting his cottage "Ten Oaks," on Tilden Pond in Belmont, in August 1917

New Images Added to Historic Photo Collection

4/15/2012 - Penobscot Marine Museum has added 18 glass-plate negatives to the Charles R. Coombs photography collection, thanks to the generosity of Mr. Frank Coombs of Belfast. The negatives, in large 8.5"x7" and 8"x10" formats, primarily depict Belfast and Belmont scenes. Charles R. Coombs (1862-1940) was a furniture dealer, undertaker, taxidermist, and… SEE MORE

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Harbor with the WILLIAM BISBEE tied up at the wharf.

Swans Island In Quieter Days

4/12/2012 - These photographs were all selected from the Eastern Illustrating and Publishing Company collection. The company's photographers captured images for postcard production and sought scenes depicting life in New England's small towns and villages. Swans Island has always been a fishing community (it's presently the homeport to about forty full-time fishermen).… SEE MORE

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Jeffrey Colquhoun, Brilliant Coming up on Allure, Oil on canvas, 30" x 40", $1,700

Great Art to Support a Great Coastal Area

4/12/2012 - There aren't many ski areas in the world where you can see the ocean from the slopes, but Camden, Maine, is one of them (it's actually the only ski area in the Lower 48 with an ocean view). And now, thanks to the generosity of a Maine gallery, you can… SEE MORE

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Sumurun, one of the most famous of the Fife yachts in existence today, is hauled one day after her sister Fife was relaunched.

Two Days, Two Fifes at Wayfarer Marine

4/11/2012 - In two days, Wayfarer Marine has done something that not many other boatyards, if any, have done: launched a Fife one day and hauled another the next. Belle A’venture was first to go in the water after a brief period in the shed to wood the hull, paint the topsides,… SEE MORE

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The USCG training ship Eagle has begun a summer tour that will include stops in a dozen East Coast harbors.

Eagle Begins Historic East Coast Tour

4/10/2012 - The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, America's Tall Ship, has begun its 2012 Training Cruise, which includes participation in Operation Sail 2012 and War of 1812 Bicentennial events in New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Baltimore, Boston, and New London. "It is an honor to participate in commemorating the War of… SEE MORE

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Bill of Rights under sail, June 16, 1971.

The Bill of Rights: Her First Voyage

4/4/2012 - Bill of Rights is a partial replica of an 1856 gaff topsail schooner which, with a secret hold, was used as a contraband runner along the East Coast. The Bill of Rights was built in 1971 for Joseph M. Davis Jr., of Pawtucket, Rhode Island, by the Harvey F. Gamage… SEE MORE

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Stevens Island, which sits in the center of Mosquito Harbor.

Making, and Savoring, Memories of Mosquito Harbor

4/3/2012 - Anyone who chooses to live on the coast and loves every day of it, as I do, can remember the place where they first fell under the spell of saltwater. It could have been a beach you went to, a town you rented a house in, or a vacation that… SEE MORE

A finish that will withstand whatever you or Mother Nature can throw at it!

CW Hood Expands to Include Custom Accents

4/3/2012 - For the first time, CW Hood is offering yacht owners, as well as homeowners, across New England the opportunity to have some of the custom wooden accents that make CW Hood yachts so distinctive (and enviable). The new services from the Custom by Hood team include everything from specialized consoles,… SEE MORE

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