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
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
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
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

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
Boatbuilder, writer, and researcher Douglas Brooks talk May 10 at the Maine Maritime Museum on Japanese boatbuilding.

Japanese Boatbuilding Talk Planned at Museum

4/30/2012 - The Japan America Society of Maine (JASM) and the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath have teamed up to co-sponsor a talk by Douglas Brooks on Japanese boatbuilding. The presentation will be held at Maine Maritime Museum on May 10 at 6:30 p.m. Douglas Brooks has apprenticed with five different boatbuilders… SEE MORE
The rebuilt Beaver heads home to Boston after a significant rebuild in Gloucester.

Rebuilt Beaver Arrives at Fort Point Channel

4/23/2012 - Fresh from a significant rebuild at the Gloucester Marine Railway, the rebuilt Beaver headed to its home at the Tea Party Ships and Museum in Boston Thursday. Here are some shots of the ship entering the Fort Point Channel. For more information about the Beaver and the Tea Party Ships… SEE MORE