The passenger schooner Victory Chimes crosses our bow in the Fox Island Thorofare. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

A Sail Through History Along the Fox Island Thorofare

2/5/2012 - Someone planning to move their boat southward through Maine once asked me, “I won’t have much time to spend in Penobscot Bay, what is the one thing I shouldn’t miss?” That’s such a dismal thought, but my answer came quickly: “Sail through the Fox Island Thorofare”. The Fox Island Thoroughfare… SEE MORE
Sub Sea Research, LLC, says it's located a valuable shipwreck off Cape Cod.

Modern-day Treasure Hunters Strike Platinum off Cape Cod

2/2/2012 - Love them or hate them, we're all intrigued by the modern-day treasure hunters who are using tiny submarines and remote vehicles to look for shipwrecks that might have been carrying precious cargo when they went down. And a team based in Portland, Maine, says that it's located one of the… SEE MORE
A six-man drill crew with surf boat.

The Bygone Days of the Wellfleet Life Saving Station

1/25/2012 - This series of photographs was taken at the former U.S. Lifesaving Service station at Wellfleet, Massachusetts. The personnel manning these stations, which were located at many sites but primarily along the eastern seaboard, were sometimes referred to as “storm warriors.” Their careers sprang from an earlier volunteer effort organized by… SEE MORE
Penobscot Marine Museum has extended its winter exhibit through the end of February. Photo courtesy of Penobscot Marine Museum.

Circus Exhibit to Stay in Searsport an Extra Month

1/13/2012 - The Penobscot Marine Museum has extended "The Circus Comes to Town" for another month. The free exhibit of circus models, art, photography and memorabilia will be open every Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. through February 26. The heart of the exhibit is the Bex Bros. Circus,… SEE MORE
Bustling in the summertime, Castine's village center is a decidedly quieter place in the off-season.

The Quiet Season Comes to Castine

1/12/2012 - Castine is one of those Maine towns that is so stunning you may find your jaw literally drop. Quiet streets filled with well-preserved homes, most of them at least a couple of centuries old, slope gracefully down to the water, where a deepwater port of great historic significance sits at… SEE MORE
Nineteenth century brass running lights up for auction to benefit Cuckolds Rescue. Photo by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries.

Auction of Historic Nautical Items to Benefit Cuckolds Rescue

1/11/2012 - The Cuckolds Light recently acquired a significant collection of nautical items that are now for sale in a fifty-lot nautical section of the Thomaston Place Auction Galleries' January 28 and 29, 2012 auction. These items include pond yachts, half-hulls, fittings, instruments, lanterns, and more. This collection even includes a searchlight… SEE MORE
Keeper's House and Light Tower at Matinicus Rock

Historic Island Structures Receive Needed Maintenance

1/10/2012 - The Maine Coastal Island National Wildlife Refuge Complex is responsible for maintaining five lighthouses and their accompanying structures. Four of these are on the National Register of Historic Places and must be maintained to historic preservation standards. Major maintenance was recently completed on the three of the four. At Matinicus… SEE MORE
Corea Harbor, circa 1910. Rise of gas engines still over a decade away. Probably a seine boat at left

Scenes of Corea’s Steadfast Working Waterfront

1/6/2012 - Corea Harbor has not succumbed to the decline of Maine's working waterfronts, with a lobster fishery that thrives to this day (the Corea Lobster Co-op was founded in 1970). This tiny town, which today boasts a population of around 330, is located on the Schoodic Peninsula near Prospect Harbor. Corea… SEE MORE
MATTIE (formerly GRACE BAILEY, and today once again sailing under that name) headed homeward to Camden on Sept. 9, 1978.

A Few of the Camden Windjammers Throughout the Years

12/28/2011 - The Maine windjammer fleet started in Camden in the 1930s after an enterprising skipper named Frank Swift decided that vacationers might pay real money to sail on former cargo schooners. He was right, and the windjammer fleet has since expanded to harbors from Eastport to Portland. Here are a few… SEE MORE