Category: Culture

23' motor launch restored by students at IYRS

Classic From Every Angle

11/1/2011 - Not every boat looks as good out of the water as in it. But that's not a problem for this 23' launch restored a couple of years ago by the students at the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport. Even sitting on a trailer in the IYRS lot on Thames… SEE MORE

Exploring the Stark Beauty Of Eastport

10/31/2011 - Driving down Route 190, I quickly pulled off to the side and watched in amazement as a large group of ominous looking clouds rolled over the vast expanse of Passamaquoddy Bay. A few silvery rays of sunshine peeked through the clouds, illuminating the distant shores of Deer Island and New… SEE MORE

Megan Brady, presenter at a past PechaKucha Night Midcoast Maine

PechaKucha Night Will Stimulate Your Creative Juices

10/28/2011 - If you are looking to stimulate your mind and creative juices you will want to come by the Camden Opera House for PechaKucha Night Friday, November 4, 7 p.m. Ten artists, writers, entrepreneurs, and makers have been chosen to show 20 images for 20 seconds each, a fast-paced and engaging… SEE MORE

A Stroll Through Stonington’s Working Waterfront

10/25/2011 - Looking for an authentic fishing village where the old ways of the sea still dominate everyday life? Take a trip down Route 15, over the rolling hills and past the rambling farmhouses of Brooksville and Penobscot. You can't miss Stonington — it's quite literally at the end of the road, at… SEE MORE

Photo by United States Coast Guard Barque EAGLE

Tall Ship Eagle Prepares for a Busy 2012 Schedule

10/20/2011 - All tall ships are awesome to behold, but there’s something extraa special about the Eagle. The 295’ training ship for the U.S. Coast Guard is the largest sailing ship flying the American flag — and next year it’s going to be all over the East Coast. Beginning in April in… SEE MORE

Jamestown in the twenties

Culture

10/19/2011 - The waterfront in Jamestown was quiet around 1920, but all was not absolutely peaceful; note the warship passing just off Taylor Point. SEE MORE

From the Archives: Jarvis Newman

10/19/2011 - From the Archives: Old photos of Jarvis Newman fiberglass Lobster Yachts, now built by CW Hood Yachts in Marblehead. SEE MORE

Penobscot Marine Museum Photo Archives

Culture

10/14/2011 - It's winter. Sargent & Dennison's coal pier in Portland is iced in and a Banks dory fishing schooner and tug lie at John Loveitt's fish pier about 1900. Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Collection www.PenobscotMarineMuseum.org SEE MORE

Photo by Dave Cleaveland/MaineAerials.com

Tides, Weather, Local Knowledge – Now Nationwide!

9/15/2011 - Newport, Rhode Island, is the place to be this week if you're looking for the latest boats and marine gadgets. USHarbors is at the Newport International Boat Show and showing off some awesome advancements of our own. As of today, our network is up to 1,100 harbors across twenty coastal… SEE MORE

Camden Windjammer Festival, Camden, Maine

Camden’s Windjammer Weekend: Pirates, Adventures, and Stories

9/1/2011 - Pirates. Shackleton. And more schooner bums than you can shake a jib-boom at. The salty silliness goes full-speed ahead Labor Day weekend in Camden Harbor for the Camden Windjammer Festival. This three-day affair brings all the schooner crews (plus, of course, their schooners) together on Friday night for a talent… SEE MORE

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