Category: Environment

Beautiful Boats to be seen at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show

8/14/2011 - Some late afternoon images of the boat docks after-hours at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show. Check back for a complete round up of the show. SEE MORE

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An aerial look at the show from years past. Check back for updates from 2011

The 2011 Boatshow is underway in Rockland

8/12/2011 - Great people, boats, artisans, craftspeople, and a festive atmosphere are what you'll find at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show. Come join us this weekend. SEE MORE

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Rockland events are showing up on Rockland businesses windows.

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show Mural on Rockland Downtown Storefronts

7/22/2011 - The 2011 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show is less than a month away. Here's a look at a mural that you'll see on the windows of Rockland storefronts. The show opens on August 12th. CLICK HERE for more information about the show, or to buy tickets online. SEE MORE

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Lobster boats galore at the end of this double rainbow!

Double Rainbow Over Rockland Harbor

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6/24/2011 - The evening before Rockland Harbor Lobster Boat Races, much of the fleet was nestled into the Public Landing for the night. A line of sharp showers moved across the harbor, and as they cleared out most amazing double rainbow ushered in clear, blustery weather for race day. Here's the view… SEE MORE

On the docks at the 2010 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show. Photo by Jeff Scher

Images from the 2010 MBH&H Show

5/25/2011 - A brief look at the 2010 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show. Mark your calendar for this year's show, to be held August 12-14, 2011 in Rockland, ME! SEE MORE

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Choose your kit from a range of boards. Photos courtesy Grain Surfboards

New England Surfers Learn to Build Their Own Boards

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3/15/2011 - If surfers are a different breed, then New England surfers are a different species altogether. Who else would jump into swells that barely hit sixty degrees in July? (And of course the best waves are in the winter!) A couple of York, Maine, surfers decided to take their love of… SEE MORE

Herreshoff Design Provides Welcome Sign of Spring

3/9/2011 - After the winter we Maine sailors have endured, we’ll take almost anything as a sign of spring. And the sight of a Herreshoff Araminta dangling in the straps over the water at Rockport Marine was just enough to make us swerve off the road and snap a few pictures. Never… SEE MORE

The Snow Row eatures a LeMans-style start starting from Windmill Beach

Hull’s Snow Row Is a Great Way to Shake Off Winter

3/9/2011 - We’ve noted before the wonderful, and often impromptu, small-boat excursions that spring up during the periods of fine weather that can break up a New England winter, but a decidedly more organized and even bolder affair will take place March 12 in Hull. The 32nd running of the Snow Row… SEE MORE

In Wintertime, Small Boats Rule the Seas

2/24/2011 - This is the time of year when most of our boats, at least for us northerners, are buried under shrink-wrap if they’re lucky and a layer of snow and ice if they’re not. But in proof that bigger is not always better, the little guys – meaning the ones with… SEE MORE

Sailing the Presto 30 along the Florida Coast

Thorfinn Expeditions Sailing the Wilds of Florida

2/18/2011 - At 4 a.m. Wednesday we nosed in behind the entrance to Boot Key Harbor in the Florida Keys and dropped the anchor. 20-hours of straight sailing and 150 nautical miles lay in our wake. It had been one heck of sleigh ride through daylight and darkness. I hadn’t slept for… SEE MORE