Category: Travel

No explanation needed on Mount Desert Island.

The Name Game on Maine’s Working Boats

3/17/2012 - A boat's name can say a lot about its owner, its location, or its current state of being. I have seen boats that are named for former flames or former pets. Boats that carry on the tradition of the past and ones that convey the present and the future. I… SEE MORE

The main dock at Barneys Lobster Pound on Beals Island.

Stopping By Beals Island’s Working Waterfront

3/15/2012 - The term working waterfront means many things to many different people, but to me, the concept of a working waterfront must center on the ability for local fisherman to use the waterfront land that is available to them in any way possible as to maximize their profit and efficiency. Beals… SEE MORE

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The steamship Katahdin, built in 1914 at Bath Iron Works, needs significant restoration to keep operating.

Help Save Maine’s Inland Steamship

3/13/2012 - Our radar doesn't usually reach all the way to Maine's northern lakes, but a report about the steamship Katahdin way up on Moosehead Lake caught our attention. Anyone who has ever passed through Greenville couldn't help but be startled by the sight of the 220-ton wooden ship tied up at… SEE MORE

Washington County's immense tides allow for narrow passages across the water, like this one that I took to reach Shoppee Island.

Chasing Periwinkles in Maine’s Sunrise County

3/12/2012 - A beautiful late winter sunrise creeps over the tall spruce trees of Roque Bluffs, as the calm waters of Englishman Bay spill onto the vast crescent-shaped beach and begin to turn pink in the glow of the rising sun. The massive tides that define Washington County were at their lowest… SEE MORE

Corea's inner harbor, where lobstering dominates waterfront activity.

Scenes Under a Blue Sky in Cozy Corea

3/11/2012 - I enjoy shooting in the small village of Corea, on the eastern edge of the Schoodic Peninsula just beyond Prospect Harbor. The inner harbor is shaped like a barely broken circle, a place where a hardy fleet of lobster boats enjoy spectacular protection from the gulf of Maine. I can… SEE MORE

Winter's light on the morning run to Isle Au Haut.

Every Day, Any Weather: The Isle Au Haut Mail Boat

3/9/2012 - Getting to Isle Au Haut is a true Maine coast experience. You have to cross the Eggemoggin Reach, drive over two bridges and two causeways, and hop two islands. All this before you even get to the mail boat, a 46-foot Jarvis Newman design that was made for harsh weather… SEE MORE

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Monhegan Island, Maine — Fishermen cleaning catch out of a dory on the beach. From a postcard

People and Vessels: Early Portraits of Monhegan Island

3/6/2012 - The people of Monhegan Island are and always have been rugged individualists who, for better or for worse, have needed to cooperate with one another. The island's name means "grand island." It sits isolated at the outside of Muscongus Bay, about 12 miles offshore. There's only one good harbor. By… SEE MORE

Two guests take in the CW Hood booth and a gorgeous new daysailer on display..

Rite of Spring: Preparing for the Maine Boatbuilders Show

3/6/2012 - Here at CW Hood Yachts we are gearing up and getting excited to attend the 2012 Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland, Maine. The show runs March 16 - March 18 at the Portland Company Complex. Here are photos from the show in 2011. SEE MORE

Anjacaa was built in 1974 by Palmer Johnson and has been a fixture in Camden Harbor ever since.

Wayfarer Marine Prepares for 2012 Pen Bay Rendezvous

3/5/2012 - The inaugural Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, held last August in the waters off Camden, Rockland, and Thomaston, proved to be a big success. With yachts of every size and shape competing in the four-day event, the racing on the water was rivaled only by the parties each evening on shore. The… SEE MORE

If you go just beyond where you feel comfortable in Perry Creek, you might find paradise. Photo by Tom Young/USHarbors.com.

Perry Creek: Finding Comfort Just Beyond the Uncomfortable

2/24/2012 - “Hey Tom, where are the trail markers?”, Mary Ann asked, unconcerned. “They're over here,” I said to my wife and hiking partner. I didn’t really know where they were, the little hatchet blazes with a fading dab of paint, or the rock cairns that mark the trails around Perry Creek,… SEE MORE