Hunt Yachts Brings New Model to Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show

8/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkj6e3ujUyk[/embed] The lineup of Hunt Yachts on display and open to the public at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show in Rockland August 10-12 is the most impressive in the show's ten-year history, with the queen of the Hunt fleet at the show without doubt being the brand-new Hunt… SEE MORE

Aboard the Classic 1937 Commuter Yacht Aphrodite

7/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.vimeo.com/44824104[/embed] Like the goddess of love, beauty, and pleasure she was named after, Aphrodite, a 74' commuter yacht built in 1937 and rebuilt in 2005, can sweep you away. Click on the link above and hold on tight to launch the video of this stunning motor yacht underway! This video… SEE MORE

Surround Sound on Maine’s Outer Islands

7/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.vimeo.com/45156041[/embed] Despite the fact that visitors are not allowed to land on the seabird restoration islands in summer, we wanted you to experience the sights and sounds of a seabird colony. This twenty-second video was taken by our board member, Dick Tomeo, while out on Matinicus Rock (part of the… SEE MORE

Rob Snyder on Becoming Fishermen in an Era of Depletion

5/10/2012 - BAR HARBOR, ME—Rob Snyder, executive vice president of the Island Institute presents a talk on fisheries for College of the Atlantic’s Human Ecology Forum. The talk, "Becoming Fishermen in an Era of Depletion: Stories from the recent privatization of the northeastern United States groundfish fishery," will be on Wednesday, April… SEE MORE

Perpetual Ocean: Better Than a Lava Lamp

4/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xusdWPuWAoU[/embed] We stumbled across this ridiculously cool video of the ocean currents in action around the world recently, and we can't help but share it. This video isn't something that you should use for navigation — it's even a bit less useful than Wind Map, in our opinion — but it's… SEE MORE

Yachting in Maine – The Way Life Should Be

4/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vJDHHrexIc[/embed] Every April, many of Maine's top boatbuilders and boatyards head down to Antigua to show the classic yacht crews and owners gathered for the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta just how incredible the Maine coast really is. They spend the week proving that not only can Maine craftsmen build a… SEE MORE

Seeing the Beauty of the Details: Cape Cod Catboats

3/29/2012 - [embed]https://www.vimeo.com/31676425[/embed] Much of the magic of wooden boats is in the details: the way a mast heel fits into the step, the way a fastener bites into a frame. In this short clip, Bill Sauerbrey, a boatbuilder with Beetle, Inc., in Wareham, Massachusetts, explains the beauty of fitting such details… SEE MORE