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The Name Game on Maine's Working Boats
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
SV Windquist Adventures in Pulpit Harbor
There is nothing like enjoying a sunset from the deck of a boat. And the sunsets in Pulpit Harbor, Maine, are among the best, bar none. SEE MORE
Front Street Shipyard Introduces New Hunt Design
Front Street Shipyard is introducing the Northport 55, a new yacht by renowned designers C. Raymond Hunt Associates. The Northport 55 is a new boat by Hunt Design. The Northport 55 features a flybridge with a centerline helm and two companion seats, a settee with table, and a small bar.… SEE MORE
Help Save Maine's Inland Steamship
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
The Empire Strikes Back
And here I was, thinking that Darth Vader had died on Endor. Apparently he escaped to the Med, where he and Luca Bassani Antivari have collaborated on a 118' motor yacht. Some might want to run me out of the harbor for even mentioning Wally Yachts' new Wally 118, but… SEE MORE
Every Day, Any Weather: The Isle Au Haut Mail Boat
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
Welcome Home, Sabre Style
As boaters, we're always thrilled to be on the water. But sometimes it would be nice to know how good we look underway, which is why the owner of this Sabre 48 Salon Express was thrilled when a friend of his snapped these shots from his condominium deck. The journey… SEE MORE
Shipwright to Speak on Pinky Schooner Building Project
Harold Burnham, a 14th-generation shipwright from Essex, Massachusetts, will discuss the construction of the pinky schooner Ardelle in a talk at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport, Maine. Burnham's presentation will be illustrated with photographs by Dan Tobyne, author and photographer of Thoreau's Maine Woods, published by Down East Books.… SEE MORE
Maine Yacht Regatta to Celebrate Fife Designs
This year’s Castine Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, will celebrate the beauty, design and speed of the early-20th-century yachts by the famed British designer and builder, William Fife III. On August 1, a remarkable rendezvous of Fife yachts will be on exhibition at the Castine Town… SEE MORE
Rite of Spring: Preparing for the Maine Boatbuilders Show
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
Wayfarer Marine Prepares for 2012 Pen Bay Rendezvous
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
Carbon Ocean Yachts Joins Front Street Shipyard in Belfast
Front Street Shipyard welcomes Carbon Ocean Yachts to its Belfast, Maine, facility. Carbon Ocean Yachts of Bristol, Rhode Island, is relocating its operations to Front Street Shipyard's extensive new facility on the waterfront of Penobscot Bay. The two builders will work together on the construction of lightweight, performance-driven yachts combining… SEE MORE
