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Perry Creek: Finding Comfort Just Beyond the Uncomfortable
“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
An Essay in Color and Light: Penobscot Bay Skies
The sky over Penobscot Bay, the jewel of Maine's famous rockbound coast, provides boaters with an astounding array of colors and a light that is continually changing with each passing season. An early morning sunrise in Camden can bring a pleasing pallet of blues, pinks, and reds. Sunsets over the… SEE MORE
The Boat School Charts a New Course of Its Own
Last spring, Husson University decided to halt classes at The Boat School in Eastport, Maine, as of graduation day 2012. As a result of this decision, the school did not take on a freshman class for the upcoming fall semester. This was disheartening to all in the industry, to say… SEE MORE
A Dinghy Like No Other
One of the aspects of boating that I appreciate the most is that it serves as the great equalizer: the handyman on his five-thousand dollar yard sale special may be having just as much fun on the bay as the venture capitalist on his multimillion-dollar yacht. And yet, when I’m… SEE MORE
Powered by Sabre and Back Cove, DiMillo's Doubles Sales
We love to hear about how our partners on USHarbors are helping each other succeed, and that certainly sounds like the case with DiMillo's Yacht Sales in Portland. The yacht dealer, who also has an office in Glen Cove, New York, told Mainebiz that his sales have doubled twice over… SEE MORE
The Sights and Smells of the Boatbuilders Show on Cape Cod
It's a fact: You can tell how good something is by how it smells. And the Boatbuilders Show at Cape Cod smelled like boatbuilding at its best when it opened its doors on February 10, with the essence of fresh varnish, paint, and clean fiberglass greeting people as they walked… SEE MORE
A Sail Through History Along the Fox Island Thorofare
Someone planning to move their boat southward through Maine once asked me, “I won’t have much time to spend in Penobscot Bay, what is the one thing I shouldn’t miss?” That’s such a dismal thought, but my answer came quickly: “Sail through the Fox Island Thorofare”. The Fox Island Thoroughfare… SEE MORE
Hinckley Heats Up the Coast With Launch of New T48
Never mind that silly groundhog and his shadow, the real signal that winter will come to an end eventually is when the first boat of the year hits the water. The Hinckley Company gave us all hope for boating days ahead with the launch on February 1 of the first… SEE MORE
Safety, Hardware Updates Transform an 80' Sailing Yacht
We recently completed a refit on the 80' sailing yacht Coconut. She's well known in the charter world and was built in 1991 by Dynamique Yachts of New Zealand. Coconut and her crew are not strangers to Camden or Wayfarer Marine, as they've completed several yard periods here throughout the… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse Announces Plans for Coal Pot Regatta
Yes, it’s January, so the folks at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston, Maine, are planning a summer party for the 3rd of July. Here is the scoop: The First Annual Coal Pot Regatta is open to any and all boats heading to New England in general, and Thomaston, Maine, specifically,… SEE MORE
In the Lee of Acadia: Welcome to Great Cranberry Island
Great Cranberry Island, a lovely oasis of sloping meadows, protected inlets, and rocky shores, is truly a place where you can escape the hustle and bustle of the outside world. Sitting just two miles off Mount Desert Island, GCI, as the locals call it, is the largest of the Cranberry… SEE MORE
One Joystick, 48 Feet of Fun
For me, winter is a time to fantasize about "the next boat" and what exactly it will be. When it's snowing outside and I'm sitting warm and toasty by the fire, somehow I find myself freed from the constraints of reality. I thought I might be dreaming when I stumbled… SEE MORE
