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New Twist for Useppa Catboat Rendezvous: A Poker Run
A formula exists for a successful sailing regatta: light wind one day, heavy the next, good parties with even better food, congenial sailors, and tall tales told months later. Add a Poker Run as a bit of amusement, and you have a few hours of pure fun for everyone from… SEE MORE
End of Spring: On The Brink Of What All Mainers Wait For
Here we are! The summer solstice is around the corner, the temperatures are rising, and the boats are appearing in force once again. Here's to summer, the season all Maine residents wait for. Go for a hike, sit on the beach or get out on the water. Maine is too… SEE MORE
Sneak Peek at a Herreshoff P-Class Racing Sloop
Here is a sneak peak of the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, which will be available on July 1st. This is Joyant, a 581 x 11'6" N.G. Herreshoff-designed P-class sloop, racing in coastal Maine waters. Published annually since 1983, the 2015 calendar offers twelve never-before-published photographs of classic wooden boats… SEE MORE
Maine Maritime Museum: A Trip Downriver on Seguin
I love the coast of Maine for nearly endless reasons. After growing up in the Pacific Northwest, the cold water and rocky shores of Maine feel more like home than the long lines of cars traveling through my village on Cape Cod. My interest in history usually takes me from… SEE MORE
Tuesday Night Etchells Season Kicks Off in Falmouth
Portland Yacht Club members know the real sign that sailing season is about to start — when docks are in, the launches are running, and weekday racing kicks off! PYC hosts Tuesday night Etchells Fleet 27 races. Etchells Fleet 27 is one of the largest one-design fleets in Maine, with… SEE MORE
Hometown Team Arrives in Newport After Transatlantic
Team Alvimedica, with American skipper Charlie Enright of Bristol, Rhode Island, at the helm, sailed into Newport Harbor on June 9 following a challenging ten-day crossing of the Atlantic. A flotilla of local vessels welcomed the Volvo Ocean Race team at the Castle Hill Light entrance to Newport Harbor. The… SEE MORE
Serenity, On the Sand at Duxbury Beach
We love Duxbury Beach, located near Duxbury Harbor, for many reasons, including the over-sand permits that are allowed here. What's your favorite stretch of sand on the South Shore? SEE MORE
New Season, New Home: Beaufort Gains a Stuart Knockabout
Sanderling, Stuart Knockabout No.17, has been launched in Beaufort, North Carolina, by her new owners after a few updates in Cataumet, Massachusetts. Over the winter, Sanderling's bottom was stripped, faired, and refinished. Starting with an epoxy barrier coat, she was then giving a smooth and fast bottom surface of ablative… SEE MORE
Rowing Into June With The Calendar Of Wooden Boats
This June in the Calendar of Wooden Boats, you will see an Annapolis Wherry rowing through a beautiful dawn, an image that Benjamin Mendlowitz created during a video shoot for Off Center Harbor. The crew at NOAH Publications would like to wish you a fantastic summer of boating with your… SEE MORE
Latest Doughdish Sloop Includes New Features
The latest Doughdish sloop to come out of our boatbuilding sheds here in Cataumet was picked up by her new owner this past weekend. Emma Lou is heading to Annapolis to join a handful of her sisters sailing on the waters of Chesapeake Bay. Not only is she beautifully painted,… SEE MORE
Battleship Cove - A Living Museum of Naval History
In the past few years, I have driven back and forth from the Cape to Providence, Rhode Island, countless times. With every trip through Fall River, I would see the large mast of the battleship USS Massachusetts just visible over the bridge guard rails and make another promise to myself… SEE MORE
More Facilities, More Food, More Fun in Falmouth Foreside
Over the past year, Handy Boat has taken the next steps in improving our waterfront property to fit our customers’ needs. In early 2013 we rebuilt our dock store and turned it into Dockside Provisions, a beautiful new convenience store. Dockside Provisions offers beer, wine, snacks, ice cream, ice, gas,… SEE MORE
