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Singlehanded, Ultra-Green Yacht Nears Launch Date
Kiwi Spirit, the 63' ultra-green racing yacht that Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company is building for Dr. Stanley Paris' attempt to sail around the world nonstop, is nearing completion in Thomaston. As you can see from these photos, the topside paint is done, much of the deck hardware is installed, and finishing… SEE MORE
A New Coastal Adventure: SUP for a Day
I have a confession to make: I've been a SUP snob. For the past couple of years, I've watched more and more people paddling around my favorite harbors while standing up straight on a surfboard. I'll admit that I've looked somewhat askance at these vertically-inclined paddlers. First, while Stand-Up Paddleboards… SEE MORE
Exploring the Maine Coast on a 29-Foot Classic
We love getting emails from new owners of Hunt Yachts. Here's one from a new Harrier 29 owner homeported on Mount Desert Island on the Maine coast: "This past June, after the Hunt team hosted a warm christening ceremony for our new 29-foot Harrier Paramita, I pointed her bow Downeast… SEE MORE
Camden to Kodiak: Nordwind Transits Northwest Passage
I love walking the docks and hearing about the adventures that boaters either have in the works or are just completing, and surely one of the most ambitious that I heard in Camden Harbor this year was aboard Nordwind, the 86' wooden yawl originally built for the German Navy back… SEE MORE
Autumn and I on Cape Rosier: A Match Made in Heaven
A dutiful and persistent traveler of the Maine coast, I am sometimes asked what is the most beautiful place I have seen on my travels. I often struggle, for their are far too many beautiful places to name just one. There are exceptions, however, locations which stand above the rest.… SEE MORE
Celebrating Maine's Fine Friendships
Not many working boats have withstood the tests of time as well as the mighty Friendship Sloop. These salty fishing vessels once worked the waters of Muscongus and Penobscot Bays, and today a few of the early originals are still sailing, though now as private yachts. Here are two stunners… SEE MORE
My Dear Summer in Maine, I Bid Thee Farewell
It is always bittersweet when the summer season passes on the coast of Maine. Fall is such a beautiful time of year, and the surrounding hush that accompanies it is more than welcome, yet I always seem to bemoan the loss of balmy breezes and long days of light. The… SEE MORE
Speed Dream Becomes a Reality in Thomaston
The dream of creating a monohull capable of challenging the fastest sailing records in the world became reality this week when Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston, Maine, launched the first SpeedDream prototype. This 27-footer looks like part stealth fighter, part lawn dart, but if everything goes as designer Vlad Murnikov… SEE MORE
Big Things Happening on the Belfast Waterfront
Maine's newest boatyard has been busy over the past couple of months, loading several new, large refit projects into the big buildings here at the mouth of the Passagassawakeag River in Belfast. From a 113-foot motor yacht to an 80-foot Swan, these projects will help keep the Front Street Shipyard… SEE MORE
A Perfect Sunset Unfolds on the Maine Coast
Every now and then, the stars align and a perfect sunset unfolds. This one, just off the headquarters of WoodenBoat near Center Harbor was so vast, we thought we could row inside it. Then it seemed to bleed into the water around us and with one last stir of an… SEE MORE
New Arrivals at Petit Manan Point
The north winds that we have been anticipating indeed arrived, and with them a moderate influx of migrating birds to our area. The American Goldfinch is a common backyard bird, and if you’ve kept feeders you’ve likely had some good views of these beautiful birds. This male is currently molting… SEE MORE
Prepping a Classic
Even classics — or, perhaps, especially classics — need some TLC every so often, and the Fife ketch Belle Aventure got plenty of it recently at Wayfarer Marine in Camden. Here is a series of photographs showing what it takes to keep a classic like this looking and sailing her best. SEE MORE