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Paddling with the Puffins of Petit Manan
By Ray Wirth at TouringKayaks.com Water Walker Sea Kayak, LLC We rose at dawn and drove to a rocky beach south of Steuben. We donned the thick black wetsuits needed to paddle safely in 50 degree waters, launched from the rocky beach, and paddled south along Petit Manan Point, all the… SEE MORE
Spring in Rockport: Boat Launches, Rigging, and Paint
Springtime in my harbor is bittersweet. It’s exciting to see our small coastal village come to life after a long quiet winter. On the other hand, as each new spring arrives, our comfortable sleepy harbor seems a little busier. It’s plain to see Rockport Harbor becomes a bit more “discovered”… SEE MORE
Historic Fife To Be On Display At Maine Show
Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show is thrilled to have Rockport Marine’s latest restoration, the 83’ Fife designed schooner, Adventuress, at the main dock for the 2012 Show in Rockland. This 1924 design is one of the largest Fifes in North America and is both historically significant and beautiful. It… SEE MORE
Spring Laser Regatta Offers Dose of Summer Sailing
Mother Nature provided midcoast Maine dinghy racers with a taste of things to come by delivering unseasonably warm temperatures and gentle breezes for the second running of the All Souls Regatta on May 20 in Thomaston. Fifteen sailors — including USHarbors' own John K. Hanson, Jr. — put their Lasers… SEE MORE
Launch Days at the Hinckley Yard
A blast of warm weather seems to have awoken boatyards across New England, but perhaps nowhere appears as ready for summer as the docks and service yard of the Hinckley Company in Southwest Harbor. Travelifts are humming, rigging is getting tuned, and already the docks are filling up with some… SEE MORE
Finding Springtime and Serenity on Swans Island
Simply put, Swans Island is one of the most beautiful pieces of earth that you will ever step foot on. Rolling hills lead to large and well-protected Burnt Coat Harbor. The sturdy lighthouse at Hockamock Head stands tall above the rocky shores below. Fields of green grass seem to extend… SEE MORE
Research Season Begins on Maine's Islands
On Petit Manan Island, the savannah sparrows are singing, the violets are flowering, the seabirds are arriving… and we are fully adorned in layers of long johns, fleece, wool, and winter hats. The temperatures are significantly cooler out here than on the main land, but that hasn’t deterred the birds!… SEE MORE
Chasing Sunsets Near Port Clyde
Ever since I was a child, I can remember chasing the summer sunsets on the St. George peninsula. From the shores of Port Clyde Harbor, looking west toward the mouth of the St. George River, one can see the most beautiful colors converge in the sky and paint the ocean… SEE MORE
Wildlife Refuge Opens Headquarters and Visitor Center
On May 12 the new collaborative headquarters for the Friends of Maine’s Seabird Islands and the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuges opened its doors to the public. Although the exhibits are still in the development and fundraising stages, the turnout at our new facility on the Rockland waterfront was… SEE MORE
Marine Museum Readies for Season of Tourists, Battles
The Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport will open for the 2012 season on May 25 with two new exhibits featuring regional tourism and marine art. "Summer Folk: The Tourists of Penobscot Bay" is a campus-wide exhibit exploring the history of tourism from 1890 to 1960. And to commemorate of the… SEE MORE
COA Senior Presents Coastal Culture Exhibit
Ask someone from away what they know of Maine, and chances are they’ll say lobster. Ask someone from Maine what they know of lobstering, and it’s likely they’ll just shrug their shoulders. Alice Anderson, College of the Atlantic senior, is hoping to change that with an exhibit, Coastal Culture: Maine's… SEE MORE
Maine's Wildest Islands Prepare for Summer
As the summer boating season gets underway, the Friends of Maine's Seabird Islands is gearing up. First and foremost, part of our outreach involves communicating the closure of many seabird nesting islands along the coast of Maine. These islands, which belong to the Maine Coastal Islands National Wildlife Refuge, are… SEE MORE