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Sumurun Style: Jib and Jigger
Few yacht designs are as striking as those of William Fife, III. Whether it’s the graceful rise of the bow or the sloping sheerline, there’s no mistaking a Fife sitting at the dock or on the hook. But what about when the breeze pipes up? Sumurun, a 1914 Fife that… SEE MORE
On the Water, In the Shop: Different Views of Life on the Coast
I was feeling a bit melancholy the other day, watching the boats come out of the water and seeing some of the harbors starting to empty. And then I realized that I had scenes like this one to look forward to this winter. It warmed me right up. SEE MORE
Penobscot Marine Museum Photo Archives
It's winter. Sargent & Dennison's coal pier in Portland is iced in and a Banks dory fishing schooner and tug lie at John Loveitt's fish pier about 1900. Eastern Illustrating & Publishing Collection www.PenobscotMarineMuseum.org SEE MORE
Maine Maritime Wins College Championship, Heads to France
Talk about being on a roll. The Maine Maritime sailing team, which barely even made it onto the bottom of the regatta scoreboards a half-dozen years ago, has been taking sailing competitions coast-to-coast by storm recently. In 2008 and 2009, they took first place in the Port of Los Angeles… SEE MORE
Images of Isobel
Even though the wind didn't behave on the day of the shoot, "Isobel" still performed for the camera. With the help of Martha Coolidge's fabulous eye and style, we managed to make the most of the sunset light and shot some fabulous interiors. SEE MORE
Smaller Sloop, Bigger Plans from Belfast Design Team
We love Isobel, the new 75’ sloop from Stephens Waring Yacht Design in Belfast, but we might just love her little sister even more. The 52’ Bluewater is a world-class cruising yacht designed to be as happy alongshore as off in the deep blue. The designers call this creation “stout”… SEE MORE
Maine Boatbuilder Enters Windpower Market
Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding launches into the offshore wind workboat market at the AWEA Offshore WINDPOWER Conference & Exhibition on October 11-13, in booth 331 at the Baltimore Convention Center in Maryland. To keep up with demand, UK-based Alicat Workboats, part of the UK based Gardline Group of companies, will be working… SEE MORE
Not Too Late for Some Striper Action in Maine
By this point in the year plenty of people are already calling the Striped Bass season over in Maine, but they're doing so at their peril. Little do they realize that the hefty stripers haven't all departed for southern waters yet — they just might have moved into warmer waters… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse to Build Farr-designed Circumnavigator
In 1986, Dodge Morgan at age 55 circumnavigated the globe on board “American Promise” from Bermuda and back to Bermuda in 150 days. At Lyman-Morse we are pleased to be building a 63’ Farr-designed sloop for Dr. Stanley Paris, who will at age 76 attempt to break Morgan’s record aboard… SEE MORE
Maine Builder Tapped to Build Groundbreaking Sailboat
If you’re not leading, you’re being left behind. That’s what Drew Lyman, vice president of Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston, Maine, believes and it’s exactly why he wanted his family’s 33-year-old company to be the ones to build the prototype of a groundbreaking new sailboat. The 27-foot SpeedDream was designed… SEE MORE
Front Street Shipyard Unveils New Sparkman & Stephens Designs
Front Street Shipyard is unveiling initial plans for the Sparkman & Stephens-designed Front Street 118 and Front Street 130 sloops. The yachts have traditional hull lines and trademark S&S sheers, invoking a classic aesthetic from yachting's golden area. The construction will be of advanced composite materials using the most modern… SEE MORE
Isobel: Racing, and Cruising, Fast and with Class
One of the best things about living practically next door to some of America’s best boatbuilders is that we’re usually among the first to hear about the latest yacht designs. We try to attend as many boat launches as we can (seriously, there are only so many hours in the… SEE MORE