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Coastal Recharge: A Hike to Thuya Lodge
Sailing and hiking go hand in hand. Northeast Harbor, as well as being a beautiful harbor, happens to be a trailhead on the water. Last September, after a short row to the public dinghy dock at Asticou Landing on the harbor's eastern shore, we stretched our legs on the trail… SEE MORE
Kiwi Spirit Sets Off On Ocean Quest
Following a busy two weeks of sea trials and tweaking the newborn Paris-63 yacht Kiwi Spirit in Thomaston, Dr. Stanley Paris took the helm Saturday, November 17, for his maiden ocean voyage on the sleek, Farr-designed and Lyman-Morse-built, yacht. Accompanied by crew, Paris will sail to Newport, Rhode Island, before… SEE MORE
Unloading At the Maine Central Railroad Wharf
With masts spaced widely apart and shipping a steam-driven loading boom, the schooner Annie & Reuben stood out from the other coasters. Her cargo was mostly granite, quarried locally. To retain stability under sail, the granite blocks had to be placed low. Here, at the Maine Central Railroad wharf in… SEE MORE
Back Cove Yachts Celebrates 500th Launch
Back Cove Yachts is proud to announce the upcoming launch of its 500th yacht on Wednesday, December 5th, 2012. The company, which was established in 2003, has been building composite hard top express powerboats for nearly a decade. It all began with the Back Cove 29 and the desire to… SEE MORE
Enjoying a Rare November Warmup in Downeast Maine
The temperature soared into the low 60s on November 12 in Washington County, a very rare and welcome change in the temperature for the middle of November. Fishermen in Bucks Harbor walked the docks in short sleeves as they counted their daily catch and wiped the gathering sweat off their… SEE MORE
Classic Visitor Ties Up at Belfast Waterfront
Even as the boating season has drawn to a close on the coast of Maine, new yachts are still pulling up at the docks at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast. This weekend we were proud to be joined by Atlantide, a 122-foot classic yacht built in 1930. Here are some… SEE MORE
October Light in the Lens on the Coast
Every October, my camera and I head out for a sail, or two, to capture the fall foliage in the lens. This year, for help, I took a tripod, strapped it down to a cleat, set the lens, focus, timer, and went hunting. Sailing+fall foliage=elusive target. As usual, I came… SEE MORE
Fast, Light, and Big: Circumnavigating Yacht Launched
“Weigh This.” That’s what’s scrawled all over the inside of Kiwi Spirit, the 63’ cutter launched November 1 at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company in Thomaston. Never mind the gorgeous red fir cabinetry and interior paneling or the flat-screen television bolted to the wall in the huge yacht’s luxurious main salon. Instead,… SEE MORE
Storm Scenes: Midcoast Maine Prepares for Sandy
Though Hurricane Sandy looked like it would make landfall in New Jersey, the massive storm's impacts were already being felt on the morning of October 29 in midcoast Maine. A northeast wind had already stiffened into the twenty-knot range with gusts to thirty, and a quick check of Rockland, Rockport,… SEE MORE
Tugboat Launch a Family Affair in East Boothbay
Purposefully built of cold steel and powered by massive engines, tugs are about as far from a yacht as you can get. And yet when a new tugboat goes down the ways at Washburn & Doughty in East Boothbay it is as much an intimate celebration as the launch of… SEE MORE
Largest W-Class Yachts to Take Shape in Belfast
W-Class Yacht Company is expanding its family of yachts to include 100’, 123’ and 135’ models. The first of the new designs, the W.123, was developed by Bruce Johnson (formerly of Sparkman & Stephens) in collaboration with Rockport Marine Yacht Design. The new racer/cruiser yachts will retain the ‘Spirit of… SEE MORE
Float to a Fresh Feast on North Haven Island
North Haven Island's coastline is intricate. Our daysail from Cabot Cove to Kent Cove recently was more than 10 miles over the bottom. Yet, anchored two hours later, we were little more than 3 miles from Cabot Cove as the crow flies. And we had circled less than a third… SEE MORE