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Paine '14, Now Built By French & Webb: Superb
French & Webb is pleased to announce that we will be building all custom orders for the new Chuck Paine-designed '14 daysailer. The Paine '14 is a scaled-down adaptation of the venerable and much-loved Herreshoff 12 ½ with a fin keel and separate rudder for more lively performance. She is… SEE MORE
Ellis Boat Company Invests In Maine Boatbuilding
Ellis Boat Company in Southwest Harbor is excited to announce a new investment to expand boatbuilding operations in Downeast Maine. The company, under the leadership of Don Ellis, is investing $650,000 in a new facility that will include a new crane and expanded manufacturing space. Contrary to a recent press… SEE MORE
Hinckley Company's Maine Yards Hit New Milestones
2013 marked Hinckley’s 85th year doing boat business in the state of Maine and it proved a year full of reasons to celebrate. The company hit a five-year high in employment — the company roster in Maine stands at 250, the highest number since 2008 — and launched 45 new… SEE MORE
Front Street Shipyard to Build High-Speed Patrol Vessels
Front Street Shipyard in midcoast Maine is beginning construction of high-performance multihulls for Trefoil Marine. The T30 is a catamaran designed by Donald L. Blount and Associates of Chesapeake, Virginia, which will be used primarily for military and police patrol, fire, and rescue. The craft's capabilities are applicable to the… SEE MORE
Winter on the Waterfront in Rockland
It's been quite a winter already, with temps barely breaking zero over the past several days. Here are some shots of the 140' Coast Guard icebreaker Thunder Bay tied up at the station on Tilson's Wharf in Rockland, waiting for a break in the weather. Most Maine harbors are pretty… SEE MORE
Cold Day at Station Maine in Rockland's South End
Sea smoke fills Rockland Harbor as the temperature barely hits 0F. SEE MORE
Maine Powerboat Concept Recognized By Design Society
Stephens Waring Yacht Design is delighted to report that our Citronella powerboat concept has been recognized by the Design Et Al International Yacht and Aviation Awards for 2014. Hosted by leading interior design magazine Design Et Al, the International Yacht & Aviation Awards reward the best in design from across… SEE MORE
A Few Gift Ideas for the Boater On Your Holiday List
What do boaters do when the snow flies and the temperatures plummet? We build things for our (and your) home! Here are three one-of-a-kind cutting boards, all made by Odette here at the Fair Cape Woodworks workshop. Also available are chess/checkers boards and wine bottle balancers made from hardwoods such… SEE MORE
A Range of New Projects at Lyman-Morse
The owners of Hound, a 60' aluminum sloop designed by Aage Nielsen and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1970, searched us out at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company for our metal fabrication capabilities. It was not a big surprise that this 43-year-old-boat needed some aluminum hull plates replaced. In order to… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding: Getting Boats Ready for Fun in the Sun!
The hive that is Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding has been humming this fall. New projects both in and out of the marine world are in the works, a host of good sized powerboats are in for winter refit work, and we turned around a bunch of boats that are escaping the New… SEE MORE
Stolen Sailing, the Best Way to Welcome the Off-Season
For most boaters in New England, November is for finishing the last winterizing projects of the year, making sure the shrinkwrap or tarps are secured, and preparing for ski season. Yet in almost every harbor there are a few holdouts who keep their boats in the water long after the… SEE MORE
End of Another Season for a Classic Plastic
For many New England boaters, it's the second-happiest day of the year: Hauling Day. Here's my 1974 Pearson 28 coming out of the water in Rockport Harbor, at the end of another terrific sailing summer in Penobscot Bay. A bit of winterizing, put the cover on — and then bring on… SEE MORE