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SV Windquist Adventures in Pulpit Harbor
There is nothing like enjoying a sunset from the deck of a boat. And the sunsets in Pulpit Harbor, Maine, are among the best, bar none. SEE MORE
Front Street Shipyard Introduces New Hunt Design
Front Street Shipyard is introducing the Northport 55, a new yacht by renowned designers C. Raymond Hunt Associates. The Northport 55 is a new boat by Hunt Design. The Northport 55 features a flybridge with a centerline helm and two companion seats, a settee with table, and a small bar.… SEE MORE
Stopping By Beals Island's Working Waterfront
The term working waterfront means many things to many different people, but to me, the concept of a working waterfront must center on the ability for local fisherman to use the waterfront land that is available to them in any way possible as to maximize their profit and efficiency. Beals… SEE MORE
Chasing Periwinkles in Maine's Sunrise County
A beautiful late winter sunrise creeps over the tall spruce trees of Roque Bluffs, as the calm waters of Englishman Bay spill onto the vast crescent-shaped beach and begin to turn pink in the glow of the rising sun. The massive tides that define Washington County were at their lowest… SEE MORE
Scenes Under a Blue Sky in Cozy Corea
I enjoy shooting in the small village of Corea, on the eastern edge of the Schoodic Peninsula just beyond Prospect Harbor. The inner harbor is shaped like a barely broken circle, a place where a hardy fleet of lobster boats enjoy spectacular protection from the gulf of Maine. I can… SEE MORE
Every Day, Any Weather: The Isle Au Haut Mail Boat
Getting to Isle Au Haut is a true Maine coast experience. You have to cross the Eggemoggin Reach, drive over two bridges and two causeways, and hop two islands. All this before you even get to the mail boat, a 46-foot Jarvis Newman design that was made for harsh weather… SEE MORE
Maine Yacht Regatta to Celebrate Fife Designs
This year’s Castine Classic Yacht Regatta, sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, will celebrate the beauty, design and speed of the early-20th-century yachts by the famed British designer and builder, William Fife III. On August 1, a remarkable rendezvous of Fife yachts will be on exhibition at the Castine Town… SEE MORE
People and Vessels: Early Portraits of Monhegan Island
The people of Monhegan Island are and always have been rugged individualists who, for better or for worse, have needed to cooperate with one another. The island's name means "grand island." It sits isolated at the outside of Muscongus Bay, about 12 miles offshore. There's only one good harbor. By… SEE MORE
Rite of Spring: Preparing for the Maine Boatbuilders Show
Here at CW Hood Yachts we are gearing up and getting excited to attend the 2012 Maine Boatbuilders Show in Portland, Maine. The show runs March 16 - March 18 at the Portland Company Complex. Here are photos from the show in 2011. SEE MORE
Wayfarer Marine Prepares for 2012 Pen Bay Rendezvous
The inaugural Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, held last August in the waters off Camden, Rockland, and Thomaston, proved to be a big success. With yachts of every size and shape competing in the four-day event, the racing on the water was rivaled only by the parties each evening on shore. The… SEE MORE
Between Two Rivers, a Snowy Spit of Downeast Sand
Take a look at a map of Washington County, Maine, and you will find a convoluted coastline, full of pastoral peninsulas, craggy inlets, and countless rivers and bays that all flow into the Gulf of Maine. Find the river town of Harrington and trace your finger due south, where a… SEE MORE
Slivers of Spring in the Moody Month of March
The month of March is a period of great transition on the Maine coast. Winter morphs into the house guest that refuses to leave, and no matter how hard you wish for Spring's arrival, you know deep down that March is still a winter month in these parts, and the… SEE MORE