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Racing for a Cure: Portland's MS Regatta
Saturday, August 17, started out warm and sunny. Portland Harbor was calm, but not for long! Over 110 boats, including sailboats of varying lengths, lobster boats with super-fast engines, and large, powerful tugboats invaded the harbor for the weekend. The MS Harborfest event kicked off on Saturday morning with a… SEE MORE
Losing Track of Time and Loving It on the Maine Coast
As another brilliant August afternoon unfolded over the Maine coast this weekend, I found myself reclining in the sand while the cool waters of Muscongus Bay lapped over my feet. I had kayaked to The Brothers, a small chain of tiny and treeless islands about a mile off the coast… SEE MORE
Third Annual Penobscot Bay Rendezvous Proves a Charm
Three days of fantastic sailing under cloudless blue skies and three nights of parties under starry skies lit by a waxing moon made for maybe the best year yet for the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, a three-day celebration of yachting held between Thomaston and Camden. Fifty sail and powerboats, almost double… SEE MORE
A Rendezvous to Remember on Penobscot Bay
As my good friend Mark Abb and I set off from Rockport Harbor during the afternoon of August 17, we soon realized that we would be running right through the middle of the Penobscot Bay Rendezvous, an annual regatta that features an incredible collection of sailboats, all dancing around gracefully… SEE MORE
New Energy-Efficient Home on the Medomak River
A new home designed by By Design was completed late this Spring in Waldoboro, on a piece of property that borders on the Medomak River. The house, while traditional in appearance, is state-of-the-art in terms of energy efficiency and small carbon footprint. The design intent was to create a net… SEE MORE
Kayaking Maine's Outer Islands Off Tenants Harbor
Tenants Harbor is a beautiful place, and kayaking around the majestic islands that surround it is something else entirely. There's Northern, Southern, Mosquito, Seavey, High, and Clark Islands. There are small little anchorages like the Brothers, Spectacles, and Long Cove. There are magnificent houses down the shoreline of Harts Neck,… SEE MORE
Portland Hosts Maine’s Largest Regatta Ever
I’ve heard it said that the attention span of kids between 8 and 15 years old is decreasing as modern technology, especially hand-held devices, increases. This wasn’t what I witnessed during the USODA 2013 New England Championship, held August 5-8 at SailMaine in Portland! I saw three hundred-plus, focused, highly… SEE MORE
Rain or Shine, It's Always a Fine Day at a Boat Show
If the 2013 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show was this much fun in the rain on August 9, in the perfect weather forecast for Saturday and Sunday, it's bound to be over the moon. There's always a nice mix at this boat show in Rockland. This year they've added… SEE MORE
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Gathers the Classics
Every summer, the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta draws classic wooden yachts from near and far to Center Harbor, home to WoodenBoat, Brooklin Boatyard, and a variety of other marine craftsmen who have made Brooklin the (self-proclaimed) "boatbuilding capital of the world." The 2013 event delivered a little bit of everything: light… SEE MORE
High Pressure Happiness On the Maine Coast
When the weatherman proclaims that a high pressure system will take hold along the Maine coast, it means that sunshine will appear and the sweet breezes of summer will blow. This week temps are in the mid 70s during the days and the high 40s during the star-filled nights. This… SEE MORE
Circumnavigation of Pulpit Harbor, In a Tiny Boat
What could be finer than sailing a Joel White Nutshell Pram through Pulpit Harbor beneath an expansive Maine blueberry on whipped cream sky? Taking the dogs along! Call me crazy, but I think our dogs love sailing. Eve, our Nutshell Pram that delighted our two tiny kids nearly 20 years… SEE MORE
Rockland-Castine Regatta Proves Fun of Pursuit Races
The running of the 3rd Annual Rockland-Castine Regatta, hosted by the Rockland Yacht Club, kicked off Saturday, July 20, with 32 boats registered. The race is pursuit-style, where the slowest boats start first and then the faster boats set off in pursuit with the time delay between classes of boats… SEE MORE