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36th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival in Salem, MA
You don’t get to see boats like this every day! See a wonderful variety of rare vintage motor yachts and sailboats from 1900-1960s. Meet skippers and crews and vote for your favorite boats. Children get to make their own wee boat, and all can board real ones. Boat rides, crafts… SEE MORE
Restoring a 1947 Alden 47
A few years ago, Great Island Boat Yard began a multi-phase restoration effort aboard ALIANZA, a 1947, Alden 47 ketch. During Phase I of her refit, the GIBY team repaired a leaky rudder post; built a new centerboard trunk; rebuilt the mast step area; and replaced 40 frames, all beyond… SEE MORE
28th annual Sailors' Series lectures focus on remarkable maritime photography
Sailors’ Series: Elemental Exposures launches March 22 Speakers featured in the 2018 Sailors’ Series: Elemental Exposures at the New Bedford Whaling Museum will showcase remarkable maritime photography that captures the dynamic world of yacht racing, the sea’s mercurial beauty, and rhythms of life along the coast. Two of the world’s… SEE MORE
NWSA Women's Sailing Conference Slated for June 2 Marblehead, MA
Event to be held at Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts Where do ladies go to improve their sailing? The National Women’s Sailing Association (NWSA) will hold its 17th Annual Women's Sailing Conference on Saturday, June 2, 2018, at the Corinthian Yacht Club in Marblehead, Massachusetts. The event, which features hands-on land- and… SEE MORE
Red Tide and Life as usual on Useppa Island
“What’s the reason for your cough?” is frequently heard on Useppa Island, Florida this winter. The reasons are varied. First is red tide that is proving to be one of the worst in years. Second is the toxic runoff from Lake Okeechobee, down the Caloosahatchee River, and up and around… SEE MORE
US Harbors at the 2018 Cape Cod Boatbuilders Show!
US Harbors will be at the 12th annual Boatbuilders Show in Hyannis, Massachusetts, starting on Friday February 2nd at 2pm. Come say hi at the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors booth! The "best little boat show in the Northeast" is a great place to see some amazing boats, from the… SEE MORE
Pioneers, Innovators and Maine
Free Education Series Celebrating Dynamic Maine Businesses Join the Owls Head Transportation Museum (OHTM) for a four-part series of events that celebrates the pioneers and innovators of Maine's business community. Like the stories of daredevils and inventors told through the Museum’s collection, the modern-day entrepreneurs featured in this series have… SEE MORE
Mystic Murmurs: New exhibition at Mystic Seaport explores the Arctic with technology
Murmur: Arctic Realities will present a groundbreaking new experience by John Grade, one of the world’s leading contemporary artists. Visitors will encounter what appears to be a natural landform – a mound intricately carved from Alaskan yellow cedar. This vast sculpture represents a pingo, a hill of ice that grows over centuries… SEE MORE
Lyman-Morse Beyond Boatbuilding: Composite Steeple Replacement
Innovative boatbuilding skills can be used for more than just marine applications, as one Maine-based company can attest to, after years of diversification into new markets. An architectural restoration project in the Midcoast is the latest example of how Lyman-Morse continues to expand its business. The steeple on the Chestnut… SEE MORE
Wood Island Lighthouse Poem by a Keeper's Wife
The following poem penned by Elmenia P. Lurvey, wife of Wood Island lightkeeper W. F. Lurvey (1917-1923) so beautifully describes the life of lighthouse keeping. The poem appeared in the Bar Harbor Times on February 14, 1923. To learn more about the American Lighthouse Foundation's mission and work saving our… SEE MORE
Repowering an Historic Maine-Built Vessel
The oldest Maine-built wooden fishing schooner, still afloat, came home to Maine this spring. Built on the banks of the Kennebec River in 1906, Mary E, a two-masted clipper schooner with a storied past, is now undergoing a complete restoration at Maine Maritime Museum (MMM) - and Great Island Boat… SEE MORE
Nine pre-eminent naval architects share insights at Lyman Morse event
By John K. Hanson Jr. On a stunning fall weekend, I was stuck inside….and having the time of my life! Lyman Morse Boatbuilding and the Cruising Club of America hosted a Yacht Designers Forum at the yard in Thomaston on Saturday, Oct. 21. The morning session was held on the… SEE MORE
