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Maine Real Estate Agency Expands, Announces Awards
The New England Real Estate Company, a locally owned company based in Camden, has announced the location and acquisition of its new office at 98 Elm Street. The new location will allow the company to double in office space, offer enhanced marketing services for its clients, provide more private offices… SEE MORE
My Fall Trip to Maine: Down East and Up the Trail
I was pretty excited for my last trip north. My normal route from Boston to Rockland was split up and I drove the more rural areas. The drive took me off Route 1 and onto the back roads of Maine I often skip by without a further thought. Traveling along… SEE MORE
New England Dragger, Mediterranean Yacht: Meet TWIST
Never in Bob Fuller's wildest dreams would he have thought that three years ago, during the dead of winter, he would be contacted by a Swiss physician about the possibility of rebuilding and converting a 40-year-old wooden lobsterboat into a yacht that would one day be going to Europe. But… SEE MORE
For Stripers and Albies, Go Small to Go Big
This week I saw the most fish I have seen on any outing this year from shore. I hit a spot along the oceanfront on Monday where stripers and blues had a massive school of bay anchovies pinned up against a rocky shoreline. At times hundreds of stripers could be… SEE MORE
An End-of-Season Sail In a Classic Fife Sloop
The lovely Fife sloop Clio and her crew remind us that, though it is fall, the sailing season is not quite over here in New England. For more information about the 2015 Calendar of Wooden Boats, which includes a photograph of Clio, and our other products featuring the photography of… SEE MORE
Wolfe's Neck Farm: Camping, Coffee and Cows on Casco Bay
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORge591XiGk[/embed] While there are many benefits to life on Cape Cod, the rush of summer traffic is not one of them. As sure as the return of the barn swallows, visitors flock to the beaches and bars of the Cape on the first warm weekend of the year. As the… SEE MORE
24 Hours to Marion: An Overnight in Sippican Harbor
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3oDsFZmlnw[/embed] Life gets hectic. Between real word responsibilities and daily life, finding the time to get away is nearly impossible. For me, it only gets worse during the summer months. A few weeks ago, I had 24 hours of freedom and I finally made my escape. I packed the coffee,… SEE MORE
Stuart Knockabout Enjoying Perfect Sailing in Mystic Harbor
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSc4UZo4uPU[/embed] Ben My Chree made a real showing at the 2014 WoodenBoat Show in Mystic. The original Stuart Knockabout, Design No.53, took first place for best restoration in the sail category. The weather for the weekend was everything a sailor could dream of: sunny skies, steady breeze, and a harbor… SEE MORE
RI Tall Ship Passes Major Milestone Toward Completion
The mainmast of the 200-foot Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry was stepped Wednesday, September 24 in a dockside ceremony at The Hinckley Company in Portsmouth, marking a major milestone in the completion of Rhode Island’s Official Sailing Education Vessel that will serve students from across the country and abroad.… SEE MORE
Refreshing Take on a Classic Daysailing Yacht: The A-30
At Stephens Waring Yacht Design we're excited to be partnering with Artisan Boatworks to create the new A-30 daysailer. Artisan president Alec Brainerd has long been in love with the comfort, simplicity, and fine craftsmanship of classic daysailers like the Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15s, and asked us to meld the… SEE MORE
Casco Bay Sailing Scene: Class 40 Racing Yacht Practice
You never know what you'll see out on Casco Bay during a glorious fall afternoon. The Maine Yacht Center crew had a ton of fun recently doing some training aboard four Class 40 sloops: Amhas II, Dragon, Toothface II, and Bolands Mill. Sailing days like these were practically made for… SEE MORE
Little Gaffer That Could: Herreshoff Regatta on Buzzards Bay
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cPkW40c9qg[/embed] Few designs can survive the constant evolution of sailing technology and the style of the moment. The must-have boat this year might be cast aside next season for the endlessly upgraded and go-fast gadgets of the sleeker model. This trend makes N.G. Herreshoff's little gaffer that much more astonishing.… SEE MORE