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Apprenticeshop Launches a Graduate, Two New Boats
The Apprenticeshop, a school for traditional boatbuilding and seamanship on the Rockland waterfront, honored Kit Macchi, the most recent graduate of the school's two-year apprentice program, on December 14. Following the graduation ceremony, Macchi and her boatbuilding partner Brigit Jividen launched a new Grand Banks dory they had built as… SEE MORE
My First Maine Winter: Keeping Warm By the Ocean
When I moved up to Maine permanently, I was 25 and it was late April. It was that funny time of year when the thought of summer begins to creep into your head but the reality of mud season sits at your feet. I moved into my family's summer house… SEE MORE
Celebrating the Good Side of Fat
Food writer and historian Sandy Oliver gave a great talk December 15 at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Searsport on her new cookbook Maine Home Cooking. She spoke about the importance of fat in the diet of earlier years when people needed it for energy and body heat. Let's all… SEE MORE
Back Cove Celebrates 500th Launch & New Tagline
Back Cove Yachts was proud to announce the company's new tagline — “Practical Elegance, From Maine” — during the 500th Launch Celebration that took place December 5. Jason Constantine, C.O.O. of Back Cove Yachts, says, “A more fitting tagline could not be created. We are fortunate to have achieved this… SEE MORE
Seeking Solitude on the St. George River
The small peninsula that encompasses the towns of Cushing and Friendship is a very quiet place where fishing is a huge part of everyday life. Pleasant Point Gut, down at the southern end of the peninsula where the St. George River empties out into Muscongus Bay, is a small harbor… SEE MORE
The Long, Salty Heritage of Gloucester
Few cities have played as important a role in America's commercial fisheries as Gloucester. These historic images, from the archives of Atlantic Fisherman and housed at the Penobscot Marine Museum, give a taste of this important harbor. SEE MORE
Classic Schooner Being Restored in Maine Farmland
As you approach the shop, you have no sense you’re about to stumble upon an ocean-going schooner — the smell of cow is in the air and draft horses gaze over the fence. But open the shop door, and she looms above you as though the sea is feet away,… SEE MORE
Exploring West Penobscot Bay's Working Waterfront
In the middle of December, when the sun sets far too early, the nooks and crannies, inlets and coves, of the eastern Maine coast seems as quiet as they will ever be. A diesel engine coming off the ocean rings incredibly clear through the early winter air. Seafood shops and… SEE MORE
A Mainer's Take on Busy, Beautiful Fort Lauderdale
We flew from our home in Maine down to Fort Lauderdale recently to greet a ship. “Have we ever been to Fort Lauderdale?” we both wondered. Don’t think so. Anytime we’ve sailed down the coast on our boat in the past, we sailed outside between northern and southern Florida, skipping… SEE MORE
Sabre Yachts Visits Volvo HQ in Sweden
Earlier in November, Kevin Burns, Vice President of Design and Product Development at Sabre Yachts, attended a Design Seminar hosted by Volvo Penta in Gotenborg, Sweden. The seminar was attended by naval architects and engineers from around the world in addition to Volvo Penta distributors. The seminar lasted a few… SEE MORE
NW Meets NE: New Daysailer is a Bicoastal Effort
Stephens Waring Yacht Design, of Belfast, Maine, has teamed up with a school three thousand miles away to introduce a new daysailer. The sporty sloop is the smallest boat in Stephens Waring Yacht Design’s Signature series of traditionally-inspired modern sailboats, and will be built in series by the students and… SEE MORE
Knickerbocker Group Designer Wins Grand Prize
Elaine Murdoch, CMKBD (Certified Master Kitchen and Bath Designer) won the grand prize — Best Overall Design — in the Maine Chapter National Kitchen and Bath Association design contest in late November. The award-winning kitchen design was part of a major renovation project in northern Maine completed by the Knickerbocker… SEE MORE
