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Enjoying October's Brilliance in Port Clyde
How lucky I am to live on the coast of Maine! To be able to watch the sun set over the balsam firs in Port Clyde harbor on a cool October afternoon is a privilege that I most certainly do not take for granted. Fall is a fickle time of… SEE MORE
Exclusive: First Tests of “World’s Fastest Sailboat”
We saw Vlad Murnikov's drawings. We heard Cam Lewis was going to be skipper. We witnessed the build underway at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. But we didn't know for sure if the Speed Dream racing project would ever really take off, or if it would be another yacht designer's dream stuck on… SEE MORE
Hauling Season is in Full Swing in Portland
It's a beautiful fall day at Maine Yacht Center, and we're hauling boats left and right. Here's a shot of the largest yacht we've hauled so far, the 81-foot motor yacht Seas the Moment. We're excited to have them with us in Portland for the winter! SEE MORE
Fall Sailing Brings Out the Hardcore Opti Racers
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIreBQByiLQ[/embed] It was an epic day on Narragansett Bay last Sunday, and racers from Sail Newport weren't afraid to brave the conditions in some Optis. Here's a mashup of scenes from the day. Make sure to pay attention at the two-minute mark to see just how massive these swells outside… SEE MORE
Bottoms Up! Scenes from the Pemaquid Oyster Festival
Every year, on the last Sunday in September, the Pemaquid Oyster Festival unfolds at Schooner Landing, overlooking the reversing tidal falls of the Damariscotta River at Newcastle. Tens of thousands of oysters are pulled from the downstream waters and served on the half-shell, roasted, barbequed, and stewed to festival visitors.… SEE MORE
Schoolies Take Over the RI Fishing Scene
I have been out fishing a lot recently and have noticed a quite change in what is going on. Schoolies and small blues are now dominating the Rhode Island fishing scene from shore and seem to be in tight pockets where there is bait. The large schools of bay anchovies… SEE MORE
A World Apart
It was a beautiful fall afternoon. A bit cold, but not too much wind although we hit hit 7.7 knots reaching in our 34 foot, 1979 sloop WILD RUMPUS last weekend just outside the breakwater in Rockland. It is always interesting to see who else is out, who else is… SEE MORE
Giant America's Cup Yacht Capsizes in San Francisco
[embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7cBz_fhg9Y[/embed] While most of America was watching the presidential debates, sailing junkies were glued to their computers watching the replay of the capsize and recovery (sort of) of Oracle's 72-foot America's Cup catamaran. The giant yacht, which is the version that will be used in Oracle's defense of the America's… SEE MORE
Photo Archive Welcomes National Fisherman Collection
In mid-September, our photo archivists, Kevin Johnson and Matt Wheeler, drove to Portland to pick up some 20,000 photographs housed in four file cabinets. This new addition to our photography archives was donated by the highly-regarded commercial fishing journal, National Fisherman. PMM acquired images from a related publication, Atlantic Fisherman,… SEE MORE
Kite Sails Take to the Skies Over Martha's Vineyard
There's plenty of debate among diehard sailors about whether or not a kiteboard should qualify as a "boat" and therefore be able to claim the outright speed sailing record. What's not in dispute is how incredibly fast people can go with a tiny board strapped to their feet and a… SEE MORE
A Life Afloat: Drawing Sabre and Back Cove Yachts
When he was growing up in Rocky River, a suburb of Cleveland on Lake Erie, Kevin Burns says, “I was that kid who was always taking things apart. My Christmas gifts were frequently disassembled immediately.” These days, Burns, now 40, is no longer taking things apart. Instead, as the newly… SEE MORE
J-Class Tender Bystander
Bystander served as tender to all three of "Mike" Vanderbilt's America's Cup winners, Enterprise (1930), Rainbow (1934), and Ranger (1937). SEE MORE
