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For Superyachts, Wood is Still Good
It's almost incredible to believe, but in the superyacht world a five-year-old boat can practically seem, well, old. Which is why it's nice when a yacht like Windcrest, launched less than a half-dozen years ago at Hodgdon Yachts in East Boothbay, Maine, keeps turning heads and winning awards. The 98'… SEE MORE
Striper Bliss: Two Casts, Two Keepers
You know the numbers of keepers are on the increase when you can hook two of them on back-to-back casts. It happened to me Tuesday night while fishing the Bay from shore with a Zoom fluke on a small jighead with light tackle. The two fish looked like clones. Both… SEE MORE
North Atlantic Right Whales in Cape Cod Bay
These are just a few of the thousands of images taken by the Provincetown Center for Coastal StudiesProvincetown Center for Coastal Studies Aerial Survey team. These surveys monitor the number and location of right whales in Cape Cod Bay so that researchers can determine the health of the population and… SEE MORE
Unwrapping the Schooners in Camden Harbor
3 p.m. Tuesday, April 24, in Camden Harbor...it looks like the Mary Day is the first of the resident schooners to shed its winter skin. SEE MORE
Fish Market Focus: Jess's Market, Rockland
On a recent cloudy April afternoon, Jamie Johnson was up to his elbows in sole, black bass, and halibut. Johnson is a manager at Jess’s Market in Rockland, a busy seafood supplier to the Midcoast region. Johnson married into this family fish market business, but his knife skills and product… SEE MORE
Solo, Nonstop Around the Americas — and Home
Matt Rutherford, the bold young sailor who we covered a few weeks ago as he headed into the final leg of a remarkable odyssey around the Americas, has successfully returned home to Annapolis. Rutherford crossed the finish line at the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel at 10:48 ET on Wednesday, April… SEE MORE
Rebuilt Beaver Arrives at Fort Point Channel
Fresh from a significant rebuild at the Gloucester Marine Railway, the rebuilt Beaver headed to its home at the Tea Party Ships and Museum in Boston Thursday. Here are some shots of the ship entering the Fort Point Channel. For more information about the Beaver and the Tea Party Ships… SEE MORE
A Summer Regatta in Blue Hill, circa 1934
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/40819216[/embed] Alida Donnell Milliken Camp filmed a 1934 sailing regatta and many other summertime activities, spending every summer of her life on the coast of Maine. The setting of this sunny, cloudless day is the yacht club started by her father in 1924 in Peters Cove, Blue Hill, to teach… SEE MORE
Exploring the Treasures of Maine's National Park
Acadia National Park is considered by many to be the most impressive destination on the coast of Maine. Founded in 1919 as Lafayette National Park and given the official title of Acadia ten years later, the park has long been a mecca for visitors and coastal enthusiasts who come to… SEE MORE
Looking Forward to May Days in Port Clyde
They say that April showers bring May flowers, and they are right, especially along the mid-coast of Maine. As I write this, rain is pelting the windows behind me, and the sky is a pale shade of gloomy. The temperatures are in the forties and the mercurial and downright unpredictable… SEE MORE
Maine Sailors Look Good in Caribbean Races
It can rain on Antigua, it can rain on the first day of the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta, but no matter, because as one competitor said to the contrite race committee, "sailing is an outdoor sport." The practice day was everything one would want from a day of sailing classic… SEE MORE
Classic Days, Classic Yachts
Some days are simply made for sailing classic yachts. 'Nuff said. SEE MORE
