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2020 Lobster Boat Racing Schedule
Here is the updated schedule for the 2020 season. Please be sure to check with venue before heading to the races. The dates are subject to change.
read moreCommercial Fisherman Tom Butler of Harpswell
Tom Butler sits down and talks about his career as a fisherman.
read moreJamie Houtz of The Landing School
Jamie Houtz Celebrates 30 Years at The Landing School. He takes us through how he got there and how much he loves the industry.
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Farrin’s Boat Shop Launches MISS QUAHOG
Young Brothers 45 Launched 28 April 2020 from Farrin’s Boat Shop for Barry Catlin of Harpswell.
read more2020 Lobster Boat Racing Schedule
Here is the updated schedule for the 2020 season. Please be sure to check with venue before heading to the races. The dates are subject to change.
Commercial Fisherman Tom Butler of Harpswell
Tom Butler sits down and talks about his career as a fisherman.
Jamie Houtz of The Landing School
Jamie Houtz Celebrates 30 Years at The Landing School. He takes us through how he got there and how much he loves the industry.
The GHOST – A Lost Chance for the Navy?
Have you noticed a strange looking watercraft in Portsmouth, New Hampshire?
A Smooth Sea Never Made a Skilled Sailor
Sheila Dassatt writes on some rough trips on the water and how we should never give up!
From the 1912 Issue of “Motorboat”
A look back at an old “Motorboat” issue from 1912.
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Maine Coastal News is a monthly publication with news, history and photos from all across Maine’s Coast.
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Volume 33, Issue 6 of Maine Coastal News features articles on the launch of MISS QUAHOG from Farrin’s Boat Shop for Barry Catlin of Harpswell, Commercial Fisherman Tom Butler, Jamie Houtz’s Career at the Landing School, U. S. Coast Guard and U. S. Navy, Miscellaneous Fishing News, Sheila Dassatt’s article ‘What Do We Do From Here?’, DELA Report, and Lobster Boat Racing Update. Plus maritime history news from the past! And much more!
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The lobster boat AIN’T MISS BEHAVIN sitting at a dock in Cutler.
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The lobster boat EXCALIBUR, the last boat built by Clinton Beal, lying at her wharf at Beals Island.
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The sardine carrier JACOB PIKE hauled up at Portland Shipyard to replace some planks and annual maintenance.
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The schooner TIMBERWIND hauled up at Portland Shipyard for annual inspection and maintenance.
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After several years in storage LION’S WHELP was refurbished this winter and launched at Portland Yacht Service this month. She is preparing for a trip to Labrador this summer.
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At Morgan Bay Boats in Frankfort they are almost ready to launch their third Morgan Bay 43. She has been finished out as a sportfisherman and they are just putting final touches to her.
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At Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin they are full speed ahead on their two biggest projects this winter. On the right is a Hinckley Sou’Wester 53, which is having her interior put in. Her deck is under construction at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast and will be arriving soon.
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One of my favorite places to stop is at BlueJacket Shipcrafts in Searsport. They are nearing completion of the cut-away model of the whaler CHARLES W. MORGAN. This is the model they have put together making sure everything goes together as it should.
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At Kittery Point Yacht Yard in Eliot one of the big projects this winter was refurbishing this Holland 38 tunaboat, which hails from Ogunquit. They refinished the hull and top and did some interior refinishing. She was ready to be hauled outside so they could put her tower back on.
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At Holland Boat Shop in Belfast they have two 32s underway, one going to Bermuda and this one will be finished as a lobster boat for a fisherman out on Islesboro.