News, history, and photos from Maine’s coast.
Lobster Boat Racing: Pre-season Update
One of the best battles last year between KIMBERLY ANN and MISS AMITY. ROCKPORT - It looks like we have made it through another winter and presently we are basking in unseasonably warm temperatures and the extended forecast looks favourable for the next...
read moreGuest Letter: Just Trying to Survive Gov’t Regulations
An Ex-Commercial Fisherman explains her opinion on Government Regulations and what it is doing to the fishing industry.
read moreDon’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions
Sheila Dassatt writes about just how important it really is to ask questions. Go ahead keep asking!
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Another Good Year for Boatbuilders and Repair Yards
MISTER E., a Calvin Beal 44, finished off as a lobster boat for Nicko Hadlock of Cranberry Isle by S. W. Boatsworks of Lamoine. She is powered with a 750-hp John Deere, with 2.48:1 gear and reached a speed of 23 knots. Belmont Boatworks, Belmont For...
read moreLobster Boat Racing: Pre-season Update
One of the best battles last year between KIMBERLY ANN and MISS AMITY. ROCKPORT - It looks like we have made it through another winter and presently we are basking in unseasonably warm temperatures and the extended forecast looks favourable for the next...
Guest Letter: Just Trying to Survive Gov’t Regulations
An Ex-Commercial Fisherman explains her opinion on Government Regulations and what it is doing to the fishing industry.
Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions
Sheila Dassatt writes about just how important it really is to ask questions. Go ahead keep asking!
Bernard ‘Benny’ Beal of Jonesport
Benny Beal discussed his life – fishing, boats, racing.
Wayne Rich and RICH RETURNS of Bass Harbor
Wayne speaks about the major repairs on his lobster boat RICH RETURNS.
Boats, Trucks & Fishing
The Evolution of Boats, Trucks, and Fishing Over the Years.
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Volume 33, Issue 4 of Maine Coastal News features articles on Lobster Boat Racing updates, Wood’s Hole Oceanographic News, U. S. Coast Guard and U. S. Navy, Sheila Dassatt’s article ‘Don’t Be Afraid to Ask Questions’, DELA Report, and What’s happening in the Boat and Shipyards. 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.