News, history, and photos from Maine’s coast.
VIRGINIA Launched at Bath
On June 4 the replica vessel VIRGINIA was launched.
Ken Flower of Flower’s Boatworks
Sitting down with Ken Flower of Flower’s Boatworks to discuss how he got his start in the marine business as well as a little about his family.
Thanks for the Memories
Memories from Maine lighthouse keepers.
Weather Main Story at First Two Lobster Boat Races
Weather a factor as racing season begins at Boothbay & Rockland.
VIRGINIA Launched at Bath
On June 4 the replica vessel VIRGINIA was launched.
Ken Flower of Flower’s Boatworks
Sitting down with Ken Flower of Flower’s Boatworks to discuss how he got his start in the marine business as well as a little about his family.
Thanks for the Memories
Memories from Maine lighthouse keepers.
Gardner Pickering of Hewes & Company
Gardner Pickering discusses his careers and how he made his way to Hewes & Company.
Robert Rice of East Boothbay
Robert Rice on his family’s business, Rice Brothers.
The Wonder Years
Looking back 50 years to 1972
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Volume 35, Issue 7 of Maine Coastal News features articles on Ken Flower of Flower’s Boatworks, VIRGINIA is launched, what’s happening in boatyards and shipyards along the coast, Sheila Dassatt’s article ‘Thanks for the Memories’, Passed Over the Bar – Dyer, Houghton, and Spaulding, Maine DMR News, and the DELA Report. 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.