News, history, and photos from Maine’s coast.
Rob Blood Buys Newcastle Marine
Rob Blood purchased Newcastle Marine last summer. He is busy with several projects and is making plans for a few changes at the yard.
SW Boatworks to Sell Calvin Beal & Young Brothers Molds
Stewart & Alice Workman are ready to sell the Calvin Beal & Young Brothers Molds. They are looking for a motivated buyer to take the reins and will also honor the boats.
In Gramp’s Day
As fishermen, remembering not to lose sight of who we are and where we came from.
Kirsten Wins the Golden Globe Race
Kirsten Neuschafer is the first woman to win a round the world race by the three great capes, including solo and fully crewed races, non-stop or with stops, and the first South African sailor to win a round-the-world event!
Rob Blood Buys Newcastle Marine
Rob Blood purchased Newcastle Marine last summer. He is busy with several projects and is making plans for a few changes at the yard.
SW Boatworks to Sell Calvin Beal & Young Brothers Molds
Stewart & Alice Workman are ready to sell the Calvin Beal & Young Brothers Molds. They are looking for a motivated buyer to take the reins and will also honor the boats.
In Gramp’s Day
As fishermen, remembering not to lose sight of who we are and where we came from.
Brian Larkin, President of Brooklin Boat Yard
Catching up with Brian Larkin in his new role at Brooklin Boat Yard.
Another Direction to Consider
The growing concern of “sea squirts”.
Publisher’s Note
The renaming and removal of history. We need to learn from and remember the complex past.
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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 36, Issue 6 of Maine Coastal News features articles on Rob Blood Buys Newcastle Marine, SW Boatworks Selling Calvin Beal/Young Brothers Molds, Golden Globe Race Update, what’s happening in boatyards and shipyards along the coast, Sheila Dassatt’s article ‘In Gramp’s Day’, 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.