Boat Features

Audio Slideshow: Buzzards Bay 30s

jamie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 14:45:25 -0400

In this audio slideshow, Peter Webb, an owner of French and Webb, of Belfast, Maine, discusses the challenges his company faced while restoring three 1902 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 30s to near-original condition. The three recently launched boats were on display at the 2008 MBH&H Show, where Contributing Photographer Jeff Scher caught up with Webb for a tour, photos, and interview.

Zucchini Boats

jamie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:50:22 -0400

Winner of the Fastest Zuke Boat Award:
A jet-drive trimaran zuke concocted by Carlton Johnson
of Redfern Boat. Rumor has it that the vessel was bathtub-tested
the night before the show.
Scroll down for more images.

Sweet Chariot Music Festival

jamie — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 11:31:16 -0400

The Mary Day at home in Camden. Photo by Jamie Bloomquist

Just Launched: Billy Joel's New Boat -- Argos

jamie — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 11:06:15 -0400

Ellis Boat Company delivered a new Patriot 36, one of their latest designs, to singer/songwriter
and boating enthusiast Billy Joel. Click here to view the image gallery. All images by Billy Black.

The Indefatigable Lance Lee: Boatbuilder, Mentor, Teacher

jamie — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:12:40 -0400

Lance Lee, founder of several incarnations of The Apprenticeshop, of Atlantic Challenge International, and of the Tremolino! Project, has worked on dozens of projects with hundreds of students and boatbuilders from all over the world, as the slide show below will attest, but perhaps his strongest legacy lies in the work he has done along the coast of Maine.

Just Launched: Watch Hill 15

jamie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:57:16 -0400

The Herreshoff Watch Hill 15 built by Artisan Boatworks
and featured in Issue 101 of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine.
Click here or scroll down to view a video and more images. Photograph by Jamie Bloomquist

Great Schooner Race Week

jamie — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:21:25 -0400

Heritage Photo by George Kovarik

Victory Chimes Begins the Season

jamie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:00:38 -0400

Views like this are why schooner captains and crews come back every season.
Victory Chimes, last of the three-masted schooners

Angelique, Preparing for the First Sail

jamie — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:05:48 -0400

On a great breeze, Angelique scoots across Penobscot Bay. Photo by Fred LeBlanc

Notes from Behind the Wheel - Prepping the Mary Day

jamie — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 11:30:43 -0400

Crew members carry the mainsail out onto the schooner's float. All photos courtesy of the Mary Day