MaineBoats Blog
Tell us your boat story and/or vote for your favorite name
A boat name, like vanity license plates, can reveal much about the personality of boat owners, and how they use their boats. Someone who names their yacht Serenity, an all-time favorite over the years, or Happy Ours, is not likely to be using their boat to make a living, while a name like Bottom Line, implies a workboat.
We are asking readers to tell us us they chose a name for their boat and then to help us vote for the best stories.
New company breathes new life into Jimmy Steele's classic tender
The classic down-east peapod design has been revived and revamped as the result of a collaboration between the legendary Sparkman & Stephens firm and the newly formed Downeast Peapod company, a subsidiary of the Newport, Rhode Island-based W-Class™️ Yacht Company.
Winter fun: Lawn Mower Racing
A group calling themselves the Thunder Valley Lawn Mower Drag Racers fired up their engines to race recently on frozen Norton Pond, in Lincolnville.
Rockland marina sold to national company
Safe Harbor Marinas, considered the world’s largest owner and operator of marinas, has bought the Rockland, Maine marina and boatyard of Yachting Solutions. The national company has been expanding in Maine in the past year, buying the Great Island yard in Harpswell last spring.
Big new water jet cutting machine takes Front Street to the next level
The five-axis 3D waterjet cutting machine is the largest of its kind in Maine and among the largest in the country.
Iconic clock tower in Boston gets a “hand” from Maine
Boston's iconic Custom House Tower has four new sets of clock hands, thanks to Lyman-Morse Technologies in Thomaston, Maine.
Hinckley Yacht Services Gets Creative
Company's Portsmouth Yard transfers two-dimensional painting to a yacht hull.
At long last, the moth gets a test sail
There were trials and tribulations galore, mis-measurements and mistakes, and fights over Iphone-useage in the shop, but we persisted. And sometimes we laughed.
Electric news from Hodgdon Tenders
The Maine builder of luxury limo-tenders for super yachts has announced plans for an all-electric version.
Brooklin Boat Yard starts work on Taylor 44
The client owns a Taylor-designed, BBY-built racer that lives in Maine; he wants a second version to sail at his winter home in California.
