Wild Wild West has wild wild weekend August 14, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront WINTER HARBOR — In conjunction with its annual Lobster Festival, Winter Harbor has been hosting lobster boat races for 54 years, but somehow the event never seems to get old. Last Saturday morning, 96 boats signed up for the races and, by the time the day was through, there were some remarkably close finishes and …
67th Retired Skippers Race set for Saturday August 14, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront CASTINE — Sixty-eight years after two old salts, one from Stonington the other from Bucksport, climbed aboard a couple of sailboats to settle the question of which of the towns produced “real” sailormen, a fleet of perhaps a dozen boats will sail Saturday, weather allowing, in the 67th edition of the Maine Retired Skippers Race. …
Lobster boats race at Winter Harbor this Saturday August 9, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront WINTER HARBOR — Whether summer is at its peak or is beginning to wind down may be open to debate, but there’s no question that the Maine lobster boat racing season is entering its final phase. On July 29, racing returned to Harpswell for the first time in five years and drew a fleet of …
Maine boats featured in weekend boat show August 8, 2018 by Staff on News, Waterfront ROCKLAND — Whether it’s to look at boats, or to look for a boat to buy, the 16th annual Maine Boat & Home Show on the Rockland waterfront is the place to be this weekend. The three-day show opens Friday morning and runs through Sunday afternoon. Billed as the largest in-the-water boat show north of …
Blue Hill yacht club to host regatta August 8, 2018 by Staff on News, Waterfront BLUE HILL – The Kollegewidgwok Yacht Club will host the two-day Nevin Cup regatta this weekend on Sunday Aug. 12, and Monday, Aug. 13. The Nevin Cup is a series of two races held on consecutive days for Atlantic class sloops and cruising sailboats that honors the memory of Paul Nevin, an early KYC offshore …
DMR limits trawl size in waters off Mount Desert Island August 7, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH – The Department of Marine Resources announced last week adoption of a rule limiting to five the number of lobster traps on one trawl in an area encompassing some 300 square miles in the vicinity of Mount Desert Rock. The roughly rectangular area, located in waters that are part of Lobster Management Zone B, …
Eggemoggin Reach Regatta draws large fleet August 7, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront BROOKLIN — The Eggemoggin Reach Regatta for wooden boats always draws a large fleet of interesting and attractive boats. This year, 105 vessels came to the starting line, 11 more than last year and, no surprise, most of them were interesting, attractive, or both. Again the scratch boat, Richard Schotte’s Isobel, launched by Brooklin Boat …
Fair weather and a fair breeze mark start of 2018 Castine Classic August 7, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront CASTINE – Fair skies and a spanking breeze greeted the 36-boat fleet that came to the starting line for the 19th annual Castine Classic Yacht Race last Thursday. By day’s end, though, the spank faded to a pat, and left the slowest boats wallowing to the finish line off Curtis Island outside Camden Harbor. The …
Watching the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta aboard Amity August 3, 2018 by Stephen Rappaport on News, Waterfront Recollection BROOKLIN — Browsing through a boating magazine recently, I saw yacht broker’s listing for Amity with a photograph — the one that appears above — showing the handsome Friendship sloop under sail. Although the hull was black, it was unmistakably the same boat I sailed on nearly 30 years ago with her owner, James …
Fish kill observed at Union River Dam August 2, 2018 by Maxwell Hauptman on News, Waterfront ELLSWORTH — A fish kill event was observed July 27 at the Union River Dam. Brett Ciccotelli, a biologist with the Downeast Salmon Federation, was at the site that afternoon and spotted large numbers of dead and injured juvenile alewives. “You could see, based on the injuries to the fish, that they had been battered …
