ROCKLAND — The 18th edition of the Red Jacket youth sailing Regatta will take place on Saturday, August 14, an edition sponsored by Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors.
Races start around 11…
On the Water
A historic gaff-rigged topsail schooner returns to local waters July 30 providing day tours. The Isaac H. Evans was built in 1886 and worked in the oyster trade until 1940. In 1971, the…
On the dock
ROCKLAND — Photographer David Life (instagram @journalimages) was visiting Rockland Harbor July 18 and captured images of the Silver Shalis, an 846-ton yacht that was tied up at the dock…
The Penobscot Maritime Heritage Association is celebrating Maine’s 200th birthday with a big splash. Tall ships and schooners will ply the waters of the Penobscot River and historic seafaring…
The Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife is encouraging those in Maine to celebrate Father's Day the best way possible — outside!
Father's Day Weekend, June 19-20, is Free…
Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife provides the following tips for safe outdoor boating:
Many look forward to spring and summer days to spend time on Maine’s waterways,…
‘each year we investigate boating fatalities where if someone was wearing their life jacket, they would still be alive.’
AUGUSTA — The Maine Warden Service is urging all boaters to wear their PFD (personal floatation device), abide by the Headway Speed law, and to boat safely.
“With cooler water temperatures…
As people near Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer recreational boating season, the Maine Marine Patrol provides the following reminders for a safe, enjoyable experience on…
An opportunity for kids to get out on the water
ROCKLAND — Rockland’s Sail, Power, and Steam Museum is the recipient of a $4,680 grant from the Maine Community Foundation in support of its free youth sailing program, SKFF (Sail Kids For Free).…
The directors of the Camden Area Youth Seamanship Program have appointed Scott Norman as Program Manager for the 2021 summer.
CAYSP, through the Camden Yacht Club, sustains a strong…
Midcoast Maine is home to America’s oldest commercial sailing vessels, the Schooner Lewis R. French of Camden and the Schooner Stephen Taber of Rockland, and the two of them have seen it all. As…
Megunticook Rowing is pleased to announce open registration for spring youth rowing at the varsity and club level.
The Megunticook Rowing varsity team is for high school age girls and boys…
Free Fishing License Week, February 13-21, is right around the corner and is a perfect time to introduce someone to the sport of ice fishing, according to a blog post from the Maine…
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills has signed an Executive Order to create a “Free Fishing License Week” from Saturday, February 13 to Sunday February 21 when people who register may fish for free…
ROCKLAND — After a wet and blustery Saturday, the following sunshine and 5-9kt breeze was a welcome gift for sailors Sunday, Oct. 18 at The Apprenticeshop’s Pumpkin Spice Regatta.
Of the…
Informal race between Stephen Taber, Ladona tribute to annual Great Schooner Race
Spectators used to pack the Rockland Breakwater to watch the Great Schooner Race from Islesboro to Rockland every year, but this year, with the race canceled due to COVID-19 restricting public…
On Saturday, Sept. 19, the first Witch Paddle sighting was seen on Megunticook Lake.
The SUP group, the Paddle Posse, have been paddling together for years. The six, Barbara Spear, Lynette Olson…
Just when you thought it was safe to go back in again...
What else does 2020 have in store for Mainers? The browntail moth rash, ticks, Lyme Disease, a pandemic...and now you can add great white sharks to the mix.
Award-winning journalist Ret…
Deer Isle native is a viral hit...and hoot...about all things lobster
STONINGTON—My neighbor, a long-time lobsterman, told me the other day: “There’s this guy you gotta check out, named Leroy. Friend told me about him. On YouTube, old guy like me whose been in the…
iX2020: connecting the corners of Maine; raises $300,000
LifeFlight has submitted the following:
In its eighth season, LifeFlight’s annual fundraising event, the Islesboro Crossing, tried a whole new approach. With the pandemic…
Rough seas, broken rudder send boat over
LINCOLNVILLE BEACH — Quick action by Lincolnville lobsterman Nick Heal and his crew, Alex Bryant and Jared Gilbert, brought a lone sailor attempting to right his capsized catamaran back to safe…
remaining boats selling for $1,500
The Penobscot Bay YMCA has submitted the following:
The Penobscot Bay YMCA had a successful Boat Auction this year despite the challenges of the COVID-19 restrictions, raising…
CAMDEN — Megunticook Rowing has set its fall rowing programs for all ages and most levels of rowing experience.
Rowing is the perfect way to get fit and enjoy the beauty of our waterways…
AROUND THE WORLD 30,000 MILES NON-STOP WITH NO OUTSIDE ASSISTANCE AND NO MODERN TECHNOLOGY
When Kirsten Neuschafer last spoke with the Penobscot Bay Pilot, in mid-March, COVID-19 had just made its way to Maine. It was a time when many believed the brunt of the pandemic would have been…
Popham, ankle-deep only; Reid State park, waist-deep only
Beaches in Maine owned by the state are limiting immersion in the water for safety’s sake. In response to the…
ROCKLAND — Usually the “fit out” season to get boats ready for sailing goes from March through late May with a Memorial Day start to the season for the Maine Windjammer Association, the largest…
CAMDEN — Megunticook Rowing has announced summer rowing programs for all ages and levels of rowing experience.
“Rowing is the perfect way to get fit and enjoy the beauty of our waterways…
The Friendship Sloop Society has canceled the Rockland Homecoming Regatta scheduled for July 16-18 and the Southwest Harbor race July 11 due to the circumstances surrounding the COVID-19 outbreak…
ROCKLAND — The Maine Windjammer Association has reconsidered their July fleet-wide events due to the ongoing pandemic, according to a news release, and has canceled the 44th Annual …
AUGUSTA — Governor Janet Mills directed Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife Commissioner Judy Camuso on March 27 to allow boaters to operate without a current 2020 registration and…
Around the world 30,000 miles non-stop with no outside assistance and no modern technology
Kirsten Neuschafer has been an avid sailor her entire life, and will be putting her passion for sailing to the test during the Golden Globe Race in 2022. She hopes to soon head to Newfoundland to…
CAMDEN — Megunticook Rowing, a nonprofit community rowing program serving Midcoast Maine, has hired Anna Goodale as its first executive director.
Goodale has a 20-year history in the…
An outdoor social experiment, an artistic community and canoe expedition all in one
BELFAST— Swanville filmmaker and artist Chris Battaglia had a bit of a “Field of Dreams” epiphany in 2017. Working as a documentary filmmaker aboard two-month canoe expedition down the…
midcoast athletics
ROCKLAND — The Apprenticeshop hosted the Pumpkin Spice Regatta on Saturday, Sept. 14, drawing sailors from Islesboro, Camden, Rockland, Boothbay, and Portland.
Spirits were bright amidst…
ROCKLAND — The Hurricane Island Outward Bound School, the Hurricane Island Center for Science and Leadership, and the Apprenticeshop partnered together for the third…
CAMDEN – The weekend weather was perfect for the Camden Windjammer Festival celebration that was held on the Camden Public Landing, August 30 and 31. The harbor filled with tall ships on Friday…
total raised from annual swimming event now more than $1.5 million
The seventh annual Islesboro Crossing for LifeFlight took place Sunday, August 18, with 144 swimmers making their way three miles across Penobscot Bay to Islesboro.
They were each…
HOPE — Sixteen swimmers, six boaters and a dozen spectators enjoyed the 28th annual Hobbs Pond Swim in Hope on Saturday, Aug. 17.
This year, the event was less formal with no timing and…
HOPE — Knox County Fish and Game in Hope will host a youth outdoor program Saturday, Sept. 7.
It will be an aquatic based program dealing with canoeing and kayaking, fishing as well as…
Meteorologist Keith Carson and Stormy to visit show
ROCKLAND — The Maine Boat & Home Show, August 9-11, in Rockland, has implemented a fleet of new initiatives this year as part of an ongoing effort to become a Zero Waste event.
“We’ve…
CAMDEN — One hundred eighty three sailors ranging from 10 to 18 years old from the New England region set sail in Camden as part of the U.S. Sailing Regional Junior Olympics on July 17-18.
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Photo gallery
Camden Photographer John Steele captured the beauty of the sailing season on Penobscot Bay with the full Camden Classics Cup regatta and race, Friday, July 26.
PENOBSCOT BAY — A more beautiful summer afternoon on Penobscot Bay could not be had July 26 as the fourth annual Camden Classics regatta set sail off of Camden Harbor.
More than 75 boats…
ROCKLAND — The 17th Annual Maine Boats & Home Show is seeking volunteers to assist with show production (before, during, and after the event): August 8-12.
In return for a 4-hour shift…
most photogenic boat award to be presented following race
BROOKLIN — NOAH Publications will present its annual Calendar of Wooden Boats Most Photogenic Boat Award at the 2019 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta next month.
Marine photographer and publisher…
Fair warning
CAMDEN — Camden’s Harbor Master Steve Pixley has firm words for the scofflaws who are tying up their unpermitted dinghies on town docks: Get them off by Friday or they will be hauled out by Camden…
BELFAST — The first full day of the 13th annual Maine Celtic Celebration got off to a blistering start Saturday, with temperatures hovering around 90 degrees. …
hosted by CASYP, Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer and Camden Yacht Club
CAMDEN — One hundred eighty three sailors ranging from 10 to 18 years old from the New England region set sail in Camden as part of the U.S. Sailing Regional Junior Olympics on July 17-18.
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Don’t get tangled up there
CAMDEN — The Camden Yacht Club is hosting the sailing junior olympics today, July 17, and tomorrow, July 18, which means Steamboat Landing, on the east side of Camden Harbor, is busy, especially…
CAMDEN — Megunticook Rowing is offering Learn-to-Row classes weekly and on weekends throughout the summer.
If you have never rowed before and are curious to try, come join the rowers on…
