Boat Features

Historic vessels refit in Maine

Sail handling with the push of a button

First in class after a refit

A 1927 wooden launch leaves its homeport for a rebuild

Hybrid technology for the 40-foot Picnic Boat

Restoration at Wood Island

Boatbuilder Rich Woodman respects tradition but is not enslaved by it.

The search for a historic boat led the author to Nova Scotia, where he found a Bluenose 23, and the perfect person to restore it.

Carrying heavy Maine granite to far-off ports required a special type of sloop.

A Maine man and his daughter create a replica of the Tidely-Idley, the boat made famous in Robert McCloskey’s book Burt Dow, Deep-Water Man.

Photographer Benjamin Mendlowitz is known for his lovely images of boats. His shooting platform is a nimble 20-foot Albury runabout.

Doug Dodge has spent the last decade perfecting a wooden lobsterboat that he hopes will be the fastest in its class

At 103 and 96, respectively, Herb and Ruth Weiss are experienced cruisers

A new boat built in Sweden fits right in on the Maine coast

Atlantic Boat finds a niche building launches and water taxis

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