Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors

06/08/2025

Leave it to Maine to have one of the most unique concert series in America. Have you been to the Fox Islands Concerts series? For more than 60 years the concerts series has continued to fulfill its mission of bringing high-quality chamber music performances to Vinalhaven and North Haven. The combination of world-class musicians and island beauty make the series a treat for performers and audience members alike.

“The more people can experience the highest level of chamber music on these two little Maine islands, the better,” said artistic director Annie Antonacos. “It’s an experience that you could find in New York City, but here we are surrounded by the beauty of the Maine coast and nature and everything else that the islands have to offer.”

Read about the concert's origin in our story here: https://buff.ly/Tt8UNaP

Photo: by Nicole Acevedo of Gonzalo Grau, percussionist, dancer Nelida Tirado, and flamenco guitarist Juanito Pascual who enjoyed their ferry trip to North Haven for their Fox Islands Concerts workshop and performance in the summer of 2023.

06/07/2025

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06/05/2025

06/04/2025

Everyone's favorite continuing series- the Boatyard Dogs!

Meet Susie 🐶

Though Susie officially hangs her leash in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, she feels right at home in many a boatyard along the Maine coast. After all, her human companion, marine photographer Billy Black, is a frequent visitor and chronicler of boats being built in shops such as Front Street Shipyard in Belfast, Rockport Marine in Rockport, and the Maine Yacht Center in Portland. Thought to be about 9 years old, this Great American Mutt is always ready to tag along in the easy-to-spot photo boat WE'RE HERE whenever she can, enjoy a pat from a passerby on a dock, or sit patiently in the middle of a shop floor while her person clicks away. Her only bad habit? She likes to rearrange the bed whenever she goes for a ride in the tricked-out van that does double duty as mobile photo studio and home away from home. Lately, one of her favorite haunts is the big red boatshop in Rockport, where Project Ouzel is underway. She’s become such a frequent visitor the craftsmen have reportedly taken to calling her Suzel. When not on the road, Susie loves a good run on the beach along Narragansett Bay. After a big workout, her square jaw makes her look a bit like a pit bull, but her guy pal says don’t be fooled, “She’s got the sweetest disposition you can imagine.”

06/02/2025

By the early 20th century, Maine photography was no longer solely a man’s world, and this was especially true in the case of real photo postcards. Among the talented woman photographers who produced cards of their localities were Minnie F. Libby of Norway, Nettie Cummings Maxim of Lockes Mills, Josephine Davis Townsend of Monhegan Island, and Thurza E. Foss of Harmony.

Foss captured the rural landscape of Somerset County in the pre WWI era. Thanks to the 1898 Private Mailing Act, postcards were a popular method of communication. Photo postcards especially captured the essence of a place and were purchased as a souvenir of travel and an object of collecting.

Read the full story on Thurza Foss and her photographs at the link: https://buff.ly/t1OFfHV

05/31/2025

Robert Beck starts his story in our most recent issue with a simple question:

How, after all these years, can I harbor an irrepressible longing for a boat that I never owned or even sailed on?

"Dorothy, Oh Dorothy" is Beck's story of the boat that almost was and the irrepressible longing of a powerful imagination.

Read it here: https://buff.ly/UvoCaj3

Images Courtesy of Robert Beck- A 28-foot wooden lobsterboat sits on stands outside the author’s cabin in Jonesport, Maine, in Blue Angel (12 x 16 inches).

05/29/2025

Can't wait to see these beauties at the Maine Boat & Home Show, August 8-10, in Rockland, Maine!

05/28/2025

Ready for launch? Make a splash!

Ready for launch.

05/28/2025

Oh, those problem solvers at Back Cove…Enjoy!

05/28/2025

Way Back Wednesday! On Lily Pond in Rockport, Maine, a Penobscot Bay Ice Company worker holds a “fork bar” and stands on a large piece of ice being pulled toward the channel and conveyor by a man and two boys with long ice hooks in this photo from the Penobscott Marine Museum's collections. The conveyor and ice house are visible in the background. Penobscot Bay Ice Company was established in 1946 by E. Maynard Graffam Sr. and partners to deliver ice to Rockport residents. Perhaps we've now put winter in the rear view as well?

05/27/2025

Sweet Megg will be performing on Saturday, August 9th at the Maine Boat & Home Show!