Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron and Central Lincoln County Adult Education are encouraging recreational boaters to enroll in the America's Boating Course. The class meets from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.…

The following spring and summer boating courses are being offered by the United States Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 25 in Boothbay Harbor. For detailed course…

An eerie calm settled over Boothbay Harbor on February 13.

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While February maintains its wintry hold on the region, Boothbay Region High School senior Josiah Purin has escaped to warmer climes.

Purin is on board the Harvey Gamage for a…

Do you want to be a better boater and amaze your friends with your expertise? The Wawenock Sail and Power Squadron is sponsoring classes to help you realize your full potential! In Damariscotta,…

A Brewer meeting originally scheduled for December 9 by the Maine Department of Marine Resources to seek stakeholder input on a plan to reduce the harvest of elvers by 25 to 40 percent from the…

Chewonki’s announced December 18 that it would be partnering with Grain Surfboards of York to launch a…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior Program Foundation announces the election of Andrew Marvin of Boothbay Harbor as its president replacing the retiring Rob Wheeler whose term limit has expired…

Call him Josiah. He has decided to do what young men of his age in New England coastal towns routinely did hundreds of years ago: He will abandon land, cell phone, iPad, family…

ATLANTIC OCEAN — One hundred miles off the New England coast, you will glimpse Captain Wes Pulver on the bridge of the …

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club sponsored high school sailing team is in its final week of the fall season and preparations are underway for the…

On October 1 the Pemaquid Paddlers will be on the lookout for seals, harbor porpoises, eagles and ospreys as they tour the Saint George River in Thomaston.

The put-in site: At the traffic…

It was 1974 and Rik Allen had spent part of the summer in his family's cottage in Boothbay Harbor.

At that time, the biggest boat he had ever sailed was a 15-foot Sunfish on Lake Champlain…

Unfortunately this column today is headlined by the news that the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is now decommissioned for the 2013 season — our 118th!

It all happened Sunday night when Capt.…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club sponsored high school sailing team traveled to Portland September 14, to participate in the Blue and Yellow Regatta…

On Tuesday morning, Sept. 24, the Pemaquid Paddlers will mingle with the loons and other wildlife on Clary Lake, a great pond of almost 680 acres straddling Whitefield and Jefferson.

The…

Headlines of the day: Don Kenniston wins the Fabulous Free Friday Faceoff but is not present at the time of drawing so tomorrow night (Friday)…

On September 17, the Pemaquid Paddlers will paddle up the Sheepscot River under the Route 1 bridge and continue up past the railroad bridge.

The Sheepscot River put-in is the Wiscasset Town…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club sponsored and operated High School Sailing fall program is now well underway under the leadership of Sally Lloyd,…

Winners of Division One in this summer’s Seguin Island Trophy Race and the Boothbay Harbor Regatta, Ken and Ginny Colburn have been racing their Swan…

The Down East Yacht Club held a great family cookout on August 3 at the home of Commodore Matt and Charlinda Carlson. Eighty-plus members and family were in…

The 70th Arthur Hale Veasey Memorial Regatta was held at high tide at the Cove Beach on Squirrel Island on August 23. The event, which continues to be held in honor of its founder, draws all ages…

Andy Holmes, owner of Worldwide Cruise Headquarters, has been elected president of the Maine Chapter of the American Society of Travel Agents ( ASTA). Holmes has been owner/operator of Worldwide…

You know it’s winding down when Day Afloat is on the schedule. This traditional treasure hunt at sea draws large numbers of members and friends to the water and boats of all sizes and descriptions…

On Tuesday morning, Sept. 10, the Pemaquid Paddlers will go from Seven Tree Pond and into Road Pond and up the stream behind the Union Fair Grounds. Bring a picnic lunch to enjoy after the paddle…

The August season ended with two opportunities to hear of the participants of all of the sailing events of the summer. Friday sailors, parents and grandparents crammed into Southport Town Hall to…

A beautiful Monday morning greeted our sailors for the last week of the 2013 sailing season. With school “just around the corner” for many of the students and instructors, everyone was looking…

Burnt Island Lighthouse in Southport will be participating in the fourth annual Maine Open Lighthouse Day on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Special admission time that day will be from 9 a.m. to noon.…

Last week was highlighted by the Annual Meeting of the Club on Saturday morning with over 120 members present and voting. Presiding over the meeting, Commodore…

The Knickerbocker Lake Association held its annual meeting on Monday, Aug. 12 at McEvoy Lodge at Camp Knickerbocker. Guests included John Zeigra and John Orne from the region's water district.…

Join the Pemaquid Paddlers on September 3 as we visit Muscongus Bay. Long before the Mayflower, English explorers were…

As the 2013 Boothbay Harbor Yacht Junior Program races towards conclusion for this season, all staff and participants gathered for the annual awards banquet last…

Boaters have kept a close eye on the waters around Boothbay Harbor since a great white shark sighting made national headlines at the beginning of the month.

On August 17, Michael Schafer…

Five straight days of sunshine and wind: a sailor’s dream come true. The week of August 12 found sailors Weylon Armstrong, Jay Hasch, Rowan Kristan, Benjamin Pearce, Caelan Newton, MacCarey Kelsch…

Don’t let summer slip away without getting your kayak wet. Join the Pemaquid Paddlers on August 27 as we explore Pemaquid Pond. This…

The Arts and Crafts show is over and with the help of members, family and friends everything went smoothly even with the downpours during the setting up. Thanks to the juniors, who stepped in to…

Anyone with a One Design sailboat was invited to sail in a family scavenger hunt August 10.

Seven boats with nine adults and 15 children, some boats with children aboard and some without,…

Although Rowgatta XIX was rained out in 2012 and termed the “No-Gatta Rowgatta,” the 20th annual Southport…

Warm winds brought the Scheherazade from its summer home in the Cayman Island back up the coast to Maine to race in the ship's home port off East Boothbay.

After the final gun…

Monday, Aug. 5 was cold and windy as another week of sailing kicked off at the Southport Junior Yacht Club Sailing Foundation. Week six brought nine new sailors to the beginner program and each…

The weather is beautiful and the activities are endless; what more could we ask?

Well, the members of the Stripers, captained by Ron Blake and PC Marianne Reynolds came home crowing about…

Join the Pemaquid Paddlers as they tour the Boothbay Harbor Area on August 20. We’ll paddle onto the Sheepscot River and around the Isle of Springs.

All trips will leave the put-in point at…

The annual J-24 sailing class championship was included last week in the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and was won handily by Carter White and his crew from Falmouth in the vessel, AL.…

Seasoned skippers rose early on today, Aug. 9, to the sprinkling rain that kicked off the first of three days of sailboat races for the Shipyard Cup off Boothbay Harbor.

Despite the soggy…

The past weekend saw the running of the 39th annual Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta which once again was the largest such gathering on the coast of Maine this summer.

Thirty-one boats…

All Boothbay Harbor One Design owners, family and friends are invited to a first ever Family One Design "Sail" (not a race) and Ice Cream Social to be held Saturday…

What a week on the water last week! There is no doubt that we are a yacht club.

Last week started with a high power racing clinic for the kids taught by three of the world’s top sail coaches…

The mighty midgets of sail took to the water Thursday and Friday, the first two days of August, competing for the title of Maine State Opti Champion. A record 97 boats addressed the starting line…

As the summer winds down, there are still many events still to come. This weekend will feature the annual Arts and Crafts show and sale. For those of you who do not know anything about this two…

Beige sailing yachts dominated the waterfront once again this week, as the 14th Biennial Maine Island Packet Rendezvous, hosted by Mary and Norm Pierce of Pierce Yacht Company, convened at Captain…