While performing routine water quality monitoring on June 2, Midcoast Conservancy’s Damariscotta Lake Watershed Manager, Patricia Nease, observed what appeared to be cyanobacteria aggregates near…
On the Water
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Working Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
The voyage of the sailing vessel Elusive began in Charleston, South Carolina, on Friday, May 20. Captain Bob Scribner, a past commodore of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, and three crew…
Kevin Burnham, as editor of the Boothbay Register newspaper, is the first recipient of the Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 2-5 designation as a “Coast Guard Auxiliary Safety Partner.” The Safety…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
As we 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…
For adults wishing to learn the art and science of sailing, this is your course. As with any art, it requires time to establish this skill.
The exact contents are customized to suit the…
Boothbay Region Historical Society
On Thursday, June 2, at 4:30 p.m, Boothbay Region Historical Society presents Jon Johansen’s talk "Boatbuilding in Maine and Boothbay from 1980 to the Present." Boatbuilding in the state of Maine…
Anyone eager to explore Damariscotta Lake is invited to join Midcoast Conservancy for monthly paddles this summer! This unique lake has wonders around every corner. What better way to discover the…
Press release
Hodgdon Yachts has partnered with marine technology company, Vita, to build their highest performance all electric flagship, the 10.5 meter (34'5") LION.
Engineered and powered by Vita in…
Boothbay Harbor
Selectmen hired Harbormaster Rob Leavitt April 25 after the job sat unfilled for months. Town Manager Julia Latter said she made a conditional offer the morning of April 25, when the last of…
Two exciting new events will join the line-up alongside many longtime favorite activities during the 60th annual Windjammer Days this summer.
Harbor Aglow - a celebration of lights, will…
Carefree Boat Club of Boothbay Harbor starts its second year May 13. Franchise owners Ed and Ashley Bernard moved to the peninsula last year with the goal of opening Maine’s flagship location. The…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
Women on the Waterfront
On the anniversary of the 60th year celebrating Windjammers Days and maritime history, we pay homage to our founder, Captain Marion Dash for her contribution as a female role model in our…
The Friends of Cuckolds Light Station announced Dec. 20 the National Park Service has granted an extension on Friends’ application to take custody of the island and the station. Plans for the…
Dianne and Mark Gimbel drove to Maine Maritime Academy to present a special gift from the Friends of Windjammer Days group. Mark presented the group with a plank of the schooner Bowdoin that…
Down East Yacht Club held its annual Haul Out Party at Blake’s Boat Yard in West Boothbay Harbor Sept. 11. In spite of the horrific memories from this indelible date in our national history, DEYC…
The CG Auxiliary is offering a free, two-evening, four hour Paddle Sports Safety class via Zoom on Sept. 21 and 22 from 6 to 8 each day.
To register, contact David Racicot at david.…
The annual Sunrise Lighthouse Photography cruise aboard the Balmy Days is this coming Saturday, Sept. 11 at 6 a.m.
This cruise features the opportunity to make your best shots of…
After decidedly winning the Area A qualifier in June against talented teams from Massachusetts and Rhode Island, Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club junior sailors Arden Carleton, Toby Clarkson, Piper…
The Card Cove Association of Ocean Point hosted their first Salt Water Youth Fishing Derby on Saturday, Aug. 14. The derby was organized by Captain Ben Kaler of Mainetain Charters, CCA President…
Showing Schoonerfest goers around the 1939 When and If Saturday, the crew said the schooner would leave Wiscasset about 8 a.m. Sunday, earlier than planned, due to Tropical Storm Henri. Crew…
Fisherman Troy Plummer accepted a donation of $5,000 from Ed and Arlene Jewett of Southport Aug. 18 on behalf of Boothbay Region Maritime Foundation. The Jewetts said they and BRMF have the same…
Schoonerfest
The when moved from 9 to 10 Thursday morning, but there were no if’s about General George Patton’s schooner When and If’s arrival, and later the Sycamore’s, with the Alna man who built it from…
The 28th annual Boothbay Region YMCA Rowgatta drew 51 boats and 56 paddlers to Knickercane Landing on Barters Island to raise nearly $2,500 in support of free swim lessons for all local second…
The 47th Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club (BHYC) Regatta and inaugural Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge fleets cut a breathtaking scene Saturday, July 24 as the over 50 classic and modern racing boats…
Southport junior sailors traveled to Prouts Neck Yacht Club to compete in the Maine State 420 Championship Regatta last week. Our eight sailors joined the line of over forty boats all hailing from…
Race Day 2 for the Commodore Cup series was July 31. The current BHYC commodore was acting as race officer for the first time in recent memory. Commodore Liz Rettenmaier had a challenging first…
It’s coming on to midnight and I’m standing near the bow of the Spirit of Bermuda, a 112-foot long, three masted Tall Ship that visited Boothbay Harbor the last weekend in June. The sea…
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…
Countdown to the BHYC Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge
"Hodgdon Yachts is very pleased to support the return of the Shipyard Cup newly configured as a classic yacht regatta under the umbrella of the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club,” says Tim Hodgdon,…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge
Weather permitting, at 10 a.m. on Sunday, July 25, Nellie G II will lead nearly 40 racing vessels through the harbor, prior to their second full day of racing in the Boothbay Harbor Yacht…
oothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge
The Boothbay Harbor One Design or as popularly referred to as BHOD was designed by Geerd Hendel in the 1930s, one of Maine’s best designers, the Boothbay Harbor One Design has stood the test of…
BHYC Regatta Shipyard Cup Classic Challenge
The Classic yachts are coming, the PHRF sailboats are coming, the Boothbay Harbor One Designs are coming and all will be on display in the “Parade of Sail” at 10 the morning of July 25. Sailboats…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge
Unique is one way to describe Gleam, one of the many competitors in the newly expanded BHYC Regatta. A 1937 vintage 12-meter sloop and Americas Cup contender trial horse, Gleam…
Event is set for July 24 and 25, less than 2 weeks away.
Modern yachts of all sizes and descriptions race under the Performance Handicap Racing Formula (PHRF), which provides a method for sailboats of varying size and dimensions to race competitively…
Expanding the BHYC Regatta to include classic racing yachts requires understanding of what a classic yacht is. Essentially, a classic yacht is a wooden boat built at least 50 years ago, and for…
Gov. Janet Mills signed LD 1619 July 7 placing a 10-year moratorium on offshore wind projects in state waters. In a same-day press release, Mills and the Governor’s Energy Office (GEO) praised the…
A ‘must see’ event
This is the first in a series of articles about the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge.
BHYC has been conducting an annual regatta for 46 years and this…
It came down to the final event – the watermelon swim – and anchor Ella Watts won going away to give the Red team a one-point victory over the Green team in Southport Junior Yacht Club’s annual…
Part of the Summer of Sail 2021
Saturday, July 3 was the annual Classic boat race, featuring boats designed at least 25 years ago. The wind this year was unusual, out of the Northeast. The course was set from near McKown Point…
Schedule of events June 30-July 3
EVERY DAY
THE PORCH PARADE – pick up a map of the participating businesses and homes decorating to theme “Land Ho!” Voting instructions on the…
Augusta - The Maine Marine Patrol will be looking out for anyone violating Maine's boating under the influence laws and sharing safety information during the national Operation Dry Water weekend,…
Boothbay Harbor hosted Tall Ships Privateer Lynx, Spirit of Bermuda and Nao Santa Maria the weekend leading into Windjammer Days. Last year's Tall Ships Festival was…
Windjammer Days 2021. Boothbay Harbor’s biggest festival is back! Throughout the week, the Boothbay Register will be posting galleries of photos, as well as articles, from the various events. Be…
A shortened Blessing of the Fleet ceremony was held Sunday, June 27 dockside to greet fishing boats from around the harbor on day one of Windjammer Days. Missing was the traditional reading of the…
