The 15th annual Rock Skipping Contest took on a new meaning on Sunday, June 23 because for the first time it was a benefit for Boothbay Region Health Center.
“In the past it has benefited…
On the Water
The 19th Brooke E. Gonzalez or “BEG” Clinic was held at Sail Newport June 13-16. Miss Gonzalez was a promising youth sailor who died tragically in 1997. Gonzalez impressed members of the sailing…
The 34th annual Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races were held in Boothbay Harbor Saturday, June 15. Here are some scenes. Results will be published later.
Midcoast Conservancy’s second annual Love the Lake Regatta will be held on Saturday, July 20, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Rolling Acres in Jefferson. Home to the Joseph A. Fiore Art Center, Rolling…
There’s gonna be a lot of wake goin’ on this weekend with the start of the 34th lobster boat racing season Saturday, June 15 at 10 a.m. with the Charles Begin Memorial Races right here in Boothbay…
Southport sailors Ella Beauregard and Hamilton Barclay raced the Youth Challenge Regatta in Newport Rhode Island June 8-9. The young sailors tested their preparation against six teams from New…
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Foundation, a nonprofit 501 (c) (3) organization, has been offering scholarships for the club’s Junior Sailing and Tennis program for the last 10 years.
The…
Maine Maritime Museum
Beginning June 5, Maine Maritime Museum is excited to offer sailing trips aboard the 1906 schooner Mary E., the last surviving schooner built on the Kennebec River, was purchased and restored by…
Coastal Rivers Paddlers have scheduled nine fresh and salt water paddles during the month of June, all of which are free and open to the public.
Paddlers should plan to arrive at the…
Lincoln Academy sailor Ella Beauregard of Southport and Boothbay’s Hamilton Barclay led the Rockland Community Sailing (RCS) team to its second win of the season at the Pen-Bay #2 Regatta in…
Adams Pond and Knickerbocker Lake
Fish biologists from the Palermo Hatchery were back in Boothbay again last week and they have left behind plenty of young trout, ready to be caught.
In late April, 250 10-inch brook trout…
Midcoast Conservancy
Damariscotta Lake will be the site of the second “Love The Lake” Regatta, hosted by Midcoast Conservancy and Maine Farmland Trust, Saturday, July 20 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The shores of Rolling…
Heading “up to camp” and putting everything back in order after a long winter, like getting your boat ready for a new season, can feel like a chore. Things that worked in the fall may not be in…
A paddle sports safety boating course will be offered by the U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary at USCG Station, 166 McKown Point Rd., Boothbay Harbor on June 3 and 5 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. each night.…
Nine sailors of the Boothbay Region Sailing Club traveled to The Apprenticeshop in Rockland on Sunday, May 5 for a favorite race, the annual Breakwater Blast Regatta. The Breakwater Blast is a JV…
Two big pieces of sailing history, schooners Ernestina-Morrissey and Bowdoin, sit a couple hundred feet apart at Bristol Marine in Boothbay Harbor keeping some of the East Coast’…
Coastal Rivers Paddlers, formerly the PWA Paddlers, will kick off the 2019 paddling season on Saturday, May 18 with a saltwater paddle to Cabbage Island and Lewis Cove in East Boothbay.
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Spice up your celebration of spring with the Lighthouse Adventure, an excursion by land and sea exploring the history and mystery of lighthouses in the Boothbay Harbor area on an exclusive…
The Boothbay Region Sailing Club (BRSC) held its first invitational regatta of the spring high school season on Saturday, April 27th. Saturday’s regatta was the first of the Pen Bay Sailing…
Five local elementary schools harvested their seaweed crop April 25 as part of a Boothbay Sea and Science Center research project. In September, the Center provided Edgecomb Eddy, Boothbay Region…
The sailing program for students in grades six through 12 has begun for the season in Boothbay Harbor. Director Chris Liberti teaches STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education at…
The United States Power Squadrons® will teach a one-day recreational boating safety course at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Saturday, April 27.
This is an eight-hour course which covers…
Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival
The Friends of Windjammer Days have been working diligently the past few months on the 57th annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival sailing into the harbor June 23-29. This year marks the…
Tidal Transit Kayak is providing a great opportunity for Boothbay region residents interested in working as Registered Maine Sea Kayak Guides. A free guide training course is being offered for…
On Thursday, March 14 from 5:30 to 7 p.m., the Boothbay Region Sailing Club (BRSC) will hold a drop-in Open House for parents of all interested sailors at the new Junior Program Building at the…
In anticipation of a summer season of boating ahead, the United States Power Squadrons® will teach a one-day recreational boating safety course at the Boothbay Region YMCA on Saturday, April 27.…
Update: With lots of help from friends, boat owner Kate Rhinehardt said Tuesday that the sailboat was raised in three hours on Monday afternoon and is now afloat.
“I…
Judge’s decision in U.S. Virgin Islands
CAMDEN - Captain Rick Smith, 65, of Camden has been acquitted on charges of Seaman’s Manslaughter following a three-day trial that began January 7.
According to attorney David Cattie, Esq…
Death threats, accusations of sabotaging lines, stealing gear, and setting traps atop those already in the water, "Lobster War: The Fight Over the World’s Richest Fishing Grounds" is a film about…
Boothbay hosted the Pen Bay #3 regatta Oct. 22. Unlike the previous two Pen Bay regattas held in light and medium winds, this event tested sailors’ athleticism as the second cold front of the…
Boothbay sailors won the Greely High School Ranger Rally Regatta in Portland Oct. 20. Fourteen teams from Maine and Vermont faced winds gusting to 22 knots in the year’s final varsity regatta at…
After publication of last week’s article, Boothbay sailors were awarded breakdown points at the Casco Bay Open moving the team from 10th to 6th place.
Few high school sailing programs…
The wooden sloop Providence docked in Wiscasset Harbor Tuesday for repairs expected to take until late spring. The Providence will require, among other things, new masts and…
Boothbay Region High School (BRHS) Sailing Team raced in Falmouth High School’s Casco Bay Open hosted at SailMaine in Portland Sept. 22. The regatta was the second qualifying event of the season…
Maine Maritime Museum and Red Cloak Tours are again offering their popular Lighthouse Legends and Lore boat excursions, including a landing on Burnt Island and exploration of the haunted…
This weekend BRHS sailors raced in the Bull Dog Open Regatta hosted by Portland High School. A Division sailors Ella Beauregard and Hamilton Barclay took first with 11 points in 6 races. While B…
The Boothbay Region Sailing Team won its first regatta of the fall 2018 season at the Southern Maine Open held in Portland Saturday, Sept. 8. It was a busy weekend for the young sailors as they…
The Boothbay Harbor One Design Association members had their closing dinner and annual meeting Saturday evening, Sept. 8. The members meet because of their love of sailing and to promote the…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
Two J/80s from the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club traveled to Marion, Massachusetts this past weekend to compete in the J/80 North American Championships. Twenty-two boats raced in moderate to heavy…
BACKWOODS ROAD
Sunday, Sept. 9
Noon - 2 p.m.
A highly energized acoustic band known for its tight harmonies, hard driving lead solos, & crowd-pleasing…
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club
The J-80 sailboat class held its annual East Coast Championship race Aug. 24-26 hosted by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club. Sixteen boats competed in the three day event directed by area residents…
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, one of our nation’s oldest (pre-1895) has selected its new slate of flag officers to lead the 2019 season. Succeeding Commodore Rob Wheeler will be Gardiner…
Kayaker John Auber won the the 25th annual Southport Rowgatta and registered the only sub-two-hour time, but he might’ve finished sooner without an unexpected encounter along the way. A U.S. Coast…
This is the final week of the sailing program but it is also the first week for a few new sailors. We would like to welcome: Ellis Walsh, Sophie…
