The BHYC Racing Committee would like to invite all area sailors to participate in the Classic Boat Race and the Commodores Cup. These races are organized to be fun and include a…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is pleased to announce that it will offer two high level clinics as prologues to two major sailing events this summer.

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A couple hundred people gathered on the shore of Nequasset Brook in Woolwich to witness the launching of two student-crafted skiffs during a break in rainy weather  June 13,…

The class, Practical on the Water Training, is a one-day, 8-hour seminar. It includes four hours of classroom training and four hours of training and practice behind the wheel of a…

Boothbay Region Adult is offering two U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary boating courses in early May taught by certified instructors.…

The Wiscasset Community Center and the Midcoast Chapter of the American Red Cross are conducting a certified lifeguard course beginning May 12 and will run through May 19. Upon…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Junior sailing and tennis programs are now open and available for registration for the 2013 summer season. 

Learning to sail and, if desired, to race sailboats…

The HMS Bounty is off the railway at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard on Friday, Oct. 19 after undergoing four…

For the second time in a month, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard will play host to a famous replica ship.

The Freedom Schooner Amistad is currently moored in Boothbay Harbor, and will…

The Pagan Moon, out of Trevett, motors into the Wiscasset Yacht Club after sailing up the Sheepscot River this past Saturday.

A health issue kept me home last Thursday evening but a report from Greg and Donna Muzzy has indicated that there was a good turnout with abundant delicacies to fatten us up. There will be a few…

The HMS Bounty, the star of “Mutiny on the Bounty” has returned to Boothbay Harbor. The 1962 replica of the historic HMS Bounty will be in the area for approximately…

Anyone strolling through Cozy Harbor in Southport recently has likely stopped dead in their tracks, entranced and perplexed by the bizarre spectacle seen from the shore. …

While summer doesn’t officially end for for a few more days, the Labor Day holiday signified that summer is over for most of us. Wiscasset Harbor is a beautiful location for reflection and…

The ferry boat Prudence was built in Boothbay Harbor more than 100 years ago at a shipyard that no longer exists. Passengers can still take a ride in this historic vessel on the Penobscot…

The Pemaquid Paddlers' next trip will be Tuesday, Aug. 28 at Knickercane Park off of Barters Island Road in Boothbay. The participants will paddle past the Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens and out…

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Last Friday afternoon, after a wonderful lunch at Trevett's General Store, the Howard family was boating home to Edgecomb along the Sheepscot River. All…

Another busy week came to a close at the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, which was host to the exciting Maine State Opti Championship on August 8 and 9.

Sailors from as far as Vermont and New…

How adventurous do you want to be as Maine’s coast presents a spectacular rainbow of summer colors and smells?

Explore one possibility for living an…

Although committed participants and spectators were ready, willing and able to launch the 19th Annual Southport Rowgatta on Saturday, August 11, Rowgatta Co-chairs Mary Baudo and Susan Quinby were…

Confusion over two buoys, both marked No. 18, caused a stir last week.

Wesport Island resident Robert Maynes spotted a stray nun buoy under the Wesport Island Bridge and reported it to the…

Woolwich selectmen want to improve the swimming area at the town park to mitigate conflicts between swimmers, sunbathers and boat users there. People use the boat launch and nearby dock to swim,…

The Pemaquid Paddlers' next trip will be on Tuesday, August 14 on the St. George River, Thomaston. 

At the traffic light in Thomaston, turn right on Knox Road, if you…

Thanks to Westport Island resident Robert Maynes, the U.S. Coast Guard knows where a missing buoy ended up. Maynes spotted nun buoy No. 18, which normally marks the southern tip of Barters Island…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club will host its fourth annual Classic Boat Race on Friday, August 24. The race will be informal, and is intended for traditional, full-keel sailboat designs (whether…

The Cuckolds Council is pleased to welcome new volunteers and talents to the Rescue Team: Interior Designer Tracy Davis, the Principal of Urban Dwellings; Senior Landscape Architect Arek Galle,…

The 2012 All Girls Music Cruise “Chicks on the Sea” has chosen New Hope For Women for their charity this year.

New Hope for Women holds weekly support groups that provide a safe environment…

Friday, Aug. 10, marks the inaugural Boothbay Harbor Rendezvous hosted by the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard located in the heart of beautiful downtown Boothbay Harbor.
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The Boothbay Region Fish & Game Association’s eighth annual Saltwater Fishing Tournament will be held Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 11 and 12. Prizes will be awarded for the largest striped bass,…

We often don't know where we are going, but our past follows us and influences our actions. Boothbay region native Karl Berger discovered this on completion of his final college project some 3,000…

Paddle sports can be so enjoyable. But safety skills are essential for enjoyable trips along Maine’s coastal and inland waters in canoes and kayaks.

Calling all “person-powered” watercraft! The 19th annual Southport Rowgatta, which encompasses 12 nautical miles to benefit the Boothbay Region YMCA, is on Saturday, August 11 at the Town Landing…

Join Boothbay Region Land Trust members Dick Palmer and Allen Johnson as they paddle the Damariscotta River!

Saturday, Aug. 4, at 9 a.m. they will gather at Shipbuilder's Park in East…

The Pemaquid Paddlers,  a free and enjoyable paddle each week in a different place throughout the county invites you to join them on their next trip in Boothbay on Tuesday, July 31…

Among the lobstermen, hauling traps day after day for their living, are a few boats up and down the coast that seem to be having a little more fun than the others.

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The Boothbay Region YMCA will be hosting its 19th annual Rowgatta this August.

Set for Saturday, Aug. 11, the Rowgatta consists of a 12-nautical-mile row or paddle around Southport Island.…

As part of the Maine Maritime Museum’s 50th Anniversary celebration, Gazela Primeiro, a 177-foot three-masted wooden sailing ship, will be open for visits Saturday, July 14, and Sunday, July 15,…

My mother used to say, “Now Bob, watch your step…” And my father (a sergeant in the USMC) shared something similar: “Watch where you’re going, you knucklehead!”

At the carnival we were urged…

Luke and Jonathan Yerrall caught their first striped bass on the Fourth of July, and it's a beaut! The 6-year-old twins fought and later released the 30.5-inch fish aboard the Breakaway…

Windjammers head to Cabbage Island in Linekin Bay to overnight at anchor there before they enter Boothbay Harbor for the 50th Annual Windjammer Days events. A.R. Tandy/BOOTHBAY REGISTER.

The Heritage sails into Boothbay Harbor followed by Ocean Classroom's Harvey Gamage in the distance for the 50th Annual Windjammer Days festival. The visiting windjammers moored…

The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is pleased to announce that it has become the second of two certified U.S. Sailing schools in Maine.

Since 1993, U.S. Sailing has played a leading role in…

On Tuesday, July 3, the Pemaquid Paddlers will be paddling on Broad Cove and its East Branch off of Muscongus Bay. Many types of birds should be seen on this trip as we will be paddling into an…

This week contains the first official day of summer, which brings with it thoughts of barbecues, having lunch on the rocks, swimming off the rocks, making cairns with rocks of all sizes... and…

A full-scale replica of the War of 1812 privateer Fame will be available for boarding at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath this Saturday and Sunday, June 23 and 24, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.…

When she’s out kayaking alone, Dee Cooper-Rooney can yell out anything she wants. She lets out the anger from two abusive relationships.

She lost three full-term babies to her first husband’…

The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management has deemed…