Avelinda

Avelinda was built on Southport Island right here in the Boothbay Region in 1996. She was the second of 18 Southport 30's built so far. She is a classic Lobsterboat form, fitted out like a yacht for use as a pleasure boat. She also delivers outstanding performance and sea keeping abilities. She is  owned by Douglas and Sharon Goldhirsch who owned Southport Island Marine for over 20 years, where many of Avelinda’s sister ships were built. (The yard was sold in 2021.) Avelinda is currently available for charter through Doug’s new business, Grayling Marine Services.

bravo

Bravo is a 20’ Lyman built in 1962 and was acquired by Laura Burns in 2006.  She has since been repowered.

Breakaway III

1983 Classic sportfisherman. One of Viking's most successful models for over ten years. #611 out of the very popular 40’ Sportfisherman. LOA 40’

Brigadoon

Brigadoon is a Cape Dory built in East Taunton, Massachusetts and is 33’. She was designed by Carl Alberg and has enjoyed sailing the Maine coast for six years with the current owner. Brigadoon has spent most of her time in the North East. Andy Vavalotis founded Cape Dory Yachts and lives in Georgetown, ME. This boat has a full keel and keel hung rudder. From Wikipedia: “Carl Alberg designed many of the company’s models, favoring simple lines, narrow beams, and often utilizing a full keel for superior handling in heavier winds and seas.”

brite and fair II

Brite and Fair II is a 1987 Blackfin 29 Combi designed by Charles Jannace who worked with C. Raymond Hunt designing the first Deep-V hulled Bertram “Moppie”. Brite and Fair II has been lovingly restored and updated by her current owner since purchase in 2016 including Awlgrip, full repower, new electronic and customer Teak helm station. Originally built to cross the Gulf Stream, the Blackfin is a great offshore boat. Brite and Fair II are used for family picnics, cruising, and may often be seen as a race committee boat for the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club.

casey anne

A Bruno & Stillman 42' working lobster boat that fished and lobstered on Monhegan (winter only) for 18 years before relocating to Boothbay Harbor. She continues to ply the waters of the Harbor and surrounding environs.

cassiopiea

Cassiopiea is a catboat with a single, gaff-rigged mainsail flown from a mast that is located just aft of the bow. She is steered with a wheel and rudder, the latter of which is smaller than the typical" barn door" found on many catboats. She has standing headroom down below with large berths in two cabins and a main saloon and an enclosed head. She has a 30 hp Lombardini diesel engine and a three blade Max-Prop. She is a fine boat for cruising Downeast and gunkholing in the small coves that dot Muscongus and Penobscot Bays.

Dream

Build in 1909, 22’ Dream was inherited from the owner’s Grandfather, Edward J. Norris. She has had the boat restored; he used it for pleasure on Linekin Bay.

Freedom

Freedom is 28’ on deck and about 44’ overall. Built in 1976 by the late Ralph Stanley, her original owner was Richard Dudman. Dudman was a journalist covering the Vietnam war when he was captured by guerrillas in Cambodia. Along with his colleagues, he spent 40 days in captivity and subsequently wrote “40 Days with the Enemy.”  While held in captivity, legend has it that he told his colleagues, “If I get out of here alive, I’m going to Southwest Harbor to have Ralph Stanley build me a wooden friendship sloop and I’ll name her ‘Freedom.’” Mr. Dudman owned Freedom for approximately thirty years and sailed her in Maine and Nova Scotia. Freedom hails from Boothbay Harbor and is currently owned by Karen & Rich Schwartz.

GLEam

Designed by renowned naval architect Clinton Crane as his own racing yacht, Gleam enjoyed a very successful early career as a 12 Meter thoroughbred winning regattas from NYC to Newport. Later in her career, when the 12M design became the designated Americas Cup Class, Gleam served as a "trial horse" for numerous local and international campaigns. Her speed was highly respected, and to train alongside Gleam was a true test for any new 12 Meter yacht that hoped to win The America’s Cup. Gleam later fell into disrepair, but ultimately was rescued in 1970 by Bob Tiedeman. She became the first chartering 12 Meters in Newport, RI, and has continued to sail and win races throughout New England. Over the course of her career, Gleam has brought thousands of smiles to many years of sailors.

grayling

The Grayling was launched in Osterville, MA in the summer of 1898 by its builder Wilton Crosby. She was reportedly built as a yacht for a member of JP Morgan’s family. In 1982, in poor condition, she was purchased by a young man on the south Shore of Long Island NY. Douglas Goldhirsch, that young man, still owns her today, 41 years later. Over those 41 years he has made repairs both major and minor, and today, the boat is in excellent condition. She is the oldest boat sailing in Boothbay Harbor! She is 22 feet long and over 10 feet wide as is typical for her type: a Cape Cod Catboat.

hayval

HAYVAL is a 1968 sport fisherman built by Brownell Boats in Mattapoisett, MA. She was designed by Eldgidge-Mcinnis, and is one of the earlier cold molded boats built by Brownell. Bruce White is her 4th owner and have owned her since 2002. She had a new bottom installed in 2005, one layer of 1/2x6 inch Mahogany laid fore and aft, and 2 layers of marine plywood laid diagonally on that, all epoxied and coverd with fiberglass. Her original Detroit 8V-53 engines were replaced with two 315 HP Cummins engines in 2013, she cruises at 17 knots comfortably. She has accommodations for 4, with a 3 burner gas stove with oven, a full head with a stand-up shower, and I have cruised her from Bristol Rhode Island to Lunenburg Nova Scotia. She hails from Southport Island now and hopes to find herself cruising in southern waters in the future. She is available for private charters in the summer.

hesper

Jacqueline

Jacqueline is a 38’ Jonesport style lobster boat. She was built on Beals Island by Fred Lenfesty in 1967. Originally commissioned as the Roque Island Ferry she has never been a working lobster boat. She has changed hands and names a few times over the years, now bearing the name of owner’s daughter. With a small 130 horsepower diesel Jacqueline cruises comfortably at 9 knots. She hails from Boothbay Harbor and is docked at Bristol Marine, The Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor. She is owned by Ross Branch.

JULIET

Gifted to the owner by former shipmates in 2009. Totally restored to exacting standards in 2020. Cruises to lakes, bays, and ocean front of MidCoast Maine.

just cruisin’

This boat first appeared in the parade in 2007 when her captain, a Boothbay Harbor native, was just 12 years old! Now completely restored and repowered, she is making her return this year with the same captain at the helm, now aged 29. She is an early attempt at fiberglass boatbuilding with the hull molded from a 15' Lyman of the same vintage. She has a mahogany deck, windshield, seats, and transom. She was sold brand new off the dock in Boothbay Harbor in 1959 and currently is moored in Bayville, Linekin Bay.

Just Enough

Just Enough was a freshwater barn find given by John Kruder of Erie, PA. John knew that Rene would appreciate her and could do the restoration work. For an original, she was in fairly good shape, solid hull and intact down forward. She dd need a new transom, to be varnished and painted, rewired, and get an upgraded head. Just Enough is powered by the original engines, twin screw Chevy 283’s, which have been rebuild. The restoration was first done by owner and son, taking 5 years between working for customers. Friends and family have helped along the way and are fond of cruising the Midcoast. Just Enough is mostly used for beautiful day adventures, but she has comfortably fit 4 adults over a long trip.

muskrat

Muskrat is a 38’ centerboard yawl. Draws 4 feet with the board up and 7 with the board down. Great for gunk holing along the coast of Maine!

nellie g ii

Nellie G II was built and launched on May 18, 1932 by Goudy & Stevens Shipyard in East Boothbay. She was built for Boothbay Harbor Captain Williams, who served Squirrel Island from her summer dock directly behind the Smiling Cow, with frequent ferry service. In the wintertime she was housed in the captain’s boathouse, just north of the former swing bridge, now the footbridge. Her ownership later moved from Captain Williams to Boothbay Harbor Fire Chief Harold Dodge and Captain Ross Dickson, who lived in the house adjacent to the Boothbay Region Greenhouses property on Howard Street. Later, it was sold to Captains Raymond and Bob Fish who owned her from the ’50s to 1967. During all those years, she served as a ferry boat to Squirrel Island. It has been said that the Nellie G II has never operated off of local nautical chart #314 in its entire career.

Oceana

Built in 1973 by Egg Harbor (5 years old) she is reportedly Hull #1 in the 38ft Class. Originally owned by a Marina in Newburyport, then an Eastern Airline pilot and then a Sherriff, all reportedly used as a stationary vessel for weekend visits. Gas powered twin 454cid, 750 hp, re-powered in 2002 by previous owner.

OLIVE

Olive is a #1 hull built at Goudy and Stevens in 1921. She has been in the Prescott family for 103 years. She was rebuild in the same boatyard in 1989 and 1990 by Richard Prescott. The boat is now owned by his widow, Julie. She is housed in Christmas Cove in the summer and still takes the family for enjoyable rides. She recently went from gas to diesel with a new Yanmar engine.

QUEST

Quest was built by Cape Dory Yachts in 1986 in Taunton, MA. Clive Dent was the designer. The MS 300 was Cape Dory's only motor sailor. Joe Mair is the second owner of Quest and she has been moored in Linekin Bay since 2005. The first owner was Peter Converse of Marion, MA from the Converse Rubber Company and Converse sneakers.

rijkel

This mahogany clicker built whaleboat, whale gig, service whaler was built on Malta in 1943. After WWII it came on a lend/Lease destroyer escort as a replacement for a lost or damaged lifeboat to the Hingham Shipyard in Massachusetts.

My father, Walter, learned of these boats coming to various shipyards from a chance encounter with an English Navy lieutenant whose family he knew from the Channel Islands who encouraged Dad to seek one out and ask for it as they were being broken up. Dad found several in Hingham and asked for one and a few days later he sailed and rowed it away. It came with two masts, sails and 5 17' long sweeps. Dad added power in the forms a n outboard and two air cooled gas engines. I installed a diesel in it. The Rijkel is named for a town in Belgium that Dad was billeted in at the time of the Battle of the Bulge.

The Rijkel has cruised from Boston to Cape Breton. It has been in Boothbay and Squirrel Island since the later 1940s. It is not much of a sailor but is a great boat for outings and transport of folks, goods and building materials from Blake's to Squirrel.

rugosa

Built 1952 in West Bath by Fred Larrabee, major restoration 1991-1994 in Scarborough by Tim Swinburne (owner). Originally owned by a Mr. McCallister, owner of Burnam & Morrill in Portland, where it was moored and I first saw it as a young child. Hull, built down keel, white pine on oak frames...decks, sprung Honduras mahogany...power, 1964 Palmer BD 264 6 cylinder gas 135 hp.

salty paws

Salty Paws is a 37' Lord Nelson Victory Tug built in 1986 in Taiwan by Tommy Chen's Ocean Eagle Yacht Building Corporation. She is one of 76 built between 1979 and 1989. They were built to emulate the iconic look of a 1950’s New York Tug. Robert Ewing and Jeanne Koenig became her custodians in 2016. Salty Paws spends her summers moored on Linekin Bay and cruising the coast of Maine with the Downeast Yacht Club. In the fall she travels south to Point Pleasant New Jersey. Her first mate is Moxie, a Jack Russell terrier.

seance

Seance is a Hacker-Craft 26 RE. According to their website, the Hacker Boat Company, Inc. is the world’s largest builder of classic mahogany boats. In the 1930’s Hackers were called “The Steinway of Runabouts.” Séance is not a reproduction, but part of a continuing production legacy that dates back to 1908 with modest (Hacker has added a bow thruster and the bottom is now cold-molded) modifications.

Sea Swell II

Owned by Catherine Plourde and Scott Warren from Spruce Head, Maine. This Goudy & Stevens, 1958 Downeast Motor Yacht, was designed by naval architect Kenneth L. Smith and built by Jim Stevens of Boothbay at the instigation of famed Broadway producer Robert E. “Bobby” Griffith.

Tusk

“Penbo” Runabout built by Penobscot Boat Works in 1961. She was acquired by the current owners in 2019 and transferred from Deer Isle to Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Tusk has a 1987 Yamaha two-stroke engine. In the off season, maintenance and restoration work is done by Bristol Marine.

whistler

1946, 36’ Goudy & Stevens power cruiser

whiteflash

Whiteflash was built by the Penobscot Bay Boatworks in Rockport, Maine in 1962.   The offshore cruiser was hull number 7 of the cruising pleasure boats designed by Carl Lane and built by this yard. The Burns family purchased the boat from the original owner in 1971 and she remains in the family 52 years later. Boothbay Region Boatyard/Hodgdon Yacht Services has cared for Whiteflash since 1988, replacing the original palmer diesel with a Yanmar in 2003 and then removing and replacing the entire house/superstructure over the 2013 and 2014 winters.  She has been berthed at Browns Wharf for 37 years.

White Lady

White Lady is the last boat built in 1967 by Norman Hodgdon who passed away halfway through her construction and the design and completion of the build was carried out by loving long-term employees and family.

winsome

Built in 1983, 48’ Winsome has sailed in 4 Bermuda races with a 2nd place in one of them, 1 Caribbean 1500 Rally of 60 vessels sailing from Chesapeake Bay to the Virgin Islands (came in 6th place), has more than 50,000 miles under her keel of sailing between Maine and Trinidad.

zoom-ah

Originally built in 1965, the boat found it's way to Maine. It had restoration work done in early and mid 2000's by Androscoggin Boat Works and Edgecomb Boatworks when named "Sal". The Churchills have owned and maintained the boat for the past 10seasons renaming it "Zoom-ah".