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DON'T MISS the 52nd annual BHYC Regatta and Shipyard Cup Classics Challenge! July 18-19, 2026!! Registration opens in February! BoothBayRegatta.com

10/12/2026

Meet "Wildfire", Boothbay Harbor One Design #24, sailed by the Berger family. Built in 1956 in Boothbay by local legend Sonny Hodgdon, and sailed out of BHYC for 69 years. (Yeah, right!?) She was Patty's 16th birthday present... And don't underestimate an octogenarian at the helm. She can make it go!

10/08/2026

Tradition, turned up to 76 feet.

Falcon has the long, low silhouette and warm wood details of a yacht from another era. Then the black sails fill, the bow lifts, and the modern purpose becomes very clear.

Built by Brooklin Boat Yard in 2005, this Spirit of Tradition sloop pairs Maine craftsmanship with a composite hull, a powerful fractional rig, and a crew that knows exactly where the weight belongs.

That is the point of Spirit of Tradition: not a reproduction, but a yacht that carries classic proportion and presence into full-blooded modern racing.

What gets you first: the black sail plan, the sweeping bow, or the crew in matching uniforms?

10/05/2026

A custom yacht should feel personal. Mermaid still does.

Commissioned in 1957 by Austin Goodyear and built in East Boothbay, Maine, by Paul E. Luke & Sons, this 46-foot Sparkman & Stephens ketch was designed for both coastal cruising and blue-water sailing. Nearly seven decades later, she remains in only her third ownership.

Look closely and the purpose is all there: varnished spars, bronze hardware, a proper wheel, working sails, and a crew fully engaged in the rhythm of the boat.

Mermaid was built to go places, and she has the racing record to prove it: winner of the 2011 Marblehead-to-Halifax Ocean Race and a familiar champion on the classic-yacht circuit.

Which detail would stop you first: the dark-green hull, the brightwork, or that wonderfully busy cockpit?

Photo credit to Keith P. Luke.

10/01/2026

Why did centerboard yachts rule the CCA era? Because the handicap rule liked them almost as much as sailors did. In the 1950s and ’60s, the CCA Rule treated keel-centerboard designs favorably. A boat like Eight Bells could carry a shoal fixed keel for coastal cruising, lower a deep board for real upwind bite, and earn a competitive rating in the process. Then Carleton Mitchell’s centerboard yacht Finisterre won three Bermuda Races, and the formula became an American classic: handsome, capable, shoal-draft, and fast when it counted. Here, Eight Bells shows the enduring appeal of that idea; a 1962 Ted Hood 40 still making her case under sail.

09/29/2026

Eight Bells is a classic 1962 Ted Hood 40 centerboard sloop derived from the Tor 40 design. Legendary naval architect, ocean racer, and sailmaker Ted Hood's designs are renowned for their heavy displacement, elegant classic profiles, and integrated keel-centerboards that allow shallow coastal drafts without sacrificing offshore tracking and stability when the board is lowered.

09/27/2026

THUNDERHEAD, sail number 75. A Philip L. Rhodes cutter moving through soft air with her chute drawing, her varnished spars warm against the haze, and the crew settled into the rhythm of a classic boat doing exactly what she was built to do. Designed by Rhodes and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1961, THUNDERHEAD carries her age lightly: graceful, capable, and still very much alive under sail.

09/25/2026

A classic cutter with offshore stories still being written. THUNDERHEAD was built for racing and cruising, and more than sixty years later she is still proving the point. Homeported in Rockport, Maine, she returned to the Newport Bermuda Race in 2026 and finished fourth in her 25-boat division, with a young crew carrying the next chapter forward. History looks good with a spinnaker up.

09/21/2026

THUNDERHEAD, sail number 75. Designed by Philip L. Rhodes and built by Abeking & Rasmussen in 1961, THUNDERHEAD is a 48'9" masthead cutter with the kind of profile that stops you before you know why: clipper bow, varnished rail, tall rig, and a working deck that still looks very much at home under sail. Classic by class. Classic by character.

09/18/2026

One more look at POLLY. Launched in 1945, she was Henry B. Nevins’ own postwar yacht, built at City Island after the yard’s wartime work gave way again to pleasure craft. Today, restored and sailing hard, POLLY carries that history with uncommon ease: tall canvas, brightwork, a focused crew, and the quiet confidence of a boat built to last. @northsails

09/15/2026

POLLY. Built in 1945 at the Henry B. Nevins yard in City Island, New York, POLLY is a 56-foot wooden sloop with a story as graceful as her sheerline. After years away from the racecourse, she was restored and relaunched in 2018, returning to the water with her long overhangs, varnished details, and working crew fully alive again. Classic lines. Real breeze. Eight decades of history in motion.

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