2012 Maine Boatbuilders Show This Weekend

By Tom Richardson on March 14th, 2012

The Maine Boatbuilders Show, which celebrates its 25th anniversary this year, starts Friday, March 16, and runs through Sunday, March 18.

The show features some of the finest fiberglass and wooden custom boatbuilders on the East Coast. Also exhibiting are numerous manufacturers of boating equipment and marine services. Sailboats, powerboats, canoes, kayaks, and rowing boats will be on display, with the builders on-hand to discuss and sell their work.

Show Information:

Getting There:

Photo by Joe Devenney

Portland Company Complex,
58 Fore St., Portland, ME 04101
Contact: (207-775-4403)
Free and convenient shuttle busses run along Commercial Street. They turn around under the bridge and will stop at designated boat show stops and deliver you to the front door of the Maine Boatbuilders Show.

Show Hours:

Photo by Joe Devenney

Friday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Saturday: 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Sunday: 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Ticket Information:

$15 one-day general admission
Online Ticket Purchase

Video (2011):

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About the Author

Tom Richardson is the director and host of New England Boating. Before that he served as the editor of Northeast Boating from 2005 to 2009, and as managing editor of Salt Water Sportsman magazine from 1995 to 2004. He lives, boats and fishes in southeastern Massachusetts with his wife and three kids.