Portland Press Herald: The town of Freeport and a longtime resident of the Flying Point neighborhood are locked in a dispute over a long-delayed boatbuilding project that may be headed to court. The 89’ Island Rover, a schooner...

Trade Only Today: The tall ship Unicorn docked last week at MacMillan Wharf in Provincetown, Massachusetts, as another chapter of the Bridgeport, Connecticut-based Sisters Under Sail program closed. The program is not only designed to teach teenage girls sailing...

Portland Press Herald: You might imagine a schooner, its sails full to bursting with the wind, slicing across Casco Bay. That’s how Harold Arndt sees his schooner, though 20 years after he started building the Island Rover, it remains...

Portland Press Herald: Nineteen schooners of various size, age, color and speed cut across the waters of Rockland Harbor at midday Friday on their way to West Penobscot Bay and the finish line in Camden during the...

Milford Mirror: The Tall Ship SoundWaters, an 80’ 3-masted schooner styled after a 19th century Chesapeake Bay sharpie, is setting sail for Milford Harbor, Connecticut. SoundWaters will be docked in Milford Harbor starting Thursday, August 16 through Saturday, August...

Jamestown Press: Ocean State Tall Ships recently announced that the Mystic Whaler—a reproduction of the late 19th century coastal cargo schooner—will join the tall ships festival in Newport, Rhode Island, from July 6-9. Originally built in Tarpon Springs, Florida,...

Knox Village Soup: The first mate of the schooner Appledore who sustained serious injuries January 17, when he fell approximately 50’ onto the 86’ ship’s deck while working aloft has died, according to a family member. According to Lt....

Maine’s windjammer fleet will gather at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin, Maine, for an afternoon of festivities. Now in its 25th year, the end-of-season event includes refreshments, live music by Flash in the Pans Steel Band, tours and a...

Gloucester Times: The launch of the latest Essex schooner is now history. Close to 2,000 spectators watched the 60-ton splashdown of the Schooner Ardelle in Essex, Massachusetts, on Saturday evening at high tide at the historic Burnham Boatbuilding yard....

Boston.com: William E. “Wilber’’ James’s family owned ships. Erik Ronnberg’s father worked on ships, first as a mate and later as a rigger. The 2 men met at Sunday school in Rockport when they were 5 and 6, and...