Stevens Shipyard News Today

Brian Russell Rego, 72, passed away April 6, 2024, with family at his side. He was born July 11, 1951, in Boothbay Harbor to Louis and Colleen (McInnis) Rego. He grew up on Barters Island and attended local schools and graduated as class president...

John Stewart Reed, 88, died suddenly at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Dec. 1, 2023, while packing to move to Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He was born on Jan. 25, 1935 in Norwood, Massachusetts to Gordon and Cynthia Jane (Lepper) Reed. His...

John Stewart Reed, 88, died suddenly at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts on Dec. 1, 2023, while packing to move to Boothbay Harbor, Maine. He was born on Jan. 25, 1935 in Norwood, Massachusetts to Gordon and Cynthia Jane (Lepper) Reed. His...

ERIN TOKARZ ZEPHRA, a Dublin Bay 24 designed by Alfred Mylne in 1938, is being completely rebuilt at The Apprenticeshop in Rockland, Maine. Little of the original boat remains. At 38′ LOA, she is the kind of project that continues longer than the two-year apprenticeship program, giving a succession of apprentices a chance to share in large-boat work. Walk through the back

The 61st annual Windjammer Days will take place Sunday, June 25 through Saturday, July 1, 2023. This year the Friends of Windjammer Days is celebrating our rich population of Maritime Explorers. Those featured have traveled extensively on...

Black Knight was designed in the 1960s by Walter J. McInnis of the Eldredge-McInnis company that he co-founded with Albert Eldredge in 1926 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Marlyn August "Gus" Schopper, 85, of Southport died at home July 12, 2022 after a long battle with cancer. He was born at home on Jan. 11, 1937 in Rib Lake, Wisconsin. Gus was a U.S. Navy veteran, joining the service right out of high school, who...

Wed, 02/17/2021 - 8:30am Welcome aboard everyone. For this weeks adventure we will do a little travel back to a time of Goudy and Stevens Shipyard, eventually a Hodgdon Yachts facility, now owned by Washburn and Doughty. I think before Goudy and Stevens it may have been a Hodgdon Brothers yard--- not sure about that. At any rate, even though the property has seen many changes, it remains sacred ground in the history of boatbuilding on the banks of the Damariscotta River. Why am I dred...