The Caleb Brewster whaleboat project progresses as volunteers complete the outer hull, aiming for completion by the nation's 250th anniversary.

For the U.S. Navy, boats perform missions from mundane maintenance chores such as hull scraping and cleaning overboard discharges… ...

Have a lobster boat to race? Sunday is your next chance. The races in Harpswell, which are part of a summer circuit in Maine, will begin around 10 a.m.

Whaling was then an important industry in which whale oil was used for lighting, lubricants, and other purposes. Standard hand-held harpoons were dangerous because they required skill and strength to ...

Photo courtesy of Grace by Nia Boston’s restaurant scene doesn’t rely solely on clam chowder, though arguably, it could. We also refuse to apologize for our fervent love of lobster rolls. But ...

“When I came out of the head, they was announcing over the PA system for number two motor whaleboat to lay up and launch it, because we had men in the water,” said Crawford.

At Bayles Boat Shop in Port Jefferson, a historically accurate, 18th-century-style whaleboat is in the works. On July 5, a day after the 249th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of ...