Yachts For Sale In Maine

Boating in Maine is perhaps enjoyed best in the spring and summer months due to the cold and blustery conditions experienced off the coast in winter. There’s plenty of marinas lining the captivating coastline, with seven surrounding Downtown Portland alone, including the impressive Fore Points Marina with megayacht facilities, and Spring Point Marina, a 250-slip destination that is the state’s largest. Elsewhere on the coast there is Journey’s End Marina in Rockland, Ocean Point Marina in bucolic East Boothbay and, right on the New Hampshire border, a range of charming jetties and slips on enchanting Badger’s Island.

Maine’s oldest yacht club is the Portland Yacht Club dating from 1869, while the Camden Yacht Club jointly hosts the Camden Classics Cup Regatta, one of the planet’s foremost racing events involving vintage watercraft. If you find yourself in Portland in the early summer then make sure to check the dates for the Class40 Atlantic Cup, a leading shorthand race that culminates in Maine’s biggest city.

Popular sailing destinations along the Maine coast include Acadia National Park, an untouched and unspoilt wilderness on Mount Desert Island, the folksy and arty towns lining the state’s southern shores like Ogunquit and York, as well as the stark rocky seaboard surrounding Pemaquid Point Lighthouse. Yet Maine also hosts a superb variety of inland boating opportunities, including the vast Moosehead Lake, where 75,000 acres of sublime freshwater and trout fishing await, as well as Lake Sebago, known for its scenic surrounds and clear waters.

The boating industry in Maine is worth around $2.9 billion dollars per year, with the state boasting a disproportionate amount of independent artisanal firms that still craft traditional vessels the old-school way. The state is also home to several larger brands specialising in upscale, modern versions of historic Downeast-style lobster boats like Sabre, Back Cove, Hinckley and Wesmac.