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Choppy waters limit crowd, times at Bass Harbor lobster boat races

June 30, 2021   New England

More than three dozen lobstermen battled it out in Bass Harbor this past weekend as part of the annual lobster boat races, but perhaps their toughest competitor was race day’s choppy waters. Conditions were a little rougher than ideal, but nothing the boats couldn’t handle, said Jon Johansen, the president of the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association. Thirty-seven boats from across the region showed up, about half of what the race has boasted in the past. Some only had to travel from their mooring in Bernard to the starting line but others came from locales such as Prospect Harbor, Stonington, Beals, Searsport, Milbridge, Corea and Islesford,,, >photos, click to read< 10:49

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The Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races are happening this Sunday!

June 19, 2019   New England

Nearly $15,000 worth of prizes will be given away at the Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races this Sunday, June 23, with bait topping the list again. More than 100 buckets of pigs’ hide bait has been donated for the event. The town’s ninth annual races will begin right around 10 a.m., according to organizer Wayne ‘Cooly’ Rich. “Just about everybody’s going to get one of those — maybe two,” he said. Registration begins at 8 a.m. in the harbormaster’s office on the town wharf in Bernard and will end at 9 a.m. A pancake breakfast will begin at 7:30 a.m. on the town wharf. “click to read<12:51

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