Tag Archives: Jon Johansen
Jonesport Shipyard sold to president of Maine Lobster Boat Races Penobscot Marine Museum Board president
An established boatyard is in new but experienced hands after the Jonesport Shipyard changed hands mid-November. Jon Johansen is known up and down the coast as president of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, but he also publishes the monthly newspaper Maine Coastal News and is president of Maine Built Boats, Penobscot Marine Museum Board president and director of the International Maritime Library. The man knows his boats, so why not buy a boatyard? But the response to his decision, Johansen shared, was, “Are you crazy?” Johansen was concerned about losing working waterfront, he said. Recently, he’d learned of Osmond Beal’s boat shop on Beals Island being sold to a Florida resident — who closed it off with a locked gate. Johansen said he didn’t want to see the Jonesport Shipyard, fronting Moosabec Reach and on the market, also lost. more, >>click to read<< 19:33
Taylor’s Blue Eyed Girl wins fastest working lobster boat
Andrew Taylor of Southport, owner of Blue Eyed Girl, defended his title as the Fastest Working Lobster Boat, at the Charles Begin Memorial Lobster Boat Races in Boothbay Harbor on Saturday, June 18. Forty boats competed in the first race of the Maine Lobster Boat Racing season. Taylor’s boat defeated three other competitors in the Fastest Working Lobster Boat race. His time was just over 47 mph. Taking second was Gold Digger, Heather Thompson, at 44 mph. Below are the results as provided by Jon Johansen, president of Maine Lobster Boat Racing. >click to read<, and review 64 excellent photos from Raceday! 08:12
Dozens of boats race through Casco Bay for annual Lobster Boat Races
Sunday was the final day of lobster boat races for the season. From Boothbay, to Portland fishermen traveled the coast to compete. Jon Johansen helps run the races. He says each boat pays $20 to compete which goes towards helping high school graduates attend college through the fishermen’s scholarship fund. “The party started on Friday and in certain places it hasn’t stopped yet,” >Video, photos, click to read< 10:03
The Maine Lobster boat races are back on this year
After Coronavirus cut about half of the races out the Maine Lobster Boat Racing schedule last year, the annual tradition is back in full swing for 2021. The races kicked off this weekend in Boothbay and will arrive in Bass Harbor on June 27. “It’s really a classic Maine tradition,” said Colyn Rich, a Tremont lobsterman who organized the local race. “If you haven’t had the chance to see it, you have to come see it.” Rich, who’s been racing since he was a child, said fishermen love to compete and see who can earn the bragging rights for the fastest boats. >click to read< 09:29
Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races draw huge fleet
Last Saturday at the Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races, everyone who signed up for the event qualified for a chance in the annual post-race prize drawing organized by the event’s sponsors to win something to build — the bare hull for a brand new Mitchell Cove 35 lobster boat — and come they did. According to Jon Johansen, president of the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association, 167 boats signed up to race at Winter Harbor and earn the right to participate in the drawing. “They came out of the woodwork,” Johansen said Monday morning. >click to read< 11:40
