If you are looking for truly unusual things to do
on a
Maine vacation, Maine
lobster boat racing may be the perfect
activity for you!
In this decades old tradition, said to be "Maine's
version of NASCAR"...
...race
participants take the competition seriously. With reported top
speeds over 60 miles an hour and racing by Class, many boat
owners
follow the lobster boat "race circuit" from mid-June to late August,
as it makes its way from
Midcoast, Maine, to Downeast.
And the fun is not just on the water...
Locals and
tourists alike, arrive early to watch the action from dockside -
cheering for
their favorites or letting the crowd pick one for them, just as they
did at the Friendship,
Maine 2008 boat races...
2012 Maine Lobster Boat Race Schedule
Please note...
The information below is for
the 2011
Maine Lobster Boat Racing season NOT
2012. Updates
will be made when the new schedule is available.
Thanks to the Maine
Lobster Boat Racing
Association (MLBRA), there will be 10 dates and locations
for watching these
fierce competitions during the coming summer. And they should
be good...
...especially if the "jacked-up" engine
controversy carries over from the 2009 races!
June Lobster Boat Racing
June
18, 2011 - Boothbay
Harbor, Maine
Information - Nick Page: 207-380-5295, Marshall Farnham:
207-380-5892
June
19, 2011 - Rockland,
Maine
Information - Steve Brooks: 207-354-8763
July...
July
2, 2011 - Moosabec Reach, Beals Island, Jonesport, Maine
Information - Eric Blackwood: 207-598-6681
July
9, 2011 - Searsport, Maine
Information - Keith and Travis Otis: 207-548-6362
July 10, 2011
- Stonington, Maine
Information - Nick Wiberg: 207-348-2375
July
23, 2011 - Friendship, Maine
Information - Wes Lash: 207-832-7807
July 24, 2011
- Harpswell, Maine
Information - Henry Barnes: 207-725-2567
August 14,
2011 - Merritt Bracket, Pemaquid, Maine
Information - Don Drisko: 207-677-2432, Laurie Crane: 207-563-8707
August
21, 2011 - Portland, Maine
Information - Maine Coastal News: 207-223-8846
September...
September
11, 2011 - Eastport, Maine (at Breakwater - part of
Eastport Pirate Festival) This is a non-sanctioned
Lobster Boat Race.
Information - www.eastportpiratefestival.com
October...
October
12, 2011 - Rockland,
Maine Maine Lobster
Boat Racing Banquet
Trade Winds Motor Inn
Info/Dinner Reservations: 207-223-8846
Room Reservations: 207-596-6661