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69 Boats Compete in Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races in Maine; Winner Clocks 57 mph

The lobster boat racing season is off to a good start, with 69 boats competing in the eighth annual races all the way up in Bass Harbor, Maine. Wild, Wild West, a 28-foot West with a single 1,050-hp Isotta diesel, won the prize for the Fastest Lobster Boat (it’s a regular winner, usually clocking about 57 mph), while in the more specific geographic category, Rachel Irene, a Mitchell Cove 35 with a single 500-hp Cummins, won the Bass Harbor’s Fastest Lobster Boat race. In the picture above, Band-it, right, nosed out Just Colby 11 in its class (for boats 34 feet or…

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Maine’s Lobster Boat Race Season (Think 56 mph!) Starts This Saturday in Boothbay Harbor

“That’s right, lobster boat racing fans and racers. The 33rdseason begins right here in Boothbay Harbor at 10 a.m., Saturday, June 16, with the Charles Begin Memorial races.” That announcement of the start of Maine’s iconic lobster boat racing season from the Boothbay Register is just one of the many reasons to head Down East this summer, but it’s certainly one of the most enjoyable. In case you’ve missed all this, a lot of Maine’s lobster boat fishermen love to soup up their vessels and race against each other in these summer festivals, which are held in ports throughout the state.…

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A Repeat Winner for the Beverly, Mass., 22nd Annual Lobster Boat Races

For the second year in a row, Mike Malewicki proved he was the fastest lobster boat captain in Beverly, Mass., last weekend. In fact, Malewicki, driving Janie M, his 37-year-old wooden lobster boat, won two of the six races there to keep his crown. Janie M is powered by a 300-hp John Deere diesel. Therese Sauvageau, the captain of Sea Anchor, who has competed every year in the race’s 22-year-history, was happy, because she actually beat Janie M by half a boat length in one heat. “I usually come in second or third,” she said. After the races, some of the captains…