Lobster Boat Racing Season Starts at Boothbay Harbor and Rockland

Defiance, Delusional, Dear Abbie and Molly Ryan
racing in class J at Boothbay Harbor, June 15.
©Photo by Sam Murfitt

Cry Baby & Wayne Rich on Wide Open in the gas classes at Boothbay Harbor, June 15.
©Photo by Sam Murfitt

Brian Mitchell leading the pack at the Maine lobster boat races in Rockland, June 16.
©Photo by Sam Murfitt

Merganser, Donnie Drisko’s Calvin Beal, Abagail & Cartyer, Cris Pages 42' Peter Kass
with a 1000 hp CAT, and Emily Grace owned and Built by the Lowes, all in the
wooden boat class at Rockland lobster boat races June 16.
©Photo by Sam Murfitt

James West’s Wild Wild West in meltdown mode at the Rockland lobster boat races.
The exhaust tubes were blown off the engine in the mishap. The turbo charger was
also blown offthe engine and went down in the harbor. West has built engines for
maximum high performance over the last decade or more.
©Photo by Sam Murfitt