March 4, 2024

Maine Lobster Boat Races 2024 schedule

Carli Clancy

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F/V Carl & Co and F/V Jacalwa head to head at the Long Island Lobster Boat Races. Photo courtesy of Jon Johansen

Get ready to kick your engine into high gear this summer! People from all around the state follow The Maine Lobster Boat Race Association up and down the coast. These races always draw a crowd, and the captains prove to grow bigger and bigger raft-ups every year.

2024 Maine Lobster Boat Races Schedule

JUNE

15 (Saturday) – Boothbay Harbor
16 (Sunday) – Rockland Harbor
23 (Sunday) – Bass Harbor Pier

29 (Saturday) – Jonesport-Beals (Moosabec Reach)

JULY

14 (Sunday) – Stonington
21 (Sunday) – Friendship
28 (Sunday) – Harpswell

AUGUST

10 (Saturday) – Winter Harbor
11 (Sunday) – Merritt Brackett (Pemaquid)
17 (Saturday) – Long Island
18 (Sunday) – Portland

OCTOBER

19 (Saturday) – Awards Banquet.

*The schedule is subject to change. For updated information, visit Fans of Maine Lobster Boat Racing Facebook Page

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Carli Clancy

Carli is a Senior Associate Editor at National Fisherman covering commercial fisheries, fishing communities, and marine policy across the United States. Raised in a fourth-generation fishing family on an island in Casco Bay, Maine, Carli brings a working-waterfront perspective to her reporting, with particular focus on New England fisheries and the people whose livelihoods depend on the water.