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Cottrell Boatbuilding

Maine's largest builder of small wooden boats.

Custom Hand Built Wooden Rowboats, Yacht Tenders, Dinghies, Dories

Maine's Largest Builder of Small Wooden Boats

Builders of the Finest Wooden Rowboats, Yacht Tenders, Dinghies, Dories and Daysailers

Talent, Expertise and Reputation

Cottrell Boatbuilding is Maine’s largest builder of small wooden boats. We build all manner of small boats for rowing and sailing. Wherries, Dinghies, Yacht Tenders, Dories and Daysailers. We also do custom boats. Whatever you are looking for. If your intention is to get on the water in a beautiful small wooden boat for rowing, sailing, exploring, or using as a yacht tender, come talk to us. We have the talent, expertise and reputation to build the perfect boat for you.

Quality Workmanship

You can see and feel the quality of our workmanship. At Cottrell Boatbuilding, we use centuries old traditional methods as well as modern construction techniques. We love building traditional plank on frame boats but we realize it is not for everyone. These days most of our boats are a more modern composite construction, mainly glued lap wood epoxy. The new modern wooden boat. This modern construction method results in a very rugged, lightweight, strong hull. Less expensive and easy to maintain.

Captain's Blog

Maine boats, homes & harbors may/june 2022 issue #176.

My friend Giffy Full—who spent years in the boating world, first as a yacht captain, and then as a well-regarded yacht surveyor—called me recently to chat about boats. He lives in Brooklin, Maine, but now spends the winter months at his daughter’s home in Florida. ...  Read More »

5 Essential Boating Books That We Love

Everyone has their own opinion for which books they include onboard. Here are five books that we think are excellent choices for any onboard library. Now is a great time of year to be brushing up on safety and boating basics. From tying knots to ...  Read More »

Here’s Why We Cut a Hole in That Beautiful Catspaw

In finishing up the Catspaw for sailing we had to cut a hole in the bottom to install a centerboard case. This basically involves building a box to fit over the centerboard to keep the water out. But there is definitely a moment when we ...  Read More »

A Tale of Two Classic Moth Boats

Classic Moth Boats Classic Moth Boats are a wooden boat builder’s dream project. You might know us for building our Penobscot Wherries, Maine Whitehalls, and the Catspaws. We’re even known for our restoration projects, and giving out advice on how to take loving care of ...  Read More »

Basic Wooden Boat Maintenance 101

Spring is coming! Get ready for the water with this quick wooden boat maintenance guide. With a little bit of time, a few supplies, and most of all some spring fever, you can get your boat ready fast. Whether it’s your tender, rowboat or fishing ...  Read More »

Find Your Next Boat

Our boats are built on a maritime heritage other places only read about. A sense of pride, integrity and craftsmanship that runs from Kittery to Eastport.

A Maine-built boat doesn’t just come from the state of Maine. It comes from a state of mind that’s all but disappeared.

Sail, power. Wood, composite. Custom, production. Find your Maine-built boat.

Explore the world or your small oasis within it. From trailerable center consoles to bluewater trawlers, view Maine-built powerboats. SEE MAINE-BUILT POWERBOATS.

It’s not about the destination, it’s about the journey. Find a custom-built cruiser or a local fleet racer built here on Maine’s coast. SEE MAINE-BUILT SAILBOATS.

Fishing Boats

Mainers know fishing boats better than anyone else — whether it’s a traditional lobster hull or an offshore tuna-fishing machine. SEE MAINE-BUILT FISHING BOATS.

Current Builds & Refits

Calvin beal 42.

Farrin’s Boat Shop is currently working on a Calvin Beal 42, which is fitted out as a patrol boat for the Maine Department of Marine Resources.

Custom 41-Foot Dayboat

Front Street Shipyard of Belfast is building a custom 41-foot powerboat that will be completed and launched in 2022.

SACHEM by Buxton Boats

A Maine-built boat that’s spent her life ferrying families back and forth from Maine’s islands, SACHEM is undergoing a refit with Buxton Boats of Stonington.

Launch a dream.

Where do dreams come from? From out of the fog and the deep waters off a rocky coastline. From the inspiration of four centuries of tradition. And from working in partnership with artisans who know that if something’s not exactly right, it’s hopelessly wrong. Don’t cheat on your dream.

Service & Refit Yards

Make your boat new again. Meet the Maine craftspeople who not only build boats, but re-build, re-power, and upgrade boats.

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Suppliers & Supporters

We can’t do it alone. We rely on a network of suppliers and specialists who ensure we have the equipment, parts, and technology to build the world’s best boats.

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See them in Action

You’ve got to see it to believe it. Watch videos of boats under construction and performing on the water.

Free Directory of Builders

Browse through Maine’s builders and yards. Download a PDF of our annual directory, including articles about boat-buying, propeller selection, and 3D boatbuilding.

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Boats "sailboats" for sale in Maine

• 1978 28' SAM MORSE BRISTOL CHANNEL CUTTER $55,000 Wiscasset
• 2014 Herreshoff Full-Keel Buzzards Bay 15 | 25ft $129,500 Rockport
• 1932 28' JOHN ALDEN/ FENWICK WILIAMS CAT YAWL $24,900 Rockport
• 23' Daysailer by Sparkman and Stephens Fiberglass $4,200 ROCKPORT
• CCMK2 1982 Sailboat $12,500 Tenants Harbor
• 2008 Com-Pac Suncat Sailboat $15,000 Surry
• Cyclone 23 Trimaran $15,000 Georgetown
• 2015 Ian Oughtred Grey Seal Sailboat $19,500
• 2020 Rhodes 19 by Stuart Marine With Trailer, Like New $29,500 Northampton, Massachusetts
• Sailboat $3,500 Auburn
• Bayfield 29 sailboat $20,000 Yarmouth
• WTB Norseboat sailboat $1 Camden
• WTB US Finn sailing dinghy $0 Tenants Harbor
• Hunter sailboat $4,500 Belgrade, Maine
• I have two, 14’ Sailboats. Also a (1) Old Town sea kayak $0 Leeds
• Sabre 28-2 $22,000 Camden, Maine
• Sailing classes for Motorcycle $1
• Sigma 36 $28,000 Blue Hill
• 13' Sailboat - Chrysler Pirateer with Trailer $1,200 Ellsworth
• AMF Alcort Minifish $400 West Paris
• 47ft Cutter Designed by Eldredge-McInnis $90,000 Portland
• J - 24 Sailboat on Trailer $2,895 Jonesport
• Sailboat stands (4) $475 Harpswell
• Cal 31 $10,000 S. Portland, ME
• 71 Mariner 40 ketch $15,000 Rockland
• World Cruiser - Digital Nomad $50,000 Downeast, Maine
• HUNTER 23.5 SWING KEEL SAILBOAT,8 HP MOTOR, AUTO HELM, TRAILER, DINGY $9,999 Sebago
• Amazing deal on Paceship 19 $1,200 Bowdoin
• Classic William Tripp Galaxy Sloop 32 $3,500 Pemaquid
• wood splitter $800 Warren Maine
• 22' Whitehall Sailboat $15,000 Harpswell
• Cascade 29' Cruising Sailboat $4,500 Milbridge
• Boat - Midget Dyer Dhow Dinghy $1,200 Turner
• Nordica 20 Sailboat with new trailer $10,000 Sedgwick
• Tancook Whaler double-ended daysailing schooner $9,000 Northport
• 1974 Cape Dory 25 Sailboat $5,000 Cumberland Foreside
• Force five sailboat $1,800 Harpswell
• Alcort Sunfish Sailboat $2,000 Liberty
• Compact 16 Sailboat and trailer for sale $4,800 Sebago
• Rhodes 19 centerboard $12,000 Northport
• 21 ft sailboat $1,500 Southwest Harbor
• Catalina Capri 14.2 w/Sails & Magic Tilt Trailer $2,800 East Boothbay
• Sabre 28 MK2 $7,800 Midcoast Maine
• Nonsuch 30 ultra $36,000 Nova Scotia
• Southern Cross 39 $35,000 Winterport
• Rhodes 19 for sale $12,000 Harpswell, ME
• 1988 Pearson 31-2 Wing Keel ****Must Sell**** $9,000 Yarmouth
• Sailboat MacGregor 25 Swing Keel and Trailer $3,000 Ambajejus Lake, Millinocket, ME
• Cape Dory typhoon sailboat $3,400 Appleton, ME
• roberts steel spray ketch sailboat $10,000 buxton
• Cape Dory 30 $28,000 Round Pond
• 1988 Westerly Konsort Duo Motorsailer $25,000 Eastport
• Alcort Sunfish Sailboat $700 Bridgton, Maine
• Opti Sailboat $500 Blue Hill
• 1972 Islander 30' $1,000 Brunswick
• SAIL BOAT: O'Day 22, 1978 $1,500 Freeport
• wind surfer hulls $50 kittery point
• O'DAY RHODES 19 KEEL SAILBOAT $4,950
• Hobie Cat 16 $2,500 Turner
• buccaneer 17 sailboat $500 Warren Maine
• Cape Dory Typhoon $4,500 Cushing
• Hobie Wave Catamaran For Sale $6,000 Raymond
• Tartan 30 $6,000 Rockland
• Cal 27 $10,000 Portland/SoPo
• Catalina 25 Sail Boat with Tandem Trailer $15,900 Brooklin
• 15’ Daysailer $600 Belfast
• 24' Petit Fleur. A well cared for Ostkust sloop. Gorgeous. $12,000 Pemaquid
• Pearson 31-2 $17,999 Portland
• 2019 Beneteau Oceanis 38.1 $256,000 Portland
• Tallstar 14’ Sailboat w/ trailer $1,800 Peaks Island
• S2 6.7 (22') Sailboat $4,900 Harrison
• 1964 Ohlson 30 Sloop $9,000 SOUTH THOMASTON
• Sabre 34 Sloop $25,000 Georgetown, ME
• 24’ Venture Sailboat $3,500 Portland
• 1970 Tartan 37 Blackwatch $19,750 Buffalo
• Lightning , Lippincott #9978 $250 Boothbay Harbor
• 1977 Valiant 40 (functional/ cruisable project) $30,000 Midcoast
• Buzzards Bay 19 Sailboat $7,500 York Maine
• Etchells 30' Sloop $2,500 Georgetown, ME
• 1984 Ericson 26-2 $4,500
• 27' double ended Grinde sailboat $9,500 Little Deer Isle
• Hobie 16 w/ trailer $1,000 Brooklin, ME
• Compac 16' $4,000 Owls Head
• S&S Pilot 33 Sloop for Sale $6,900 South Portland
• Starwind 19 Sailbaot $2,900 Houlton
• 32' 1965 Pearson $5,000
• Beautiful sailboat needs some love $15,000 Bowdoinham, maine
• 1986 Catalina 22 $3,500 Wayne
• 2021 Hobie Wave catamaran for sale $6,000 Raymond
• Sailboat Mcgregor 26 $2,500 Bridgton
• Paceship 19/20 $1,500 Bowdoin
• Sailfish dailboat. Wooden mast booms complete $300 Sanford me
• Fun, fast trailer sailor $2,200 Naples
• Celebrity Class Sloop Molds $1 Boothbay
• 1985 Island Packet Cutter $14,900 Rockland, Maine
• 1973 Kells 23 for sale... $800 Brownfield
• Helm 27 Inc/ Mooring and sailing course $7,500 Portland Maine
• 1991 Merritt Walters steel cutter $37,000
• 16' Bullseye sailboat $4,200 Tremont, ME
• Shellback Dinghy $4,500 Camden
• Rhodes 19 Sailboat $15,000 Sedgwick
• Learn to sail this summer $25 Sidney
• Alerion Cat Boat 2001 $16,000 Pemaquid
• Pearson 35 Centerboard Sloop Hull# 117 $19,950 South Freeport
• old snipe and trailer $150 Ellsworth
• 1971 37' Banjer motor sailor $45,000
• Cape dory typhoon $2,500 Scarborough, ME
• Paceship 19 with trailer $1,800 Bowdoin
• Sailboat Sabre 28 $7,500 Rockland, Maine
• Classic 15 ft Bullseye sailboat $6,000 Winter Harbor
• 25’ Bob Baker Cutter $900
• '79 O'Day 22 sailboat $1,400
• 1983 Hunter 31' Sailboat $6,500 Falmouth
• Stuart Rhodes 19 2001- Like New Condition - $13,500 Lebanon, NH
• Luders 33 $17,500 Castine
• Luders L16 $0 Bar Harbor
• Hunter 22 sloop - price reduction! $1,900 Dayton
• O Day Rhodes19 sailboat $1,700 Northport
• 19’ Com Pac $6,500 Georgetown
• Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 $13,500 FREEPORT
• 1976 Hunter 27 $8,000 Belfast Maine
• Old Town Classic Sail Canoe $3,200 Ellsworth or Greenville
• Hunter Sail Boat $8,000 Pittston
• Sea Sprite 23 Weekender $4,250 Rockland
• MAST NEEDED for HOLDER 17 VAGABOND 17 $0 CORNISH
• Constant Camber 23 Trimaran $18,000 Trenton
• 2015 McLaughlin Opti – Pro Racer $2,350 Southport, ME
• Alden 45 - J.G. Alden Design - 1996 $0 Falmouth Foreside, Maine
• CSY 37 $37,000
• Cheoy Lee 31 Ketch $3,500 Belfast
• Pearson Ensign 23’ $8,000 Boothbay Harbor
• 1974 Catalac Catamaran $20,000 Stockton Springs
• 1981 Pearson 32 - In the water $13,900 Portland, ME
• Sailboat 26’ C&C $3,500 Harpswell
• Wenonah spirit II canoe $2,500 Jackson
• 15 Ft: sloop $1,800 Mount Vernon, ME
• 2014 Laser $4,750 Falmouth, ME
• Grampian 26' 1968 Sailing Sloop $5,500 Rockland
• O'Day 10' Sailboat $435 Harrison
• 28'6" Hunter HSP3 Sailboat $3,000 Elliot
• Sailboat Project $300 Oxford
• 30 ft. Gaff Cutter Rachel Saunders $24,500 Rockland Maine
• 420 sailboat $3,500 Portland
• Cal 25 Sailboat $2,800 Belfast, ME
• Hunter HSP3 Sailboat -28.5 $0 Elliot
• Sailboat - AMF Puffer $750 Schoodic Lake
• Small cruising sailboat $4,500 Millbridge
• Cape Dory 30 ketch $18,800
• Swampscot Dory $4,500 Newcastle
• 1987 Island Packet 38' Sailboat $75,000 Stockton Springs
• Catalina tall rig 1983 30 foot $12,500 Saco
• 1983 Catalina tall rig 30 foot $12,500 Saco
• 1970 Kenner Kittiwake $9,800 Gardiner
• Cal 2-27 sloop $13,500 Falmouth
• Walker Bay 10' dinghy, tube and sail $2,000 Nobleboro
• Tashiba 36 Pilothouse $85,000 Deltaville VA
• Rhodes 18' - fixed keel $2,000 Blue Hill
• Pond boat kit $250 Alfred
• 27' Catalina $500 Addison
• 28 foot Hinterhoeller sailboat $3,500 Westbrook
• Whitby 42 ketch sailboat $48,000
• '72 Pearson Ensign $8,500 Rockport, Maine
• 2 Boat trailer each with older sailboat $350 Brunswick
• 1972 Chance Paceship 32/28 $8,500 Portland
• Nordic Folkboat $6,500
• 31 ft aluminum pilot house ketch $26 Brunswick
• FJ Sail Boats $2,995 Greene
• 1975 Friendship Schooner $5,000 Friendship
• Price reduced! Custom Pearson 10M Cutter - 1974/1997 $24,500 Southport
• 1972, Cheoy Lee Off Shore 33, Ketch $13,000 Saint Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada