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 is a Content Specialist for National Fisherman. She comes from a fourth-generation fishing family off the coast of Maine. Her background consists of growing her own business within the marine community. She resides on one of the islands off the coast of Maine while also supporting the lobster community she grew up in.

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