Bay of Maine Boats

In 1983, Maine native Mike Severance purchased a strip planked 14′ row boat he found in an old barn just off the Piscataqua River, Maine’s western boundary.  The boat had very traditional lines but was in very bad shape.  The Maine boat builders he asked to repair the boat suggested that they could also make a fiberglass mold and reproductions of this beautiful pulling boat.  These boats could be sold to help pay for the original boat’s repair costs.  Thus the start of the Piscataqua Wherry and Bay of Maine Boats.