Images of parts of Brooklin’s two largest boatbuilding operations are shown in this post. Brooklin is the self-proclaimed “Boatbuilding Capital of the World.” This may be somewhat of an exaggeration, but there is considerable reason to be proud of Brooklin’s maritime craftsmen (male and female).
There are at least seven or eight fairly substantial boat-designing and boatbuilding operations in Brooklin, plus the WoodenBoat School (where students build boats under the direction of experts). There also is an unrecorded number of individual master boatbuilders.
Above, you see Brooklin Boat Yard’s four-story main construction shop/shed. It reportedly is 120-feet-long and 60-feet-wide. Inside, it has a huge full-height bay designed for building, repairing and restoring large custom vessels. It’s here that BBY blends classic wooden craftsmanship with modern technology and composite materials to make extraordinary (and often very expensive) yachts and other boats.
Below, you’ll see some of the heated storage and work buildings of Brooklin’s Atlantic Boat Company. Some of these building doors are 28 feet high to accommodate tall sailboats and flybridge cruisers without removing masts, Bimini tops, or hardtops. ABC designs, builds, maintains and repairs fiberglass Down East-style lobster boats, commercial vessels, and yachts.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on March 1, 2026.)