Rumery's Boat Yard

01/16/2024

We are open today but please note that a street parking ban will be in effect starting at 1 pm. Stay safe, especially driving around these hills.

There will be a citywide Snow Emergency Parking Ban in effect for the City of Biddeford from 1 PM until 11 PM on Tuesday, January 16.

As a reminder, during any Snow Emergency Parking Ban, parking will be allowed until 10 PM on Main Street between Hill Street and Elm Street ONLY.

❄️ Snow Emergency Parking Ban Policies
When a Snow Emergency Parking Ban is declared, parking is prohibited on any way, street, or in any municipal parking lot within the jurisdiction of the City, except in the municipal parking areas listed below which are designated as open for parking during snow emergencies.

Parking ban notices must be followed. Vehicles not moved by the designated times will be towed at the owners' expense. If your vehicle has been towed, please contact the Biddeford Police Department at (207) 282-5127.

Available Free Parking Lots
Members of the general public may park at no charge during Snow Emergency/Blizzard Emergency Parking Bans in the following parking lots:
-Community Center (Myrtle Street side only)
-Clifford Park
-East Biddeford Little League (Hill Street)
-Public Access (Pool Street - 15 Columbus Way)
Vehicles must be moved out of the lot by the end time stated in the parking ban notice so that the parking lots can be cleared.

Pearl Street Parking Garage
The general public may also park in the Pearl Street Parking Garage (15 Pearl Street) for a $5 fee per storm. Parking Ban Permits will be available for purchase for this storm from Premium Parking beginning at 10 AM on Tuesday, January 16 and will be valid through 8 AM on Wednesday, January 17. They will be sold via the Premium Parking app, website, Premium's TextPay and CameraPay services, and in the kiosk located inside the garage. Permits are valid through the end time stated in the parking ban notice. In the event of an issue related to parking in the garage during a parking ban, please contact Premium Parking at 1-844-236-2011.

FMI, visit www.biddefordmaine.org/parkingban.

01/15/2024

Great resource for those of us who live near the coast. Register for this webinar happening tomorrow. Details below.

📢 JUST IN! Register for the Storm Recovery and Resources webinar this Tuesday.

Join Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher and Maine State Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Heather Johnson to discuss impacts of the storms that are affecting island and coastal communities and resources for recovery.

Moderated by Island Institute President Kim Hamilton, PhD.

UPDATE: We are pleased to announce Maine Emergency Management Agency Director of Mitigation, Planning and Recovery Anne Fuchs will join as a panelist.

Tuesday, Jan 16 @ 10:00 on Zoom.

Please share. All are welcome. Registration is required.

Register here: https://islandinstitute.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FDk9q8AHRCaoktLq5tpsog #/registration

01/12/2024

Keith found these old Biddeford area photos at the library recently. How many can you identify? Can you spot one where Rumery's Boat Yard is located?

01/10/2024

Grace, a Cape Dory Typhoon, has been getting some spa treatment here at Rumery's. Looking fresh!

01/05/2024

Another winter project we have been working on, and just finished, is this electrical upgrade for this Cape North 43. Winter is the time get all of this boat repair and maintenance done for happy sailing this Spring.

01/02/2024

ICYMI

Congratulations, Emily Rowe & Kim Largey! Bon voyage on your new row boats!!!

12/21/2023

Next up in our Spa Series (otherwise known as winter projects), this Sabre 42 Sailboat getting a maintenance coat of varnish. Looking sharp!

12/14/2023

Spa Day for this classic Boston Whaler here at Rumery's Boat Yard with some new varnish and equipment upgrades.

12/06/2023

Winter projects are underway here at Rumery's. Here we have a 1977 Grand Banks 42 in for deck removal and rehab.

10/05/2023

The Compass Project, a program of Engine, has several hand-crafted wooden row boats that need a home as part of Engine’s big move. All summer, Engine has been selling raffle tickets for $10 and will raffle off two of these vessels during the last ArtWalk of the season on Friday, October 20. Tickets (or 10) can be purchased during the yART sale or ArtWalk or through Venmo with the note “boat raffle” for a digital entry. More boats are available for sale ranging in price from $1,200 to $1,700. For more information and to purchase, mail Sarah Lafortune at [email protected]. All proceeds from the raffle or boat sales benefit Engine’s mission.

Learn more about the Compass Project here: https://www.feedtheengine.org/compass-project/

09/25/2023

Explorer Mark Synnott and Nat Geo photographer and filmmaker Renan Ozturk navigated their way through a maze of potentially deadly sea ice in the Northwest Passage looking for answers.

Their journey starts right here at Rumery's Boat Yard - watch the hour long special on Disney+ or on National Geographic.

In 1847, Sir John Franklin and a crew of 128 men disappeared without a trace while searching for the Northwest Passage. 175 years later, a team of National Geographic explorers traveled to the Arctic to find evidence of their fate.