Special Treat!  Watch this GREAT video produced by WCVB Boston for their show, Chronicle, featuring the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum . 
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A Life At Sea Captain Jim Sharp
Click here to view this wonderful video interview that was created by students at the famed, local, Maine Media Workshops (formerly the Maine Photographic Workshops).  Capt Jim Sharp tells of years at sea, stories of the Schooner Adventure, windjamming, and even a ghost story!
"Eclectic Rockland museum collection continues to grow"  (10/30/2019)

Highlighting some of the unusual items that come through the front door of our museum to find a home in our collection.  Click here to read the article.
The Story of the Rekord
You may have seen her in the early years of the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum.  After a long history as a working boat in Norway, lengthened a few times, crossed the Atlantic, and eventually found Captain Jim Sharp and a home in Maine where she delivered coal.  Moved through several new owners, and finally back to Captain Jim and the Sail, Power, and Steam Museum. While she's no longer with the museum, you can click here to listen to Captain Jim tell you about her history!
Historic vessel 'Bowdoin' to visit Rockland in honor of captain who kept her afloat (09/18/19)
The story of Captain Jim Sharp's sighting of the historic but dilapidated Schooner Bowdoin sitting at a dock in Connecticut and her subsequent salvage and reconstruction is legendary.  She now resides at Maine Maritime Academy as a sail training vessel, a fitting home for this vessel that took Admiral McMillan north to explore the unknown arctic.  In the summer of 2019, she visited Rockland Harbor in Captain Jim's honor. Click here for PenBay Pilot article.
Captain Jim Sharp to Receive Windjammers' Lifetime Appreciation Award (August 30, 2017)
After a lifetime of sailing Penobscot Bay and (far) beyond, rebuilding more than 30 vessels, and showcasing the coasts of Maine as a schooner Captain Jim was honored in 2017 with a Lifetime Appreciation Award by the Maine Windjammer Association.  Click here for the Bangor Daily News article.
Maine museum bringing new life to 118-year-old lobstering vessel (May 31, 2018)
That'd be us!  Restoring our wonderful Friendship Sloop, Black Jack!  Click here for the story in Bangor Daily News
Mike Estabrook's 2011 video of Captain Jim and the SPSM. 
While we no longer have the Rekord sailing our waters (shown in the film), this is a nice introduction to the museum by Captain Jim Sharp.  Click here to view.