Monday, June 21, 2010

Televised Lobster Boat Races?

WBZ:

There are 10 lobster boat races this season, in Boothbay Harbor, Rockland,
Jonesport-Beals Island, Searsport, Stonington, Friendship, Harpswell, Winter
Harbor, Pemaquid and Portland. Last week, the racing association announced it
had signed an agreement with a Portland marketing company, Aura360, to produce a
television series based on the races. The company had two video crews on hand in
Rockland to record footage that it intends to turn into a pilot that it can
pitch to television networks, said Aura360 spokeswoman Lauren St. Clair. The
idea is to create a series similar to the hit cable TV show "Deadliest Catch,"
which focuses on fishermen aboard Alaska's crab-fishing boats, she said.

- John C.L. Morgan

2 comments:

Colin McGee said...

John, do you have the dates for each city?

Westbrook Diarist said...

The schedule of this year's races can be seen here:

http://www.lobsterboatracing.com/