DoryWoman Rowing

11/14/2025

November. Yes, we can still row!

Yes, it’s colder. The wind is shifting to the north. And we’ve already had some ❄️

All the leaves are gone (the 🍂are gone 🎵)

And the sky is gray.

No wait…it’s blue!

So much beauty out here this month, in Belfast Bay and up the Passagassawakeag River. Austere beauty.

And it’s also rich.

Black and white ducks are back. Those are Buffleheads upriver. And yes, seals too!

I’ll be around for Thanksgiving and I’ve got rows on the calendar for you. Come out for an unforgettable way to experience late fall in my trusty wooden dory. Bring your family and friends!

Jingle Rows start early next month and I’m offering my Winter Solstice Row on December 21 & 22! Book these special rows today! Give the gift of a row with my DWR gift cards & rowing packages and check out my merch in the shop!

11/12/2025

EXCITING NEWS! The year-end $25K grant from WOMEN’S NET has been increased to $50K! I’m in the running and I need your vote! Plz hear and click the orange VOTES button! https://ambergrantsforwomen.com/february-2025-health-fitness-grant-awarded-to-dorywoman-rowing/

See link in bio too!

What a boon winning this grant would be for a small business like mine! It will help me see my sauna project through to completion and seed an exciting new endeavor at DWR. A total life and game changer this could be!

THANKS TO ALL who voted for me so far! Let’s please keep the momentum going! Opportunities like this don’t come along very often. Share this news with your family and friends, and ask them to plz VOTE for me! The judges will choose winners at the end of next month. Public votes are part of the criteria for their decisions!

11/12/2025

EXCITING NEWS! I just found out that the grant amount increased to $50,000!! I'm in the running and I NEED YOUR VOTES! Go to my page below and click on VOTES! I've got a 1 in 12 chance of winning this!

Jama: Hi, my name is Jama with the WomensNet Advisory Committee, and I am excited to introduce our February 2025 winners. We have with us Nicolle with DoryWoman Rowing, who is our Health & Fitness category winner. As you know, February was our health and fitness focus, and she won the category award...

11/05/2025

Witches and the Moon.

A timeless pairing 🧙🌕

Too cloudy and on the cusp of another storm, so no full moon row this afternoon.

Sooo…I thought I’d share MANY moon captures from Sunday’s Witches Row in Belfast Harbor under an almost full moon!

Full-on magic. Pure magnificence. Small but mighty, our on the water coven. 7 vessels for the 7th Witches Row! So grateful!

Samhain blessings to all on this Full Moon night!

11/03/2025

I’m a licensed Maine Guide. I’m proud to be part of this heritage profession. Connecting people to place, communing with the natural world, cultivating a sense of belonging in outdoor spaces and stewardship are key tenets of being a Maine guide.

Maine’s outdoor workforce is vital to the state’s identity and economy, supporting over 30,000 jobs and contributing $3.4 billion annually. Yet, the current administration’s policies are undermining this critical sector.

Protecting Maine’s heritage and our future means rejecting harmful policies, supporting workforce-building programs, including affordable housing and investing in the people who help keep Maine’s great outdoors alive.



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10/31/2025

WITCHES ROW UPDATE!

Due to high and gusty winds forecasted for this afternoon AND tomorrow, we are moving the WITCHES ROW to Sunday, Nov. 2 at 3PM (because of the time change)!

Everything else is the same! Except that it will be quite chilly. Dress warmly WITCHES! Meet out at the footbridge at 3:15pm!

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!

Happy Halloween & Samhain! 🎃🧙👻

10/31/2025

I believe in magic. Of things seen and unseen. Of the transformation I witness daily in the natural world.

Dark and light.
There, not there.
The shape and body of water.
Always changing. Never the same.
Porpoises surfacing near my boat.
Impossible colors.
A carpet of oak leaves
Discovering. Rediscovering.
Stars in the water.

Samhain blessings to all 🧡🖤

10/30/2025

WITCHES ROW CHECK-IN!

A strong easterly storm is moving in tonight and will continue into tomorrow, Halloween. Though the rain looks like it’s going to clear out by early afternoon, the wind be up!

Safety is of utmost importance to me for our on the water coven! If it remains too windy, we will move the Witches Row to Sunday, Nov. 2nd at 4pm!

Watch this space for updates tomorrow WITCHES!

Painting of the rowing witches the fabulous Jerri Finch!

10/28/2025

I’m proud to be part of Belfast’s working waterfront. Fishing is an important tradition here. And has been for a long time. I witness daily the hardworking, resilient people who fish these waters.

I’ve heard from fishermen that lobster catches are lower this year.

Decisions made far from Maine—in Washington DC—shape life here in ways that matter. Policy changes—from tariffs on gear to reductions in energy assistance—hit small boat owners especially hard.

When the catch is low and costs are high, it ripples out into the wider community. Let’s not let the future of Maine’s working waterfront get lost in decisions made far away. Our voices matter. Support policies that keep our waterfronts working and working families strong.



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10/26/2025

Wicked good fun in Belfast Harbor, happening NEXT FRIDAY ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT AT 4PM!

Come one, come all…you witches. Join our on the water COVEN!

FMI about the 7th annual WITCHES ROW, visit www.dorywomanrowing.com

WEATHER DATE: SAT. NOV. 1!

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10/24/2025

An important message from your local dorywoman. About the place I live and work in. The place that is home to abundant wildlife. The place that I love and want to see protected and healthy for future generations.

Right now, it’s the current House and Senate in DC that are standing in the way of protecting places like this. If these places matter, now is the time to pay attention, and insist on policy that keeps Maine’s air and water clean for generations to come. And all the creatures that live here.



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