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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 12 Number 5 August 2009 F E AT U R E S

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A guide to Narragansett Bay A veteran cruiser outlines his favorite itinerary around this classic Rhode Island cruising ground and recommends anchorages and shore activities

By Ken Packie

Cruising Narragansett Bay.

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Bad night at the Barred Islands The 22-foot catboat Penelope found itself between a rock and a hard place for the author and his retriever during a November Maine cruise.

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Big Red and driving the bend He taught me how not to be a Backin’ Jack Dodge Morgan

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We really didn’t run faster the older we got.

Guest columnist: Jim Reddington

Master of the Mystic River I chased the Brilliant and tried to engage her.

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Letters..........................................7 Piggy Sue takes umbrage at dog’s sloth; Shadow questions Boon’s “Bug” habit.

Mystery Harbor...........................10 It’s more a Connecticut state of mind; new Mystery Harbor is on page 74.

News ..........................................18 Atlantic Challenge has sailing classes for all; Here’s what R.I.’s Tall Ship will look like.

The Racing Pages ........................52 Block Island Race Week results; Pilot, Centerboard, SailMaine regattas.

Media ........................................60 “The Riddle of the Sands” as audio-book.

Dispatches ..................................70 The USCG never stops preparing for storms.

Calendar.....................................75

Fishing reports ...........................80 Chopper bluefish are raising heck in Maine; Tuna, shark and mahi-mahi are off Rhode Island.

Fetching Along ............................83 You can’t sail downwind forever.

Yardwork ...................................88 John Williams launches Stanley 38; Brooklin Boat Yard sets 90-footer free.

Confessions ................................89 Size doesn’t matter in this game.

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Fruitful errors bursting with seeds of correction K, Publisher Joe – you who dutifully, without fail, cut me a check each month – I missed my deadline: I did not write the editorial for this issue yesterday, as I was supposed to, deciding to go sailing instead. The weather was perfect for the first sail in over a year in my clinker sailing dinghy – five to 10 out of the northeast and a nearly cloudless sky – and, yes, I screwed up, turned my back on the magazine, and headed out into the Great Beyond of Narragansett Bay. I’m not denying the error of my ways, Joe. Isn’t our patron saint here at Points East Italian economist Vilfredo Pareto, who declared, “Give me a fruitful error bursting with the seeds of its own correction, and you can keep your sterile truth to yourself.”? Well let me tell you, Joe, no truths were to be heard on yesterday’s hooky cruise, and my little bucket was so full of fruitful seeds that she must have looked like a truck farm out there in Greenwich Bay. Down at the landing, I’d much-too-hastily laced the gunter mainsail to her spars, and bent the main halyard and jib sheets to their sails. I’d stepped the mast, and started to reeve the sheet through a block on the transom when I realized the sheet block was missing.

Back in the car, I found a block in my ditty bag that would fit the bill.

I began to rig the jib. Where was the halyard? I thought I’d left it on the tiny headsail last year. A painter extension from one of the storage pouches would have to serve as a halyard this day. I dollied the

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boat down the ramp, rowed under the railroad trestle in light air and against the flood tide, and raised sail once we could bear off out the channel. An osprey hovered over unseen prey, focus undeterred as a Delta flight, flaps down, roared overhead bound for T.F. Green. I envied its gift of concentration as our sails filled and we gained speed.

Gosh, those jib sheets seemed short.

Oh boy, those weren’t the sheets; it was the missing jib halyard that was doubled with a clove hitch through the clew. Hey, not to worry: I lengthened the “sheets” with a pair of docklines from the same rope locker, which was slowly being depleted of its stores.

We reached along the Warwick shore, so close to the beach we chatted with a woman and her two children, who admired our mock-tanbarked sails. We jibed over and set a course for Greenwich Cove, coursing in a steady breeze across a flat sea, through a slick redolent of the cucumber scent of bluefish-mauled bait, the centerboard chattering happily in its trunk as if to say, “It’s about time, boss; I thought you’d forgotten about me.”

We headed back to the barn when the tide turned against us, and had a delicious run back to the landing. It had been a red-letter day on the water – no, Joe, a flawless red-letter day, and I’m a better employee because of it. And Joe, who would have thought that a number-cruncher like Vilfredo Pareto would have known so much about sailing?

I missed my deadline: I did not write the editorial for this issue yesterday, as I was supposed to, deciding to go sailing instead.

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Letters

Hell hath no fury like a pig scorned My name is Piggy Sue, and before I retired I was very famous in harbor towns I visited, and for writing stories about my cruising adventures and safety on the water. My stories appeared in the U.S. Power Squadron magazine, “The Ensign,” and in several Boat/US publications among other newsletters and newspapers. I retired a few years ago because typing made my hoofs hurt and my vision isn’t so great anymore. Now I’m nearly 18. Retired at 18? Well, for a pot-bellied pig, that is very old.

Recently, the guy who runs my boat identified the July Mystery Harbor before anyone else did, which caused the editor of this magazine to learn of me.

What kind of name is Nim anyway? He asked me to come out of retirement if I could.

I have trouble reading these days, but I was shown photos of Boon and that spotted dog on their boats, and I had to ask why would anyone want the opinion of a dog? I was cruising when their parents were puppies. I now sail on a catamaran after 15 or 16 years on a monohull. Cats don’t heel (no, not cats that meow; who cares about them?), so it’s much easier for me, but even now I always wear my PFD, my lifejacket, when I’m not snuggled below in my berth. So my question is: “WHY AREN”T THOSE DOGS WEARING LIFEJACKETS?” OK, in Maine kids are not required to wear PFDs (what’s wrong with people in Maine, don’t they like their kids?), but in Connecticut, if you are under 13, you are required to wear a lifejacket, and that spotted thing is definitely under 13.

This is why I wonder why anyone would listen to a dog. They are not smart enough to insist on a PFD. Many years ago I fell off my anchored boat at night in www.pointseast.com

Port Jefferson, N.Y., while boarding after taking care of some business, if you know what I mean. I went under, but popped right up and was easy to grab because of my PFD. I can swim just fine, and I have plenty of natural – ahem – flotation, but I understand that grabbing a wet pig is not the easiest thing in the world.

Wet dogs, besides smelling bad, are not easy to grab either, unless they have a lot of fur. Ouch! Dogs will tire no matter how well they swim and be lost if not rescued quickly.

I understand the same thing applies to humans.

Kids can swim but will tire quickly, and without a PFD they too can be lost. The grab strap comes in handy, too. Sometimes for other reasons besides falling overboard.

No matter what your species, wear your lifejacket!

If the guy who runs my boat falls overboard, I am not dropping the sails to go back and get him. I’m just going on. Your friend, Piggy Sue s/y Infinite Improbability

‘Shadow, you pull bugs from gear?’

Every time I see a new issue of Points East, I get excited and read it from cover to cover. The July issue was wonderful – especially the article that I helped write on the trip from Cuttyhunk to Stage Harbor in Chatham, Mass. – from a dog’s point of view. Later on in the issue, I noticed a piece authored by Boon, the Lobster Dog from Kittery Point, Maine.

Boon – I don’t understand – you actually “pull the bugs from the gear…?” Down here in Connecticut, we try to avoid bugs – my best friend puts bug repellant on me monthly to keep me in tip-top shape. I wish you luck with your new boat and safe travels on that work boat in Maine. By the way, do you have a boat named after you? I do!

Shadow the Firedog m/v Dalmatian Essex, Conn.

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June’s cover shot is great – but...

Fortier Boats in Somerset, Mass.

Great cover, but it’s a shame that none of young people are wearing PFDs. I teach the boating safety courses at MDI High for the Coast Guard Auxiliary.

PFD use is always Number 1.

Bill Weir Bass Harbor, Maine

The letter on page 10 of the June issue (“We Own the Boat on May’s Cover” by Chris Seymour) contains a minor inaccuracy as to the location of Fortier Boats.

They are at 34 Riverside Avenue, Somerset, MA 02725 (Tel: 508-673-5253, www.fortierboats.com) and not in Fall River Mass. They are located near the Brightman St. Bridge, and across from Fall River by a few miles. They are near Gladding-Hearn Shipyard at 1 Riverside Avenue.

Also, the MacKenzie Cuttyhunk was not built in Fall River but in Rehoboth, Mass. (if my memory is correct), near Taunton. These were the greatest wooden bass boats ever built for working the waters off Cuttyhunk and Martha’s Vineyard. Love your magazine.

Melvin N. Lash Newport, R.I.

Points East is about simplicity I enjoy reading your magazine. Unlike most of today’s sailing magazines that are all about big expensive boats and the latest equipment, Points East is about sailing on boats most people can afford and enjoying the simple pleasures of being on the water.

John Bergstrom Plymouth, Mass.

Is Coronet really the oldest?

In you June issue, in the feature on the schooners of Newport, you note the schooner Coronet (1885) as the oldest known U.S. schooner in existence.

How about the Stephen Taber (1871), or Grace Bailey/Mattie (1882), or the Lewis R. French (1871)? I do really like your magazine and recommend it to all.

Douglas W. Meyer Guilford, Conn.

From the editor and the author: I think you’ve caught us with our double-bibs down. Thanks for the sharp eye. Coronet does not appear to be the oldest schooner in the U.S. Here’s what author Peter D’Anjou says: “I got the oldest tag from a quote on the web by the Newport Art Museum, which said, “Currently owned by IYRS, Coronet was built in 1885 for industrialist Rufus T. Bush and has been called the oldest, largest, and most original grand yacht in the world. I guess grand yacht isn’t exactly oldest schooner.”

Thanks, Mr. Lash, for the correct Fortier Boats contact information. Regarding where Mackenzie Bass Boats were built, the MacKenzie Boat Club (www.mackensieboatclub.com) says: “MacKenzie Bass Boats were lofted and built in several locations in Massachusetts, including Marion, Padanaram, Fall River, Taunton and Hyannis, but none had the history of The Jones River Landing in Kingston.”

Bolger and ‘form follows function’ You know I just learned about Phil Bolger’s death (Final Passages, June). I never met Phil but I had corresponded with him a few times, and, gentleman that he was, he wrote me back each time.

When our three sons were very young and ready to learn the art of rowing, I built Bolger’s Nymph for them. The little boat served its purpose well, and when the boys had outgrown it, I sold it to a fisherman as a

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dinghy. When I was a scoutmaster, I had this crazy idea that during the winter maybe the Boy Scouts could build their own canoes, and then in the spring we’d all take a river trip.

I ran this idea past Phil, and he kindly obliged with a design for a simple multi-chine plywood canoe, suitable for boy construction. Stitch and glue if I remember.

One of the features you would have expected from Phil was that the canoes were designed to nest inside each other, like codfishing dories, for easy storage and easy transportation. As things turned out, the canoe project never got off the ground, but I’m sure somewhere in an old file I’ve still got Mr. Bolger’s canoe plans.

I think it was in college mechanical-drafting class that I was introduced to the concept of “form follows function,” and the whole idea resonated with my philosophy and outlook on the world. When I discovered Phil Bolger’s boat designs, I knew we were kindred spirits, especially when it came to small-boat design.

It’s a shame he has chosen to move on, but those of us still here can take pleasure and satisfaction in all the books and articles Phil has written and in all the boats built to his designs and ideas – and still floating. The world of small boats is the richer for his having been a part of the boating scene.

Randy Randall Marston’s Marina Saco, Maine

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More on the brave motor lifeboats I would like to add a little information to Ralph Cleale’s letter in the June Points East regarding the 36-foot motor life boats. The one in the picture is probably either the 36500 or the 36383, both of which were based in Chatham on Cape Cod. They put the numbers on the bows and the name of the C.G. station was painted on the sterns. In this case it was Chatham.

On Feb. 18, 1952, the 36500 under the command of Boatswains Mate 1st Class Bernard Webber took part in the greatest peacetime life saving mission in Coast Guard history. On that day, Cape Cod was in the middle of a winter blizzard complete with 70-knot winds and 60-foot seas. Not one but two T-2 tankers broke in half somewhere east of the Cape. Bernie was ordered to pick a volunteer crew and proceed out through the treacherous Chatham Inlet to look for survivors. This was a mission from which no one expected them to return. (The old C.G. motto is, “You have to go out but you don’t have to come back.”)

The waves broke the windshield and tore away their compass. Darkness added to the problem, but despite it all, they were able to find the stern section of one of the ships (the Pendleton) with 33 survivors aboard. By making more than 33 passes, they were able to save all but one of the men. By now they did-

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n’t have a clue as to where they might be, but somehow they ended up back in Chatham harbor with 32 survivors and four crew aboard the severely overloaded boat.

For this the C.G. was going to give Bernie the Gold Medal, which he refused until they agreed to give one to each of the other three members of his crew. Fifty years later the 36500 had been restored and is owned by the Orleans Historic Society. On May 28, 2002, the crew again took the 36500 out through the Chatham Inlet and back. Later that day, there was a reception at the Historic Society.

At that time, it was my privilege to meet and talk with the four of them and one of the survivors. Today, there is but one of them still living. Bernie passed

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away in January of this year. In May, on what would have been his 81st birthday, the Coast Guard held a memorial service in Wellfleet here on the Cape.

MLB 36500 has again been restored and was relaunched recently. She is usually tied to the dock in Rock Harbor, Orleans. I go aboard now and then, just to stand where Bernie once stood and try to imagine what that night might have been like.

Warren Price East Dennis, Mass.

For more details about the Pendleton rescue, read “Unsung Maritime Heroes” by W. Russell Webster, Captain, USCG (Retired), in the March/April 2007 issue of Points East.

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More a state of mind than a political entity I believe that is the Mystic (Conn.) River, taken from the Mystic Seaport Museum. We have been members of the museum for about 25 years and sailed and docked there many times.

Three years ago we moved our home port to a mooring less than a mile south and just off the river. Our pet, an 18-yearold pot-belly pig, Piggy Sue, is in the photo archives of the museum from when she first arrived as crew on our boat many years ago. Now that we are close by, we take her there for a stroll on occasion, always causing a scene. We think of the Mystic River leading to Fisher’s Island Sound because of how you have to follow the channel in Mystic Harbor, but I suppose the river ends sooner, perhaps south of Sixpenny Island.

Coming to Mystic from the east in Fisher’s Island Sound, you must stay south of Ram Island Reef, R “20” and then head for C “1”. Be sure to go between the C “3” – N “2” combo to avoid accidentally going over the Ram Island Shoals with its many rocks.

It’s easy to err here. I did it several times about 25 years ago, fortunately without result. Once you come to the daymark, G “5”, it is easy to follow the wellmarked channel. If you come from the west, I recommend going to C “1” also, even though you’ll see locals taking a short cut. The short cut is safe if you know where the rocks are.

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moorings. Good luck finding a spot. It is also a long way to town from here. Noank Village Marina and Mystic River Marina are next, and although they are great destinations, they are not in walking distance to town, either. Transportation is available, cabs etc., but our motto is, If we can’t walk, we don’t go.

Mystic Shipyard and the Brewer’s are just south of the railroad swing bridge and are in walking distance from the Village of Mystic. Just opposite Mystic Shipyard, just past Pine Point, is an anchorage for shoal-draft boats with about four feet at MLW. The anchorage is marked by white info buoys.

After going through the swing bridge, there is Seaport Marine to starboard, which is also transientoriented, and couple of marinas on the port side with a few transient spots. Next is the bascule bridge that is the center of Mystic Village. It divides the two Connecticut towns, Groton to port and Stonington to starboard. Mystic is more a state of mind than a political entity. The bridge opens at 20 minutes before the hour during the boating season.

Beyond the bridge is a gem of the east coast, Mystic Seaport Museum. They have transient berths, and it is amazing to spend a night or two there and be part of the exhibit. You also have access to the grounds (not the buildings) after the tourists have left. The Mystery Harbor photo was taken from their docks, and is stunning at sunset, something you’ll only see if you have taken a slip there or . . . .

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nel ends. There is plenty of water if you stay in the area that would be an extension of the channel, but once there are more than half a dozen anchored, you might be running out of depth. Fortunately, that many boats is pretty rare. There is no other place to anchor north of either bridge. It gets shoal quickly once out of the channel.

Wherever you get a slip or anchor, you will find Mystic an outstanding place to visit. Between the bridges there is a dinghy dock that makes it easy to visit the village. Mystic boasts a concentrated area of shops, restaurants, antiquing and ice cream – too many to choose a favorite, and not a clunker among them. Last weekend, we were in town because District 1 of the U.S. Power Squadron had a rendezvous at Seaport Marine, and my wife overheard the following: “We shouldn’t have bothered to go to the Cape (Cod). We should have just stayed here.”

Michael Camarata Wallingford, Conn.

Beaten by 4 hours and 7 minutes Isn’t that taken from the stone quay at Mystic Seaport looking to the west? I believe the dolphin would be one used to moor the Joseph Conrad.

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You’re looking north from the Mystic Seaport dock.

Unfortunately, it’s not much of a harbor, with depths of one to two feet, and only usable to the dink sailors from the Seaport.

Following the channel to the right, north of buoy C “53”, you might be able to find a spot for a couple of shallow-draft boats with a small area that holds about five to eight feet of water. While there, go to shore at Kitchen Little for the best breakfast in Mystic. We usually hang there for a couple of days, several times during the summer. You can take your dink back down the river to the town dinghy dock just south of the Seaport, or the other dinghy dock downtown beyond the bridge.

John and Doris Baczek m/v Puffin Watch Hill, R.I.

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We believe that the July Mystery Harbor is Mystic Seaport.

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Perspectives Big Red and driving the bend he year I met Big Red I was living alone in an ark under a bridge in St. Paul, Minn., on the Upper Mississippi River. Dave’s Ark was a 42-foot home-built steel houseboat which, due to its ancient and long-ago seized-up Ford 302 engines, never went much of anywhere. But that was OK because I spent most of my waking hours running a 135foot sternwheel cruise ship along the Mississippi and Minnesota Rivers.

On the rare Saturday evenings I had off, I would climb over a tired security fence on the shore beside my houseboat, ascend the 100-plus rusty steel stairs that led to the top of the Wabasha Avenue Bridge, walk across the span of the Mississippi, and stand outside the World Theatre with a tall shy man in a white suit.

Together, we would try to muster in enough people to generate audience noise for his local radio show.

The year was 1978, the show was “A Prairie Home Companion,” and his name was Garrison Keillor.

Later, he got real famous. I didn’t. But that’s OK, too, because in watching and listening to his mesmerizing monologues, I truly learned to appreciate the art of storytelling.

After one particular show, and after an earlier incident on the river I’ll never forget, I walked back across the bridge, but didn’t descend the stairs to my houseboat as usual. Instead, I continued on to a river bar called Awada’s. I was still jittery from what had happened that morning and thought a drink or two might calm me down. At this point, I didn’t know many of the river pilots, as I was a new transplant from the ocean, and considered just a “cub pilot“– green, newly licensed, and still learning the river.

I functioned in a make-believe, tourist-focused world, driving a recreated Mississippi River sternwheeler and narrating, with authority, about a river I knew little about. As a sternwheeler captain, I wore a uniform designed by the cruise ship’s marketing department and calculated to radiate authority and a sense of command. It consisted of white boat shoes, blue pressed slacks, a belt with a big brass buckle showcasing a Mississippi sternwheeler, a white shirt with four gold-bar epaulets, and a name tag that said “Captain.” Thank God there was no hat.

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Believe me, I never wandered too far off the ship in this get-up. And the very last place on earth I would ever go in this rig was the world of Awada’s Riverfront Tavern, the domain of the hardscrabble commercial towboat pilots, whose uniforms consisted of what was closest to them on the floor when they got up each morning.

Towboats, by the way, actually push rather than tow barges, and what they and their pilots do is extraordinary. Their job fluctuates between complete boredom and total terror. Pushing barges with a million gallons of gasoline through steel bridge spans in a fast running river in the middle of a city in the dark of night is not for the faint of heart, especially when the bow or “head” of the tow can be a couple of football fields in length ahead of you. In fact, the largest tow ever pushed on the Mississippi was eight barges long by four barges wide. That makes it a 1,600-foot ship with a 200-foot beam on a narrow river. So next time you think you’re hot stuff docking your 30-footer with your bow thruster, think again.

So I wandered into the smoke-filled darkness of Awada’s in my jeans and T-shirt, took a seat at the bar, and ordered a Grain Belt beer. Before long, four men came in and grabbed a round table just behind my bar seat. I stole a glance at them over my shoulder, but the big one with the red beard caught my eye.

“Hey,” he said, in a deep, gravelly voice, “I seen you from my pilot house today…can tell it’s you there, Cubby, even without yer little Captain America suit.

You’re that new one runnin’ that silly paddle boat that looks like a wedding cake, ain’t you?”

He stopped to wave over the waitress, then continued. “Passed you kind’a tight in Monkey Rudder Bend while we was pushing a couple of empties down from Lock One this morning. ’Nother few feet and I could’a squished you down through that Mississippi River mud right to China. Mebbe you happened to notice me.”

“You’re off the Sadie Mae,” I said. “That’s why I’m here drinking. That mud you mention was in my Captain America pants when I came around the bend with my 400 tourists, and there you and your 400 feet

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of barges were bearing down on us, taking up most of the river.â€? “Yeah, I was drivin’ that bend with them barges there Cubby. Some guys, they’ll back a bend instead of drivin’ it‌let the currents pull their lead barges through while backing slow against it to try to get control.â€?

He looked over at the other three pilots at the table, and they all smirked. “Backin’ Jacks‌that’s what we call them guys. Backin’ Jacks waste time, stretch their tows across the whole river, backin’ and tryin’ to line up for the next bend. Them’s cub pilots, like you.

You got to drive a bend, son. Kind of like a car in a skid. Got to let go the brakes, put the hammer down on them 3,000 horses, and steer through it‌ also maybe hope there ain’t nobody around the corner.�

Red smiled. “Look here Cubby,� he continued, “you might as well come over and join us. Might learn a thing or two.�

So I grabbed my Grain Belt and moved over and met the pilots of the Sadie Mae, the Mike Harris, the Itaska, and the Bull Durham.

The waitress came by and stood next to Red, who clasped her tiny hand in his mighty paw, and then released into it a one-hundred-dollar bill. “Sweetie, I want you to fill the top of this round table with open Budweiser bottles ’til you can’t see the top no more.

Then kindly go away, cause we don’t want no interruptin’ as we got some cards to play and some stories to tell, and it’s been one long day on the river.�

Then he looked over at me and winked. “Ain’t that right there, Cubby?� he said, and, just light enough to not hurt me, my new friend punched me on the shoulder.

Dave Roper lives and works in, and sails out of, Marblehead, Mass.

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Perhaps we all should keep our pasts a secret t one point in life, the past becomes populated with activities we cannot anymore do – and those we would not even consider doing again. A corollary of this is that time enhances, sometimes creates, past successes, and blurs the failures.

I once admitted to my son that the older I get the faster I used to run. I have come to see my walking out on a large group of IBM executives in the middle of a supposed “inspirational talk,” based on my solo, nonstop circumnavigation, as a heroic personal statement – “these lowly office residents” – rather than what it was, a stage death.

Today, I would never attempt to solo sail an old, gaff-headed schooner from Hawaii to Tahiti, a distance equal to a North Atlantic crossing, some 2,300 nautical miles, without Society Island charts or any instrumentation or life raft, or dependable engine, or food other than rice, crackers, peanut butter and Dinty Moore, or self-steering gear. Just thinking about doing that scares the you-know-what out of a 77-year-old me now.

But it was 45 years ago, and I recall believing then that the passage simply seemed the right thing to do.

It was during those passages down and back that I figured out a system to reef the old gal down in less than an hour and learned that a drogue trailed from the stern in heavy downwind work can rob the boat’s steering agility, like hanging a sounding lead from an overhead string. Maybe the experience allowed me to feel quite privileged just a couple weeks ago to have 30-year-old charts on the old schooner Eagle.

While down in those islands I learned that the beaches are beautiful, but they are all the same, and that Polynesian women look like the ones Gauguin painted, rather than like the fakes in South Pacific travel ads. It took time and the introduction of some sperm and wombs from Scots and Asians to produce

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the beauties.

I will always wonder how I ever thought it a hilarious frat prank to raise an extension ladder to the dean of women’s bedroom window to shoot a signal cannon off inside. Getting caught and kicked out of college as a result now seem like pulling off a colossally stupid act and getting away with it.

There are also so many acts that I continue to do, sincerely wish I did not do, and for the life of me cannot figure out how to stop doing. Such as my obsessive, peppering my conversations with fourletter words, my compulsive use of sexual metaphors in Points East columns that really enrage feminists and women blessed with sensitivities that keep them from watching cable television.

I have a compelling belief that someone beating me at cards must be undeservedly blessed by the luck charm or cheating. I hide that my dependence on solo sailing is because no one can know the mistakes I make when I‘m alone. I have never achieved the ability to see value in a buck. My addiction to silence is emphasized by the presence of people. I persist on my obnoxious trait of truly living out the old maxim: “Someone who thinks conservatively when young lacks heart, and someone who thinks liberally when old lacks brain”. This makes me persona non grata wherever people of politics at both spectrum ends gather.

And to top this whole mess off, I have the cojones to actually turn this column in to the Points East editor.

Wow, I sure do miss the counterweight of Tom Snyder herewith, and miss his next-door column for its repeated model achievement of intellectual bafflement.

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Master and commander of the Mystic River t was a beautiful fall Sunday afternoon on Connecticut’s Mystic River – a perfect day to commune with Lady J, my Ericson 28, on a singlehanded sail in Fishers Island Sound.

Determined to make this a no-diesel day, in light winds and slack current, I sailed off the mooring. I worked my way through the mooring field to exit the river east of Ram Island. As I did so, I remembered that a friend was returning to Mystic Seaport aboard the Brilliant. Sure enough, I spied a ship coming into Fishers Island Sound through Watch Hill Passage.

Suddenly picturing myself as Captain Jack Aubrey, I thought, “The game is afoot.”

I was lurking behind Gates Island (which is difficult, since it’s just a pile of rocks that doesn’t rise more than a couple feet above the surface). With freshening winds, I pounced and set up an intercept course. However, I was steadfastly maintaining my no-diesel, status, and I could not make sufficient way to meet her.

The breeze picked up some more when my prey was abeam of Ram Island. I adjusted course. I finally appreciated the slow-motion dance of a pursuit under sail. As in the Patrick O’Brian stories, it was time to feed the crew before the exertions of gunnery and boarding. In my case, it meant reaching for the sandwich and a Diet Coke stored in my Lunchmate cooler under the helm seat. I studied my chart to see how close I could skirt Ram Island Shoals. I thought the better of it and went outside the markers. Once past the shoals, I clawed desperately to windward in an attempt to gain the weather stance. However, without a wind shift. my chances of bringing myself to bear on my target were rapidly slipping away.

Originally thinking that she would run up the Mystic River under the protection of the guns (actu-

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ally Adirondack chairs) on Morgan Point, I was confused that the Brilliant appeared to be continuing on to New London. Seeing the distance between us widen, I lost hope of engaging her that day. Then she turned back towards the river. “What deception”, I thought, and resumed the chase.

Her daring captain brought her toward the river along Groton Long Point and Mouse Island, forsaking the safety of the main channel where I would have surely caught her. She slipped around Morgan Point, into the river, and escaped. I never got a chance to train my guns on her.

As the winds were picking up even more nicely, I consoled myself over missing out on my prize by continuing on and circumnavigating Seaflower Reef and North Dumplings. Winds then dropped, but I ran wing-and-wing back toward home port. Land shadowed behind the point, and I slowly crept up the river to my mooring. Pleasantly exhausted by my adventure, I furled the sails, hailed the launch, and headed home.

Monday morning, I emailed my friend and told him of my attempt to intercept him the previous day. “But we’re not scheduled to go out on the Brilliant until next weekend,”, he replied. My spirits rose: So she hasn’t gotten away from me yet. Like Aubrey with his spy Maturin, I have learned when she is next heading back out to sea. She will be mine Jim Reddington sails Lady J, a 1984 Ericson 28, out of Noank, Conn., on the Mystic River, where he’s a member of the North Cove Yacht Club. He recently returned from his first “real” offshore passage, crewing with a friend and his wife on their Westsail 32 from the Bahamas to Charleston, S.C., where he adopted a beautiful black lab, Maggie.

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News AC has sailing courses for both young and old Community Sailing at Atlantic Challenge, now in its 12th season on Rockland (Maine) Harbor, AC offers one- and two-week sailing programs for beginners and intermediates throughout the summer. Youths, ages 8 through 15, learn to sail in Opti prams, two-person 420 sloops, plus traditional and modern keel boats.

The 2009 season will included the Red Jacket Youth Regatta on Aug. 8 and interclub sailing. Curricula include the arts and skills of sailing and seamanship.

The AC teaching team includes head instructor Collin Pope of Warren, with returning instructors Maya Holzhauer of Rockland and Mike Root of Owls Head, plus new in-

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AC also offers spring and fall afterschool sailing lessons for students ages 8 to 14, on single person JY dinghies, two-person 420 sloops, and small keelboats. Classes are held Photo courtesy Atlantic Challenge Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30 Front row: Returning instructors to 5:30 p.m. at Atlantic Challenge, Mike Root and Maya Holzhauer, 643 Main St., Rockland. No sailing Back row (from left): new waterfront experience is required; scholarships director KC Heyniger, new instructor Adrienne Brown and head instructor are available. FMI: www.atlanticchallenge.com Collin Pope.

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For example, if a person buys a boat out of state and within the first year brings it to Maine for more than 30 days, that boat may be subject to a five percent use tax. If the vessel’s owner did not pay a sales tax for it in his or her home state, Maine Revenue Services may try to collect. Revenue officials say they have stepped up enforcement in recent years after receiving reports from boaters that out of-state boaters were not adhering to the law.

The tax applies to all types of personal watercraft, new and used. Maine revenue services says the use tax produces from $7 to $10 million dollars in revenue for the state each year. FMI: www.mainemarinetrades.com.

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Beat is on for Rhode Island’s Tall Ship The hull of Rhode Island’s Tall Ship Oliver Hazard Perry sits comfortably on a Tall Ship mooring in Newport Harbor, awaiting its transfer to Warren, R.I.’s Blount Marine for construction of its deck and interior. The final fitting-out of its spars, rigging and hardware will take place on the Newport waterfront. When it is ready to sail in 2011, the Perry will be a 207-foot, three-masted squarerigged Class A Tall Ship, whose masts will rival the height of Trinity Church steeple, the dominant structure on Newport’s waterfront Now adorned with a splash of white topside paint for visibility, the Perry’s black hull was bought last fall by nonprofit Tall Ships Rhode Island and towed 892 miles from Amherstburg, Ontario, to Bowen’s Wharf. In May, with a tow sponsored by Gencorp Insurance Group (East Greenwich, R.I.), and Hunt Marine (Warwick, R.I.), the ship moved across Newport Harbor to the New York Yacht Club’s

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Harbour Court for an “All Hands on Deck” fundraiser, which raised over $50,000 and confirmed Rhode Island’s long-term commitment to the Perry project. FMI: www.tallshipsrhodeisland.org.

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Westerly, R.I., is on pump-out crusade

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Since May 28, boaters have been able to call VHF Channel 8 for free holding-tank pump-outs. Vincent Gentile, Donald Greene, or Albert Antoch will respond in one of two boats, which roam on call, serving the Pawcatuck River, Watch Hill Harbor, Napatree Point, Little Narragansett Bay, Sandy Point, and Stonington harbors.

Westerly Town Engineer, Jonathan R. Pratt, P.E., oversees the operation, which keeps more than 27,000 gallons of raw sewage annually – an estimated 200,000 gallons total during its eight years of service – from flowing into the sound.

The pump-out service began when long-time resident Mike Logan – avid fisherman, and SMC Boat Restoration owner – went before the town council to voice concern about increased trash and pollution fouling the beaches. The council asked Logan to explore so-

Broadway actor Gary Poe and his TidePool Cruiser have educated some 50,000 kids about preserving the ocean. Half of the CUSH (Clean Up Stonington Harbors) mission in Stonington, Conn., is to educate residents about ways to improve local waters.

This summer, Poe and CUSH join forces at four events aimed at local families. Two already were held in July. The remaining events are on Aug. 1, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at the Stonington Village Fair; and on Sept.

27, 10 a.m.-4 p.m., at Mystic Aquarium’s National Estuaries Day. From the TidePool Cruiser, students have a “worms’-eye view” of a storm drain full of trash, pesticides, oil, fertilizer, and additional pollutants on their way to be deposited, untreated, into streams, rivers, coastal harbors, and the ocean. As students move around the cruiser, they enjoy the Travelin’ Tide Pool Touch Tank, handling living sea stars, sea urchins, marine snails, kelp, and other ocean life. FMI: www.windowsonourwaters.org.

lutions. Logan and John Fusaro, former Westerly superintendent of public works, facilitated installation of the first local land-based pump-out station, which emptied directly into sewer lines at Westerly Yacht Club.

Portions of Fishers Island Sound fall in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New York. Logan assisted the State of Rhode Island in designating its waters a “no-dumping” zone. He contacted Frederick A. Huntley, Connecticut DEP Clean Vessel Grant Coordinator, for grants that funded 75 percent of pump-out-boat purchases.

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A small sportfishing boat runs by Point Judith Light near the approaches to Narragansett Bay on a rare calm day. This structure warns mariners of one of several hazards on the eastern seaboard known as “The Graveyard of the Atlantic.”

A veteran cruiser outlines his favorite itinerary around this classic Rhode Island cruising ground and recommends anchorages and shoreside pursuits.

Story and photos by Ken Packie For Points East t is easy to make the argument that Newport, R.I., and Narragansett Bay is the epicenter of East Coast boating. Now these are strong words and sure to raise eyebrows as far away as Annapolis, Oyster Bay, Hyannis, Marblehead or Camden.

Nevertheless, Narragansett Bay certainly has the credentials to lay claim to that title.

It is a perfect early-season weekend destination if you are within a five-hour sail of this beautiful cruising area. The protected waters afford calmer seas and

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As you boat around Narragansett Bay, names such as Poppasquash Neck, Kickamuit River, Conanicut Island, and Pettasquamscutt River reveal a bay history rich in Native American lore. And it is impossible to ply these waters in your motorboat or sailboat without constant reminders of the early preEuropean history of this beautiful bay. Just as evieditor@pointseast.com

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War College, old torpedo ranges and historic forts dot the shoreline. Did you know that the Quonset hut was developed by the Navy at Quonset, R.I., on the bay? When considering recreational boat lore such as America’s Cup racing, a cruise through Newport will find many of the J-Class and 12-meter boats afloat as well. The presence of the New York Yacht Club’s summer home in Newport also brings the biannual Newport Bermuda Race fleet, a spectacle worth coming to see.

So where to begin and how to organize such an expansive boating area? The bay can be divided into three or four major regions: East Passage, West Passage, Mt. Hope Bay, and the Sakonnet River. Cities such as Providence, Newport and Fall River, Mass., all benefit from their proximity to Narragansett Bay. Even with these population centers ringing the bay, there’s plenty of room for boating. In fact, it may not be possible to design a place that has more to offer the boating fraternity.

Summer winds are often light in the morning, but as the land temperatures rise, a sea breeze will build to 20 knots by mid- to late afternoon and lay down again when you are ready to anchor for the evening.

A pair of boats sailed by members of the Stonington (Conn.) Cruising Club galvanize into a friendly light-air race off Wickford, R.I., at the top of the West Passage.

With the major passages running north and south, it is often possible to have nice reaches among the many islands scattered about. Currents are relatively modest, rarely over one knot except in a few constricted areas such as south of Newport near Castle Rock and

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the Sakonnet River narrows, where two knots and more can flow.

If you are visiting the bay for the first time, you will find that the entrances can be uncomfortable and confused at times. With currents running parallel to the Rhode Island coast, Point Judith poking out, and Block Island forming another constriction, currents can be strong enough that an opposing wind can make for choppy areas. Also, with currents running in and out of the bay and a swell coming in from the Atlantic, four- or five-foot swells can set up a rollercoaster ride across the entrances.

These conditions, while uncomfortable, will soon dissipate as you head up the bay or turn the corner at Point Jude. Coming down from Cuttyhunk, it is a short run of about three or four hours by sail. After clearing Brenton Reef at R “2” , proceed toward Beavertail Point at the tip of Conanicut island (Jamestown) and choose either West Passage or East Passage.

Every recreational mariner has his favorite spots, and I’m no exception. With so much to choose from in the bay, let’s take a cruise up the West Passage and back down the East Passage, offering some highlights on my favorites. Coming from the west leave R “4” to port as you pass by the entrance to Point Judith Harbor of Refuge. If a big sea is running, you may want to give Point Jude an even wider berth.

Beating down the West Passage can be an intense affair when the afternoon southwester fills in.

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“The Newport Harbor Guide” (http://newportharborguide.com): This guide is an excellent starting point for planning your visit.

Bannister’s Wharf (www.bannisterswharf.net): This wharf is well worth a visit for the shops and dining options.

The Newport Yachting Center (www.newportyachtingcenter.com): The Yachting Center offers slips and shoreside facilities in the heart of town.

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Fort Adams (www.fortadams.org): This is one of several museums located throughout the City of Newport.

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The West Passage Once you’re clear of the point and can see the Newport Bridge (technically, the Claiborne Pell Bridge), turn in that direction and continue parallel to the coast on your port side. Whatever unpleasant condition you may have been experiencing – wind, fog, swell, temperature – will improve as you head north.

You will see Beavertail Light up ahead, and you will leave this and Beaver Neck to starboard and leave Whale Rock (Fl G 4s “3”) to port as you approach the West Passage.

The first harbor to starboard, tucked in behind Dutch Island, is Dutch Harbor. Dutch Harbor Boatyard (www.dutchharborboatyard.com) operates here and offers moorings and launch service for transients. This is one of my favorite spots on the bay.

It’s well protected (except from the northwest), a nice yard, access to Jamestown and several good restaurants, not too far from the beaten track, plus there’s a ferry to take you over to Newport.

The Dutch Harbor launch, out of Dutch Harbor Boatyard on the west shore of Conanicut Island, monitors Channel 69.

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Before you embark on your Narragansett Bay cruise, score a copy of “The Handbook of Rhode Island Boating Laws and Responsibilities” (www.dem.ri.gov) for the ship’s library. This is terrific little booklet that includes all of Rhode Island’s pump-out station locations and their contact information. See pages 68-69 for complete details. Telephone numbers for all R.I. harbormasters also are provided, in addition, of course, to boating basics and boating regulations. “A Cruising Guide to Narragansett Bay and the South Coast of Massachusetts” by Lynda Morris Childress, Patrick Childress and Tink Martin has a wealth of knowledge about the bay, from it history and ecology to cruising

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Wickford is a lovely old town with several marinas, yacht clubs and restaurants. The outer harbor has moorings in seven to 10 feet of water.

dinghy dock and an easy three-quarter-mile stroll to the other side of the island and Jamestown village.

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Several anchorage areas are in Dutch Harbor, and I have always found a spot to set the hook.

One is at the south end of the harbor east of Beaver Head in nine feet. A larger area is on the east side of the harbor, north of the mooring field, in 15 feet.

Dutch Island, which forms the western side of the harbor, was called Quotenis by the local Indians. The Dutch West India Trading Company set up a trading post on the Island in 1625. Six acres were purchased by the Government in 1825 for a lighthouse. The island was used during the Civil War by the 14th Regiment of Heavy Artillery, and Fort Greble was built following the Spanish American War. Fort Greble was a German prisoner-of-war camp during WWI and WWII. Today, the island is part of the Bay Islands

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Proceeding north up the West Passage, under the Jamestown Bridge (technically, the Jamestown Verrazano Bridge) and past Plum Beach Lighthouse, you will pass Fox Island (leave to port), and soon Wickford Harbor will be to port. Pass through the breakwater into the outer harbor, and Wickford Cove will be back to the south while Mill Cove is in the northwest. The outer harbor contains moorings in seven to 10 feet of water. North

Bristol is a “must-see” destination when cruising in the bay. Fourth of July here is one of the more inspiring events you can attend. The parade is awesome, and the fireworks are among the best on the bay.

and south of the mooring field, it shoals quickly. Wickford is a lovely old town with several marinas, yacht clubs and restaurants to keep you busy.

Brewer’s Wickford Cove Marina (www.byy.com/wickford/index.cfm) is the largest of the marine facilities, but not the only one. Wickford Yacht Club (http://wickfordyc.org) has several guest moorings and their link provides good local knowledge. This is a crowded harbor with some thin water.

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The Herreshoff Marine Museum & America’s Cup Hall of Fame − one of the country’s most important maritime treasures − is not to be missed by Narragansett Bay cruisers.

ing areas along this coast and can provide all services. Although not as scenic as Wickford, East G (as it known locally) is a very nautical harbor and is the next harbor to port after leaving Wickford.

Bristol is a “must-see” destination when cruising in the bay.

Fourth of July here is one of the more inspiring events you can attend. The parade is awesome, and the fireworks are among the best on the bay. However, you need to secure a mooring early in the season for this holiday. There are several alternatives for obtaining a mooring during your visit, and anchoring is also possible. Bristol Marine (www.bristolmarine.com), Bristol Yacht Club (www.bristolyc.com) and the Herreshoff Marine Museum and America‘s Cup Hall of Fame (www.herreshoff.org) all provide services, and all operate launches. Bristol Marine and the yacht club are on Poppasquash Neck on the west side of the harbor, while the museum is on the east side, most convenient to the town. Bristol

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is a lovely old town where you can wander through the residential areas to see the traditional homes of Bristol.

Bristol Harbor is exposed to the southwest and can be “rolly,” even though somewhat protected by Hog Island. The fetch to Prudence Island to the west of Bristol is short. Hazards are well marked, but shoal water extends north of Hog Island. There are two approaches to the harbor: You can come in either east or west of Hog Island, and both approaches are straightforward.

If your destination is the museum, then the east channel is a little easier. Herreshoff mooring field will be to starboard, just before you get to the old water tower and brick building. There is often a blue-and-white-striped tent on the waterfront and the dinghy dock will be just to the south of this. The Museum monitors VHF 68 and can be reached by phone at 401-2535000. The waterfront Manager is Brad Gove. Anchorage is possible outside and to the south of the Herreshoff mooring field.

Farther up the harbor is the Bristol Yacht Club, to the west of the mooring field that fills the inner harbor. They can be reached by phone 401-253-2922 or on VHF 68.

There is a fuel dock at the yacht club. This is a very friendly club that’s hospitable to fellow boaters and maintains a very nice facility.

Getting to town is a long walk, but possible, and for special events the launch may run a shuttle to the town side of the harbor Another option is Bristol Marine, just north of the yacht club. This yard has a long history of boatbuilding going back to Pearson and Bristol Yachts. They can be reached on 401-253-2200.

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Leaving Bristol and going south down the East Passage will bring you into the most active area for boating on the bay. In addition to a very active recreational flotilla, military vessels, large commercial ships and fishing boats keep you on your toes at times. Prudence Island is to starboard, with Potter Cove near the north end, opposite the tip of Poppasquash Neck. This area has a nice sandy beach that is part of the park system. All moorings in the cove are private, but anchoring is permitted. The Cove, Prudence Island and Portsmouth are under the control of the Portsmouth Police Department (http://portsmouthpoliceri.com/har bormaster.htm).

Continuing south down the East Passage, Portsmouth will be to port. If you need repairs, this is a good place to know about. New England Boatworks, Alden, Hinckley, and North Sails are all located here. Fuel and any repair services can be obtained. There is a fine seacoast restaurant, the Melville Grille where you can find a refreshing dark’n stormy, but no provisioning within walking distance. Farther down the passage, the U.S. Naval War College will be to port. Two aircraft carriers can be seen weathering away their days.

Once under the Newport Bridge and headed south, the town of Jamestown will be to starboard (to the west) and Newport to port (to the east). This is the heart of sailing in the Bay. J-boats, 12-meters, New York 42s, and all types of sailing dinghies, pepper the water, and the entrance to Newport often resembles a beehive, with traffic editor@pointseast.com

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flowing into and out of the harbor in front of Fort Adams.

Jamestown is much less frantic and a great place to pick up a mooring from which to observe the daily show. This area is open to the northeast so it can be uncomfortable if the wind is up from that direction.

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You can anchor north of the mooring field here, south of the channel.

Moorings are made available on the day of your visit and cannot be reserved in advance. Several yacht clubs such as Ida Lewis offer transient moorings in addition to Old Port Marine, which manages the town moorings and operates the launch for the harbor. The main public mooring field is farther up in the harbor and to the north.

Just continue to follow the channel, which runs east and then north along the face of the many docks located on the east side of the harbor. Contact Old Port (www.oldportmarine.com, VHF 68) or the harbormaster (Monday through Friday, 0800-1600, phone 401-845-5815, VHF 16 for assistance in finding a mooring).

Once you decide to head home, be sure to look astern at the Newport Bridge, with fleets of classic sailboats framed between her support towers. Savor the sights such as the historic lighthouses at Castle Hill, Beavertail and Rose Island. Try to process how much beauty is contained in the relatively small bay. And remember this, for it is true: This short cruise around the heart of the bay will leave you with the desire to come back to explore with your own vessel, power or sail, when you have the time to linger for a week and poke into Mt. Hope Bay and down the Sakonnet River as well as up to Providence.

But this is why we cruise, isn’t it?

To embark on our personal voyages of discovery.

Regular Contributor Ken Packie is a founding member of the Stonington (Conn.) Cruising Club.

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Since its beginning, the MS Harborfest has attracted hundreds of skippers and volunteers who have raised more than $2 million to help end the devastating effects of multiple sclerosis. The MS Harborfest includes the largest charity sailing event in New England. Weekend activities include sailboat, tugboat and powerboat parades, waterfront displays and exhibitions, a charity auction, a tugboat muster and competition, a shoreside festival, a sailboat regatta, a powerboat poker run, and post-event parties and award ceremonies.

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John Edwards is the MS Auction Committee chairman and executive vice president and chief banking officer for the event sponsor, Bangor Savings Bank. Edwards says, “The MS Harborfest Benefit Auction is a terrific way to support the Maine Chapter of the National MS Society’s mission to fund local programs and research and to ultimately find a cure for multiple sclerosis. Bangor Savings Bank is proud to be the title sponsor of the auction for the fourth consecutive year.”

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Originally organized by racing sailors, the majority of participants today are cruisers or day-sailors. “Your sailing friends and neighbors already know about this race — ask them to participate with you,” Cady suggests. “We can tell you everything you need to know to take part. This is truly the only organized sailing event of the year for many skippers and crew—a lot of families look forward to it.”

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“The Poker Run is not a race,” says Ted Hugger, Poker Run chairman. “The prizes are based on which boats turn in the best poker hands. In fact, you don’t even have to run the course in a boat…poker hands may be purchased at the door and include admission to the party.”

Participants are encouraged to “dress ship” with decorations or costumes. Each card stop will feature a different theme, with lots of fun give-aways for participants. The post event party includes a barbecue, music, cash bar, raffles, and free dockage at DiMillo’s for the party. The Poker Run will be held rain or shine. In the event of inclement weather, the party will still go on under the big tent, with poker hands distributed and the prizes awarded. The entry fee is $125 per boat, and includes admission to the party for four people.

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Open to the Public! On Sunday morning, tugboats from around the state will gather at the Maine State Pier for the start of the annual MS Tugboat Muster and Shoreside Festival. The final event of the MS Harborfest Weekend, it features a 2:00 p.m. tugboat parade along the Portland waterfront, followed by tugboat races in the outer harbor and pushing competition between the tugs.

Tugboats from Hartley Marine Services, Winslow Marine and Portland Tugboat, LLC have participated in the Tugboat Muster since 2002. Harborfest Tugboat Committee member Bill Van Voorhis says, “When you see five tugs lined up in Portland Harbor, it’s a powerful spectacle. Although the tugs are comparable in power, it’s the hull shape that makes the difference on who the race winner is, but it’s all for the fun of raising money for the Chapter. You can hear people cheering the tugs on from the Eastern Promenade.”

Asked what the lure of the tugs is, Van Voorhis says “Everybody loves tugs, whether you’re a boater or not. They’re the hardest workers in the harbor. They serve as rescue boats, deal with fire problems and work steadily around the clock moving shipping commerce in and out of the harbor.”

The Shoreside Festival, held on the Maine State Pier in conjunction with the Tugboat Muster, features survival suit races, food, exhibitors and music. “It’s great fun for the entire family and admission is free,” says Van Voohis. For the fourth year, the festivities are generously supported by Bangor Savings Bank.

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The Portland-based law firm of Verrill Dana, LLP is now returning for its sixth year as the overall title sponsor of the Harborfest weekend. In 2007, Bangor Savings Bank signed on as event sponsor for three weekend events: the MS Benefit Auction, Shoreside Festival, and Tugboat Muster.

Many other corporate level sponsors return year after year, with donations ranging from $1,000 to $10,000. Just as important as their cash contributions, the key sponsor’s employees donate hundreds of hours of volunteer services helping to produce the weekend long event.

In addition to corporate level sponsors, MS Harborfest Regatta has welcomed more than 100 companies each year as individual sailboat sponsors. By sponsoring a sailboat for $500, representatives from the sponsoring company have the opportunity to sail aboard their sponsored boat or participate in the parade of sail. “Sailors love to fly their sponsors’ banners during the parade and the race” says Cathy Steeves, sailboat sponsorship committee chairperson. “We’ve recruited as many as four sponsors in one year for our own sailboat, Shadow, and strive to improve on that record each year.”

Finally, hundreds of area businesses donate products for auction and raffle items, event prizes, and food and beverages for the weekend-long festivities.

“Since 2008, we’ve added a new fund-raising opportunity to involve the many individuals who participate in the MS Regatta,” says Steeves. “Any individual, skipper or crew, who raises $100 will receive a MS Harborfest T-shirt. And of course, all of the funds raised go to the Maine Chapter of the National MS Society. ” It’s not too late to participate as a sponsor in the 2008 event. For more information or sponsorship forms, contact Cathy Steeves (207–650–1801 or csteeves@hannaford.com.)

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The author and Truffle, his Chesapeake Bay retriever, have a mug-up after provisioning Penelope for her fateful lateNovember cruise out of Swans Island, Maine, bound west.

comfortable here in settled summer weather, but the anchorage can be rough and untenable with strong winds from the southwest, north, or northwest, especially at high tide when the bars are covered. If these conditions are expected, leave.” I guess my first mistake was ignoring that it was no longer summer but getting on into late November.

NOAA had predicted a week or so of bluebird weather, a kind of late-season Indian summer, and

anxious to take advantage of this gift, I decided to squeeze in a short cruise before hauling and storage.

It was the work of a morning to throw together some foodstuffs and ferry them out to Penelope, my venerable Marshall 22 catboat. Then Truffle, my Chesapeake Bay retriever and I were ready to go. We dropped our mooring and tacked out of Burnt Coat Harbor, Swans Island, bound west.

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Hockamock Head, and with Gooseberry Island to starboard, I began to realize that the mild-seeming conditions back in the harbor had been illusory. It was blowing like stink, and a reef was required without delay. These were the early days for me with Penelope, and the reefing system I had evolved left a great deal to be desired. We got it done eventually and, with the boat sailing easier, proceeded to the westward.

Sailing among the islands of Merchant Row, off Stonington on Deer Isle, we had to decide on whether to pick one of the many beautiful anchorages here or to push on across East Penobscot Bay and find shelter later, somewhere around Vinalhaven or North Haven. With a couple of hours of daylight left, we decided to push on. A certain chill in the air was a reminder that, although the day had been warm, the night would be colder, and it would be wise to find a berth before dark.

The wind held on our way across East Penobscot Bay, and soon enough we were off Bluff Head on Vinalhaven. Here, I had a choice of sailing west up the fjordlike gut to find a snug anchorage at Winter Harbor or going south around Hen Island into sheltered Seal Bay. We decided to go for Seal Bay, and, with the breeze pretty much right on our nose, had an interesting time negotiating the narrow passage which leads into the bay between Penobscot and Little Hen Islands. Rounding Little Hen and proceed-

ing a short distance eastward, we anchored in about 10 feet at low tide. Truff and I enjoyed a hearty dinner accompanied by the music of the whirring wings of sea ducks, and the cries of Canada geese, and we were lulled to sleep by it.

Morning dawned clear and, for the time of year, pleasantly warm. The wind was onshore, just right for progress up the bay. We hauled anchor at 11 a.m., and taking advantage of a very pleasant SW breeze, ran north to the entrance of the Fox Island Thorofare, through which Penelope alternately reached and beat, then broad-reached north. Late afternoon found us near Butter Island, and with dusk approaching, we nipped into the Barred Islands anchorage just to the west, anchoring in the lee of a gravel bar that connects Big and Little Barred islands.

This evening was considerably milder than the preceding one, so Truffle and I were happy and comfortable as we ate our dinners in the cockpit and mellower still after I consumed the better part of a bottle of Cotes du Rhone. Lying in my bunk, listening to the gentle lapping of wavelets against the hull, I drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

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Author Bill Cheney sails the Marshall 22 catboat Penelope along the Penobscot Bay shore on a sizzling close reach.

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the sudden lashing of the icy, rain-filled wind.

Looking forward, I could barely make out the bowsprit in the horizontal driving rain. Looking aft, I could see ugly half-submerged rocks close astern.

Although we were aground, we were not pounding.

Grabbing a flashlight I pointed it straight down at the water, seeing rocky bottom a foot or two below the surface. Nothing was visible more than 10 feet from the boat, and I had no idea where we were. Slow down and try to think it out, I told myself. I detected a barely discernable shape to the eastward of my position, possibly just a bigger rock than the ones behind me, or perhaps an island. Since I had obviously drifted to the north or northeast in this now gale-force south-

wester, I believed the shape to the east to be part of Big Barred Island, which forms the eastern side of the anchorage. Of course, if I’d drifted farther, I might be somewhere down between Escargot and Bartender islands that formed the northern border of the anchorage.

It was now about an hour before dead-low tide, and clearly I would have to take some action if I didn’t want to get pushed farther up on the rocks when the tide – plus or minus 10 feet in these parts – started to come in. Fierce as the wind was, the seas were not that bad, and I thought I might be able to row an anBARRED ISLANDS, continued on Page 84

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THERACIN The Block Party ends with 17 Race A single race on June 27 decided the fate of 153 boats entered in the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race Week XXIII, presented by Rolex. Of the 17 victors named in as many classes at day’s end, three were new leaders.

Rick Lyall (Wilton, Conn.), skipper of Storm in the J/109 class, sailed “clean and competitively” and won the last race and the 2009 J/109 East Coast Championship title.

Paul Pakos’ (Sudbury, Mass.) Swan 44 Xenophon, sailed entirely by retired Coast Guard captains and admirals, won Navigator’s class for non-spinnaker sailing. Pakos said the class is nothing close to what the term “cruising canvas” (a traditional name for such a class) suggests. “Some of us have carbon spars and Kevlar sails, and it’s still very competitive,” he said, explaining that the class sails longer courses, between eight and 17 miles, while the others are short-course buoy racing. “Our crew gets together only once a year and it’s to sail in Block Island.”

In PHRF 1, XLR8, an Evelyn 32, skippered by Brad Porter (Westbrook, Conn.), took 1st place, and Loki, the S2-9.1 skippered by Richard Correll (Huntington, N.Y.) in PHRF 4 class, rose to the top on the final day, pushing Boondoggle, a Frers 30 skippered by Scott Kirkpatrick (Wellesley, Mass.) to 3rd.

All eyes were on the IRC 40A class to see if Cool Breeze, the Mills 43, skippered by John Cooper (Springfield, Mo.) , could maintain its lead over the contentious King 40 Act One, owned by Bill Titus/Allan Stern/Charlie Milligan/Tom Roche (Newport, R.I.). It did, winning the race with Act One taking 4th and 2nd overall.

In the biggest class , J/105s, Bruce Stone and Scott DeWeese (San Francisco, Calif.) drove Power Play to victory with a third in a photo-finish with secondplace Savasana, skippered by Brian Keane (Weston, Mass.). Stone said his team sailed Saturday and Sunday in San Francisco and still made it here for Monday’s start, traveling by plane, taxi and sportfishing boat to get to his borrowed boat with seconds to spare. For complete results and awards, visit www.blockislandraceweek.com.

The top three finishers in each class may be found on page 54.

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Doug Shaffer's J/122 Gambler, Andrew Weiss's J/122 Christopher Lighthouse just outside the surf line.

Pilot, Centerboard, SailMain The Portland Yacht Club Pilot Regatta, held on June 20-21, had 24 boats in four divisions enjoy two long around-the-bay courses in varying conditions of wind, sun, rain, and fog. A typical early season weekend in Maine provided interesting conditions that were always changing and keeping the boats and their crews on their toes. Winners were Kaos, a Frers 41 in Division 1; Seven, an Eliott 770 in Division 2; editor@pointseast.com

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Tom and Dottie Hill’s Puerto Rican entry Titan 15, the new Reichel-Pugh 75, won on corrected time and was first-to-finish with an elapsed time of one hour and 51 minutes.

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ne regattas kick off GMORA Mr. Hankey, a J/24 in Division 3; and Rita P, a Pearson 30 in Cruising Division.

The 14-, 10- and seven-mile courses for the different divisions on Saturday proved to be tricky for both race committee and competitors as the wind was strong at times and also light, with shifts of almost 90 degrees at one point. The RC shortened the GMORA, continued on Page 55 www.pointseast.com

The three-day New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta attracted 105 boats, the most ever in a nonBermuda Race year. This 155th edition served up weather challenges that delighted the 1,000-plus sailors competing over three days.

With fog shrouding the first part of Friday’s 19mile Around the (Conanicut) Island Race, Tom and Dottie Hill’s Puerto Rican entry Titan 15, the new Reichel-Pugh 75, won on corrected time and was first-to-finish with an elapsed time of just over one hour and 51 minutes. Titan 15 was beaten by one minute by the custom 90-foot maxi Rambler, owned

by George David (Hartford, Conn.). When the spray had settled two days later, Titan 15 had taken 1st overall in IRC 1 over Rambler.

Clay Deutsch (Newport, R.I.) , repeating his IRC 2 victory from last year aboard his Swan 68 Chippewa.

In IRC 3, the King 40 Act One, owned by Charlie Milligan and Allan Stern (Newport, R.I.) turned in two bullets to hold four victories in their four-race series. “We took the finish line gun all four times and saved our time on everyone,” said pit man Doug NYYC, continued on Page 55 Points East August 2009

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Block Island Race week final top-three results Beneteau 36.7 (One Design – 6 Boats) 1. Quokka, Tom Peelen, South Dartmouth, Mass.

2. Crossbow, Roy Halvorsen, Tenafly, N.Y., 3. Whirlwind, William Purdy, New York, N.Y. PHRF 1 (PHRF – 10 Boats) 1. XLR8, Evelyn 32, Brad Porter, Westbrook, Conn.

2. Swift, Navy 44, Kenneth Endicott, Annapolis, Md. 3. Freightrain, Frers 36, Dick Hyde, Belmont, Mass.

PHRF 2 – J/29 (PHRF – 6 Boats) 1. Hustler, John & Tony Esposito, Mohegan Lake, N.Y. 2. Showdown, Bijan Rasadi, Groton, Conn.

3. Mighty Puffin, Steve Thurston, Bristol, R.I. PHRF 3 (PHRF – 9 Boats) 1. Rumor, J/80, John Storck, Jr., Huntington, N.Y. 2. Lunatic Fringe, LS-10/SOCA 33, R. & B. Lehnert, Cutchogue, N.Y. 3. Cymothoe, Sabre 36, David Alldian, Brick, N.J. PHRF 4 (PHRF – 8 Boats) 1. Loki III, S2-9.1, Richard Correll, Huntington, N.Y. 2. Alohomora, J/24, Kyle Fast, Noank, Conn.

3. Boondoggle, Frers 30, Scott Kirkpatrick, Wellesley, Mass.

Navigator Class (PHRF – 8 Boats) 1. Xenophon, Swan 44, Paul Pakos, Sudbury, Mass.

2. Sweet Rocket, Frers 36, Joseph Ney, Portsmouth , R.I. 3. Club Car, S2 7.9, Barry Bessette, South Chatham, Mass.

IRC ZERO (IRC – 2 Boats) 1. Rosebud/Team DYT, STP65, Roger Sturgeon, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 2. Vanquish, STP65, Ralf Steitz, Kings Point, N.Y. IRC 40A (IRC – 11 Boats) 1. Cool Breeze, Mills 43, John Cooper, Springfield, Mo. 2. Act One, King 40, Titus/Stern/Milligan/Roche, Newport, R.I. 3. High Noon , Tripp 41, Steve & Heidi Benjamin , Norwalk, Conn.

IRC 40B (IRC – 10 Boats) 1. Avalanche, Farr 395, Craig Albrecht, Sea Cliff, N.Y. 2. Katabatic, IMX 40, Gordon Hall, Marblehead, Mass.

3. Mullet, Beneteau First 40.7, Kris & Kiki Werner, Rochester, N.Y. IRC 35 (IRC – 12 Boats) 1. Troubador, Express 37, Mort Weintraub, Larchmont, N.Y. 2. Lora Ann, Express 37, Richard du Moulin, Larchmont, N.Y. 3. Bluto, Evelyn 32, Ben Hall / Bill Berges, Tiverton, R.I.

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NYYC Swan 42 (OD, 14 Boats) 1. Apparition, Ken Colburn, Dover, Mass.

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2. Kaizen, Baker/Soloman, Chester, Conn.

3. Mummbles, Team Mummbles, Annapolis, Md. J/109 (OD – 13 Boats) 1. Storm, Rick Lyall, Wilton, Conn.

2. Caminos, Donald Filippelli, Amagansett, N.Y. 3. Gut Feeling, J/109, Ted Herlihy, S. Dartmouth, Mass.

J/105 (OD – 20 Boats) 1. Power Play, Stone/DeWeese, San Francisco, Calif.

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NYYC, continued from Page 53 Ferguson (Newport). “It was our breeze.”

Taking IRC Class 4 was William Mayer’s (Greenwich, Conn.) Swan 441 Cygnette, while William Sweetser (Annapolis, Md.) won IRC Class 5 with his J/109 Rush in a tie-breaker. In Classics division, NYYC Rear Commodore Tom Harrington (Greenwich, Conn.) steered his S&S design Black Watch to victory over five races, and in J/105s, Brian Keane’s (Weston, Mass.) Savasana also won a five-race series.

Winning the J/122 class was Andrew Weiss (Mamaroneck, N.Y.) on Christopher Dragon after six races. Glenn Darden (Fort Worth, Texas) skippered Hoss to victory in the NYYC 42 class. Winning Best Boat of the Day for Saturday were Act One, Hoss and Savasana, while Sunday’s honors went to Troubador, Flapper and Daring.

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GMORA, continued from Page 52 courses and made sure all divisions were able to finish the race.

Calypso Cowboys played great music, and the BBQ hit the spot after a challenging day on the water on Saturday. Sunday was the better day, with more consistent winds from the northeast. The four divisions sailed courses 17, 16, 14 or 10 miles. Winds were approximately 12 to 30 knots. Of course the 30 knots came at the very end of the day, making for some exciting final downwind legs and finishes. For complete results, visit www.portlandyc.com.

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down the channel to Portland Head Light and back to the Eastern Prom, making for some highly visible racing from the shore. Two races were held for each class. Winners were Keemah (Racing A), Pit Party (Racing B) and Rita P (Cruising). All boats that placed got a prize from Port Rigging, with cordage from Yale Cordage and swag from Ronstan.

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SailMaine Regatta Sixteen boats competed in the first annual SailMaine Regatta June 6. Brisk southerly winds and short courses made for some very interesting crew work and challenged foredeck people. Each boat

sailed with one or more SailMaine youths, providing a big-boat experience that the kids might not have received otherwise. The winners (aside from the kids) were Keemah, a J/105 owned by Don Logan in Division 1, and Pit Party, a J/24 owned by Rich Ketchum and Steve Fernald in Division 2.

Two great live bands entertained, with a pig-roast BBQ to fill the stomachs of the crews and skippers. For full results, visit www.sailmaine.org.

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Jim Richardson of Boston and Newport, R.I., and his Barking Mad crossed the line ahead of Massimo Mezzaroma’s Nerone on June 27 to secure the Rolex Farr 40 World Championship off Porto Cervo, Sardinia, for a third time. This was the first time an American boat has won outside of their home waters. Two races were sailed in winds from the northwest that gusted to the mid-twenties and stretched the already tired crews on the last day of competition.

For Richardson, it is a dream come true: “We’re very, very happy. Coming to Italy and winning this World Championship in Porto Cervo is an amazing feeling for us. To be able to win in their home waters is a great thrill for us.” FMI: www.farr40worldchampionship.com.

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Try a destination race for a new, rich experience estination racing: Have you tried it?

Not sure what it is? Well, it’s the newest fad in sailboat racing, but has been around for centuries. A destination race is a race that starts in one port and finishes in another often many miles away. Popular races such as the Newport Bermuda, Marblehead to Halifax, Marion to Bermuda, the Mackinac, Figawi and Transpac have seen a rise in popularity over the last few years.

Destination racing started in the middle ages when merchant ships ruled the seas providing trade between ports all over Europe and Asia. The demand for products and profits rose during this period, and so did the demand on the sailors and their ships. Faster ships were being developed and built. Charts, routes and weather theories were being improved. Passage times for the trips were recorded.

Although the skippers and crews weren’t racing for pleasure as we know it now, they certainly were racing. Destination racing developed from the records set by these ships and the routes they developed.

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There are many reasons that make destination racing so much fun, exciting, interesting and popular. The racing combines navigation, distance, night sailing and open water or oceans to create a level of adventurism. Sailing from one port to another far away imparts a sense of accomplishment. Arriving in a new port which can be completely foreign or rarely visited can evoke a feeling of discovery and exploration. These feelings are shared by racers and cruisers alike, which opens the potential pool of participants to anyone that owns an oceangoing, seaworthy craft. In a race of this type, the finish place doesn’t have to be as important as the experience, although it always feels great to finish well. Finally, after a long, often challenging sailing experience, there is a great party in an exciting, possibly unfamiliar area with new people and old friends to discuss all the tall tales of the race.

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Halifax, Newport Bermuda and the Marion to Bermuda races, with fleets of approximately 100, 200 and 50 boats respectively. Bermuda and Halifax are both ports with long histories of sailing and communities that work hard at welcoming their guests.

As I write this, most competitors have just finished the Marblehead to Halifax Race. The weather is always a factor in a destination ocean race, and with all the rain and cold we have had here in the Northeast, you can be sure there’ll be some interesting stories from the finishers. Based on reports from the course and the finish times, the race was long with light winds that shifted completely around the compass and thick fog near Nova Scotia. These are obviously not the best conditions, but at press time, 20 percent of the boats had retired, 70 percent had finished, and about 10 percent of the fleet were still racing.

One drawback to the destination races can be the expense, which can often be high. The entry fees are usually large, starting at about $300 for the short run of Figawi (Cape Cod to Nantucket) and going up to $4,000 for boats over 85 feet for the much longer run of the Transpac Race (California to Hawaii). The entry fees are just the start as each boat needs berthing accommodations in each location, all the proper safety equipment, time off or paid crew to deliver the boat back home, and much more.

But as we know, we don’t participate in this sport based on cost, and all the factors mentioned before obviously outweigh any cost that presents itself.

Want to try this type of racing but don’t have the unlimited budget and time to take to do one of these more major races? Well, you’re in luck, as New

England has many lower-cost options.

Two options are on this year’s Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association’s calendar. The first is the Camden to Castine Race, a day jaunt up Penobscot Bay, where the competitors spend the night in Castine, either on their boats or at various inns, and return on the following day to Camden. This is a great destination race without the overnight aspect, although I can remember finishing with the sun going down in light air one year.

The second is the Northeast Harbor Race which is a race from Casco Bay, Maine, to Northeast Harbor over Labor Day Weekend. This race is an overnight race, but is still short enough not to be a grueling test of endurance. The race is perfect for cruisers who want to get Downeast for uncrowded and fabulous end-of-season cruising conditions. Both events have low entry fees, and the safety requirements are not as demanding as some of the more extensive races mentioned previously. For more information about these events, go to www.gmora.org.

Finally, I am reminded of an often asked question to competitors in the around-the-world race, the most famous destination race now called the Volvo Ocean Race, which just stopped in Boston Harbor just over a month ago. “Will you do this race again?” The answer at the finish line is always, “No, but maybe after I think about it for awhile, maybe,” and they most often come back. It’s all about the experience.

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Reviewed by Carol Standish For Points East To date, “Good Old Boat” Magazine has published an even dozen audio books, the latest, “The Riddle of the Sands,” the 1903 seagoing British spy novel. “Riddle” is often suggested to unsuspecting young sailors by veteran readers/boaters.

I first read it at least 25 years ago and remember enjoying the story but becoming impatient with the long and winding sentence structure and the overwhelming amount of geographical minutia that characterize the writing style of this full-blown Victorian novel.

All that verbal bulk does contribute to the murky atmosphere of our heroes’ mission, but for some it is a bit of a slog to get through to the end of a passage.

Briefly, the plot revolves around the exploration of the North German coast in Dulcibella – a small and humble centerboard sailing “yacht” – by her adventurer owner (Davies) and gentlemanly guest crew (Carruthers) in search of naval activity. That coast is protected by a vast warren of sand bars and shifting passages and sand based islands called the Frisians.

The pretense is a late-fall gunning trip for ducks; the real purpose of the voyage is to spy on the doings of the German navy.

Written about 10 years before the First World War, author Erskine Childers, a British politician, had become convinced that Germany intended to invade Britain by sea. He wrote the novel with a specific purpose – to warn his countrymen. He would, no doubt, be pleased to know that his work remains a classic over 100 years later.

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And, of course, his intimate familiarity with the sailing life is evident in every description of every maneuver and every sailing condition. The reader is quite literally transported to the North Sea and the mysteries behind every sandbar along the coast.

The way this book is narrated makes it tremendously more fun to listen to than to read. McGeary’s cadence is smooth and calm. He does not go out of his way to dramatize a situation, nor does he strain his voice to indicate different characters, which practice often rings false. Even the female voices are read in a normal speaking voice, with only a subtle change of word emphasis or accent to indicate a female sensibility and focus.

McGeary – a former Caribbean charter boat captain and yacht designer for Camper & Nicholson in Gosport, England – is an old friend and shipmate of this magazine’s editor. He was an associate editor at “Cruising World� for years and is now a contributing editor for that magazine who specializes in boat reviews. Needless to say, he’s a consummate seaman

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Compaction is the chief feature of the iPod and MP3 players. They do not, however, shorten the listening time, which for “Riddle� is about 11 hours. So wait for a rainy day, or a long reach, and enjoy.

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PORTLAND SOUTH Kittery Point Yacht Yard York Harbor Marine Service

Kittery York Harbor

207-439-9582 207-363-3602

Webhannet River Boat Yard, Inc Kennebunkport Marina

Wells 207-646-9649 Kennebunkport 207-967-3411

Rumery's Boat Yard Spring Point Marina

Biddeford 207 282-0408 South Portland 207-767-3213

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South Port Marine DiMillo's Old Port Marina

South Portland 207-799-8191 Portland 207-773-7632

9 0/12 150' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C/RL ALL 9 /71 CALL250' C 110 W/P

Portland Yacht Services Maine Yacht Center

Portland Portland

9 9

10/

220' P 0/20 150' C

110/220

9 9

40/ 125' CALL

110

CALL65' 2/4 70' 2/2 90' 3/8 130'

110/220

MAINE

207-774-1067 207-842-9000

Handy Boat Service Inc. Yankee Marina & Boatyard Royal River Boatyard Strouts Point Wharf Co Brewer South Freeport Marine

Falmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth South Freeport South Freeport

207-781-5110 207-846-4326 207-846-9577 207 865 3899 207-865-3181

BOOTHBAY REGION Paul's Marina New Meadows Marina Dolphin Marina Kennebec Tavern Marina

Brunswick Brunswick Harpswell Bath

207-729-3067 207-443-6277 207-833-5343 207-442-9636

Robinhood Marine Center Boothbay Region Boatyard Carousel Marina Ocean Point Marina Coveside Restaurant & Marina

Georgetown 207-371-2525 Boothbay Harbor207-633-2970 Boothbay Harbor207-633-2922 E. Boothbay 207-633-0773 South Bristol 207-644-8282

Broad Cove Marina

Medomak

207-529-5186

71 6/2 85' 9/6 1/CALL 45' 16/9 42' 9 0/1 30'

9 9

9 9 9 9 9 9/18 9

110/220 110/220

110

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ALL I/O/F/P/S/R/E G/D I/W/F/P/S/R/E

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2/0 40' 0/4 24' 20/12 80' CALL 38'

110 110 110

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MARINA MIDCOAST Port Clyde General Store Journey's End Marina Knight Marine Service Ocean Pursuits Camden Town Docks Wayfarer Marine Dark Harbor Boat Yard Belfast Public Landing Bucksport Marina Winterport Marine Hamlin's Marina Billings Diesel & Marine

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Port Clyde Rockland Rockland Rockland Camden Camden Dark Harbor Belfast Bucksport Winterport Hampden

207-372-6543 207-594-4444 207-594-4068 207-596-7357 207-236-7969 207-236-4378 207-734-2246 207-338-1142 207-469-5902 207-223-8885 207-941-8619

Stonington

207-367-2328

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MDI Hinckley Yacht Service-ME Dysart's Great Harbor Marina John Williams Boat Company Town of Northeast Harbor

So.W. Harbor So.W. Harbor Mount Desert No.E. Harbor

207-244-5572 207-244-0117 207-244-5600 207-276-5737

10 9 9 9

70/0 120' 0/90 180' 10/0 70'

DOWNEAST Jonesport Shipyard Moose Island Marine Eastport Lobster & Fuel

Jonesport Eastport Eastport

207-497-2701 207-853-6058 207-853-4700

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902- 742-7311 902-354-4028

0/12 75' 68/16 3/15 45'

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506-529-5170

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50/ CALL165'

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AT TENTION BOATERS: Starting in June of 2009, Maine has a number of new No Discharge Areas in addition to all of Casco Bay. No Discharge Areas in Maine are as follows:

Kennebunk-Wells NDA containing all waters north of a line from Moody Point in Wells to Cape Arundel in Kennebunkport including the Webhannet & Kennebunk Rivers to head of navigation.

Casco Bay NDA containing all waters of Casco Bay. Boothbay Region NDA containing all waters north of a line from Cape Newagen in Southport to Ocean Point in Boothbay including Linekin Bay and Townsend Gut. West Penobscot Bay NDA containing all waters west of a line from Owls Head to Northeast Point in Camden.

Southern Mount Desert NDA containing all waters north of a line from Bass Harbor Head in Tremont to Bakers Island in Cranberry Isles and west of a line from Bakers Island to Otter Point in Mount Desert.

SOUTHERN COAST Piscataqua River Island Marine Service Kittery 439-3810 Kittery Landing Marina Kittery 439-1661 Great Cove Boat Club Eliot 439-8872 Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Inc. Kittery 439-9582 NH Pumpout Boat Portsmouth (603)670-5130 Webhannet River Town of Wells Wells 646-3236 Kennebunk River Chicks Marina Kennebunkport 967-2782 Yachtsman Marina Kennebunkport 967-2511 Kennebunkport Marina Kennebunkport 967-3411 Kennebunk River Kennebunk Self-service Pumpout Float Saco River - Marstons Riverside Saco 283-4899 CASCO BAY Portland Harbor Thomas Knight Park South Portland 767-3201 South Port Marine South Portland 799-8191 Spring Point Marina South Portland 767-3213 Sunset Marina South Portland 767-4729

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P P M P P P M M M P P P P P P

Aspasia Marina South Portland Diamond Cove Marina Portland DiMillos Marina Portland Portland Yacht Services Portland Maine Yacht Center Portland Casco Bay Friends Of Casco Bay Pumpout Boat Handy Boat Falmouth Town of Falmouth Falmouth Paul’s Marina Brunswick Dolphin Marine Services Potts Harbor Royal River Yankee Marina Yarmouth Harraseeket River Brewers Marine South Freeport Strouts Point Wharf South Freeport Quahog Bay Great Island Boatyard Harpswell New Meadows River Sebasco Harbor Resort Phippsburg New Meadows Marina Brunswick MID-COAST - Kennebec River

767-3010 766-5694 773-7632 774-1067 842-9000

P P P P P

776-0136 781-5110 781-2300 729-3067 833-6000

P P P P P

846-4326

M

865-3181 865-3899

P P

729-1639

P

389-1161 443-6277

P P

Public Landing Richmond Landing Nash Marina Smithtown Marina Foggy Bottom Marina Sheepscot River Robinhood Marina Boothbay Region Boat Boothbay Harbor Brown’s Wharf Carousel Marina Signal Point Marina Tugboat Marina Boothbay Harbor Cap’n Fishs Marina Damariscotta River Ocean Point Marina Coveside Medomak River Broad Cove Marine St. George River Lyman-Morse Boatyard

Bath Richmond Richmond Gardiner Farmingdale

443-8345 737-4305 737-4401 582-4257 582-0075

P P P M P

Georgetown Southport

371-2525 633-2790

P P

Boothbay Harbor 633-8110 Boothbay Harbor 633-5440 Boothbay Harbor 633-6920 Boothbay Harbor 633-4434 Pumpout Boat 633-3671 Boothbay Harbor 633-3244

P M P P P P

East Boothbay 633-0773 South Bristol 644-8282

P P

Waldoboro

529-5186

P

Thomaston

354-6904

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Rockland Rockland Rockland

594-0312 594-4444 596-6573

P P P

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691-4314

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Camden Pumpout Boat

236-4378 691-4314

P P

Belfast Belfast

338-5098 338-1142

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Bucksport Winterport Winterport Bangor

469-5902 223-4781 220-8885 947-5251

P M P P

Stonington Pumpout Boat

367-2328 374-5581

P P

MOUNT DESERT AND DOWNEAST Bass Harbor Morris Yachts Tremont Up Harbor Marina Tremont Up Harbor/Red Fern Pumpout Boat Southwest Harbor Great Harbor Marina Southwest Hrbr.

Hinckley Company Southwest Hrbe.

Downeast Diesel Southwest Hbrb.

Southwest Boat & Svce.

Southwest Hrbr.

Northeast Harbor Clifton Dock Mount Desert Northeast Hrbr. Marina Mouht Desert Bar Harbor Bar Harbor Whale Watch Bar Harbor Winter Harbor Winter Harbor Marine Winter Harbor Machiasport/ Bucks Harbor Town of Machiasport Machiasport

244-5509 266-0270 266-0270

M P P

244-0117 244-5572 244-5145 244-5525

P P P P

276-3752 276-5737

P P

288-2386

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963-7449

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255-4516

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Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Pumpouts No Discharge Area For ALL of Rhode Island’s Marine Waters Under the federal Clean Water Act it is illegal to discharge untreated (raw) sewage from a vessel within 3 miles of shore (the territorial waters) of the United states, the Great Lakes and navigable rivers.

On August 10, 1998 the state of Rhode Island took a step toward ensuring better water quality in marine waters by designated their coastal waters as a No Discharge Area (NDA). The Rhode Island waters include territorial seas within three miles of shore, including all of Narragansett Bay. A No Discharge Area is a designated body of water in which the discharge of treated and untreated boat sewage is prohibited (this does not include greywater or sink water).

Health Protection Sewage wastes discharged from boats may degrade water quality by introducing microorganisms, nutrients, and chemical products into the marine environment. r .JDSPPSHBOJTNT XIJDI JODMVEF QBUIPHFOT BOE CBDUFSJB NBZ introduce diseases like hepatitis, typhoid fever and gastroenteritis to people in contact with the water, and can contaminate shellfish beds. r /VUSJFOUT BSF OFDFTTBSZ GPS UIF HSPXUI PG NJDSPTDPQJD QMBOUT BOE larger plants (seaweeds and eelgrass). However, when nutrients become too abundant they stimulate algae blooms which leads to depletion of oxygen in the water. Depletion of oxygen in water (called Hypoxia) can stress and even kill fish and other squatic animals. r $IFNJDBM QSPEVDUT DBO CF UPYJD UP NBSJOF BOE FTUVBSJOF MJGF BOE could pose a problem in areas where boats congregate and where there is little tidal flushing.

Complying with vessel sewage discharge laws and regulations, and using pumpout facilities, are a necessary step to protect public health, water quality, and the marine environment.

Type II MSDs discharge treated effluent having a fecal coliform bacterial count of less than 200 per 100 milliliters and suspended solids not greater than 150 milligrams per liter.

Type III MSDs are devices designed to store sewage (usually with disinfectants and deodorants added) until it can be pumped out at a pumpout facility or discharged outside the territorial seas boundary of three miles from shore. These are commonly known as holding tanks.

As a point of comparison, swimming is prohibited when fecal coliform counts exceed 50 and shellfish beds are closed when fecal counts exceed 14 (this is the number of colony-forming units of fecal coliform per 100 milliliters - or about one teacup of water). Vessels 65 feet in length and under may install a Type I, Type II or Type III MSD. Vessels over 65 feet in length must install a Type II or Type III. Portable toilets or “porta-potties” are not considered installed toilets and are not subject to the MSD regulations. They are, however, subject to the disposal regulations which prohibit the disposal of raw sewage within the three mile limit or territorial waters of the United States, the Great Lakes, or navigable rivers.

A Type III MSD and “porta-potties” are the only sanitary equipment that can be used in a No Disharge Area.

Marine Sanitation Devices (Boat Toilets)

Managing Boat Waste in a No Discharge Area

Recreational boats are not required to be equipped with a toilet, but if they are, the Marine Sanitation Device (MSD) must be Coast Guard approved, designed either to hold sewage for shore-based disposal or to treat the sewage prior to discharge. There are three types of MSDs.

Type I MSDs discharge treated effluent having a fecal coliform

When operating a No Discharge Area a Type I and Type II MSD must be secured in some way to prevent discharge. Closing the seacock and padlocking it, using a non-releasable wire tie, or removing the seacock handle (with the seacock closed) would be sufficient. Locking the door of the head with a padlock or door handle key lock is another acceptable method of securing the MSD while in a No Discharge Area.

bacterial count not greater than 1000 per 100 milliliters of water and no visible floating solids.

Thank you for using pumpout facilities.

DISPATCHES/From our ob ser vers

Coast Guard is always prepping for hurricanes

By Carol Standish For Points East The off-the-charts weather we have been experiencing this summer makes me wonder if this is the year the pattern is sufficiently skewed to set New England up for a hurricane. I called the Portland, Maine, Harbormaster’s office to see what they thought. “That’s a funny question,” said Harbormaster Jeffrey Liik.

“There hasn’t been one in my lifetime.” Hmmm, the harbormaster doth beg the question. Anyway, he told me that his office partners with the Coast Guard in emergencies, and that I should give them a ring.

It turns out that Harbormaster Liik and his fellow local officials are directed from a hierarchy of federal agencies in the case of a weather emergency. NOAA initiates action by issuing storm and hurricane forecasts and warnings from the National Hurricane Center. First Coast Guard Boston directs Sector Northern New England, Sector Southeastern New England and Sector Long Island. The regional “sector” organizations direct the multiple smaller Coast Guard “stations” located all along the New England coast.

At the Sector Northern New England, located in

South Portland, I talked to Chris Berry, an 18-year veteran of the service now serving as a civilian searchand-rescue coordinator. (Sector Northern New England covers the coast from Canada to the Massachusetts border and west to Lake Champlain.)

“First Coast Guard Boston sets a hurricane warning condition of 5 every June 1, the first official day of hurricane season,” said Berry. “Here in South Portland, we have volumes of contingency plans [for countless varieties of events] that involve the harbor pilots, the terminals, and other partners on the water [like harbormasters]. But first, everything gets lashed down and all small boats are pulled.” Five hurricane conditions, on a scale of 1-5, are used to “provide orderly and thorough preparations to minimize the effects on personnel and property,” according to the U.S. Navy. Condition 5 represents normal condition of readiness; Condition 1, imminent threat of destructive winds within 12 hours.

Petty Officer Peter Merical spoke to me from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth Harbor, Portsmouth, N.H., corroborating Mr. Berry’s description of procedure. “We get warnings days in advance from First Boston. Levels of preparedness are set by the direction

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of the storm. There are standard requirements dependent upon projected time of arrival. As soon as the storm is projected, it is tracked and plotted. Broadcasts to mariners are started. The base is secured. As the storm gets closer, all personnel are recalled to base.

Boats are moved upriver with crews standing by for rescue. Other assets such as helos and cutters are put on alert.“ After we talked, Petty Officer Merical sent me this address, www.uscg.mil/news/stormcenter. The link is to a storm-warning chart that includes the parameters of various levels of danger and what to do to secure your own property. He hopes readers will print out the page, ponder and stow it in a handy place.

Sector Southeastern New England’s field of operations covers Manomet Point, Mass., to Watch Hill, R.I., with two offices in Woods Hole, Mass., and Providence, R.I., and eight subunits. Command Senior Chief, Richard Uronis, 23-year Coast Guard veteran, spoke to me from Woods Hole. “Just like a civilian, we start by picking up and stowing anything that isn’t tied down. Repositioning boats is next, and that depends on the direction the storm is coming from.

“We may send boats from Little Harbor, R.I., to New Bedford, or wherever there’s a lee. We check the Caribbean every day, and whenever a tropical depression forms we watch closely. We have a unique issue here in New England. Once a hurricane gets to Cape

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Hatteras, it picks up speed. It can get here in less than 24 hours.”

With a stellar 23-year-record, I asked Chief Uronis if he was considering retirement anytime soon. His answer was an emphatic, No. “I love to come to work every day. It’s the only job that has a direct impact on people. We all share a common goal and consider ourselves very fortunate.”

Sector Long Island includes Coast Guard operations for Long Island Sound, including the south shore of Long Island and coastal Connecticut, which are coordinated from a single command center on the eastern side of New Haven Harbor. Nine field subunits work with this office. About 500 active duty service men and women, 200 reservists, and 1,200 volunteer Coast Guard Auxiliary members work for Sector Long Island.

Lt. j.g. John Lamorte explained the Long Island ops plan, this way. “Boston sends pre-incident information and weather plans. There are several levels, the worst being evacuation. In a state of emergency, we work with social services, the state police FEMA, and so forth. But here on base, first we put stuff away. We take boats out of the water, if possible, and store them away from wind and water, secure lines and ‘flyaways’, double up lines, and take as much advantage as we can of geographic protection. Then we wait and keep a watchful eye…and encourage the public to do the same.”

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Lt. j.g. William Houde, planning and prevention specialist, provided a slightly different focus. Based in the sector command center on the eastern side of the Port of New Haven, Conn., his concerns are determined by who’s in port. “We need to know what types of vessels are here, what their cargos are. When there are naval vessels in the harbor there is a national security issue. The best way to avoid a hurricane is to drive away from it. Large vessels are advised to leave the port and proceed to a safe anchorage.

“One of the concerns specific to this area is the southern coast of Long Island, which is made up of shifting sand bars. It is the responsibility of the Army Corp to maintain a navigable waterway along that coast but the safety of the mariners is our responsibility. We have to work very closely with the Army Corps to maintain safe passage.”

Lt. Houde says that Sector Long Island meets with local authorities several times a year to “hash out” who’s doing what. Last summer a mock-up was held to test structure and coverage of theoretical response and the standardized chain of command, which covers planning, operations, finance and logistics. Both public and private entities were included.

Hope you all feel safer now, knowing that although a hurricane hasn’t hit New England in Harbormaster Liik’s lifetime (may he live long and prosper!), our USCG is not relaxing its vigilance.

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MS Harborfest and MS Regatta, Portland, Maine. FMI: eventmem.nationalmssociety.org

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2nd Antique Show sponsored by The Jonathan Fisher House at the Blue Hill Fairgrounds, Route 172, Blue Hill, Maine.

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Herreshoff Classic Regatta Herreshoff Marine Museum, Bristol, R.I. Antique and classic boats, including largest gathering of Herreshoff boats in world. FMI: Email Sara Watson at s.watson@herreshoff.org, www.herreshoff.org.

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Boothbay Region Land Trust Boatbuilders Festival Washburn & Doughty Shipyard, East Boothbay, Maine. FMI: call Jean Webster at 207-633-6202.

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37th Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta, hosted by the New Bedford Yacht Club, South Dartmouth, Mass. FMI: www.buzzardsbayregatta.com. FMI: info@buzzardsbayregatta.com

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27th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival, Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem, Mass. FMI: Call 617-666-8530.FMI: www.boatfestival.org

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7th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, Rockland, Maine. Sail and power boats, rowing craft, marine supplies, furnishings, homewares and crafts. FMI: www.maineboats.com/boatshow FMI: news@maineboats.com

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Family Fun Days, Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum, Nantucket, Mass. Storytelling, lightship basketweaving demo, and hands-on activities. FMI: www.nantucketshipwreck.org

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Nautical Fashion & Variety Show. Beach Babe or Jack Tar, join the crew, come look, laugh and sing along to benefit the Penobscot Marine Museum. Saturday evening August 8, at the Strand Theater in Rockland. FMI: 207-548-2529 ext.

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Nantucket Race Week Nantucket, Mass. Hosted by Nantucket Y.C. and Great Harbor Y.C. to benefit Nantucket Community Sailing. Two days of PHRF racing and classic boat racing in 37th Opera House Cup Regatta. FMI: Email: Diana@nantucketsailing.com.

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Safe Boating Class The Portsmouth (N.H.) Power Squadron will run its Safe Boating Class at the Portsmouth High School, starting at 7 pm. To register call 207-748-3122.

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The 39th Annual Newport International Boat Show, Newport Yachting Center, Newport, R.I. Both sail and power.

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August Tides New London, Conn.

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02:41 AM 03:33 AM 04:18 AM 05:00 AM 05:38 AM 06:14 AM 12:34 AM 01:10 AM 01:47 AM 02:26 AM 03:08 AM 03:55 AM 04:48 AM 05:47 AM 12:50 AM 01:55 AM 02:57 AM 03:55 AM 04:48 AM 05:38 AM 12:05 AM 12:55 AM 01:44 AM 02:34 AM 03:25 AM 04:18 AM 05:15 AM 12:11 AM 01:11 AM 02:07 AM 02:59 AM

0.8 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 7.1 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 0.7 0.5 0.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0.6 8.2 8.1 7.8 7.4 7.0 6.6 6.2 1.0 1.1 1.1 1.0

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6.1 6.2 6.4 6.6 6.7 6.9 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0 6.1 6.3 6.6 7.0 7.5 7.9 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 0.0 0.4 0.8 1.2 6.0 6.0 6.1 6.3

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1.2 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.3 7.3 7.2 7.2 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.1 -0.2 -0.5 8.1 8.3 8.2 8.0 7.6 7.3 6.9 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.2

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07:06 PM 07:44 PM 08:24 PM 09:06 PM 09:53 PM 10:46 PM 11:46 PM

07:11 PM 08:17 PM 09:20 PM 10:18 PM 11:13 PM

06:49 PM 07:40 PM 08:31 PM 09:23 PM 10:17 PM 11:13 PM

06:36 PM 07:36 PM 08:32 PM 09:23 PM

6.9 7.0 7.0 7.1 7.1 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7

7.3 7.5 7.8 8.1 8.2

-0.5 -0.5 -0.3 0.0 0.4 0.7 6.7 6.6 6.7 6.8

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2.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 3.3 3.1 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.5 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 3.4 3.1 2.8 2.7 2.8 2.9

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0.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 3.4 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.7 3.7 3.7 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.0 3.9 4.3 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.7 4.5 4.2 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8

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0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 2.7 2.6 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.2 0.3 0.1 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 2.9 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.2 2.2 0.6 0.6

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2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 2.9 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 2.3 2.5 2.8 3.0 3.2 3.4 3.5 3.5 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 2.3 2.4

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0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 0.4 0.3 0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 3.4 3.3 3.1 2.9 2.8 2.8 0.8 0.7

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1.9 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.0 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.8 9.9 10.0 10.0 10.2 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.2 -0.4 -0.8 -1.0 11.2 11.2 11.0 10.6 10.1 9.7 9.4 2.1 2.1 1.9

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10.3 10.6 11.0 11.4 11.7 11.8

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06:35 PM 07:30 PM 08:22 PM 09:12 PM 10:02 PM 10:51 PM 11:42 PM

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Boston, Mass.

Newport, R.I. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

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3.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9 4.1 4.4 -0.2 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.1 0.2 0.5 3.9 3.6 3.4 3.3 3.3 3.4

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06:34 PM 07:17 PM 07:54 PM 08:29 PM 09:02 PM 09:36 PM 10:12 PM 10:51 PM 11:33 PM

06:18 PM 07:24 PM 09:03 PM 10:31 PM 11:31 PM

06:53 PM 07:45 PM 08:35 PM 09:24 PM 10:12 PM 11:01 PM 11:51 PM

06:51 PM 08:27 PM 10:02 PM 10:52 PM 11:30 PM

3.6 3.7 3.7 3.8 3.8 3.7 3.7 3.5 3.4

0.7 0.8 0.8 0.6 0.4

4.6 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.1 3.7

0.8 1.0 1.1 1.0 0.9

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1.1 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 10.1 10.0 9.9 9.7 9.5 9.2 8.9 8.7 0.6 0.4 0.0 -0.5 -0.9 -1.3 -1.4 11.7 11.3 10.8 10.1 9.5 8.8 8.4 1.3 1.4 1.3

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8.2 8.3 8.4 8.6 8.9 9.1 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.2 8.6 8.7 9.1 9.6 10.1 10.6 11.0 -1.3 -1.0 -0.5 0.2 0.8 1.4 1.9 8.1 8.1 8.2

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07:01 PM 07:41 PM 08:21 PM 09:04 PM 09:49 PM 10:39 PM 11:34 PM

07:27 PM 08:19 PM 09:10 PM 10:03 PM 10:58 PM 11:56 PM

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-1.1 -0.9 -0.5 0.0 0.6 1.0

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August Tides Portland, Maine 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

02:33 AM 0.9 03:27 AM 0.8 04:16 AM 0.7 04:59 AM 0.6 05:37 AM 0.5 06:12 AM 0.4 12:26 AM 9.7 01:00 AM 9.6 01:35 AM 9.5 02:12 AM 9.3 02:52 AM 9.1 03:35 AM 8.9 04:24 AM 8.6 05:20 AM 8.3 12:12 AM 0.6 01:18 AM 0.4 02:25 AM 0.1 03:27 AM -0.4 04:24 AM -0.8 05:18 AM -1.2 06:08 AM -1.3 12:41 AM 11.3 01:33 AM 10.9 02:24 AM 10.4 03:17 AM 9.7 04:11 AM 9.1 05:09 AM 8.5 06:10 AM 8.0 12:59 AM 1.2 02:00 AM 1.2 02:55 AM 1.1

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7.9 8.0 8.1 8.3 8.5 8.7 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.9 1.1 8.2 8.3 8.6 9.1 9.7 10.2 10.6 -1.3 -1.0 -0.5 0.1 0.7 1.3 1.7 7.8 7.8 7.9

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Bar Harbor, Maine 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.1 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.3 9.5 9.6 9.6 9.7 1.1 1.0 0.7 0.2 -0.3 -0.7 -0.9 10.7 10.7 10.5 10.1 9.7 9.3 9.0 1.9 1.9 1.8

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9.9 10.2 10.5 10.9 11.3 11.4

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07:26 PM 08:24 PM 09:16 PM

8.9 8.9 9.1

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06:49 PM 07:25 PM 08:02 PM 08:42 PM 09:26 PM 10:15 PM 11:10 PM

07:18 PM 08:10 PM 09:03 PM 09:58 PM 10:56 PM 11:56 PM

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-1.0 -0.8 -0.4 0.0 0.5 0.9

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0.9 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.2 11.1 11.1 10.9 10.8 10.5 10.3 10.0 9.7 9.6 0.5 0.1 -0.5 -1.0 -1.4 -1.6 12.9 12.6 12.0 11.3 10.5 9.8 9.3 1.2 1.3 1.2

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Corrections for other ports Port Reference Maine/ New Hampshire Bar Harbor Stonington Rockland Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor Portland Portland Kennebunkport Portsmouth Portland

Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole

Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol

Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport

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9.3 9.4 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.4 9.7 10.0 10.6 11.3 11.9 12.3 -1.5 -1.1 -0.6 0.1 0.8 1.4 1.9 9.1 9.1 9.3

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1.8 1.7 1.6 1.4 1.2 1.0 10.4 10.5 10.7 10.8 10.9 11.0 11.0 11.1 11.2 1.2 0.8 0.3 -0.3 -0.8 -1.1 12.5 12.4 12.1 11.7 11.1 10.7 10.3 2.1 2.1 1.9

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17.8 17.9 18.2 18.5 18.8

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By Craig Bergeron For Points East Weather aside, the striped bass fishing is still way better than it was last year. Sure, the rivers are high and the water is brown, but if you fish in the bay or on the beaches, the fishing is good.

Capt. Ben Gardner had a good couple of days catching slot-sized and bigger bass out around Richmond Island, off Cape Elizabeth, using live mackerel. He said the bite was on early in the morning, then shut off by midmorning. You need to catch some macs out around Wood Island at the mouth of the Saco River, then

live-line them around the islands or rock piles. There are some larger fish holding in these areas now, so be ready.

The bluefish are here. Make sure to have some steel leaders and a good selection of bright swimming plugs and poppers to have some fun with these hyperaggressive guys. One of our customers caught half a dozen at the mouth of the Saco, all between six and 10 pounds.

Many of our friends wanting to venture offshore recently, to fish for groundfish, or poke around in search of tuna or sharks, have had NORTH, continued on Page 82

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caught on live eels off the Southwest Ledge, Block Island. Live scup will also work well as the season Finally, summer is here in full swing and the fish progresses. Along the mainland south shore, the Point are biting. Fishing along the south shore of Rhode Judith Lighthouse, Deep Hole, Island has been excellent. and Charlestown Breachway Fluke fishing from the center are all hot spots. Live eels and wall of the Harbor of Refuge to scup in these locations work the Five Cottages, Green Hill best. Trolling wire with tube Beach, and Charlestown Beach and a worm will also be producare all great grounds. Fluke tive. If your baits are not getmove to deeper waters as water ting deep enough, you may find temperatures increase, so don’t you are catching lots of bluebe surprised if you are fishing fish, so go deeper.

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Rocky bottom areas from Anglers fishing during the Matunuck to Watch Hill are the slack tide have improved their locations to check out seabass catch using Berkley’s new Gulp and scup. A hook with a strip of Baits. These new scented fake squid or some sandworms will baits really do the trick. Gisele do the trick. Tautog fishing Golembeski landed an 8.5from rocky bottom areas in pound fluke while fishing the Matunuck and Green Hill has south shore. Also, be sure to been productive with green check out the west and south crabs. Be sure to remove the sides of Block Island for those Photo courtesy Snug Harbor Marina shell from your green-crab bait. doormats.

An anxiously awaited offWhile the Snug Harbor June Moon Madness Fishing for striped bass and Striper Tournament was taking place, Gisele shore season seems to have arbluefish has been excellent so Golembeski marched to a different drummer and rived. Schoolie bluefin tuna far. Many large fish have been hung this 8½-pound doormat fluke on a Berkley have frequented the waters landed earlier this year. Don Gulp Bait. south of Block Island since late Smith weighed in a 51-pound June. The first fish was landed striper early July, and within two days, Mike Lanni on the Fourth of July weekend. The Big Game had a caught a 56.4-pounder. Many of these large fish are SOUTH, continued on Page 82

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NORTH, continued from Page 80 a tough time. Either it’s pouring rain, pea-soup fog, or crazy thunderstorms making life miserable.

Before all this rain, Jeffreys Ledge was hot with a mix of cod and haddock. Some anglers swear by the Berkley Gulp Bait sandworm as a teaser, but Scott Mcintyre sticks with clams on the rig and teaser. Fish red teasers in 180 to 220 feet for market-size cod and 300 feet-plus for larger fish. Tantas Ledge, farther inshore, is producing cod with many sports pulling up more than 30 of them.

Try the northern end of Tantas for shots at slammer pollock. Great reports of fish throughout Stellwagen and on the southern end of Jeffreys on SOUTH, continued from Page 81 great day fishing south of Cox Ledge, with a keeper and 13 released fish up to 46 inches long. Sand eels and whales have also been prominent out there.

Fairway Buoy, Acid Barge, Mud Hole and the Butterfish Hole are all popular fishing grounds to search for bluefin tuna. Trolling Green Machines and Hex Heads have yielded the best results so far. As the season progresses, the fish settle down and bait fishing becomes more productive. A consistent chum slick is very important to keep the fish coming to your boat.

Mud Hole, Sharks Ledge and the Gully are great locations to chunk for mako, blue and thresher sharks. Try heading for the coolest water in search of makos. Keep your eye out for weed lines or floating debris, mahi-mahi could be very close. Small bucktails, small hooks with squid, and small shiny lures are what you may need to catch these beauties.

trolled rigs. Patrick Simmons broke in his new boat, the Kelley Anne, trolling up an 82-inch, 350-pound tuna. That should get everyone pumped up for this season.

Before the deluge, we had whales, gannets, porpoises and tuna putting on quite a show. Let’s hope that the inclement weather has not pushed them farther offshore. Maybe they are knocking on the back door.

Stay tuned.

Craig Bergeron has been a manager at Saco Bay Tackle in Saco, Maine, for 17 years. He’s an avid saltwater fisherman who loves to teach people the art of serious offshore fishing techniques, from custom line splicing to rigging squid rigs for bluefin tuna.

Finally, the offshore canyons have been the only locations for the infamous yellowfin tuna and bigeye tuna. Capt. Jim Noon aboard the Midnight Rambler landed the first yellowfin of the year July 6, in Veatch Canyon. Fishing in the canyons greatly depends on warm water eddies that spill off the Gulf Stream. The greater the temperature breaks the greater possibility of tuna. The Fish Tales, Dip, Atlantis and Veatch Canyons are the locations to watch.

Many tackle shops have up-to-date fish reports and are great resources to plan your next offshore or inshore excursion! Check out www.snugharbormarina.com for my daily fish reports.

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The schooner Issac Evans waits for the wind on Maine’s Jericho Bay.

Blowing in the wind o those of us who set sail for Downeast and the Maritimes, the summer winds are our best friends and most demanding of adversaries.

They fulfill our ambitions, deny our intentions, try our patience, keep us awake, lull us to sleep, and cool, chill and comfort us.

Ashore, we hardly notice the breeze; at sea we can’t ignore it. There is nothing at our command that mediates it. We have to take it as it comes, and make what we can of it, which frequently falls short of our designs. There is a decidedly melodramatic temperament to the wind. The sound of a halyard thrumming against the mast in the dark of night wakes and worries us. We come to a high state of alertness, sleep is troubled, and we feel vulnerable, though we may have known hundreds of such occasions.

And that is just the beginning of it. We are frustrated when there is too much or too little wind, and when it comes on the nose, rather inconveniently doubling the miles to be made good. We grouse when it blows in a dungeon of fog, is too feeble to keep the mosquitoes at bay, or the sails drawing. Oaths are muttered when we have to crawl out on the pitching deck to reduce sail, or a snotty southerly blowing against a Bay of Fundy tide heaps up a remorseless fang of house-sized seas that arrest progress and send torrents of spray flying.

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And none of the above takes into account the annoyance of weather forecasts. On our last cruise, wind speed and direction predictions were right 14 days, wrong 17 days, and partially correct four days. That’s the gritty reality of it. The actual in-your-face weather is rarely as good, or as bad, as announced, yet we still get our hopes up and have them dashed.

While various cruising sages advise against beating to weather, those bound for the land and sea of the rising sun enjoy no such luxury. In nearly 40 years of cruising the Gulf of Maine and Nova Scotia, making our easting is often a civilized, if somewhat foggy, business, and heading west a challenge. In all that time we’ve enjoyed fair winds on the homebound leg three days – all of those snarling easterlies, replete with rain and impenetrable mists.

Relying on an engine to grind your way homeward is an unsatisfying business, too. Cruising is natively about challenging ourselves, getting our hands dirty with life’s work, and knowing something of our comfort zones. Otherwise we might as well stay home and mow the lawn. A New England summer is too precious and short to squander, so set your jib flying, haul it in tight and beat to weather. It’ll feel great when you stop.

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BARRED ISLANDS, continued from Page 50 chor out to windward, from which Penelope could hold her position as the tide rose.

I then entered into a most dubious battle to row the anchor out against wind and sea. In this we finally succeeded, though only just. Frequently the stronger gusts of wind would drive us back, and forward progress was only by fits and starts. Enough water was coming over the rail of the dinghy that my legs were submerged well over my ankles and there was a real possibility we would be swamped.

As I worked, it seemed that the wind was moderating, but as the shrieking and howling of the wind lessened, fog entered the mix with stinging rain.

What little I had been able to see of my surroundings was now totally invisible. With the kedge laid out, there was nothing left to do but wait for the tide to turn, and then play it by ear.

I had to hope that when we floated free the second anchor would hold where the first one had failed. This was by no means guaranteed because the second anchor, like the first, was a CQR, and we were now clearly over rocky bottom, not what the CQR was designed for. I thought of trying to row out and retrieve the first anchor to see if it was fouled, and if it was, redeploy it where it might keep us from drifting farther onto the rocks. But while rowing out the kedge had been essential to saving the boat, I had no desire Frozen & Live Bait

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Soaked and shivering, I huddled in the cabin with Truff and drank hot coffee until Penelope began to stir on the rising tide. With blessedly little pounding, she floated off and rode to the kedge. The wind speed seemed to be picking up again, and I faced new decisions. A troubling question was whether or not the kedge would continue to hold, particularly as the tide rose and the scope consequently became less. I wanted to get out of there.

Penelope still had a motor in those days, and although I hadn’t run it in a month, this seemed like a good time to try it out. The trusty Universal diesel, as it always did, started almost immediately. Motors on my boats have always been maligned, mistreated and mistrusted creatures, but this one, for a few brief moments, came to know the fullness of my love.

I went forward, buoyed anchor number one, and cast it off. Then, proceeding at dead slow, I was able to run up on the kedge, retrieve it, and we were free.

Open water – the middle of the anchorage – had to be to the west, so I ran that way with a soaring heart.

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Lessons gleaned from this adventure Late autumn is the best of times and the worst of times for cruising the coast of Maine. It is incredibly beautiful then and anchorages are mostly empty. On the other hand, the weather can be treacherous and sometimes extreme.

A cruising boat should, within reason, have anchors suitable for every kind of bottom she may encounter.

A scope of seven to one is recommended for most of the anchors we use today, and that should be adhered to as a minimum when possible, and exceeded when conditions seem uncertain. Sentinels – weights suspended down the rode – add significantly to the holding power of anchors at any given scope and should be on every boat.

When I anchored close up under the bar, I failed to take into account the fact that the bottom was falling away sharply under the boat with a greater depth astern and a lesser one forward. Since the holding power of an anchor depends on the angle the rode takes in relation to the bottom, when the bottom falls away in this manner, this angle will be greater than it would be if the bottom were

The rest of the cruise – north up the bay through Eggemoggin Reach and Casco Passage to my secondary mooring on the north side of Swans Island – was mostly uneventful, though we did sail right by a much larger boat in the Reach, an occurrence that always warms the cockles of my heart. I

flat. Consequently, more scope is necessary to achieve equal holding power. I think that when Penelope pulled her anchor downhill, without increased scope, she broke loose and dragged into danger.

A good dinghy is essential. If you can’t row an anchor out in a blow, you are simply not prepared for situations you may encounter.

Don’t succumb to the DoSomething Syndrome: the tendency to rush into hasty and ill-considered action in an emergency. I was anxious to get away from the rocks when Penelope first floated free, but in retrospect, with a rising tide and morning on the way, I would have been better off staying put until I could see, rather than motoring off into the unknown.

When rowing out a kedge, pay the rode out from the dinghy, not the mothership. Thus, any snarls can be quickly addressed. Also, if the line is paid out from the mother ship, you must drag it through the water instead of just laying it down. This extra resistance can make the difference between success and failure.

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sat in the cockpit and waited for the truck to haul Penelope up the ramp next to the ferry slip. The sailing season for that year was over.

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gine. Running forward I had the anchor over in a hurry, and once again we were riding to the howling wind, blind in the rain and fog, the sound of crashing surf seeming to come from every direction.

Fortunately the tide was still rising, and would continue to flood until sometime around first light.

How the rest of the night passed, I really don’t remember. Any further attempt to move the boat was out of the question, as was sleep. It was an anxious time, although Truffle didn’t seem to mind things as much as I did.

With dawn, the rain stopped, the wind died, and the fog dissipated to some extent. Shapes emerged, and the story of our adventure became clearer. A shape to the north of us revealed itself to be a rock with a radar beacon on it, meaning that we had gone up on the west side of the anchorage, not the east as we had supposed. Thus, heading west when we first floated off was a serious mistake for which we could have paid much more dearly than we did.

With the onset of visibility and a new turning of the tide, it was time to move on to a more congenial location. After we retrieved buoyedanchor number one, we motored over and picked up the lone mooring in the anchorage. It was never my habit to pick up unknown moorings, believing, as Eric Hiscock taught, that it is better to anchor and thus know what you have down there rather than put your faith in unknown gear that may be of any size and condition. I still believe this makes sense, but on that morning my belief in anchors and anchoring was severely shaken.

After cleaning up, an inspection of Penelope by dinghy indicated that only minor cosmetic damage had been done, and a trip ashore for Truffle was followed by a truly monumental breakfast. I then took to my bunk, where I slept all day and most of the following night.

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Camden: Camden Chamber of Commerce, Camden Y.C., French & Brawn, Harbormaster, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, Waterfront Restaurant, Wayfarer Marine.

Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer.

Castine: Castine Realty, Castine Y.C., Four Flags Gift Shop, Maine Maritime Academy, Saltmeadow Properties, The Compass Rose Bookstore and Café.

Chebeague Island: Chebeague Island Boat Yard.

Cherryfield: EBS Hardware.

Columbia: Crossroads Ace Hardware.

Cundyʼs Harbor: Holbrook’s General Store, Watson’s General Store.

Damariscotta: Maine Coast Book Shop, Poole Bros. Hardware, Schooner Landing Restaurant.

Deer Isle: Harbor Farm, Pilgrim’s Inn. East Boothbay: East Boothbay General Store, Lobsterman’s Wharf Restaurant, Ocean Point Marina, Paul E. Luke Inc., Spar Shed Marina.

Eastport: East Motel, Eastport Chowder House, Marine Technology Center, Moose Island Marine, WaCo Diner.

Eliot: Great Cove Boat Club, Independent Boat Haulers, Patten’s Yacht Yard.

Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Pirie Marine, Riverside Café.

Falmouth: Hallett Canvas & Sails, Portland Yacht Club, Sea Grill at Handy Boat, The Boathouse, Town Landing Market.

Farmingdale: Foggy Bottom Marine.

Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Mr. Paperback, Reny’s.

Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware.

Georgetown: Robinhood Marine.

Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware.

Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, Watefront Marine.

Hancock Pt.: Crocker House Country Inn. Harpswell: Dolphin Restaurant, Finestkind Boatyard, Great Island Boat Yard.

Harrington: Tri-Town Marine.

Holden: McKay’s RV. Islesboro: Dark Harbor Boat Yard, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor.

Islesford: Little Cranberry Y.C. Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard.

Kennebunk: Kennebunk Beach Improvement Assoc., Landing Store, Seaside Motor Inn. Kennebunkport: Arundel Yacht Club, Bradbury’s Market, Chick’s Marina, Kennebunkport Marina, Maine Yacht Sales.

Kittery: Badger’s Island Marina, Cap’n Simeon’s Galley, Frisbee’s Store, Jackson’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine.

Lewiston: Mr. Paperback.

Machias: EBS Hardware, H.F. Pinkham & Son. Milbridge: H.F. Pinkham & Son. Monhegan Is: Carina House, Island Inn. North Haven: Calderwood Hall, Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop.

Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Full Belli Deli, Kimball Shop, Mt. Desert CofC,, McGraths, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market.

Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club.

Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum.

Peakʼs Island: Hannigan’s Island Market.

Penobscot: Northern Bay Market.

Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store.

Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt,

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Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine.

Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina.

Rockland: Atlantic Challenge, Back Cove Yachts, E.L.Spear, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Journey’s End Marina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Museum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, Reading Corner, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer & Whitten.

Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club, Rockport Marine.

Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market.

Saco: Marston’s Riverside Anchorage, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco Yacht Club.

Scarborough: Seal Harbor Y.C. Seal Harbor: Seal Harbor Yacht Club Searsport: Hamilton Marine.

South Bristol: Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, Coveside Marine, Gamage Shipyard, Harborside Café, Osier’s Wharf.

South Freeport: Brewer’s South Freeport Marine, Casco Bay Yacht Exchange, DiMillo’s South Freeport, Harraseeket Y.C., Strouts Point Wharf Co., Waterman Marine.

South Harpswell: Dolphin Marina, Finestkind Boatyard, Ship to Shore Store South Portland: Aspasia Marina, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s Boathouse Restaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grill, South Port Marine, Sunset Marina.

Southwest Harbor: Acadia Sails, Great Harbor Marina, Hamilton Marine, Hinckley Yacht Charters, MDI Community Sailing Center, Pettegrow’s, Sawyer’s Market, Southwest Harbor-Tremont CofC, West Marine, Wilbur Yachts.

Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine.

Stockton Springs: Russell’s Marine.

Stonington: Billings Diesel & Marine, Fisherman’s Friend, Inn on the Harbor, Lily’s Café, Shepard’s Select Properties.

Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats.

Sunset: Deer Isle Y.C. Surry: Wesmac.

Swanʼs Island: Carrying Place Market Tenants Harbor: Cod End Store and Marina, East Wind Inn, Halls Market.

Thomaston: Harbor View Tavern, Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding.

Turner: Youly’s Restaurant.

Vinalhaven: Jaret & Cohn Island Group, Vinal’s Newsstand.

Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham.

Wells: Lighthouse Depot, Webhannet River Boat Yard.

West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard.

West Southport: Boothbay Region Boatyard, Southport General Store.

Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard.

Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10.

Winterport: Winterport Marine.

Wiscasset: Ames Hardware, Wiscasset Yacht Club.

Woolwich: Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute.

Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing Boat Supply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse, Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard.

York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Woods to Goods, York Harbor Marine Service.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Dover: Dover Marine.

Dover Point: Little Bay Marina.

Gilford: Fay’s Boat Yard, Winnipesaukee Yacht Club.

Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems.

Hampton: Hampton River Boat Club.

Milton: Ray’s Marina & RV Sales.

New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-ByThe-Sea Marina.

Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: New England Marine and Industrial, West Marine.

Seabrook: West Marine.

Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store.

MASSACHUSETTS

Barnstable: Coast Guard Heritage Museum at the Trayser, Millway Marina.

Beverly: Bartlett Boat Service, Beverly Point Marina, Jubilee Yacht Club.

Boston: Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Yacht Haven, Columbia Yacht Club, The Marina at Rowes Wharf, Waterboat Marina.

Bourne: Taylor’s Point Marina Braintree: West Marine.

Buzzards Bay: Dick’s Marine, Onset Bay Marina.

Cataumet: Kingman Marine, Parker’s Boat Yard.

Charlestown: Constitution Marina, Shipyard Quarters Marina.

Chatham: Ryders Cove Marina, Stage Harbor Marine.

Chelsea: The Marina at Admiral’s Hill.

Cohasset: Cohasset Y.C. Cotuit: Peck’s Boats.

Cuttyhunk: Cuttyhunk Town Marina.

Danvers: Danversport Yacht Club, Liberty Marina, West Marine.

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Dedham: West Marine.

Dighton: Shaw’s Boat Yard.

Dorchester: Savin Hill Yacht Club.

East Boston: Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, Orient Heights Yacht Club, Quarterdeck Marina.

East Dennis: Dennis Yacht Club, North Side Marina.

Edgartown: Boat Safe Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown Moorings, Edgartown Yacht Club, Harborside Inn. Essex: Flying Dragon Antiques, Perkins Marine.

Fairhaven: Fairhaven Shipyard, West Marine.

Falmouth: East Marine, Falmouth Harbor Town Marina, Falmouth Marine, MacDougall’s Cape Cod Marine Service, West Marine.

Gloucester: Beacon Marine Basin, Brown’s Yacht Yard, Cape Ann’s Marina Resort, Enos Marine, Three Lanterns Ship Supply.

Green Harbor: Green Harbor Marina, Taylor Marine.

Harwich Port: Allen Harbor Marine Service, Cranberry Liquors, Saquatucket Municipal Marina.

Hingham: 3A Marine Sales, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hewitts Cove Marina, Hingham Shipyard Marinas, Hingham Yacht Club.

Hyannis: Hyannis Marina, West Marine.

Ipswich: Ipswich Bay Yacht Club.

Manchester: Manchester Marine, Manchester Yacht Club.

Marblehead: Boston Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, , Dolphin Y.C., Eastern Yacht Club, Lynn Marine Supply Co., Marblehead Yacht Club, The Forepeak, West Marine.

Marion: Barden’s Boat Yard, Beverly Yacht Club, Burr Bros. Boats, Harding Sails, West Marine.

Marston Mills: Prince’s Cove Marina.

Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard.

Nantucket: Glyns Marine, Nantucket Boat Basin, Nantucket Moorings, Nantucket Y.C., Town Pier Marina.

New Bedford: C.E. Beckman, Cutty Hunk Launch, IMP Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Neimic Marine, New Bedford Visitors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, Skip’s Marine, West Marine.

Newburyport: American Boat Sales, American Yacht Club, Merri-Mar Yacht Basin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, Newburyport Yacht Club, North End Boat Club, The Boatworks, Windward Yacht Yard.

North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina.

North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina.

Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace.

Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club.

Orleans: Nauset Marine.

Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service.

Peabody: West Marine.

Plymouth: Brewer’s Plymouth Marine, Plymouth Yacht Club, West Marine.

Provincetown: Harbormaster.

Quincy: Captain’s Cove Marina, Marina Bay, POSH, Squantum Yacht Club, Wollaston Yacht Club.

Salem: , Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, Hawthorne Cove Marina, H&H Propeller Shop, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi, Winter Island Yacht Yard.

Salisbury: Bridge Marina.

Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply.

Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front Street Book Shop, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scituate Harbor Y.C. Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine.

Somerset: Auclair’s Market, J&J Marine Fabricators South Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, New Bedford Y.C., New Wave Yachts.

Vineyard Haven: Owen Park Town Dock, Vineyard Haven Marina.

Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club.

Wareham: Zecco Marine.

Wellfleet: Bay Sails Marine, Town of Wellfleet Marina, Wellfleet Marine Corp.

West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store.

West Dennis: Bass River Marina.

Westport: F.L.Tripp & Sons, Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, Westport Marine, Westport Y.C. Weymouth: Monahan’s Marine.

Winthrop: Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina, Pleasant Point Y.C., Winthrop Book Depot, Winthrop Lodge of Elks, Winthrop Y.C. Woburn: E&B Marine, West Marine.

Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina.

Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking.

RHODE ISLAND Barrington: Barrington Y.C., Brewer Cove Haven Marina, Lavin’s Marina, Stanley’s Boat Yard, Striper Marina.

Block Island: Ballard’s Inn, Block Island Boat Basin, Block Island Marina, Champlin’s, Harbormaster, Old Harbor Dock, Payne’s New Harbor Dock.

Bristol: Aidan’s Irish Pub, All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine, Bristol Yacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum, Jamestown Distributors, Quantum Thurston Sails, Superior Marine.

Central Falls: Twin City Marine.

Charlestown: Ocean House Marina.

Cranston: Edgewood Yacht Club, Port Edgewood Marina, Rhode Island Yacht Club.

East Greenwich: Anderson’s Ski & Dive Center, East Greenwich Yacht Club, Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, West Marine.

East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club.

Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Dutch Harbor Boatyard..

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Narraganset: West Marine.

Newport: Armchair Sailor, Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina, IYRS, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Yacht Club, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, The Newport Shipyard, West Marine, West Wind Marina.

North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI Mooring Services.

Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill.

Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina.

Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Ocean Options, Quality Yacht Services, Standish Boat Yard.

Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club, Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Marine, Stone Cove Marina.

Warren: West Marine.

Warwick: Appanoag Harbor Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Greenwich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ponaug Marina, Warwick Cove Marina.

Wickford: Brewer Wickford Cove Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, Marine Consignment of Wickford, Pleasant Street Wharf, Wickford Marina, Wickford Shipyard, Wickford Yacht Club.

CONNECTICUT

Branford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club, Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck Yacht Club, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine.

Byram: Byram Town Marina.

Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Marina, Hays Haven Marina, Middlesex Yacht Club.

Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Connecticut Marine One, Harborside Marina, Old Harbor Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside Basin Marina, West Marine.

Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina.

Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club.

Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina.

East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine.

Essex: Boatique, Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club.

Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, West Marine.

Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club.

Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club.

Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club.

Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster.

Lyme: Cove Landing Marine.

Madison: East River Marine.

Milford: Flagship Marina, Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, Milford Yacht Club, Port Milford, Spencer’s Marina, West Marine.

Mystic: Brewer Yacht Yard, Fort Rachel Marina, Gwenmor Marina, Mason Island Yacht Club, Mystic Point Marina, Mystic River Yacht Club, Mystic Seaport Museum Store, Mystic Shipyard, West Marine.

New Haven: City Point Yacht Club, Fairclough Sails, Oyster Point Marina.

New London: Crocker’s Boatyard, Ferry Slip Dockominium Assoc., Hellier Yacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, Thamesport Marina, West Marine.

Niantic: Boats Inc., Mago Pt. Marina, Port Niantic Marina, Three Belles Marina.

Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, Palmers Cove Marina, Ram Island Yacht Club, Spicer’s.

Norwalk: Norwest Marine, Rex Marine, Total Marine, West Marine.

Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf.

Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina.

Old Saybrook: Brewer’s Ferry Point Marina, Harbor Hill Marina & Inn, Harbor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, Saybrook Point Marina, West Marine.

Portland: Yankee Boat Yard & Marina.

Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club.

Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina.

South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina.

Stamford: Brewer Yacht Haven Marina, Czescik Marina, Halloween Yacht Club, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Prestige Yacht Sales, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Marine, Z Sails.

Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club.

Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina.

Waterford: Defender Industries.

Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Pier 76 Marina, Sound Boatworks.

West Haven: West Cove Marina.

Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club.

NEW YORK

Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club.

West Islip: West Marine.

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Courtesy John Williams Boat Company

John Williams launches Stanley 38 Maisie McGoo John Williams Boat Company of Hall Quarry, Maine, launched the Maisie McGoo, a Stanley 38, on June 27. The boat was built for Dana and Martha Robes of Round Pond, Maine, who kept an ad showing the Stanley 38 Petrel II by their bedside for over a year before they met with builder Jock Williams on board the boat and fell in love with her.

Dana Robes is a retired fine furniture builder who at one time had three retail stores in New England.

In 2003, Dana and Martha purchased a 65-foot Ted Fontaine-designed hull from Lyman Morse, set up their own shop in Round Pond, and finished the sailboat themselves. Many of the systems and features on the sailboat are duplicated on Maisie McGoo. The Robes brought the sailboat up to the yard in Hall

Quarry for the crew to see firsthand the details and style that were to be incorporated into their new powerboat, named the boat after their two West Highlander white terriers, Maisie and McGoo. The molded-fiberglass Maisie is powered by a Cummins 540-horsepower diesel engine. She has teak cabin sides, bronze hardware, Brazilian cherry soles, and pink Hall Quarry granite countertops in the head and galley. The forecastle layout was designed to accommodate the two dogs. The owners also requested that no bungs be visible. Maisie has a full electronic package, with a surround sound TV/DVD system.

With an eye toward cruising abroad, a stern thruster was installed to aid in navigating the many locks throughout Europe. FMI: www.jwboatco.com.

Briefly Brooklin Boat Yard, in Brooklin, Maine, in late June launched the 90foot yawl Bequia into the waters of Center Harbor. She is the largest project to date for both her designers, Stephens, Waring & White, and Brooklin Boat Yard. After sea trials, her owners plan to cruise New England waters and sail in classic yacht regattas. After her initial season in home waters, Bequia will fulfill Courtesy Brooklin Boatyard her intended purpose as a worldcruising yacht. She displaces 135,000 pounds and spreads 3,424 square feet of sail. FMI: www.brooklinboatyard.com.

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Buzzards Bay Catamarans of Buzzards Bay, Mass., plans to launch this month the Buzzards Bay 34PC, a 34-foot by 12-foot, five-inch power catamaran. Designed in collaboration with Chris White Designs, the Buzzards Bay 34PC, which sleeps four, is aimed at busy couples who want to go cruising, but can’t take months off.

Powered by twin 225-horsepower four-stroke Suzuki outboards, it will cruise quietly at 20 knots. Tankage is 190 gallons of fuel, 66 gallons of water. FMI: www.mdcats.com.

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Confessions

Part 4: Size doesn’t matter in the compass-doctor game

By Bob Witherill For Points East A little-known figure in the world of boats is the marine-compass adjuster. He or she is of a rare breed nowadays, tending to fly below the radars of both recreational and commercial mariners. Bob Witherill of Belfast, Maine, has been a compass adjuster for more than a quarter-century, and his “Confessions of a Compass Adjuster” will reveal the highlights of a colorful life devoted to keeping mariners in the middle of the channel.

Doing compass work, I met a lot of people and went out on some very interesting boats. About the smallest boat was the 18-foot aluminum skiff owned by the Island Institute, based in Rockland, Maine. The largest was the 145-foot icebreaker Thunder Bay out of Rockland, which was temporarily assigned to the Great Lakes region this spring to assist eight Coast Guard Great Lakes icebreakers combat high ice concentrations.

I enjoyed working with Peter Ralston, co-founder of the Island Institute in 1983 and now its executive vice president, and did adjustment on several of their boats. He arranged for me to adjust the compass on the aluminum skiff, which was to be at the public launching ramp near the Outward Bound school.

I arrived on a cloudy morning and was greeted by a nice young lady in her late teens, who was launching the skiff. She did a very competent job of launching the boat, and we set off to adjust the compass. We hadn’t been working very long when the fog shut down, and it was thick: You could hardly see the other end of the 18-foot boat.

Here is where the electric gyro earned its keep. We could keep right on working and complete the adjustment. However, we had run so many courses in different directions that we really didn’t know where we were. However, we did have an adjusted compass, and I figured if we headed west we should find land someBRIEFS, continued from Page 88 Gansett Cruises of Newport, R.I., is running its daily harbor cruises aboard the 50-foot wooden m/v Gansett from its new berth on the dock at the Inn on Long Wharf. This dock is also the home of the Sara Star Fishing Charters, Adventure Watersports, and the catamaran Flyer. Ample parking is a block away at the Newport Gateway Center, where tickets can be bought for Gansett’s tours. The vessel was formerly berthed at Bowen’s Ferry Landing. FMI: www.gansettcruises.com.

Boothbay Harbor Shipyard of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, recently launched Belle Aventure, a 98-foot on deck, 120-foot LOA 1929 Fife after a year and a half rebuild. Her owners,

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where. So we headed west and pretty soon arrived back at the launching ramp from whence we started.

Incidentally, my young skipper showed no concern about the fog at all. She was well suited for her job.

The next day I got a call from Peter Black. I had done several compasses on boats for Peter over the years. A couple of times he had me come to Castine to do the compasses, but this time, he said he’d meet me in Belfast to do the compass. So I went to Belfast at the appointed time and looked for his boat, the Caroline. I looked up and down the docks but no boat was there resembling the Caroline. Maybe he had not arrived yet. The only boat of any size there was the Starfire, a huge 135-foot motor yacht, and I saw a familiar figure way up on the bridge. “Peter?” I called.

“Come aboard, Bob,” was his response. Peter gave me a tour of the yacht he was captain of, and it took 20 minutes for him to show me all living and machinery spaces. He had a crew of two – a man, the quartermaster/engineer, and his bikini-clad partner, the cook and deckhand. The two kept the Starfire spotless.

Well, we went out in the bay and did the compasses, and I just hoped all my friends could see me then.

Of course none did, but it was quite a thrill just the same. I couldn’t help but think that the day before I was doing the compass on an 18-foot skiff, and this day, I was working on the compasses on a 135-foot yacht. What a contrast.

In the next installment, I have a go-round with one Bob Dole, then partake of mind-games with a multimillionaire.

Mr. and Mrs. Mike McCue, attended the midnight launch. She was to head toward Nantucket, Mass., in late June. FMI: www.boothbayharborshipyard.com.

Newburyport Marinas of Newburyport, Mass., is one of 19 area marinas taking part in a program, Stay Local, Boat Massachusetts (www.staylocalboatma.com), set up by the Massachusetts Marine Trades Association. It offers boaters incentives to stay at participating marinas and stimulate local economies. Newburyport Marinas operates Newburyport Boat Basin, Windward Yacht Yard, Hilton’s Marina and the Newburyport Harbor Marina, totaling more than 500 slips for seasonal/transient dockage. For more information: www.newburyportmarinas.com.

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In praise of motor-sailing hen we think about our sailboats and cruises and daysails to come, we imagine 15-knot breezes on the beam and screaming reaches at hull speed for hours. Or maybe close-hauled, perfectly trimmed and reefed, slicing though swells not too steep to attain a windward goal. Or readers with more vivid imaginations may fantasize having a full crew, spinnaker set, endless open water ahead, and a member of the crew playing the sheet tirelessly for maximum result.

Anyone who has sailed a boat equipped with power – auxiliary or otherwise – knows that running with power alone or in combination with sails, is far more common than we readily admit. All of the expert sail trim advice we receive concerns straight sailing. All the beautiful pictures – and especially the advertising – show the boats of our dreams under full sail or else anchored, moored or docked, but never motoring. It is as if motoring and motor-sailing are dirty little secrets (like head problems). But for better or for worse, power derived other than from the breeze is reality for those who sail

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(speaking here of sailing vessels as opposed to dedicated motorsailing vessels).

Using and relying on power isn’t a bad thing, with apologies to those purists who resort to power only when beset with imminent danger and who otherwise view motoring as a moral lapse. On the contrary, our auxiliary diesel not only enables our cruising and passagemaking in civilized and comfortable fashion, but proceeding with aid of power often can be the most seaworthy method of doing so.

Our engine allows us to meet schedules – another reality of cruising and daysailing – to reach destinations in daylight or in advance of foul weather, or in time for the social hour or to return to the world and vocations ashore. Power enables us to maneuver in harbors and to anchor or moor or dock with less chance of calamity.

Our Westerbeke diesel also means we can maintain battery-charge levels, which is nice for reading at night and powering our sound systems, but much more vital for running radar, chartplotter, GPS and instruments.

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35' Hinckley Pilot Sloop, 1970, $127,500

Reasonably priced:

$460,000

207-667-4822 Email: sales@wesmac.com

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37' Pacific PH Trawler, 1999, Reduced to $168,500 Specializing in Downeast Vessels, Trawlers and Cruising Sailboats.

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1977 BW 13 Sport w/40hp Evinrude

2008 Scout 222 Abaco walk around.

New boat with full warranties. Yamaha 225hp 4-Stroke. Full canvas, marine head. Aluminum trailer. $49,500

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15' SunBird w/40hp Johnson

$3,000

17' J.B. Sloop 7hp Yanmar '83

$5,900

16' SportCraft w/Johnson & trailer $2,800

22' Catalina 1977

$3,000

21' Regulator cc '06

$29,900

28' Sabre '79 w/new diesel

$15999

24' Eastern 2003 w/trailer

$31,500

29' Huges '70

34' Luhrs 3400 ‘90

$49,500

32' Catalina '94

$5,000 $59,900

38’ Sea Ray Aft Cabin '89

$70,000

34' Sabre Mark I '79

$35,000

42' Carver Aft Cabin ‘86

$70,000

34' Irwin Citation Sloop '80

$10,000

43' Marine Trader Trawler '84

$69,900

40’Ta Shing Baba '84

$153,000

Mercury engines and Mercury Inflatables in stock.

Certified Mercury technicians. Storage, dockage, Ship’s Store, and a full service marina.

20’ 25’ 26’ 30’ 32’ 32’ 33’ 36’ 36’ 36’ 38’

25’ Pursuit $22,800 Power Edgewater 2004 $34,000 Pursuit 1993 $22,800 Fogg Craft $40,000 Lindal Wallace 1965 $6,500 Holland 1988 $39,500 Steel hull tug $79,000 Egg Harbor $15,000 Crowley 1992 $79,000 Calvin Beal 1998 $95,000 Ellis 1998 $139,500 Earnest Libby 2002 $150,000

Broker: Al Strout Phone: 207-833-6885 Mobile: 207-890-2693 Email: sales@fkby.com Web: www.fkby.com

36’ Pacemaker $18,000 Sail 14’ Whitehall Skiff $11,995 $17,000 17’ Dark Harbor 26’ Tanzer $4,500 29’ Hunter 1985 $7,500 32’ Bristol 1976 $35,000

26’ Tanzer (sistership) $4,500

Edgewater 205CC LOA 20'6" • Beam 8'6" • Disp. 2,800 150 HP Yamaha

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150 HP Honda 4 stroke

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Bristol Harbor 21CC LOA 21'3 5/8" • Beam 8'5" Draft 14" • Weight (dry) 2,575 lbs.

Woolwich, Maine

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75 HP Yanmar Diesel

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LOA 17' 2" • Beam 6' 6" • Disp. 675 lbs LOA 21' 3" • LWL 20' 6" • Beam 7' 0" Max HP 40 HP • Passenger Weight 900 lbs.

Draft 2' 0" • Weight 2,400 lbs.

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LAST WORD, continued from Page 90 Cruising in Maine fog and rain without such systems now is practically unimaginable.

Not only does motoring nicely complement sailing, the converse is also true. Purely motoring without any sails involved can be sheer drudgery, and if sea conditions are the least adverse, uncomfortably “rolly and pitchy.”

Motor-sailing instead brings a vast measure of relief to the equation.

In light of the importance of motor sailing, and the sheer number of hours that are logged with the Iron Genny by “sailors,” it is remarkable that so little has been written about how to do it well. The optimal motorsailing arrangement is with main set and close-hauled.

With the engine propelling the boat forward, the apparent wind comes close to being head-on. If the true wind is from another direction, as its velocity increases, the apparent wind can move aft but rarely very far (at which point it probably is time to shut off the engine anyway). So the trick is to keep the sail full while heading extremely close to the wind. In order to do so, we hike the traveler to windward as far as possible and fall off as necessary.

Boats attempting to motor-sail under jib and jib-main combinations don’t fare as well. The jib cannot be trimmed to windward as a mainsail can, especially one equipped with a traveler. A headsail will be useful with an apparent wind of 40 or 45 degrees, but cannot avoid

luffing when the apparent wind comes to 20 degrees as when proceeding under power.

A full mainsail provides stability in swells and chop that is impossible to achieve under engine alone. This is why working lobsterboats often utilize a riding sail in much the same fashion. A full sail substantially reduces the boats rolling motion, and yaw and pitch as well.

Such improvement in the boat’s motion comes from motor-sailing in this fashion that we will bear off and tack as necessary to keep the sail full and boat stabilized. It’s more comfortable, everyone aboard is happier, and the modest sacrifice in speed and deviation from the rhumb line is a safer and appealing tradeoff.

Other advantages follow. In the event the engine quits suddenly, we already have one sail set and working, and can greatly improve our chance for averting problems.

Boats proceeding under power with sails furled and under sail cover seem particularly unprepared for sudden engine failures. In the case of diesel auxiliaries, we can charge batteries while running the engine at higher rpm, a diesel’s preferred level of operation. While motorsailing we also are more attuned to wind conditions, and if conditions improve, we are one step closer to resuming sailing again – simply cut the engine, roll-out the jib, and return to the sailing of our fantasies Reg lives in Connecticut and summers on Casco Bay’s Cheabeague Island, and this is his ninth season cruising in a Sabre 42 all over New England.

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19ʼ Cornish Shrimper, 1986 Classic British gaff rig pocket cruiser; tan bark sails; fiberglass hull shoal draft with retractable centerboard; wood mast and spars (tabernacle rig); sleeps two; 5hp Nissan outboard; new E-Z Loader trailer. Boothbay, ME $22,000. 207-633-5341 www.classicsmallboats.com alan@classicsmallboats.com

Whitehall skiff Equipment for rowing and sailing.

Includes Ez loader galvanized trailer included. $11,995 Call Al 207-8902693 www.fkby.com sales@fkby.com

17ʼ Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat. Classic style.

Built by the Wooden Boat School in Eastport, Maine. Marconi-rigged with a 3hp Yamaha outboard. $14,000. billw@jwboatco.com

20ʼ Alerion Express 20 Elegant Day Sailer and a Civilized Club Racer? It’s possible with an Alerion Express 20, a tried and true Day Sailer. All the Alerion essentials are present—classic topside, modern underbody, gratifying speed and single-handed ease. Note the fingertip control as the boat charges along on a beam reach in a brisk southwest breeze on Narragansett Bay. The special features are open cockpit, complete simplicity and a friendly price designed to introduce sailors to the Alerion Express Fleet. Priced rigged and ready to sail on it’s own custom trailer at $46,948. Contact Cape Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

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You’ll find a wide variety of sailboats from small daysailers to coastal cruisers.

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Pearson Commander 26’ Daysailor Weekender, recent sails roller furling, almost new 4 stroke outboard.

Just add H2O! Largest sailboat trailer dealer in the Northeast.

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24ʼ Bridges Point, 2002 JUDITH, built by the John Williams Boat Co. Daysailor layout. $75,000.

Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 21ʼ Lightfoot Sharpie Double ender (hull same as the Bay Hen) open boat w/trailer; 4.5 hp Johnson outboard; fiberglass hull, aluminum tabernacle rig mast; two new bilge pumps, battery; tan bark main & jib; gaff rig; cockpit table.

Boothbay, Maine. $4,500. 207-6335341 www.classicsmallboats.com alan@classicsmallboats.com

23ʼ Herreshoff Marlin Daysailer. Large cockpit, small cuddy cabin. 15hp Johnson. $9800.

Located in Kennebunk. 802-9336648. jmpfour@aol.com 23ʼ Sakonnet 23, 1999 Lake sailed, stored inside, good condition. Sails: main, furling jib, genoa, spinnaker. 2hp Yamaha, Triad trailer.

Located Hackensack, MN. 218-5472052. Price $25,000. rfletcher4@cox.net

25ʼ Cape Dory 25 Good condition, full gear, many upgrades. Rollerfurl genoa, head, galley, sleeps four. $7,500. For info, email or call 207-763-3533. merv@tidewater.net

25ʼ C&C Sloop, 1976 The boat is in great condition, yard maintained last 15 years. Stored inside winters. 45 hrs. on 9.9hp Yamaha long-shaft outboard. Wiring upgrades including mast. New seacocks, knot and depth meters, head, anchor and anchor roller. Two new propane grills. Garmin 172C chartplotter. Also 10’ Walker Bay dinghy with 2hp outboard. Sails are professionally cleaned and repaired each year, and include: main with singleline reefing, storm jib, a 110% and 150% genoa with roller furling, spinnaker, and sail covers. All lines and sheets return to cockpit for easy single-handing. $7,500. Call Jim at 207288-2981.

26ʼ Kaiser Mk II, 1972 Full keel sloop. LOA 27’6, LOD 26’, beam 7’10, draft 4’, disp. 6200 lbs., ballast 2700 lbs. Sleeps 4 with 6’ headroom. Boat and sails in good condition. Solidly built by John Kaiser, Sr. of Wilmington, Deleware.

Lovely, quick and comfortable sailor. $10,000. Brooksville, ME. 207-3269676.

27ʼ Pacific Seacraft Orion 1982. Fully equipped & professionally maintained. Hand laid solid fiberglass hull. Bronze portlights. This is a well found yacht ready to go. $45,000.

207-244-7854. billw@jwboatco.com

27ʼ Soverel, 1987 Built by Tartan in 1987. Fast club racer/daysailer, excellent condition, large sail inventory, instruments, new hardware, 10hp Yanmar. $18,500. 207236-3149, or email either scott@rocknaks.com or artzm3@gmail.com

28ʼ OʼDay Sailboat, 1980 10’ beam, 4’6 draft. 10,000 lb. displacement. Sleeps 5. 4 sails. Power, Yanmar diesel saildrive. Head with

m a r i n e education BAY SAILING BOAT RENTALS YACHT CHARTERS ASA SAILING SCHOOL

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WoodenBoat School Idyllic surroundings and the finest instructors.

An exhilarating experience for amateurs and professional alike. In session from June to October, offering a wide variety of one and two-week courses in boatbuilding, seamanship, and related crafts.

Off-site winter courses also offered.

For a complete catalog:

WoodenBoat School P.O. Box 78 • Brooklin, Maine 04616 (207) 359-4651 (Mon.-Thurs.)

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shower. Alcohol stove. Asking $15,000. Call Joe at 978-372-6505.

29ʼ Hughes, 1970 29’ Hughes for sale. Great boat for the money., $5000. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773 or email www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

30ʼ Sabre 30 MkIII, 1985 Sabre 30 MKlll Prototype, custom interior, 450 hrs. on Westerbeke, many new features. $56,000. Call or e-mail for details: 207-655-4962. gbclark@maine.rr.com

30ʼ Pearson 303, 1983 Diesel, full-batten main, roller furling, wind, depth, speed, water heater, refrigerator, inflatable dinghy with motor. $27,500. Email or call 603-7490442. edwardjohnsr@aol.com

30ʼ C&C, 1974 Very clean. Bottom barrier coated.

New: diesel (195 hours), shaft & prop; Raymarine C80 chartplotter, depth sounder; Main. Harken furler, 5 sails & spinaker gear. Numerous equipment ó on complete listing. $19,750 (motivated seller ó 2 boat owner). 603-329-7064. pwmail@comcast.net. pwmail@comcast.net

30ʼ Haven, 1977 Wonderful double-ender, full galley, head, sleeps four comfortably. $35,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

30ʼ Dufour Arpege, 1970 Beautifully maintained, blue Awlgrip hull, recent sails and dodger. Teak cabin sole. 10hp Volvo diesel. $19,900. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

30ʼ PEARSON 303, 1986 Yanmar, 10’11 beam, 4’4 draft, clean and turn key. Asking $33,000. Call John Morin at Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637.

32ʼ Dreadnought Tahiti Cutter This blue water classic, collectors item vessel has been totally reequipped (20k)with new integrated monitor wind vane/Ratheon auto pilot, chart plotter, generator, tiller, sail covers, dodger and Bimini and gas grill. Excellent sails and engine (Westerbeke 38B). Go to yacht world and type ‘Dreadnought 32’ to see all particulars. Will deliver. Call owner 207 664 8182. $35,000. fitzgp44@hotmail.com

32ʼ Jenneau 32, 1985 This is a clean and wonderfully spirited boat ready for a new owner.

Canvas, electronics, and nice sails are all well maintained. She is a great starter yacht or good for downsizing.

Tiller steering for the true sailor.

Recent price drop to $25,000.

Contact Cape-Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

32ʼ Freedom, 1984 Very roomy and simple to sail.

Enclosed aft stateroom, rare on boats of this size. 22hp Yanmar. $35,000. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

33ʼ Hans Christian, 1986 Classic offshore/coastwise design that will take you anywhere in safety and comfort. High quality teak joinery below. Always lightly used and only in Maine. Second owner has made recent upgrades including ICOM 602 VHF/DSC w/remote mic, ground tackle, running rigging, batteries, deck washdown, etc. Includes Raymarine color chartplotter/radar, MaxProp, AVON dinghy w/Yamaha 4stroke. Reduced to $89,900. 603569-1034 starsail@metrocast.net

a closer look. Please call today for a showing. Asking $179,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

35ʼ Hunter Legend, 1987 Stockton Springs w/mooring, has a Raymarine E-120 navigation package, too many other upgrades to note here. Surveyed 1t $49K, must sell. Capt Ron, 207-949-3435 or email rnblnchrd@aol.com

35ʼ Island Packet 350, 2001 Yanmar diesel, roller main, jib & staysail. Solar panel, wind generator, radar, chartplotter, autopilot, davits, dinghy/OB. Much more. $179,500.

603-755-9192. cfpiper@juno.com spiritus350.googlepages.com

35ʼ Hinckley Pilot Sloop, 1970 Black hull, outstanding condition. $127,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997.

34ʼ Irwin Citation Sloop, 1980 $10,000. Contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

34ʼ Tartan Sloop New Westerbeke 30B & exhaust system. $29,500 or best offer. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

34ʼ Tartan, 2006 This Tartan 3400 is equipped with a 27hp Yanmar. She is extremely clean and very well cared for; a fresh water boat with an equipment list worthy of

35ʼ Beneteau 35s7, 1994 This Beneteau First 35s7 is a true racer/cruiser and not your typically hard raced boat. She is very well maintained, clean, dry, nicely outfitted and inclusive of a wonderful sail inventory and a new set of varnished floor boards. A must buy at only $69,900. Contact Cape Yachts, 866657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

35ʼ Hallberg Rassy Rasmus, 1976 Many upgrades including Perkins diesel, new roller furling, propane, many electronics. Classic center cockpit blue water vessel. $39,000. rupp_ran@ncia.net

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36ʼ Sabre 362, 1996 The Sabre 362 is a sought after racer/cruiser in today’s market. Windfield has been yard maintained and professionally cared for and it shows.

With her reliable Yanmar deisel and Sabre quality build you need look no further for a preowned cruiser/racer to suite your needs. $165,000. New Castle, NH. Call Kyle at 207-4399582. kmckenna@kpyy.net

36ʼ Gaff Headed Yawl, 1946 Emily Marshall, a 36’ gaff headed yawl commissioned in 1946 by naval historian Rear Adm. Samuel Eliot Morrison; completely rebuilt as new in 2002. A rare opportunity to own a new yacht with a provenance and sea kindliness that only Sam Crocker could provide. $195,000. Email or call 207-359-2384 for more information. springtides8@gmail.com

36ʼ Pearson Pilothouse 36.5, 1980 Equipped and ready for cruising or live aboard. Full instruments, main with Dutchman, roller furl genoa, freezer, fridge, A/C heater, and much more. 36.5’L x 11.5’ beam x 4.5’ draft.

RCR3PH@aol.com or 401-864-3222.

Price reduced to $59,500.

RCR3PH@aol.com 37ʼ Hunter, 1998 Fully equipped including Genset, heat/AC, Radar, autopilot. 38hp Yanmar diesel. Superb condition. $109,500. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2342. robinhoodmarinecenter.com 37ʼ Fisher Pilothouse Ketch, 1978 Recent re-fit including dark green

Awlgrip, new sails, cushions. Espar heating, radar, inverter included. $90,000. Located in Eastport, Maine.

Call Robinhood Marine Center, 207371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

38ʼ Ericson 38, 1988 Phoenix is Pacific Seacraft built and one of the best maintained yachts of her kind on the market. Hailing from Maine and only recently sailed down to SW for sail, look at her specs and pictures. She truly is immaculate. If a turn key yacht for a reasonable price is what you are looking for then Phoenix is your boat. Priced agressively at $79,600. Contact Cape Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

49ʼ Hinckley 49, 1978 Center cockpit. Perfect for around the world cruising, chartering, or live aboard. Excellent condition. Located in Boston. $229,000. Call 781-7600285 pbkress@gmail.com

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15ʼ Sunbird with 40hp Johnson. $3,000. Contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-6330773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

17ʼ Boston Whaler Montauk, 1977 Ready to go fishing. 1981 90hp Johnson outboard, dual batteries w/switch, switch panel, bilge pump, navigation light system. With 2005 Karavan Trailer. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com

17ʼ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an outboard and a little cosmetic work for a great little runabout. $1100. 207-2238885.

units. Trailer included. Eastern quality, well cared-for. $23,900. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com

17ʼ Eastporter, 1989 Many improvements by yard 2006.

Must see to appreciate. $3,900. 1988 40hp Evinrude add $600. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

17ʼ Scout Boats Dorado, 2002 Only 100 hours on great fueleffiecent family/fish boat, 100hp Yamaha four stroke, trailer. $14,500.

207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

19ʼ Boston Whaler Outrage, 1991 New Honda 135hp engine w/25 hours, full 5-yr factory warranty. New control cables, wiring harness and control box. Blue bimini top, barely used 2008 Karavan trailer. New inthe-box Raymarine A65 Chartplotter with East Coast chip, Uniden Solara DSC VHF radio with antenna. Stored and serviced here since new. $21,880. York Harbor Marine. 207363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com

PYY 22, 2008 PYY 22’, 2008 Center Console, 150hp Mercury, vhf, gps, fishfinder, compass. Designed by George A. Patten for seaworthiness and custom finished for the discriminating boater.

Picnic style also available. $61, 855 (Spring Special) Call Kyle, 207-4399582. www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net

19ʼ Eastern, 2003 Center console, 90hp Evenrude, power tilt, professionally maintained and stored indoors. Low operating hours. $20,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

21ʼ Duffy Electric Launch, 2001 Fully electric, full weather enclosure.

Quiet, stable, the perfect platform for picnics or cocktails on the bay. $22,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

22ʼ Eastern 22 Classic, 1999 Dark blue 22’ Eastern, cuddy cabin w/Honda 130 4-stroke w/ about 320 hours. New fish finder and radio

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40' 1990 Trojan/Bertram 12m Express 38' 1987 Bertram Convertible 36' 1969 Columbia 36 Sloop 35' 1979 Pearson 35 Yawl 34' 1983 Sabre 34 Mark I 27' 1980 Bristol 27.7

$65,000 Deal Pending $19,500 $29,500 Deal Pending $24,500

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22ʼ Pro-Line, 2003 Center console with trailer, 200hp Mercury, very clean, low hours, t-top, cover, bow cushion and more. $25,500. www.maineyachtsales.com mikev@maineyachtsales.com

22ʼ Eastern Lobster Fisherman 2006. Flag blue hull, 115hp Honda with less than 30 hrs., tandem axle trailer, hydraulic steering, dual batteries w/switch, ext. roof, hard cabin sides w/sliding windows, center opening windshield, full canvas, vberth, Garmin GPS, Icom UHF, deck seat w/cover, bow rail, flush rod holders and more. Bought new in 09/07. $38,000 or best offer. Call 207-2833279.eac@portlandmaine.gov 23ʼ Palmer Scott, 1954 Located in Mt. Desert, Maine.

Fiberglass hull, gas engine. $16,800.

Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com

24ʼ Eastern, 2003 Eastern Center Console w/130hp 4stroke Honda outboard. Comes with trailer. $31,500. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

25ʼ Boston Whaler 255 Conquest 2002. Twin Honda 200hp engines, 350 hours. Hardtop w/weather curtain set. Anchor windlass, deluxe ladderback helm seats, v-berth filler. Portapotti w/pumpout, macerator/overboard discharge. Stereo, VHF radio, Simrad integrated electronics, chartplotter/radar & echosounder. $57,500.

York Harbor Marine Service at 207363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com 25ʼ Pursuit Offshore, 2006 50 Hours – under warranty. 250hp 4 stroke Yahmaha. 4kw radar, Raymarine C120. Hardtop, flush head. $72,000. Trailer available. 207846-7831.

25ʼ Luhrs 250 Sport Fish, 1993 Luhrs 250 Sport Fish with twin gas Marine Power 350hp IBs, one brand new w/ zero hours. Yard maintained, new plugs, hoses, wiring harness.

Ready to go. $35,899. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com

25ʼ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004 W/twin Mercury 150hp. Saltwater Series. Demo boat. Full warranty.

This boat is loaded. $39,900.

Carousel Marina, 207-633-2922.

25ʼ General Marine Downeast 1987. Great small lobster boat, 351Cleveland/Windsor V8 inboard.

Cuddy V-berth cabin w/ heat, in top condition. $23,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

26ʼ Back Cove Pipe Hardtop, 2008 Just traded for a Back Cove 33 and options like no other on the market.

Her galley includes a 120V AC/12 VDC fridge, stainless steel sink, microwave oven and cooktop for meal preparation. A v-berth with dropdown, inlaid table, sleeps two comfortably; and her fully enclosed head provides a spacious layout for maneuverability. Asking $149,900.

Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

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27ʼ Eastern, 2006 In flag blue with white cushions.

Evinrude Etec 250hp with great fuel economy, Fortune canvas, Garmin Electronics, and loaded with options, and less than 50 hours. Venture tandem axle trailer, with 4 wheel brakes.

Reduced for fall sale. $64,900. 207266-2018.

28ʼ Albin Tournament Express 2003. This 2003 Albin is powered with the popular 315 Yanmar diesel with only 277 hours. She is fully equipped and also has the optional cockpit bench seating facing forward.

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The Island Store on Isle au Haut, ME 200 yards from the Town Landing welcomes you with a full selection of groceries, fresh meat, fish, produce, beer, wine, ice and lots more.

Tel/fax 207.335.5211. Visa, MasterCard accepted.

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being tough and durable, and combined with her cleanliness, you won’t be disappointed. Please call today for a showing. Asking $109,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email. info@dimillos.com 28ʼ Cape Dory Flybridge 28’ 30’ & 36’ Cape Dory FB, new Yanmar diesel in 28’ & 36’. Three very clean examples, From $75,000$199,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997 28ʼ Albin HT (2), 2002 Yanmar diesel, very clean from $99,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997.

28ʼ Hydra-Sports Center Console 2001. Vector CC. Twin 225hp Ram Fitch Evinrudes, approx. 600 hrs. on both. Aluminum I Beam trailer, new leaf springs 2007, spare tire and bracket. Furuno chart plotter, depth sounder, radar, VHF radio and FM stereo. Many extras, too many to list.

Also available (seperatly) Northeast Federal Fishing Permit #148472, active 2009. Call 508-487-3208 anytime. $52,000.00 or best offer.

30ʼ Albin Aft Cabin, 2004 This family cruiser is in Bristol condition and has been professionally maintained since purchased by her original owner. She has a great electronics package and a reliable Yanmar deisel. Perfect coastal cruiser with a full canvas enlosure that allows for plenty of room for entertaining or just enjoying your privacy.

Owner is motivated, so bring reasonable offers. Located in New Castle, New Hampshire. $139,900. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582. kpyy.net 30ʼ Pro-Line Walkaround, 1997 Fishing/family layout, fish box, bait well, transom door. Cabin w/ galley and head, sleeps 4. $39,500. 207799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

32ʼ Grand Banks, 1974 Fiberglass hull. Ford Lehman, excellent condition, surveyor owned $63,900. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997

32ʼ Morris Flybridge, 1998 BHM hull and deck. Finished by Morris Yachts. Proven Downeast hull.

Design and construction first class.

Professionally maintained, stored indoors. $235,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

32ʼ Holland Downeast, 1989 There is nothing out there like SALLY G. She has undergone extensive restoration over the past 4 years.

Since the work was completed, state of the art Simrad Electronics, 23’ Pulpit, and Custom Tuna Tower have all been added. The tower and pulpit were both done by Redman Marine.

Sally G will do 30 knots and get you on the fish in a hurry with her 6 cylinder 315hp (1998) Cummins diesel(520hrs). This boat is for the serious fisherman who appreciates the quality Holland design and numerous upgrades. (This boat is a proven Fish-Raiser.) $159,000. Call Kyle at 207-439-9582 or email. www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net

33ʼ Carver Aft Cabin, 1992 Excellent family boat, very clean, twin 350 FWC gas Crusaders, 650 hours, excellent maintenance records.

Loaded with extras, full electronics, inflatable dinghy and 3hp OB. New price: $64,900. In South Portland, Maine. Call Chuck, 207-799-2310. wilsoncape@aol.com

33ʼ Robinhood Flybridge Poweryacht, 2001. Yanmar 420hp diesel, 5kw genset, Raymarine radar, GPS, autopilot upgraded ‘06. Dark green hull. $275,000. Others available from $229,500-$475,000. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

33ʼ Pearson True North , 2004 True North 33 is one of the most popular 33’ downeast style boats on the brokerage market. With a helm deck that has easy access to the large open cockpit and opening transom door for boarding from a dinghy,

34ʼ American PH Tug Trawler, 2001 Cummins diesel, immaculate and lowest one on market. $229,500.

Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

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swimming or just carrying recreational toys. This TN 33 is equipped with the upgraded 440 Yanmar diesel, Mastervolt generator, air conditioning, bow thruster and Espar heater.

Asking $215,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

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34ʼ Albin Command Bridge Yanmar diesel 370hp, Northern Lights Genset, 8 GPH at cruise. Full keel and skeg, Furuno 48 nm radar, Northstar chart plotter, Robertson autopilot, Ritchie compass, and Standard Horizon Spectrum VHF radio. Vetus bow thruster, Bennett trim tabs, and Lofrans windlass. $169,900. Call Dick at 603-742-3487, or email barrettdd@comcast.net

35ʼ Eastern, 2001 This 2001 Flybridge is well equipped and spacious, an extremely versatile boat. It could be a great weekender, a very accommodating live aboard or you could go long range with the very efficient single diesel set up. The equipment list includes full navigation

$65,000. More information and pictures available. Contact: herliebarnes@yahoo.com

electronics with autopilot, bow thruster, diesel fired heat, inverter, a functional galley, a Trinka sailing dinghy, upgraded latex mattress and even upgraded ultraleather upholstery. Asking $179,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

36ʼ Grand Banks, 1979 Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellent condition. Fully equipped for cruising. $99,000. Call 781-461-2692 or email RGN98@aol.com

38ʼ H&H Osmond Beal, 2002 EcoFriendly custom Downeast liveaboard cruiser. Solar panels.

Composting head. Fully insulated.

Hurricane diesel heater. Yanmar 370, low hours. Spacious salon. Galley up.

Island Queen. $225,000. 603-7708378. dotgale38.googlepages.com dotgaleforsale@comcast.net

38ʼ True North 38, 2003 Just traded. This True North 38 represents the best True North on the market today. Replacement cost is nearly double as this fine yacht includes: Generator, A/C, Espar heater, full electronics with color display, hard back enclosure, central vac and so much more. Priced to sell at $318,500. Contact Cape Yachts, 866657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

42ʼ Matthews Classic, 1956 Double Cabin Flying Bridge (DCFB) Cruiser. Beautifully restored cruiser, a sea-going summer home. Repowered with 2 twin GM V6 220hp delivering 4.5gph @9knots. Complete new plumbing, electrical including Lewmar anchoring system, Garmin chartplotter/GPS and Ritchie binnacle.

42ʼ Duffy, 1997 Heavy-duty, commercial pilot and tow boat converted to pleasure. CAT 3406E 800hp. Meticulous maintenance. First-rate construction and mechanical systems. $250,000.

Atlantic Boat Company, 207-3594658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

42ʼ Bunker & Ellis,1958 ALERIA is prime for restoration. $134,900. Call 207-255-7854, or email billw@jwboatco.com

43ʼ Marine Trader, 1984 Priced to sell at $69,999. FMI contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-6330773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

46ʼ Duffy, 2007 Exceptionally able off-shore boat.

Cummins 670hp QSM-11 diesel, 100 hours. Shorepower, inverter, generator, full electronics. Three staterooms, two heads, great liveaboard. $595,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

47ʼ Novi Dragger, 1985 Fiberglass Atkinson Novi Dragger.43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition.

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$135,000. Jonesport Shipyard, 207497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

50ʼ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge, 2005 SHEGAVIN shows as new and is in absolute Bristol condition. Powered by 730hp Mann’s she has plenty of power and reliability. Her well thought out interior is done in dark cherry and there were numerous option upgrades. The Mann engine upgrade was a $100K upgrade itself and should be an indication of the rest of this boats condition. No expense was spared to make this vessel the best one of its kind. This boat is loaded and ready for her new owner. She was finished with digital guagesat the helm station and is the only one of her kind. Please view her full specs and call if interested in a showing.

This should be the next one to sell.

Dont miss out. $630,000. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582 or email www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net

OTHER

Commission a Tender Get a great boat while helping a great cause. Custom-built for you by the Compass Project. Come on in and meet your build team. 12’ Bevins Skiff $850 12’ Echo Bay Dory $1950 16’ Gloucester Light Dory $1,600 Call Clint at 207-774-0682 www.compassproject.org compassinfo@maine.rr.com

Puffin dinghies Puffin fiberglass dinghies in stock.

Jackson’s Hardware & Marine, Route 1 Bypass, Kittery, Maine. 207-4391133.

Boat Rental Triumph Boats 17’ & 19’ Center Console available for half day, full day and extended rental. Guilford Boat Yards, View Details www.guilfordboat.com, Guilford, Connecticut 203-453-5031

Moorings & Slips Small marina on beautiful Great Bay. 16’ to 30’ boats. Bay View Marina, 19 Boston Harbor Road, Dover Point, NH. 603-749-1800.

CNG Tanks and Regulator Two CNG tanks, 2200psi, and CNG regulator and gauge from a Sabre sailboat. Tanks $60ea, regulator $200. 617-548-9531. paulth@comcast.net

Radios, etc.

Stephens SEA 222 SSB radio, Kenwood TS-340S ham radio, W/C Skipper Head, Switlik 6 person cannister life raft. Make offer. Jack, 603534-9536. johnhfarrell@hotmail.com

Island Store The Island Store on Isle au Haut,Me.04645,200 yards from the Town Landing welcomes you with a full selection of groceries, fresh meat,fish,produce,beer,wine,ice and lots more. Tel/fax 207 335 5211.Email:www.islandstore@tds.net.

Visa,Mastercard accepted. islandstore@tds.net www.islandstore@tds.net

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10 1/2ʼ & 12ʼ Skiffs Maine style and quality. Epoxy bonded plywood/oak, S/S screws. Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot.

Primer paint. $1,100 and $1,400.

Maxwell’s Boat Shop. Rockland, Maine. 207-594-5492.

What’s better than a snug anchorage?

18ʼ Echo Rowing The most advanced recreational rowing shell on the market today. This is a demo boat – one available. 207799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

Warm muffins & coffee delivered!

Reservations 207-593-7406 Perry's Creek inner mooring Vinalhaven, Maine

norm@marinesurveyor.com 617-834-7560

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Marine Moisture Meters For Fiberglass and Wood Non-destructive meters, simple to use, understand & evaluate moisture levels.

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ly fitted sheets for their boat. Check www.fleetsheeet.com for ideas or to arrange for a Gift Card.

Westerbeke 6 Cyl. Diesel Model 6-346, 120hp, 1050 hrs. with recently rebuilt 2:1 Paragon gear, engine harness, mounts and panel.

Clean and well maintained. $3800.

Call Fred 781-771-1053. fjdions@msn.com New Canvas Option Introducing Center Harbor Marine Canvasóoffering expanded canvas services to cover and protect you and your investment! Contact Aimee Claybaugh through Center Harbor Sails, Brooklin, Maine 207.359.2003

Boat Transport Best rates, fully insured. Nationwide trucking and/or ocean freight.

Reliable service. Contact Rob Lee, Maritime. 800-533-6312 or 508-7589409. www.marinasandtransport.com Repower Special New Westerbeke 30B 3 Diesel in crate. 27hp, 3 cyl., 2.47:1 gear, flexible mts., 272 lb. List $9979, asking $8,000. Perfect Atomic 4 replace-

ment. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-4972701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com Ocean Master, Motor 40 years in big boats and small ships, BOATWISE instructor.

Deliveries, training, management.

401-885-3189. capt_bill@cox.net

Charter Your Boat Established Midcoast Maine Charter Company expanding the fleet. If you’re interested in off-setting yard bills, give a call. 207-785-2465.

Samuel E. Slaymaker Marine Surveying Inc. Since 1980. P.O. Box 252, Rockport, Maine 04856. Tel. 207-785-4975, Cell 207-542-7480. e-mail: surveys@slaymakermarinesurveying.com

Slips & Moorings in N.H. Limited dockside slips and protected moorings available in pristine Great Bay, New Hampshire. Leave trailering behind and chase the big stripers more often. Reasonable rates. Great Bay Marine 603-436-5299 or email@greatbaymarine.com

Rental Moorings Sail beautiful Penobscot Bay. Seasonal moorings in protected Rockland harbor with an expansive float and pier facility for dinghy tieups and provisioning. On-site parking. 207-594-1800. www.atlanticchallenge.com info@atlanticchallenge.com

Offshore Passage Opportunities # 1 Crew Networking Service. Sail for free on OPB’s. Call for free brochure and membership application. Call 1-800-4-PASSAGe for info or visit our website. Sail a Swan Offshore in our Offshore Program. www.sailopo.com

Free Rally – 10th Annual NARC Rally North American Rally to the Caribbean. Departure from Newport,

R.I., Nov. 1, 2009 (or best weather window thereafter) for Bermuda and Caribbean. Call 1-800-4-PASSAGe for info or www.sailopo.com

Marina For Sale For Sale: Wotton’s Wharf Marina in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For more information call Bruce Tindal at 207633-6711. www.wottonswharf.com

Captain Wanted Wanted: Captain to operate 30 passenger lobster/coastal tour boat from Kennebunkport. Responsible for providing information to passengers and all daily boat operations. Paid per trip basis. Contact John Martin, 207-4687262.

Small Craft Advisor LLC Pre-Purchase and Insurance Marine Surveys done promptly. Working with you to protect your investment. Call 603-834-2326 for an estimate.

Serving the New England area.

Member NFPA US Surveyor Association #20169B. Michael Blake, Durham, New Hampshire. leechief@comcast.net

Advertiser index Alexseal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11 All Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 All-Taut Marine Transporters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 American Boatschool, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Arbor Vitae Woodworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Associated Marine Surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Atlantic Challenge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Atlantic Outboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Bamforth Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Bay of Maine Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Bay Sailing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Bayview Rigging & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75,76 Blackpoint Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Boat Building Vacation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96 Boatwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60 Bohndell Sails & Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Boothbay Region Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44,57 Bowden Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26 Brewer Yacht Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103 Broad Cove Marine Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Buck’s Restaurant & Catering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Burr Brothers Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Capt. Jay Michaud, Marine Surveyor . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Carousel Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Casey Yacht Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Chase Leavitt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Conanicut Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Concordia Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Conn. DEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Constitution Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19 Coveside . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Crocker's Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Curtis Yacht Brokerage, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Custom Float Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 CWC Boat Transport, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41 Dark Harbor Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Dip Net Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Dockwise Yacht Transport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13 Dolphin Marina & Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Dor-Mor Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Doyle Center Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Eastern Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31 Eastport Chowderhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Easy Bailer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Enos Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Eric Dow Boat Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 Finestkind Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16 Finestkind Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Fleet Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14 Flying Point Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Fortune, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Gamage Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Gemini Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

102 Points East August 2009

Gilbert’s Chowder House . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Goddess of the Sea Cruises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Gowen Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,59 Gray and Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 Great Bay Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48,57 Great Cove Boat Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Gritty McDuff’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 Guilford Boat Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74 Hallett Canvas and Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30 Hamilton Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2 Hamlin’s Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20 Handy Boat Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,74 Hanley’s Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Hansen Marine Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20,57,99 Hinckley Yacht Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80 J-Way Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 J.R. Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Jackson’s Hardware & Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Johanson Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 John Williams Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . .26,61,90 Jonesport Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Journey’s End Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32 Kennebec Tavern & Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Kingman Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Kittery Point Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Knight Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Main Sail Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28 Maine Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Maine Coast Heritage Trust . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82 Maine DEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,66,67 Maine Sailing Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9 Maine Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38 MapTech . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55 Marblehead Trading Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Marina Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62,63,64,65 Marine Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81 Merri-Mar Yacht Basin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Miliner Marine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99 Mobile Marine Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Moorings and Muffins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 Moose Island Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59 Nebo Lodge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Newport Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15 NH DEP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72 Niemiec Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 NorEast Marine Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37 Norm Leblanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70 Northeast Sailboat Rescue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 NorthPoint Yacht Charter Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100 Novabraid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Ocean Offerings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97 Ocean Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Ocean Point Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Ocean Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Padebco Custom Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Patten Marine Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50 Pickering Wharf Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Pierce Yacht Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36 Pope Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54 Port Clyde General Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77,98 Port of Yarmouth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Portland Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34,45,57 Postcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .,101 PYC Race Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51 Rhode Island Pumpout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68,69 Robinhood Marine Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27,90 Rocktide Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Royal River Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75 Rudders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93 Rumery’s Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21 Russell’s Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94 Samoset Boatworks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85 Scandia Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92 Seal Cove Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71 SeaTech Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101 South Port Marine Yacht Connection . . . . . . . . . .44,91 South Shore Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61 Southport General Store . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 Springer’s Jewelers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42 Spruce Head Marine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33 Standout Yacht Fittings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49 Stanley Scooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Star Distributing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40 Sturdee Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35 The Brooklin Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 The Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 The Osprey Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Town Landing Market . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98 URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78,79 Waterfront . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25 Wayfarer Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Webhannett River Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84 Wesmac . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91 West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 Whale’s Tale Restaurant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24 Wilbur Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73 Winter Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58 Winterport Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43 Women Under Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56 Wooden Boat School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95 Yacht North Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41,84,100 Yankee Boat Yard & Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57 Yankee Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57,61 York Harbor Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60,90

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BREWER YACHT YARDS Brewer boasts over 350 talented service staff, with over 40 years of experience, who can handle all your yachting needs - from mechanical and electrical to rigging and painting. Brewer facilities are top-notch, with equipment upgrades being made regularly, to ensure your yacht receives the best care in the industry!

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104 Points East August 2009

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