Points East Magazine, December

! e e Fr

POINTS

December 2010

EAST

The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England My secret hurricane hole Ready for next 'big one'

Mainers attempt winter escape Storm threatens BVI charter Transatlantic five-footers GPS monitored, self-steered

HM

HAMILTON

Join the eClub! hamiltonmarine.com

MARINE

Find us on Facebook!

Follow us on Twitter!

PORTLAND ROCKLAND SEARSPORT SOUTHWEST HARBOR JONESPORT

Lobster Boat Models LIMITED QUANTITIES! Beautifully finished with white topsides, red bottom paint, and features brass drum winch and hauling hardware. Includes lobster trap and wooden barrel.

18" Long $ 99 SAVE Reg. 179.99 Order# 728962 $ 27" Long Reg. 199.99 $ 99 each Order# 732729

129 149

50

4

effective, safe $ 49 Natural, around people & pets.

2 oz spray Order# 733049

$

14

31 49

HM-RIGHTMAT $ 99 Order# 732724 24" x 36" List 52.24 HM-RIGHTMAT-L $ 99 Order# 732929

FROM

$

16 oz crystal gel Order# 733050

3499

Cold Water Gloves

Wool Watch Cap

100% quality neoprene. Stays flexible, even in the cold.

Order# List 17.99 733210 $ 99 733211 733212 pair 169115 170876

Authentic military style.

One size fits all.

12

Personal Locator Beacon with GPS 406 MHz, SOS Strobe light. 5W. 5 year battery.

Internal antenna.

$

24999

Order# 155912

Size Sm Med Lg X-Lg XX-Lg

7

$ 99 List 10.99 Color Order# Black 157829 Blue 157830

Ice Creepers Ice Walkers Lightweight and simple to $ 95 put on, they fit easily over your shoes. Glow or Black. pair Pro Model With Performance Strap $ 95 and Stainless Steel Coils.

Black only. pair

17

24

Tool Boxes

Classic Rigging Knives

Rugged plastic, low profile, recessed handles. Clear top cover storage spaces. Individual tool trays for easy access.

Size Order# SELL 12" 736382 4.99 SPECIAL 16" 736381 5.99 PURCHASE! 19" 736380 11.99

3.4" blade, 7.5" open overall.

US Navy with Marlin Spike List 34.95 $ 99 Order# 733495 Knife w/Ebony Wood Handle List 44.95 $ 99 Order# 734720

21

29

2 Year Warranty!

Order in any amount by phone or in the store!

Order a gift card in any amount by 2pm, Monday through Friday, and we’ll mail it with a catalog on the same day.

Mats Made from Recycled Pot Warp!

Available in Various Colors.

18" x 30" List 37.40

Handcrafted on the Maine coast, designed to echo the hauntingly beautiful sounds of harbor buoy bells.

99

Hamilton Marine Gift Cards

Door Mats

Maine Buoy Bells

Odor Eliminators

FREE HEAT from your engine’s closed cooling system!

Type Small Flush Mount Large Flush Mount 2 Duct Heat/Defrost 3 Duct Heat/Defrost 4 Duct Heat/Defrost

BTUs 28,000 40,000 28,000 40,000 40,000

800-639-2715

GREAT PRICES! GREAT STUFF!

Order# 117075 117073 117067 117068 117070

SELL 179.99 229.99 299.99 309.99 319.99

Marine Stoves Made in Denmark!

Heavy gauge stainless steel. Diesel oil or kerosene, low fuel cost & consumption.

hamiltonmarine.com

Typographical errors are unintentional and subject to correction.

2

Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

PROFESSIONAL REPOWERING ■

Compact

■

Reliable

■

Light weight

6CX-530 (390 kW / 530 mhp)

■

Economical

3YM20C (15.3 kW / 21 mhp) with Saildrive (SD20)

Genuine Yanmar Parts and Service available from our extensive network of New England authorized dealers Gowen Marine 800-564-6936 Portland, ME www.gowenmarine.com

Great Bay Marine 603-436-5299 Newington, NH www.greatbaymarine.com

Kingman Yacht Center 508-563-7136 Bourne, MA www.kingmanyachtcenter.com

Kittery Point Yacht Yard 207-439-9582 Kittery, ME www.kpyy.net

Barden's Boat Yard, Inc. 508-748-0250 Marion, MA www.bardensboatyard.com

MacDougalls' Cape Cod Marine 508-548-3146 Falmouth, MA www.macdougalls.com

Journey's End Marina 207-594-4444 Rockland, ME www.journeysendmarina.com

Brewer Plymouth Marine 508-746-4500 Plymouth, MA www.byy.com/Plymouth

Merri-Mar Yacht Basin 978-465-3022 Newburyport, MA www.merri-maryachtbasin.com

Robinhood Marine Center 800-443-3625 Georgetown, ME www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

Burr Brothers Boats 508-748-0541 Marion, MA www.burrbros.com

Seal Cove Boatyard Inc. 207-326-4422 Harborside, ME www.sealcoveboatyard.com

Concordia Company 508-999-1381 Dartmouth, MA www.concordiaboats.com

Yankee Marina & Boatyard 207-846-4326 Yarmouth, ME www.yankeemarina.com

Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 978-744-0844 Salem, MA www.fjdion.com

www.pointseast.com

Niemiec Marine 508-997-7390 New Bedford, MA www.niemiecmarine.com Conanicut Marine 401-423-7003 Jamestown, RI www.conanicutmarina.com

Points East December 2010

3

POINTS

EAST

The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 13 Number 8 December 2010 F E AT U R E S

Herreshoff schooner on bricks, Letters

26

Hurricane hole

34

Virgin Islands or bust!

38

7

It turned out I didn’t need it this time, but when the next “Big One” threatens the coast of Maine, I’ll have one heck of a good spot to tuck into.

By Roger Long

Part I: And it wasn’t easy. A storm struck New England on our departure date, and our St. Thomas trawler-catamaran charter seemed in jeopardy

By William A. Brennan Jr.

Around Islesboro Race, Racing Pages

44

Indian Summer, Yardwork

54

Season’s last sail, Fetching Along

62

Tiny boats, big voyages A Maine educational program deploys fivefoot ocean-voyaging boats to provide international learning experiences for students of all ages.

By Jay Davis LAST WORD

68

4

Epiphanies of a Virgins virgin It was not quite like in the brochures, but it might just be the best vacation we’ve ever had. It was like, you know, sailing. Only warm.

By Dean Abramson

Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

COLUMNS

12

POINTS

David Roper

Watching for zephyrs When weather’s benign, sailing’s intense.

Roger Long

The diesel-fueled cabin cooler I’m always cold now that the heater’s installed Our readers

Dodge: Cut from a different sailcloth Letters mourning the passing of an icon D E PA R T M E N T S Letters..........................................7 Herreshoff schooner on bricks; Thanks Bath, Maine; Edson offers steering wisdom Mystery Harbor...........................10 Cruising in and around Mystic.

New Mystery Harbor News..........................................24 SailMaine seeks support; Great Northeast Boat Show; Mass. Diesel seminars set.

The Racing Pages ........................44 Around Islesboro Race; North Haven Knockabout 100th year; Marion-Bermuda update

Media ........................................50 “The Man Who Loved Schooners”; 2011 Wooden Boat Calendar Yardwork ...................................54 Pemaquid launches Indian Summer; Brewer buys Hawthorne Cove; KVH wins huge USCG contract.

Calendar.....................................57 Sea chantey concerts, seminars, lectures.

Fetching along ............................62 The last sail of the season delights.

Tides ..........................................70 Distribution ................................72

SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS Gift Guide ..............................21-23 Holiday shopping ideas that can’t be beat.

EAST

The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England

URLs ......................................66-67 Surf the Internet to these locations

Volume 13, Number 8 Publisher Joseph Burke Editor Nim Marsh Marketing director Bernard Wideman Ad representatives Lynn Emerson Whitney Gerry Thompson, David Stewart Ad design Holly St. Onge Art Director Custom Communications/John Gold Contributors Dodge Morgan, David Roper, David Buckman, Randy Randall, Ken Packie, Roger Long, Mike Martel Delivery team Christopher Morse, Victoria Boucher, Michael Hopgood, Jeff Redston Points East, a magazine by and for boaters on the coast of New England, is owned by Points East Publishing, Inc, with offices in Portsmouth, N.H. The magazine is published nine times annually. It is available free for the taking. More than 25,000 copies of each issue are distributed through more than 700 outlets from Greenwich, Conn., to Eastport, Maine. The magazine is available at marinas, yacht clubs, chandleries, boatyards, bookstores and maritime museums. If you have difficulty locating a distribution site, call the office for the name of the distributor closest to you. The magazine is also available by subscription, $26 for nine issues by first-class mail. Single issues and back issues (when available) cost $5, which includes first-class postage.

All materials in the magazine are copyrighted and use of these materials is prohibited except with written permission.

The magazine welcomes advice, critiques, letters to the editor, ideas for stories, and photos of boating activities in New England coastal waters. A stamped, self-addressed envelope should accompany any materials that are expected to be returned.

.COM

ONLINE Mailing Address P.O. Box 1077 Portsmouth, N.H. 03802-1077

Dodge Morgan columns Want to go back and revisit some classic Dodge Morgan prose? Check our collection of his columns online, www.pointseast.com.

Address 249 Bay Road Newmarket, N.H. 03857 Telephone 603-766-EAST (3278) Toll free 888-778-5790 Fax 603-766-3280

On the cover: Cajun, a Hunt 36 Coupe out of Little Compton, R.I., lies at rest in Prudence Island's Potter Cove, in Rhode Island's Narragansett Bay with Brad Beebe and wife, and Ray Hunt and son, aboard.

Email editor@pointseast.com On the web at www.pointseast.com

Billy Black photo www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

5

EDITOR’S PAGE/Nim Ma rsh

The dinghy: End of the innocence? t’s surprising that a tool as tinuing our unfortunate alcosimple, uncomplicated and holic theme, in our cellar is a unaffected as the dinghy sister “ship” of a design in the has generated so many colorful Mystic Seaport Watercraft Col– at times distressing – stories lection. She’s a six- by threeover the years. Recreational foot Palmer Scott Pee Wee, mariners consider the ship’s built in the late 1940s out of boat to be the workhorse of war-surplus plywood, and – it their enterprises – for ferrying pains me to admit this – her crew and provisions, rowing out name is Olive, and, yes, she a kedge, or simply exploring – was tender to a Buzzards Bay and that equine affiliation may speedboat named – you have a basis in fact. guessed it – Martini. It gets A tale that’s bounced around worse: Olive, former tender to the New England sailboat-reMartini, also served Old gatta circuit for decades inGrand-Dad, an 18-foot Lyman Photo courtesy Nim Marsh Islander, and Old Smuggler, a volves a pickled crewmember trying to return to his boat long The editor’s father is rowed across the Slocum 28-foot Bob Rich lobsterboat. after the last run of the yacht- River, in South Dartmouth, Mass., in the Palmer Truth is, when a dinghy club launch. Our lush spots a Scott Pee Wee Olive, by his friend Eliot Stetson in hangs with the wrong crowd, horse in a nearby field, the the 1970s. Looks innocent enough. nothing good rubs off. During story goes, a light bulb illumithe 1977 America’s Cup sumnates the lad’s alcohol-addled brain, and he decides to mer in Newport, your editor, trying to impress a ride the nag out to the boat. Upon arrival, the quintes- “Cruising World” magazine advertising assistant, I insential drunken sailor ties the plug up to a quarter vited her to view the competitors from Olive. Near the cleat (“ties one on?”) and goes below to sleep it off, leav- 12-Meters, a lobsterboat barreled down toward ing poor Dobbin to ponder his displacement and his Bowen’s Wharf, hauling a horrendous wake, which unexpected role as a dinghy. swamped the Pee Wee. We cannot attest to the veracity of that persistent In no time, a white 12-Meter boat with a light-green modern-day kelpie legend, but we can verify the fol- sheer stripe, skippered by a wild-looking character in lowing dinghy story because, while working for an- a striped railroad engineer’s hat, drifted down to the other boating magazine, we fielded the infamous foundering skiff and retrieved her crew from the harphone call from the British Virgin Islands. “We’re char- bor. Was Olive chuckling, or was that a wave lapping tering out of Tortola,” Capt. Three-Sheets-to-the-Wind at her chines? slurred over a cell phone. “We’re on our way to the So, is it really the end of the innocence for the simple skippers’ meeting about dinghy security, and we’re in little dinghy? Or did these cockleshells, as a genus, a dinghy we stole to get to the meeting.” This is a good ever harbor a completely clear conscience? time to add that being a boating editor does not preTo both questions, we say, Not really. Most anything clude exposure to the seamier side of humanity. Guilt that is small, lively, unsophisticated, overworked and by association (the dinghy, not the editor)? Oh ya. under-appreciated is apt to dust off a Napoleon comBut not all dinghy tales involve direct human abuse plex and act up from time to time – careen down on of alcohol. An acquaintance, a professional yacht cap- the transom in a following sea, bump along the toptain, devoted an entire winter to lovingly crafting a sides while at anchor, flip a boisterous crew, float off a bright-hulled, cedar-on-oak lapstrake tender during a beach on a moon tide – and gain a bad rap for recalciboatbuilding course. The dinghy was magnificent, the trance. fairing and finish so flawless it should have been the Yes, those pesky little dinks do generate some intercenterpiece of the reception at curriculum’s end. Well, esting tales. And, sure, on those rare occasions, you it was the centerpiece in a way: Unbeknown to its can’t live with them – but most of the time, you really proud builder, who would soon be devastated, the can’t live without them. school had placed his masterpiece in the middle of the Olive, the sordid love-child of the libidinous Martini, hall and filled it with ice and a few cases of beer. Con- is the editor’s next restoration project.

I

6

Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

Letters any boat who chooses to be a runaway!

Presumably, she was to be hauled Nov. 9 by the big Travelift, inspected, touched up, and readied once again for her voyage south. Crewman Andy spent the whole day stuck on her, and will finally get to go home tonight to a good night’s sleep. Of course, he won’t be the only one getting a restful night’s sleep after a trying day!

Mike Martel Bristol, R.I. Editor’s note: Capt. Mike signed on for the Mary Rose’s late-fall voyage south to the Caribbean and will write about his adventure in an upcoming issue of Points East.

The 85-foot, Nat Herreshoff-designed Mary Rose alighted on the beach in ladylike fashion after an early November blow.

The Wizard of Bristol would not have had it any other way.

The Mary Rose still bound south Storms around here blow in and out fairly quickly.

Only the morning of Nov. 8, at the height of the blow, at moon high tide, 1926 Herreshoff schooner Mary Rose snapped a chain link or shackle while riding on her mooring in Bristol Harbor.

Crewman Andy Furlong was below, working on some projects, when he felt her break loose. Moments later, she was 100 yards downwind and aground on Love Rocks, the point of land where, curiously, her designer, Capt. Nat Herreshoff, built his home in the 1880s. She could come no closer to her master’s homestead unless she literally barreled up into the backyard.

There was no time to get any engine going. Oddly enough, by luck or miracle, she wedged her keel in gently between two rocks below the surface, in quite possibly the only sandy spot anywhere near that rough point. They held her all day like a cradle while salvage experts from New Bedford loaded up their rapid-response truck and headed down to Bristol.

Even at low tide, no damage was visible, although it is quite likely that there is some paint scratched on the keel’s bottom. She was refloated early, well in advance of the evening high tide, and has been towed to Little Harbor in Portsmouth, where she was relaunched only a couple of weeks ago. We brought her to Bristol from there; now the naughty, wayward girl is going back. She had just completed a major refit after – you guessed it – breaking loose up in Massachusetts a year or so ago and going up on rocks and sustaining terrible damage. Perhaps now she has learned that soft landings are preferable to anyone or www.pointseast.com

Thank you Bath; we love you!

This past August, my husband, dog and I, who are members of the Corinthian Yacht Club from Marblehead, Mass., visited Bath for several days. We were out on a mooring on a lovely, sunny day when my husband came to retrieve me from the dock.

Not being too familiar with the current of the Kennebec, my husband misjudged his speed and hit the dock hard with our dog, Morgan, on board. The jolt caused our dog to fall overboard and get swept under the dock, heading downstream. Needless to say, I panicked and jumped overboard trying to save our dog.

Both my dog and I got pulled down deep under the docks, but miraculously ended up on the outside of the dock and were pulled from the raging river. I personally felt I was going to drown, especially when I could not come up for air being under the dock.

The reason I am writing is to first thank one of the people observing this event who came down and helped pull our dog out of the river, and to alert people of several lessons learned: 1. Always have a lifejacket on your dog and make sure it is attached to a long rope. 2. Don’t jump in after the dog. As my husband said, “I can live without a dog, but I cannot live without you.” 3. Wear a life jacket in a dinghy, especially when the current is strong. 4. Be careful of the rivers that have strong currents; don’t underestimate their strength. I personally will never swim while the currents are strong as you can easily get swept downstream.

We loved Bath and really appreciated the support and warm welcome we received. It is one of my most favorite destinations, but just be careful when out on the water there.

Penny and Peter Blaisdell s/v Pemaquid Marblehead, Mass.

Points East December 2010

7

Capt. Mike: Get head out of duffel Capt. Mike Martel’s somewhat overheated diatribe (“Gloves Are Off in Auxiliary Debate,” Letters, October/November 2010) shows that he missed his true vocation. He should have been a novelist. His vivid imaginings of various dire plights I and my engineless catboat might find ourselves in are powerful and dramatic.

Fortunately, in 30-odd years of sailing (much of it in engineless boats), none of these scenarios have been part of my experience, nor does it seem to me that there is any reason they should have been. Still, if Capt. Mike really believes that engineless boats must invariably find themselves fetched up on ledges off lee shores, I would strongly recommend that he keep his Westerbeke where it will be handy when he needs it.

As to his implication that Penelope must be stocked with arugula and granola, I would like to assure him that I much prefer red meat. Believe it or not, Capt Mike, you don’t have to hug trees and chew on tofu to be able to understand that burning fossil fuels is bad for the environment. You just have to get your head out of your duffel bag.

W. R. Cheney s/v Penelope Swan’s Island, Maine

4. Wherever possible, autopilots should be installed as independent units so they can be used as “electronic” emergency tillers/steering system, a task for which they are ideally suited. If your autopilot is in standby mode, emergency steering can be accomplished with the push of a button.

5. Check the deck-plate access to the rudder-post.

Many times you will find them frozen shut with accumulated salt deposits. Emergency tillers are of no use if you cannot access the top of the rudder-post.

Hopefully, these comments will help your readers avoid an issue similar to the Beckermans’. Remember, “Steering is the difference between a vehicle and a shelter.”

William Keene, President Edson International New Bedford, Mass.

Some good juju at Pope’s Island It was a pleasure to see my article (“Bad Juju from Methadone Mary”, September 2010). My wife and I discovered it while at West Marine on Popes Island in New Bedford. We were excited, but I don’t think the boys and girls behind the counter were all that impressed to meet a for-real author.

Ned Blake Milford, Mass.

Edson’s steering-system wisdom I read Todd Beckerman’s August 2010 article entitled “Trouble in the Reversing Falls,” and thought your readers might benefit from the following comments: 1. All boats should have emergency tillers, and they should be used every season to make sure they work.

Welded-steel emergency tillers can rust after years of sitting neglected in the bilge, and as a result, the tiller doesn’t fit the rudder-post when needed. Take the boat for a spin with the emergency tiller to see how she feels; sometimes emergency tillers are not sized properly, and, as a result, they can’t steer the boat.

2. All steering systems should have rudder stops regardless of type or size, and they should be cushioned so they absorb shock loading if the rudder is slammed hard over. Rudder stops protect the steering system and limit rudder travel to prevent contact between the rudder and hull or propeller.

3. Maintenance and spare parts are important. Most steering systems have a weak link in order to avoid catastrophic failure. Understand what the weak link is in your steering system and carry a spare. The ball joints in an hydraulic-steering system are typically the weakest link. Look at the thread and pin sizes, and carry a spare. Put it in a Ziploc bag, mark it, and tape it to the hydraulic ram along with the appropriate-sized wrench so the broken part can be quickly removed and the new one quickly installed.

8

Points East December 2010

The briny obsession of John Noll A friend has just called us about something he read in the September issue of Points East. Evidently John Noll wrote in Confessions: “Why do I Still Have 10 Boats?” that he would like to own a Bertram 25. We have one we hope to sell as we are moving, and we would greatly appreciate it if you could give Mr. Noll our contact information.

Sandy and Leigh Beatty Seal Cove, Maine Editor: Here’s the supreme test of your willpower, John.

John Noll: Will power, schmill power. I’m definitely interested! Thanks for passing this on. I’ll give them a call this evening. I sent this response to my wife, Denise.

She replied: “I’m going to write Nim and lodge a complaint that he’s aiding and abetting your obsessive behavior! You are certifiable, and I am licensed to prove it!

Love, duh wife.”

Work skiff’s ashore, winter’s here We all slapped high-fives yesterday when the forklift picked up the work skiff and carried it ashore. The little boat is the last piece of equipment to be hauled in off the river. When the skiff comes ashore, we know that’s it for another year. Our little marina business and boateditor@pointseast.com

ing is over for 2010. Good thing, too, as we have already been experiencing freezing temps. If we wait too long, the old Clark forklift won’t start; then we’d be in a fix.

But it’s sad just the same. We had one last customer arrive and row out to his sailboat, and then drop the mooring and motor up the river where the Travelift was waiting to haul them out. As you know, this is a family business, and this fall we had some additional family members come help. We appreciated their assistance, and they got to experience something they had only heard us talk about in the past.

I must admit there’s nothing like standing knee deep in the mud at low tide, with soaking-wet gloves on your hands and facing into a stiff October breeze to promote family bonding! When it’s haul-out time, the marina provides lunch for the crew. This time everyone rushed to wolf down the warm pizza and hot sandwiches. Anything to stoke the inner fires and provide some warmth.

People see the docks all stacked up in the parking lot and think we’re done for the season, and now we can all take time off. But as anyone who owns a small business knows, that’s not exactly correct. We’re already accepting reservations for next summer and answering inquiries, and the paperwork never stops. In another month or so, we’ll be overwhelmed with taxes. Meanwhile, we’ve got a couple of cords of firewood stacked up and when we’re sitting around the hot stove, you can bet all our talk will be about next April and the weather and how soon we can put that work skiff over the side and kick off a new boating season.

Thanks for running the little obit about Rene (Rene M. Bollengier, 76, Boscawen, N.H., Final Passages, October/November). His buddies have taken most all of the magazines. Take care, stay warm. Keep in touch.

Randy Randall Marston’s Marina Saco, Maine

A note from Jim and Linda Mae We went for a nice sail (motor) yesterday, wind out of the north blowing 14 to 22 knots right on the bow.

We went up with the club for some lunch and festivi-

ties on the beach on the south side of the Pineda Causeway, where it meets the west shore of Merritt Island.

A great time (cool in the 50s), but we had enough jackets to stay warm. With the wind on our stern we had a nice easy ride back to Eau Gallie (wing-andwing most of the way). Still working on “womanizing” the Linda Mae, which is coming along slow but we’ll get it right.

Some friends want us to go out to the islands with them the first of the year, but we will have to see how things work out. Still haven’t done the Okeechobee to the west coast yet, which is still on the list.

Jim Aitken s/v Linda Mae Downeast Yacht Club Damariscotta, Maine

Points East kept an Atlantan sane We just hauled KiwiBird out of the water for winter storage, and made the 1,225-mile trip to Atlanta for the very last time. The teenage daughter “helped” with the driving this year, which made the journey more thrilling than usual. We passed seven 18-wheelers on 81, “scalping trucks,” she called it.

It was 98 degrees when we arrived in this city of nearly six million. But, with the scalper in her senior high-school year, and the son now safely in college, we’re moving back to Maine for good next year. Like, we’re outta here.

In the years we’ve been away, Points East has kept me sane by keeping me in touch with the no-nonsense, unadorned New England boating fraternity. The magazine makes me laugh, it makes me sad, it makes me happy, and it keeps the memory of my summers on my boat up there fresh and clear in my mind. Without it in Atlanta, with the heat and mass of people, I’d have been a goner.

Peter M. Winter Atlanta, Ga.

FINE DINING . LODGING . IRISH PUB

The Brooklin Inn NOVEMBER-MAY WINTER SPECIAL Room, Dinner, Breakfast for two $145

Real Food, Classically Prepared

Everything Organic & Local OPEN ALL YEAR Free wi-fi 22 Reach Rd., Brooklin 207.359.2777 www.brooklininn.com

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

9

MYSTERY HARBOR/And th e winner is.. .

A treasure chest of riches for cruisers of all stripes This Mystery Harbor is the Mystic River, Mystic, Conn., heading downstream just after exiting the railroad bridge. The sun has just risen, and you have left behind downtown Mystic. Hopefully, you had some time ashore to wander the town. Mystic has everything a sailor needs: restaurants, restrooms, and lots of slips.

The antique drawbridge operates once an hour at 40 minutes past from 0740 to 1840 in season. The railroad bridge is left open except when Amtrak is passing. Although narrow between the drawbridge and railroad bridge, there is a public dock (no tie-ups!) allowing a place to stand by while waiting for the drawbridge.

Marinas line the shores; finding a spot should never be a problem, even on the busiest weekends. Check the cruising guides as there are too many marinas to list here. Farthest upriver is the venerable Mystic Seaport – on everybody’s bucket list. Many weekend happen-

ings during the season will entertain, with music under the stars, children’s days, wooden boats, antique-engine displays, and more.

Upriver of the Seaport is a small anchorage for limited stays just off Kitchen Little. It has only six tables and fills up early every morning; best breakfast in town!

One of the best hurricane holes in the area, this anchorage gets crowded fast when the weather threatens.

We keep our launch in Noank and go upriver often for breakfast, lunch, dinner or drinks. There are dinghy docks above the drawbridge, alongside the daysail charter vessel Argia, for access to many restaurants. Cottrell Park, by the drawbridge, has a dinghy dock for the free summer concerts, and a hidden public dock across the way puts you at the not-to-be-missed Captain Daniel Packer Inne on Water Street. Stroll the town to sit on the porch for a great pie at Pizzetta, or

Mystery Harbor

And all you have to do to get your Points East designer yachting cap is to whip up a few paragraphs telling readers about the Mystery Harbor you've identified: Your experiences there, moorings available, anchorages in the area, holding ground, depths, protection from what directions, hazards at the approach, historical and personal anecdotes. Send your answers to editor@pointseast.com or mail them to editor, Points East Magazine, P.O. Box 1077, Portsmouth, NH, 03802-1077.

10 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

experience a “Slice of Heaven” at Mystic Pizza.

My family enjoys cutting across the shallows, straight to the pictured West Mystic Shipyard, once home to the Sea Sled Corporation. But, since my wife’s 1950 16-foot Dyer Glamour Girl draws only 15 inches, you had best follow the channel markers to the left to pass by Brewer Yacht Yard Mystic and Gwenmor Marina. Soon Masons Island Marina’s fuel dock will come along on your left side, and you will jog along the marshes into Noank.

Offering both an eastbound and westbound exit from the river, Noank is a treasure in itself. This shoreline offers fuel and moorings at Noank Shipyard, lobster at Abbott’s, supplies at Universal Food and Liquors,

moorings at Noank Village Boatyard, the Ram Island Yacht Club, and many beautiful historic homes. Decent anchorage can be found, depending on your draft, to the east of the moorings. While not a hurricane hole, Ram Island offers good protection.

You will soon be in Fishers Island Sound, one of the best cruising grounds in the world. You can get to Gardiners Bay, Montauk, Block Island, Newport, Watch Hill, Fishers Island, and many other beautiful spots in a day’s time.

Watch the rocks and come back to Mystic again and again. We never tire of cruising the Mystic River.

Kip Wiley Noank, Conn.

Passionately focused on marine electronics.

E90W 9" Multifunction Display preloaded with U.S. Coastal Charts A57D 5.7" Chartplotter/Fishfinder

SmartPilot X-5 Tiller Grand Prix

®

Raymarine

Professional authorized service from these New England dealers MAINE

Kramp Electronics Navtronics, LLC Robinhood Marine Center Yankee Marina & Boatyard Yarmouth Boat Yard

207-244-3035 877-906-2628 800-443-3625 207-846-4326 207-846-9050

Seal Cove, ME York, ME Georgetown, ME Yarmouth, ME Yarmouth, ME

robert@krampelectronics.com www.navtronics.com www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com www.yankeemarina.com www.yarmouthboatyard.com

508-563-7136 617-481-0186 508-548-3146 978-526-7911 978-287-0060 978-281-0034

Bourne, MA Quincy, MA Falmouth, MA Manchester, MA Concord, MA Gloucester, MA

www.kingmanyachtcenter.com www.lippincottmarineelectrical.com www.macdougalls.com www.manchestermarine.com www.nerigging.com www.seatronics-co.com

401-683-3520

Portsmouth, RI

www.cayelectronics.com

MASSACHUSETTS

Kingman Yacht Center Lippincott Marine Electrical MacDougalls' Cape Cod Marine Manchester Marine North East Rigging Systems Seatronics RHODE ISLAND

Cay Electronics Inc. www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

11

Perspectives Watching for zephyrs t was the end of a glorious late summer day. We had been under power, on our way back to Salem after a nice supper at the head of Marblehead Harbor, when the old Yanmar diesel started to surge. “What’s going on?” my dear wife asked. “Is the engine breaking? You never let anything break on Elsa.” We were still in Marblehead Harbor, and I was able to drift over to an empty mooring. The sun was setting and the fine day’s west wind had gone to bed. We were four miles away from our Salem Harbor mooring. My wife had to get home soon.

“Maybe we could get a tow?” she ventured hopefully. I rolled my eyes. “Elsa and I don’t do tows,” I said. Then I hailed a passing yacht-club launch to take her ashore.

“You can’t stay on this mooring,” the launch driver said as he pulled alongside and my wife got aboard.

“Had to grab it temporarily; motor broke,” I said.

“Don’t worry; I’m leaving right now for Salem Harbor.”

“I thought you said your motor broke?” the launch driver said. By now, all the people in the launch were staring at me. I looked up and made my eyes lift slowly up to the top of my mast. Then all the people in the launch lifted their eyes slowly up to the top of my mast.

I looked back at the launch drive.

“You see,” I said finally, “this is actually a sailboat.”

The launch driver shook his head and gave me a “whatever” look and then gazed around at the absolutely windless harbor waters. Then he zoomed off.

My dear wife waved good-bye from the stern of the launch as if I were headed around Cape Horn in a bathtub. I’m not sure if anyone heard me, but in a tone full of false bravado I croaked, “You see, I have a fair tide.”

Heavy and somewhat sleepy – like a Saint Bernard

I

on a hot, windless day – Elsa is subdued and even ill at ease in the lighter moments. But in the tough situations, on high-wind days, she’s the six-ton Saint Bernard you want around. Because of these attributes, I never tried to bring her to life in light-air sailing situations. Instead, I would fire up her old Yanmar 2QM diesel and we would go about our business.

Things were different now, because they had to be. I had played my final hand. I had played it to my wife. I had played it to that launch driver. And I had played it to 20 or so yacht-club members in his launch. I was going to drift out of Marblehead Harbor, around Peachs Point, and up Salem Harbor if it took ’til February. I was not going to fold. I hopped forward to the mast and grabbed the main halyard.

“Come on Elsa, we’re outta here,” I said.

Little did I know right then, but I was in for an epiphany. Suddenly, my senses jumped to their highest alert. Nothing mattered but the wind and the tide. My mind was absolutely cleansed of the exigencies of life ashore. Suddenly, life was all about watching for zephyrs. Looking for hints of tiny ruffles of wind, I scanned the glazed-over, undulating swells from the east as they rolled into Salem Sound. I searched for what Thornton Burgess, author of “Old Mother West Wind,” called the “willful little Breeze who was not quite ready to go home.” The breeze that “wanted to play just a little longer.”

Now, I looked up at the telltales much more often than I looked ahead. “Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are generally looking down,” wrote poet John Masefield. And so I watched for zephyrs. I became pure with nature. I was now in a world with no

David Roper

By now, all the people in the launch were staring at me. I looked up and made my eyes lift slowly up to the top of my mast. Then all the people in the launch lifted their eyes slowly up to the top of my mast. I looked back at the launch drive.

“You see,” I said finally, “this is actually a sailboat.”

12 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

room for acrimony. No reason for distrust. A world that asked only one thing – that I simply pay attention.

So, as nature’s devoted new servant, I lived for her gifts. First, I lived only to make enough headway to simply reach the outer harbor of Marblehead, thereby allowing Elsa to become enmeshed in the tentacles of the incoming tide into Salem. Then, I lived only to hook onto a little zephyr born from some lingering land warmth from Peachs Point, allowing me the steerage to avoid some nasty ledges off my bow.

And, at the success of each life, I felt pure joy. I patted Elsa’s teak cockpit coaming. I cheered. I shot a fist in the air. If any were watching, I suppose it all would have looked pretty silly – such exuberance shown from a seemingly insignificant thing as a lone man on a little sailboat ghosting on a flat sea at nightfall, just one of earth’s six billion humans doing his thing.

What importance could that possibly have? A lone

14 Points East December 2010

man in harmony with nature. A lone man using every sense he can summon to make simple progress in his own little world. A lone man focused on a simple yet universal goal: to believe he can make way on his own; to feel pride at each small success along that way; to move forward, always paying attention to what the natural world is saying and offering. And finally, to allow him to get to that place, that place in his heart or in his mind, that he calls home.

Hours later, Elsa drifted alongside her mooring with the last of the incoming tide, and just as the “willful little Breeze,” now tired itself, had climbed back into Mother West Wind’s bag. I reached over and grabbed the tall buoy, and walked forward with it slowly. There was no hurry. I was home.

Dave Roper sails Elsa, a Bruce King-designed Independence 31, out of Marblehead, Mass., where he lives and works.

editor@pointseast.com

Enjoy better boating with the Yanmar legend World class reliability.

Worldwide dealer support.

Yanmar’s longstanding reputation for performance, efficiency and reliability make it your smart engine choice in repowers or new boats. Their trouble free performance lets you enjoy more of what you own a boat for...cruising, fishing or just relaxing.

Wherever you travel, there’s a member of Yanmar’s acclaimed worldwide dealer network there, too. For repower or routine service, your Yanmar dealer’s diesel expertise will keep your boat running like new. Trust Yanmar’s legendary reliability and dealer support for the performance and peace of mind you deserve on the water.

To locate a Yanmar dealer near you, call Mack Boring & Parts Co., 908964-0700, ext. 228, or click www.mackboring.com/RecreationalMarine/.

DISTRIBUTED BY...

www.mackboring.com

800-709-0672

GUEST

PERSPECTIVE/Roger

Lo ng

The diesel-fueled cabin cooler don’t remember ever feeling cold inside Strider, except perhaps for those few moments on chilly mornings when I detour through the head on my way to get dressed. The boat always feels warmer when I come below out of the wind, and an extra sweater, going to bed early, and another blanket can deal with just about anything.

People climb Mount Everest without any source of external heat. Even on my early spring and late fall cruises, I haven’t felt the need. Why then did I spend nearly enough for a new set of sails and drive from Portland to Yarmouth nearly every day (sometimes twice) this winter in order to install a cabin heater?

Partly, it was anticipation of cruising where I actually could be cold. Newfoundland beckons. Last fall, when I was going through boat withdrawal and sitting around moping that I wasn’t sailing the boat south, I watched the weather as I vicariously cruised the ICW and realized I would have wanted cabin heat as far south as Florida in last December’s unusual cold. If you are going to be aboard a boat for more than a couple weeks, there may be times you would like to get clothing layer count below six.

The primary motivator for this huge project was moisture. On our May cruise to Quoddy Head, we were warm enough, but the condensation from cooking and three sets of lungs made the experience sort of like camping in a steady drizzle without a tarp. I began to see the cumulative effects of moisture after a summer monsoon and a full day of mildew busting. Nothing dries a boat out like a heater with a flue.

I selected a Dickenson Newport heater because of user recommendations, the looks (cute little ship tile), and the availability of a coil for heating hot water. It was the water thing that pushed this project into Pentagon-like time and cost overruns. Water has to be kept circulating through the coil or it will boil and bump. It can be run dry but that creates the risk of cracking it if water is suddenly let into it. I didn’t want the power draw of an electric circulating pump, which meant that I needed a water tank above and close to the cabin heater, a hard thing to find a place for on a 32-foot boat.

The project also meant removing the folding cabin table and shelf unit on the bulkhead. This would leave scars and color differences that could never be eliminated after 30 years of uneven finishing and light ex-

I

16 Points East December 2010

posure. The solution was to make the heat shield for the flue pipe a thin water tank set off three-eighths of an inch from the bulkhead. When this tank heats up, it adds 12 square feet of radiator surface, which greatly increases the efficiency of the system, and enough hot water can be drained out of it, by gravity, into the head sink for washing up. Two valves and a circulator pump let me divert the hot-water flow to the back of the boat, where it runs through the heat-exchanger loop in my main hot-water tank so I can have full, pressurized hot water after the heater has been running for a few hours.

The day of the boat’s launch, it rained hard and cold in the morning. It was too wet to rig the mast, so I took refuge in the cabin and set about to fire up the heater.

As soon as I dropped the burning twist of paper towel into the pool of oil and began to anticipate heat, I suddenly realized how clammy and chill a boat cabin is in early spring. I was cold! I sat there listening to the ticking of the warming metal feeling very chilled for the half-hour it took for the Newport to start pumping out the heat.

The next morning on the mooring was windy and unusually cold even for early May. I needed to renew the jib halyard splice so I fired up the heater, led the line through a Dorade vent and set up to do the difficult double braid splice on weather stiffened rope. I was cold! It was gusting near 30, and I was very pleased how the Newport burned, but it took a long, long time (or so it seemed) for the cabin to warm up. I never realized how drafty the cabin is on a windy day.

By the time I finished the splice, the cabin was toasty warm and I was shedding layers. I realized, though, that I have now felt cold in my cabin more than I ever did before I installed the cabin heater.

Henceforth, whenever the temperature drops below about 65, I know that I’m now going to feel cold when I look at that heater and don’t see the flames dancing behind the window. I’ve spent all this time and money and felt cold below for the first time. I know I’m going to feel cold a lot more often now so I’ve decided to call the installation the “Diesel Fueled Cabin Cooler.”

The author is one of the United States’ foremost designers of vessels for educational and research missions, and he’s also the harbormaster of Cape Elizabeth, Maine. editor@pointseast.com

READERS’

PERSPECTIVE/Letters

a bout Dodge Mo rga n

Dodge Morgan: Cut from a different sailcloth He’s struck with a great sadness I have been struck with a great sadness since I heard of Dodge’s passing. I never knew him, but certainly enjoyed his writing. I’m sure you could fill an issue with stories about him and comments from those who knew and admired him.

Frankly, I have no idea why I am writing this to you, but just got the latest issue of Points East, enjoyed the Editor’s Page and smiled about the Boon letters, but mostly I just felt very sad upon hearing the news. It is a wonderful publication. Each month, it’s sort of like catching up with old friends – and that’s wonderful.

Jack Tracksler Kittery Point, N.H. Jack Tracksler and Boon the Lobsterdog have delighted Points East readers for years with their collaborations.

He flew under both Cape bridges I can’t help but feel saddened by Dodge’s passing. I only met him once, at the bar at Coveside back when Mike Mitchell was running the place. He arrived with flair in the Eagle, tied up, and lit up the place with his presence.

But I was raised on Cape Cod, in the village of South Yarmouth, and his Grandfather “Cap” Dodge, brother Russ Morgan, and assorted family and friends were a presence in our life for as long as I can remember. Cap had been a boatbuilder in Salmon Falls, N.H. His stock line was, “There’s tricks to every trade, but my trade’s all tricks.” He retired to the Cape where he helped my dad build a boat in the barn, and painted watercolors. As I write this note, I can see one that hangs on my wall here in Brunswick.

I recall the evening that my dad told us that Dodge had bought Jonesy’s (Howland Jones) Murray Peterson-designed schooner, Coaster, and was headed to Alaska. That must have been in the early ’60s. One evening in the ’80s, I had the opportunity to talk for several hours with Russ and his wife Marie about Dodge. Russ was in awe of Dodge’s around-the-world trip, and talked about the tenacity, courage, and effort that it required of Dodge. He also was in awe of Dodge’s business success, and of his extraordinary accomplishments.

He went on to tell me their family story: Dodge was a late child in the Morgan family, and when he was born, Russ was already in high school. By the time Dodge was a high school senior, Russ was married with a family and a steady job at the local bank. Their father had died, and Russ felt that it was his responsibility to serve as a surwww.pointseast.com

rogate father. Russ, with great effort, convinced Dodge to begin college.

Dodge enrolled at UNH and started, but soon dropped out and told Russ that he was going to become an Air Force pilot. To enhance his chances he was going to learn to fly. Back in those days, we had a little municipal airport in Chatham, and Dodge began taking flying lessons there. One day, as Russ was driving home, he was listening to WOCB, at that time the only radio station on Cape Cod, and heard that the police were looking for a pilot who had flown a small plane under both Cape Cod Canal bridges that afternoon.

Alarmed, Russ drove to the family home, where he found Dodge calmly eating dinner. “Where were you at two this afternoon?” Russ demanded of Dodge.

Dodge, not missing a bite, said “Where do you think, Russ?”

He was already one of a kind.

David Howes, M.D. Brunswick, Maine

Offer a collection of his columns I was saddened to hear of Dodge’s death; his willingness to continue to contribute to Points East even as he battled terminal cancer only raised the respect and admiration I had for him. His monthly musings were one of my favorite columns in Points East. Please consider some form of compilation of his writings for you (book or special edition) as a means of honoring this great sailor and man.

Steve Hayes s/v Redeemed Rockland, Maine A selection of Dodge’s columns from the past six years can be found at www.pointseast.com.

He was prickly, irreverent, honest I was saddened to read about Dodge. I only met him a couple of times and the last time I saw him was on his happy hour run around Quahog Bay over 4th of July weekend. I shouted a hey to him, and he looked back to see if he recognized the boat or its skipper, but he didn’t. He had the capacity to be prickly and irreverent but I found him funny, welcoming and honest.

The bay will be a little different from now on. I guess that’s not a bad legacy.

Greg Roscoe Falmouth, Maine Points East December 2010

17

His passing is a poignant reminder

It is a deep pain to lose a hero

I never met Dodge, but I admired his writing and his lifelong love of boats. When I read “American Promise,” I admired his perseverance and determination just in getting the boat built and rigged and ready for the voyage. In some ways, he seemed desperate to get it done and get on his way. I think in some ways he was pretty hard on himself, but, then again, he was a goals-oriented kind of person.

His passing reminds me once again that our time on this earth is short, and if, like Dodge, there are things you’re just burning to do, then you best get at it.

Randy Randall Marston’s Marina Saco, Maine

It is good to have heroes, but it is such deep pain to lose one. Dodge Morgan and all the fabulous singlehanded sailors evoked such huge admiration in me – Joshua Slocum and Spray, Phil Weld and Moxie – such wonderful heroes.

My sailing buddies on Buzzards Bay shake their heads as I head out for a nice solo overnight cruise to Hadley Harbor or to Cuttyhunk. There is something special about the bond you achieve with your sailboat when you test yourself against nature while sailing alone. Planning for every possible situation is so critical.

The excitement and adrenaline rush as you drop the mooring line and head out to sea builds to a crescendo.

You watch the sails fill with that warm Buzzards Bay Southwest breeze, and you realize that this wonderful interdependence between you and your boat is what keeps you both safe. The joy of sailing.

Jay Johnson Mattapoisett, Mass.

Dodge always left you guessing R.I.P. to the great Dodge Morgan. The wonderful thing about Dodge’s column (at least to me) was that I was never entirely sure when he was kidding and when he was serious. For anyone who may be interested: As I write this, the entrance to the Merrimack River is being dredged. I live in Haverhill, Mass., but I sail out of Newburyport.

Steve Muise Haverhill, Mass.

I think of Dodge when I set chute My encounter with Dodge was brief, and back in 1998. I was in the process of buying a sister ship to Wings of Time. I was very concerned, Could my wife

New 27 Padebco Walkaround

315 HP Yanmar Diesel I/O Jackshaft Top Speed: 35 kts Cruise: 20-25 kts Power Options: I/O Drive System, Jet Drive System, Outboards, V Drive Inboard.

150 gal. Fuel, 25 gal. Water Day Boat or Cruiser Lots of comfortable seating.

Use the Gift Guide buttons on

A great blend of comfort & convenience.

www.PointsEast.com

28 Anchor Inn Road, Round Pond, Maine 04564

to shop for nautical and unusual holiday gifts this season.

18 Points East December 2010

(207) 529-5106

Member Member

www.Padebco.com editor@pointseast.com

and I sail without additional crew having come from a much smaller boat? How could a conversation with Dodge Morgan, who successfully completed a singlehanded, nonstop circumnavigation shed any light on this question? I guess I have no explanation, except maybe I called the person who was most likely to provide the answer I secretly wanted to hear.

I cold-called Dodge on the phone, having never met him before, and told him my story. In colorful language, he assured me that my misgivings had no basis, and immediately went into a long description of how to use the large spinnaker pole, and launch a chute singlehanded on the 52-footer, while I was merely thinking about getting out of a slip under power, and maybe unfurling the roller-furling main. I remember him saying of the Little Harbor, “I’d never spend this much money on a house.”

He must have convinced us. We owned Crescent Moon, sistership of Wings, for 10 great years. We did, very occasionally, launch a simple cruising chute, in a sock without the pole, with just two of us on board, in light winds, calm seas, and daylight conditions. I only braved the pole with more crew. Every time we did, I thought of my conversation with Dodge. Thanks Dodge, we’ll miss your articles in Points East.

Gary Vacon East Falmouth, Mass.

A big loss for Points East crew People like Dodge are so larger than life that it took me a few days to realize that this is also a very personal loss for you and the rest of the crew. My condolences to all.

Roger Long Cape Elizabeth, Maine Certainly a loss to the founders of the magazine and those who have followed, Roger, but, as witnessed by these letters, an irretrievable loss to our readers.

Our world has been diminished Our world is less full than it was with Dodge Morgan still on deck. Yet he left me with a boatload of the spirit of life. His was a model for how to live life fully and well.

He and I shared Jan. 15 birthdays, and we both served in the Air Force. I learned of his passing via my Blackberry and left 15 people at a dinner wondering why I left the table. It was a shock. In August, I had hoped to finally meet him in Rockland, but he didn’t show and, of course, I now know why. He had been considering having Wilbur build him a new boat, and his Monk 36 was of interest to me.

His life of chosen solitude on Snow Island is so curious given his personality, achievements and engagement with so many people and things. There is a story

From the crew at Robinhood Marine Center www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

19

there that I hope emerges somehow. Anyway, keep on bringing the magazine to us. And who will replace his column?

Fair Winds, Dodge.

George E. “Herk” Herchenroether Newport, R.I. Dodge leaves awfully large seaboots to fill, George, and we are not going to rush into signing on a replacement. We’ll spend the next couple of months reveling in the memories of a life truly well lived, and getting used to the idea that he is no longer with is.

Nights out with Dodge I enjoyed the homage to my old boss Dodge Morgan in your latest issue (“Dodge Played the Cards Dealt, and What a Hand,” October/November). He hired me to edit “Maine Times” in 1990, and I spent many priceless Tuesday nights on the town with Dodge and Anna Ginn and Monte Paulsen, founder of “Casco Bay Weekly.”

In keeping with his last column (“Punch Lines One Might be Able to Live By,” October/November), here are two one-liners [of his] that have stayed with me: “If I had a business that took in $1.3 million a year, I’d

find a way to make $100,000 profit,” which, due to the recession, we didn’t do. And, “We have to neuter the stockbrokers, who, of course, make nothing while reaping millions.”

Jay Davis Belfast, Maine

Boatwise MarineTraining est. 1990

WINTER CLASS DATES ON WEB SITE MANY LOCATIONS! 2 of the popular locations:

Ellsworth, ME starts Jan. 6 (3 long wknds) Danvers, MA starts Jan. 17 (1 full week)

MANY N.E. CLASS LOCATIONS

ATWISE BO Member

20 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

✯✯✯✯✯✩✯✯✯✯✯✯

✩ Holiday Gift Guide

❆

❆

✯

BOAT SAVER

TM

Fastest Fender Hanger

❆

Quickly adjust the fender's height with one single motion. BOAT SAVERTM grips the line & the fender's weight secures the fender in place. ◆

UV resistant 7/8" and 1" stanchions ◆ Supports rope sizes 1/4" and 5/8" ◆ Fits

GBG Enterprises Inc. Toll Free: (800) 609-2668 Fax: (508) 747-7626

www.sailgbg.com

❆❆ ❅ ❆

❅

POP to the TOP to SHOP! Great nautical gifts right at your fingertips. www.PointsEast.com

MARITIME MUSEUM

✩

On-line Gift Guide

CUSTOM HOUSE

www.pointseast.com

❆

✯✯✯✯✯✩✯✯✯✯ MAINE MAPMAKER GIFTS

www.pointseast.com

T-SHIRTS of your favorite cruising

❆

❆ ❆

grounds, designed by Jane Crosen.

HM

Choose from 8 Maine Coast regions: Casco Bay, Small Pt. to Muscongus Bay, Friendship to Vinalhaven, Deer Isle, Penobscot Bay to Schoodic, Mt. Desert, Schoodic to Machias, Passamaquoddy,

PORTLAND

ROCKLAND

HAMILTON

MARINE

SEARSPORT

SW HARBOR

JONESPORT

GREAT PRICES! GREAT STUFF!

and 2 hilarious spoof nautical charts.

Visit www.MaineMapmaker.com for details. 207-326-4850.

Also SWEATSHIRTS, CHEF APRONS, POSTERS, COASTERS, CARDS. Available online and in local stores along with Jane’s new COOKBOOK, Maine Mapmaker’s Kitchen: Creative, healthy recipes for home, camp & afloat.

Jonesport Peapod

Elegant

❖

Functional

❖

Fun

❆

Perfect fit Northeastern Trailer available too.

❆

✯

Find us on Facebook!

Follow us on Twitter!

A dream come true gift!

A Full Service Boatyard

(207) 497-2701

✩

Holiday Gift Guide

www.jonesportshipyard.com

...the World’s Finest Oars and Paddles, since 1858.

Handcrafted in Maine, used all over the world.

• Oars and Paddles • Wooden Masts and Spars • Bronze Rowing Hardware • Adirondack Guide Boat Oars and Hardware • Boat Hooks • Handmade Brown Ash Pack Baskets and Creels • Wooden Flagpoles

❆

www.shawandtenney.com PO Box 213, Orono, Maine 04473 – 800-240-4867

❆

800-639-2715 hamiltonmarine.com

❅ ❅ ❆

❆

❆

www.compassproject.org

❆ ❆

A Book You’ll Want To Read More Than Once BUCKING THE TIDE

❅

By David Buckman Step aboard the Leight, a wreck of a $400, 18-foot homegrown cruiser that leaks like a White House aide, and join a crew as green as grass as they adventure along the dramatic New England and Bay of Fundy coast. $19 + $4 shipping & handling. Available at www.eastworkspublications.com

Gift an Island

Holiday Gift Guide

❅

❆

✩

❆

✯✯✯✯✯✩✯✯✯✯

✯

The Tessie Ann launched at RMC May 27, 2010 with custom skiff

The Island 40~An innovative vacation gift

❅

A base camp for kayaking, day sailing or a romantic getaway

Robinhood Marine Center 340 Robinhood Road, Georgetown, Maine 04548

www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

❆

❆ Cape Cod Maritime Museum

✩

www.sailmaine.org

❆

www.pointseast.com

Give a FLOATING GETAWAY! Call now for 2011 Gift Certificates to hold 2010 pricing (3 night min.)

800-255-5206 www.island40.com

News New England skinny, Maine to Connecticut Maine SailMaine seeks financial support SailMaine, the nonprofit community sailing center on the Portland waterfront, is seeking new donors to support its expanding programs. “We’re in our infancy at fundraising and competing with other worthy nonprofits, particularly at this time of year,” said executive director Jeff Cumming. “Donating to SailMaine makes a dramatic difference for those who might otherwise never have access to the sea or the chance to learn and grow from the challenges of being a sailor.”

In 2010, SailMaine provided sailing instruction to more than 400 youths and 150 adults, from novice to advanced.

Additionally, hundreds of high school and college sailors utilized the facility and its harbor access for numerous regattas in the fall and spring. Over the summer, SailMaine facilitated a two-day Junior Olympics festival that hosted 175 youth sailors and their families. During its 3rd annual Open House this spring, more than 240 people took advantage of free 20minute sailboat rides. Fee waivers and scholarships are provided to sailors under 18 who are in need.

SailMaine has a fleet of 104 boats, two wooden sheds for

storage and two for office space, picnic tables and floats.

They employ two full-time and one part-time staff, 30 parttime instructors and 175 volunteers. To make a tax deductible donation to SailMaine, visit www.sailmaine.org, email: jeffcumming@sailmaine.org; or mail your contribution to SailMaine, 58 Fore Street, Portland, ME 04101.

New Hampshire Great Northeast Boat Show April 2 The 2nd Annual Great Northeast Boat Show will be held April 1-3 at the Hampshire Dome in Milford, N.H. The largest Spring Boat Show in New England, and the largest indoor boat show in the Northeast north of Boston, the event aims to be a showcase of power boats, jet skis, cruisers, motor yachts, docks, canoes, kayaks, inflatables, runabouts, fishing boats, sailboats, pontoon and deck boats. Some 25 boat dealers will exhibit more than 75 brands and more than 100 boats, all under cover less than one hour from most major areas in the northeast. FMI: www.greatnortheasttboatshow.com.

We treat all pet emergencies, 24/7 Maine Veterinary Referral Center in Scarborough, Maine Open every day year round including weekends and holidays.

MAINE VE TERINARY REFERRAL CENTER REFERRAL Emergency and Specialty Hospital

Add this info to your cell phone

207.885.1290 maineveterinaryreferralcenter.com

Haul/Launch & Transport Services Restoration work at reasonable rates Full Service Boatyard

207-646-9649 www.webhannetriver.com 345 Harbor Rd, Wells, ME 04090

Now accepting reservations

Sales and Service.

NEW Heated Steel Boat Storage Building in Harpswell, Maine.

All services and maintenance available during the lay up period.

Please call for details

C W Johnson, Inc. 207-833-0991 24 Points East December 2010

207-772-6383 editor@pointseast.com

Massachusetts Mack Boring sets diesel seminars Mack Boring & Parts Company has scheduled 2011 New England marine-diesel-maintenance seminars at the company’s Middleborough, Mass., location. To date, more than 20,000 students have been trained. Advance registration is encouraged as classes are limited to 10 people and fill up quickly. The series includes one-day basic maintenance seminars and two-day hands-on seminars that teach emergency repair skills. FMI and registration: Call 908-964-0700, ext. 259, email: training@mackboring.com, www.mackboring.com.

gram focused on the oceans of the world. I will work to bring some experience to the project based on my years of sailing and working in the marine industry.”

Kirby, who crewed for Read aboard Team Puma and has sailed in six America’s Cups, three around-the-world races, at least a dozen Bermuda Races, and more than a half-dozen Transpac races, added, “It speaks volumes to the maritime heritage here in Rhode Island and gives us a platform to develop unique educational experiences for school kids.” FMI: www.ohpri.org or call 401-841-0080.

Connecticut CUSH receives $43K pump-out grant

Rhode Island Read, Kirby join Tall Ship Perry Ken Read and Jerry Kirby, both of Newport, R.I., have joined the board of advisors for Rhode Island’s sail-training vessel SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. Read and Kirby, two of the world’s more accomplished American sailors, believe in the significant impact the school ship will have on generations of young people as it sails as a 207-foot, three-masted, square-rigger -what will be the largest, privately owned, active tall ship in America.

“The Oliver Hazard Perry project is quite simply something that Rhode Island desperately needs,” said Read, who has sailed in two Volvo Ocean Races (steering Team Puma to 2nd in the 2008/2009 event) and is a veteran of three America’s Cups, twice a Rolex Yachtsman of the Year (1985, 1995) and has over 40 World, North American and National championships to his credit in a variety of classes, including the J/24 and Etchells 22. “It is a living, breathing education pro-

Clean Up Stonington Harbor (CUSH) and the Town of Stonington, Conn., have been awarded a $43,200 grant from Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection under the Clean Vessel Act Grant program. The successful application, written by CUSH board member Kathryn Burchenal and Stonington Town Engineer Larry Sullivan, will fund construction of a fixed pier and pump-out station at Stonington Borough sewage treatment plant.

Currently, Westerly, R.I., pump-out boats (partially funded by DEP) empty holding tanks of vessels moored in the Pawcatuck River, Watch Hill (R.I.) harbor, and Stonington Harbor. Pumpout boats unload into sewer lines at Westerly Yacht Club.

However, Stonington harbor is a two-hour trip for a full boat, reducing the number of vessels that can be serviced each day. Construction of the new emptying station will save time and improve service in all three areas.

FMI: www.cushinc.org.

We do all the cleaning & repairing...

• Wash, Check & Repair (In house) • Clean & Waterproof (Canvas) • Repair & Store Only • Wash & Store Only

10% Fall/Winter Discount on New Sail, Canvas, and Cushion Orders

H ALL E T T C ANVAS & S AILS 215 Foreside Rd, Falmouth, Maine (207) 781-7070 (800) 639-9907 www.hallettcanvasandsails.com www.h2ube.com

...so you can have smooth sailing! www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

25

Features

Strider sat like a spider in the center of her web of lines. The Sept. 1 NOAA graphic for Hurricane Earl (inset), indicating 140-mph sustained wind off Florida, and predicting hurricane-force wind off the Carolinas, shows why I was concerned.

26 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

NOAA graphic

H

urricane ole

It turned out I didn’t need it this time, but when the next “Big One” threatens the coast of Maine, I’ll have one heck of a good spot to tuck into.

Story and photos by Roger Long For Points East nce, on a cruise in Maine, I took a side trip up one of the rivers to see the place where I met the woman who was my companion for the best years of my youth. My first passage though this gunkhole in nearly 40 years brought not only memories but the sight of a small inlet that struck me as the perfect place to ride out a hurricane.

Early this spring and all through the summer, I was saying to people that I thought we were due for “The Big One.” I’ve reached the age where, when I say

O www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

27

I rowed the stern anchor up the inlet to keep the boat from swinging and to hold her against the southerly winds I expected before the storm.

things like that, people nod and agree instead of saying, “Oh, they’re never bad here, they always go out to sea.”

My mooring in Portland is quite exposed, so when I saw the projected track of the fifth-named storm of 2010 (Hurricane Earl) appearing to pass through my front yard, and felt the heat of the weak and slow-moving weather system we were in, I knew I would be making a short and unusual cruise. I spent a couple hours poring over charts looking for a closer place, and a few looked better on paper, but I couldn’t shake the feeling I had when passing that narrow inlet tucked between high bluffs.

I set off down the coast under power in greasy calm and heat that was oppressive even offshore, with yellow smog such as I have never seen in Maine hovering close above. My plan was to check out some of the other spots on the way, but the hot and lifeless air felt like it was created just to suck in and feed the monster rushing up from the south. I decided to just head straight for my spot before someone else got into it.

I arrived near sunset and passed my intended refuge, which looked quite a bit less plausible than it had in memory. Continuing on to anchor in the next cove, I was glad that I had come so early and had time

Marblehead 22 One-Design Ahead of its time...

yet timeless.

on North Sails quality, durability & performance!

Designed by

Built to perfection by

Samoset Boatworks 207-633-8350

It’s easy to measure your own boat and SAVE on the world’s best cruising and racing sails. Log on to northsailsdirect.net or call 888-424-7328.

Free tape measure with every order!

www.SamosetBoatWorks.com 28 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

I ran the 120 feet of chain I carry in the bilge around the rock tongue (left), shackled it, and ran the remainder over the intertidal zone. I then shackled a ž-inch line to this, which ran out to the bow as the foundation of my hurricane moor (right).

to explore options. The next morning, I rowed over at low tide with a sounding line and was dismayed to find how quickly my crack in the rocks shoaled up and how little room there was to lay out anchors. I was just starting this when a man walked by and said that he was 99 percent sure that his neighbor’s mooring in the next cove would be free.

A mooring sounded like a good base for a web of ad-

ditional anchors, so I rowed back and took Strider to the next cove where I found a boat already on the mooring. There was more room here inside the moorings, so I tried setting out a three-anchor spread. After dropping my main anchor on very short scope, I rowed the big Guardian anchor I had just purchased out in the dinghy. The box said it was good for boats up to 47 feet, and mine is 32, so I expected great things of it in

HANDY BOAT SERVICE A Full Service Boatyard AFTER

Boat Storage Painting & Gelcoat Yacht Rigging Fiberglass Repair Re-Powering Launch Service Moorings Fuel, Ice, Supplies Gasoline & Diesel Mechanical Repairs

BEFORE

Custom Wood Work

215 Foreside Rd. Falmouth, ME 04105 (207) 781-5110 www.handyboat.com www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

29

the mud. It was a $280 disappointment, just skating padeye. back to me like a dinner tray on a string when I hauled Seldom does life provide such serendipity. This naton the rode. ural feature was strong enough to hold a battleship. I I then went over in Strider and dropped my main returned to the boat and ran the 120 feet of chain I anchor, a 22-pound Delta. It grabbed immediately, but carry in the bilge around the rock tongue, shackled it, as soon as I put the engine in reverse, I went scooting and ran the remainder over the intertidal zone. I then backwards across shackled a ¾-inch the cove, throwing line to this, which the engine back into ran out to the bow forward just in time as the foundation to avoid driving my of my moor. rudder into the As I scrambled muck. I decided to up and down the Roger Long graphic give up at this point steep, muddy, and try my original There was a bar of mud with a deeper hole behind it so, when I dropped the weed-covered anchor in the hole, the effective scope was just about infinite. spot again. shore, I realized A gingerly tour of that I was rushthe cove while watching the depth-sounder revealed ing around in fire-drill, emergency mode. It suddenly sufficient water close up to the shore in the direction I occurred to me that, if I slipped and sprained or broke could expect the strongest wind from, and I decided a something and had to seek medical help, my boat tree would make the best anchor. Wind speed was 0 would probably sit there on her single anchor through gusting to .25 knots, so I dropped the anchor on almost the hurricane and I would lose her. Stopping to ponder no scope and rowed ashore with a line. As I was look- this, I also realized that it was blazingly, dangerously ing for a suitable tree, I noticed a hole in the rocks. hot. I was soaked in sweat and feeling the slight nauFurther inspection revealed that the frost had sea and flushing that is the first sign of heat exhausknocked a chunk out from under a tongue of rock tion. which ran unbroken from the edge of the vegetation I returned to the boat and drank glass after glass of down into the ledge of the shore to make a natural ice water followed by a cold shower in the head. Cruis-

Royal River Boat A full service boatyard

Yarmouth, Maine

FIBERGLASS Core Repairs Awlgrip Coatings Gelcoat Refinishing Keel Repairs Blister Repairs

WOOD All Major Repairs Cabinetry/Joinery Paint Stripping Re-Fastening Restoration

• • • • • •

Two 55 Ton Travel Lifts Marina Sail Loft Awlgrip & Fiberglass Engine & Electrical Outboard & Stern Drives

BOAT HAUL-OUT & STORAGE MECHANICAL SERVICES GAS & DIESEL AUXILIARY SYSTEMS FUEL-GAS-DIESEL DOCK SERVICES SUPPLIES

We are located Two Miles from Exit 17 off Interstate 95

307 Bayview St.,Yarmouth, Maine 04096 Phone: 207-846-9577 Fax: 207-846-6571 Email: forinfo@royalriverboat.com

30 Points East December 2010

Authorized dealers

COME SEE US FOR

YOUR FURLING NEEDS • NEW RACING & CRUISING SAILS SAIL REPAIRS & RETROFITS SAIL WASHING & STORAGE COMPLETE RIGGING SERVICE CUSTOM CANVAS WORK 50+ YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

B

AYVIEW

R

IGGING &

S

AILS

307 Bayview St., Yarmouth, ME 04096 207-846-8877 sailmaker@maine.rr.com

www.bayviewsails.com editor@pointseast.com

ing sure beats camping in this regard. My further climbs up and down the shores were conducted with the same care I would use on a cliff with hundreds of feet of air below me. The slow and contemplative focusing on every foot and handhold, together with the realization that the storm was still at least 36 hours away, shifted me quickly into a relaxed and Zenlike state that made every step of the process a pleasure.

Going below on every trip back to the boat for more gear, I drank huge amounts of water and took another shower. The unheated water from the tank was as bracing and refreshing as a swim. I ran a line from the other bow chock and cleat clear across the cove to two separate, heavy lines around a rock which, although a natural bollard also of battleship capacity, was rather sharp. One line would take the first strain and be backed up by the other if it chafed through. The line to the boat was then shackled into the eyes, and I tied floats to it in case anyone tried to enter the cove on that side.

Next, I rowed the stern anchor up the inlet to keep

I felt as snug and safe as a spider in a drainpipe when I surveyed my work from the shore of my hurricane hole.

the boat from swinging and to hold her against the southerly winds I expected before the storm. There was a bar of mud with a deeper hole behind it so, when

SAIL SERVICE Annual service makes your sails last longer, perform better. We’ve been offering superior sail care since 1983. tm Washing & VACU-WASH Mildew Removal by Sailmaking Support Services Repairs, Recuts, Storage, Pickup & Delivery www.pointseast.com

24 Noble Drive, Freeport 888-788-SAIL info@mesailing.com Points East December 2010

31

Except for taking off the sails, which I would wait to do if the last-minute forecast looked especially dire, I felt that I was ready for anything the tropics could throw at Maine.

I dropped the anchor in the hole, the effective scope was just about infinite (see drawing).

The final step was to hoist my main anchor up and row it out into the main channel in the dinghy, to the end of the rode, and drop it in about 18 feet of water, also on a scope increasing upslope, to where Strider sat like a spider in the center of her web of lines. With bluffs considerably higher than the mast close on every side, I felt as snug and safe as a spider in a drainpipe when I surveyed my work. Except for taking off the sails, which I would wait to do if the last-minute forecast looked especially dire, I felt that I was ready for anything the tropics could throw at Maine.

The day of the storm, there was nothing to do but lash a line around the covered mainsail, wrap the sheets around the roller jib, clean up on deck, and explore my surroundings. I’m a skimmer by nature. I can polish off the fine-arts museum of a major city in about 35 minutes and I get a lot out of it, believe me. I tend to cruise the same way, and the enforced idleness in a beautiful spot, with all my preparations complete, turned the day into one of the most relaxing and enjoyable I have ever spent with the boat. I hiked trails, walked country roads, rowed the dinghy far up a marsh, took about 10 showers, read, and decided that this was turning into one of the finest cruising experi-

The trip home was another story Ironically, my trip home took three times as long, and I encountered some of the roughest seas I have taken Strider through yet. My exit from the river was aborted by sudden strong blasts of wind I realized would be a very bad mix with the large swells rolling in from the storm. I did a quick U-turn and spent a pleasant day exploring other inland passages followed by a night at anchor in winds strong enough that I was up in the middle of the night buoying a stern anchor that had dragged to hold me broadside to the wind and seas, and anxiously watching the GPS and the nearby shore.

The next morning, I went out the mouth of the Kennebec under power, just to take a look. By the time I had taken my look, struggling on to deeper water seemed a better option than trying to turn and run in the seas that 24 hours of stiff wind blowing across leftover swells had kicked up. All the rain had set up quite an outflow from the river even with the tide near the end of the flood, and this always gnarly spot was truly impressive.

Strider did wonderfully, resolutely plugging into the seas at about four knots and 2300 rpm, as fast as I could go without sticking the bow through the short, steep seas.

Standing at the wheel, I could usually sight across the tops of several seas in the troughs, the accurate way to measure average wave height, so the seas were generally about six

32 Points East December 2010

feet but short and steep running up into the shoaling water off the beaches.

I hadn’t thought to lash my dinghy oars because they fit under the seats and were custom cut to lock tightly in place.

I had also piled my spare anchor rode and some other lines on top of the oars to weight the dinghy down for the rough water. Conditions did not improve one bit after I cleared the edges of the shoal.

About halfway to Small Point, it was as rough as it had been in the river mouth, although the seas were a bit more regular. I looked back to see the dinghy drop off a wave and the lines rise up above the rail. Minutes later, one of the oars was gone, followed a few waves later by the other. I looked back to see $250 worth of anchor line streaming out behind, and the next time I looked, it was gone as well. The dinghy was dry when I looked in it that evening. It was rough out there.

I got into Quahog Bay and spent a pleasant Labor Day afternoon watching boats come in and anchor. The next morning, an easy half-day of sailing and motoring under fair skies brought this interesting little cruise to an end.

Roger Long

editor@pointseast.com

ences of my life.

That evening, the sky darkened, and the marine radio was saying, “Marine interests should pay no attention to the forecast but continue their preparations.

This storm could still veer into the coast and cause considerable damage.”

I turned in early, anticipating being awoken by the first blasts and spending the night anxiously watching for any failure in my gear. As I poked my head out the hatch for my final look around, I realized that the only electric light visible anywhere around me was in the cottage where I had one of the most significant intimate encounters of my life. With that thought, I went to sleep to await the tempest.

I’ve had an interesting and satisfying life. It is hard to believe that I am now reduced to writing for a magazine that would publish a story about a total anti-climax, but here it is. I heard not so much as a tiny little moan in the rigging. There was not even a hint of a ripple of water against the hull. Never even the slightest squeak and snub of a line taking up the strain. The branches of the trees around me were still. There was not a sound except for the faint tick of the clock until the roar of the rain began. The calm before the storm was the storm.

The rain was tapering off enough by the time I had finished breakfast that I could go out in shorts and windbreaker and start picking up my gear. It didn’t

www.pointseast.com

take long to retrieve everything and I was riding to my main anchor out in the channel by the time the rain stopped. Things took a turn at that point. Even heavy cranking, with the rode taken back to a sheet winch, wouldn’t budge the anchor.

I had the bow pulled down six or eight inches. It was stuck fast. I let out a little slack and powered around in circles. It was not coming up. Just as I was about to cut off $500 of line and anchor, there was a jerk. The bow sprang up and I was free. I motored out to an open spot and re-anchored to unlash the sails, stow lines and gear, and then headed down the river for home.

You’ll notice that I haven’t been too specific about where I rode out the hurricane that wasn’t. Obviously, I would like to use this spot again. Some of you may recognize it from the photos, and there will be other hurricanes. If so, and your draft is less than four feet, please avail yourself of the many alternatives for a shallower craft. If your draft is more than four feet, don’t get suckered into this spot. If your draft is exactly four feet, three inches, please respect the prerogatives of discovery and leave this spot to me.

Roger Long is a naval architect specializing in oceanographic research vessels (www.rogerlongboats.com). The harbormaster of Cape Elizabeth, he sails Strider out of Portland Harbor.

Points East December 2010

33

Virgin Islands ust! b or

A bareboat cruise seemed the perfect antidote for the long Maine winter, and I allowed myself to be seduced by the promise of a sun-filled week of palm-shaded beaches and sparkling Caribbean waters.

Part I: And it wasn’t easy. A storm struck New England on our departure date, and our St. Thomas trawler-catamaran charter seemed in jeopardy.

Story and photos by William A. Brennan Jr. For Points East fter a number of seasons boating in Maine waters, I convinced my crew to consider another cruising ground for a winter vacation. Somewhere without fog, big tides, lobster pots and treacherous ledges. A place where the water is warm and crystal clear, the beaches like powdered sugar, with steady breezes. Yes, I am talking about the Caribbean, more specifically the Virgin Islands.

For years I have been seeing the ads in my boating magazines describing idyllic anchorages awaiting the adventurous skipper. A bareboat cruise seemed the perfect antidote for the long boatless season of Maine’s winter. I allowed myself to be seduced by the promise of a sun-filled week of island hopping in the sparkling Caribbean waters.

We are fortunate to have a first-rate charter broker

A

34 Points East December 2010

The author and the Admiral show every evidence of having reveled in their tropical powerboat charter, but you’ll have to check Part II of their story, in the Midwinter issue, to be sure.

editor@pointseast.com

We decided a power catamaran would be the best combination of living space, speed and comforts for my wife, 16-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. CYOA Charters gave us Karibee Kat, a Fountaine Pajot Maryland 37 trawler catamaran with twin diesels and three cabins.

in Wiscasset, Maine, to help decipher the myriad of choices facing a prospective charterer. After visiting their website, I was able to narrow down my search for a suitable boat and time for our charter. We decided a power cat would be the best combination of living space, speed and comforts for my wife Chris (the admiral), my 16-year-old son (first mate) and 11-year-old daughter (deckhand). The company was CYOA Charters out of St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands; the boat was Karibee Kat, a Fountaine Pajot Maryland 37 trawler catamaran with twin diesels and three cabins.

Once we had settled on the boat, the next challenge was getting airline tickets from Portland, Maine, to St. Thomas during school vacation week in April. Anyone with school-age children knows firsthand the nightmare and expense of getting flights during school-vacation week. Leaving midweek gave us more choices with lower fares, and also avoided the crush of charterers on a Saturday to Saturday schedule. We figured a few missed days of school would be offset by the educational value of our family adventure.

Now came the fun part – for me at least. I can’t say

how many hours I surfed the net doing all sorts of research for our trip, from the best anchorages, cruising itineraries, snorkeling spots to restaurants, beach bars, shore excursions and the like, but I added dozens of new favorites to my Internet browser. Many happy hours were spent poring over Maptech online charts and Google earth. The voyage was taking shape in my mind.

Finally it was time to get down to some serious packing. Trying to figure out everything we would need (and be able to carry) on an eight-day cruise for four people was no small task. As captain, I had to remind the unruly crew that space was limited and only essentials would be allowed. Two large duffle bags, four backpacks, and a couple of carry-ons made the final cut.

As the departure date approached, we saw ominous reports of a massive storm approaching the Northeast.

We tracked it closely as it approached New England, and we grew increasingly more anxious as the reports of high winds, torrential rain and flooding came closer and closer. Naturally, I kept an eye on the weather in

Sales

Service

Ready to Service or Sell YOU the boat of your DREAMS!

Authorized service center for also & Raymarine www.yarmouthboatyard.com 207-846-9050 ®

72 Lafayette Street, Yarmouth, ME

www.pointseast.com

steve@ybyboats.com

Points East December 2010

35

the Caribbean, but all remained calm: winds 10 to 15 knots, sunny with scattered showers, seas two to three feet.

We were planning to leave Maine Monday afternoon after finishing our packing, to drive to Boston and catch a flight out of Logan the next morning. By Sunday, it became clear that this was no ordinary spring storm. Reports of extensive flooding, power outages and flight cancellations up and down the East Coast filled the airways. Our hearts sank, we won’t get out of Maine, Logan will be closed, we’ll never make our flights, they’ll give away our boat, we catastrophized as we sat glued to the TV. All these months of planning, the research, the money . . . .

The wind blew strong all night on Sunday and the rain was amazing, keeping me from sleep. We awoke to darkness. No electricity, no lights, no hot water, wait, no water at all (we have a well). So no hot showers, no coffee: How were we going to finish packing?

Worst of all, we couldn’t get any update on the storm other than the NOAA broadcast on the portable VHF. I frantically called relatives in the Boston area for news. Yes, Logan was open, but there were delays. Yes, some roads were flooded, but the highways were passable. We grimly finished our packing unsure what fate awaited us this day.

We left our dark house in Cumberland in the late afternoon and headed to Boston expecting the worst but hoping for the best. To our surprise, the highways were not flooded, the traffic was light, and we made it to our hotel in good time. A hearty Italian dinner buoyed our spirits as much as the gloriously hot shower in the hotel. We had survived the first leg of our journey and our optimism swelled.

The next morning was blustery and damp, but it was a huge improvement from the previous day. Amazingly, our flight was on time, although the line at the check-in was out the door of the terminal. A quick calculation of our SOG in the line and the time of departure induced new anxieties: We’ll miss our connection in Philadelphia; we won’t get to St. Thomas in time.

The Admiral, being a frequent flyer, seized the moment and directed us to the curbside check-in, where the line was short.

With all the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) changes, we fretted that we’d be bumped back, but we prevailed, we made it through check-in. We were going to make it after all. The sigh of relief was like letting the air out of our Zodiac . . . whew.

We settled back and enjoyed the rather uneventful flight. It was fun to track the plane’s speed and location with the handheld GPS: 525knots, 39,000 feet – cool! As we began to descend, the brilliant turquoise water caught our eyes and we smiled silently with pleasure: We’d made it. The intense blast of humid tropical air surrounded us as we deplaned. Off with the jackets and long pants, on with the sunglasses and shorts. After collecting our bags, we took a cab to Frenchtown Marina, home of CYOA Yacht charters, and caught the first glimpse of our new home for the next eight days.

The Karibee Kat seemed smaller than her pictures, but once inside we found her to quite roomy due to her 16-foot beam. We quickly claimed our cabins; the captain and admiral’s quarters occupied the starboard hull with an ensuite shower and head. The first mate and his deckhand had separate cabins on the port side with an adjoining head and shower. We had chosen the stay-aboard option for the first night so we could get to know the boat before the following day’s departure, and so we could provision that evening. This turned out to be a great idea as it allowed us to check out and depart sooner, and was about the same cost as two hotel rooms.

The admiral and her deckhand went into Charlotte Amalie to check out the shopping while the first mate and I walked to the Pueblo Supermarket to do some provisioning. We had decided against using a provisioning company, mostly due to the cost and also because we wanted to see what we were buying firsthand. Our plan was to make breakfast and lunches aboard the boat and get our dinners on shore.

THE

CROWLEY-BEAL 23 classic down-east design excellent in rough water ● good speed with just 115 h.p. ● comfortable in any season ● fully trailerable (8’6" beam) ● ●

Jeff's Marine, Thomaston, Maine 207-354-8777 ● www.jeffsmarine.com 36 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

Although the local supermarket had most of what we needed, it certainly was no Hannaford. Also, airconditioning was only in the produce and meat sections, with the vast majority of the store without climate controll despite the high heat and humidity.

Welcome to the tropics. We took a cab back to the marina with our provisions and stocked the galley to the gills.

I spent the remainder of the evening pouring over the detailed instruction manuals for the Karibee Kat. For once, the detail was welcome as there is certainly a difference between American and French marine design and engineering. We turned in early in anticipation of our briefing and checkout in the morning.

Paul, the CYOA staff member conducting our briefing, hailed from Westbrook, Maine, but spent most of his year in the Caribbean, living aboard his sailboat with his wife and dog. He thoroughly and patiently

went over every system on the boat while explaining in sufficient detail all the complexities of the power cat. We then pulled away from the dock, and he had us perform some basic maneuvers in the harbor. He was satisfied that we could safely handle the boat. Now the moment we had been waiting for was finally here. Let the adventure begin!

“The crew and I are New Englanders who started sailing on Martha’s Vineyard many years ago, and we’ve been boating in Maine for the past 10 years,” the author writes. “I am a physician, my wife is in medical sales, our son is a competitive sailor at the University of Vermont, while our daughter is learning the ropes in the junior sailing program at Portland Yacht Club.”

Part 2 of the Brennan family odyssey, in the Midwinter 2011 issue, takes the Karibee Kat into the exotic waters of the British Virgin Islands.

BETA MARINE Smoother...Quieter!

Installation in a Sabre 38 Mk

Our engines idle smoother and quieter because of our high inertia Oil Change flywheel. This is Pump one of the many Beta Marine exclusive Fuel Filter features Fuel Lift that make Pump our diesel engines easier to live with.

Dip Stick

Raw Water Pump Lube Oil Filter

Some of our installations Engine Model

Vessel Engine Model

Beta 14 (BZ482) Beta 16 (BZ602) Beta 20 (BD722)

Beta 25 (BD902) Beta 28 (BD1005)

Albin Vega Cape Dory 28 Tartan 30 Contessa 32 Island Packet 27 Pearson Vanguard Alberg 35 Morgan OI 33 Alberg 37 Pearson 35

Beta 38 (BV1505)

Beta 43 (BV2003) Beta 50 (BV2203)

Beta 60 (BV2403)

Vessel Sabre 38Mk1 Valiant 37 Westsail 32 Valiant 40 Bristol 41.1 Hinckley B- 40 Morgan 41 OI Morgan 45 CSY 44

What a concept!

Engineered to be serviced easily

• Beta Marine Superb Propulsion Engines, using Kubota Diesel • From 10 - 105 hp including our famous Atomic 4 replacements • Also available: Marine generators up to 30Kw

For service along coastal New England contact any of these certified dealers Johanson Boatworks Rockland, ME (207) 596-7060 www.jboatworks.com

Whiting Marine Services

Sound Marine Diesel LLC

South Berwick, ME (207) 384-2400 whitingmarine@yahoo.com

Plainville, CT (860) 666-2184 www.soundmarinediesel.com

Islesboro Marine

Gannon & Benjamin, Inc

Noank Village Boatyard

Islesboro, ME (207) 734-6433

Vineyard Haven, MA (508) 693-4658 www.gannonandbenjamin.com

Noank, CT (860) 536-1770 www.noankvillageboatyard.com

Beta Marine US Ltd.

www.pointseast.com

Arapahoe, NC 877-227-2473 www.betamarinenc.com

Points East December 2010

37

Tiny

BoaTs

Big Voyages

Compass Project photo

Right: Islesboro Argo, the Islesboro Central Schools boat, is launched by Capt.

Larry Wade, master of the State of Maine, 280 miles off the coast of Portugal.

Above: Students of The Compass Project perform sea trials with their passagemakers.

Photo courtesy Educational Passages

A Maine educational program deploys five-foot ocean-voyaging boats to provide international learning experiences for students of all ages.

By Jay Davis For Points East he fiberglass hulls gathering in Dick Baldwin’s garage look like bathtub toys on steroids. But thanks to modern technology and Baldwin’s vision, energy, and multi-disciplinary program, Educational Passages, they are increasingly popular learning tools for East Coast students and teachers.

One day, the whole world may be watching them.

The latest chapter in the Educational Passages story was launched in late November when the Brazilian freighter Jutta, which ferries clay for the paper indus-

T

38 Points East December 2010

try to the docks at Searsport, deployed four boats just north of the Caribbean, hopefully to catch the North Equatorial Current, the Gulf Stream, and the westerlies and the North Atlantic Current, bound for the 20degree longitude line off Europe, or, for that matter, toward any shore where the wind may take them.

Schools in Searsport and Belfast, the Mount Desert Island Community Sailing Center, and Portland’s Compass Project are sponsors of the boats that will race in memory of solo sailor extraordinaire Dodge Morgan (see notice on page 43), who died in September. The Compass Project boat is named Bridges, the editor@pointseast.com

name of the Gorham High School alternative education program. For three years, Baldwin and a crew of friends have sent the five-foot boats and their GPS cargo across the Atlantic in search of scientific and cultural connections for inquisitive student groups. The sturdy craft have pivoting, two-foot-tall sails that keep them running before the wind. And the GPS units provide a precise location – including longitude, latitude and speed – every two hours. One boat progressed at six knots for six hours, Baldwin said, which is the best performance so far.

As the Atlantic winds and currents create an eggshaped parabola that touches the Gulf of Maine, the hope is that boats launched in the Caribbean will head north, skirt the East Coast, then bounce east toward France. One boat in this year’s race came within 47 miles of the French coast. The sponsoring students at the Castine school (Adams School) had just completed an exchange program with a French school, and the French students were going to go down and meet the boat as it came in. However, satellite contact was lost as the boat entered the busy shipping lane and its

Chart courtesy Educational Passages

CPS traveled 8,473 miles before being picked up last June off Spain by the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel State of Maine.

whereabouts are unknown.

A boat launched by the Creative Problem Solving class at Belfast Area High School traveled 8,473 miles – and attracted 250 pounds of barnacles – before it was picked up off the Spanish coast by the Maine Maritime Academy training vessel State of Maine last June. It is now back at the school being readied for a future race. A boat sponsored by Old Town students reached

Our customers’ boats are part of our family.

Cyrus Hagge (left) with Jason Curtis of PYS launching Cyrus’ boat on a clear 20° day in February.

Our dedicated staff provides the kind of service that keep owners like Cyrus Hagge coming back year after year. The PYS team has the experience, training and certifications to efficiently handle both the routine and extraordinary needs of virtually any type of boat or yacht, sail or power.

• Long-term Annual Maintenance

• Outboard & Inboard Repowering

• Moorings, Dockage and Storage

• Generators, AC & Refrigeration

• Painting & Fiberglass

• Full Parts & Rigging Departments

• Refits, Repairs & Restorations

• Systems Repairs & Design

We invite you to visit our marina and boatyard near the historic Old Port, by land or sea, today!

Check out our qualifications at portlandyacht.com

“I’ve been coming to Portland Yacht Services for years because they’re as passionate about boating as I am.”

Cyrus Hagge – Customer

58 Fore Street • Portland, ME 04101 T: 207.774.1067 • F: 207.774.7035 • E: service@portlandyacht.com

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

39

Photo courtesy Educational Passages

CPS, a boat launched by the Creative Problem Solving class at Belfast Area High School, attracted 250 pounds of barnacles during her 2009-10 voyage.

the Ireland coast last summer. And a fourth boat, launched by Camden students, foundered on the Nova Scotia coast. The GPS system was so accurate, how-

ever, that it could be seen in a resident’s driveway via Google Earth; it, too, was returned.

Baldwin, a physical therapist who grew up sailing small boats on the Connecticut River at Essex, Conn., has made several solo sails to the Caribbean. Returning from one trip “tired, cold and wet,� he’d proved to himself he could sail anywhere he wanted. So it was time to try something new. He sold his boat, and the idea of working with schools on a small boat project began to grow.

Those he spoke with thought it a cool idea, so, with the help of a Camden naval architect, he designed a five-foot boat, built several hulls, attached a 10-pound lead skeg, erected a 3/8-inch stainless steel pipe as a mast and glued a GPS unit to the deck. The first two boats were floated from the schooner Bowdoin off the coast of Nova Scotia. They headed promisingly toward France, but a series of strong storms blew them back, and one was rescued from the coast a short distance from the launch site after traveling more than 1,000 miles.

Baldwin and Capt. Larry Wade of the State of Maine

A Full Ser Service vice Boat Boatyard yard 150 ton ton travelif elift—the t—the travelift—the largest lar gest ccapacity apacityy apacit north Boston– nor th of B oston– up tto o 32’ beam! beam!

Complete Service Factory Trained Technicians Complete Mechanical Service Complete Electrical Service Inboard/Outboard Repair Stainless and Aluminum Welding Painting/Refinishing Shaft Repair/Alignment Hull Repair

Parts If we don’t stock the part you need, we can get it for you QUICKLY! gowenmarine.com

24 H Hour our

www.popesails.com (207) 596-7293

â–

237 Park Street, Rockland, Maine

40 Points East December 2010

Call now to plan for your winter service and storage needs.

Emergency E mer mergenc gencyy H genc Hauling auling

REPOWER SPECIALISTS

A ny TTide ide Any

GOWEN GO WEN MARINE #OMMERCIAL 3T s 0ORTLAND -% s sales@gowenmarine.com

editor@pointseast.com

began speaking about the the Penobscot Marine Muproject at school assemseum. Participating techniblies, and student interest cal schools are preparing proved keen. Getting fundto produce 10 hulls for the ing from cash-strapped spring race, called the school districts was diffiMini Boat Rally, which will cult, so Baldwin turned to include a day at the Maine businesses and organizaMaritime Academy in Castions like the Penobscot tine where the boats will River and Bay Pilots Assobe delivered, a meal and a ciation to help with the tour. $1,000 cost of each boat.

Charts of the boats’ pasStudents, and others, can sages resemble lengths of follow the boats’ progress yarn that a kitten has on www.iboattrack.com/edplayed with. But the vision ucationalpassages. Baldof small boats piquing stuwin says the boats will Photo courtesy Educational Passages dents’ interest in the sea help students learn about The boats have pivoting, two-foot-tall sails that keep them and its mysteries is movocean wind and current pat- running before the wind. GPS units provide a precise location ing straight-ahead. To terns, map reading, geogra- − including longitude, latitude and speed − every two hours. learn more about Educaphy, oceanography, tional Passages, go to navigation, earth sciences, computer technology, inter- www.educationalpassages.com. If you’d like to sponsor national relations, and much more. a boat or support the program, give Baldwin a call at The campaign involves technical schools, which have 207-338-4087. developed molds for the boats and manufactured several hulls, as well as boatbuilding organizations like Jay Davis has been a reporter and editor in Maine the Compass Project and those with a nautical focus, for nearly 40 years. He is currently finishing up a novel including the sponsor of the Searsport boat this year, at his home in Belfast.

Boats you can depend on!

The 23 Defiant

●

100% Composite Construction

●

10 Year Limited Transferrable Hull Warranty

●

Unsinkable Hull Design

It’s a fast, fun, fuel-efficient fishing machine ATLANTIC OUTBOARD Westbrook, CT 800-482-1915 www.atlanticoutboard.com

ENOS MARINE Gloucester, MA 978-281-1935 www.enosmarine.com

MILLWAY MARINA Barnstable, MA 508-362-4904 www.millwaymarina.com

GOWEN MARINE Portland, ME 800-564-6936 www.gowenmarine.com

BAMFORTH MARINE Brunswick, ME 207-729-3303 www.bamforthmarine.com

MOOSE ISLAND MARINE, INC. Eastport, ME 207-853-6058 www.mooseislandmarine.com

www.pointseast.com

www.maritimeboats.com Points East December 2010

41

Educational Passages teaches on many different levels Mission statement: To provide an exciting hands on multi-disciplinary learning experience for students of all ages.

Program overview: We use unmanned mini-sailboats equipped with GPS tracking devices to study ocean and wind patterns, and much more. These five-foot mini-boats need no outside assistance and will sail directly downwind month after month. As these boats travel the oceans of the world to faraway lands, students will have the opportunity to learn and improve their skills in the following: map reading, geography, earth science, oceanography, naval architecture, boatbuilding, international relations, and meteorology.

What makes this program unique? It’s a school-wide project from grade school through high school, including schools of technology. Vocational students produce the boats from naval-architect drawings, and foreign-language students will be talking to students abroad to arrange for their boat’s rescue or recovery. Grade-school kids will learn as their boats follow the courses of the early explorers to the new world. This program includes school assemblies, suggested curricula, and Maine Maritime Academy Day, on which students deliver their boats to the captain, tour the academy, and meet with admissions.

What is Educational Passages? We are a group consisting of a sea captain, a physical therapist, and a medical researcher who enjoy the support of many talented individuals and respected organizations, including a naval architect, sailmaker, teachers, a marine retailer, the Penobscot Marine Museum, and the Maine Maritime Academy. We are all volunteers with a goal of Photo by Tina Shute encouraging students to continue their studies and develop their careers. For more information go to our website at www.educationalpassages.com, email: dick@epboats.com.

It's the gift of

stable for offshore shallow draft for gunkholing spacious comfort fuel efficient

P-47

Smooth as a cat’s paw...

Photographs by Billy Black

Choice Photo by Billy Black

www.mecat.com www.mainecatcharters.com email: info@mecat.com 1-888-832-2287 Bremen, Maine

42 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

43

THERACIN

44 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

NGPAGES Underdog, sailed by Beau Bringham, buries her bow in sloppy conditions in the 2011 Around Islesboro Race. Insets, from far left: Main Stay 5 is observed from the cockpit of Gust Stringos' Morris 36 Blue Bird, with her designer Chuck Paine at the helm. Ken Priest's Extra Beat sports a dynamic chute. Chuck Paine eyes the headsail as he drives Blue Bird to Windward, with Peter McCrea's Panacea to leeward. Sea Jab, Al Hodsdon's 36-footer, and the rest of the fleet, are framed by the colorful chute flown by Dick Wiken's Morning Star.

Photos courtesy Art Hall

www.pointseast.com

The Around Islesboro run J/122 Resolute gathers much race hardware

By Art Hall For Points East Terrific sailing conditions prevailed Sept. 11 for the 24th annual Around Islesboro Race, sponsored by the Northport Yacht Club. A record 46 boats took to the line for an exciting downwind start that saw gusts up to 20 knots. After the fleet made their way through narrow Brackett’s Channel to the southern tip of the island, the wind moderated enough to make it a pleasant beat up eastern Penobscot Bay, around Turtle Head and back to Bayside.

Line honors, 1st place overall, and 1st in PHRF-A was Resolute, a J/122 sailed by Scott Miller. Blue Bird, a Morris 36 skippered by Gust Stringos, captured 1st place in PHRF-B. The winner of the Cruising Canvas class was Red Alert, a Ranger 29 sailed by Gordon Fuller. Singlehanded was claimed by Panacea, a Freedom 32 sailed by Peter McCrea, and finally, the Multihull winner was Wings, a Dick Newick-designed trimaran sailed by Peter Howard. The Penobscot Bay Cup was once again awarded to the Rockland Yacht Club.

The Around Islesboro Race is sailed every year on the weekend after Labor Day. For complete results, and for more information about the 2010 event and next year’s edition, visit www.northportyachtclub.org.

Photo by Dick Wiken

Points East December 2010

45

Black-hulled Knockabout Shadow tacks out of Seal Cove with author Herb Parsons holding court at the helm.

Photo by Patty Weeks

Knockabout’s 100th: More gum in garboards

By Herb Parsons For Points East The North Haven (Maine) Yacht Club’s 100-year celebration of the gaff-rigged Knockabout’s inception late last August brought together seven of these sleek, glorious B.B. Crowninshield-designed beauties, together with their comradely, stubborn and obsessed owners. The event was the brainchild of owner Polly Saltonstall and boatbuilder Alec Brainerd, who has rebuilt several and built one new one.

At 17 1/2 feet on the waterline, the boats are often known as Manchester 17s, Dark Harbor 17s, or Northeast Harbor B Boats. With their low freeboard and shallow, self-bailing cockpits, one of their greatest joys comes when you sit at water level in light airs, listening to whispering, gurgling waters glide 46 Points East December 2010

by, effortlessly.

Some people are notoriously stubborn. I must be one of them. I have kept my father’s 26-foot Knockabout for years now, the boat he bought in about 1931 from the man for whom he used to crew. Since she never seemed to have a name, I called her My Father’s Shadow, though there’s only space for Shadow on the small transom. Pa, after all, turned each of us four kids into sailors, so it’s his shadow that embraces us.

I was first allowed to crew for my father in races when I was about 10, and on windier days, spent a good portion of windward legs down below, pumping.

Nowadays, thanks to jet-age technology, I have a bilge pump hitched up to a 12-volt battery. Well, actually two pumps and a spare battery, just in case. editor@pointseast.com

Our family always specialized in black boats. Well, until three unnamed members of my generation outrageously let the tradition lapse. Letting bygones be bygones, the anniversary allowed the three oldest of us to race together once again after a span of decades.

And though we were all brought up by our father to be “chiefs� rather than “Indians,� we worked together smoothly. Not even any yelling. It was, in fact, quite out of character, but wonderfully satisfying.

I handled the helm. Besides my being the eldest, it is, y’know, my boat, mine. I get to steer. My brother Peter, still an active racer, handled tactics. And sister Marnie kept the jib expertly trimmed. No spinnakers allowed. (My other brother, David, being, at 61, the baby of the family, was forced to drive a spectator boat.) I’m more than certain that together, we three easily comprised the senior-most crew, at ages 73, 71, and 69.

Fortunately for both myself and Shadow, in our shared and advancing decrepitude, the winds were light. Nonetheless, by the third race we had both bilge pumps working intermittently. Note to self: Next year, more chewing gum in the garboards.

I should mention the one-man race committee, who should also remain unnamed, since it was he who sold his knockabout. I’m sure he volunteered as an act of contrition.

No, we didn’t win. But we sailed well, the boat al-

Three of the seven Knockabouts sedately celebrate their centennial year on the downwind leg off the North Haven anchorage.

Photo by Patty Weeks

most kept up with the new and/or renovated three ahead of us, and best of all, we three siblings had a great good time enjoying the atmosphere, and together honored these graceful, spirited knockabouts – best boats I’ve ever sailed.

Herb Parsons is a professional artist year-round on North Haven, where he runs the gallery/gift shop Calderwood Hall. Among his sailing highlights are four Bermuda Races and a stint as Maine coast pilot/guide for Walter Cronkite.

,_WLYPLUJL [OL VMMZOVYL HK]LU[\YL ^P[O

WYLWHYH[PVU HZZPZ[HUJL L_WLY[ HK]PJL!

Q

>LIZP[L!

Q

Q

Q

Q

: :HML[` H[ :LH :`TWVZP\T HML[` H[ :LH :`TWVZP\T

4HYJO H[ 40; JHTW\Z

WHY[ >LH[OLY >LIPUHY :LYPLZ WHY[ >LH[OLY >LIPUHY :LYPLZ

4HYR @V\Y *HSLUKHY!

^^^ THYPVUILYT\KH JVT

Q

Q

9 H J L + P Z J \ Z Z P V U !

O[[W! YHJL[VILYT\KH UPUN JVT

Z[HY[PUN PU 1HU\HY` -LIY\HY` JOLJR ^LIZP[L MVY TVYL KL[HPSZ

-VSSV^ <Z 6U!

â&#x20AC;&#x201C; RACE START DATE: JUNE 17, 2011 â&#x20AC;&#x201C; 4 4HYPVU )LYT\KH PZ H W\YL JY\PZPUN YHJL UV[ Q\Z[ H YHJL ^P[O H JY\PZPUN JSHZZ HYPVU )LYT\KH PZ H W\YL JY\PZPUN YHJL UV[ Q\Z[ H YHJL ^P[O H JY\PZPUN JSHZZ

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

47

2011 Marion-Bermuda Race beat is on The momentum is already heating up for the Marion Bermuda Race 2011, with the start date set at June 17 in Marion, Mass. The first official registrant is Ron Wisner with his Columbia 50 Hotspur. His first Marion Bermuda Race (and his first-ever Ocean Race) was in 2009, and you can read about that edition and Hotspur’s adventures on the Marion Bermuda race website.

Lots of questions have come into the race forum about how to prepare. If you’re new to considering/doing the race, they have fantastic coaching in place to help guide

C. Leighton retires from US Sailing Charlie Leighton, US Sailing’s executive director, elected to retire last October. Leighton had been on the job since January 2005.

During his six-year stint, the national governing body of sailboat racing significantly improved its foundation by achieving and sustaining financial stability. He also recruited and developed a competent management staff that will lead the sport into the future. Leighton has been instrumental in maintaining the organization’s mission to provide leadership, integrity and advancement for the sport of sailing.

Leighton, 75, is a former commodore of the New York Yacht Club, a director at MetLife, president of the Harvard Business School Alumni Council, and is currently a trustee of the Lahey Clinic.

Leighton still races his 42-foot Hinckley, Whitecap.

Jack Gierhart, who has served as associate executive director since November 2009, was named US Sailing’s acting executive director. He was the organization’s marketing director from 2002 to 2005. He has over 20 years of sales, marketing, and general management experience in the technology and marine industries.

FMI: www.ussailing.org.

48 Points East December 2010

you through the process: Mentoring Program, Safety at Sea Symposium (March 201 – more details to follow), and our Race Discussion Forum. The Weather Webinar series, hosted by Bill Biewenga with expert advisors, is scheduled for Feb. 5: Session 1, Communications; March 12: Session 2, Reading the Weather; April 16: Session 3A, Long Range Climatology for the Marion Bermuda Race; June 11: Session 3B, Near Term Forecast Discussion of Race Weather.

FMI: www.marionbermuda.com.

Briefly Mystic River Yacht Club names new afterguard The change of command of announced in late October by accepted by acclamation: Commodore Philip Shreffler, Vice Commodore Bill Volmar, Rear Commodore Virginia Seccombe, Treasurer Dom DeGaetano, Secretary Janet Andrew, Fleet Captain Jay McKernan, Past Commodore Forrest Cramer, and directors Jeff Anderson, Bob Davis, John Wakim and Jay McKernan (Jay being a director serving as Fleet Captain).

Jeff Anderson was praised for his work in the summerfamily sailing program, Bill Volmar for his significant contributions on membership and cruise events, and Jay McKernan was thanked for taking over cruise planning for the next year. M. E. Rich was presented with the Commodore’s Award of Merit for her outstanding efforts on the Club’s social events. FMI: www.mysticriveryachtclub.com.

the Mystic River Yacht Club, in Mystic, Conn., was Commodore Forrest Cramer. The entire slate was

Photo courtesy MRYC

MRYC's new board: The entire slate was accepted by acclamation: Commodore Philip Shreffler, Vice Commodore Bill Volmar, Rear Commodore Virginia Seccombe, Treasurer Dom DeGaetano, Secretary Janet Andrew, Fleet Captain Jay McKernan, Past Commodore Forrest Cramer, and directors Jeff Anderson, Bob Davis, John Wakim and Jay McKernan (Jay being a director serving as fleet captain). Director Jeff Anderson did not make the photo-op.

Vineyard man wins Mallory Trophy in Sonars Paul Wilson of the Vineyard Haven (Mass.) Yacht Club topped the men’s Sonar fleet for the Mallory Trophy at the US Sailing Center of Sheboygan on Lake Michigan in late September. Wilson sealed the win by finishing 3rd in the first of two races. Team Wilson had an eight-point advantage going into the final day, and the win put them up by 10 points over the 2nd place finisher. Wilson’s team won three races, and didn’t finish worse than 5th. Wilson sailed with Drew Plominski (Narragansett Bay Yachting Association) and Will Stevens (Vineyard Haven Y.C.). FMI: www.ussailing.org.

editor@pointseast.com

Penobscot Happy Holidays Wishing you a healthy & prosperous 2011!

Bay, next season’s destination

A Full Service Boat Yard

Specializing in Marine Electrical Systems We offer Complete Boat Repairs ◆ Restorations ◆ Mechanical ◆ Storage 75 Front Street Rockland, Maine 04841

◆

207-596-7357 fax 207-596-9944

www.oceanpursuits.com

A FULL SERVICE YARD Boat Construction & Restoration Gasoline • Diesel • Marine Store • Laundry • Showers • Ice

Located in Cradle Cove with Great Anchorage

Dark Harbor Boat Yard CORPORATION

700 Acre Island P.O. Box 25 Lincolnville, Maine 04849 www.darkharborboatyard.com 207-734-2246 VHF 09

Photo by Lynn Emerson Whitney

SINCE

1870

★ Marina ★ Storage ★ Repair ★ Transport 120 Tillson Avenue ★ Rockland, ME 04841 207-594-4444 fax 207-594-0407

www.journeysendmarina.com

US RTE 1 • PO Box 628 ROCKPORT, MAINE 04856 T 207 236 3549 F 207 236 3560

Mitchell Cove Boats Custom Built 20', 32', 35', 37'models

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

49

MEDIA/Resources f or cr uiser s

A U-Boat sinking couldn’t keep him off windships The Man Who Loved Schooners

By R. L. Boudreau, Tiller Publishing, 176 pp., $14.95.

Reviewed by W. R. Cheney For Points East “The Man Who Loved Schooners” is an unusual book about an unusual (and enviable) life. The protagonist is Walter Boudreau, born in 1918 in Amherst, Nova Scotia, descendant of a long line of sea captains broken only by his own father, who was a country doctor.

Walter, who in photos made during his young manhood, looks a lot like that other eminent French Canadian Jack Kerouac, is early smitten by the sea, and he dreams only of sailing before the mast. For most young men at that time, this was an unfortunate ambition because commercial sail was everywhere dying out, sail being replaced by steam and the internal-combustion engine. Aspiring to a career in sail was about

as promising as wanting to be a cavalryman.

Young Boudreau persists, however, and in spite of family pressure to pursue a career in medicine, the last day of December 1942 sees him in Halifax with his seaman’s card signing aboard the Angelus out of Montreal, a square-rigged barkentine of 238 tons. A pure sailing vessel without an engine or mechanical contrivances of any kind, the Angelus was involved in trade between the Maritimes and Barbados taking lumber and hardware south and returning with molasses and rum.

In wartime, too slow for convoys, the Angelus sailed alone though enemy-submarine-infested waters, her main hope of survival being the somewhat wishful belief that the Germans wouldn’t waste any torpedoes on an ancient windjammer in a trade that was of

PIERCE YACHT COMPANY

370 SPC 440 465 485 NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND’S GOLDEN WRENCH DEALER FOR

ISLAND PACKET YACHTS AMERICA’S CRUISING YACHT LEADER

QUIET CONFIDENCE

Portland Harbor’s most protected marina... a true full-service boatyard.

Storage-Dry/Wet Hauling up to 36 tons Systems repair & installation Re-powers Certified technicians Rigging services & swaging Sail repair Parts Department New boat sales Brokerage ●

●

●

Dealers for: Mercury ● Yanmar ● Scout Boats ● Southport Boat Works Yamaha ● Seldon Rigging ● Echo Rowing

SOUTH PORT 40+ Years of quality products and service to help you select the proper yacht for you and yours

YACHT BROKERS & CONSULTANTS P.O. BOX 236, BOOTHBAY HARBOR, MAINE 04538 Phone: 207-633-2902 • E-mail: PIERCEYACHT@worldnet.att.net

50 Points East December 2010

M

●

A

●

R

●

I

●

N

●

E

The most family focused, full service marine facility in Maine.

14 Ocean Street, South Portland, ME 207-799-8191

www.southportmarine.com editor@pointseast.com

something less than strategic importance. Their luck held on the way down, and young Boudreau got his first intoxicating taste of the tropics while the Angelus unloaded and took on new cargo at Barbados.

The trip back was another matter. Several hundred miles north of Bermuda, and approximately 400 miles off the U. S. coast, the Angelus was overtaken by U415. Forced to abandon ship, Boudreau and his 11 shipmates had to watch while the Germans destroyed and sank the old Angelus with their deck gun. There followed a harrowing ordeal at sea in the open lifeboat.

By the time they were picked up by a destroyer escort 10 days later, only Boudreau and one other crewman were still alive, the rest having succumbed to exposure and thirst.

You might think that after such an experience, one might turn to chicken farming or some other occupation far from the cruel sea, but Walter Boudreau was made of sterner stuff. After a few weeks of rest and recuperation with his parents, he was back in Louisbourg signing up for the same run to Barbados, now on the three-masted schooner City of New York.

At war’s end, Boudreau got a hold of a schooner of his own and engaged in general trade to places like Prince Edward Island, St. Pierre and Miquelon, and Newfoundland until he lost her on a lee shore in a gale.

Ashore again in 1948, Boudreau happened to read a

newspaper article about the dude-schooner pioneer Frank Swift, who was taking paying passengers out for seven-day schooner cruises from Camden, Maine.

He found the idea fascinating, so he booked passage by phone for a week on the Mattie and headed south by bus. The cruise was a great success, and Boudreau had a wonderful time. He was so impressed, in fact, that he immediately bought Irving Johnson’s old gaffrigged North Sea pilot schooner Yankee on credit and began a similar operation in the Bras d’Or Lakes.

Thus began what was to become a long and rewarding career in the charter business. Boudreau married, raised a large family, and owned a seemingly endless succession of schooners in which he took charters all over the Bahamas, the Caribbean, and many places in South America. Along the way, he started a hotel in Marigot Bay, St. Lucia, which later became headquarters for The Moorings charter company. Whenever possible, his family sailed with him, and a number of his sons and daughter’s have followed his footsteps to careers in sail.

Interestingly, this book, which is autobiographical in form and narrated first-person by Walter Boudreau, was actually written by his son Robert Lewis Boudreau. Robert Lewis explains that his father and he made “many deep-sea passages together, the first when I was only a few months old.

“We often talked together over the years, and much

GEMINI Marine Products & Custom Canvas KITTERY POINT YACHT YARD

www.kpyy.net

Over 10,000 sqft green heated storage

Offering innovative hardware, custom canvas design, repairs and storage

• Refits & Restorations • Heated & cold storage • Transient moorings & slips • All mechanical, rigging, & carpentry • Marine systems • Repowers • 70-ton haulout capacity • Finest brightwork & paint Call for REPOWERS or REFITS Picnic-Style Model

Gemini Side Mounts are perfect for mounting solar panels ● folding struts ● grab rails

KITTERY POINT BOATBUILDERS, LLC

www.kpbb.net

Gemlock Folding Struts available in 7/8” & 1”

www.geminicanvas.com 50 Tillson Ave. Rockland, Maine 207-596-7705

www.pointseast.com

Center Console

Member

Kittery yard 207.439.9582 • Eliot yard 207.439.3967 Points East December 2010

51

of the subject matter covered in this book stems from those conversations. We would sit on deck and watch the sun set following a passage between the islands, and, after filling his pipe, he would begin, ‘There was a time when . . .’ or, ‘I was once sailing to . . .’ and the stories would unfold.”

So call it an autobiography or call it a biography – maybe it is a little bit of both – whichever it is, it’s one hell of a tale about a life many of us would like to have lived.

Bill Cheney is a regular contributor to Points East.

Mendlowitz photos will get you through the winter The 2011 Calendar of Wooden Boats Noah Publications, $15.95.

For New Englander recreational mariners, the “Calendar of Wooden Boats” is as much a harbinger of autumn and the impending New Year as the shadbush flowers are of spring. As you transfer your notes and appointments to the 2011 calendar, you’ll be thrilled

by January’s offering, the 95-foot Fife gaff-cutter Moonbeam IV, close-reaching along a Mediterranean shore. February brings us back to home waters with a plank-on-frame Doug Hylan power cruiser in the stocks in Brooklin, Maine. You wish to note a March

Visit Us In Penobscot Bay

SPRUCE HEAD MARINE, INC.

meeting with your tax guy? Turn the page to the Nat Herreshoff-designed, Beetle, Inc.-built cuddy-cabin daysailer Thetis surging to windward in Buzzards Bay. Over 12 months, boats Mendlowitz photographed range in size from a 15-foot Matinicus double-ender to Moonbeam IV. The images will daily ease your way through winter, and the text by marine historian and builder Maynard Bray will inform in a technical yet readable fashion. If you must mark time, then consider doing so with this calendar so salt-stained by the imagery and disciplines of boats and the sea.

Nim Marsh

C

Complete repair facility with Travel-lift Repairs on wood, glass, steel, & engines 36 Island Road, P.O. Box 190 Spruce Head, Maine 04859 Tel. 207-594-7545 Fax 207-594-0749

C USTOM OMMUNICATIONS

Web site design with results in mind

Specializing in marine and nautical sites • • • • •

design maintenance e-commerce e-newsletters consulting

145 Newbury St. Portland, ME 04101 1.877.771.5510 web@desktoppub.com www.desktoppub.com

NO TAX THE BEST PRICES ANYWHERE! outside of NEW VELVET DRIVE TRANSMISSIONS

MASS

Ratios from 1.0:1 to 2.91:1

NEW ZF-HURTH TRANSMISSIONS

" / , .MA 450ON LLIST )0 HO--* NEW GM Marine Base Engines NEW in the crate from Crusader Engines 5.7 Vortec LH $3,799 RH $4,819

CALL US NOW FOR A QUOTE

We Are The RE-POWER EXPERTS! 1-800-786-7639 1-800-RUNS-NEW www.1800runsnew.com 52 Points East December 2010

All Ratios HSW 630A Down Angle $2,349

All Ratios HSW 630V Drive $2,895

NEW from The Factory 5.7 marine longblocks From $2,595

Special Purchase

Direct replacements for ’96 and up Merc-Volvo-OMC Marine power.

Can also be easily retro-fitted to replace ’86-’95 engines.

These are in crate Vortec $2,195 4.3 Marine Engines.

Remanufactured Marine Engines Starting At

$1,495 Absolutely the Best Marine “Reman” You Can Buy!

MARINE EXHAUST SYSTEMS Manifolds ● Elbows ● Risers MERCRUISER ● VOLVO ● CHRYSLER ● 3 year warranty ● Free UPS Shipping (Only on kits) NOW OFFERING

Remanufactured Velvet Drive Transmissions Outright/ Exchange ● Pick Up and Delivery Available Unbeatable Pricing and Service.

editor@pointseast.com

YARDWORK/Peopl e and proj ects

Photo courtesy Pemaquid Marine

The sharpie schooner has a roomy cabin with three overhead hatches that run the length of the boat and large picture windows that provide an open, airy feel to the interior.

Pemaquid’s new owners launch Indian Summer Indian Summer, a 27-foot Jochems Schooner designed by Phil Bolger, is the first boat to be built by the new owners of Pemaquid Marine in New Harbor,

WINTER ISLAND Y AC H T Y A R D INC.

Maine. The new owners live in Toronto, which will be the schooner’s Lake Ontario home port. They also plan on sailing her in the Muskoka Lakes Region and on

Ranger Tugs — Comfortable, Economical, Trailerable, and FUN

PETER & DIANE HAYWOOD

Authorized Sales and Service

A Full-Service Boatyard Including: Engine Repowers r Rigging & Lifelines Expert Fiberglass Repair r Mobil Service

www.pointseast.com

R21-EC

R25

WE SERVICE WHAT WE SELL. AN OWNER-OPERATED, FULL-SERVICE STORAGE AND REPAIR FACILITY. Peter & Diane Haywood t 3A Winter Island Road t Salem, MA 01970

R29

978-745-3797 RangerTugs@wiyy.net t www.wiyy.net

Points East December 2010

53

Photo courtesy Pemaquid Marine

The original design called for internal water ballast, but this was replaced with a 1,500-pound galvanized steel shoe on the bottom and a pair of 7½-foot leeboards to minimize leeway.

the Rideau Canal Waterway in Ontario.

The contract to build Indian Summer was awarded to Ted Derivan while he operated Transom Boat Works in Mahone Bay, N.S. Construction was completed at Pemaquid Marine once the purchase was finalized.

This sharpie schooner features a roomy cabin with three overhead hatches that run the length of the boat and large picture windows that provide an open, airy feel to the interior. It has 5-foot, 10inch standing headroom, berths for four, and a galley and a head. The hull is built of meranti marine plywood, sheathed with fiberglass cloth and coated with epoxy. Teak was used for all interior joinery and exterior trim. The cabin sole is teak and holly.

Masts and gaffs are sitka spruce.

Two unstayed, offset masts rest in tabernacles for ease of rigging/derigging and trailering. The original

190 Outrage

Diesel Generators (4-60kw) Westerbeke & Universal Engines

Whalers ranging from 11 feet - 37 feet available.

Safe-CO Gasoline Generators TM

Rotary Aire Climate Control

Since 1982 1/2 mile off Route 3 on Norway Drive in Salisbury Cove Bar Harbor, Maine 207-288-5247 Open Mon-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 9-12 bowdenmarine@acdia.net www.bowdenmarine.com

54 Points East December 2010

Westerbeke D-NET

TM

Simplify your wiring and your life onboard. Westerbeke D-NET TM diesel generators are the latest breakthrough in marine electrical power - cleaner burning, more economical, smarter, covered by a 5-year limited warranty, and made in the U.S.A.

HANSEN MARINE ENGINEERING 32 TIOGA WAY MARBLEHEAD, MA 01945 1-800-343-0480 www.hansenmarine.com

editor@pointseast.com

design called for internal water ballast, but this was replaced by a 3/8inch, 1,500-pound galvanized steel shoe on the bottom, which increased interior space, added to stability, and enables the boat to be beached. Two 7½-foot leeboards to minimize leeway while under sail.

The owners of Indian Summer installed a 400-amp-hour battery bank, a 1,000-watt inverter, smart charging system, LED cabin and navigation lights, a two-burner propane stove, and a marine toilet. Pemaquid installed cabinets, cupboards, and window treatments. The schooner is powered by a Yamaha 9.9-horse, fourstroke outboard. Maine businesses providing materials included America’s Wood in Washington (all of the wood), Sea Bee Canvas in Damariscotta (cushions, window treatments, and sail covers), Doug Pope Sails & Rigging in Rockland (sails), Rockport Steel in Rockport (metal fittings, including the steel shoe), Jeff’s Marine in Thomaston (engine), and Hamilton Marine in Rockland (items too numerous to list).

FMI: www.pemaquidmarine.com.

The new owners (shown here with builder Ted Derivan at right) live in Toronto, where they’ll sail the schooner on Lake Ontario, in the Muskoka Lakes Region, and on the Rideau Canal Waterway.

Photo courtesy Pemaquid Marine

Re-Power with the Best! * * * *

Limited Availability Slips & Moorings Over 40,000 Square Feet Indoor Storage Complete Professional Services Entire Facility Open Year-Round

- Smooth Dependable Honda Power - Programmed Fuel Injection - Special Financing Program Available - Stop putting it off - make the call!

- Available in tax free NH! Great Bay Marine / Newington, NH 03801 603.436.5299 / VHF channel 68

www.greatbaymarine.com

Always wear a personal flotation device while boating and read your owner’s manual.

www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

55

Briefly Hawthorne Cove Marina in Salem, Mass., has been bought from Russ Vickers, owner since 1994, by Brewer Yacht Yard Group, of Westbrook, Conn., and is now known as Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina (BHCM). This is Brewer’s 22nd New England location. BHCM is a 110-slip marina with 270 moorings in Salem’s historic district. The yard stores about 150 boats in the winter, and provides a full range of services. FMI: www.byy.com.

GMT Composites, of Bristol, R.I., has built several sets of carbon-fiber Sea Stairs and hard-tops for delivery both here and abroad. Sea Stairs articulate to account for the rise and fall of the tide, and, are custom-built for each boat and need, including passage of wheelchairs and shopping carts. GMT is also filling orders for its carbon-fiber PowerFurl Boom, for vessels from 38 to 56 feet, for delivery this winter. FMI: www.gmtcomposites.com.

Custom Composite Technologies, of Bath, Maine, celebrated its 10th anniversary with an open house in early November.

The event will also include a raffle for United Way, networking, and food for the public and business professionals. Highlights included a demonstration of key composite processes, including vacuum infusion and pre-preg lay-up, and a Q&A period with owner, Steve Hassett. CCTI fabricated the carbon-fiber mast mandrel for Team BMW Oracle Racing, winner of the 2010 America’s Cup. FMI: www.customcomposites.com.

Atlantis WeatherGear, of Marblehead, Mass., will continue as the sponsor of the Griff Gielow Spirit & Enthusiasm Award at the annual Bitter End Yacht Club Pro-Am Regatta. This year’s Pro-Am took place Oct. 30- Nov. 6. The event matches up amateur and first-time sailors with America’s Cup skippers, Olympic medalists, around-the-world Race winners, and world champions. The Griff Gielow Spirit & Enthusiasm Award, named for a popular Pro-Am participant and volunteer who passed away in his mid-30s, is presented to the amateur par-

ticipant who best exemplifies Griff’s love of the game and the respect he earned from his fellow competitors and teammates. FMI: www.atlantisweathergear.com.

Oliver Hazard Perry Rhode Island, of Newport, R.I., has received $10,000 from BankNewport in support of the organization’s new headquarters at the Buliod-Perry House on Newport’s Washington Square. This is the second time BankNewport has come forward to support the nonprofit organization, which is building Rhode Island’s education-at-sea Tall Ship SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. In 2008, BankNewport’s grant for $25,000 helped with the acquisition and shipbuilding plan. FMI: www.ohpri.org.

Maine Built Boats, a 501(c)(6) nonprofit organization established in 2005 to strengthen and expand Maine’s boat building industry, exhibited at the Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show Oct. 29-Nov. 2. The MBB’ aims to create a unified brand that presents Maine as a worldwide leader in boat building quality, technology, and craftsmanship. FMI: www.mainebuiltboats.com.

KVH Industries, of Middletown, R.I., won a $42-million U.S. Coast Guard contract to supply the next-generation satellite communications solution for its small cutter fleet. The 10-year contract covers hardware, airtime, and global support. KVH TracPhone V7 systems will be deployed on up to 216 small cutters, representing 16 different cutter classes, over the next three to five years. KVH’s TracPhone V7 satellite communication and the mini-VSAT Broadband become the Coast Guard’s Small Cutter Connectivity (SCC) Ku Band System and Air Time Support Services solution. FMI: www.kvh.com.

ine Canvas r a M e Co. bil o M Serving the Maine Coast from Rockland to South Portland Dodgers, biminis & bridge enclosures ● Interior & exterior upholstery ● Custom stainless fabrication systems ● Complete on-site mobile shop service ●

www.mobilecanvas.com www.mobilecanvas.com 207-833-5400

S o ut h Ha r p s w e ll , Ma i ne 56 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

CALENDAR/Points East planner responsible for the sails on the U.S.S. Constitution (42,710 sq. ft. of sail) and the Pride of Baltimore (21,350 sq. ft.) www.apprenticeshop.org 207-594-1800

ONGOING Tugs! R.J. Schaefer Exhibit Hall, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. An interactive exhibition tracing the past, present and future of the American tug, tow and barge industry. Ends spring, 2011. www.mysticseaport.org 31st Annual Marine Art Exhibit & Sale Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn., 10 a,m. to 5 p.m. More than 100 works will be on display, including paintings, sculptures, drawings, and scrimshaw depicting Tall Ships, sailing yachts, commercial vessels, warships, and scenes of the shoreline.Ends Nov. 13. www.mysticseaport.org NOVEMBER 6-30 Thread by Thread A celebration of the handwoven and mixed media screen artwork of Sarah D. Haskell, with a display of her works. Maine Fiberarts Center/Gallery, 13 Main St., Topsham, Maine. www.mainefiberarts.org 207-721-0678 10

Steam Coffin: Captain Moses Rogers and the Steamship Savannah Break the Barrier, Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington St., Bath, 6:30 p.m. At the dawn of the 19th Century, steamboats began running up and down the Hudson River from Albany to New York City. But experienced mariners said that steamboats were too flimsy and unwieldy to withstand the perils of ocean travel. One man thought otherwise. His name was Captain Moses Rogers. www.mainemaritimemuseum.org

10

Nigel Calder on Hybrid Technology International Yacht Restoration School, Bristol, R.I. campus, 7 p.m. Calder has participated in a $3 million E.U. research & development effort for hybrid-electric propulsion for commercial and recreational vessels. www.iyrs.org 401-848-5777

11

Nathaniel Wilson on Sailmaking The Apprenticeshop, 643 main St., Rockland, Maine. Wilsonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s loft in East Boothbay, Maine, is

www.pointseast.com

13

Mystic Seaport Chantey Blast Concert Ashfield Community Hall, 343 Main St., Ashfield, Mass., 3 p.m. Canada's Finest Kind, John Roberts, Ken Sweeney, Don Sineti, Jerry Bryant, Geoff Kaufman and Knockabout. FMI: www.mysticseaport.org

Seal Cove Boatyard, Inc. BOX 99 / HARBORSIDE, MAINE 04642 TEL: 207-326-4422 / FAX 207-326-4411

You Will Find Us Personable, Knowledgeable and Skilled in a Broad Range of Services

DESPERATE LARK - Herreshoff, 1903.

In our care for over 40 years Email:sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com

â&#x2014;?

www.sealcoveboatyard.com

Points East December 2010

57

14

Steam Power, Corsets, and Exploding Harpoons: The Last Days of Arctic Whaling Maine Historical Society, 489 Congress Street, Portland, Maine, 6:30 p.m. A lecture by John L. Busch, New Hampshireís Consulting Nautical Archaeologist. www.mainemaritimemuseum.org

16

Marine Systems and Composites Technology IYRS and MOY Fall Lecture Series, IYRS Bristol Campus, Bristol, R.I., 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

17

Boatbuilding and Restoration Program IYRS Open Houses and Training Programs, IYRS Newport Campus, 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

18

Reflections on Making Dreams Come True Jeremy Cage, chief marketing officer of PepsiCo’s International Foods, talks about taking 16 months off for a family voyage to the South Pacific. Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org

18

Racing One-Designs of All Sizes Beverly Yacht Club Speaker Series, Marion Music hall, Marion, Mass. Ed Baird talks of sailing America’s Cup boats, Volvo Ocean Race Boats, Lasers, J/24s, Solings and Maxis. 6 p.m. office@beverlyyachtclub.org 548-748-0540

20-12/29

Maritime Miniatures by Maritime Masters The Maritime Gallery at Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. The gallery will host a public opening reception with complimentary refreshments Saturday, Nov. 20, from 2 – 4 p.m. A special discount of five percent off the sale of art will be available for Museum members (gallery patrons will receive a 10 percent discount) through December 23. www.mysticseaport.org

26

Rose Island Silent Auction Black Friday can be fun! Armory Antiques on the Waterfront, 365 Thames St., Newport, R.I., 10 a.m.- 6:30 p.m.

HAUT INSURANCE

Haut Insurance Agency, Inc. (formerly Alden Insurance)

COVERAGE FOR - BOATS, YACHTS, MARINAS, YACHT CLUBS, & BOAT DEALERS. Contact Tom Haut for a complete risk review.

Highest Standards of integrity and personal service.

80 Chestnut Street Andover, MA 01810 800-542-5336 tom@hautinsurance.com 58 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

To benefit local nonprofit, the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation. Eclectic collection of antiques and ephemera. The perfect gifts for the perfect prices. www.roseisland.org 401-8474242 DECEMBER 4 Gas and Diesel Operating Systems Course is designed for boat owner or novice to learn the Otto Cycle (gasoline), diesel cycle and the subsystems of the engine configuration. Expklore reasons for engine failure. 9 a.m.-5 p.m. www.iyrs.org 16

18

From Orphanage to Mountaintop Sandy Nesbitt talks of his travels through Kenya and up Mount Kilamanjaro in support of Nairobi’s orphanges.

Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org 10th Annual Portland Harbor Christmas Boat Parade of Lights Casco Bay Lines will be participating in the 10th Annual Portland Harbor Christmas Boat Parade of Lights. Boat departs at 4:30 p.m. from Maine State Pier; parade begins at 4:45 p.m. A majority of the proceeds to benefit the community sailing programs of SailMaine. www.sailmaine.org boatparadeoflights@gmail.com

Mystic Seaport Lantern Light Tours Mystic, Conn. A 70minute progressive play that takes its audience back to Christmas Past on foot or by carriage.

This year’s presentation: The Carpenter, Christmas 1876.

Check website for presentation schedule. Nov. 27 – Dec. 27. www.mysticseaport.org

JANUARY, 2011 8 Mystic Seaport Pub Sing and Chantey Blast Frohsinn Hall (aka the German Club), 54 Greenmanville Avenue, Mystic, Conn., 1-5 p.m. FMI: www.mysticseaport.org 8-9 Diesel Engine Workshop for Women Mack Boring Technical Institute, Wilmington, N.C. The National Women’s Sailing Association aned Mack Boring Technical Institute. Covers proper methods of basic engine service and repairs, with time to work on the engines themselves. www.womensailing.org wsf@womensailing.org 8-9

Diesel Workshop for Women Two-day workshop at Mack Boring, Wilmington NC. Covers basic engine service and emergency repairs. $450. Con-

Float & dock systems for commercial and private use.

Custom Float Services provides products and services for upgrading marine facilities to customers across New England and beyond.

Whether you are repairing or installing new, we have what you need.

36 Union Wharf • Portland, Maine 04101 888-844-9666 (toll free) info@customfloat.com

www.customfloat.com

$

00 5 OFF with coupon

and purchase over $5000 Limit - 1 per customer - excluding special orders Expires 12-31-10

Since 1909

Serving the seacoast with an extensive selection of paints, varnishes and marine hardware

Your source for DECOMMISSIONING supplies

~ OPEN SEVEN DAYS

A

WEEK ~

Route One Bypass, Kittery, ME 03904

www.pointseast.com

207-439-1133 Points East December 2010

59

Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org

tact Lynn Terwoerds. www.womensailing.org wsf@womensailing.org 12

Marine Systems and Composites Technology IYRS Training Program, IYRS, Newport, R.I., Campus, 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

26-3/6

19-23

106th New York Boat Show Jacob K. Javits Center, New York, N.Y. www.nyboatshow.com

MARCH 5

20

FEBRUARY 11-13

17

The Great Arctic Air Adventures Seattle pilots Mark Schoening and Doug DeVries will give an account of their attempt to circumnavigate Canada by plane via the Northwest Passage.

Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org

5th Annual Boatbuilders' Show on Cape Cod Resort and Conference Center, Hyannis, Mass.

More than 40 exhibitors and a large selection of custom-built sailboats and powerboats on display. Presented by the Cape Cod Marine Trades Association. FMI: www.boatcapecod.org Racing for Top Honors Anna Tunnicliffe, Laser Radial Gold Medal winner in 2008 Olympics, discusses her experiebnces while becoming the first woman in 20 years to bring home Olympic sailing gold. Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure

17

APRIL 1-3

55th New England Boat Show Boston Convention & Exhibition Center, Boston, Mass. www.newenglandboatshow.com

Marine Industry Career Day Newport, R.I., Campus of International Yacht Restoration School, 10 a.m.-1 p.m. www.iyrs.org Photography Deep Down Underwater photographer Tim Calver will show his stunning images and tell how to get the lens as close to subjects as possible. Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org 2nd Annual Great Northeast Boat Show Hampshire Dome, Milford, N.H. The largest spring boat show in New England. www.greatnortheastboatshow.com, email greatnewenglandboatshow@gmail.com

6

Marine Systems and Composites Technology Bristol, R.I., Campus of International Yacht Restoration School, 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

9-10

Ocean Sailing Seminar Newport, R.I. Learn all that you can before you go! Cruising Rally Asso-

February 11-13, February 12-14,2011 2010 Resort & Conference Center at Hyannis

35 Scudder Ave., Hyannis

Friday 2 pm - 7 pm, Saturday 10 am - 6 pm, Sunday 10 am - 4 pm Produced by

For updates & details visit:

www.boatcapecod.org Cape Cod Marine Trades Association is an organization of almost 100 marine-related businesses that are working together to grow boating on Cape Cod and the Islands.Our membership is ready to assist if you are considering: Purchasing or selling a boat, keeping a boat in the area, visiting any of our marinas or marine heritage attractions, insuring or surveying a boat, having your boat repaired, finding a trained marine mechanic on the Cape, or any other marine service.

60 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

Penobscot Bay YMCA’s largest fundraisers of the year. Proceeds help send local kids to camp.

Contact: Marcia Roberts at 207.236.3375 or mroberts@penbayymca.org. Boat donations needed. After any merchandise sells, you’ll get tax deduction if it’s your property or a 10% finder’s fee if you refer an owner who chooses to donate to us. http://www.penbayymca.org.

Email: swhytock@penbayymca.org

ciation speakers are experienced offshore sailors and skilled communicators. They will become your advisors as you prepare for your first offshore passage in months to come. Content has been developed from over 20 years of experience with participants in our Caribbean 1500 and Atlantic Cup Rallies. Not another safety-atsea seminar. www.carib1500.com steve@carib1500.com 21

Big Wave Surfing Award-winning photog Frank Quirarte will detail his adventures in surfing and photographing the huge waves in California’s Half Moon Bay. Mystic Seaport 2010-11 Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn., 1:30 and 7:30, River Room, Latitude 41. www.mysticseaport.org

JUNE 11

JULY 19

Boatbuilding and Restoration Program Newport Campus of IYRS, Newport, R.I., 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

21

Marine Systems and Composites Technology IYRS Training Program, Bristol Campus of International Yacht Restoration School, 4-7 p.m. www.iyrs.org

Penobscot Bay YMCA Annual Boat Auction Second Saturday in June each year. One of the

Marine Trades Center of South Berwick ~ Complete Yacht Services ~ Offered by four exceptional marine businesses

WHITING

S

MARINE ervices

Electrical System Design & Installation Electronics Installation & Upgrades ● Mechanical Maintenance, Repair, & Repower

●

boat building repairs reconstruction interior & exterior joinery storage & maintenance

207-384-2400

●

Dealer for Engines & Generators

BETA MARINE

Terry Whiting whitingmarine@yahoo.com 207-384-2400 603-867-5262 (cell)

Paul Giroux Rigging & Marine 207-752-3300

PGRM

Now Offering Inside Spar Storage

Rig Inspections Shrouds & Stays Furlers Refits on All Spars Wooden Masts: Built,Repaired & Maintained Varnishing Service

Specializing in all aspects of Marine Stainless Steel & Aluminum Fabrication Services Custom Tube Bending & Rolling, Polishing from Brushed to High Bright Finishes Architectural Stainless Steel interior and exterior stair & deck railings

207-384-8844 A.S.M.E. Certified and Fully Insured mgd@comcast.net

199 Dow Highway, South Berwick, Maine 03908 www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

61

FETCHING

ALONG/Da vid

Buckman

David Buckman photo

Heading back to Round Pond the next morning, and getting the sloop ready to be hauled, we began looking forward to the glories of winter − skiing, hiking, Sunday afternoons reading the “Times,” and crafting cruises to come.

The last sail of the season t was a black October night. The end was near.

Chill winds scoured Round Pond’s snug harbor and the Leight felt restless. A halyard beat a tattoo against the mast. The dinghy paced about nervously. At O-dark-30 we pulled up a third blanket.

Suddenly it was morning so bright it hurt our eyes, and so cold we were reluctant to leave our warm cocoons for a last sail.

Northwest winds, 15-25, gusting to 35 knots the forecast offered. Worryingly stronger than the previous predictions, we bundled up, tied in a reef, hanked on the jib, and were soon legging it across Muscongus Sound. Making for Hog Island Bar, a wintry bluster pressing the rail down as seawater creamed noisily alongside, and the sloop trembled under the weight

I

62 Points East December 2010

of wind.

Above the rush of her headlong flight we could hear the wind keening in the rigging, and soon came into the northern reach of Muscongus Bay, which was erupting in a roiling cauldron of steely, white-crested seas as the flooding tide and opposing wind clashed in a battle of titans that tossed the sloop about like a piece of flotsam. Squaring away eastward, Leigh winged the jib out under a great vault of bruised sky that seemed supremely indifferent to our trifling ambitions.

Dipping and corkscrewing along at more than six knots, roiling seas sent her veering to port, then starboard. The jib collapsed, and refilled with a shudder that shook the sloop from masthead to keel as I wreseditor@pointseast.com

Dipping and corkscrewing along at more than six knots, roiling seas sent her veering to port, then starboard. The jib collapsed, and refilled with a shudder that shook the sloop from masthead to keel as I wrestled with the helm trying to anticipate her next sheer. tled with the helm trying to anticipate her next sheer.

The swells dug deeper holes and piled up higher crests as we neared the shallows off Jones Garden.

Wine bottles in the bilge added their voices of discontent.

Hauling in the mainsheet a few feet to reduce the sails exposed profile, the mate snubbed the jib in flat under its shadow. The GPS showed 7.7 knots as she dragged a wake of spun glass through the warring seas.

I’d forgotten what a real blow feels like, the willful might of it. My heart was racing. It was a relief to duck under the lee of Otter Island and jibe the main over. She felt much more civil reaching along, and not long afterward, we anchored under Pleasant Point Gut’s sheltering shore.

Lighting the lantern, getting a pot of soup bubbling

away on the stove, the cabin became an oasis of civility. What an extravagance – the luxuriously lazy Saturday afternoon feeling of it. We needed to know what this day had to show us. It wouldn’t have been half so sweet otherwise.

Heading back to Round Pond the next morning, and getting the sloop ready to be hauled, we began looking forward to the glories of winter – skiing, hiking, Sunday afternoons reading the “Times,” and crafting cruises to come. We’re New Englanders. There’s beauty to every season, and spring is up next.

David Buckman sails the sloop, Leight, out of Round Pond, Maine. His new book, “Bucking the Tide” (see the review, “An Inspiring Read as Cruising Season Begins,” in the June 2010 issue) is available at www.eastworkspublications.com.

TRIPLE “M” PLASTIC PRODUCTS, INC. Custom Plastic Products since 1972

A traditional sail loft specializing in beautiful sails at a fair price.

207.359.2003 www.centerharborsails.com www.pointseast.com

Holding Tanks Water Tanks Fuel Tanks

If you've got the space, we'll design the tank. We love a challenge!

Built Fire Engine Tough because our environment depends on it!

Lasting durability backed by LIFETIME WARRANTY.

www.triplemplastics.com PO Box 319 ■ 3 Warrens Way ■ West Kennebunk, Maine 04094 1-800-873-7767 ■ katrin@triplemplastics.com

Points East December 2010

63

Join POINTS EASTâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S 2011 Fundy Flotilla heading to New Brunswick July 30 - Aug. 13, 2011 St. John River St. Andrews Eastport Grand Manan Cutler Northeast Harbor Depart from: Northeast Harbor, Maine. Return to: Eastport, Maine.

Other ports of call, in order: Cutler, Grand Manan (North Head Harbour), Saint John and the St. John River, Gagetown, St. Andrews.

Registration fee: $450, $400 if paid by Dec. 31.

The fishing village of Cutler will be the Flotilla's first stop. The Methodist Church will host a lobster dinner for the Flotilla.

North Head Harbour, on Grand Manan, is a fishing port where flotilla boats rub shoulders with fishing boats.

Newsletter and registration form can be found at www.pointseast.com

Flotilla boats leave the city of Saint John behind and head for the Reversing Falls, which is the entrance to the river.

64 Points East December 2010

A few flotilla crews enjoy dinner at the Gagetown Marina, with the St. John River as backdrop.

editor@pointseast.com

FINAL

PASSAGES/T h ey

will b e missed

Donald (Donzo) Wilkinson

Daniel P. Vigneau

54, Noank, Conn.

62, Marshfield, Mass.

This passionate and experienced sailor died during a race on Fishers Island Sound Sept. 4 when the boom of the 30-foot sailboat, One More Time, on which he was competing, struck him on the head. A crewmember aboard the Farr 30 performed CPR on Wilkinson until emergency personnel arrived, his father-in-law, George Hohenstein, reported. Wilkinson was taken to Lawrence & Memorial Hospital in New London where he died. Described as a “lifetime sailor” by Hohenstein, Wilkinson was founding commodore of the Mystic River Mudhead Sailing Association, serving from 1979 to 1980 and again from 1999 to 2001. He also served on the Board of Managers from 1981 to 1983. According to a eulogy in the “New London Day,” a celebration of Wilkinson’s life was scheduled during which the Wilkinson family asked attendees to wear Hawaiian shirts and flip-flops because he was “most-comfortable in that.”

Captain Dan passed away Oct 20 after a short illness. He grew up on the water at Crow Point in Hingham. In his youth Danny became an avid sailor. As a boater and businessman, he became involved in yacht brokerage and marina management, and was a professional yacht captain aboard a large sailboat. At a young age, Danny was made vice president and general manager of the Marina Harbor Corporation, where he served for over 30 years. Danny was active in the Mass. Marine Trades Association as a board member from 1981 until his passing, and he served as the president of the association from 1996-1998. He was a loyal member of the Green Harbor Yacht Club and served on the Town of Marshfield’s Waterways Committee. He was a supporter of the Green Harbor Tuna Club and their programs for the Special Olympics and the Wounded Warriors. FMI: www.capecodboating.net.

Shipmate Stove Co. Inc. Always reliable...fair weather or foul

Charter Maine!

Bareboat • Crewed • Power • Sail Trawlers • DownEast Cruisers

“We’re on the job, so you can be on the water.”

Yacht North Charters

©Billy Black

182 Christopher Rd, Suite 1, North Yarmouth, ME 04097-6733 207-221-5285 • info@yachtnorth.com • www.yachtnorth.com

www.ShipmateStove.com 888-835-4722 www.pointseast.com

200 Seawall Road, Southwest Harbor ME 04679 (207) 244-5000 www.wilburyachts.com

Wilbur 46

Points East December 2010

65

Maine’s Largest Sailmaker

Join us today!

Quality design and construction

Toll Free 888-788-SAIL

www.mesailing.com

A Full Service Boatyard Discover this Southern Maine Gem

Marine Hardware Yacht Storage If you are a recreational boater or and who Yacht just someone caresRepair about the coast, East Boothbay, Maine 04544 JOIN US TODAY. (207) 633-4971

www.mita.org www.cascobay.org www.peluke.com

www.webhannetriver.com

Join us today!

207-846-3777

www.mobilecanvas.com Complete on-site marine canvas and stainless fabrication

Makers of 8’, 10’, 12’ & 14’ Yacht Tenders

www.cascobay.org

LOWER FALLS LANDING YARMOUTH, ME

www.landingboatsupply.com

Navigating the Internet?

Point your bow to

BAYOFMAINEBOATS.COM

66 Points East December 2010

www.pointseast.com editor@pointseast.com

Buy or Charter Power or Sail 888-832-2287 Charter Maine Cat 30 & 41

www.grittys.com

www.northpointyachtcharters.com 207-557-1872

New Sails Cushions Sail Repairs & Retrofits Sail Washing & Storage Custom Canvas Work

B R S www.bayviewsails.com

AYVIEW

IGGING &

www.pointseast.com

AILS

M A R I N E

C E N T E R

Yacht Builders Quality Yacht Care at "Maine's Prettiest Marina"

Abaco, Bahamas

www.mecat.com

www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

From Maine to New York

www.byy.com

www.mainebuiltboats.com Join us today!

Navigating the

Internet

A Full Service Boatyard

Convenient Location â?&#x2013; Quality Service Competitive Rates â?&#x2013; Clean Facilities

207-223-8885

Winterportmarine.com

?

Point your bow to

www.pointseast.com www.cascobay.org

Points East December 2010

67

LAST

WORD/Dea n

Abramson

Photo by Dean Abramson

My buddy points to several islands and says, "Which one do you want to go to?" I say, "That one." He says, "Aim that way."

We go there. Navigation 101 passed! Dorothy, we are not in Maine anymore.

Epiphanies of a Virgins virgin ’ve found that two things are generally true. Humans fear the unknown, and nothing is ever like you thought it would be. Chartering in the Virgins would mean anchoring in dicey ambivalent sand, being humbled by wily hard-bodied beautiful veteran cruisers, and struggling with tricky navigation. The sun would always shine (during daytime), the wind would always blow, and, thanks to that, the sailing would be a breeze.

We four Mainers, having arrived at our Tortola charter base, a very thorough man shows us the ropes on our Bavaria 36 (he also shows us other items). Then we motor out into Sir Francis Drake Channel. There is no wind. My buddy Rich points to several islands

I

68 Points East December 2010

and says, “Which one do you want to go to?” I say, “That one.” He says, “Aim that way.” We go there. Navigation 101 passed! Dorothy, we are not in Maine anymore.

Arriving in Norman Island’s Bight, we find scads of nicely spaced moorings. We picked up a mooring near the bar, versus anchoring in deep water. The mooring wins, as it will in every anchorage thereafter. Dude, it’s vacation.

We dinghy to the bar, a faux pirate ship. I temporarily panic when we are joined by three beautiful young women. But soon a really big dinghy full of rickety clones of us appears. Both species then proceed to LAST WORD, continued on Page 76

POINTS

EAST

WINTER WORKSHOPS Diesel Maintenance Workshop Dec. 18, Jan. 8 & 22, Feb. 19 Winterizing & getting set for the new season.

The fuel system and how to deal with water or other contaminates. Bleeding the system. Replacing fuel filters.

Transmission, muffler, prop shaft and engine instrument problems and lots more. Held at Brewer's South Freeport Marine in Freeport, Maine. Limited to 6 students.

Now via First Class Mail!

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t get left at the dock.

Climb aboard.

SUBSCRIBE!

If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d home delivery delivery of Points East East If youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d likelike home of Points rather than waiting until you can pick rather than waiting until you can pick up a copy at your marina or chandlery, up a copy at your marina or chandlery, out the form below. fill fill out the form below.

Just $26 gets you 9 issues (a full year).

9 issues (a full year).

Just $23 gets youMail to Mail to Points East, P.O. Box 1077, Portsmouth, N.H. 03802-1077 Points East, P.O. Box 17684, Portland, ME 04112

$

195 includes lunch

Name:________________________________________

Register Online now at

Mailing address:_______________________________

www.pointseast.com or call 1-888-778-5790

______________________________________________

Points East reserves the right to cancel any workshop, with a full refund, up to 10 days before the scheduled date

Check enclosed or Visa/Mastercard: #__________________________ exp. date__________

SailMaineâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;Community Sailing

â&#x20AC;&#x153; With 3,500 miles of coastline, shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t the people of Maine be sailors ? â&#x20AC;?

Swing by our website this holiday season to make a tax-deductible donation to support SailMaine!

4"*- t XXX TBJMNBJOF PSH www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

69

December Tides New London, Conn.

Bridgeport, Conn.

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

12:39AM 01:34AM 02:28AM 03:20AM 04:10AM 04:58AM 05:46AM 12:26AM 01:11AM 01:57AM 02:44AM 03:33AM 04:23AM 05:15AM 06:06AM 12:39AM 01:30AM 02:18AM 03:06AM 03:52AM 04:38AM 05:24AM 12:08AM 12:55AM 01:44AM 02:36AM 03:31AM 04:29AM 05:29AM 12:15AM 01:15AM

0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.1 6.7 6.6 6.5 6.4 6.3 6.3 6.3 6.4 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.0 6.8 6.9 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.2 7.2 0.1 0.1

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L

06:51AM 07:47AM 08:40AM 09:31AM 10:20AM 11:08AM 11:54AM 06:32AM 07:19AM 08:07AM 08:57AM 09:49AM 10:44AM 11:40AM 12:34PM 06:56AM 07:45AM 08:32AM 09:17AM 10:02AM 10:46AM 11:32AM 06:12AM 07:02AM 07:56AM 08:53AM 09:54AM 10:58AM 12:02PM 06:29AM 07:29AM

7.5 7.8 8.0 8.0 8.0 7.8 7.6 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.8 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.8 6.5 6.7 6.8 7.0 7.3 7.4 7.6 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 -0.1 7.3 7.4

H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H

01:21PM 02:19PM 03:13PM 04:03PM 04:51PM 05:38PM 06:23PM 12:40PM 01:26PM 02:14PM 03:03PM 03:54PM 04:48PM 05:43PM 06:38PM 01:27PM 02:16PM 03:03PM 03:49PM 04:33PM 05:18PM 06:03PM 12:19PM 01:09PM 02:01PM 02:57PM 03:56PM 04:59PM 06:03PM 01:05PM 02:04PM

-0.2 -0.5 -0.6 -0.7 -0.7 -0.6 -0.4 7.3 6.9 6.6 6.3 6.0 5.7 5.6 5.6 0.6 0.4 0.1 -0.1 -0.3 -0.5 -0.6 7.6 7.5 7.3 7.0 6.7 6.4 6.2 -0.2 -0.3

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L

07:23PM 08:21PM 09:14PM 10:05PM 10:54PM 11:40PM

6.7 6.8 6.8 6.9 6.9 6.8

H H H H H H

07:07PM 07:51PM 08:35PM 09:21PM 10:08PM 10:57PM 11:48PM

-0.1 0.1 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.9 1.0

L L L L L L L

07:31PM 08:21PM 09:08PM 09:54PM 10:38PM 11:23PM

5.7 5.9 6.1 6.3 6.5 6.6

H H H H H H

06:50PM 07:37PM 08:28PM 09:20PM 10:16PM 11:15PM

-0.7 -0.6 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.0

L L L L L L

07:06PM 08:05PM

6.2 6.3

H H

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

05:04AM 05:57AM 12:42AM 01:34AM 02:25AM 03:13AM 04:01AM 04:49AM 05:39AM 12:05AM 12:57AM 01:51AM 02:47AM 03:44AM 04:38AM 05:27AM 06:11AM 12:29AM 01:15AM 02:01AM 02:47AM 03:33AM 04:22AM 05:15AM 06:13AM 12:41AM 01:38AM 02:39AM 03:43AM 04:45AM 05:43AM

3.1 3.3 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.3 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.8 2.8 2.9 3.0 3.1

H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H

11:43AM 12:41PM 06:46AM 07:34AM 08:21AM 09:09AM 09:57AM 10:46AM 11:35AM 06:32AM 07:28AM 08:25AM 09:22AM 10:16AM 11:07AM 11:57AM 12:44PM 06:51AM 07:31AM 08:11AM 08:52AM 09:36AM 10:23AM 11:12AM 12:03PM 07:15AM 08:20AM 09:24AM 10:27AM 11:28AM 12:27PM

03:20AM 04:20AM 05:16AM 06:09AM 06:58AM 12:35AM 01:20AM 02:05AM 02:50AM 03:35AM 04:22AM 12:03AM 12:49AM 01:36AM 02:25AM 03:17AM 04:10AM 04:59AM 05:45AM 06:30AM 12:20AM 01:06AM 01:54AM 02:43AM 03:33AM 04:27AM 12:00AM 12:57AM 01:56AM 02:59AM 04:02AM

4.0 4.3 4.4 4.5 4.5 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 3.0 3.0 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.4 3.7 3.9 -0.4 -0.5 -0.5 -0.5 -0.4 -0.2 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.9

H H H H H L L L L L L H H H H H H H H H L L L L L L H H H H H

09:43AM 10:38AM 11:27AM 12:15PM 01:00PM 07:46AM 08:33AM 09:20AM 10:06AM 10:53AM 11:39AM 05:15AM 06:20AM 07:43AM 08:54AM 09:47AM 10:33AM 11:18AM 12:03PM 12:48PM 07:15AM 08:01AM 08:49AM 09:39AM 10:31AM 11:25AM 05:29AM 06:49AM 08:27AM 09:40AM 10:38AM

0.1 -0.1 -0.2 -0.2 -0.2 4.4 4.2 3.9 3.6 3.3 3.1 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.0 -0.1 4.1 4.2 4.2 4.1 3.9 3.7 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0

L L L L L H H H H H H L L L L L L L L L H H H H H H L L L L L

L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L

05:29PM 06:21PM 01:35PM 02:25PM 03:13PM 03:59PM 04:44PM 05:29PM 06:16PM 12:24PM 01:15PM 02:08PM 03:04PM 04:03PM 04:58PM 05:48PM 06:33PM 01:29PM 02:13PM 02:56PM 03:40PM 04:25PM 05:11PM 06:00PM 06:51PM 12:57PM 01:56PM 03:01PM 04:08PM 05:12PM 06:08PM

2.4 2.4 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0.1 2.6 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.4 -0.3 2.7 2.4 2.2 2.1 2.1 2.1

H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H

-0.1 -0.5 -0.8 -1.1 -1.1 -1.1 -0.8 10.8 10.4 9.9 9.4 9.0 8.6 8.3 8.2 1.4 1.0 0.6 0.1 -0.3 -0.7 -1.0 11.2 11.1 10.9 10.6 10.1 9.6 9.3 9.1 -0.2

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L

11:49PM

0.0

L

07:11PM 07:59PM 08:46PM 09:35PM 10:25PM 11:15PM

2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.4

H H H H H H

07:03PM 07:51PM 08:38PM 09:25PM 10:10PM 10:56PM 11:42PM

0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5

L L L L L L L

07:15PM 07:56PM 08:38PM 09:21PM 10:07PM 10:56PM 11:47PM

2.1 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6

H H H H H H H

07:45PM 08:40PM 09:35PM 10:32PM 11:29PM

-0.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0

L L L L L

07:14PM 08:15PM 09:12PM 10:06PM 10:57PM 11:45PM

9.7 9.7 9.8 9.8 9.8 9.7

H H H H H H

07:02PM 07:46PM 08:31PM 09:17PM 10:04PM 10:52PM 11:42PM

-0.5 -0.1 0.3 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.6

L L L L L L L

07:24PM 08:16PM 09:06PM 09:53PM 10:38PM 11:23PM

8.2 8.3 8.5 8.8 9.0 9.3

H H H H H H

06:42PM 07:29PM 08:18PM 09:09PM 10:03PM 10:59PM 11:58PM

-1.1 -1.1 -1.0 -0.7 -0.3 0.0 0.3

L L L L L L L

08:02PM

9.0

H

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

-0.1 -0.2 3.4 3.5 3.4 3.3 3.2 3.0 2.8 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 2.9 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.2

03:44PM 04:44PM 05:39PM 06:30PM 07:18PM 01:43PM 02:23PM 03:01PM 03:38PM 04:17PM 04:58PM 12:24PM 01:10PM 01:57PM 02:49PM 03:44PM 04:37PM 05:26PM 06:12PM 06:57PM 01:32PM 02:14PM 02:55PM 03:35PM 04:17PM 05:03PM 12:21PM 01:18PM 02:19PM 03:23PM 04:25PM

3.4 3.5 3.6 3.6 3.6 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.8 2.6 2.5 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.9 3.1 3.3 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.3 -0.3 -0.2 3.5 3.3 3.1 3.0 3.1

H H H H H L L L L L L H H H H H H H H H L L L L L L H H H H H

09:34PM 10:20PM 11:05PM 11:49PM

-0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.4

L L L L

08:06PM 08:53PM 09:41PM 10:28PM 11:16PM

3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1

H H H H H

05:45PM 06:40PM 07:39PM 08:33PM 09:22PM 10:07PM 10:51PM 11:35PM

0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.1 -0.1 -0.2

L L L L L L L L

07:43PM 08:30PM 09:20PM 10:12PM 11:05PM

3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.7

H H H H H

05:56PM 06:59PM 08:07PM 09:08PM 10:00PM

-0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.1 -0.2

L L L L L

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

12:23AM 01:20AM 02:16AM 03:09AM 04:01AM 04:50AM 05:38AM 12:32AM 01:17AM 02:03AM 02:48AM 03:35AM 04:23AM 05:12AM 06:02AM 12:33AM 01:23AM 02:12AM 02:59AM 03:46AM 04:32AM 05:18AM 12:09AM 12:55AM 01:43AM 02:33AM 03:26AM 04:22AM 05:20AM 06:19AM 12:58AM

0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2 9.5 9.3 9.1 9.0 8.8 8.8 8.8 8.9 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.0 0.7 0.4 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 10.4 0.5

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L

06:42AM 07:39AM 08:33AM 09:26AM 10:16AM 11:05AM 11:52AM 06:24AM 07:11AM 07:58AM 08:46AM 09:36AM 10:29AM 11:23AM 12:18PM 06:52AM 07:40AM 08:27AM 09:13AM 09:58AM 10:43AM 11:29AM 06:05AM 06:54AM 07:45AM 08:39AM 09:37AM 10:37AM 11:40AM 12:44PM 07:19AM

10.5 10.9 11.2 11.4 11.4 11.3 11.1 0.5 0.7 1.0 1.3 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 9.1 9.4 9.7 10.1 10.5 10.8 11.1 0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.5

01:01PM 02:02PM 02:58PM 03:52PM 04:42PM 05:30PM 06:17PM 12:37PM 01:23PM 02:09PM 02:57PM 03:47PM 04:40PM 05:34PM 06:29PM 01:13PM 02:04PM 02:53PM 03:40PM 04:25PM 05:10PM 05:56PM 12:16PM 01:04PM 01:55PM 02:50PM 03:47PM 04:49PM 05:53PM 06:58PM 01:47PM

Times for Boston, MA

DECEMBER 2010

Sunrise/Sunset

H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H

1 6:54 4:13

2 6:55 4:13

3 6:56 4:12

4 6:57 4:12

5 6:58 4:12

6 6:59 4:12

7 7:00 4:12

8 7:01 4:12

9 7:02 4:12

10 7:02 4:12

11 7:03 4:12

12 7:04 4:12

13 7:05 4:12

16 7:07 4:13

17 7:08 4:13

18 7:08 4:14

19 7:09 4:14

20 7:10 4:14

21 7:10 4:15

22 7:11 4:15

23 7:11 4:16

24 7:11 4:17

25 7:12 4:17

26 7:12 4:18

27 7:12 4:18

28 7:13 4:19

5 6:57am 4:05pm

6 7:55am 5:04pm

14 7:06 4:12 29 7:13 4:20

15 7:06 4:13 30 7:13 4:21

31 7:13 4:22

Moonrise/Moonset 1 2:12am 1:16pm

2 3:26am 1:49pm

16 17 12:47pm 1:19pm 2:18am 3:22am

3 4:40am 2:27pm 18 1:57pm 4:26am

4 5:51am 3:12pm 19 2:44pm 5:30am

70 Points East December 2010

20 3:40pm 6:30am

21 4:44pm 7:24am

7 8:44am 6:07pm

22 5:55pm 8:12am

8 9:24am 7:12pm

23 7:09pm 8:52am

9 9:57am 8:16pm

24 8:24pm 9:26am

10 11 12 13 10:25am 10:50am 11:12am 11:34am 9:18pm 10:18pm 11:18pm 5:51pm

25 9:37pm 9:56am

14 15 ----12:20pm 11:56am 1:17am

26 27 28 29 30 31 10:50pm 10:51am 12:03am 1:15am 2:27am 3:38am 10:24am 4:56am 11:19am 11:50am 12:25pm 1:07pm

December 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

12:12AM 0.1 01:12AM 0.1 02:09AM 0.1 03:03AM 0.1 03:54AM 0.1 04:43AM 0.1 05:30AM 0.3 12:25AM 9.2 01:10AM 9.0 01:56AM 8.8 02:41AM 8.6 03:28AM 8.4 04:16AM 8.4 05:05AM 8.4 05:55AM 8.5 12:24AM 1.7 01:14AM 1.6 02:01AM 1.5 02:46AM 1.3 03:30AM 1.0 04:14AM 0.7 04:59AM 0.5 05:45AM 0.2 12:40AM 9.4 01:28AM 9.6 02:19AM 9.7 03:13AM 9.8 04:11AM 9.9 05:11AM 9.9 06:13AM 10.0 12:52AM 0.5

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

06:34AM 07:32AM 08:27AM 09:20AM 10:09AM 10:57AM 11:43AM 06:16AM 07:03AM 07:49AM 08:38AM 09:29AM 10:23AM 11:19AM 12:16PM 06:44AM 07:32AM 08:18AM 09:02AM 09:45AM 10:29AM 11:13AM 11:59AM 06:34AM 07:26AM 08:22AM 09:22AM 10:26AM 11:33AM 12:40PM 07:14AM

10.0 10.4 10.7 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.7 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.6 8.7 8.9 9.3 9.6 10.0 10.4 10.6 10.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 10.1

H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H

12:54PM 01:56PM 02:54PM 03:47PM 04:37PM 05:25PM 06:11PM 12:29PM 01:14PM 02:00PM 02:48PM 03:38PM 04:31PM 05:27PM 06:23PM 01:10PM 02:01PM 02:47PM 03:31PM 04:14PM 04:56PM 05:40PM 06:25PM 12:48PM 01:40PM 02:35PM 03:34PM 04:38PM 05:46PM 06:54PM 01:45PM

Bar Harbor, Maine 0.0 -0.5 -0.8 -1.1 -1.2 -1.1 -0.8 10.3 9.9 9.5 9.0 8.6 8.2 7.9 7.8 1.3 1.0 0.6 0.2 -0.2 -0.6 -0.8 -1.0 10.7 10.5 10.1 9.7 9.2 8.9 8.7 -0.3

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

07:07PM 08:10PM 09:08PM 10:01PM 10:51PM 11:39PM

9.3 9.4 9.5 9.5 9.5 9.4

H H H H H H

06:56PM 07:40PM 08:25PM 09:10PM 09:57PM 10:45PM 11:34PM

-0.5 -0.1 0.4 0.7 1.1 1.4 1.6

L L L L L L L

07:19PM 08:11PM 08:59PM 09:44PM 10:27PM 11:10PM 11:54PM

7.8 7.9 8.1 8.4 8.7 8.9 9.2

H H H H H H H

07:12PM 08:01PM 08:54PM 09:49PM 10:48PM 11:49PM

-1.0 -0.9 -0.6 -0.3 0.1 0.4

L L L L L L

07:59PM

8.7

H

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

06:14AM 12:57AM 01:54AM 02:48AM 03:39AM 04:28AM 05:16AM 12:02AM 12:48AM 01:33AM 02:19AM 03:06AM 03:54AM 04:44AM 05:35AM 12:10AM 01:00AM 01:48AM 02:34AM 03:18AM 04:01AM 04:45AM 05:31AM 12:18AM 01:07AM 01:58AM 02:53AM 03:51AM 04:51AM 05:53AM 12:38AM

11.6 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3 10.8 10.5 10.3 10.0 9.8 9.7 9.7 9.8 1.9 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.2 0.9 0.6 0.4 11.1 11.3 11.4 11.5 11.5 11.5 11.6 0.6

H L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

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

Time Corrections

Height Corrections

High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min.,

High *0.91, Low *0.90 High *0.93, Low *1.03 High *0.97, Low *0.97 High *0.97, Low *1.00 High *0.86, Low *0.86

Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole

Boston Boston Boston Boston Newport Newport

High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min.,

High *0.93, Low *0.97 High *1.03, Low *1.00 High *0.95, Low *1.03 High *0.95, Low *0.95 High *1.13, Low *1.29 High *0.40, Low *0.40

Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol

New London Newport Newport Newport

High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min.,

High *1.02, Low *1.00 High *0.87, Low *0.54 High *1.14, Low *1.14 High *1.16, Low *1.14

Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport

Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport New London New London Boston Newport

High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min.,

High *1.07, Low *1.08 High *0.91, Low *0.96 High *0.87, Low *0.96 High *1.36, Low *1.35 High *1.24, Low *1.25 High *1.01, Low *0.97 High *0.85, Low *0.85

d e c e m b e r New Moon

December 5 www.pointseast.com

2 0 1 0

12:37PM 07:13AM 08:08AM 09:01AM 09:51AM 10:39AM 11:25AM 06:02AM 06:48AM 07:35AM 08:24AM 09:14AM 10:08AM 11:03AM 11:58AM 06:25AM 07:13AM 08:00AM 08:45AM 09:28AM 10:12AM 10:56AM 11:42AM 06:20AM 07:11AM 08:07AM 09:07AM 10:10AM 11:16AM 12:22PM 06:55AM

0.0 12.0 12.4 12.6 12.7 12.6 12.3 0.6 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.8 10.0 10.3 10.7 11.1 11.5 11.9 12.2 12.4 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.0 11.8

L H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H

06:47PM 01:38PM 02:35PM 03:28PM 04:18PM 05:06PM 05:52PM 12:11PM 12:57PM 01:43PM 02:30PM 03:20PM 04:13PM 05:07PM 06:03PM 12:51PM 01:42PM 02:29PM 03:14PM 03:57PM 04:39PM 05:23PM 06:08PM 12:30PM 01:22PM 02:17PM 03:16PM 04:19PM 05:25PM 06:32PM 01:25PM

10.9 -0.5 -0.9 -1.2 -1.3 -1.2 -0.9 11.9 11.5 10.9 10.4 10.0 9.6 9.3 9.2 1.5 1.2 0.7 0.3 -0.1 -0.5 -0.8 -0.9 12.3 12.1 11.8 11.3 10.9 10.5 10.4 -0.2

H L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

0.1 -0.6 -1.2 -1.6 -1.7 -1.6 -1.2 20.1 19.4 18.7 18.0 17.3 16.7 16.3 16.2 2.5 1.9 1.3 0.5 -0.2 -0.8 -1.2 -1.5 20.8 20.5 20.0 19.4 18.7 18.2 17.9 0.0

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

07:48PM 08:45PM 09:39PM 10:29PM 11:16PM

11.0 11.1 11.2 11.2 11.1

H H H H H

06:37PM 07:22PM 08:07PM 08:53PM 09:40PM 10:29PM 11:19PM

-0.5 0.0 0.4 0.9 1.2 1.5 1.8

L L L L L L L

06:57PM 07:48PM 08:36PM 09:21PM 10:05PM 10:48PM 11:32PM

9.2 9.3 9.6 9.9 10.2 10.5 10.8

H H H H H H H

06:55PM 07:45PM 08:38PM 09:34PM 10:33PM 11:35PM

-0.9 -0.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.2 0.5

L L L L L L

07:36PM

10.4

H

06:49PM 07:48PM 08:44PM 09:37PM 10:27PM 11:14PM

18.7 19.0 19.2 19.4 19.4 19.2

H H H H H H

06:44PM 07:29PM 08:13PM 08:59PM 09:46PM 10:35PM 11:26PM

-0.6 0.0 0.7 1.4 1.9 2.4 2.7

L L L L L L L

06:58PM 07:50PM 08:39PM 09:26PM 10:11PM 10:55PM 11:40PM

16.3 16.6 17.0 17.5 18.1 18.6 19.0

H H H H H H H

07:14PM 08:03PM 08:55PM 09:50PM 10:47PM 11:47PM

-1.5 -1.3 -0.9 -0.4 0.2 0.7

L L L L L L

07:31PM

17.9

H

Eastport, 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

12:10AM 01:10AM 02:07AM 03:01AM 03:53AM 04:42AM 05:30AM 12:00AM 12:45AM 01:31AM 02:17AM 03:05AM 03:54AM 04:45AM 05:38AM 12:19AM 01:11AM 02:02AM 02:51AM 03:38AM 04:24AM 05:10AM 05:56AM 12:27AM 01:15AM 02:05AM 02:59AM 03:55AM 04:54AM 05:55AM 12:48AM

0.3 0.2 0.0 -0.2 -0.3 -0.2 0.1 18.9 18.4 18.0 17.5 17.2 17.0 16.9 17.0 2.8 2.7 2.4 2.0 1.5 1.0 0.5 0.1 19.3 19.5 19.6 19.6 19.5 19.4 19.4 0.9

L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L

06:18AM 07:16AM 08:12AM 09:04AM 09:55AM 10:43AM 11:29AM 06:15AM 07:01AM 07:46AM 08:32AM 09:21AM 10:11AM 11:04AM 11:58AM 06:30AM 07:20AM 08:09AM 08:56AM 09:41AM 10:26AM 11:10AM 11:56AM 06:44AM 07:34AM 08:27AM 09:22AM 10:21AM 11:23AM 12:26PM 06:56AM

19.5 20.1 20.6 21.0 21.2 21.0 20.7 0.5 1.1 1.6 2.1 2.6 2.9 3.0 2.9 17.2 17.7 18.2 18.9 19.5 20.1 20.5 20.8 -0.1 -0.2 -0.1 0.0 0.2 0.3 0.3 19.5

M o o n

First Quarter

Full Moon

December 13

December 21

H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H

12:45PM 01:45PM 02:42PM 03:35PM 04:26PM 05:14PM 06:00PM 12:15PM 01:01PM 01:47PM 02:34PM 03:24PM 04:16PM 05:10PM 06:05PM 12:53PM 01:45PM 02:35PM 03:23PM 04:10PM 04:55PM 05:41PM 06:27PM 12:44PM 01:34PM 02:27PM 03:24PM 04:23PM 05:26PM 06:29PM 01:28PM

P h a s e s Last Quarter

December 27 Points East December 2010

71

Find Points East at more than 700 locations in New England MAINE Arundel:The Landing School, Southern Maine Marine Services.

Augusta: Mr. Paperback.

Baileyville: Stony Creek Bangor: Borders, Book Marc’s, Harbormaster, Young’s Canvas.

Bar Harbor: Acadia Information Center, Bar Harbor Yacht Club, Lake and Sea Boatworks.

Bass Harbor: Morris Yachts.

Bath: Kennebec Tavern & Marina, Maine Maritime Museum.

Belfast: Belfast Boatyard, Belfast Chamber of Commerce visitors’ center, Coastwise Realty, Crosby Manor Estates, Harbormaster’s office.

Biddeford: Biddeford Pool Y.C., Buffleheads, Rumery’s Boatyard.

Blue Hill:, Blue Hill Farm Country Inn, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Compass Point Realty, Downeast Properties, EBS, Kollegewidgwok Y.C., North Light Books, Rackliffe Pottery, Slaven Realty.

Boothbay: Boothbay Mechanics, Boothbay Resort, Cottage Connection.

Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor Inn, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, Brown’s Motel, Cap’n Fish’s Inn, Carousel Marina, Gold/Smith Gallery, Grover’s Hardware, Municipal Office, Poole Bros. Hardware, Rocktide Inn, Sherman’s Bookstore, Signal Point Marina, Tugboat Inn. Bremen: Broad Cove Marine.

Brewer: B&D Marine, Port Harbor Marine.

Bristol: Hanley’s Market.

Brooklin: Atlantic Boat Co., Brooklin General Store, Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin Inn, Center Harbor Sails, Eric Dow Boatbuilder, Eggemoggin Oceanfront Lodge, WoodenBoat School.

Brooksville: Bucks Harbor Market, Bucks Harbor Marine, Bucks Harbor Y.C., Seal Cove Boatyard.

Brunswick: Bamforth Automotive, Coastal Marine, H&H Propeller, New Meadows Marina, Paul’s Marina.

Bucksport: Bookstacks, EBS Hardware.

Calais: EBS Hardware.

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.

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

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

Deer Isle: Harbor Farm.

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, Moose Island Marine, The Boat School – Husson.

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

72 Points East December 2010

Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, 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.

Mount Desert: John Williams Boat Company 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.

Peak’s 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, 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, Eric Hopkins Gallery, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, 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, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club, Rockport Corner Shop.

Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market.

Saco: Lobster Claw Restaurant, Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco

editor@pointseast.com

Yacht Club.

St. George: Harbormaster 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 Grille, 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.

Swan’s Island: Carrying Place Market Tenants Harbor: Cod End Store and Marina, East Wind Inn, Pond House Gallery and Framing, Tenants Harbor General Store.

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

Turner: Youly’s Restaurant.

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

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: BFC Marine, 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, Stage Neck Inn, 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 Harbor State Marina, Hampton River Boat Club.

www.pointseast.com

Manchester: Massabesic Yacht Club, Sandy’s Variety.

Milton: Ray’s Marina & RV Sales.

New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, WentworthBy-The-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.

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, 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.

Points East December 2010

73

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, Nonna’s Kitchen, 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, Satuit Boat Club, 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: Bait & Tackle, 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, Payne’s New Harbor Dock.

74 Points East December 2010

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..

Middletown: West Marine 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 Visitor Information Center, Newport Yacht Club, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, Starbucks, The Newport Shipyard, 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, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill.

Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina.

Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, 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: Country Club Laundry.

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: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Boatique, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club,

editor@pointseast.com

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.

PYS is a full-service boatyard and marina founded in 1981 by circumnavigators Joanna and Phineas Sprague Jr. Our highly competent staff offers a full spectrum of services for motor or sailing vessels of any type or size, from sales and maintenance, to storage, to refits and restorations. We specialize in helping owners prepare for extended cruising.

PYS is housed in the Portland Company Marine Complex, a unique property with 160,000 square feet of floor space and ten acres on the waterfront, one of the oldest industrial complexes in the City of Portland, Maine.

Maine Boatbuilders Show at Portland Yacht Services in March of 1998 was the first distribution site for POINTS EAST. Once again, this coming March you'll find the POINTS EAST booth poised at the top of the stairs in building 2, where the fourteenth April issue will be handed out, stories swapped and plans shared for the upcoming season. Mark your calendar for this Annual Rite of Spring.

MAINE BOATBUILDERS SHOW March 18-20, 2011 www.portlandcompany.com/boatShow www.pointseast.com

Points East December 2010

75

LAST WORD, continued from Page 68 drink in perfect harmony. The local drink is a “painkiller,” but no prescription is required. Photos on the bar reveal that we should leave before people start undressing. We retreat to our sloop and binoculars.

That night, the ventilation realities of an aft cabin become known. Thankfully, there’s an electric fan. It becomes our friend.

Cooper Island makes a nice stop, where I try snorkeling for the first time. They tell me to trim my mustache, but I ignore them. Instead, I endure the recreational version of “enhanced interrogation techniques.” But after shaving, wow! You are in an aquarium. And get this: no hypothermia.

Legendary Virgin Gorda is next. Frankly, it’s more civilized than I had envisioned, at least in North Sound. But it’s fabulous, and we dine on Saba Rock.

(This does not hurt one’s teeth.) We ask everyone about upcoming weather. This elicits mostly blank stares. Some say listen to station WXYZ. They don’t mention that you have to be on Tortola to hear it.

Later, we get dinghy-rammed by some drunk Aussies. Maybe it’s an omen, because thereafter the sun does a disappearing act. We mourn its passing by attending the barbecue buffet extravaganza at Leverick Bay, complete with stilt dancers. One dove into the

swimming pool. This evening was the best $40/head event of my life. Later the wind honked, but so did the rain.

They say that things move slowly in the islands, mon. This includes weather systems. A couple of days pass, and after a stop at Marina Cay, we head for Jost Van Dyke in a drizzle. Little Harbour on Jost most closely matches my dreams of the islands. Goats are baying, facilities are crude, and Sidney’s Peace and Love becomes my favorite eatery worldwide. The bar is self-service; mix your own, write it down.

We have to mosey back east now. The rain stops and the wind is strong – from the east. Two large yachts intrepidly tack their way to windward. One passes us, the other falls behind. We and about a dozen other boats are motoring or motor-sailing. No referee calls a foul. We fetch Tortola’s Trellis Bay. One of Rich’s fine shipboard dinners is followed by a terrific breakfast ashore. A taxi carries me and wife Marvo to the airport, while Rich and Melissa sail or motor on. It was not quite like in the brochures, but it might just be the best vacation we’ve ever had. It was like, you know, sailing. Only warm.

The author runs Dean Abramson Photography (commercial, editorial and stock) in Raymond, Maine, and sails his Cape Dory 31 Loda May out of Falmouth, Maine.

Points East readers now have an on-line forum to share stories, cruising ideas, racing tips, local navigation knowledge - whatever!

Check out the new Points East Parley at pointseast.com.

Tap into the experience of thousands of New England boaters and tell your tales, ask your questions and just share your thoughts about what makes New England such a special place for boaters.

See you on-line to chat on subjects like the one found below...

“Can someone suggest a list of marinas that have showers between Boothbay and Boston, a marina directory is what I am looking for.”

76 Points East December 2010

editor@pointseast.com

‘07 27’ Eastern,dsl,$68K

‘03 30’ Southport,dsl,$155K

‘01 37’ Formula SS $89K

POINTS

Reserve winter storage now

g?

Sellin ed! t is L Get

(207) 633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com WI-FI available dockside ‘90 42’ Egg Harbor $129k

‘83 41’Cheerman $89K

‘87 38’ Golden Star $89K

‘76 30’ Ronald Rich $34K

‘03 41’ Searay SD $239k

‘01 32’ Sea Sport $159K

More listings available at yachtsalesnetwork.com Call 207-415-1004 Email info@sellingyachts.com Headquarters in MAINE, Serving New England!

Power 15' SunBird w/40hp Johnson $3,000 16' SportCraft w/Johnson & trailer 2,800 23' Royalsea Downeast Pilothouse '93 16,600 24' Custom Antique Sedan Cruiser 22,000 26,500 24' Eastern 2003 w/trailer 37,750 24.5’ Rosborough RF 246 ‘88 33,500 26’ Leisure Cat ‘00 26,000 27' Rinker 272 Captiva 68,000 28' Albin TE '97 30' Mainship Pilot 30 '99 69,500 49,500 34' Luhrs 3400 '90

17,900 36' Ally Built Lobster Boat ‘73 38’ Sea Ray Aft Cabin '89 39,900 43' Rockport Marine Flybridge '78 72,500

Sail 22’ Bristol ‘78 29' Huges '70 29' King Cruiser '72 30' S2 9.2A '78 34' Titan '71 w/diesel engine 36' Ericson '76 36' Ericson 36SL ‘85 40’Ta Shing Baba '84

4,200 5,000 11,900 15,900 29,000 21,900 35,000 125,000

Mercury engines and Mercury Inflatables in stock.

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

Call Willie Thomas at 207-415-1004 PO Box 299 So. Freeport, ME 04078

Robalo R300

Gray & Gray, Inc.

36 York Street York,Maine 03909 E-mail: graygray@gwi.net

Tel: 207-363-7997 Fax: 207-363-7807 www.grayandgrayyachts.com

Three Exceptional Cruising Vessels 40' Hinckley B-40 Yawls (3), from $195,000

MARINE ARCHITECTS & ENGINEERS CUSTOM BOAT BUILDERS

Wesmac 46 36' Nauset HT Cruiser, 2002, $187,500

31' Beals Island HT, 1987, $105,000 Surry, Maine sales@wesmac.com

207-667-4822

WWW.WESMAC.COM

Specializing in Downeast Vessels, Trawlers and Cruising Sailboats.

EAST B ROKERAGE P OWER & S AIL

A Full Service Marina 216 Ocean Point Rd., E. Boothbay, ME 04544

EAST B ROKERAGE P OWER & S AIL

THE YACHT CONNECTION at SOUTH PORT MARINE 207-799-3600

$75,000

27' Southport 26 Center Console Twin Mercury Verado under warranty through 6/1/13. Raymarine E80 Depthsounder, GPS, and Radar. Taco Grand Slam Outriggers.

Call Eric for an appointment to view.

www.theyachtconnection.com

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

POINTS

In stock 14'-23' models.

150 HP Honda 4 stroke

Honda 4 Stroke

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

Woolwich, Maine

Bristol Skiff 17

75 HP Yanmar Diesel

Pompano 21

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.

(207) 443-9781

www.scandiayachts.com

B R O K E R A G E

340 Robinhood Road 207/371-2525 or 800/255-5206 Georgetown, Maine 04548 fax: 207/371-2899

www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 31’ Eastern Flybridge 2004 $135,000

34’ Sabreline Flybridge 1997 $160,000

SAIL 36’ Robinhood Cutter 1995 36’ Pearson P-36 Cutter 38’ Sabre 1982 28’ Shannon Cutter 1988

POWER $159,000 73,500 79,500 75,000

40’ Eagle Trawler 1999 $269,000 33’ Robinhood Poweryacht 3 from 199,500 36’ Ellis Flybridge Cruiser 2001 480,000 32’ Sam Devlin Topknot Cruiser 179,500

POWER

SAIL

2001 Stanley 36

2002 1989 1982 1990

1984 1987 1995 1948 1954 1990

$385,000 Stanley 38 285,000 Somes Sound 26 75,000 Webbers Cove 24 69,000 Steel Tug 40 60,000 Palmer Scott 23 16,500 9,500 Gott 19

Bridges Point 24 $55,000 Bridges Point 24 42,000 J-24 14,500 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat 17 14,000 2010 15’ Gotts Island Peapod 9,900

207.244.7854 info@jwboatco.com / www.jwboatco.com Shipwright Lane, Hall Quarry, Mount Desert, Maine 04660

POINTS

EAST

Brokerage Listings Have a boat to sell?

Looking for your next boat?

Contact one of these fine brokers. www.fkby.com 207-833-6885 www.grayandgrayyachts.com 207-363-7997 www.jwboatco.com 207-244-7854 www.oceanpointmarina.com 207-633-0773 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com/aaa/brokerage.html 800-255-5206 www.scandiayachts.com 207-443-9781 www.theyachtconnection.com 207-799-3600 www.yachtsalesnetwork.com 207-415-1004 www.YorkHarborMarine.com 866-380-3602

EAST B ROKERAGE P OWER & S AIL

Cynthia is a true classic picnic launch built in 1962 by the famed Raymond Bunker and Ralph Ellis. Re-powered in 1985 with a 225hp Chrysler 318. Lovingly and professionally cared for by two families over the course of her life. She has an impeccable pedigree. $75,000

POINTS

Y A C H T

Classifieds To advertise: There are two ways to advertise on the classified pages.

There are classified display ads, which are boxed ads on these pages; there are also line ads, which are simply lines of text. Line ads can be combined with photos, which will run above the text.

Rates: Classified display ads cost $30 per column inch.

Line ads are $25 for 25 words (plus $5 for each additional 10 words). For a photo to run with a line ad, add $5.

SAIL 12’ Beetle Cats Two wooden Beetle Cat sailboats are available at Eric Dow Boat Shop. Both have been partially restored and need finish work.

Call Eric at 359-2277. www.dowboats.com 14’3 Extended Catspaw Dinghy Plank on frame construction, in excellent condition. Rows, sails, and motors well. Call Eric @ 359-2277. www.dowboats.com

Discounts: If you run the same classified line ad or classified display ad more than one month, deduct 20 percent for subsequent insertions.

Web advertising: Line ads from these pages will be run at no additional cost on the magazine’s web site: www.pointseast.com.

Payment: All classifieds must be paid in advance, either by check or credit card.

To place an ad: Mail ads, with payment, to Points East Magazine P.O. Box 1077, Portsmouth, NH, 03802-1077 or go to our website at www.pointseast.com

cuddy, 2 bunks. 8.8hp electric start tilt Yamaha. Updated gelcoat, Awlgrip mast. Five sails, trailer. $14,500. 207-372-8288. wmzierden@aol.com

23’ Herreshoff Prudence Cedar on white oak, Sitka spruce mast and boom, club footed jib, Volvo dsl. 2 cyl. Extensive restoration 2003. She is a sweetheart. $15,000. Jonesport Shipyard. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com

15’6 Drascombe Dabber Centerboard daysailor. 2hp 4stroke honda OB, and trailer.

Comfortable and seaworthy yawl rig with tan bark sails. Kennebunk. $10,000. danellis@wyoming.com

24’ Bridges Point, 1989 A cuddy cabin version of the popular Bridges Point 24.

Roomy cockpit and a unique interior layout. New diesel in 2007. A lovely boat to sail. 207244-7854. billw@jwboatco.com

15’ Wooden Peapod In nearly new condition. Two pairs of oars, complete sprit sail rig, ready for the season. Call Eric @ 359-2277. www.dowboats.com

24’ Bridges Point, 2002 JUDITH, built by the John Williams Boat Co. Daysailor lay-

16’ Haven 12-1/2 Classic Haven 12-1/2’s built with experienced craftsmenship for pure sailing pleasure. Call Eric to discuss your color choice and delivery date. Eric Dow Boat Shop, Brooklin, Maine 207-3592277. www.dowboats.com

out. $59,000. Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com

26’ Kelley Sloop, 1982 Kelley 24 (+2) masthead sloop, fin keel, well equipped day-sailer w/ 11’ cockpit. $6500. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com

26’ Kaiser Full-keel Sloop 1972. Well built, of limited production. LOA 27’6, LWL 19’6, draft 4’, beam 7’10. Sleeps 4 with 6’ headroom. This lovely great-sailing boat is still for sale

BOAT OWNERS, FUEL PROBLEMS? SAVE YOUR FUEL!

FUEL SOLUTIONS WE CAN HELP! Water - Contaminants - Sediment?

We clean & process your fuel on-site, removing water contaminants and sediment, gas or diesel.

LAND

Buying a used boat, clean the fuel first!

508-641-0749 978-423-5306

Since 1988

SEA

DOR-MOR PYRAMID MOORING ANCHORS

Deadline for the Midwinter issue is January. 2, 2011.

Patented

Need more info?

Call 1-888-778-5790.

TESTED SUPERIOR TO MUSHROOMS & BLOCKS

Holds better, lasts longer, easily installed 15 lbs. to 4,000 lbs.

Replaces concrete 10 to 1

23’ Cape Cod Marlin Cape Cod Marlin Herreshoff with

80 Points East December 2010

COMPLETE MOORING SYSTEM

DOR-MOR INC. 603-542-7696 www.Dor-Mor.com

editor@pointseast.com

and needs love and attention.

Survey 6/09. Best offer around $8,000. Brooksville, ME 207326-9676.

26’ Ranger 26, 1974 In very good condition with 5 sails, roller furler. No outboard. $2000 firm. 207-223-8885 or email info@winterportmarine.com 27’ Catalina Sloop, 1985 Nice example of this popular small cruiser. Well equiped and cared for. $14,900. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com 28’ Samurai Auxiliary Sloop 1959. 28’ x 9’2 x 3’11 Hull #20 of 40 built in Japan, Yanmar 2GM w/heat exch. See her at Jonesport Shipyard. 207-4972701. info@jonesportshipyard.com

29’ Watkins Sloop, 1987 18hp Yanmar, 1000 hrs. Sleeps 5, full head, hot water, 35 gal. holding tank, 40 gal. fresh water.

Garmin chartplotter/sounder, fenders, dock lines, bimini, cabin heater. Additional details and pictures upon request. panachebh@aol.com 30’ Hinckley Sou’wester Sloop 1962. Flag blue awlgripped hull ‘08, 2004 Yanmar diesel, sleeps 4, new radar-gps, 1998 roller furler genoa. Caring ownership $54,000. Gray & Gray, Inc 207363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com 30’ S2, 9.1, 1986 Yanmar 18hp, race/cruise, Nexus instrumentation, CNG stove, full race equipped. $27,995. For complete listing call 800-253-6420 or email WJMASSOCI@SBCGlobal.net

www.pointseast.com

center.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com

33’ Glander Tavana Yawl, 1972 Keel centerboard. Fresh Awlgrip, newer Yanmar diesel, radar, GPS, dodger. Clean, good condition. Easy sailing, excellent shoal-draft cruiser. $20,000.

508-237-6944. timmacort@comcast.net

35’ Hunter Legend, 1987 Great shape, surveyed in 2008 at $59K, asking $30K. Located in Hamden, Maine. E-mail Capt.

Ron for pics & details. rnblnchrd@aol.com

34’ Tartan Sloop Roomy interior, solid boat, needs cosmetics. Excellent opportunity to get into a good cruiser. Make an offer. 207-4972701 . Jonesport Shipyard. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com

35’ Fuji Ketch, 1974 Refurbished full sail inventory.

Westerbeke 30hp diesel. Raymarine radar, plotter, autopilot instruments. Windlass, dodger, bow thruster. Ready to go. Call Louie, 1-800-252-1127. louis.vazzajr@comcast.net

34’ Pearson, 1984 Sea Glass is a very attractive equipped Pearson 34 with her dark blue Awlgrip hull. Her equipment includes a spinnaker and recent main and 150% genoa, as well as a new dodger. $39,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.co m perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com

36’ Ericson, 1976. $24,995. Contact Ocean Point Marina, 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com

35’ Hinckley Pilot Sloop, 1970 Black hull, outstanding condition. $127,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

38’ Pearson Invicta II, 1968 Therapy was completely re-built in 2000 to 2001 by her owner.

Re-equipping included a Universal 25hp diesel, Isotherm refrigeration, Force 10 propane stove, among many other features. All new electronics were added along with new sails and other upgrades. $59,500. 207-3712899. www.robinhoodmarine-

40’ Luders L-27 Sloop, 1955 Refit 2007. Westerbeke diesel.

Superb condition. Hot molded plywood construction. 2008 black awlgripped hull, new sails, sleeps 6. Elegant, fast racercruiser. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997.

42’ S&S Cutter, 1964 S&S center-cockpit offshore cutter. Refit 2001. Fiberglass hull and decks to the famous Finisterre design. 2001 Yanmar. 3 cabins. $89,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

30’ Island Packet 27, 1988 Cutter, 30’x10.5’x3.67’, full keel, 6’ 2 headroom. Easy single handler. Engine hours 554. Selling Price: $39,500. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 34’ Titan 1971 with auxiliary diesel engine. $29,000 FMI Contact Ocean Point Marina 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

POWER Cash for your Boston Whaler.

Cash paid for your Boston Whaler. Any condition consid-

norm@marinesurveyor.com 617-834-7560 Fax 978-774-5190 SAMS,®AMS®

CASEY YACHT ENTERPRISES

• Fiberglass & Composite Repairs Awlgrip Painting Bottom Paint Systems Woodworking & Varnishing Freeport, Maine 207-865-4948 www.caseyyacht.com

Hunter 27

Capt. N. LeBlanc, Inc 106 Liberty Street Danvers, MA 01923

RUSSELL’S MARINE

Sailboats Sales & Service

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

Call us about our boat brokerage.

345 U.S. Rt. 1, Stockton Springs, ME 04981 • 207-567-4270 sailmaine@fairpoint.net • www.RussellsMarine.com

Points East December 2010

81

ered. Please call John at, York Harbor Marine Service at 207363-3602 or email sales@yorkharbormarine.com

ter Series. Demo boat. Full warranty. This boat is loaded. $39,900. Carousel Marina, 207633-2922.

16’ Calvin Beal, Jr. 1995 Fiberglass runabout with trunk cabin w/ screened ports and folding cabin door. 45hp Honda 4-stroke OB, trailer, used lightly.

Jonesport Shipyard, 207-4972701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com

25’ Grady White Voyager, 1996 Nice Grady White 248 Voyager.

This boat has radar, GPS, and full enclosure. Yamaha 250hp. $22,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com

17’ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an outboard and a little cosmetic work for a great little runabout. $1100. 207-223-8885.

25’ Bertram, 1970 Classic fiberglass sportfisherman flybridge cruiser. Great in heavy weather. Immaculate hull, GPS, radar, VHF, depth, twin 165 Mercruiser engines. Sleeps 2+, head. Moving. $15,000. Call 207-244-7672. lbeatty@midmaine.com 25’ Pacemaker, 1969 Center Console, total refit. MercCruiser 454. Asking $32,000.

Rockland, Maine. Call John Morin, 207 691-1637.

22’ PYY 22 All new molded fiberglass liner, larger (head capable) center console, molded non-skid hatches, increased storage beneath deck. Base Price $39,900.

207-439-3967. Ask for George or Tom. www.kpbb.net 24’ Eastern, 2003 Eastern Center Console w/130hp 4-stroke Honda outboard.

Comes with trailer. $31,500. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-6330773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com 25’ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004 W/twin Mercury 150hp. Saltwa-

&

26’ Somes Sound 26 “Bai Ji Er”, with enclosed pilot house. Great day boat and small cruiser. Gas inboard. $165,000.

Call207-255-7854, or email bill@jwboatco.com 26’ Somes Sound 26 Open launch “Salt Ponds”. Classic launch look with plenty of teak and bronze. $100,000. Call 207-255-7854 or email bill@jwboatco.com 26’ Eldredge McInnis, 1989 A beautiful example of the well known Eldredge McInnis Bass boat, built by the Landing Boat School. Wood hull, single diesel.

Marine Moisture Meters

Located in Southport, Maine. $49,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.co m perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com 26’ Southport 26, 2005 Twin Mercury Verado engines. $70,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com

27’ Eastern, 2007 Super clean Eastern with a 160hp Volvo diesel with 148hrs.

Radar/GPS plotter, bow thruster, enclosed pilot house, swim platform. Great bay boat. 207-4151004 yachtsalesnetwork.com wtme@msn.com 28’ Albin HT (2), 2002 Yanmar diesel, very clean from $99,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997.

29’ Webbers Cove, 2000 Hardtop Express Downeast DayBoat. Yanmar. Separate shower.

Asking $110,000. Rockland, Maine. 207 691-1637.

29’ Wilbur/Crosby Express 1988. Twin Volvos. Fast commuter. Asking $49,900. Southwest Harbor, Maine. John Morin, 207 691-1637.

ACCREDITED MARINE SURVEYOR

For Fiberglass and Wood

Transmission New England’s Largest Stocking Distributor Call for prices and delivery New & Rebuilt

1-800-343-0480 HANSEN MARINE ENGINEERING Marblehead, MA 01945

82 Points East December 2010

Non-destructive meters, simple to use, understand & evaluate moisture levels.

GRP-33

J.R. Overseas Co. 502.228.8732 www.jroverseas.com

MEMBER OF SAMS MEMBER OF ABYC POWER & SAIL VESSELS TO 65 FEET WOOD AND FIBERGLASS CONDITION & VALUE AND PRE-PURCHASE APPRAISALS PROJECT CONSULTATION

KENT THURSTON SERVING MAINE (207) 948-2654 WWW.MAINEBOATSTUFF.COM

30’ Southport, 2003 Beautiful Maine-built Southport.

A classic day boat with a traditional cabin, 1st class electronics, Yanmar inboard powered, nice seating. Start enjoying your day on the water. Please call Yacht Sales Network at 207-4151004. yachtsalesnetwork.com wtme@msn.com 30’ Pro-Line Walkaround, 1997 Fishing/family layout, fish box, bait well, transom door. Cabin w/ galley and head, sleeps 4. $39,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com 32’ Down East New 32’ Carroll Lowell Down East design, cedar on white oak, silicon bronze fastenings, hull, trunk, deck, done, fuel tanks, shaft, rudder installed, will finish to your custom design, work or pleasure. 508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/ jmkarbott@aol.com 32’ Wilbur/Newman Sedan 1977. New Yanmar. Refit. Old style charm. Asking $125,000.

Biddeford, Maine. 207-6911637.

32’ Island Gypsy Trawler, 1994 Single 250hp Cummins, 1800 hours, thruster, generator, queen berth forward, 2 side doors, galley up, good electronics. $109,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

34’ Wilbur Flybridge, 1988 Wilbur Flybridge Long Range Expeditionary Cruiser. Caterpillar.

Turn-key. Asking $149,000.

Florida. John Morin, 207 6911637.

35’ Duffy FB Cruiser, 2000 Single Cat 435hp diesel, 587 hours. Sidepower thruster, dual helms, large cockpit and salon,

editor@pointseast.com

galley down. Sleeps 4. Cruise 17 knots. Handsome green hull. $164,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

you anywhere. The comfy leather couch and island queen berth will make you want to stay. $225,000. Will consider trades.

Offers encouraged. 603-7708378. dotgale38.googlepages.com dotgaleforsale@comcast.net

36’ Garber Aft Cabin, 1989 Twin MerCruiser’s. $70,000. Call 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com

38’ Stanley, 1984 Stanley 38 “Fishwife”. First Stanley 38 built in 1984 and owned by the same family since her launch. She is in excellent condition. $285,000. 207-244-7854 or billw@jwboatco.com

36’ Alley Built Lobster Boat 1973. $17,900 FMI contact Ocean Point Marina 207-6330773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

38’ Holland/Pettegrow Downeast Sportfishing, 1987 3208 435hp Cat, 3400 hrs. Teak interior, galley down, enclosed head and shower, sleeps 4.

38’ H&H Osmond Beal, 2002 Looks like a customized lobster boat. Acts like a waterfront home. The Yanmar 370 will take

Fighting chair, tower and pulpit.

Furuno Navnet. $140,000. 207450-6119. valborgcharter@gmail.com 38’ Bertram Convertible Mk III 1987. Twin Caterpillar diesels. $110,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com

43’ Marine Trader, 1984 Priced to sell at $69,999. FMI contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

40’ Hatteras Double Cabin 1987. Voyager is a very clean and well mainatined Hatteras 40 Motoryacht. Re-powered in 1999 with twin Yanmar 315hp diesels and a diesel genset.

Solar panels, recent electronics, fuel system upgrades and numerous other upgrades make Voyager a desirable vessel in a classic Hatteras. $179,000. 207371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.c om

47’ Maine Cat, 2009 Maine Cat P-47, hull#2, launched June ‘09. Twin 180 Yanmar, live-aboard equipped, low fuel burn, 3’ draft, located in Bahamas. $110k below list. 1888-832-2287. www.mecat.com info@mecat.com

40’ Silverton Aft Cabin, 1987 A big, bright and airy salon makes this well kept yacht a per-

CHARTER Charter Phoenix 40’ C&C

fect live-aboard. Twin Crusader engines. $49,999. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com

NorthPoint Yacht Charter Co. Want to off-set yard bills? Call about chartering your boat ■

Power & Sail

■

Boats for charter

Larrain Slaymaker PO Box 252 Rockport, Maine 04856 (207) 557-1872

Caribbean

info@northpointyachtcharters.com

www.northpointyachtcharters.com

Contact Jan at Bayview Rigging & Sails Inc.

207-846-8877

Johanson Boatworks

Rockland, Maine

Extensive bareboat fleet (30-45 feet) Buy or Charter • Power or Sail

www.mecat.com

www.jboatworks.com info@jboatworks.com 207-596-7060

888-832-2287 Charter Maine Cat 30 & 41

ONBOARD, NO DETAIL HAS BEEN LEFT UNEXPLORED. UNDER SAIL, NO PART OF THE COASTLINE WILL BE, EITHER.

HINCKLEY YACHT CHARTERS Southwest Harbor, Maine 1-800-HYC-SAIL • (207) 244-5008 charters@hinckleyyachts.com

www.pointseast.com

Abaco, Bahamas

Women Under Sail

Live Aboard Sailing Instructions - Casco Bay, Maine For Women -- By Women, Aboard 44’ AVATRICE “ If you can learn to sail in Maine, you can sail anywhere.”

e-mail: sailing@gwi.net

www.womenundersail.com 207-865-6399

“We’re on the job, so you can be on the water.”

Charter Maine!

Bareboat • Crewed • Power • Sail Trawlers • DownEast Cruisers

Yacht North Charters 182 Christopher Rd, Suite 1, North Yarmouth, ME 04097-6733 207-221-5285 • info@yachtnorth.com • www.yachtnorth.com

Points East December 2010

83

OTHER

47’ Mainship Cruiser, 1997 Mainship Aft Cabin Cruiser with fly bridge. This vessel has had a full time captain, working for the same owner since purchased brand new in 1997. Two spacious state rooms (sleeps six), two heads, salon and galley.

Everything on this boat is in working condition and she is ready to show. Please call Mike at 843-290-6733 or Sharon at 603-997-1689. sbfld155@gmail.com 47’ Novi Dragger, 1985 Fiberglass Atkinson Novi Dragger. 43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition.

Jonesport Shipyard, 207-4972701. www.jonesportshipyard.com

10 1/2’ & 12’ 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.

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 207-774-0682 www.compassproject.org compassinfo@maine.rr.com

www.MarineSurveys.com

Engine Building Class This is a Special 2 Day Seminar.

You will completely assemble and test run a diesel engine. It will run Sat, 9-5 through Sun, 11-5. Call for dates and details.

There will be a limit of 6 for this class. WWW.JWAYENT.NET JWAYENT@JWAYENT.NET 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 Delivery Captain Your power or sail boat delivered wherever you need it. Owners welcome on deliveries. Also available for instruction. Captain Tim. 603-770-8378. dotgale38.googlepages.com tphsails@comcast.net 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.

Jay Michaud

Marblehead 781.639.0001 We would like to exchange our boat (shown) next summer with a like vessel for one or two weeks. Our boat is in the San Juan Islands of WA State.

Contact: bl.ml@comcast.net or 425-418-4148

Call me for Deliveries • Charters • Training • Passages • Best Rates

Capt. Mike Martel U.S.C.G.L Master, 100 GRT, #2879105

Mobile: +401.480.3433 E-mail: CaptMikeMartel@yahoo.com Sail • Motor • Steam • CPR/First Aid Certified Sailing & Towing Endorsements

84 Points East December 2010

Heated Boat Storage New heated boat storage building in Harpswell, Maine. Professional service or do-it-yourself space available during lay-up time in the work area as well.

Storage rate $11.sq.ft for the season. Call 207-833-6443 or email chipneta@comcast.net Winterization Diesel Seminar Includes instruction on oil system, electrical system, fuel systems, cooling systems, basic troubleshooting with discussion period and question & answer period. September 25, October 16. Price $175. www.jwayent.net jwayent@jwayent.net Repower & Refit Considering repower or refit upgrades to your boat? Our two locations offer you in-house, factory trained technicians ready to address your upgrades to the highest standards. Stop by or give us a call, we’d be happy to talk about your options. Kittery Point Yacht Yard. 207-439-9582, Eliot yard 207-439-3967. www.kpyy.net

VACATION EXCHANGE:

Need a Captain?

Canvas Cleaning This year, have Gemini Canvas service your bimini or dodger.

Professionally cleaned w/ waterrepellent treatment. No dip-dunk tanks, only industry approved cleaners that work. We ship UPS, call us at 207-596-7705. www.geminicanvas.com peter@geminicanvas.com

Boat Building & Repair Dave Miliner 30 years in the Marine Industry Professional Quality Work at an Affordable Price

• Major Fiberglass repair • Gelcoat and Awlgrip resurfacing • Woodwork • New boat construction Rte. 236, Eliot Business Park Eliot, ME 03903 (207) 439-4230 Fax: (207) 439-4229 email: dmiliner@msn.com CALL FOR A FREE ESTIMATE

Ocean Master, Motor 40 years in big boats and small ships, BOATWISE instructor.

Deliveries, training, management. 401-885-3189. capt_bill@cox.net Fiberglass Repair Position Permanent, year-round position available for Fiberglass / Composite Structure Repair Technician. Yankee Marina is a full-service marina and boatyard.

editor@pointseast.com

Please send resume with cover letter summarizing work experience to www.yankeemarina.com deborah@yankeemarina.com

dinghy tie-ups and provisioning.

On-site parking. 207-594-1800. www.atlanticchallenge.com info@atlanticchallenge.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

Maine Chartering Consider chartering your boat(s) to help with those yard bills.

Give us a call to talk about options. NPYC 207-557-1872 www.northpointyachtcharters.co m info@northpointyachtcharters.com

Rental Moorings Sail beautiful Penobscot Bay. Seasonal moorings in protected Rockland harbor with an expansive float and pier facility for

Marina For Sale For Sale: Wottonís Wharf Marina in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For more information call Bruce Tindal at 207-633-6711. www.wottonswharf.com

Inside Storage Eric Dow Boat Shop offers inside storage for lovely boats, reasonable rates, exceptional care. Call Eric to discuss your project needs. Brooklin, Maine 207-3592277. www.dowboats.com Moorings Available Kittery Point Yacht Yard has moorings available for the 2010í summer season. Very well protected and just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River. Donít Wait – call now for information: 207-439-9582 or email kmckenna@kpyy.net

Boat Storage Kittery Point Yacht Yard has two waterfront locations with plenty of off-season storage space available. Store with KPYY and our full service yard and factory trained technicians are available if you need us. Call to join our family of customers: 207-4399582 or email kmckenna@kpyy.net

Points East Crew Match I NEED CREW Strider looking for ‘11 cruising crew Strider will be spending most of 2011 cruising in Canada. See website for full details. Telephone: No calls please Email: strider@maine.rr.com, www.rogerlongboats.com/2011Cruising.htm

Sail South to Florida Aruba II is sailing south for her seventh round trip. Fall of 2010. Experienced crew wanted from any where south of Cape Cod to Florida. This is a pleasure trip, a non-paid position.

You must have experience sailing, and be able to pay your own expenses. Lots of happy crew references. Telephone: 603 641-1844 Email: andries521@hotmail.com Retirement aged crew Wanted, retirement aged,crew to live aboard well found 44' cruising vessel in the San Blas Islands, Panama November thru May. Cooking, cleaning and all sailor duties in exchange for

'AMAGE 3HIPYARD 'RFNDJH 0RRULQJV 5HSDLUV :LQWHU 6WRUDJH ,QVLGH DQG 2XW +DXOLQJ 0DLQWHQDQFH 6KLS·V 6WRUH 7UDYHOLIW

3OUTH "RISTOL -AINE

www.pointseast.com

private cabin and sail/cruising/diving/beachcombing adventures with life experienced, retirement aged, cruising couple.Telephone: 207-3389055 Email: Captcielo40@aol.com Narragansett Bay I need one or two females to crew on a 32-foot sailboat in Narragansett Bay once a week for a day on the water.

Contact cvsailor@aol.com. Telephone: 401 663 1103 Sailing Partners Sober sailor looking for sailing companions to cruise the Maine coast next summer and Bahamas and Caribbean this winter. Compatibility is the only requirement. Sailing from So. Portland. sobersailor@dd-tv.com Telephone: 603-662-7560.

Exploring Casco Bay I’ve done a lot of sailing over the years. At this point I’m exploring Casco Bay in Maine. My boat is a sturdy,18’ 9” with three sails. I

enjoy camping and hiking on island trails as well as sailing. At this point I’m looking for anyone who has some experience in sailing. Allyn, cell: 617 417-0041 Telephone: 617 868-3867 Email: allynb@aol.com

DU

CH

I WANT TO CREW Headed to Nassau?

Dan, is looking for delivery, crew job, on vessel headed Nassau, Bahamas.

Well seasoned salior 35 yrs. deepwa-

A K M AR I TI

M

E

Captain Kevin W. Duchak 3 Bradford Road, Manager Danvers, MA 01923 SER V I C E S, L LC Certified and Accredited 978.777.9700 Phone/Fax Master Marine Surveyor 508.641.0749 Cell

WEATHERFAX 2000 New USB Interface *

XAXERO

*

Marine Software New Zealand

Formerly Sold as Coretex Weather Fax for Windows FOR A DEALER NEAR YOU CONTACT

NAVCOM DIGITAL

800.444.2581 • 281.334.1174 E-mail: info@navcomdigital.com

Internet supplier of multi-vendor epoxies (as low as $33/gallon); low temperature epoxies; high temperature epoxies; epoxy paints; underwater epoxies; thickened epoxies; industrial epoxies; barrier coat epoxies; LPU polyurethanes; graphite-teflon™ - copper powder fillers; fumed silica & microfibers.

MUCH, MUCH MORE!

Progressive Epoxy Polymers, Inc.

Pre-purchase surveys Insurance surveys Damage surveys

603-435-7199 www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html

207.232.8820

Appraisals Marine Consulting New Construction surveys

14 Hampton Road ● Cape Elizabeth, Maine ttheriault@theriaultmarine.com ● www.theriaultmarine.com

●

Points East December 2010

85

ter. Nine years charter skipper. Bahamas and Caribbean. danladrigan@hotmail.com Telephone: 207-485-7705 Email: danladrigan@hotmail.com Portland/Portsmouth area Still looking for a boat to crew on.

Racing, regattas and cruising. 20+ years’ experience, including bareboat charters. Prior owner racing sloop 5 years. Comfortable anywhere on the boat, always brings refreshments!

Demographics: 44-year-old female, fit and fun, easygoing, smart, educated, friendly and hard working. Loves the wind! Telephone: 207-838-0982 Email: christinefecko@yahoo.com Looking to crew in Casco Bay Lisa is just moving back to Portland

after a 13-year hiatus in New York City. She learned to sail with the Manhattan Yacht Club and although she considers herself an advanced beginner sailor, she did grow up with a family of power-boaters so she knows Casco Bay quite well. She runs a boutique in the Old Port which is closed Sundays and Mondays. Lisa is 40 years old, very young at heart and has a witty, fun personality Telephone: (917) 697-6339 Email: lisa@delisedecor.com Want to crew on Casco Bay Have sailed Sunfish for 35 years, crewed one week on 40’ sloop. Easygoing, 51, athletic, engineer at shipbuilding company, live in Yarmouth.

Dave, 207-749-8468. Email: mainiac4@maine.rr.com

Partner and I want to crew I am a licensed experienced captain, and my partner is an experienced cook. We are looking to crew. 207669-5900, jjia22@hotmail.com Just moved to Portland Looking to race with anybody on any boat. Experience on a variety of sizes of boat and am looking to have fun.

Pete, Telephone: 585-576-8374 Email: petersteinbergmd@gmail.com

Want to get on the water!

I have a wealth of sailing knowledge but nowhere to put it. I was recently diagnosed with terminal cancer and am permanently on crutches...however, I’m in good spirits and would love to get on the water. Staring at my

own 36’ sailboat sitting in the yard unable to be sailed is making me go nuts. If you have room on your boat for some leisurely sailing, a beer, and some good stories, give me a shout Email: tptaylor@ucdavis.edu Looking to crew in East Boston I am a 42 y/o fit male looking to crew late afternoons during the week and most w/e. I own a 25’ Catalina sloop that I didn’t put in the water due to work. I have no racing exp. but want to learn! Telephone: 207699-9493 Email: davetanzer@yahoo.com

Advertiser index 22 Allied Whale 41 Atlantic Outboard 41 Bamforth Marine 3 Barden’s Boat Yard, Inc. Bayview Rigging & Sails 30 Beta Marine 37 Boatwise 20 Bohndell Sails & Rigging 49 Boothbay Region Boatyard 88 Bowden Marine Service 54 Brewer Plymouth Marine 3 Brewer Yacht Yards 87 Brooklin Inn 9 Bucking the Tide 22 Burr Brothers Boats 3, 88 Capt. Jay Michaud, Marine Surveys 84 Casey Yacht Enterprises 81 Cay Electronics 11 CCMTA 60 Center Harbor Sails 63 Compass Project 22, 43 Conanicut Marine 3, 88 Concordia Company 3, 88 CPT Aotopilot 80 Crocker’s Boatyard 88 Custom Communications 52 Custom House Maritime Museum 21 Dark Harbor Boat Yard 49 Dor-Mor Inc 80 Duchak Maritime Services 80, 85 Dumas Welding 61 Enos Marine 41 Finestkind Boatyard 57,79 Fiore Artisan Olive Oils and Vinegars 21 Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 3, 88 Gamage Shipyard 85 Gemini Marine Canvas 51 Gannon and Benjamin, Inc. 37 GBG Enterprises 21 Gowen Marine 3, 40, 41 Gray & Gray 77 Great Bay Marine 3, 55, 88 Gritty McDuff’s 59 Hallett Canvas & Sails 25 Hamilton Marine 2

86 Points East December 2010

Handy Boat Service Hansen Marine Engineering Haut Insurance Hinckley Yacht Charters Islesboro Marine Enterprises J-Way Enterprises J.R. Overseas Jackson’s Hardware and Marine Jeff’s Marine Johanson Boatworks John Williams Jonesport Shipyard Journey’s End Marina Kanberra Gel Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor Kingman Yacht Center Kittery Point Yacht Yard Kramp Electronics Lippincott Marine Electrical MacDougalls Cape Cod Marine Mack Boring Maine Cat Maine Sailing Partners Maine Veterinary Referral Center Maine Yacht Center Manchester Marine Marblehead Trading Company Marine Engines Marine Mapmaker Gifts Marion Bermuda Race Maritime Marine Merri-Mar Yacht Basin Mike Martel Miliner Marine Services Millway Marina Mobile Marine Canvas Moose Island Marine Moss Keep Studios Navtronics New England Disabled Sports Niemiec Marine Noank Village Boatyard Norm Leblanc North Point Charters North Sails Direct

29, 88 54,82, 88 58 63 37 88 82 59 36 37, 83 20, 79 22 3, 49 14 82 3, 11, 88 3, 51 11 11 3, 11 15 42, 83 31 24 33 11 88 52 22 47 41 3, 88 84 84 41 56 41 21 11 22 3, 88 37 81 83 28

Northeast Rigging Systems Ocean Point Marina Ocean Pursuits Padebco Custom Yachts Paul Giroux Rigging & Marine Pierce Yacht Co. Points East Diesel Course Points East Fundy Flotilla Pope Sails Portland Yacht Services Progressive Epoxy Polymers Providence Boat Show Robinhood Marine Center Royal River Boatyard Russell’s Marine Sail Maine Sailmaking Support Systems Samoset Boatworks, Inc. Scandia Yacht Sales Seal Cove Boatyard SeaTech Systems Seatronics Shipmate Stove Company Sound Marine Diesel South Port Marine Spruce Head Marine Subscribe The Yacht Connection Theriault Marine Consulting Triple M Plastic Products URLs Warren Pond Boatworks Webhannett River Boat Yard Wesmac Whiting Marine Services Wilbur Yachts Winter Island Yacht Yard Women Under Sail Yacht North Charters Yacht Sales Network Yankee Boat Yard & Marina Yankee Marina & Boatyard Yarmouth Boat Yard York Harbor Marine

11 77 49 18 61 50 69 64 40 39,88 85 13 3,11,19,79 30 81 69 9 28 78 3, 57 85 11 65 37 50 52 69 78 85 63 66-67 61 24 77 37,61 65 53 83 65, 83 77 88 3, 88 11,35 58,78

editor@pointseast.com

22 Y ARDS & counting...

Thank you for your patronage & a wonderful season, from all of us at Brewer.

Mike Acebo Paige Acebo Ned Ahlborn Joe Alves Rob Amendolara Mark Andrews Chris Andrianas Richard Arce Jason Arenberg Jeff Aronson Wayne Aubry Peter Aurigemma Dave Baccaro Jeff Bagnati Josh Bagnati James Baker Christina Ballantyne Joe Balsamo Keith Baptiste Peter Baptiste Charles Barker Jeff Barnett John Barney James Barney Victor Barreto Greg Bartoszuk Matthew Beer Paul Belisle Penelope Bennett Rebecca Bennett Katelyn Berardi Janet Berg Jeff Bernier Joe Bezandry Matthew Binkoski David Bird Vinoode Bissoondial Cathy Black John Boreland John Bottella Marc Bouchard Larry Brainard Howard Braithwaite Scott Bratz Todd Breden John Brewer Jack Brewer Mike Brooke Jim Brown Bill Brown Jeffrey Bubb Jeffrey C. Bubb Callie Bubb Jessica Burgos Peter Burns Michael Burns Harry Butler Lance Butler Mark Byrnes Bryan Cabral Scott Carpenter Tara Carroll Tom Carse Silvia Castro Alex Chadwick Gary Chandler Catherine Chapman Bruce Chappell Frank Chaves

Virginio Chaves Karen Ciarmello Roger Clark Ronald Clark Larry W Colantuono Patricia Cole Jack Colody Gene Colvin Doug Comfort David Conger Patrice Conklin Steve Conlin Andrew Connell Bob Connell Justin Corcoran James Cote David Cox Phil Crouthamel Tiffany Crowley Kate Dacey Bill Daly Bruce Dante Tammy D'Antuono Travis Debeaulieu Brian DeChello John Defusco Amy DeJean Carlos DeLeon Andrew Dennis Joseph DePalma Haward DePaz Greg DeSimone Eriverto DeSousa Jason Desrosier John Diegel John Dockray Laura DoeringPedersen Skip Doll Marvin Dollins Douglas Domenie Henry Domenie Allan Dorfman Paul D'Orio Joshua Downey Christopher Doyle Jon Duff-Still David Dunn William Dunn Jimmy Economou Richard England Mike Farman Tony Fasceon Shehan Fernandez Richard Fiedler Matt Finch Janet Fisher-Forte Noah Flaherty Moises Flores Bruce Fournier Michael Fowler Mark Friel Dave Gaddis Jesse Gaffga Christopher Ganim Jeremy Garretson Eric Garthwait Florim Gashi Lana Gaston

Peter Gavett Bob Gerwig James Gesa Tyler Gilbert Aiden Gilbert Sean Gilligan Tori Gilliland Sue Gilot Tim Giulini Jamie Glashow William Goeben Doreen Goldsmith Mike Govoni David Gray Luciano Greto Amy Griffin Oscar Guerrero Robert Haggstrom Kyle Halda Paul Hallam Kane Harrison Amy Haverly Christian Hawk Curt Heath Justin Hebert William Heidell Jon Hendrickson Shari Herman David Heroux Andrew Herrmann Greg Heuschele Kathleen Hill Tom Hilton Stephen Hinckley Tim Hinckley Brendan Hindly William Hobby Dexter Holaday John Holbrook Brian Homan Alan Horan Mike Hotkowski Matthew Housekeeper Wayne Hughes Jason Hyde Jim Injaychock Susan Iovino Chris Jaccoma Marek Jachimczyk Scott Jackson James Jardin Albert Jenicek Ivan Jimenez Dave Johnson Bobbie Johnson Jackie Joslyn Eulalio Juarez Joshua Karpiloff Dave Kegel Thomas Kehlenbach Andrew Kenny Alex Keyworth J. Michael Keyworth Christian King Sydney Kingsbury Sam Knoblock Rudi Kobelt Ben Kopp Andy Kovacs

Paul Kreiling Regina Kurz Scott Lachapelle Rick LaDelfa John Lagalanti Corey Lamanna Frank Lapetina Jonathan Lapointe Richard Lapointe David Larusso Jeff Larusso Paul Latella Tom Lemos Amber Lenahan Brian Lenahan Cy Libby Andy Liljequist Anthony Lividini Tim Lovasco Michael Lucibello Lugo Luis Peter Lukens Mary Lynn Tammy Malcarne Peter Manion Donald Manion Diane Mann James Manning Tony Manuppelli Richard Manwaring Drew Marshall Matt Marshall Casey Marshall Vanda Martinez Joe Martocchia Albert Massua Anthony Matzkewitz Jeremy Maxwell Lloyd Mayberry Denis McAuliffe Patrick Mccann Chris McCann David McGhie Doug McGinley Mark McKenna David McKenney Ryan McKeon Jeffrey McMahon John McMahon Brian McManus William McNeil Marco Medeiros Jerome Mello Troy Messier Brandon Michaud Chick Michaud George Middleton Gordon Miller Timothy Moll Webb Moore Dylan Morano Justin Morency Rayon Morrison Paul Muenzinger Micheal Mumford Matthew Murphy Maryann Musto Nicholas Muzante Dereck Mychajlowskyj

Hugo Navarrete Charlie Newcomb Thuan Nguyen John Nicolls III Justin Nolf Kelly Norman Patricia Noto John O'Connor Jared Olszewski Sean O'Shea Ryan Osmer Joseph Palmieri Loren Panowich Robert Panowich Steven Papa Adam Paquin Lynne Parenteau Scott Parker David Pavelko Bob Pavia Barbara Pearson Patrick Peck Piotr Pedzich Justin Peltier Rose Pereira J Santos Perez Michael Perito Kristin Peterson John Peterson James Phyfe Ted Pilcher James Pinno William Plock Rebecca Plock Ron Poette Dave Porter Rives Potts Sara Prescott David Pugsley Steve Purdy Sharon Raiola Tom Raiola Rodolfo Ramirez Eric Rancourt John Reuschle Ernesto Reyes Matt Reynolds Chris Rial Mary Rice Dave Richard Colin Richardson Gus Rios Keith Ritchie Doug Roach Henry Robinson Seth Rodenbaugh Dave Rodrigues Jim Rolston Chuck Romeo Eric Ross Glen Rossier Karen Rothman Ged Round Chris Ruhling Rich Rumskas Katherine Russell

Steve Sadeck Stephen Saja Juan Salinas Maureen Saluan Andres Sanchez Marcos Santana Dick Sciuto Caleb Seacord Bernardino Secaida Tim Sedlmayr Jon Seeber Vincent Seiders Doug Sieffert Joseph Sieverman Alex Simms Hal Slater Jack Smith Richard Smith Jordan Smith Stan Smith David Smith David Smith, Jr. Jack Smorto Ray Snow Bill Sopelak Nigel Sorensen John Sorenson Fred Sorrento Vienkeo Souksavath Andrew Spaulding Tom Spencer Matt St. Angela Aaron St. Sauveur Bill Stankard Kelsey Stanton Brett Stephenson Andrew Stino Mike Stoddard Rob Straight Samuel Streeter James Stulsky Matt Sullivan Rod Swift Roland Sylvia Bruce Symes Janie Szkred Jodi Thomas Carlos Tol Juarez Keith Toohey Keith Toohey, Jr. Walter Tramposch Anne Troy Monica Tupac-Yupanqui Brian Tuthill Josh Twidwell Elmer Tyler III Brian Varney Leif Veness Steven Wachter Debby Wade Fred Wadelin Mike Wall Gil Walsh Dick Waterhouse Betsy Welling-Regan John Werner

Cassie Whaples Eben Whitcomb Shawn White Zach White Tom Wicander Brian Wicander Jim Wiebe Edwin Wiggins Bob Wigham Kip Wiley Brian Williams Peter Wilson Jason Wojciechowski Caitlin Worcester Nathan Wroblinski Michael Yankowski Andre Zaratin Jack Zeramby Maureen Zeramby Hannah Zoll

Welcome Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina in Salem, MA - the 22nd yard to join the Brewer Yacht Yard Group

Brewer Yacht Yards e Brewer Hardware Store e Brewer Yacht Sales www.byy.com

www.rgbrewer.com

www.breweryacht.com

When you’re cruising coastal New EnglandRely on Westerbeke™ and their Dealers...

MAINE Boothbay Region Boatyard W. Southport, ME 207-633-2970 www.brby.com

Handy Boat Service Falmouth, ME 207-781-5110 www.handyboat.com

Portland Yacht Services

&

Portland, ME 207-774-1067 www.portlandyacht.com

Engines & Generators

Marine Propulsion Engines

Yankee Marina & Boatyard Yarmouth, ME 207-846-4326 www.yankeemarina.com

NEW HAMPSHIRE Great Bay Marine

RUGGED

Newington, NH 603-436-5299 www.greatbaymarine.com

MASSACHUSETTS Burr Brothers Boats Marion, MA 508-748-0541 www.burrbros.com

Concordia Company South Dartmouth, MA 508-999-1381 www.concordiaboats.com

SMOOTH

Crocker’s Boat Yard Universal Diesel Engines

Manchester, MA 978-526-1971 www.crockersboatyard.com

Forepeak/Marblehead Trading Co. Marblehead, MA 781-639-0029 www.marbleheadtrading.com

QUIET

Westerbeke Digital D-NetTM Diesel Generators

Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard Salem, MA 978-744-0844 www.fjdion.com

J-Way Enterprises Scituate, MA 781-544-0333 www.jwayent.net

Kingman Yacht Center Cataumet, MA 508-563-7136 www.kingmanyachtcenter.com

Merri-Mar Yacht Basin Newburyport, MA 978-465-3022 www.merri-maryachtbasin.com

Niemiec Marine New Bedford, MA 508-997-7390 www.niemiecmarine.com Westerbeke 65A-Four

RHODE ISLAND Conanicut Marine Services Jamestown, RI 401-423-7003 www.conanicutmarina.com

Spare Parts Kits That Float!

Hansen Marine Engineering, Inc Marblehead, MA 781-631-3282 www.hansenmarine.com 88 Points East December 2010

CONNECTICUT Yankee Boat Yard & Marina Portland, CT 860-342-4735 www.yankeeboatyard.com editor@pointseast.com