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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 12 Number 4 July 2009 F E AT U R E S

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Safe boating for the kids.

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Shadow’s Cape Cod adventure

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Each of the five New England coastal states has expectations of its young mariners. Here’s how they can have fun lawfully and safely.

By Susan Cornell

Boundless Banshee Four generations of Potters and their friends enjoyed this Sailmaster 22 for four decades.

How lucky can a family and a boat be?

By Dr. Ben Potter

Our Cape Cod family reunion The skipper and I came by boat. Mom and Dad traveled by car. Two-leggers and four-leggers met in Chatham. What a time we had!

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Good-bye old Gotta Keep Bailing It’s hard to part ways with the boat you’ve earned your living on your whole life, especially when you’re a professional lobster dog.

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Is it because we’re here and it’s there?

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It was not a bad grounding after all Because two Samaritans came to our rescue.

D E PA R T M E N T S Letters..........................................7 Reciprocity between all yacht clubs; merit and mirth are in “Cruising Rules.”

Mystery Harbor ............................9 It’s the old Harbor of Refuge; new Mystery Harbor is on page 71

News ..........................................16 Maine voyagers start kids’ website; powerboat club takes kids to sea.

The Racing Pages ........................48 Boston College defends ICSA title; Volvo Race departs Beantown.

Fishing reports .......54 Big fluke off Little Rhody; bluefins caught on Stellwagen.

Yardwork ...................................59 Holbrook’s in Cundys Harbor holds tough; Lyman Morse launches its largest jet boat; Goetz hires new project-management head Dispatches ..................................61 Is picnicking the whole point of boating?

Media ........................................64 Summer reading for families and kids; Press at Toad Hall is Mecca for boat families.

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The mother and father of all family cruises Buying a secondhand book is like digging up someone else’s time capsule: Voyeur-like, you become privy to hints of lives of people you’ll never know and are compelled to read between the lines of enigmatic inscriptions on the flyleaf. Thus it was with delight that I read an epigraph I understood, inscribed by an individual whose name I recognized – a mariner whom I held in awe.

“May you always have a lee berth!” the dedication reads, and it’s signed by one Wayne Carpenter on Oct. 10, 1984. The exclamation point at the end of his wish might be significant, for it is unlikely he was guaranteed a cushy leeward bunk during his 15,000-mile cruise from Newport Beach, Calif., through the Panama Canal, and up and down the eastern seaboard between 1978 and 1981. You see, Carpenter, former editor of “Rudder” and “Pacific Skipper” magazines, had a three-generation crew of five – himself, wife Kristina, midteen daughters Lisa and Jennifer, and Wayne’s mother-in-law Dorothe – and they all lived quite happily over the sea miles aboard a trailerable 27-foot sloop.

In his book about the voyage, “The Voyage of the Kristina,” Carpenter writes: “My goal in sailing off in the Kristina was to have a family adventure.” But Dad, Mom and the kids would have been a more “normal” family contingent: How did a mother-in-law happen to sign on as crew with four others aboard a boat with an eight-foot beam, a 23-foot waterline, and an 8,000-pound displacement?

Well, aside from being a wonderful lady and an important cog in the family wheel, she also was a closet adventurer. During an earlier voyage aboard a shop-

worn 33-foot wood boat named Marie-Rose II, the family asked Dorothe to fly to the Canary Islands to visit them when they called there. Instead of flying home, she sailed back with her loved ones.

“We discovered on that trip that Dorothe never became seasick, was always happy, a good school teacher, wonderful poetry reader,” Wayne Carpenter writes, “. . . and she was more than willing to take on less desirable boat jobs such as laundry, mending, dishwashing and cooking.”

Designed by Lyle Hess – from whose board came Lin and Larry Pardey’s 24-foot Bristol Channel cutter Serrafyn of Victoria – Kristina also had a fine pedigree and, on paper, seemed up to the task. Buying a bare Nor’Sea 27 hull put the project over the top.

With an empty canvas below, Carpenter could customize the accommodation for its crew of five.

“We wanted to see if we could keep the three generations together, rather than leave the grandmother behind to worry and wonder,” Wayne writes. “In a very real sense, it was a rather bold experiment in family togetherness.”

And through calms and storms, exhilaration and anxiety, clarity and uncertainty, the experiment was by all accounts successful. Grandma disembarked in Panama knowing she would not have to “worry and wonder,” and Kristina, continued northward toward the Canadian Maritimes.

And what about that cushy lee berth Carpenter wished for a friend in the flyleaf of a secondhand book? Perhaps a figurative philosophical lee berth is guaranteed to all who choose the road less traveled – replete with family, of course.

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Letters A small sailing-for-science glitch Editor’s note: Roger Long and his son Mike are researching carbon-monoxide absorption in the Gulf of Maine aboard his Endeavour 32 Strider out of Portland (See Perspectives, June 2009). Below is an intransit report.

I just received a call from Fundy Traffic saying that we would be refused entry into Canadian waters since they do not have in hand a letter from their Department of Foreign Affairs giving us permission to conduct oceanographic research in Canada. I’ve spent six weeks emailing and calling people in Customs and Coast Guard trying to find out if any such thing was required.

Anyway, it looks like we will be confining our research to U.S. and International waters this trip.

Someone at the university is going to see if they can get the problem resolved while we sail up the coast, but I’m not optimistic. The fellow at Fundy Traffic, whose name I did not get in my shock, said he would try to find out more for us. He doesn’t know anything about the letters except that there is always one in his file when a research vessel calls up to enter their system.

There is still plenty of very valuable research we can do on this side of the line. We will just do a more thorough job of transects up the river outflow lines.

Mike will see more of the Maine coast which will be nice.

Roger Long Portland, Maine

Roper’s prose carried me away I have just finished reading David Roper’s Perspective in the May issue. It is just outstanding.

His clear and delightful narrative just carried me away; his philosophy would move the Dalai Lama himself. Thank you, Dave, for making my day!

Jack Reilly Marblehead, Mass.

Merit, mirth in ‘Cruising Rules’ We were pleasantly surprised at the June book review of “Cruising Rules” by Roland Sawyer Barth. We have been carrying two or three copies of this book on board our boat, Arion’s Ride, for the last four sailing seasons.

One copy is dog-eared and has been read and reread. On foggy days at anchor someone pulls out the www.pointseast.com

book, starts reading and starts laughing – laughing at how disarming Roland characterizes the rules, but also thinking that at some point on a trip someone has broken the rules. The other copies of the book are on hand as “boat-warming gifts” when we are invited over to someone else’s vessel for cocktails, or when we think a crew is in need of the book and a laugh!

Anyone who cruises will appreciate the book. We have been replenishing our book supply (as well as our candy supply!) at the Round Pond General Store, Round Pond, Maine. You might even happen across a signed copy.

Maya Cohen Cape Elizabeth, Maine Roland Barth responds: I’m delighted you and others have found some merit and mirth in “Cruising Rules.” When I was writing it, my fantasy was that seafaring folks would read a chapter or two over drinks in the cockpit after a long day on the water and, between guffaws, reflect on their own stories and maybe even craft some rules to accompany them. So you have fulfilled my wildest hopes. A beam to you and to Arion’s Ride.

Reciprocity for all clubs eyed On the Editor’s Page in the December 2008 issue you wrote: “But most often, yacht clubs are as warm, friendly, charitable and egalitarian as any other social affiliations.” Well, over the past winter, the Hull Yacht Club (HYC) has been working hard to promote exactly that attitude toward cruising sailors.

The club has formed a Cruising Committee that hopes to foster a revival of casual cruising within our own club and to strengthen reciprocity relationships with other clubs. We have been reaching out to area clubs, and the response has been very encouraging.

Ultimately, we’d like to see most New England yacht clubs welcome members from other clubs as a routine occurrence.

As a first step, we are encouraging members of reciprocating clubs to visit us. HYC is located on Allerton Harbor in Hull, Mass. We are just inside Hingham Bay off Nantasket Roads, the southern approach to Boston Harbor. For boats transiting south or east, we make a convenient layover.

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facilities. Our anchorage is well protected and one of the prettiest in the area, being surrounded by Hull’s hills and harbor islands. A chart is available at http://www.hullyc.org/hull_bay_chart.pdf.

For sailors from reciprocating clubs, we offer full use of all facilities, including moorings, free of charge depending on availability. Club facilities include launch service, showers, temporary dockage with water and electric, full kitchen facilities and the club bar.

Best of all is a huge, covered porch with picnic tables, rocking chairs and grills, where visitors will always find a warm welcome from club members and a panoramic view of Allerton Harbor. Our website – www.hullyc.org – offers a wealth of information about our club and the local area.

We feel strongly that reciprocal privileges benefit everyone. For the cruising sailor, a warm welcome and local knowledge are always appreciated. For the club extending privileges, visitors always bring new knowledge and experience to the table. It may take some time, but it would be nice if some day clubs around New England welcomed each other’s members, no charges, and no hitches. Clubs that would like to join our cruising community should contact us at Hull Yacht Club, P.O. Box 796, Hull MA 02045.

In the meantime, give us a shout on VHF Channel 71 or a call at 781-925-9739. Our friendly membership looks forward to your visit and sharing stories on the porch.

Hull Yacht Club Cruising Committee Hull, Mass.

PE T-shirt enriches social life I wore the maroon Fundy Flotilla shirt, my Mystery Harbor prize, all day while working on boats up here.

There’s no bottom paint on it yet, but drips will inevitably appear, perhaps today as I’m scheduled to paint a deep-keel sailboat bottom white.

At the hardware store, someone asked if I’d ever been to Grand Manan (it’s listed on the back of the

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shirt), and I said I hadn’t yet, but we wanted to go, and then I spent a few minutes describing the honeymoon camping trip my daughter and son-in-law took there two Septembers ago. The person asking was born on Grand Manan and was tickled that young folks nowadays would think to go there for such a special part of their lives.

Dave Tew South Boothbay Harbor, Maine

The Heislers of Chester, N.S. When was the article “Cultivating the Quiet Side of Cruising” by David Buckman written? We cruised in Nova Scotia for four summers, returning to Maine in 2006. The Heisler yard, where we kept our boat, has been run by Cecil, Clarence’s son, for many years; in fact, Cecil himself has just recently retired. In 196768, I sailed those waters with Joe Field who circumnavigated Newfoundland in the 36-foot Casey-built Alden yawl Venture. Clarence was then in his prime.

The yard was (and is) on Gifford Island; I wasn’t aware of a shop in Chester. We keep our boat in Pemaquid Harbor “next door” to Mr. Buckman.

Andrew Grainger Pemaquid Harbor David Buckman writes: Thanks for writing. Nova Scotia’s a beautiful place to cruise and the people are the finestkind. Just looked up my notes from that cruise, one of three to the provinces, and made in 1994.

It mentions our meeting “Mr. Heisler” at Heisler’s Boatyard in Back Channel at Chester.

The Heisler family had a number of marine businesses in the Mahone Bay area, and at the time we were celebrating Cleve’s last day aboard with martinis, w/o vermouth, before he was to fly home, and my first-name recollection might have been compromised.

Perhaps another reader can set us straight on whether it was Clarence or Cecil or something else.

started fine and has been running well – knock on fiberglass. How about you?

–Riverbed Do you have an answer for Riverbed? Perhaps a fuel tip or story of your own?

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My memories of this spot start in 1950s and continue to today.

My family cruised from Palmer Cove Yacht Club in Salem, Mass., to Cape Cod in July every summer for two to three weeks. We cruised my dad’s boat, the Marlin, a 38-foot Matthews, along with my grandfather’s boat, the Althea II, another 38-foot Matthews.

We would often stop in harbor of refuge awaiting tide conditions to pass through the canal. Back then, we would anchor out, way before the marina. The fuel dock back then was for fishermen.

Then along came Ed Moffatt and his fuel dock, and later Ed would become harbormaster. Ed was a great person to know and became a good friend over many, many years. When I was a boatdelivery captain, I was always stopping in or laying over awaiting weather, and Ed was great to talk with.

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motor yacht that was always under going refit/upgrade/repairs.

In my early days, I recall an open/small harbor with piers for fishing boats and USCG docks.

Then along came Ed and the town marina. The harbor early on always had a restaurant near the USCG station. Now, today, one can walk to stores/shops nearby. The harbor is well protected and quiet, great stop or layover anytime.

I recall back in mid-1960s picking up a sailboat that a cousin of mine had purchased, a 35-foot New Bedford sloop. We arrived on a Friday evening and were anxious to get under way back to Salem.

There was a crew of six onboard for the trip. As my cousin got under way from the dock toward the canal, I was on the foredeck, hanking on a headsail (before furlers).

A greenhorn crewmember was sitting portside aft in the cockpit as we entered the canal. The greenhorn suddenly made a loud statement: “Boy, it got real dark all

of a sudden.” Once I heard his words, I turned backwards and looked upwards. I ran aft, pushed my cousin away from the helm, pushed the helm hard over, and pushed the throttle down.

My cousin yelled, “What the hell are you doing?” I told him to look up. The ship, a big ship, was right on top of us. It felt like we could touch the side, and we veered away thankfully. Hearts pounding, we were all pretty shaken up. I stated then that whenever you are exiting Sandwich Harbor, you look up as much as down/all around. It was a close call, and all readers should heed my advice and be cautious.

Another episode occurred when laying over in 1980s one night.

Come daybreak, we found soot/ash/slime from the power-station stack all over the boat.

My best memories are layover days waiting for weather and spending time talking with Ed Moffatt. The ’70s and ’80s saw

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Ed Moffatt was the best thing that happened to the Harbor of Refuge, Sandwich Harbor. In the early 1980s, it seemed I was stopping by every three weeks on my way somewhere with someone’s boat before becoming a full-time marine surveyor.

Fond memories of a great Harbor and a great person in Ed Moffatt.

Norm LeBlanc Norm LeBlanc, Inc. & Associates, Yacht Surveyors Danvers, Mass.

Wait out the tides at the Aqua Grille I am sure I am not the first, but I am pretty sure it is the little harbor at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal. I believe the building in the background is the very delicious restaurant Aqua Grille. We love it and have used that harbor to seek refuge awaiting the tide change.

Pat Cook Cataumet, Mass.

It’s Harbor of Refuge I’m thinking that is the Sandwich Marina at the Cape Cod Canal. Which, if you are old enough, you might recall was originally the Cape Cod Canal Harbor of Refuge. I recall anchoring in the middle of this basin one trip heading east when I was a kid. Today, you couldn’t anchor if you had to because it’s been filled with slips.

Sometimes progress is a good thing as in more recent years I have enjoyed stopping at the fuel dock for diesel, water or an errant crewmember before sailing overnight for the Penobscot Bay area. Of course, I, too, have sought refuge in this same place.

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chanic to figure out how stupid we had been. There is a nice bayfront bar and restaurant about a 10-minute walk back up the canal. There are nice views and sunsets on the upper-deck bar.

Jim and Jane Munro s/v Volant South Dartmouth, Mass.

Who says Mainers are laconic?

This looks like the Sandwich Boat Basin on the east end of the Cape Cod Canal.

Andy Marvin Boothbay Harbor, Maine

I didn’t win, but I built that roof The Mystery Harbor photographer is looking east at the Aqua Grille. With the Sandwich Coast Guard Station behind, to the left of the antenna in the center of the picture is the copper roof I installed about 10 years ago on Seafood Sam’s restaurant. Each year, I sail the Maine coast in my Tartan 37 Mariah, and there is always an overnight at the Sandwich Basin.

David Nailor the Sailor & Metal Worker s/v Mariah Cotuit, Mass.

The bitter and better of Boat Basin The Mystery Harbor for June 2009 is the Sandwich Boat Basin. As I have boated out of Woods Hole for a number of years, I have stopped in there several times.

I have a couple of tales for you. The building in the background is actually two buildings. The near one is the Aqua Grille, operated by the Zartarian family, which is one of our favorite dining spots. That is involved in Tale No. 1. On returning from Plymouth a few years ago, our plan was to stop at the Boat Basin

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for fuel (both for the boat and ourselves at the Aqua Grille) and wait for a fair current in the canal. After purchasing over $200 worth of fuel, we were told that we could not tie up for an hour at one of the many empty slips while we had lunch. As there was no place to go, we bucked the current in the canal and ate in Onset instead.

Tale No. 2 is a more pleasant memory. We were joined last fall by some old high-school friends. Peter is a retired USCG captain, and that brings us to the second building which has the cupola. That is the Sandwich Coast Guard Station. Peter’s father was also in the Coast Guard and used to command that base. We were able to tie up and have lunch, and following that, we enjoyed a most interesting tour of the station, including a climb into the cupola which afforded a panoramic view of the canal entrance and adjacent waters.

After enjoying Points East for many years, I am thrilled to finally recognize a Mystery Harbor.

Joel Peterson m/v After You Falmouth, Mass.

You can walk to eateries, shops The Mystery Harbor is the Sandwich Marina. It was recognizable by the types of slips and boats in the marina and the restaurant in the background. It is a good place to stop while waiting for a favorable tide in the Cape Cod Canal. In the ’80s, you were able to anchor overnight; now it’s slips only. There are restaurants within walking distance as well as a Stop and Shop. In the evening after dinner you can view the various yachts coming and going from the east end the canal.

Gene Collard Marblehead Mass.

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Perspectives My one-off friends and what makes them tick wandering mind is a troublesome thing, can lead to mental acts of socially incorrect nature – or to a boating column like this one.

Murray Peterson was a magnificent designer of traditional, wood-built sailboats, and was known for his schooners, of which I have owned two. He was also known for his aesthetic awareness and frugality. His vessels are gorgeous: As he once said to me, “I want an able boat. I want a durable boat. I want a boat that is a joy to row up to.” He would mow around the good-looking daisies in his lawn. He built a shed for his little schooner so tight around her that he had to cut the handles short on his paint brushes.

Fenwick Williams was an associate and friend of Murray, a designer most known for his catboats, who also drew extraordinarily precise plans for designers like Alden, Stephens, Nielsen and Herreshoff, despite being so myopic that the tip of his nose brushed his drawing paper.

Fenwick designed a six-foot, pram-bowed, flat-bottomed boat Murray called a cat box. Fenwick could pass her mast through openings bow and stern and spin the boat around so he could paint her completely while standing just on one side. He enjoyed sailing a dinghy on a beat, powered only under a kite on a string. When suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, Fenwick happily noted, “I have new friends each day, and I can hide my own Easter eggs.”

Ted Hood is the most likely candidate for being named the most broadly active innovator of the modern age in yachting, sailmaking, rig configuring, hull designing, and racing. Ted seems not able to do anything the way it has been done before. He is also well known for being taciturn. He has nothing to say on any nonboat-related subjects, and his boat talk consists significantly of affirmation grunts and the waving of his huge hands.

I once witnessed him on an hourlong new boat sea test during which he said not one word, but precisely directed a crew while at the helm by hand gestures, pointing at an individual, pointing at a winch, spinning his hand in circular motion, clockwise for trim

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and counter for start, doing the flathand-stop motion, and interspersing all this mute with motivational nods and thumbs-ups. It is, however, an awesome if rare transformation to loquaciousness for Ted when he possesses the evolutionary power of two martinis.

Gary Jobson is known to sailors for his extraordinary tactical racing skills, and is widely known for his image as a TV broadcaster on matters sailing. I am connected to Gary because we are both victors in cancer battles and because he sailed on my Wings of Time for an MS Regatta off Portland. Gary put on a clinic of organization and leadership, directing a landlubber crew to tasks so well described and assigned that the boat wove through the race fleet as if operated by a practiced team of professionals. I was self-embarrassed to consider my boat had never been so efficiently sailed.

Walter Greene is a quiet presence in Yarmouth, Maine, a multihull guru who has designed them, built them, and raced them solo, but whose sailing life has significantly been a ride under the media radar.

Walter does not employ a public-relations practitioner.

My favorite photo of Walter is one of him sitting on a log looking, as he always does, like a casualty in an epoxy-weapon war. He was wearing boots awesomely adorned with fiberglass preparations, and the picture was in the newspaper with a story about his being sponsored by Sebago Shoe Company.

When I went to the French Paris to speak with a noted designer of fast singlehanded boats, I asked a cab driver if he was aware of Philippe Jeantot, who then owned the solo-circumnavigation record, and he shot back, “Yes, the guy who sails alone.” I then asked if he ever heard of Walter Greene, and he answered, “Yes, the American who sails alone.” Right then I learned how popular solo sailing is in France and how better known Walter is there than here.

Former record-breaking solo circumnavigator Dodge Morgan holds court and sails out of Snow Island, Maine.

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Watching vastness and why we do it ate afternoon finds her standing at the very edge of the sea, waves just touching her toes, the rising onshore breeze lifting her hair, sunlight glowing against her skin and faded neon bikini.

One of the locals, one of the women who brings no accessories to the edge of the world, stares seaward, watching something invisible to the summer people who walk behind her, between her back and the dunes. Now and then, some inlander stops to follow her stare, focusing and refocusing on the immensity of waves beyond the surf, then gives up and strolls on, content to look a few yards ahead. Only the other locals know that the woman watches vastness.

So writes John Stilgoe in his book Alongshore. It makes me wonder: Why do we watch vastness? We sailors look seaward, yearning, searching, but it’s not just because we’re sailors. The landsman who lives on the shore does the same. Are we attracted to water because we ourselves are 72 percent water? Or that our earth’s surface is 79 percent water? Or do we look out to sea because of our inquiring nature as humans? Do we want something that is “out there” because it’s not “here?” Why then, when we sailors are finally out on the vast empty sea, do we then look and yearn for land.

Perhaps it’s all about “looming.” Herman Melville writes of it early on in Moby Dick, on how, on any Sunday afternoon, there are “thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean reveries…some leaning against the spiles; some seated upon the pier heads; some looking over the bulwarks of ships from China…as if striving to get a better seaward peep.”

Seamen knew this act of gazing over the horizon as “looming.”

I remember first thinking about this looming business during an offshore delivery from Rhode Island to St. Thomas, late one fall many years ago. I had a sketchy boat and an even sketchier crew of three: two unsavory characters I’d found in a bar in Edgartown and a big, tough, red-headed, ex-Vietnam helicopter pilot turned Mississippi River towboat pilot friend who had never seen the ocean but thought this was as good a way as any to get a strong dose of it.

I told Big Red as tactfully as I could that, well, it would be different out there on the ocean, that shore and society wouldn’t be close as it is on the river, that it would be day after day of vast open ocean and, perhaps, huge waves and storms. Big Red looked at me, leaned towards me, and cocked his head inquiringly: “I ain’t afraid of any of that dying stuff, if that’s what yer getting at,” he said. End of discussion.

Anyway, when we got offshore, I noticed how every one on board, myself included, fell into looming mode,

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especially Big Red, who, despite any land being hundreds of miles off, just kept watching the vastness, looking over the horizon. One hundred miles short of Bermuda, the ocean began to get rough.

Then it got rougher. When we went off a particularly large wave, and the combination engine box/table in the center of the cabin lifted up off its mountings, we called it quits and hove to.

When it got too scary up on deck, we all went below and lay on the cabin sole, except for Big Red, who squeezed into a portside pilot berth. When we fell off another breaking sea, and Big Red was thrown out of the berth and into the cabin table, he sheared off half of one of his front teeth.

“Makes me look tough I bet, don’t it?” he asked.

And when we were completely submerged by a third wave, and the cabin interior went quiet and turned Atlantic Ocean green, Big Red started calmly singing Dylan’s “Oh, Mama, Can This Really be the End.” Obviously, it wasn’t. When we finally did get to St. Thomas, I gave Big Red his return air ticket at a thatched bar on a pier end in Charlotte Amalie. He was staring out at the harbor’s mouth, lost in thought.

I was doing the same. I was thinking of vastness and how, after more than two weeks at sea yearning for land, here we were staring out to sea again. I was thinking about how, as humans, we’ve been around for a mere 200,000 years, compared to our four-billion-year-old oceans. Our planet’s highest mountains were once covered with water; up on Mount Everest, we’ve found fossils of animals that once lived at the bottom of the sea. Really, I thought, we humans are just highly specialized fish adapted to our 21 percent landmass. Our limbs came from fins; our jaws from gills. So maybe that’s why we still look out to sea, and then look back.

Just then, Red, still looking seaward, interrupted my thoughts. “How about another Heineken there, Cappy, before you and me dive into them fish tacos?” he asked.

I looked over warmly at my old friend; we’d been through a lot together, and his spirits had never wavered. I wanted to say that to him, but I didn’t.

“You know, you’re really a fish, Red,” I said instead.

He scratched his big red beard and turned to look back at me, his broken front tooth giving him a jacko-lantern look when he smiled.

“I been called worse,” he replied as he threw a big arm around me. And then he lifted his empty green bottle toward the bartender.

Dave Roper lives, sails and writes out of Marblehead, Mass.

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GUEST PERSPECTIVE/Ka thl een Stone

It was not such a bad grounding after all he Pool on Great Cranberry Island, Maine, was a beautiful anchorage, still as glass.

We slipped the mooring at six in the morning, at better than half tide. My last sight, before I assumed lookout duty on the bow, was a seagull’s reflection keeping pace with his flight across the sky.

As long as we kept close to what the cruising guide called the “beach,” we would be in the channel, the good water flowing through the narrow inlet out to the passage between Great Cranberry and Little Cranberry. We motored slowly, carefully. Just as I turned back to the cockpit to say this doesn’t look good, we found the rock that stopped us.

As the tide dropped, we lay down on the starboard side until our

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Cranberry Islands fire warden Edgar Blank and his sidekick Oliver made sure a trip onto the bricks was a positive experience for the author and her husband.

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came an alien thing, a wooden junglegym, with angles so askew that I struggled to climb to the galley to make a peanut-butter sandwich. We figured we’d start to right around 1 p.m. when it was half-tide, again. About three hours into our wait, our first Samaritan showed up in a Zodiac, Edgar and his first mate, H A R B O R PA R K , R O C K L A N D, M A I N E 6-year-old Oliver. “I heard the fishermen talking about you on the radio,” he called up to us on the slanted deck. “Thought I’d see if you needed help.”

We clambered down and walked around the boat with Edgar, talking through the problems. There would be a fair amount of current coming through the inlet in a few hours, and when it came, it might push us away from the channel, farther onto the rocks that were, by then, showing all too clearly.

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the rising water might play.

We could set the plow off the bow and the Danforth off the starboard quarter to keep us from sliding onto the rocks. We could run a line under our bowsprit and have Edgar pull us into the channel when the tide rose. We could pull this way or that, but, in the end, we decided we’d let the tide lift and the current move us as they would, and we’d control our course with the engine, once we were in the water. Edgar waited with us, just in case, and Oliver tracked crabs among the rocks until the tide came up.

By 1 p.m., two hours before high, we started to move. In fits and starts, the bow inched up and to the right, away from the passage. The current into the inlet was running about four knots, we estimated, and turning into it as we came loose would be more of a challenge than we wanted. Better to break free and go back into the Pool with the current, then circle tightly before heading back to the channel. We wouldn’t have much time or space to maneuver, but with Andrew ready at the helm, we thought we could pull it off.

We continued to stand up, with our bow being pushed back into the Pool, when a lobsterboat, Jenny D, appeared. I thought she was pulling pots right where the channel opened into the Pool. “Just what

we need,” I said to myself. “A working boat, just where we’re going to need to circle.” We continued to inch up and to the right, pointing directly at Jenny D. It dawned on me that she wasn’t working after all; the captain and his sternman were sharing a drink. I fumed silently: “Why do they have to sit right there?”

We got the engine started as we came off the rock, slipped into the current, and headed back into the Pool to circle. And Jenny D, our second Samaritan, moved aside, and slowly motored past us as we circled. We turned toward the passage, staying close to the beach, and followed Jenny D as she showed us the channel.

We looked around for Edgar and Oliver, to wave our thanks, but they were gone. When we called later, Edgar said he left us once he saw we were all right.

So we waved to Jenny D and got a lobsterman’s underhanded wave in return.

Author’s Note: Edgar Blank is the fire warden for the Cranberry Islands, and formerly was harbormaster. Jenny D is a local boat whose captain and crew remained anonymous while doing their good deed. The author and her husband, who live in Boston, cruise the coasts of Maine and Nova Scotia, currently in an Alden schooner. They admit to one previous grounding, long ago.

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News Kids’ website to sail south with Maine family The Lyman family from Rockport, Maine, is moving aboard Searcher, their Bowman 57 ketch, and will be heading south in late August. The parents, David and Julie, will be home-schooling their kids, daughter Renaissance (10) and son Havana (8), as they visit historical sites, museums, islands and harbors along the way.

David, a photographer, writer, filmmaker, and Points East contributor, wants the kids to meet up with other kids on boats and KidsOnBoats.net is a way of sharing the adventure and making friends along the way. The website will provide articles, images and videos of the family’s adventures and discoveries. The website is also a way to engage the kids in the processes of storytelling, writing, image-making, researching and reporting, all of which give purpose to their home-schooling.

Other families living and cruising on boats are invited to join the website, which will contain a registry of boats and families, a map of harbors where families who are afloat are moored, as well as maps that indicate the best kid-friendly beaches, harbors, islands and museums. KidsOnBoats has it’s own burgee, which David’s kids helped draw and color. The website will be a place where families on boats can share information on home-schooling, health, cooking, communications, Wi-Fi Hot spots, provisioning, and especially things to do ashore.

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Mass. Boys & Girls Club to ‘set sail’ this summer The children of the Boys & Girls Club of Charlestown, Mass., will head for the horizon in August on the 2nd annual The Navigator Club Boston Harbor Cruise. The event will be held at The Navigator Club’s operations base at Constitution Marina, 28 Constitution Road in Charlestown. Check the club’s website for the date of the cruise.

This year, approximately 25 children from the Boys & Girls Club summer-camp program will be invited down to the marina and will then be taken for a guided tour of Boston Harbor aboard The Navigator Club’s boats. Following the harbor tour, there will be an ice-cream social and several fishing and pool prizes.

The event introduces children to boating while also getting them out on the water to enjoy Boston area coastal waters. Along the way, the children will also learn some bits about Boston’s rich maritime history and its abundant marine ecosystem. “This is something I had wanted to do for years, and after seeing how much the children enjoyed themselves last year, I promised myself that I would make this an annual event,” said Captain Ed Mancini, The

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Navigator Club’s founder. “This is our way of sharing our love of the ocean with the local children who may not otherwise have the opportunity to go boating this summer.”

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Chronically ill children can Sail Away in Rhode Island waters The Pediatric Sail Away Program provides the opportunity for children from Hasbro Children’s Hospital with cancer and other chronic illnesses to get away from the hospital and spend a day sailing with their families in beautiful Newport, R.I. This provides a much needed chance to remind children and their families of the life and fun that exists beyond

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Features

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Bailey and Tyler Cornell are completely at home and at ease aboard their parent’s Nonsuch 30 Halcyon, thanks to the sea disciplines imposed on them by their parents, and courses provided by the Connecticut Dept. of Environmental Protection.

Each of the five New England coastal states has expectations of its young mariners, whether residents or visitors. Here’s how they can have maximum fun lawfully.

Story and photos by Susan Cornell For Points East hildren are in water-related accidents every year. Some are injured, and some die needlessly. Personal Flotation Device (PFD) requirements, boater-education laws, water-safety courses all differ from state to state, and parents need to know the rules in their home states and wherever they cruise – and take responsibility for the actions of their offspring. Here is what each of the five coastal New England states expects of its young mariners,

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and how they, in turn, can measure up.

Connecticut: Of the 300,000 certified boaters in Connecticut, roughly 11,500 are under 18, says John Annino, supervisor at Connecticut’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

New in the Nutmeg State is the life-jacket age as well as changes in boat operating and water skiing regulations. As of Oct. 1, 2008, anyone under the age of 13 must wear a life jacket at all times when on a boat that is under way. The only exception is when he or she goes below deck or is in an enclosed cabin. editor@pointseast.com

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“Another child law is that nobody under the age of 16 may operate a personal watercraft alone. If they are under 16 and have a personal-watercraft certificate, they must have someone who is 18 or older with them who is also certified. And for children under the age of 12 who want to operate a boat, it can’t have any more than 10 horsepower if they’re under 12 and certified. If they are over 12 and certified, they can operate any boat they want to,” explains Annino.

One of the new laws that went into effect on Oct. 1 allows for anybody under the age of 16 to operate a boat uncertified as long as there is somebody on board who is 18 or older and has been certified for at least two years. “That law came about from the old tradition that some fathers said, ‘I learned to www.pointseast.com

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operate a boat because my father let me take the wheel, and we think we should be able to do that with our sons’,” he said.

When it comes to water-skiing, the observer must be at least 12 years old. “And on personal watercraft, you can’t have anyone ahead of the operator. It used to be that a parent operator would put their child ahead of them, between them and the handlebars. That’s illegal now. If they put them behind them like they’re supposed to, both of the child’s feet must be firmly planted on the deck. They can’t be dangling there so the kid flies off.”

The Connecticut DEP will teach the basic boating program to anyone at any age. “We like them to be at least 8 years old to take the course,” Annino added. “As long as they take the course and pass the test and send in their application with $25, we’d be happy to send them a certificate.”

For elementary-school-age boaters, Connecticut offers the

Tyler confidently executes a perfect jibe in Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay and thoroughly enjoys the exercise.

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“They teach safety rules on and around the water – not just boating but things like learn how to swim, don’t dive unless you know what’s underneath there because it could be shallow water and you could break your back, don’t pollute, go with the buddy system. It’s water-safety rules as well as boating-safety rules,” Annino explains.

“We go in and show them a video and give them handouts they can color and with questions they can answer. We reward kids with gifts that are conducive to learning – pens, pencils, rulers, erasers. Then we leave a copy of the video and a master copy of all the printed stuff and give them a diploma, too. For a lot of kids, it’s the first official diploma they get in their lives.”

For more information on AquaSMART or certification, contact the DEP Boating Division at 860-434-8638.

Rhode Island: According to Rhode Island state law, all children under age 13 must wear a life jacket whenever they are aboard and under way. “We also have a mandatory boater education law that covers everyone born on or after 1/1/86. There is no age limit for a boating-safety certificate. You editor@pointseast.com

just have to meet the education requirements,” according to Michael Scanlon, Boating Safety Program coordinator of the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM) Division of Law Enforcement.

“We do stress during our boating classes that parents have to take responsibility for the actions of their children. We also strongly urge parents not to allow children under the age of 16 to operate personal watercraft.”

On request, officers from the division conduct boating/water-safety lectures at schools. A coloring book for children with a section for use by teachers to make students aware of boating-safety issues has been developed.

Since the mandatory boater-education law went into effect, more than 2,300 people born on or after 1/1/86 have met the requirements and have received certificates.

“Just remember: It is not the youngsters that are the problem on the water,” Scanlon maintains.

Additional information on boating-safety education and courses can be found at www.dem.ri.gov/topics/boating.ht m.

Massachusetts: In Massachusetts, children under 12 years of age must wear a USCG– approved Type I, II, III, or V PFD whenever above deck on any vessel under way.

“Boat Massachusetts” is a state and nationally approved course that, according to the Massachusetts Environmental Police, “addresses fundamental safety concepts and emphasizes the operator’s legal and ethical responsibilities. It targets the boating novice, especially young boaters (12 through 15 years of age), who are required by state law to complete such a course in order to operate a motorboat without adult supervision.”

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lines needed to enjoy boating in a safe and responsible way.”

Successful grads in the 12through 15-year-old age group are issued a Safety Certificate that allows them to operate a motorboat without adult supervision, as required by state law. The same is true for 16- and 17-year-old youth who wish to operate a PWC. The course runs 10 to 12 hours in length. Normally, the format is five to six classes, each two hours in length. Classes are free of charge. Although some classes are for children only, most are open to adults and children. Family participation is encouraged.

Roughly 1,800 certificates for 12to 15-year-olds are processed in Massachusetts annually, and another 200 or so are granted to 16and 17-year-olds, according to Jack Mason, coordinator of Massachusetts’ Boating Education Program Environmental Police.

Course registration is done through the Boat and RV Safety

Bureau at 508-759-0002.

New Hampshire: In New Hampshire, a USCG-approved life jacket must be worn by children 12 years of age and younger while under way on a vessel, “unless the vessel is completely enclosed by railings at least three feet high and constructed such that a small child cannot fall through them.”

Further, it is strongly recommended that kids of all ages wear life jackets.

Only those 16 years old or older with a valid Safe Boater Education Certificate may operate a ski craft.

A vessel powered by more than 25 horsepower (other than a ski craft) may be operated by children under 16 years of age if accompanied by a person 18 years or older with a valid Safe Boater Education Certificate. Any injury or damage caused during the vessel’s operation is the responsibility of the accompanying person. A person 16 years old or older may operate a SAFETY, continued on Page 26

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207-833-5343 Marina 207-833-6000 Restaurant POTT'S HARBOR, ME

New Management

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at Robinhood Marine Center Casual Dining at Midcoast’s top marina Bar, Deck Reservations: 207-371-2530

BATH, ME

GEORGETOWN, ME

Riverside Patio Dining Room & Bar Area DOCKING AVAILABLE 119 Commercial Street, Bath, ME

Located in Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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207-633-6644 BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME

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SOUTH BRISTOL, ME

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VHF ch 9 Launch pick-up/delivery

207-372-6543

PORT CLYDE, ME

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NEBO LODGE an historic island inn and restaurant

Lunch ~ Dinner Beverages DINGHY FLOAT AVAILABLE on Camden Harbor for over 25 years

(207) 236-3747 Bayview Street, P.O. Box 816 Camden, Maine 04843

CAMDEN, ME

Restaurant & Catering Buck's Harbor, So. Brooksville

Current Hours Thursday ~ Sunday 5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

CAMDEN HARBOR, ME

11 Mullins Lane

207.867.2007 11 Mullins Lane

207.867.2007

North Haven, Maine

04853

www.nebolodge.com North Haven, Maine

04853

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NORTH HAVEN, ME

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22 Reach Rd, Brooklin, Maine

Call for Pick Up 359-2777

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BUCK'S HARBOR, ME

Fine Dining in Northeast Harbor Breakfast ~ Lunch ~ Dinner Early Diner Specials Adjacent to marina Open Daily Reservations 207-276-5857

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SAFETY, continued from Page 23 vessel powered by more than 25 horsepower only if he or she has obtained a Safe Boater Education Certificate.

The Certificate is in the same format as a license, with name, address, date of birth, and physical description as well as the date of issuance and number of the certificate.

On the backside is one’s test grade, instructor’s name, and certification source.

Approximately 2,500 15-year-olds obtained a Safe Boater Education Certificate in 2008, reported Tony Cardoza, program coordinator for Boating Education in New Hampshire’s Department of Safety. “We don’t teach anyone younger than 15,” informed Cardoza. Roughly 12,500 16 to 19 year-olds received certificates in 2008. “Our largest volume [of students] is May through August,” he added.

The website www.nhboatingeducation.com lists all of the class schedules. “For those who would like to take the class online or through home study, they need to go to one of our locations and take the exam. The website tells all about the law, the information they need to know, it lists the classes, and allows people to sign up for classes online,” explained Cardoza.

Maine: A person under the age of 12 must be under the immediate supervision of a person located in the boat who is at least 16 years of age when operating a motorboat with more than 10 horsepower, according to Maine’s laws. A person under 16 years of age may not operate personal watercraft. Those between 16 and 18 may operate a personal watercraft if they are accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older or if they have successfully completed an approved educa-

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As Halcyon approaches the Newport Yachting Center floats, Bailey’s and Tyler’s faces show the confidence born of an upbringing on boats melded with quality time in Connecticut’s boating-safety classrooms.

tion course. Both proof of successful course completion and proof of age must be possessed while operating a personal watercraft.

“A boat operator’s license is not currently required in the State of Maine. Maine does offer boating safety courses, but it is not currently a requirement,” says Wendy Bolduc of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Laws, personal safety, and responsibility are covered in boating-education courses, along with how to properly operate and maintain a boat.

While wearing a PFD is not normally required by law, there are some exceptions: Children 10 years of

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age and under on board all watercraft must wear a Type I, II, or III PFD. According to Michael Sawyer of Maine’s Department of Fisheries and Wildlife, “The only avenues that we have for kids to take a class is through our conservation schools, We don’t have much demand for boating safety. It’s not mandatory. A lot of times we don’t even get enough [applicants] to hold a course.”

Course information is posted on www.state.me.us/ifw/ under “Education” courses as the department is notified by instructors and sponsors of upcoming programs.

So parents, wherever you live in coastal New England, make sure that your children take advantage of the boating-safety courses that are available. While the rules and regulations of every state differ, they all have one common goal: to protect young boaters. And this should not only guarantee many happy and healthy summers in your offspring’s futures, but it also should bring you some much-needed peace of mind.

A resident of Killingworth, Conn., Susan Cornell and her husband, Bob, “pretty much live at Pilot Point during the summer” – between southern New England cruises with their kids aboard their Nonsuch 30 Halcyon, that is.

Another way to learn about the sea The Oliver Hazard Perry – named for a Rhode Island-born commodore who routed a British fleet during the War of 1812 – will serve as a floating sailing school for students and apprentice seamen. Tall Ships Rhode Island, a Newport nonprofit, bought the roughly 140-foot-long steel hull in September from two Canadian businessmen with the goal of converting it by 2011 into a sail-training vessel.

“The ship will never carry a passenger,” said its director, Capt. Richard Bailey. “It will carry only those who come aboard to learn. The lessons may be very different for different age groups, but the ship’s mission is education.”

The Perry is expected to sail 40 weeks a year, traveling the East Coast and Canada in the summer and to the Caribbean in the winter and serving as an ambassador for the state by flying Rhode Island flags. She will spend the rest of the year docked in Newport. The ship will be manned by a core professional crew, with berths for about 30 or more high school and college students looking for sailing training and participating in semester-at-sea programs, Bailey said. The organization is raising $5 million to build the ship and will operate it on a $1 million annual budget, drawn mostly from tuition.

Michael Jarret, who teaches marine technology at Chariho Regional High School in Richmond, R.I., and who last year sent 18 students on Tall Ship sailing-education programs, said he expected his students to benefit from the new ship. “If the programming was something like semester-at-sea, then Chariho students would be involved in that,” Jarret said. FMI: www.tallshipsrhodeisland.org,

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Stamford Stratford

203-359-4500 203-377-4477

9 9

CENTRAL Brewer Bruce & Johnson's Marina Branford

203-488-8329

9/65a 0/20 65' C

Brewer Pilots Point Marina Brewer Dauntless Shipyard

Westbrook Essex

860-399-7906 860-767-2483

Brewer Ferry Point Marina Brewer Deep River Marina

Old Saybrook Deep River

860-388-3260 860-526-5560

Yankee Boat Yard & Marina, Inc.

Portland

860-342-4735

9 0/40 130' C 110/220 9/12 5/10 110' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C 9 0/4 45' C 110/220 W/P L/C 9 0/5 60' C 110/220 W/P L/C 68 20/5 55' C ALL W/P L/C/RL

EAST Brewer Yacht Yard at Mystic

Mystic

860-536-2293

9/11 0/5 50' C

401-423-7158 401-884-7014 401-884-0544

71 9 9

401-884-1810

9

30/0 6/6 18/20 0/30

401-246-1600 401-683-3551 401-683-7100

9 9 9

0/5 100' P 110/220 W/P L/C ALL 0/6 55' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C/RL ALL 11/CALL112' 110/220 W L/C ALL

CONNECTICUT WEST Brewer Yacht Haven Marina Brewer Stratford Marina

0/25 130' 110/220 W/P L/C 0/6 90' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C

110/220

110/220

ALL ALL

G/D G/D/P

C/I C/I

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ALL ALL

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

ALL I I I

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C/I C/I C/I

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RHODE ISLAND WEST NARRAGANSETT Conanicut Marine Brewer Wickford Cove Marina Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina

BAY Jamestown Wickford Warwick Warwick

130' ALL 110' 110/220 50' P/C 110/220 150' 220

ALL L/C L/C R/L/C

P/W W W W

NEWPORT-NARRAGANSETT BAY Brewer Cove Haven Marina Brewer Sakonett Hinckley Yacht Service-RI

Barrington Portsmouth Portsmouth

G/D G/D D/P

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MASSACHUSETTS BUZZARDS BAY South Wharf Yacht Yard Burr Brothers Boats Inc.

So Dartmouth Marion

508-990-1011 508-748-0541

9 68

0/12 135' 4/4 55'

Kingman Yacht Center Brewer Fiddler's Cove Marina

Cataumet 508-563-7136 North Falmouth 508-564-6327

71 9

20/20 120'

ALL W/P RL 0/3 55' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C

CAPE COD Crosby Yacht Yard, Inc.

Osterville

508-428-6900

9

Hyannis Marina

Hyannis

BOSTON SOUTH Brewer Plymouth Marine Hingham Shipyard Marinas

Plymouth Hingham

G/D G/D/C

I I

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C/G/I C/I ALL W

10/3 110' C ALL W/P L/RL

ALL

G/D

C/I

R/S W

508-790-4000

9/72 0/30 200' C ALL W/P L/RL

ALL

ALL

ALL

ALL P/W

508-746-4500 781-749-6647

9/72 0/25 100' P/C 110/220 W/P L/C 9 20/30 120' 110 W/P L/C

ALL

G/D G/D

C/I/B ALL W G/I ALL W

110/220

110

W L/C ALL W/P L/C/RL ALL

Captains Cove Marina

Quincy

617-479-2440

69

0/20 80'

Boston Waterboat Marina Constitution Marina

Boston Boston

617-523-1027 617 241-9640

9 69

12/20 145' ALL W/P 0/100 200' C 110 W/P

NORTH SHORE Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard

Salem

Manchester Marine

Manchester-By-The-Sea

ALL W/P

978-744-0844

9

6/8 100'

ALL W

978-526-7911

72

5/3 45'

110

16 /7 1/1 60' P 71 50/50 150’ C

Enos Marine/Pier 7 Newburyport Marinas

Gloucester Newburyport

978-281-1935 978-465-9110

Merri-Mar Yacht Basin Inc.

Newburyport

978-465-3022

5/5 100'

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NEW HAMPSHIRE Marina at Harbour Place Portsmouth Great Bay Marine Newington / Portsmouth

603-781-4528 603.436.5299

68

180' C ALL W CALL65' 110 W/P L/C/RL ALL

G/D/C

C/I/B ALL W

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PORTLAND SOUTH Kittery Point Yacht Yard York Harbor Marine Service Webhannet River Boat Yard, Inc Kennebunkport Marina

Kittery York Harbor Wells Kennebunkport

207-439-9582 207-363-3602 207-646-9649 207-967-3411

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

110

W/P W/P W/P W/P

Rumery's Boat Yard

Biddeford

207 282-0408

0/2 50'

110

Spring Point Marina

South Portland 207-767-3213

9

0/35 200' C 110

South Port Marine DiMillo's Old Port Marina

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

Portland Yacht Services Maine Yacht Center Handy Boat Service Inc.

Portland Portland Falmouth

207-774-1067 207-842-9000 207-781-5110

9 0/12 150' 9 /71 CALL250' 9 10/MANY 220' 9 0/20 150' 40/ 125' 9 CALL

Yankee Marina & Boatyard

Yarmouth

207-846-4326

9

Strouts Point Wharf Co Brewer South Freeport Marine

South Freeport 207 865 3899 South Freeport 207-865-3181

BOOTHBAY REGION Paul's Marina New Meadows Marina

Brunswick Brunswick

Dolphin Marina Kennebec Tavern Marina

MAINE 110/220 110/220

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I/W/F/P/S/R/E

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I/O/F/P/E

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2/2 90' 3/8 130'

110/220

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110/220

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G/D

207-729-3067 207-443-6277

9

2/0 40' 0/4 24'

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G/D

110

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Harpswell Bath

207-833-5343 207-442-9636

9

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110 110

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Robinhood Marine Center

Georgetown

207-371-2525

9

15/10 65'

110

Boothbay Region Boatyard Carousel Marina

Boothbay Harbor207-633-2970 Boothbay Harbor207-633-2922

9 9

40/40 80'

Ocean Point Marina Coveside Restaurant & Marina Broad Cove Marina

South Bristol E. Boothbay Medomak

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207-644-8282 207-633-0773 207-529-5186

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

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Port Clyde

207-372-6543

9

Rockland Rockland Rockland Camden Camden Dark Harbor Belfast

207-594-4444 207-594-4068 207-596-7357 207-236-7969 207-236-4378 207-734-2246 207-338-1142

Bucksport Winterport Hampden Stonington

207-469-5902 207-223-8885 207-941-8619 207-367-2328

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

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

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

10 9 9 9

70/0 120' 110/220 W/P L/C ALL 0/90 180' ALL W/P 10/0 70' L/C/RL ALL 50/ 165' P/C 110/220 W/P RL CALL

DOWNEAST Jonesport Shipyard Moose Island Marine Eastport Lobster & Fuel

Jonesport Eastport Eastport

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

9

5/0 42' 2/0 CALL 48'

902- 742-7311 902-354-4028

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

20/ 50' CALL

W W/P L/C W L C/RL

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CANADA NOVA SCOTIA Parker-Eakins Wharf & Marina Brooklyn Marina

Yarmouth Brooklyn

110 110

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MAINE P U M P KITTERY–PORT CLYDE

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

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

Casco Bay NDA containing all waters of Casco Bay.

Boothbay Region NDA containing all waters north of a line from Cape Newagen in SouthportKEY to Ocean Point in Boothbay including Linekin Bay and Townsend Gut. Pumpout Station

West Penobscot Bay NDA containing all waters west of a line from Mobile Pumpout Owls Head to Northeast Point inBoats Camden.

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

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

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

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

P P P P P

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

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846-4326

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Four generations of Potters and their friends enjoyed this Sailmaster 22 for close to four decades. How lucky can a family and a boat be?

By Dr. Ben Potter For Points East n June 1971, I traveled to Stamford, Conn., to inspect a 22-foot Sparkman and Stephens-designed Sailmaster sloop with cruising rig that was advertised for sale. I had looked for ages for a small but seaworthy sailboat for the Maine coast. The idea for the Sailmaster came from Blueberry, our friend Dick Aiken’s daysailer model, which was heavy with a full lead keel and centerboard.

The boat that I saw in Stamford was perfect for the Potter family – four berths below with two quarterberths and two V-berths. It carried a through-and-through head and a sink with storage lockers and was the perfect boat for inshore sailing. The outboard was enclosed in the well with room for two six-gallon gas cans very separate from the cockpit. I bought the boat for $4,600 after a quick phone call to my brother Paul in Buffalo, N.Y., to see if he wanted to be a coowner. I always remember his quick decision to sign on then and there.

This boat was built in Rotterdam, Holland, and displaced around 3,600 pounds. The boat drew two and a half feet with centerboard up and five feet with it down – perfect for beaching if necessary or shoal-water sailing and just what we were looking for.

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We moved the boat in stages to Pepperrell Cove in Kittery Point, Maine, where we later purchased our own mooring, which I am still using. The first lap was from Stamford to Point Judith, R.I., with the help of Paul and Dick Aiken. Then, it was through the Cape Cod Canal to Scituate, Mass., with the same crew, each lap done on successive weekends. Finally, we sailed across Boston harbor with all the traffic and into Manchester, Mass., where cousin Harry Holcomb joined the party and Aiken went home. Hence through the Annisquam River to Newburyport Harbor, where friends Georgia and John Pendleton joined the party.

Leaving Newburyport with the current of the Merrimack River flowing against a flood tide proved to be a Nantucket sleigh ride through a narrow breakwater into a dense, foggy ocean. The compass course brought us directly to Whaleback Lighthouse at the Portsmouth Harbor entrance, having seen nothing but each other along the New Hampshire coast. It was a relief and exciting to be on a mooring in Pepperrell Cove at least.

Hooray! Our own boat, and what we didn’t know then was that ownership would last 37 years and involve four generations of Potters. Wow. Our mooring in Kittery Point was purchased from Frank Frisbee, Sr., then the mooring man here, for $125, including block, chain and buoy with pendant.

We commuted from Concord, N.H., for sailing, then each spring would sail the 50 miles east to Cliff Island, Maine. It was the custom to stop halfway, overnight, in Kennebunkport, sailing each way, spring and fall. Paul and I often did this together, but my two boys did their share, as did my second wife, Judy, in all manner of good and bad weather.

Paul drifted away one cold, rainy Sunday night in Kennebunkport when the dinghy tipped him out as I bounced onto Banshee. Poor Paul drifted away with the flood tide with all his foul-weather gear on, and the two oars disappeared away into the darkness. He grabbed the bobstay of a Friendship sloop as he floated by while calling out for someone to pick him up. I couldn’t see or hear him, but a nearby boat owner could while making love in his own cabin. He jumped into his dinghy without pants and only a terrycloth shirt on and delivered Paul back aboard Banshee while shaking with cold.

Brother Grove also helped move the boat to Casco Bay. He had a bladder obstruction one rainy night when everything ashore was closed. With the help of the ship’s catheter and a tube of Crest toothpaste as a lubricant, Grove, a doctor, relieved his problem up on the deck, thankfully in the dark, while insisting I stay below in the cabin out of sight.

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We were clawing our way around Cape Arundel with short tacks when Judy’s thumb became entangled in the jib sheet and winch. To this day there is no feeling in the thumb tip.

Four generations have sailed on our boat for 37 years. My mother, Helen Potter, loved to go sailing in Casco Bay while enjoying lying flat out on the engine cover to have her picture taken. I have recently seen her comments in the guest book we kept on the boat.

My first wife, Joey Potter, who had long-term multiple sclerosis, also got a big bang out of short sails while lying on cushions on the cockpit floor. This required the boys to roll her wheelchair down the ramp to the float and manually lift her over the safety lines and down to the cockpit. It was exciting to see her big smiles as the boat heeled and she shouted for more wind. Joey loved Cliff Island in Casco Bay and all that went with it.

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My first wife, Joey Potter, who had long-term multiple sclerosis, also got a big bang out of short sails while lying on cushions on the cockpit floor.

This required the boys to roll her wheelchair down the ramp to the float and manually lift her over the safety lines and down to the cockpit.

We would also some years, with time to spare, cruise farther east, stopping overnight at the favorite harbors of Christmas Cove and the Coveside Marina with owner Mike Mitchell, Tenants Harbor and the East Wind Inn with manager Tim Watts and the morning blueberry pancakes. Then one year, we sailed down to Swans Island and, eventually, to Southwest Harbor, where we moored at Steve and Dick Homer’s anchorage.

Judy’s son, Dick Harris, and his wife, Kim, introduced us to the Homers as they rented a Homer cottage every summer while operating their gift store in Bar Harbor. Visitors at the Homer float were always curious as to the absence of GPS and radar on our little sloop, but we preferred instead to plot courses and follow the compass.

Paul would never roll out of his bunk in the morning on these cruises, choosing to sleep in while Grove and I would row ashore to search a big breakfast, fill our coffee Thermos and row back to roust Paul out for

the day’s sail. It was three men in a tub, but a pretty classy tub at that. We would also always search out a decent restaurant for dinner in the evening after a long day of sailing. These experiences on Banshee will never be forgotten.

My sons, John and Ben, also enjoyed their time aboard the boat and would often sail the boat down to Kittery Point and back from Cliff Island. I remember cutting across the forbidden water in front of George H. W. Bush’s house in Kennebunkport when he was in residence. The Coast Guard crash boat chased us back into bounds, farther away from the Bush’s house. While in Kennebunkport harbor one morning with son John, George Bush came alongside Banshee while John was fussing below deck. President Bush complimented me on a beautiful boat while I was banging on the deck with my foot, top no avail, trying to reach John belowdecks. The Bush boat departed while John emerged topsides to ask about the deck pounding. I just said I thought he might like to meet

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his President. It was, “Ha, ha” and “Gee Dad” after that. So many fun experiences.

John, Ben and Heather definitely developed a love for the ocean and boats from their experiences aboard Banshee and at Cliff Island. They would help me paint the bottom and prepare the boat in the spring at early ages and from that time onwards. Heather and Dave McClelland and family enjoyed their time on board over the years, too.

The fourth-generation children also had wonderful, learning sails at Cliff Island, and this also made me very happy. John went on after marriage and a family to buy his own Sea Sprite 28-foot sloop, Flying Goose, with childhood pal Johnny Pendleton. After moving to Yarmouth, Maine, son Ben owned the Tidley Idley, a small Eastern lobsterboat. The Ben Potters outgrew this boat to have a new 22-foot Eastern built, with all the bells and whistles, to commute to their neat house on Cliff Island and to lobster-fish with eight-year-old Sam Potter. I have a feeling that all started with Banshee.

It should be pointed out that throughout our Banshee ownership, Paul assumed most of the major expenses of storing and upkeep of this little boat. His ideas of improvement as we progressed were always successful, and Paul was generous beyond reason.

There were new lifelines, a newly built hollow wooden mast, a topside gelcoat job – all major endeavors – and Paul did it all. He and I owned the boat for many

years, then Grove became a partner, and later son Ben joined when Grove retired his interests. The entire saga unfolded for 37 years.

We came to the point in 2008 when all owners agreed that it was time to divest ourselves of the boat since all of us had motorboats and sailing time was reduced. The decision was made to donate Banshee – including a new GPS and all equipment aboard – to the Maine Island Trail Association. It was like losing a family member. I remember the late Olin Stephens, with whom I made an acquaintance, saying that he remembered designing the boat in 1963 and that it was one of his favorite small hulls. He also stated that as he got older he realized that the fun in sailing was inversely proportional to the length of the boat – some statement from a man who designed the 130foot Ranger, the America’s Cup J-Class yacht in 1930.

We can only be thankful that we have enjoyed this marvelous boat for so long. How lucky can a family be? There is a beginning and an end to everything, and our end has come with our little Banshee. Sillily, I kissed her on the transom when I said good-bye.

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shoals running between ing to cross in front of Cape Cod and the them. The captain on the Vineyard. Visibility has ferry asked Rob how he gone way downhill, as it knew exactly which boat often does in the summer on the radar he was. Rob around these parts. Rob replied that using the makes sure that he ADF (automatic direcknows where we are on tion-finder) along with the paper charts, keeps the radar, he could tell another eye on the radar that the ferry’s radio set to three miles, and transmission was coming another on all the other from the exact direction navigation equipment that the large blip was on and engine-monitoring the radar screen. systems. He says we alAmazing, I say; it’s really ways need redundancy. time for a nap.

I’ve never met Shortly after my lunch, Photo courtesy Robert A. Norton Jr. Redundancy, but if he Dalmatian, a 32-foot BHM Downeast-style motorboat, sits at we start to slow down a bit says so . . . . He says we anchor waiting for Rob and me to board her and set her free. and Rob brings in the should know where we Whaler onto a short tow. are on the laptop, where we are on the GPS, where we This must mean we’re nearing an area of restricted are on a second GPS, where we are on a Loran, and mobility; in other words, we’re here. I leap out and where we are on paper. This way, if anything goes run up the decks to see the entrance to Stage Harbor, wrong, we can easily find out where we are. I need a Chatham, appear out of the fog. nap.

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At the entrance to Stage Harbor, there are beaches on both sides of the cut – lots of people out and about, and I get to go right down the middle of it. A black dog of some sort is running on one side, and a cute little Golden Retriever is on the opposite side. Like Tom Cruise said in the movie “Top Gun,” “This appears to be a target-rich environment.”

Rob talks with the harbormaster’s office on the radio, and we’re given a mooring assignment. You can anchor here, but it’s a bit out of the way. The moorings are right near the harbormaster’s office, with nice heads and plenty of places to walk me. Once tied up, Rob talks to someone on the cell phone, then we’re in the Whaler and off to shore . . . wait a minute, who’s that on the dock? I know those people: It’s Mom and Dad! I start whining uncontrollably until we’re along the little floating dock, then I jump to the dock and greet the rest of my family. After a short walk for me to do my business (and Rob to pick up after me), we all pile into the Whaler and head back to the boat. This is great; I can keep an eye on everyone.

After lunch, we all decided that a Whaler ride would be in order – up the Mitchell River and to the dinghy dock, and then a walk through town. The Mitchell River runs up past Stage Harbor Marine, be-

neath a scary little draw bridge, then past lots of little quahog fishing boats. It winds itself up to the head of the harbor in Little Mill Pond, where town moorings are here for smaller boats. From the moorings at the harbormaster’s office, it’s a 15-minute dinghy ride – too far to row, but a nice leisurely ride with a small boat.

We tie up at the dinghy dock, and we’re off.

Everyone admires the beautiful houses, flowers and tree-lined streets of Chatham. I happen to like all the smells, and the people walking by holding ice-cream cones. We walk and we walk, and after visiting the town bandstand (where I’m summoned by several families with little kids to be petted and hugged), we head to the ice-cream shop.

Here’s another great thing about my family: They usually only get things they can share with me.

There’s no chocolate ice cream in anything they get – that’s very bad for dogs. I get to try some of everyone’s, and it’s all delicious. Rob says he and I will need to do a run in the morning to work off all my calories.

You’d think I’m fat the way he talks. Mom finds a shop that she goes into. She comes back to the door, and says we both can go in. Both? Rob and me? Yup, it was the pet store I had eyed from across the street.

Oh boy, what great smells! Treats everywhere. Rob lets me sniff all the different bins, toys, and treats, SHADOW, continued on Page 72

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THERACIN Titan 15 takes overall in 64th Block Island Race Tom Hill’s brand new Custom Reichel/Pugh 75 Titan 15 took line honors on May 23 in the Storm Trysail Club’s Block Island Race in a nearrecord time of 17 hours, 18 minutes and 13 seconds, and with that finish scored the overall victory in IRC. The 186-mile race began Friday afternoon, May 22, and sent Titan 15 and 54 other IRC- and PHRF-rated boats off on a course from Stamford, Conn., down Long Island Sound, clockwise around Block Island (R.I.), and back.

The Block Island Race – the traditional start to the summer sailing season, held each Memorial Day Weekend – featured eight classes for IRC, PHRF and doublehanded entries, with the smallest entry, Benoit and Victor Ansort’s (Old Greenwich, Conn.) Olson 30 Wave Dancer, and the largest entry, George David’s (Hartford, Conn.) 90foot water-ballasted sloop Rambler, which won the 2005 Block Island Race.

Titan 15 had the fastest corrected time and finished first in IRC Zero class over John Brim’s (New York, N.Y.) Reichel/Pugh 55 Rima2, in 2nd, with Rambler, in 3rd.

A total 55 out of 60 entered boats completed the race. Richard Royce’s (Glen Cove, N.Y,) Tripp 33 Patience turned in best corrected and elapsed times for the PHRF fleet, earning Royce both the Terrapin and Governor’s Race East trophies for best corrected and best elapsed time PHRF. Best performance by a doublehanded boat went to Ty Anderson’s (Riverside, Conn.) Farr 395 Skye.

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Yale’s freshman skipper Joe Morris (Annapolis, Md.) and graduating senior Grace Becton (Deer Isle, Maine), both of whom were named 2009 ICSA AllAmericans, finished fourth in the ICSA National Championship Eastern Semifinals (see story on page 51).

Mystic frostbite final fastbreak fun Mystic River Yacht Club’s frostbite regatta on Sunday, May 17, was a bonus day added by the race committee to offset earlier races missed due to bad weather. In the first week we had no wind, immediately followed by two weeks of gale-force Sundays. Even this Sunday was “iffy” with 15 knots gusting to 20 out of the north.

Strong winds made for some hot racing with tight competition.

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The Boston College Sailing Team in late May won the 2009 ICSA/APS Team Race National Championship in San Francisco, successfully defending the title won a year ago on Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay. This is the third collegiate sailing national title the Eagles have won in school history.

For three days, the top 14 schools in the nation raced for the title from the Treasure Island Sailing Center, hosted

by California Maritime Academy and the University of California, Berkeley.

The top four finishers from groups 1 and 2 move on to the “elite eight” before the “final four” competitions.

By the conclusion of the Gold Round, only B.C., St. Mary’s, Georgetown and Yale remained in contention for the title. And when the dust settled, the 13-4 record amassed by the Eagles had won them the title. St. Mary’s record was 126; Georgetown’s 10-7; and Yale’s 9-8.

Senior skippers Brian Kamilar (Miami, Fla.) and Adam Roberts (San Diego, Calif.) sailed every race for the Eagles, while Taylor Canfield (St. Thomas, USVI), Parker Dwyer (Stuart, Fla.) and Tyler Sinks (San Diego, Calif.) split up the skipper duties in B.C.’s third boat. Crewing were seniors Carrie Amarante (Wayne, N.J.), Lauren Gilloly (Wyckoff, N.J.) and Andrew Schneider (Newport, R.I.), juniors Evan Cooke (Andover, Mass.), Christian Manchester (Barrington, R.I.) and Sandy Williams (Chicago, Ill.), and sophomore Danny Bloomstine (Erie, Penn.). Complete results are available atwww.collegesailing.org.

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Briefly Bristol’s Guck again A-Class champ Lars Guck of Bristol, R.I., won the 2009 A-Class Catamaran North American Championship held May 11-15 at the Fort Walton Yacht Club in Fort Walton Beach, Fla., for the fourth consecutive time. He previously won the 2006 event in his hometown, the 2007 event in Galesville, Md., the 2008 event in Santa Cruz, Calif. Lars won 8 of 11 races sailed in this event. Andrew Gaynor (Barrington, R.I.) took an admirable 4th in this hot class. FMI and full results: www.a-cat.org.

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Under the heading of “Family Affairs,” Peter Gibbons-Neff skippered his Farr 395 Upgrade, with daughter Lyndsey in the crew, to first over the line in IRC II but corrected to 3rd in this hotly contested class. Son Peter, a Midshipman at the Naval Academy, sailed on the NASS entry Seawolf, finishing 3rd in PHRF I. Sewall, whose mother is Peter’s cousin, sailed on Amadeus in PHRF II. Henry and his son Henner competed in PHRF III on Prim, a modified Owens 41. Prim sailed in her first Annapolis to Newport Race 54 years ago, and this year was her 12th. FMI: www.annapolisyc.com.

All four Boston-area schools (B.C., B.U., Harvard and Tufts) qualified for the ICSA/Gill Coed National Championships during the semifinal rounds based at Boston’s Fan Pier May 2-3.

Old Dominion University, which edged out Vermont by one point, also lived to sail another day. Yale won the Western Semifinals over B.C. by a single point.

The ICSA National Championship Eastern Semifinals and the ICSA National Championship Western Semifinals, hosted, respectively, by MIT and Harvard, were integrated into the North American stopover of the Volvo Ocean Race, giving the 36 competing college teams a great experience. All eight of its schools of the Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association qualified for the Nationals. FMI: www.collegesailing.org.

A2N family affair for Gibbons-Neffs Rambler, the Reichel-Pugh-designed 90-foot maxi yacht owned by George David of Stamford, Conn., captured line honors for the 62nd Annapolis to Newport Race (A2N).

Rambler crossed the finish line off Castle Hill Lighthouse with an elapsed time of 44 hours, 36 minutes and six seconds.

That was slightly less than two hours shy of the course record of 42 hours, 58 minutes and 12 seconds, which was set by Joseph Dockery's Farr 60-footer Carrera in 2001.

David Askew, owner with his wife Sandy of Flying Jenny VI, a J/122 from Annapolis, took 1st place in a hotly contested IRC II fleet. “It was a nail biter,” said Askew. “We had a wild ride down the bay and kept our chute up as long as we could at a very hot angle, passing quite a few boats just as we turned the corner and headed out of the bay doing 14.2

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You must use the racing rules to be successful “Revised Racing Rules of Sailing” are published every four years. This year is the start of another new set of rules, and although these revised rules are not a drastic change from the previous four years, there has been a few significant changes.

I have been racing through five of these revisions and certainly have seen major changes such as the inclusion or deletion or rewording of the two-boat-length circle, “hunting rule” and mast and beam to name just a few. Having spent many hours both on and off the water studying the rules and putting them into practice, I have developed a few quick thoughts about how to use and study the rules that may help you have more fun on the race course.

Number one lesson is anticipation. Having been a fairly accomplished junior sailor, I presumed I understood the rules well from an early age. However, having raced with some of the best college sailors in the world, in boats that were exactly the same speed, showed me and every new college sailor that the rules really need to be used to be successful.

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These rules really need to be in your sailing subconscious, and they will help you set a game plan for the start, first upwind beat and windward-mark rounding.

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OK, so you have a rule book and want to know how to attack it. Well, turn to page 151; the ending is always better than the beginning right? On page 151 is the start of the definitions. These definitions are the terms and their meanings are used throughout the rule book and on the water when discussing situations with your crew or competitors.

Terms such as Clear Astern, Finish, Mark-Room, and Tack need to be clearly understood before you can even start to read the rest of the book or successfully complete a race. How do you know you have even started or finished a race without knowing what the rules define as start or finish?

Once you have read and understood the definitions, it’s time to see how they apply to the rules. “When Boats Meet,” the title of Part Two of the rule book, is only six pages long. These are the rules that often are contested between you and your competitors and are the rules that need to be clearly understood to help

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you make decisions on the race course about where and when to avoid contact with another boat.

The rules are written in such a way as to give each boat a fair chance of completing a course without colliding with another boat. For example, Rule 14, avoiding contact, is required not suggested. The rule book uses a line in the margin to show the areas that have been changed from the last rule book. Most of Part Two has a line next to each paragraph, but don’t worry, the reason for most of the lines and changes are due to the way the wording has been written to more clearly explain each rule and hasn’t actually changed the way the rule is applied on the race course.

Now that you have attempted to have a better understanding of the rules, it’s time to relearn that they should be used to anticipate your competitor’s moves and to setup your own moves to avoid collisions and to safely complete a race. The rules should not be used as an “I am right and you are wrong” confrontation, as each situation is subjective, and we all screw up at one time or another. Finally, if you screw up, and there is any question about it, make sure you admit it to yourself and your competitor by doing your penalty turns or taking you scoring penalty. This may be painful, but helps you remember why you should avoid certain situations in the future.

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By Elisa Jackman For Points East Slowly but surely, the water temperatures are warming and the fishing is getting better every day.

July is a great month to head out in search of that trophy fish. There are many options to choose from whether inshore or offshore.

Inshore, anglers can choose from striped bass, bluefish, scup, sea bass and fluke. Each fish has a particular habitat it prefers.

Striped bass like structure. Areas around the Point Judith Light House; Deep Hole, Matunuck; and Southwest Ledge and North Rip, Block Island are all great locations to search for that 50-pounder. Live

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Bluefish cover lots of territory and are frequently found chasing baitfish. Watch for top-water action from the center wall of the Harbor of Refuge to Green Hill along Rhode Island’s south shore.

Fish will mix with stripers on the North Rip and Southwest Ledge of Block Island. The lure of choice will depend on the depth of the fish. Such top-water lures as a Rebel or Yozuri plug work great, while fishing for deep fish with an

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Scup and sea bass prefer rock-bottom areas. The center wall of the Harbor of Refuge, Nebraska Shoals, and Green Hill are all great spots. Squid is just about the best bait for both species. These fish seem to bite better as the water temperatures warm.

Fluke (summer flounder) frequent sand-bottom areas. Outside the center wall of the Harbor of Refuge, Five Cottages and Carpenter’s Bar (Matunuck), and Block Island’s west side are all some great locations.

It’s imperative to hold bottom as straight up and down as possible. Casting up into the tide helps.

Bucktails, fluke rigs, banana jigs all with a strip of squid and a smelt or spearing are deadly.

The offshore fishing should be getting better daily.

Sharks will be in search of bait fish/bluefish. Jenny’s and Ryan’s Horns are the starting points for these big-game trophies. Blue sharks, makos and threshers are all fair game. Be sure to try different levels of

the water column. Sharks seem to move east as temperatures warm. The Mud Hole is a great spot to try towards the end of July.

Finally, bluefin tuna. Hopefully, the inshore bluefin fishery is rewarding. Just south of Block, the Fairway Buoy and the Acid Barge are good starting points. Fish early in the month are caught trolling Hex Heads, Zuckers, and Jet Heads. Spreader bars and chains also work well to set up bait patterns. As fish concentrate, anglers can convert to chunking butterfish later in the month and possibly as late as August. Tight lines and good luck in search of the memorable catch, no matter what size it may be.

Elisa Jackman, a Point Judith Pond native, has managed the tackle shop at Wakefield, R.I.’s Snug Harbor Marina (www.snugharbormarina.com) for over 15 years and has spent her life fishing the waters of Block Island Sound.

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FISHING, continued from Page 55 his wife Amy, did very well trolling a surgical tube around Twin Island and below the Narrows in the Saco. Amy had some fish to the boat that were close to 30 inches.

Our expert reel repair man Ashley Dame has been slaughtering bass the past couple of weeks at a new secret hotspot using bloodworms fished on a slidingbait rig. He reported he and his friends have been catching fish up to the mid-30-inch range.

Ground fishing has also been hot on southern Jeffreys Ledge the past week wth a mixed bag of cod and haddock. Only a few reports of dogfish, so that’s a good thing.

The haddock have been hitting the red/white, purple, and dark-green cod flies tipped with strips of clam or shrimp. Jean and Keith aboard Primate had great days out on Jefferys, loading up on both cod and haddock. Make sure to bring

your camera with you as the whales have have been putting on quite a show feeding on large schools of herring and sand eels.

The bluefin tuna season opened June 1 with the commercial fleet harpooning fish on New Ledge, Jeffreys Ledge and also on Stellwagen Bank. We also heard of a couple of trolled fish caught on the northwest corner of Stellwagen Bank. Stay tuned for more reports from our local fishermen and guides so we can keep you up to date on what’s happening here in southern Maine. Good luck!

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The author’s wife, Amy Robinson, caught this nice keeper linesides trolling a surgical tube below the narrows in the Saco River. Bloodworms fished on a sliding rig have also been successful in bringing Saco stripers into the boat.

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Holbrook’s General Store, The store was also the loin the historic fishing village cal post office for many of Cundys Harbor in years, and you can still find Harpswell, is a piece of the old post-office boxes next Maine’s past, and of its futo the register, turning green ture. Part of a parcel saved with age.

After Ed by the Holbrook Community Holbrook’s death, his daughFoundation in 2006, which ter Christine Miller ran the includes a commercial wharf store until the 1990s. for working fishermen, a Holbrook’s Store and snack bar and restaurant, Holbrook’s Snack Bar have and a beautiful old house, long been the center of the store is both a local stop for food and gifts and a tesPhoto courtesy Holbrooks’s General Store Cundys Harbor, supplying both the necessities of life tament to the goodwill of Edward and Alice Holbrook established Holbrook’s neighbors determined to con- General Store more than a century ago in 1908. After and a social outlet for a tinue the traditions of a com- Ed’s death, his daughter Christine Miller ran the store tight-knit community. When until the 1990s. the property was put up for munity. sale in 2005, that community The General Store dates from 1898 and, along with the house and wharf, were was galvanized to find a way to save both their town originally owned by the Trufant family. Edward center and a working wharf. Holbrook is open from Holbrook bought the property and started Holbrook’s mid-May to mid-September to serve the community, in 1908, which he ran till his death in 1953. In the seasonal visitors, and mariners, both recreational and 1930s, the store burned down and was rebuilt in the commercial.

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Zim Sailing of Warren, R.I., has reportedly become the country’s third independent full-service small one-design sailboat manufacturer, specializing in production of Optimist and Club 420 dinghies. Zim says its focus is providing excellent value for the customer while supporting grassroots youth sailing. Steve Perry, founder and president, was previously vice president of operations at Vanguard Sailboats. FMI: www.zimsailing.com.

Lyman Morse of Thomaston, Maine, has launched the 54-foot jet boat Whistler, the yard’s largest jet boat to date. The C. Raymond Hunt-designed twin jet express cruiser has a dinghy “garage,” an hydraulic gate and sled that extends out over the jets to allow the owner to launch the 10-foot tender from the interior storage compartment with the push of a button. Whistler is powered by twin 1,000-horsepower Caterpillar C-18s coupled with Hamilton HJ403 water-jets, and will cruise in the low 30s with a max speed of 35 knots. FMI: www.lymanmorse.com.

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Points East scribes expound upon picnicking

On the Connecticut shore, Susan Cornell writes: “We tend to do all of our picnicking either poolside at the Brewer’s Marina in Westbrook. Or we’re on the boat in the slip, or at a gazebo overlooking L.I. Sound, but we’re usually at Brewer’s. We’re really not literally poolside because that’s against the rules.. it’s more of a grassy area with picnic tables in close proximity to the pool. Since Brewer’s is on Route 1, we’re more likely to pick up pizzas or seafood or the famous Beach Donuts for breakfast.

“Or, perhaps half the time we’ll bring burgers and hotdogs to throw on the grill. I always do the packing and grab whatever’s in the pantry on the way out the door.

We pretty much dine on Fluffernutters while underway!

Fluffernutter is the ideal boating food since it’s the same in May as it is in October without refrigeration, which is particularly important since we have an icebox rather than a refrigerator on board. The person in the galley says eat it or wait until there’s a choice on land.”

Michael L. Martel writes from Rhode Island: “To us, the perfect picnic spot is one that is not terribly distant but feels well removed from our everyday surroundings.

Such a place is the half-mile-long unnamed stretch of sandy beach on the southwest side of Prudence Island in upper Narragansett Bay. It stretches away to the southeast from Pine Hill Point. The beach faces the prevailing southwest breeze in the summer: Find it on Chart No. 13224, Lat/Lon 41° 37.935’N by 071° 20.547’W.

“The beach is sandy, with a salt marsh behind it. The water is shallow with a sandy clean bottom for quite a distance out, good for swimming and for the kids.

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“The best way to reach the beach is by boat. On any day, there will be a few local islanders there and some folks who may have come over on the ferry. There is no development behind the beach, and the nearest concentration of houses is a couple of miles away.

“The water is clean, and it’s shallow for a good distance out, so one may anchor, but anchor well since it will be a lee shore once the prevailing southwesterly kicks up. Be mindful of unmarked Johnson Ledge and Pine Hill Ledge to the west, both rocky and with 8 feet of water or less at mean low water.

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Massachusetts powerboater Kevin Saulnier writes: “Cuttyhunk has been my family’s destination for a day picnic or a couple of days of solitude or a week of fishing and swimming. Since my childhood, this has been the spot. My grandfather would pull into its harbor for a moment of respite from a day of hardcore fishing.

“We would sit on the boat and eat our lunch that my grandmother prepared for us. I still can’t have peanutbutter crackers and not think of Cuttyhunk Harbor.

Back then the main dock was just a few beat up shacks with fisherman moving swiftly around their boats. The recreational boats were few and far between.

“Later on, when I had a family and a boat of my own, this was the first stop we made on our maiden voyage.

To see the harbor after all these years brought a smile to my face. My children were so young that Cutty made sense – only a 15-minute cruising time. At first we just dinghied to the beach and sat watching my girls play in the water. As they grew, we would return to the island, but now exploring the island was on my family’s agenda. So the new tradition was to go to Cutty and hike around the island.

“Now with the shortage of time, my boat reverts back to a fishing boat, but when the stars align and the weather holds, my family jumps on our boat, and when I ask where they want to go it is unanimous – Cuttyhunk. The harbor is now crowded compared to my peanut-butter-cracker days, but the fishing shacks now have ice cream, and they bring you seafood out to your boat.

“The beauty in having a special spot is watching it change and grow, as we do, and with this change being able to find what was magical to bring you there in the first place and to find something new to keep you coming back.

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“The best picnic spot when you keep your boat in the Piscataqua River on the New Hampshire coast is the Isles of Shoals, about six miles from the river mouth,” says Portsmouth, N.H., resident Joe Cunningham. “During the week you have plenty of room, and the traffic is very light when compared with weekends. Gosport Harbor is a beautiful spot that offers views of the Isles of Shoals as well as the coastline of Maine and New Hampshire,” he says.

“When my wife Kirsten and I were dating, we would go out during the week with some lobsters from Ricker’s Lobster in Newcastle all cooked up, a bag of steamers, and some dessert Ring Dings. We would start out by cooking up the clams in the cockpit of the Pearson 30 Helen Irene over a small butane stove. In this way, we kept the boat from smelling like an old lobster trap.

“We thought it was very decadent to grab a steamer, pluck it from it’s shell, dunk it in butter, and toss the shell overboard. One after the other, the pile of steamers would disappear. Next, time to attack the lobster. No tools required, crack open the soft-shell lobster, dunk, and repeat overboard with the shells. A great way to spend the day! The galley stayed clean, and we only had a couple bowls and a pot to wash at the end of the day. The food, a book, and a swim always made for a great day.”

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my husband and intermittent family members, have poked around most of the southwest coast of Maine in our 18-foot lobster skiff, but always end up in Cape Porpoise Harbor and environs. Our favorite picnic spot is an outcropping of rounded granite boulders on the west side of Trott Island. Beside the rocks is a little grassy shore that we can pull the boat onto and portage our food across to the many indentations in the boulders that accommodate our derrières.

Occasionally, we build a little cook fire in one of the shallow crevices for burgers and dogs (or the occasional breakfast picnic of bacon and eggs), but more often our picnic basket is full of lots of snacky stuff like pickles and chips and sandwiches and a beer or two. When we feel particularly flush or celebratory, we’ll make lobster rolls. There’s no better place to eat them than on a big old rock by the water.

We have long ignored the old adage of waiting an hour after eating before swimming. Since “our” rocks also include a wide and flat hunk of granite that serves nicely as a swim platform, we often slide into the water like sated seals, climb out, warm up and do it again.

And so goes the afternoon, except for one thing – the tide. We’ve only had to walk across the flats to the mainland once in all the years we’ve picnicked on the harbor islands. Not a bad record. It was an adventure, but not one to be enthusiastically repeated.

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Being an old-fashioned girl, I still believe in books, specifically the ones that help youngsters (and you) learn about the world y’all are cruising through. So fire them up to read, watch and wonder. They’ll appreciate the great marine outdoors even more.

One of the best recent books for four to eight year olds is Down, Down, Down by Steve Jenkins (Houghton Mifflin Books for Children, 40 pp., $17). It explores the ocean depths where sunlight never penetrates. It examines the bizarre specialties the creatures who live there have developed to survive. Elegant cut and torn paper illustrations start with the familiar surface fish and take the reader deeper by means of background color which changes gradually from a watery blue to a dramatic inky black. At the back of the book are diagrams of relative sizes of the creatures and more specific details.

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Think of a 10-inch bird flying 20,000 miles. The red knots rest in the Delaware Bay area after crossing the Caribbean from the northern edge of South America. It is possible to see them feeding in the shallows in New England as their range covers Florida to Nova Scotia on this continent. Handsome illustrations follow the birds on their journey. A glossary, range map, timeline and red knot history enrich the story.

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Koch is both writer and illustrator.

She explores life forms from the primordial soup to the current living occupants of the various watery habitats. She introduces her book with a quote from Jean Dorst: “Life bears the memory of its aquatic origins.

Every living creature, animal or plant…even man…is above all a form of water.” And the book flows from there.

Although suggested for 9- to 12-year-olds, it will be enjoyed by all ages for its handsome illustrations and wealth of information.

For just plain fun, bring along David A. Crossman’s latest Ab and Bean adventure, The Legend of Burial Island (Down East Books, 208 pp., $15.95).

Also rated for 9- to 12-year-olds, it also will appeal to everybody. “Burial Island” is the third in a series of mysteries in which appealing early-teen protagonists solve multiple complex mysteries while casually risking life and limb.

Set on an island off the Maine coast, the boys are local; the girls (including a Middle Eastern princess this time) are summer folks. After spending a school year apart, the fast friends have an awkward renewal of their friendship, complicated by unaccustomed

hormonal influences, but they soon resume where they left off the previous summer and do some dangerous messing with drug dealers, historical society members, government officials, the Coast Guard, and a peculiar character who has apparently invented an invisible ultralight. The adult islanders, of course, remain their stalwart, tolerant and unflappable selves amidst the many dust-ups.

For the adults on board, I recommend another New England author. A while back, Gerry Boyle wrote a popular series of whodunnits set in a little town up-country. Jack McMorrow was the sleuth and he was a very likeable guy with foibles, eccentric neighbors and lots of crime to solve. If you haven’t read them, and like the genre, do.

In his latest effort, Port City Shakedown, set in Portland, Maine (Down East Books, 240 pp., $24.95), Boyle has created a new hero who is young and urban, at least by Portland standards. He lives on an old wooden Chris-Craft in Portland Harbor. There’s lots of sleuthing, some violence and mysterious boats sailing in and out of the picture. It will occupy your rainy day on the hook quite nicely.

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The Press at Toad Hall has it all – for kids and parents Reviewed by Bob Booth For Points East How can one read a phrase such as The Press at Toad Hall without falling under the enchantment of Mole and Rat, Badger and Toad? Toad Hall! The mere mention, to my mind, invokes memories of messing about in boats, becoming lost in the woods, a first love with automobiles, and of siege and battle.

Now, dear reader, extend the phrase to encompass books, some 21,000 titles, whose interests range to all facets and feasible connotations of all those topics: fiction, nonfiction, science fiction, biography, history, music, philosophy, myth, legend and folklore, hobbies and games, poetry, natural history and the garden – and, listen up, boatbuilding and design, sailboats, small craft, nautical lore – the list goes on and on.

Researching small boat construction, sailmaking, and period authenticity from the 19th century? How would a mint edition of, say, Robert Leslie’s 1892 volume “The Sea Boat, How To Build, Rig And Sail Her” grab you? For $21.95? Looking for a proven dinghy design or a special boat to build with the kids – or for that matter one the kids can build themselves? Let

me introduce you to D. N. Goodchild and his Press at Toad Hall republishing business (http://dngoodchild.com).

According to David Goodchild, Toad Hall is “a small reprint publishing house specializing in classic books and publications” currently offering 21,000 items divided into libraries: The Shellbacks Library (classic nautical books and boat-building plans) and 32 other Libraries of Timeless Reading. “The text content of our publications is not photo-facsimiled; all of our products are newly typeset for excellent readability. All of our illustrations are digitally enhanced for clarity and printing brightness. The books in both our Libraries have a highly useful red-ribbon bookmark bound in. Once you have read a book with a bookmark, you won’t want to do without one again.”

My own library teems with Toad Hall publications, which are mostly data sheets on topics such as canvas decks, brazing or boat carpentry, but it also includes several period volumes such as the previously mentioned Leslie test. To all who love good books, the wisdom of ages past, adventure, or just plain messing about, I highly recommend you visit David Goodchild at Toad Hall.

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Trawlerfest, Greenport, New York. Boat show, educational experience, rendezvous. FMI: www.trawlerfest.com.

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Mark, a valued and productive member of the local boating community, passed away April 26, surrounded by his loved ones. A business graduate of Roger Williams University, he spent many years in various capacities in the marine industry including commercial fisherman (in which he was a highliner with his vessel Endeavour), boatbuilder, sailboat racer, delivery skipper, and yacht manager. His daughters Elsa and Amie Johnson of Newport, R.I., his partner Sally Belmont, and her son Aaron Fides survive him. His brother Stuart Johnson and sisters Erica Border of Ohio and Ruth Burger of New Mexico also survive him. A memorial service in May at the Bristol Yacht Club was attended by many dozens of people from all walks of life and all aspects of the marine industry.

Visionary boat designer Phil Bolger died suddenly at his home on May 31.

Always thinking outside the box, Bolger designed between 600 and 700 boats, including the world’s smallest dinghy, the “folding schooner,” and the HMS Rose, a replica of an 18th century Royal Navy frigate that served as a sail-training vessel operating out of several East Coast ports for over 30 years. The Rose was featured in the 2003 blockbuster film “Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World,” with actor Russell Crowe.

Bolger also was a prolific writer with a monthly column in “Messing About in Boats,” the Wenham, Mass.-based small-boat magazine. He published numerous books on boats and a science-fiction novel about apartheid in South Africa, written and published before the racial separation system ended, along with countless magazine articles. He is survived by his wife and business partner Susanne Altenburger.

In a “Boston Globe” obituary, he is quoted as choosing the Gloucester Gull as his best design. “When I come up for judgment, and they stop me at the gate and ask, ‘What’s your excuse?’,” Bolger said. “I’ll tell them I designed the Gloucester Light Dory, and they’ll have to let me in.”

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That evening, Rob and I take the Whaler up the and he asks me to pick something. I see this thing Mitchell River again to catch part of a baseball game. that Rob says is a lobster; it’s got two large claws, I can’t get into Fenway Park or Yankee Stadium, but squeakers in each, and a bunch of little legs along its a hit at the home field of the Chatham As, a team I’m side for me to nibble on, then another large squeaker that is part of the Cape Cod Baseball League. Rob in the tail. Mom says it’s an early Christmas present says this league provides college baseball players with a family to stay with, a part-time job, and some good baseball practice over the summer. A number of current major league players have spent summers in the Cape Cod Baseball League including Jacoby Ellsbury, Mike Lowell and Jason Varitek – to name a few of my favorite Boston Red Sox players.

We watch the game between The Chatham As and the Harwich Mariners, and it’s a real family affair. I rub noses with a border collie and some sort of Schnauzer, but I steer clear of that big German Shepherd. We head back to the boat before the game is over, as tomorrow we head out. Next destination: Hadley Harbor for a night or two.

I really like Chatham. There are lots Photo courtesy captains Douglas K. and Linda J. Lee of sidewalks on tree-lined streets that Rob and I took the Whaler up the Mitchell River to catch a Cape Cod League we can walk on for hours and hours. baseball game. Ya’know, I can’t get into Fenway Park, but I was a hit at the There are several ice-cream shops, and home field of the Chatham As. a couple of stores with some great dog toys and treats. Sailing is great in for me, so they put it in a bag and off we go. We walk these parts, and the water sports are equally grand. around town some more, then head back to the boat People can even take their boats, or ride a small for a swim. launch, to view the seals on the beaches south of We took an afternoon Whaler ride around the harChatham Harbor.

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Tom Kellog’s Seabird yawl, Gull, sniffs the morning air off Hockamock Head lighthouse on Swans Island, Maine.

Morning meditations A pale ivory gleam slanted through the pregnant stillness of Burnt Coat Harbor, sowing luminous pearls that capered about the Swans Island anchorage, flashed across the cabin walls, and roused me from my dreams. Taking the day’s measure, I was struck by the drama of it – pointed spruce and rugged granite battlements doubled on the burnished sea, gulls gossiping on the wing and a blue heron stalking prayerfully in the muddy shallows.

Clumsily addressing the spectacle, I sat in silence for some time before waking the mate. Filling the teapot with water and setting the stove alight, I opened the hatch and breathed deeply of air as sweet as maple syrup. On deck, a wreath of dew glistened in the low light, nature’s sublime baptism. Shaking off the lethargy of the hour, while bacon and eggs sizzled away, the one thing the mate and I came to be certain of was that there would be no hurrying the morning along. Several cups of coffee and conversations later, I raised sail while Leigh attended to the anchor.

Edging the sloop toward the tidy knot of a village at the tide’s bidding, errant zephyrs tooled the water and set the flag at the fisherman’s cooperative to fluttering. The knotmeter flickered 1.2 and then 1.8 knots. We could have walked faster, but there was an elegance to the Leight’s quiet ways, but for an occasional chuckle from the dinghy. Tacking over, we www.pointseast.com

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Skirting Hockamock Lighthouse, its eastern facade a dazzling morning white, the wind abandoned our cause and we lay becalmed next to a weed-bedecked green gong buoy. Shifting slowly along as the musing breeze allowed, we chased feeble scurries and kept our own counsel, the sun warm on our backs and swirls of current helping us inch westward. A seal surfaced to port, a flight of terns twitted busily as they darted about in search of herring, and the hazy heights of Isle Au Haut commanded the horizon to port. There were a multitude of subtleties we are often too busy to notice.

Arranging the cockpit cushions like chaise lounges, we reclined, pulled our caps low and eased contentedly across silky seas. Off Halibut Rock we trained the binoculars on a schooner working east, its cloud of sail investing the scene with a palpable sense of history.

It was just shy of noon when we slipped into a teacup of a one-boat bight on the north shore of Wreck Island. Our labors yielded only nine miles, but few mornings have been better spent.

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July 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

12:59 AM 0.6 02:01 AM 0.6 02:59 AM 0.6 03:52 AM 0.5 04:40 AM 0.4 05:24 AM 0.4 06:04 AM 0.3 12:13 AM 9.8 12:50 AM 9.7 01:26 AM 9.6 02:03 AM 9.5 02:41 AM 9.3 03:21 AM 9.1 04:05 AM 8.8 04:53 AM 8.6 05:47 AM 8.4 12:38 AM 0.8 01:40 AM 0.5 02:43 AM 0.1 03:44 AM -0.4 04:41 AM -0.9 05:36 AM -1.3 12:02 AM 11.6 12:57 AM 11.6 01:52 AM 11.3 02:46 AM 10.8 03:42 AM 10.1 04:39 AM 9.5 05:39 AM 8.8 12:30 AM 0.7 01:33 AM 0.9

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

Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole

Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol

Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport

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

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

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

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

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Good-bye old Gotta Keep Bailing out, and all sorts of bad inter was a tough things happen,” is the way time for lobstermen Adam explains it. and lobster dogs Most of last year, Adam here in Maine. Most of the spent a lot of time with a nice pots had been hauled and fellow named Nate Piper. most of the boats were on “the He’s what they call a shiphard.” That was pretty much wright. I’m not sure what true for me and my friend that is, but then I don’t know Adam. what a shipleft is either. I My name is Boon and I live learned all sorts of new words in Kittery Point. I work on the from Nate. Did you know that lobsterboat GKB (Gotta Keep wooden boats have things Bailing) with my best friend like a garboard and a gudAdam. Oh, and I’m a Bernese geon? The garboard is the Mountain Dog. I’ve got a terplank next to the keel, and a rific life. When I’m not napgudgeon is the thing on which ping, or at the beach, I’m out the rudder on the GKB in front of Gerrish Island swivels. I don’t know about with Adam on the GKB, helpyou, but there are way too ing to haul gear (bring the many names of boat parts for lobster pots onto the boat) me. Nate knows all of them. and loving every minute of it.

He’s pretty smart for someJust after Thanksgiving, one who isn’t a dog. How most of the other lobsterboats many boat parts can you in Kittery Point come out of Photo courtesy Jack Tracksler name? the water for the winter.

Well, last summer Nate They call it “going on the Hey, who’s this Shadow guy up in the feature section? I used to be in the feature section. Anyhoo, anused to come out a lot with us hard.” I guess that’s because other day, another lobsterboat. when we were hauling gear. water is soft and land isn’t.

The GKB does not go “on the hard.” She’s just over He and Adam would start talking “boat talk.” Stuff 100 years old and made out of wood. Wooden boats like hard chine or soft chine, whatever they are. If we don’t do well on “the hard.” “Seams open, wood dries were “commuting” to our gear, they would be talking

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away. I’d just go forward and curl up in the anchor lines and take a nap. Ah, the dog’s life!

So there I was, up forward enjoying it all, and there they were in the wheelhouse talking boats. Glass versus wood, versus steel, versus concrete. Who would ever make a boat out of concrete? Have you ever seen a rock float? Silly.

Anyhoo-hoo-woo-woo . . . oh, sorry, got carried away. . . Adam and Nate would get off on all sorts of tangents. “Boy talk” is what Adam’s wife Kathy calls it.

Is bigger better? How wide should it be? What’s the best kind of power? The more they talked, the more my head would swim. The only peace I got was when we were hauling back, pulling the “bugs” (lobsters to a flatlander) from the gear, rebaiting, and then hauling the pot onto the shoot – my job. Bernese Mountain Dogs pull wagons in Switzerland. However, in Maine, we pull lobsterpots. At least I do, and that’s the way I like it.

One day Nate came over with a bunch of paper all rolled up. “Whatcha got there?” Adam asked Nate.

With a big grin he replied, “The new boat”. Wow, I thought, Nate’s going to get a new boat – how great is that? I hope it will have a place for me to take a nap.

Well, Adam and Nate got into their “boy talk” again.

All sorts of new words – sheer, freeboard, power, hold size, seawater tanks. Very boring for a lobster dog like me, so up forward I went and off to dreamland. The next thing I knew, it was time to haul back, so, I ran aft to take up my position. But Adam and Nate kept up the “boy talk.” After we set out the last trawl, we were headed back to Pepperell Cove with a boatload of bugs. Which is good because we have hungry mouths to feed. It will be a good night tonight, I thought.

After all the work was done Adam, Nate and I headed into the wheelhouse. They had some coffee and

sandwiches. I got a nice bowl of water and, my favorite, macaroni and cheese. Kathy makes the best on the whole planet. Believe me, I know my mac and cheese. When I was finished, I had planned to head forward for my “headed-to-port nap.” Adam and Nate were still talking, and finally Adam said, “It just looks perfect.”

“Yeah”, Nate said, “I thought you’d like it. Whatcha gonna do?”

Adam looked out on the water, then down at the boat, and then at the drawing that Nate had, and said, “I think I’m gonna do it.”

My head snapped around in an instant, “Gonna do what? I was gonna take a nap and now I’m not gonna take a nap!” I looked right at Adam with my best what-are-you-gonna-do look. Adam saw me and came over to give me a hug. “Listen fella,” he began, “we’re going to replace the GKB.” “What? How can you replace the best boat in the world?” I thought. This was not turning out to be a good day.

Adam went on to explain: “Listen Boon, the GKB is very old – over 100 – and it’s getting time to let her retire. So Nate and I have been talking about building a new boat. Nate has come up with some interesting ideas, and Uncle Dave has designed a new power plant for her.” All of this was just about too much for a lobster dog to handle. But Adam, Uncle Dave and Nate had it all figured out – I should have known everything would be OK. Adam would be taking the GKB Downeast to where she was built over 100 years ago. She would be the focal point of a new “fishing museum.” She was originally built as a herring carrier and worked that way for her first 75 years. The museum is going to put her back into her original form – sails and all. Wow, that’s BOON, continued on Page 82

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1993 Luhrs Tournament 250 w/twin 350 hp IBs $33,900

2002 Boston Whaler 255 Conquest with 2004 Yamaha Z300 TURC 300 hp $53,550 $11,900

1998 BW 18 Ventura w/1997 Evinrude 150 hp

$16,250

1992 Grady White 205 Overnighter w/175 hp Johnson

$10,350

1977 BW 17 Montauk w/1981 90-hp Johnson 1988 Carver/28 Riviera

$6,550 $24,999

1993 Luhrs 250 Sport Fish

$35,899

1999 Eastern 22 Classic Cuddy w/130-hp Honda

$23,900

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'05 Rosborough Seaskiff 22'. $38K Mercruiser diesel,138 hours.

’08 Southport Boatworks 28’ Express $189K. New boat, last of ’08. Twin Yamaha 250’s

1988 75' DMR Whale Watch boat 1987 40' Silverton Aft Cabin 1988 36' Marine Trader Sundeck 1986 36' Mainship Aft Cabin 1997 30' Pro-Line Walkaround 1998 27' Maxum Suncruiser 2001 26' Boston Whaler Outrage 1987 25' General Marine Downeast 1998 22' Mako 223 Walkaround 2008 22' Scout 222 Abaco 2004 22' Castine Cruiser 1998 21' Maxum 2100 SC 2008 20' Scout 205 Sportfish 2008 17' Scout 175 Sportfish 2003 17' Scout 175 Dorado

$290,000 $61,000 $79,500 $63,000 $34,500 $25,500 $57,500 $23,500 $16,000 $CALL $25,000 $11,500 $CALL $CALL $14,500

1977 30' Bristol Sloop 1778 30' Pearson 1988 27' Catalina Sloop

$24,500 $6,500 $18,000

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23’ Hydrasport 2002 $35,900 33’ Robinhood Poweryacht 3 from $229,500 36’ Nothern Bay Trawler 1999 $285,000 40’ Hatteras Double Cabin 1987 $219,000 40’ Eagle Trawler 1999 $279,000

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One day Nate came over with a bunch of paper all rolled up. “Whatcha got there?” Adam asked Nate. With a big grin he replied, “The new boat”. Wow, I thought, Nate’s going to get a new boat – how great is that? I hope it will have a place for me to take a nap.

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pretty neat. So one day soon we’ll all shove off Downeast for our last trip on the GKB. And after that, Adam and Nate plan to spend the rest of the winter building the new boat. In fact, Nate had already laid the keel in his shop. I guess he figured that Adam would go with the new boat all along. So we won’t be goofing off too much this winter.

I’m going to miss the GKB, but with her in a great fishing museum, we can probably stop by for a visit from time to time. Adam is excited about the new boat and the new power plant (which I think is different than a tomato plant) designed by Uncle Dave. The GKB has a GMC diesel. Adam calls it Jimmy (funny name for an engine). I guess we’ll call Uncle Dave’s new engine “Davy” because its real name is way too hard for anyone, including a dog, to remember.

It’s a compound steam engine with recumbent fuel recycling handling both power and electronics through generator and storage batteries. Say that three times quickly! The way Adam explains it, Davy takes seawater and compresses it. Once the action starts, it just keeps going, and it runs everything on

the boat. It uses hardly any fuel to get it going – less than a quart. He says that we’ll swing a larger wheel (propeller), and that will make the boat move with less effort and energy. Davy also won’t make any noise, which I think is pretty neat. No noise makes for much better naps. It all sounds finestkind to me, but what do I know. I’m a dog.

So, with the design done and the Davy done, all we have to do is build her and name her. Naming a lobster boat is a very important thing. By the time you read this, we’ll be close to launching her, and she’ll have to have a name. I could use your help.

Send any suggestions for the name of our new boat to the editor here at Points East (editor@pointseast.com). Nim Marsh will forward them to me, and I’ll pass them by Adam, and who knows? You just may name the most modern, fuel-efficient lobsterboat in the world. Adam and I are now off to Nate’s Shop to review the progress on the Boat. I can’t wait to get out fishing again ’cause lobster dogs need to keep busy.

While Boon is on the hard, he can be reached by email at editor@pointseast.com.

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42' Bunker & Ellis $134,900 Aleria is a classic wooden downeast yacht. Built in Manset in 1958, she has been enjoyed locally for over 50 years.

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Stanley 36 $385,000 Stanley 38 285,000 Stanley 36 245,000 Somes Sound 26 100,000 Steel Tug 40 60,000 Sisu 22 21,500 Palmer Scott 23 16,800 Gott 19 12,900

Bridges Point 24 $59,000 Pacific Seacraft 27 30,000 J-24 14,500 Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat 17 14,000 1983 Cape Dory Typhoon 19 5,500

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17ʼ Herreshoff Buzzards Bay boat. Classic style.

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

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

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

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

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

control as the boat charges along on a beam reach in a brisk southwest breeze on Narragansett Bay. The special features are open cockpit, complete simplicity and a friendly price designed to introduce sailors to the Alerion Express Fleet. Priced rigged and ready to sail on it’s own custom trailer at $46,948. Contact Cape Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

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and turn key. Asking $33,000. Call John Morin at Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637.

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

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

27ʼ Pacific Seacraft Orion, 1982 Fully equipped & professionally maintained. Hand laid solid fiberglass hull.

Bronze portlights. This is a well found yacht ready to go. $45,000. 207-2447854. billw@jwboatco.com

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

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

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

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

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

New: diesel (195 hours), shaft & prop; Raymarine C80 chartplotter, depth sounder; Main. Harken furler, 5 sails & spinaker gear. Numerous equipment on complete listing. $21,500 (motivated seller ó 2 boat owner). 603-329-7064. pwmail@comcast.net.

30ʼ OʼDay, 1982 Universal diesel, Genoa roller furling, new sails, dodger, wheel steering, depth, speed, wind, GBS, VHF, oneowner, excellent condition. $26,000.

207-372-8046. t.barnes@neu.edu 30ʼ Dufour Arpege, 1970 Beautifully maintained, blue Awlgrip hull, recent sails and dodger. Teak cabin sole. 10hp Volvo diesel. $19,900. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

30ʼ PEARSON 303, 1986 Yanmar, 10’11 beam, 4’4 draft, clean

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

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

Tiller steering for the true sailor.

Recent price drop to $25,000.

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

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

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

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

34ʼ Tartan, 2006 This Tartan 3400 is equipped with a 27hp Yanmar. She is extremely clean and very well cared for; a fresh water boat with an equipment list worthy of a closer look. Please call today for a showing. Asking $179,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com.

35ʼ Hunter Legend, 1987 New Raymarine E-120 Raymarine package. Too many upgrades to note.

Just sailed back from the Islands and in the Penobscot Bay area. Surveyed at $49K. Capt Ron, 207-949-3435 or email rnblnchrd@aol.com.

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

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

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

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

35ʼ Hallberg Rassy Rasmus 1976. Many upgrades including Perkins diesel, new roller furling, propane, many electronics. Classic

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center cockpit blue water vessel. $39,000. rupp_ran@ncia.net.

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

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

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

37ʼ Fisher Pilothouse Ketch 1078. Recent re-fit including dark green Awlgrip, new sails, cushions.

Espar heating, radar, inverter included. $90,000. Located in Eastport, Maine. Call Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343. robinhoodmarinecenter.com.

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Karavan Trailer. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com.

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

17ʼ Eastporter, 1989 Many improvements by yard 2006.

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

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

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

207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com.

19ʼ Boston Whaler Outrage 1991. New Honda 135hp engine w/25 hours, full 5-yr factory warranty.

New control cables, wiring harness and control box. Blue bimini top, barely used 2008 Karavan trailer.

New in-the-box Raymarine A65 Chartplotter with East Coast chip, Uniden Solara DSC VHF radio with antenna. Stored and serviced here since new. $21,880. York Harbor Marine. 207-363-3602.

36ʼ Pearson Pilothouse 36.5 1980. Equipped and ready for cruising or live aboard. Full instruments, main with Dutchman, roller furl genoa, freezer, fridge, A/C heater, and much more. 36.5’L x 11.5’ beam x 4.5’ draft. RCR3PH@aol.com or 401-864-3222. Price reduced to $59,500. RCR3PH@aol.com

37ʼ Hunter, 1998 Fully equipped including Genset, heat/AC, Radar, autopilot. 38hp Yanmar diesel. Superb condition. $109,500. Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2342. robinhoodmarinecenter.com

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

17ʼ Boston Whaler Montauk 1977. Ready to go fishing. 1981 90hp Johnson outboard, dual batteries w/switch, switch panel, bilge pump, navigation light system. With 2005

21ʼ Duffy Electric Launch 2001. Fully electric, full weather enclosure. Quiet, stable, the perfect platform for picnics or cocktails on the bay. $22,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com.

PYY 22, 2008 Center Console, 150hp Mercury, vhf, gps, fishfinder, compass. Designed

by George A. Patten for seaworthiness and custom finished for the discriminating boater. Picnic style also available. $61, 855 (Spring Special) Call Kyle, 207-439-9582. www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net

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Hunter 27 49ʼ Hinckley 49, 1978 Center cockpit. Perfect for around the world cruising, chartering, or live aboard. Excellent condition. Located in Boston. $229,000. Call 781-7600285. pbkress@gmail.com

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

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22ʼ Eastern 22 Classic, 1999 Dark blue 22’ Eastern, cuddy cabin w/Honda 130 4-stroke w/ about 320 hours. New fish finder and radio units. Trailer included. Eastern quality, well cared-for. $23,900. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com.

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

22ʼ Eastern 2006 lobster fisherman. Flag blue hull, 115hp Honda with less than 30 hrs., tandem axle trailer, hydraulic steering, dual batteries w/switch, ext. roof, hard cabin sides w/sliding windows, center opening windshield, full canvas, v-berth, Garmin GPS, Icom UHF, deck seat w/cover, bow rail, flush rod holders and more. Bought new in 09/07. $38,000 or best offer.

Call 207-283-3279. eac@portlandmaine.gov

23ʼ Palmer Scott, 1954 Located in Mt. Desert, Maine.

Fiberglass hull, gas engine. $16,800.

Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 24ʼ Eastern, 2003 Eastern Center Console w/130hp 4stroke Honda outboard. Comes with trailer. $31,500. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

25ʼ Boston Whaler 255 Conquest 2002. Twin Honda 200hp engines, 350 hours. Hardtop w/weather curtain set. Anchor windlass, deluxe ladder-back helm seats, v-berth filler. Porta-potti w/pumpout, macerator/overboard discharge.

Stereo, VHF radio, Simrad integrated electronics, chartplotter/radar & echosounder. $57,500. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com 25ʼ Luhrs 250 Sport Fish, 1993 Luhrs 250 Sport Fish with twin gas Marine Power 350hp IBs, one brand new w/ zero hours. Yard maintained, new plugs, hoses, wiring harness.

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

This boat is loaded. $39,900.

Carousel Marina, 207-633-2922.

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

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

26ʼ Back Cove Pipe Hardtop 2008. Just traded for a Back Cove 33 and options like no other on the market. Her galley includes a 120V AC/12 VDC fridge, stainless steel sink, microwave oven and cooktop for meal preparation. A v-berth with drop-down, inlaid table, sleeps two comfortably; and her fully enclosed head provides a spacious layout for maneuverability. Asking $149,900.

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Albin 28 has the reputation of being tough and durable, and combined with her cleanliness, you won’t be disappointed. Please call today for a showing. Asking $109,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

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28ʼ Cape Dory Flybridge 28’ 30’ & 36’ Cape Dory FB, new Yanmar diesel in 28’ & 36’. Three very clean examples, From $75,000$199,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997 28ʼ Cape Dory, 1987 10’ Beam, 260hp gas, full electronics, custom welded hardtop/new canvas, h/c water, full galley, head & shower, excellent condition, ready to cruise, fish, fun. $60,000. 207-737-2107 drstck@myfairpoint.net

28ʼ Hydra-Sports Center Console 2001. Vector CC. Twin 225hp Ram Fitch Evinrudes, approx.

600 hrs. on both. Aluminum I Beam trailer, new leaf springs 2007, spare tire and bracket. Furuno chart plotter, depth sounder, radar, VHF radio and FM stereo. Many extras, too many to list. Also available (seperatly) Northeast Federal Fishing Permit #148472, active 2009. Call 508-4873208 anytime. $52,000.00 or best offer.

28ʼ Albin HT (2), 2002 Yanmar diesel, very clean from $99,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997.

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

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

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

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

Design and construction first class.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

33ʼ Pearson True North , 2004 True North 33 is one of the most popular 33’ downeast style boats on the brokerage market. With a helm deck that has easy access to the large open cockpit and opening transom door for boarding from a dinghy, swimming or just carrying recreational toys. This TN 33 is equipped with the upgraded 440 Yanmar diesel, Mastervolt generator, air condition-

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

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

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

34ʼ Albin Command Bridge Yanmar diesel 370hp, very economical, burning 8 gal. an hour. Full keel and skeg. Includes Furuno 48 nm radar, Northstar chart plotter, Robertson autopilot, Rithchie compass, and Standard Horizon Spectrum VHF radio, Vetus bow thruster, Bennett trim tabs, and Lofrans windlass. $169,900. Call Dick at 603-742-3487. barrettdd@comcast.net

35ʼ Eastern, 2001 This 2001 Flybridge is well equipped and spacious, an extremely versatile boat. It could be a great weekender, a very accommodating live aboard or you could go long range with the very

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

36ʼ Grand Banks, 1979 Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellent condition. Fully equipped for cruising. $115,000. Call 781-461-2692 or email. RGN98@aol.com

37ʼ Egg Harbor Classic, 1966 True soul and authenticity. Engines are well maintained and run strong.

Interior is pristine, Captain owned, mechanic maintained. Cruise 14 knts; 19 top end. Contact Kenny in Rockport at 207-236-2846. $29,900. harbormaster@town.rockport.me.us

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

Composting head. Fully insulated.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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47ʼ Novi Dragger, 1985 Fiberglass Atkinson Novi Dragger.43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition. $135,000. Jonesport Shipyard, 207497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com 50ʼ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge 2005. SHEGAVIN shows as new and is in absolute Bristol condition.

Powered by 730hp Mann’s she has plenty of power and reliability. Her well thought out interior is done in dark cherry and there were numerous option upgrades. The Mann engine upgrade was a $100K upgrade itself and should be an indication of the rest of this boats condition. No expense was spared to make this vessel the best one of its kind. This boat is loaded and ready for her new owner. She was finished with digital guagesat the helm station and is the only one of her kind. Please view her full specs and call if interested in a showing. This should be the next one to sell. Dont miss out. $630,000. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582 or email www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net

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

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

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

18ʼ Echo Rowing The most advanced recreational rowing shell on the market today. This is a demo boat – one available. 207799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com Commission a Tender Get a great boat while helping a great cause. Custom-built for you by the Compass Project. Come on in and meet your build team. 12’ Bevins

Skiff $850 12’ Echo Bay Dory $1950 16’ Gloucester Light Dory $1,600 Call Clint at 207-774-0682 www.compassproject.org compassinfo@maine.rr.com

Puffin dinghies Puffin fiberglass dinghies in stock.

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

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.

40ʼ Slip for Rent Portsmouth, New Hampshire area.

Deep water and well protected. $4000. 2009 season. Days: 603-3444090. Nights: 603-783-4090.

Perfect Thank You Gift A perfect Thank You gift-A set of lovely fitted sheets for their boat. Check www.fleetsheeet.com for ideas or to arrange for a Gift Card.

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

Clean and well maintained. $3800.

Call Fred 781-771-1053. fjdions@msn.com

Sale – 500 Nautical Books Publications. Many out of print. Half used nautical book catalog prices.

July 11 – 12. 76 Mt. Desert St., Bar Harbor, Maine. Time wrong? Phone for appointment: 207-288-4324.

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

Serving the New England area.

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

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WoodenBoat School Idyllic surroundings and the finest instructors.

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

Off-site winter courses also offered.

For a complete catalog:

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New Canvas Option Introducing Center Harbor Marine Canvasóoffering expanded canvas services to cover and protect you and your investment! Contact Aimee Claybaugh through Center Harbor Sails, Brooklin, Maine 207.359.2003

Yanmar 40 Marine Engine #3JH2E. Complete with drive gear, heat exchanger, alternator. Low hours. Needs top end work. Asking $3,000. Call for details. 207-2404646.

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

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

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

Deliveries, training, management.

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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 Offshore Swan Sailing Program Sail a Swan (48 or 56) from New York to Bermuda or back this June.

Only $1,300. Call 1-800-4-PASSAGe or visit www.sailopo.com Rental Moorings Sail beautiful Penobscot Bay.

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

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

Samuel E. Slaymaker Marine Surveying Inc. Since 1980. P.O. Box 252, Rockport, Maine 04856. Tel. 207-785-4975, Cell

207-542-7480. e-mail: surveys@slaymakermarinesurveying.com

Offshore Passage Opportunities # 1 Crew Networking Service since 1993. Sail for free on OPB’s. Call 1800-4-PASSAGe for free brochure/membership application.

Need Crew? Call. www.sailopo.com

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

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

Advertiser index Alexseal All Paint All-Taut Marine Transporters American Boatschool, LLC. Arborvitae Woodworking Atlantic Challenge Atlantic Outboard Bamforth Marine Bay of Maine Boats Bay Sailing Bayview Rigging and Sails Belfast Classic Small Boat Show Blackpoint Inn Boat Building Vacation Boat US Boatwise New Hampshire DEP Bohndell Sails & Rigging Boothbay Harbor YC race series Boothbay Region Boatyard Bowden Marine Service Brewer Yacht Yards Broad Cove Marine Center Buck’s Restaurant & Catering Burr Brothers Boats Capt. Jay Michaud, Marine Surveyor Carousel Casey Yacht Enterprises Chase, Leavitt & Co. Compass Project Conanicut Marine Concordia Company Connecticut DEP Constant Waterman postcards Coveside Crocker's Boatyard Curtis Yacht Brokerage, LLC Custom Float Services Dark Harbor Boat Yard Dip Net Restaurant Dockwise Yacht Transport Dolphin Marina & Restaurant Dor-Mor Inc. Doyle Center Harbor Eastern Boats Eastport Chowderhouse Easy Bailer Enos Marine Eric Dow Boat Shop Finestkind Finestkind Boatyard Fleet Sheets Flying Point Boatworks

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Fortune, Inc. 60 Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 92 Gamage Shipyard 88 Gemini Marine Products 56 Gilbert’s Chowder House 24 Goddess of the Sea Cruises 86 Gowen Marine 3,42 Gray & Gray, Inc. 82 Great Bay Marine 34 Great Bay Marine Gritty McDuff’s 63 Guilford Boat Yards 65 Hallett Canvas & Sails 22 Hamilton Marine 2 Hamlin’s Marina 55 Handy Boat Service 65, 92 Hansen Marine Engineering 70,84,92 HinckleyYacht Charters 77 IMP Fishing Gear, Ltd. 66 J/24 Race Series 50 J-Way Enterprises 92 J.R. Overseas 87 Jackson’s Hardware 63 Johanson Boatworks 86 John Williams Boat Company 39,43,82 Jonesport Shipyard 83 Journey’s End Marina 56 Kennebec Tavern & Marina 24 Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor 83 Kingman Yacht Center 92 Kittery Point Yacht Yard 23 Knight Marine Service 57 Lake & Sea Boatworks 54 Main Sail Restaurant 25 Maine boats, Homes & Harbors 14 Maine Cat 62,86 Maine Sailing Partners 53 Maine Yacht Center 19 Maptech 35 Marblehead Trading Company 92 Marina at Harbour Place 67 Marina Listings 28,29,30,31 Marine Engines 79 Merri-Mar Yacht Basin 92 Miliner Marine Systems 88 Mobile Marine Canvas 16 Moorings and Muffins 87 Moose Island Marine 42 MS Society 41 N.H. DEP 66 New Meadows Marina 54 Niemiec Marine 92 Norm Leblanc 83

North Sails Direct 51 Northeast Sailboat Rescue 85 NorthPoint Yacht Charter Co. 86 Novabraid 61 Ocean Offerings 88 Ocean Point Marina 80 Ocean Pursuits 57 PassageMaker Magazine 11 Patten Marine Consulting 27 Pickering Wharf Marina 76 Pierce Yacht Co. 59 Pope Sails 26 Port Clyde General Store 40 Portland Boat Mattress & Cushion 78 Portland Yacht Services 36,92 PYC Race Series 47 Robinhood Marine 58 Robinhood Marine Center 81 Rocktide Inn 24 Rolls Battery of New England 15 Royal River Boatyard 44 Rumery’s Boat Yard 18 Russell’s Marine 85 Samoset Boatworks 60 Scandia Yacht Sales 80 Seal Cove Boatyard 38 SeaTech Systems 87 South Port Marine Yacht Connection 72,81 South Shore Boatworks 54 Spruce Head Marine 57 Standout Yacht Fittings, Inc. 69 Stanley Scooter 70 Star Distributing 76 Stur-Dee Boats 71 The Brooklin Inn 25 The Edge 25 The Osprey Restaurant 24 URLs 74,75 Waterfront restaurant 25 Webhannett River Boat Yard 54 West Marine 17 Whale’s Tale Restaurant 24 Wilbur Yachts 63 Winter Island Yacht Yard 52 Winterport Marine 77 Women Under Sail 61 Wooden Boat School 89 Yacht North Charters 67,72,86 Yankee Boat Yard & Marina 92 Yankee Marina & Boatyard 46,92 York Harbor Marine Service 43,81

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BREWER YACHT YARD AT GREENPORT Greenport, NY 631/477-9594 BREWER STIRLING HARBOR MARINA Greenport, NY 631/477-0828 BREWER YACHT YARD AT GLEN COVE Glen Cove, NY 516/671-5563 BREWER CAPRI MARINA Port Washington, NY 516/883-7800 BREWER POST ROAD BOAT YARD Mamaroneck, NY 914/698-0295 BREWER YACHT HAVEN MARINA Stamford, CT 203/359-4500 BREWER STRATFORD MARINA Stratford, CT 203/377-4477 BREWER BRUCE & JOHNSON’S MARINA Branford, CT 203/488-8329 BREWER PILOTS POINT MARINA Westbrook, CT 860/399-7906 BREWER FERRY POINT MARINA Old Saybrook, CT 860/388-3260 BREWER DAUNTLESS SHIPYARD Essex, CT 860/767-0001 BREWER DEEP RIVER MARINA Deep River, CT 860/526-5560 BREWER YACHT YARD AT MYSTIC Mystic, CT 860/536-2293 BREWER WICKFORD COVE MARINA Wickford, RI 401/884-7014 BREWER YACHT YARD AT COWESETT Warwick, RI 401/884-0544 BREWER GREENWICH BAY MARINA Warwick, RI 401/884-1810 BREWER COVE HAVEN MARINA Barrington, RI 401/246-1600 BREWER SAKONNET MARINA Portsmouth, RI 401/683-3551 BREWER FIDDLER’S COVE MARINA N. Falmouth, MA 508/564-6327 BREWER PLYMOUTH MARINE Plymouth, MA 508/746-4500 BREWER SOUTH FREEPORT MARINE S. Freeport, ME 207/865-3181

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YOUR SUMMER HOME During these challenging economic times, boat owners are spending their money more wisely. At Brewer Yacht Yards, customers know that a safe and secure “summer home” for their boat, located amongst some of New England’s most beautiful cruising grounds, is just the beginning. With the many amenities, beautifully groomed grounds, shoreside benefits, and FREE WiFi internet service, a summer season at a Brewer Yacht Yard is practically a vacation in itself! Add-in Customer Club benefits, such as FREE transient dockage, discounted fuel prices, and access to a 24-hour help-line, and you’ve got the kind of security, savings, and peace of mind only Brewer can offer.

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

Concordia Company Century Series Engines

South Dartmouth, MA 508-999-1381 www.concordiaboats.com

Crocker’s Boat Yard Manchester, MA 978-526-1971 www.crockersboatyard.com

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Forepeak/Marblehead Trading Co. Marblehead, MA 781-639-0029 www.marbleheadtrading.com

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

Universal Diesel Engines

J-Way Enterprises Scituate, MA 781-544-0333 www.jwayent.net

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

Merri-Mar Yacht Basin Newburyport, MA 978-465-3022 www.merri-maryachtbasin.com Westerbeke Diesel & Gasoline Engines

Niemiec Marine New Bedford, MA 508-997-7390 www.niemiecmarine.com

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

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CONNECTICUT Yankee Boat Yard & Marina Portland, CT 860-342-4735 www.yankeeboatyard.com

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