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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 13 Number 4 July 2010 F E AT U R E S
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Decision-time came early and often for this father and son crew on a late-summer cruise to Cuttyhunk on an O’Day 26 sloop. By Michael Derr
“Hey Dad, think we could take a few days for a cruise to Maine before the summer’s over?” Hello? Does a bear . . .? Well, you know. By Joel Gleason
In a light mist, you won’t see her, and with her motor (named Davey), you won’t hear her, so she won’t scare the “bugs” or disturb my naps. By Boon the Lobsterdog LAST WORD
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Cruising styles commensurate with age As you get older, you figuratively shorten sail. David Roper
Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore Twister meets Love Boat in the Mississippi. Shadow the Firedog
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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 13, Number 4 Publisher Joseph Burke Editor Nim Marsh Marketing director Bernard Wideman Ad representatives Lynn Emerson Whitney Gerry Thompson, David Stewart Ad design Holly St. Onge
D E PA R T M E N T S Letters..........................................7 Costly anchors, lowly clams; Memories of the Kennedys; Boat shop history from a Lowell.
Media ........................................55 “Overboard” by Michael J. Tougias; “The Modern Cruising Sailboat” by Charles J. Doane; “Visual Cruising Guide” by James Bildner.
Mystery Harbor...........................13 Winner never went to East G, R.I. New mystery harbor on page 25
Fishing reports ...........................68 North: Bluefins on Stellwagen Bank; South: Blues, stripers are swarming.
News..........................................20 Eastport Pirate Festival; New Nantucket weather website; Antique & Classic Boat Festival.
Yardwork ...................................70 Robinhood launches comfy Island 40; There’s an electric Alerion Express 33; Bolero launched after major refit.
The Racing Pages ........................50 Newport boat wins Block Island Race; Lobster boat racing schedule; Vermonters star in Netherlands.
Fetching Along ............................74 The difference between seeing and knowing. Calendar.....................................78 WoodenBoat Show, Trawler Fest, much more.
SPECIAL ADVERTISING SECTIONS Dine ashore ................................38 Tired of boat grub? Check out these restaurants.
Maine pumpout stations .............62 Where they are and how to contact them.
Marina listings ...........................56 Dockage, services, amenities, contact info.
Tackle Box ..................................66 The shops, the tournaments, the marinas, the boats.
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What ‘the other half’ thinks ell, maybe not half; perhaps a third who believe there can be unhealthy aspects to digital communication. But this doesn’t necessarily make the other two-thirds right. Not to worry: Our third is strong, mounted on a solid philosophical foundation built by individuals of all ages, and it’s not going to go away. Witness these snippets from an op-ed piece “Forgetting Facebook” – written last April by college student Joshua Aromin and published in “The Good 5-Cent Cigar,” the student newspaper at the University of Rhode Island: “. . . I’m back to a time when event invitations still came in the mail, getting poked meant physically getting touched, a friend was more than a web page, and [Facebook co-founder] Mark Zuckerberg was just another student at Harvard University. I’m back to a time before Facebook. I’ve deactivated my account . . . “Of course, it’s my own fault to let a voluntary website, with which I freely chose to make an account, take that much control of me. Facebook doesn’t emit nicotine through my computer monitor forcing me to log on every few minutes, though it felt like it did. I just lacked self-control, which prompted me to deactivate my account. “Facebook isn’t a bad thing. It’s a tool that I overused to the point where it was detrimental to me. Whenever I was home, I wasted hours perusing the networking website, which led to late nights that could have been spent doing more useful things like updating my resume, or even simpler things like sleeping.” And what does this all have to do with Points East? Well, this issue marks the fifth year of our dedicated Family/Children issue, with its usual mix of wonder, nonsense, and family fun. After five years of family boating stories – and lobsterdogs, firedogs and potbellied pigs baring their anthropomorphic souls on our pages – you know we care a lot about the quality of young people’s lives – quality as it pertains to their futures as creative, productive, self-reliant, responsible and happy individuals. Recently, we encountered a poem, “The Hundred Languages of Children,” by Italian early education specialist Loris Malaguzzi, that set us back on our heels. The last few lines follow: The child has a hundred languages (and a hundred hundred hundred more) but they steal ninety-nine the school and the culture separate the head from the body.
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Steve Duguay and daughter Dora in the river of life.
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They tell the child to think without hands to do without head to listen and not speak to understand without joy to love and marvel only at Easter and Christmas. They tell the child to discover the world already there and of the hundred they steal ninety-nine. They tell the child that work and play reality and fantasy science and imagination sky and earth reason and dream are things that do not belong together. And thus they tell the child that the hundred is not there. The child says: No way. The hundred is there! “Learning and teaching should not stand on opposite banks and just watch the river flow by,” Malaguzzi wrote. “Instead, they should embark together on a journey down the water. Through an active, reciprocal exchange, teaching can strengthen learning how to learn.” So good for you, Joshua Aromin, for realizing that your dependence upon the networking website was unhealthy – that, for you, Facebook and your blossoming reality were on opposite banks of the river of life, which you’d only been watching as it flowed by in all its turmoil and beauty. editor@pointseast.com
Letters We hope he likes the articles, too Don’t change a thing! I like the coarse paper, the folksy ads, and no real-estate pitch. L.W. Johnson, Esq. Amesbury, Mass.
Kennedys gave us good memories
Anchoring and phylum Mollusca Re: W.R. Cheney’s article “Anchoring and a Good Night’s Sleep” (Guest Perspective, May 2010) and the things that can foul an anchor, here is one of my experiences. I was crew on board an L. Francis Herreshoff Meadowlark ketch. We were anchored just off the Ida Lewis Yacht Club in Newport, riding on a Herreshoff yacht anchor, of course. There had been a fresh breeze from the south-southwest, but a front had just come through bringing a fresh north-northwest breeze. I went forward after the boat had swung to the new breeze and felt the rode: no vibration; the anchor had reset well. At that point, I noticed a yawl sailing, stern-first, down the wind, dragging her anchor. She was headed straight for the yacht club, which is built on a mass of rock. She was also unattended. My skipper and I managed to jump into the dink and row over and board her. We immediately veered out more rode but the anchor would not bite. She was almost on the rocks at this point. We managed to signal a yacht club launch, which got to us just before “crunch time” and got us onto an empty mooring. Upon bringing the anchor home we found that it was a Danforth and something had caught in the flukes not allowing it to reset when it flipped over after the wind shift. The accompanying photo shows the dumb-looking guy on the right, me, and on the left, the owner of the yawl, a 34-foot wooden Rhodes, holding the offending anchor-jammer: a quahog. Said quahog later went into a tasty bit of chowder. Even in a fairly protected harbor, lying to just one anchor when not on board, is risky. Douglas W. Meyer via email
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While at the Coast Guard Museum in Barnstable on Cape Cod, I picked up a copy of Points East. I enjoyed the article on the Crosby Yard and the Wianno Sr. As a kid I used to sail my Cape Cod Junior Cat Sandpiper in the Hyannis and Hyannisport area when we were there on holiday. I remember seeing the Kennedy boats out and often, seeing some crazy things. I remember seeing Bobby’s boat, the Resolute (same name as my present boat), being sailed by Ethel Kennedy and the kids climbing up the mast hoops while she was hiked over and then sliding down the sail into the cockpit. I often thought that a quick change in the wind would catapult them half way to Nantucket. I also remember the Shriver boat, Head Start, as the three were moored behind the jetty in Hyannisport. One time, I almost collided with Ethel Kennedy as we both came out at the stern of a large sloop and didn’t see each other. Good memories. The yard that launches my present boat for me, Oyster Harbors Marine, is right across from Crosby’s. I did sail a Wianno once. I remember it as solid and heavy, not at all like my present fiberglass MacGregor, which is the same length. Tom Connolly Ellington, Conn.
Victura should be living history I truly enjoyed “The Crosby Charisma” by Stephanie Ocko in the June 2010 issue of Points East. I recall seeing the Kennedy’s Wianno Junior mounted on its concrete pedestal outside the JFK Library a number of years ago. It is kept up very nicely by its caretakers, but I remember thinking at the time what a shame it is that a boat that gave so much pleasure to its owners, even though it is an historic artifact, is propped up on stones rather than sailing, on display like a thief in the stocks rather than happily bowling along in its element. It seemed sad and a bit ridiculous, all at the same Points East July 2010
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time, that this fine, old boat should be canted absurdly on an angle – as though it were actually heeling on a windward beat – while sitting immobile on the hard, lashed by summertime winds and thunderstorms while going nowhere. I understand that Victura is part of our history and K-culture, and that we cannot afford her to be lost or accidentally damaged or sunk, but pardon my sentiment, a boat like that ought to have kids in it. It ought to be sailing around the harbor, or Hyannis, or Buzzard’s Bay, taking out youngsters from the inner city, or handicapped kids, school groups, the Young Republicans, and others. It’s a shame to let the poor, old craft just sit there and weather away. I wonder if Jack, Bobby, and Ted wouldn’t agree. Capt. Mike Martel s/v Privateer Bristol, R.I.
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The Lowell boat shop.
He’s not the first but the closest I may not be the first to respond to the picture in your Points East paper (April 2010), but I am closer to the location of the Mystery Harbor than anyone. I am the last living Lowell to have worked at the boat shop, which was back in the ’30s. The shop has been in my family since 1793, starting with Gideon, then Simeon, Hiram, Benjamin, Fred A., Fred C., Walter, my father, and the last Lowell was Ralph, my older brother, now deceased. I probably know more about it than anyone at this time as I was born and brought up a few houses away. I have a complete archive at my home in Wellesley and memorabilia. I am also in a picture taken of the boat shop gang while I was home on leave while serving three and a half years in the Navy. This may not win a hat, but I couldn’t help but respond. I contribute regularly to Lowell’s continuence as a teaching woodworking shop. This was a nice picture, but I have dozens very similar, all to be left in 8
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triplicate to my children. The note from “J.P.” in Newburyport (“G. Washington Served in a Lowell,” May 2010) that George Washington crossed the Delaware [in a Lowell] is a lot of hogwash. I know George Washington was president in 1797, but I have the most extensive history of the shop and think his statement is a real stretch. We didn’t make the style of boat he is pictured in. Philip B. Lowell Wellesley, Mass.
May cover is double-edged sword My letter was inspired by the May 2010 cover photo of a young woman holding a striped bass. I thought your readers might want to know that it is probably not a good idea for her to eat it because of the high levels of PCBs found in striped bass caught along the East Coast, from New Jersey to Maine. I quote the source of my information, a major report on recreationally caught striped bass that came out in 2008, so people can check out the facts for themselves. I am a marine biologist at Northeastern University’s Marine Science Center (www.biology.neu.edu/faculty03/Cheney.html) in Nahant, Mass., who specializes in marine pollution. I’ve been working for several years specifically on PCBs in marine and estuarine food webs, so that’s why I am familiar with the report and the dangers of eating striped bass in general, and particularly to what is described as the “Sensitive Population,” which consists of young women of childbearing age just like the woman pictured on the May cover. Keep up the good work. I think Points East is the best and most helpful boating magazine out there, and I look forward to reading every issue. Don Cheney Ipswich, Mass.
Hippo was bult by N.Y. Launch Any misinformation in “The Fall and Rise of the Hippocampus” is mine, of course. I have been sort of a Hippo historian after the death of Capt. Erland “Cappy” Quinn some 20 years ago. Cappy looked after the Hippo all his life, working on her as a kid with his brother Bonney, later as captain after Lamont Green drowned. He later owned and fished with her for many years after her mailboat career. Anyhow, the Hippocampus is 104 years old, was 55 feet long, and was built in 1906 by the New York Launch and Engine Co., not the famous Consolidated Co. I met a Jane Masterson, who is writing a book about all the yachts her grandfather built, many of which are still afloat. The Hippo was the first, and the 97-foot Olympus, in 1929, was the last. editor@pointseast.com
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There was another, similar yacht on Eagle Island built by Consolidated that got confused by a John Enk in his book, “A Family Island in Penobscot Bay,” and I used this information in an article I wrote for Down East magazine in 1988. Go to “NavSource Online” and look up SP 654-Hippocampus. Peter Clifford Hallowell, Maine
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Yesterday (May 18) was the first night of racing in the Tuesday night Cox series at the Barrington Yacht Club. It was a cold wet one. I took fewer photos than usual due to rain (trying to keep my camera dry) and our regular main trimmer missed the race so I was on the mainsheet. Check my flickr slide show for a dozen more pics before the start including nice shot of the crew on Glamorous Glenice. PS. I'm happy to report I felt very comfortable and secure wearing my new Mustang inflatable PFD. Chuck A To see the link to Chuck A’s slide show, or just to find out more about what New England boaters are saying, go to the Points East Parley at www.pointseast.com/forum.
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Night swimming and leaky dinks The other day I was reminded of when we lived in Brunswick, Maine, and we did our boating from Mere Point and visited most of the islands in Casco Bay. Our boat was a wooden strip-built “Pogo” designed by Fred Bates. It was an open boat about 22 feet long and easily held two or three families, friends, camping gear, or fishing equipment. The boat belonged to some dear friends who were kind enough to share their adventures with us. This particular adventure happened after a long summer day on the water. The marina launch service stopped at 7 p.m. Boaters who arrived back late had to arrange for their own transport from boat to shore. Most had dinghies, but for those who didn’t, the marina had thoughtfully provided a couple of rowboats that were kept tied to the fuel dock. Calling these two wrecks “rowboats” might be an overstatement as both vessels were derelict fishermen’s punts that had long ago outlived their usefulness. They spent most of the summer swamped, gently rubbing against each other, bobbing amidst the sea grass at the end of the docks. They were seldom used. We had gotten the most out of a beautiful summer day boating on Casco Bay and had arrived back at the marina just as it was getting dark. We slid up to the fuel dock and unloaded coolers, picnic baskets, wives and sleepy kids. I volunteered to help Grant put the boat out on the mooring. “Grab one of those skiffs,” Grant said. “We’ll have to take it with us.” I found a plastic bucket and bailed one of the skiffs dry, then scrounged up two mismatched oars. “Just hang on to the line,” Grant said, and we motored out into the harbor. We made the big boat fast to the mooring, switched off the running lights and snapped the mooring cover down tight. By now it was dark, but the floodlights from the marina lit our way ashore. “Get in,” Grant said, and we lowered ourselves over the side into the leaky skiff. “Careful, she’s a bit tipsy.” There were no oarlocks. We had to paddle the skiff canoe -fashion. We aimed the old boat toward the shore and paddled like crazy, but our little voyage was doomed from the start. Even as we struggled to shove the rickety boat along it was taking on water at an alarming rate and settling from under us. The sinking www.pointseast.com
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MYSTERY HARBOR/And th e winner is.. .
A not-so-obscure hint unveils the Mystery Harbor I’ve never been there, but from your “obscure hint”, it sounds like East Greenwich, Rhode Island. Lea B. Pendleton Marblehead, Mass.
Editor’s note: Not wanting to admit that Points East harbors a hobgoblin with a little mind, we surrendered to the onslaught, bent the rules, and gave Lea her much deserved hat.
Editor’s note: Well, you’re right. We guess the hint wasn’t that obscure after all. We thought we were being so clever. Normally, to get your Points East designer yachting cap, the winner has to whip up a few paragraphs telling readers about the Mystery Harbor they’ve identified: Their experiences there, moorings available, anchorages in the area, holding ground, depths, protection from what directions, hazards at the approach, historical and personal anecdotes, whether or not their boat is moored there, any local characters, wildlife, nearby provisioning, things to do nearby, etc. etc. However, insofar as you’ve never been to East Greenwich, this is an impossibility. So technically, you can’t win the hat. Lea responds: Come on, you guys. I have been participating in this game for several years, always late when I got it right. Now you say I won but you may not give me the prize because, despite 22 years of coastal cruising between the Reversing Falls of New Brunswick (with the Fundy Flotilla) and Sag Harbor, Long Island (but mostly in Maine), I never made it to East Greenwich and cannot relate anything about it. I did check the town out on the Internet before I responded, to make sure it had a harbor. At least I deserve an honorable mention, complete with a Points East designer cap. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said in his essay, “Self Reliance,” “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Here, where no one got it right the first time around, an exception to the usual rules is called for. And besides, I really want the cap. www.pointseast.com
Exciting time in Mystery Harbor The Location of the June Mystery Harbor is East Greenwich, R.I. While we currently sail out of Robinhood, Maine, back in 1978, when we had our Bristol 24, we spent an exciting evening in East Greenwich. During the passage of a particularly memorable cold front, a sailboat anchored a couple of hundred feet off our port bow began dragging. We alerted him with our air horn and, luckily, he was able to reset his anchor before any damage was done. Also, after reading your “obscure” hint, we felt it must be East Greenwich, referring to Greenwich Mean Time. Barbara & Charlie Souza North Andover, Mass.
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Perspectives Cruising styles commensurate with age spent my second longest continuous time on board a boat this past winter. It was seven months on the trawler Osprey, compared to my two and one-half years in the early ’60s cruising and sailing on the schooner Coaster. I was 30 years old with Coaster and 78 years old with Osprey. I never slept ashore in either adventure, maybe passed out there once and again during the younger experience. The Coaster time was spent traveling from Maine to the Bahamas, to the Virgin Islands, down the West Indies to Trinidad, the Dutch Antilles, Columbia, Panama, through the canal to Hawaii (5,100 sea miles in 49 days), solo to the Society Islands, back to Hawaii, and to Alaska, Ketchikan to
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Juneau. The Osprey time was spent cruising the Intracoastal Waterway, Chesapeake Bay to Florida, over to the Bahamas’ Abaco Islands, back to Florida, and up the ICW to Maine. There were no large-scale charts aboard Coaster, and I winged it in some of the damndest places, such as all the anchorages in the South Pacific Society Islands. And there were enough charts and cruising guides on Osprey to symbolically overwhelm the Library of Congress. The only navigation gear on Coaster was a sextant, a taffrail log, dividers, plotter, pencils, sounding lead, and a 12-footlong boathook. Coaster’s engine almost never ran. Osprey is fitted with two GPS chart recorders, depthsounder, VHF radio, an autopilot, a
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fully instrumented engine that always ran. Coaster had a two-burner oil-fired stove, kerosene lamps, and an ice box, and Osprey has a home-type refrigerator and freezer, many electric lights, a stereo system, and a pair of laptop computers. Coaster carried a Dyer dinghy, until it was lost off the island of Kaui, with a British Seagull outboard. Osprey has an inflated dinghy that houses on the transom with a Mercury outboard. The two boats are as suited to my age as they are to the role they were asked to fill. It takes a 30-yearold with a devil-may-care attitude to singlehand or shorthand a 12-ton old, wooden, gaff-headed schooner, and even a 78-year-old can shorthand a 10ton trawler. I cannot come up with an anchorage or a passage that had any question marks while cruising with Osprey. On Coaster, however, I can recall very few anchorages and passages where I both knew where I was and precisely where I was going. As example, I sailed solo from Oahu to the Society Islands with just an ocean chart not even showing island names much less exact locations and harbors. I knew I would find one of the islands, and on my 17th day did so, wended my way behind a clearly visible reef to anchor, rowed
ashore, and asked the first person I met where I was. He answered in French, and I am not multilingual, which made very little difference in my understanding since I had no chart to use for identification. On Osprey, Mary Beth and I actually got quite used to cruising over depths averaging about five feet since we only carried four feet of boat below us. We more often anchored, but would buy a marina slip when we needed to find a land-based bar with a TV set to watch the Red Sox or the Celtics or to replenish the grocery inventory or to fill fuel tanks. The guides gave us shore maps with facility locations and harbor charts with marina details and entry routes. Because of the pair of GPS chart recorders, we didn’t even bother to perform any dead-reckoning chores, no plan of chart headings and distances. I even had a reluctance to consult the magnetic compasses for steering. I wonder what the next boat project will be? My old schooner Eagle will be back with me this summer, and she will remind me that, even at my age, the old ways still hold their compelling charm. Welcome home Dodge and Mary Beth. We await your next voyaging plans with bated breath.
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Toto, we’re not in Kansas anymore It’s 3:22 a.m. on a Friday in June and I’m sitting on Elsa’s starboard berth looking across at a small oil painting of Marblehead Harbor that highlights a handful of gaff-rigged sloops and schooners from another century. The painting has a wonderful patina, and now, further illuminated by the gimbaled kerosene lamp near its gold frame, it holds my gaze for more than a few moments. I’m up at 3:22 a.m. because I awoke with an idea for this column, and I knew a deadline was fast approaching. No more time for staring at a painting. While my mini laptop is firing up, I flip on the VHF and turn it to “scan,” maybe yearning for some company at this odd hour. My column was going to be about how 99.9 percent of boaters don’t know how to dock. Snobbish of me, but true. I begin outlining the physics of why one can quite easily dock, initially, without any bow or stern lines and even without any bow or stern person. It’s always bugged me the dangerous way that people dock, throwing and missing lines, jumping off the deck too early, cleating bow lines too early, and springing the stern out away from the dock, often generating much yelling and scrambling all around, and even perhaps an unplanned swim between dock and boat. When docking the wrong way, things can change for the worse mighty quickly. Anyway, I was thinking about all this when the VHF stopped scanning and started blaring its emergency signal on Channel 16. About the same time, I heard a few raindrops on the cabin top, which sounded oddly heavy, like falling fishing weights. Tornado watch: Possible two-inch hailstones, and 70-knot winds possible, the digitized man on the VHF told me. So I forgot about my docking column and got to thinking about tornados, which seemed appropriate given the moment. Besides, rowing ashore right then seemed a bad idea. A couple of summers ago, I was headed alone from Marblehead to Maine on Elsa. At the eastern end of the Annisquam Canal, which bisects Cape Ann, I began to head back out to sea for the 20-mile stretch to the Isles of Shoals off the New Hampshire coast when the sky sent a poignant message. About the same time, my low-end (read: not smart) cell phone rang. It was my gadget-head, weather-head friend. “Stay in the Annisquam,” he commanded, “I’m tracking these death cells and even a tornado on my iPhone, and you’ll get hit for sure before you make Isles of Shoals.” “Thanks,” I said. “I will, but keep me posted, OK?
And, by the way, do you have to always call them ‘death cells’? How about just saying ‘bad thunderstorms?” “You know David, if you weren’t so cheap and had a smart phone yourself, you’d see what I mean.” Then he hung up his really smart phone, no doubt moving on to another “app” (maybe one predicting 21stcentury atmospheric anomalies off the Isles of Shoals), and leaving me in waiting. The next morning at dawn he called me again. “Go, go, go…go right now. Go, go, go. I’ve computed a window of under five hours for you to make it to the Shoals between death cells if you leave right now.” So off I went, pushing Elsa for all she was worth, while looking over my shoulder for the rapidly encroaching death cells. After my arrival and a safe mooring, the sky fell, the death cells came, and tornados hit New Hampshire. One person was killed. But the closest I came to a tornado was on the Mississippi River in St. Paul one summer. I was captaining a sternwheel-driven river-cruise ship at the time, and on this particular trip we were loaded with a band, dinner, a giant wedding cake, one groom, one bride, 400 guests, a bunch of caterers, and my crew of five. I was particularly excited about this charter because I love wedding cake and, as captain, was certain I could score a big piece. As we headed upstream along the heavily-wooded, state-park section of the river, I received a VHF warning about a tornado heading east toward Minneapolis and St. Paul. On the intercom I called my crew chief, who was two decks below managing a very busy bar. I could hear the band in the background blaring “Rollin’ on the River” for what must have been the hundredth time that summer. “Shawn, I need you in the pilot house RIGHT NOW,” I said. Shawn was a sincere, fairly innocent 21-year-old college senior who had been my crew chief for three summers. It seemed I’d just turned off the intercom when, bingo, there he was, breathing heavily but standing proudly at the door in his white shirt with its two gold epaulets. “Hey, Cap, what’s up?” “Tornado coming very soon. Chief. I’m taking all 135 feet of this floating wedding cake and driving her into the trees, then holding her there tight with the engaged paddlewheel. I want you to get another crewman on the winch, drop the swing stage ramp over the bow, and when the bow hits the beach, grab your heaviest anchor line, jump ashore off the stage, and tie it to the biggest tree you can find. “Then I want you to have the crew close all the win-
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dows on the main deck. And do it subtly Shawn. I don’t want the guests to know about the tornado until they have to. I don’t want panic. If it’s going to hit us for sure, I’ll announce over the P.A. for everyone to move to the main deck; you and the whole crew will then get every single person to do so. Just say, ‘Captain’s orders’ if they ask why. I don’t want panicked people jumping into the water or running into the woods.” Shawn took in all the information with utter concern, his eyes darting from me to the sky in the west. “And Chief,” I added, “When you’re done with tying off, come back to the pilothouse.” And off he went. Even though she was 135 feet long, this sternwheeler was flat-bottomed and drew only two feet of water, making her a beachable ship. All went well, and Shawn dutifully returned to the pilot house. “Put on a lifejacket,” I said as he entered. “It’s headed this way. Got reports that giant elms to the west of Minneapolis have been yanked from their roots, sixfoot pieces of the sidewalk still attached.” Shawn sat in the corner of the pilothouse, stared at the sky, hands folded tightly in his lap, and slowly turned as white as a Minnesotan in January. I was talking to police, Coast Guard, and towboat pilots as the tornado approached. My veteran towboat pilot friend Big Red, captain of the massively powered Mike Harris, was on the radio as usual, following ev-
erything. “Better get them two folks married right quick before she hits there, Cappy,” he chimed in. “Might be a short marriage – maybe shorter even than some of mine – but that way them two can at least get to heaven together, married and legal and all.” Shawn listened to all this very carefully. Then he stood up and walked back and forth, faster and faster, in the pilothouse, looking skyward from each side. Finally, he turned to me, his white face seemingly sprouting from his bulky bright orange life jacket. “Cap, please…I’m really scared…Do I have to stay up here?” Just then the report came in: The tornado had veered north after hitting south Minneapolis, and was tracking away from our Mississippi River location. I watched the color return to Shawn’s face. “Chief,” I said, “New assignment for you: Go to the main deck and steal me a giant piece of wedding cake.” “My honor, Cap,” he said, already heading out the door. “And Shawn, take off that life jacket. You’ll scare somebody.” Dave Roper sails Elsa, a Bruce King-designed Independence 31, out of Marblehead, Mass., where he lives and works.
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Safety at sea for me (woof!) afety at sea is paramount. This cannot be emphasized enough. For all of you four legged K-9s out there, we need to make sure that our families know the ins and outs of keeping us safe, too. Don’t get me wrong, it is fun being with our best friends, whether on land or on sea, but by following a few simple rules, we all can be safe and go home at the end of the day. In the August 2009 Points East, a pot-bellied pig named Piggy Sue called both Boon (the Lobsterdog) and me out for being in photographs and not wearing our personal flotation devices – our life jackets. Interestingly enough, Boon and I chatted about this and will try to get together some time to further discuss the pig’s article – perhaps over a breakfast of bacon and eggs. That said, Piggy Sue has a good point. Whenever you talk safety, you must lead by example. I wear my life jacket faithfully when under way in the big boat, and most always in the dinghy – but I should do that 100 percent of the time. Rule #1: Wear a good quality life jacket. Dogs, like people, come in different sizes and shapes. Interestingly,
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humans often resemble their best friends: Some are small in stature and require smaller PFDs, and others are larger and require something a bit different. Make sure the PFD fits snuggly so it will not be possible for it to slip off us when we are in the water or are being lifted out of the water, and still give us enough breathing room so we can curl up and go to sleep on those long peaceful cruises. There are many brands out there. My newest life jacket is one built by Outward Hound (www.myoutwardhound.com). It has a lot of flotation, comfortable large belly flaps to keep the straps off of my underneath, a nice comfortable collar, and bright reflective stripes. Now don’t get me wrong, I can swim, but when panic sets in, we webbed-footed, four-legged creatures can panic just like humans. A good life jacket will give you the time to circle around and fetch us out of the water. Rule #2: Be sensitive of temperature, water, etc. Summer cruising with the family is awesome. Please be sure to keep an eye on how high the temperature is, and that we’re getting plenty of water. We can’t sweat, so if we’re down below and there’s not much air circulating,
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it’s pretty easy to overheat. This is especially true if we’re wearing a good PFD, which provides a lot of insulation and keeps in our body heat higher than normal. Provide us with lots of clean, fresh water and, if necessary, keep our fur wet so we can stay cool. Shade in a breeze is one of my favorite places to hang out on the boat or on land. If we go to the beach and I don’t have enough fresh water, I tend to drink the salt water because it’s the only thing I can see to drink. My best friend, Rob, reminds me of how bad doing this is if I’m thirsty – it actually hurts more than it helps in the hydration of my parched body. Rule #3: Keep things away from me that I might get into my mouth that are not supposed to be there. Dogs love to investigate new things. During a vacation or trip, there are always new and interesting things to sniff, roll in, and sometimes taste. They come in the form of fishing lures (with those dangerous hooks), dead fish on beaches, things found in shallow water, and food stuffs that are bad for dogs, just to name a few. My sister, Breezy, thought she was dining in luxury on a Cape Cod beach a few years ago only to require an operation. It seems she dined on a very nice tasting skate, but the barbs on the back of the skate did damage to her insides. She’s alright now, but it could have been much worse. Foods that humans snack on can also be bad for us. These include onions, chocolate, grapes and raisins – all of which can sit in bowls on coffee tables out in the cock-
pit just at the right height for me to help myself. I don’t know any better, so please help a fella out and keep those things away from where I can get into them. Rule #4: Keep me under control so I don’t get hurt, and don’t hurt anyone else. A leash is an important part of the equipment Rob always brings with us. Anytime we’re around other dogs, other people, or even wildlife, I’m on leash in case I get distracted and run off in a direction that would put me into harm’s way. A few years back, a State Police Dog was on vacation with his family up in Maine and was killed when a distraction got him to run where he shouldn’t have. This happens all too often. People, you’re not harming us or making us miserable by keeping us on a leash in public: You’re helping us by protecting us and keeping us as close to you as possible. When I’m on leash with Rob, I know he’s looking out for me at all times, and I’m an extra set of eyes and ears to help protect him. Cruising with our best friends at any point during the year is great, but just do it safely, whether you walk on two legs or four. Shadow lives in Haddam, Conn., with his best friend (and co-author) Robert A. Norton, Jr., when he’s not hanging around the firehouse with all of his other friends. He cruises aboard Dalmation, a 32-foot BHM Downeast motorboat.
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News Three new on-water Scout patches Take Me Fishing, the boating and fishing communities’ national campaign, has introduced three new boating and fishing patches that are available to Cub Scouts and Scouts. The patches are meant to promote the merits of the sport and encourage scouts to plan and organize fishing trips using the resources found at takemefishing.org. Passport Patch: Cub Scouts and Scouts ages 6 to 11 earn this patch by completing an introductory six-step program that teaches various skills to be knowledgeable, safe and confident while boating and fishing. The Passport to Fishing and Boating Program has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America for excellence in aquatic education. First Catch Patch: Cub Scouts and Scouts ages 6 to 11 earn this patch by organizing a real-life fishing trip using the
resources found on takemefishing.org. Mentor Patch: Scouts ages 12 to 17 earn this patch by organizing a fishing trip for newcomers to the sport. The Mentor Patch develops leadership qualities and introduces someone new to boating and fishing. According to the Special Report on Fishing and Boating, conducted by RBFF and the Outdoor Foundation, fishing is the most popular activity leading to participation in other outdoor pursuits. The report also found that youth participants ages 6 to 12 are driven by a desire for fun (78.6 percent) and an interest in exploring the natural world (50.9 percent). Past research shows that 90 percent of adult outdoor enthusiasts were introduced to nature-based activities between the ages of 5 and 18. To register for the patches, visit takemefishing.org/scouts.
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Harrrr, Eastport Pirate Festival is Sept. 10-12 The 5th Annual Eastport (Maine) Pirate Festival is scheduled for the weekend after Labor Day, Sept. 10-12. The three-day event has quickly grown into the largest pirate festival in northern New England and the Canadian Maritimes. Real pirates sailed the waters around this historic island that was once captured and occupied by the British during the War of 1812. Last year, more than 8,000 pirates of all ages, both male and female, from all over the U.S., Canada and beyond participated in this family event. Most of the events are free and friendly to your budget. The backdrop for the festivities is the beautiful island city of Eastport (population 1,603). A Pirates Ball, Pirates Parade, Pirates Bed Race, Pirate Ship Race, Pirate Invasion of Lubec, Pirates Lobster Boat Race, Crowning of the King and Queen, free music and entertainment, Kid’s Pirates Breakfast, Cutlass and Cannon Demonstrations, great food and vendors are just a small part of the offerings that happen all weekend. Everyone, including pets, is encouraged to dress and speak like a pirate. New this year will be the first International (Pirate) Lobster Boat Race, open to fishermen from
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Real pirates sailed the waters around Eastport during the War of 1812, and faux buccaneers, the Pirates of the Dark Rose and the Brigands, will return to the island this year.
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Briefly Life-jacket loaner calendar is available Most boating parents tell their kids they have to wear their life jacket because it’s the law. However, getting young boaters to embrace life jackets just got a little easier with the 2010 BoatUS Foundation Life Jacket Loaner Program Wall Calendar The calendar offers 12 months of photos, submitted by boaters, showing kids staying safe on the water by wearing life jackets provided by the BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water’s no-cost Kid’s Life Jacket Loaner Program (LJLP). Even though the year is half over, summer is just beginning, and these calendars can inspire your youngsters to stay safe while on the water. FMI: www.BoatUS.com/Foundation/nauticalstore.
Antique Boat Festival is Aug. 28-29 The 28th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival will be
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held in Salem, Mass., Aug. 28-29. According to festival coordinator Pat Wells, expected craft included Juniata, a 1927 New York Consolidated commuter; Catherine Ann, a 1938 Richardson cabin cruiser; Breeze, a 1946 Hinkley sloop; a 26-foot steamboat; a 1940 Lyman runabout towed by a 1948 Pontiac woody; and Tabby, a 1946 Fenwick Williams catboat. The Festival includes boats built prior to 1976, power, sail or hand-powered, and they don’t need to be in show condition. “The spirit of the Festival is to gather together the grand old craft and all who love them,” says Wells. FMI: www.boatfestival.org.
Nantucket museum has gone to dogs The Nantucket Shipwreck and Lifesaving Museum has gone to the dogs – sea dogs, that is. With their new exhibition “Sea Dogs! Great Tails of The Sea,” visitors will learn
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Decision-time came early and often off southern New England for this father/son crew on a late-summer cruise to Cuttyhunk Island on an O’Day 26. By Michael Derr For Points East e had hoped to take our trip to Cuttyhunk Island earlier in the summer. After making and breaking plans several times because of
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A pocket cruiser has turned the corner at the Cuttyhunk North Jetty, heading for the inner harbor. Inset: That’s me on the right with my father at the island’s summit, with Canapitsit Channel and Nashawena Island in the background.
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lucked out. Early forecasts promised steady winds on Day One, averaging around 10 knots. For the return trip, we could expect a somewhat thrilling but safe ride back with northerly winds between 15 and 18 knots. Seas were originally forecast at two to four
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Dad pilots Drifter out the channel from the inner harbor in Cuttyhunk Pond. That’s the Coast Guard boathouse in the background.
feet. That would be a bumpy ride aboard Drifter, but nothing severe. The trip was a go. Within two days of the trip, the forecast began to sour. Instead of the moderate conditions originally promised, we were now told to expect no wind on our
first day and a small-craft warning on the second. I have to admit, I felt cheated. Here we were, about a day away from departure, and the rug was being pulled out from under us. We had been looking forward to this trip all summer and with our vacation time secured, this would be our only shot before the end of the season. It was time to rationalize. The forecast called for the conditions to really intensify by late morning on our second day. We figured if we got an early start, we would make it back to Narragansett Bay (about a 20-mile trip) before the heavy stuff arrived. Unfortunately, that would severely limit our time to explore the island, but we figured a short trip was better than no trip. So with our bags packed and Drifter adequately provisioned, we set out on our adventure. As promised, the wind was nearly nonexistent. We fired up our 10-horsepower Yanmar and set a course down the bay’s East Passage, planning to reach open water in about three hours. As we passed Newport Harbor, we encountered our first problem. The trusty Yanmar, which had been happily churning at five knots, suddenly began to sputter. After a little head scratching, we chalked the problem up to a clog in the fuel line, likely caused by agi-
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As we passed Newport Harbor, we encountered our first problem. The trusty Yanmar, which had been happily churning at five knots, suddenly began to sputter. Drifter tucked in for the evening.
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tation from a series of large wakes from passing yachts. It was decision time: Should we pull into Newport and work on the engine in the safety of the harbor or proceed under half-power and address the
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The first thing we saw was that golf carts are the preferred mode of transportation on the island.
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the filters, which appeared fine, and bled the fuel line. Problem solved. After enduring three hours of the Yanmar’s “purr,” we decided to sail for a while. It was early afternoon now, and we hadn’t reached
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Unlimited visibility allowed for a great view of Cuttyhunk, which was about 20 miles away. A barge on a long tow to our south was making its way along the Buzzards Bay shipping lane and seemed to be on a collision course with us. We made the proper adjustments and allowed the barge to pass well ahead. Once we were within a few miles of the island, we radioed the Cuttyhunk harbormaster to arrange a mooring in the pond. We figured this would be our first and last trip of the year, so why not splurge? A good night’s sleep was worth the $40. Although we had read that transients should contact the harbormaster before arrival, we had no luck after several attempts and decided to wing it. We were arriving from the northwest, in between Cuttyhunk and a desolate patch of land called Penikese Island. The channel runs through Cuttyhunk Harbor and leads to the narrow waterway into Cuttyhunk Pond. Inside the pond, we found
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After tying off and tidying up the boat, we climbed into the dinghy, which we’d towed astern. During the row ashore, we admired the character of the landscape around us. Houses sit together in clusters along the hillside, just southwest of the pond. For some reason, I was reminded of Sweethaven Village in the Popeye movie. Nearly all of the slips were vacant, and the dinghy dock was bare except for a skiff or two. We had about an hour of daylight left, so we tried to see as much as we could. The first thing we noticed was that golf carts seem to be the preferred mode of transportation on the island. Several small SUVs could also be found along the roadside. Most of Cuttyhunk’s attractions – the corner store, market and library – were closed by the time we arrived. The dockside fish market and ice-cream shop were also closed. Although the island’s popular eatery on wheels called Bart’s Cart was nowhere to be found, we did see a sign offering breakfast at the island’s bed and breakfast. If we didn’t have to get an early start, we would’ve checked it out. Tower Hill Road runs past Cuttyhunk’s library, school and Methodist church, on its way to an observation post at the island’s highest point. The view from the top was stunning. Gay Head Lighthouse can be seen nearly eight miles away. After taking a few
photographs, we made our way back to the dock, spotting the raw-bar boat making its rounds in the pond. Back aboard Drifter, we fired up the charcoal grill and prepared for a delicious meal and some cold beer. A small skiff maneuvered over to us, and the man aboard collected our mooring fee. We finished our dinner of steak and potatoes and settled in for an early night. I didn’t get the restful sleep that I wanted. It seemed that I woke up nearly once an hour. Each time, I could feel the boat reacting to the stiffening wind. Apparently, we weren’t going to get an early enough start. At about 6 a.m., we scrambled to get Drifter prepared for the rough trip home. We knew that the conditions inside the well-protected harbor were a fraction of what they would be in open water. Breakfast was skipped to gain a few more minutes of moderate-weather sailing. Several other boats had the same idea. We motored out of the pond and through Cuttyhunk Harbor. Once outside, we unfurled our genoa to its first mark, and it served as a storm jib. Under that sail, we were making about 5.5 knots from a 20-knot northerly wind, in four- to six-foot seas. Needless to say, we were concerned. It was decision time again: Should we turn back and ride out the weather in Cuttyhunk Pond or continue on with an abundance of
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caution? Again, we chose the latter. Turning back would screw up our schedule, especially since the weather was now forecast to last well into the next day. Soon, we realized that the little tender we were towing was becoming a liability. With large waves hitting our beam, the dinghy developed a mind of its own. We wanted to go west, and it wanted to go everywhere else. Dad babysat the dinghy most of the trip, controlling the jogging dinghy by taking up or relieving tension on its painter. On the return leg, we were passed by several larger boats heading home from Cuttyhunk and the Vineyard. I couldn’t help but think about what we looked like to them. Were we two adventure-seeking risk-takers or two inexperienced dolts on course for an emergency tow home? I like to think the former. When we reached Narragansett Bay, we encountered another problem: The conditions in the bay were nearly as bad as they were in Rhode Island Sound. The winds had reached 25 to 30 knots by this time, and the seas were uncharacteristically high for the bay. We decided to sail up the bay’s west passage, which we thought would give us more room to tack the remaining 15 miles home. We rounded Beavertail Lighthouse and quickly realized there was no way to sail back. The strong wind and seas were nearly push-
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ing us backwards. We furled in the sail and started the engine. Under normal conditions, the 10-horsepower Yanmar pushes Drifter at about five knots. Against that wind and those seas, were lucky to make two knots, and we settled in for a long, wet ride home. Although our Cuttyhunk trip didn’t turn out to be the relaxing vacation we had hoped for, it was still a great experience. We decided that towing a hard dinghy in rough water is among the more frustrating experiences we’ve had sailing. Next time, we’ll gladly pay for a slip. Also, we enjoyed Cuttyhunk’s remoteness and solitude, but our off-season visit didn’t give us a true feel for the island. Our next trip will be earlier in the summer, so we can dine at Soprano’s, a pizzeria advertised as “a pizza oven held hostage in a garage,” and browse the wares of local artists. We also look forward to a couple of days to soak up the sun on the island’s small beach and take in the scenery along its hiking trails. But not to worry, there’s always this year. Michael Derr is a USCG-licensed captain with over 15 years of experience sailing around Narragansett Bay and its surrounding waters. He and his family cruise and race their O’Day 26 out of Allen Harbor. When not sailing, he’s a professional photojournalist (www.michaelderr.com) for several newspapers in Rhode Island.
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The window of opportunity was closing rapidly, so it was time for...
Randy’s last hurrah Muscobe cruises down Eggemoggin Reach, which, along with the Sir Francis Drake Channel in the Virgin Islands, enjoys a reputation as one of the best sailing areas in the world. Inset: Randy checks out Camden Harbor on a millpond summer day, while an old P-Class sloop sits in irons behind him.
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“Hey Dad, think we could take a few days for a cruise to Maine before the summer’s over?” Hello? Does a bear . . . ? Well, you know. By Joel Gleason For Points East y son Randy had just left a successful job marketing IT software, but he’d always wanted to be a lawyer, and when he was accepted at Suffolk Law, he decided to go to school fulltime, beginning in August. Recently engaged, he and
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started out overcast with some fog and one- to two-mile visibility, but by the time we passed inside Straitsmouth Island at Rockport, things were improving. With the Rockport breakwater behind us, we started the 17-mile leg to the Isles of Shoals. The fog began to burn off, and we moved along easily ahead of a light southerly breeze and gentle swell off the starboard quarter pushing us along nicely. The incoming tide added nearly an extra knot to our cruising speed. Thus, after only five hours, we pulled in for fuel at Spring Point Marina in Portland. By now it was extremely hot ashore, and the dock attendants were really suffering. Our fuel burn calculated at only eight gallons-per-hour, which was conservative even for Muscobe’s stingy Yanmar. Smooth seas and a little help from the tide made the difference. When you go 18 miles in an hour and burn only eight gallons, that turns out to be 2.25 miles per gallon. Not bad, when you’re pushing your home along with you. We pushed off, slipped around behind the tanker, and, motoring slowly to reduce our wake, entered beautiful Diamond Cove, on Great Diamond Island, half an hour later. Here, on the east side of the island looking out across Casco Bay, we encountered a different world from the hustle and bustle of Portland. Peace and tranquility reigned. We washed the boat down and opened the ports for ventilation. Sitting in the cockpit we put on Paul Sullivan’s “Nights in the Gardens of Maine,” and enjoyed a cold beer. Then we walked up to the Diamond’s Edge Restaurant to settle up, make a dinner reservation (this restaurant is fabulous), and get some ice for the cooler. Back on the boat, we were lulled by the serenity of the place as the afternoon sun began to lay a soft yellow glow on everything around us. A group of eiders swam nearby, www.pointseast.com
while an osprey flapped lazily far overhead. We awoke to a wet, overcast morning, and at exactly 0900 we cast off and turned south around Long Island, to make the cut through Green Island Passage before turning east. As is usual in Casco Bay, big rollers were coming at us from the south, knocking us around and making things uncomfortable.
Once around Cape Small, the seas were on our quarter, so the going was a bit easier. By the time we were inside Seguin, the rain had stopped and patches of blue sky began to appear, and we proceeded easily from mark to mark. Once past the Cuckolds, I took us between Damariscove and Fisherman islands, then made for Pemaquid Point. Randy was surprised to learn that Damariscove
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MUSCOBE, continued from Page 37 through here many times, each trip is like another first, as weather and sea conditions are never the same. Early on a morning like this, with flat, oily seas, I was truly thankful that Randy could see it all like this, as I knew it would guarantee he’d be back here one day – aboard Muscobe or another boat – with Natalie and my future grandchildren. At 0910 we pulled up to the Bucks Harbor Yacht Club pier. The dock attendant tied our bow line and complimented us on how beautiful our boat was. She obviously has excellent taste. This is the quintessential Maine yacht club: cedar shingles with green trim, and plenty of wicker rockers lining the porch. Randy was starving again (duh!), so we satisfied ourselves with delicious home-made muffins and pastries and coffee. My friend Al, who had been here several times, and I had a tradition of playing a game or two of ping-pong on the dilapidated table at the yacht club. This visit, Randy took up the challenge. I discreetly chose the side with the windows to my back, so he would have the light in his face, but he still trounced me. Back aboard, Randy took the wheel and idled us out through the moored boats. Soon we were cruising down Eggemoggin Reach which, along with the Sir Francis Drake Channel in the Virgin Islands, enjoys
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a reputation for being one of the very best sailing areas in the world. Well protected, the wind generally runs in the same direction, making the transit an easy “reach.” It ain’t bad for motoring along in an old lobsterboat, either. It was my turn at the wheel as we turned east through Casco Passage into Blue Hill Bay, where most of the lobster traps had toggles that become submerged as the tide rises. By paying attention, however, we crossed uneventfully to Bass Harbor Bar and made for the bell at Long Ledge, where we turned north toward Southwest Harbor. After a sweep through the harbor, we turned the corner into Somes Sound. I’d brought Randy here in May, but we only went as far as Valley Cove. This time I wanted him to see it all, as this beautiful fiord is too spectacular for words in summer. The two little waterfalls by Valley Cove were flowing furiously due to the wet start of the summer, and a few boats were moored nearby enjoying the solitude. It was still early, and we had plenty of time for sightseeing, so we idled up into Somesville. At 1320 we slipped alongside Clifton Dock in Northeast Harbor for fuel and ice. At the marina proper, we were guided to our own slip, where we backed in, shut down, and arranged our docking and spring lines. I thought I’d left my wallet at Clifton Dock, but a quick phone call revealed it wasn’t there.
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MUSCOBE, continued from Page 41 At the west end of the thorofare, we left the Sugar Loaves to port, made the stone beacon on the very nasty Fiddler Ledge, and turned 265 degrees for Fisherman Island Passage, where we’d enter the Muscle Ridge Channel. By now, I had complete confidence in Randy’s piloting and navigation, and I knew that if he had a question, he’d ask me before he made assumptions. As we were rounding Pemaquid Point. I asked Randy me to let me have her for a while, as I wanted to make a little side trip to show him the Thread of Life, a narrow, rockbound stretch that runs down the eastern side of Rutherford Island across from Christmas Cove. Half an hour later, we entered Boothbay Harbor and pulled up to the Carousel gas dock. Parked alongside was a big red 40-foot Young Brothers, which I immediately recognized as Steve
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We were all pretty excited when Davey the Motor arrived. It’s hard to believe something that small can run a boat this big, but Uncle Dave said it would be no problem. “Finestkind,” he said. leys and stuff. But, son-of-a-gun, there she was in Nate’s shed, upside-down. Then when they finished with the ribs they turned it over again. That boat was doing a lot of moving without being in the water. Then they started to put the “skin” on her, and slowly but surely she started to look like a boat. We were all pretty excited when Davey the Motor arrived. It’s hard to believe something that small can run a boat this big, but Uncle Dave said it would be no problem. “Finestkind,” he said, and I guess finestkind it will be. But, as all lobsterdogs know, it is time that tells. So there sat the boat, with Davey and his fuel tank taking up no more space than two lobster pots. That gave Nate and Adam a lot more room for the lobster tanks so we could hold more than before. This is a good thing when you have hungry mouths to feed. As the weeks went by, she started to look more and more like a boat. The decks were installed and then the wheelhouse. And everything fit together. Even I was amazed. One day Adam and Nate were talking:
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In a race where choosing sides is key, the crew aboard Hap Fauth’s (Minneapolis, Minn./Newport, R.I.) 69foot Mini Maxi Bella Mente used their “Gut” instinct and flawless teamwork to win the Storm Trysail Club’s 65th Block Island Race. Choosing Plum Gut over an equally notorious passage called The Race on the way to Block Island and then again coming back, proved critical to Bella Mente in its taking of line honors after almost 19 1/2 hours of sailing. The 186-nautical mile race began Friday afternoon, May 28, and sent Bella Mente and 95 other IRC- and PHRF-rated boats off on a course from Stamford, Conn., down Long Island Sound, clockwise around Block Island, and back. While Bella Mente finished at 11:40 Saturday morning of Memorial Day weekend, the last of the smaller boats finished nearly 23 hours later. “It’s the key to every Block Island Race, choosing between The Gut and The Race,” said Bella Mente’s navigator Dirk Johnson from Middletown, R.I., who picked the former for both heading out and heading in. “Frankly from a navigational perspective, it’s a true test. Anyone can make it on a fair tide, but we hit it at foul tide both ways, and for a two-mile stretch on the way back, the crew had to make four sail changes. They had to be ready for everything and be flawless at all times.” “It was a lovely race, with a full moon, and really enjoyable, which is what is most important to me,” said Rives Potts (Westbrook, Conn.), whose Custom 48foot Carina won its IRC class and the George Lauder Trophy for best performance by a vintage boat. “We sail with a bunch of young people on board, so we are not a hard-core racing boat,” said BIRW, continued on Page 52 Points East July 2010
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The Lobster Boat races: Maine’s answer to NASCAR It wouldn’t be summer in Maine without lobster or Lobster Boat Races. Often called “Maine’s version of NASCAR,� the races are held all along the Maine Coast, and everyone is encouraged to join in on the fun, as spectators or competitors. Many different classes of boats are raced, depending on boat length and horsepower. Top speeds of over 60 miles per hour have been reached. Many fans follow the lobster boat race circuit from mid-June to late August, as it makes its way from Midcoast Maine to Downeast. Race schedule: Moosabec Reach, July 3; Searsport, July 10; Stonington, July 11; Friendship, July 24; Harpswell, July 25; Winter Harbor, Aug. 14; Pemaquid, Aug. 15; Portland, Aug. 22; Awards Ceremony, Oct. 16. FMI: www.lobsterboatracing.com.
BIRW, continued from Page 51 Potts, explaining that his 41-year-old boat is famous, nevertheless, for having won a Transatlantic Race, a Fastnet, and more than one Bermuda race. David Dickerson’s (Waterford, Conn.) Peterson 38 Lindy turned in best corrected and elapsed times for
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The 2010 Corinthians biennial Stonington to Boothbay Harbor Race, known because of its Maine destination as “The Lobster Run”, will start on Friday, July 23, off Stonington, Conn. Following the start, the fleet will round the Nantucket Shoals buoys and head for the finish line off Burnt Island at Boothbay Harbor, a course of some 332 miles. The first boat could finish as early as Sunday, July 25. Each boat will carry a transponder that will allow position reporting which can be followed at www.iboattrack.com. The race is organized and run in coordination with the Stonington Harbor and Boothbay Harbor yacht clubs. FMI: www.stoningtontoboothbayharbor.com.
The North American One Design (IOD) championships will be held July 25-31 at Northeast Harbor, Maine, hosted by local IOD fleet. Eight fleets are eligible for the North Americans: Bermuda; Larchmont and Fishers Island, N.Y.; Northeast Harbor; Marblehead and Nantucket, Mass.; San Francisco, Calif.; and the newest IOD fleet, Chester, Nova Scotia. “The Chester fleet has become an official fleet as of this winter,” said Alessandro Vitelli, a member of the NEHF. FMI: www.nehfleet.org.
Vt. Star sailors excel in Netherlands US Sailing Team AlphaGraphics’ (USSTAG) Andy Horton (S. Burlington, Vt.) and James Lyne (Granville, Vt.) won a bronze medal in the 16-boat Star class at the Delta Lloyd Regatta, the fifth International Sailing Federation (ISAF) Sailing World Cup event in the 2009-2010 series. This was their second podium finish at a Sailing World Cup event in 2010: They also won a silver medal at US SAILING’s 2010 Rolex Miami OCR in January. In a tight-at-the-top fleet, Horton and Lyne went into the Medal Race in third position. FMI: http://sailingteams.ussailing.org.
BC wins ICSA National showdown A first-time winner of the ICSA/Gill National Championship title – Boston College – held the lead throughout the tournament on Lake Mendota, Madison, Wisc., from June 1-3. BC is the sixth school to win all three spring championships (ICSA Women’s Nationals, ICSA/APS Team Race Nationals, and the ICSA/Gill National Championship). BC’s A-Division crew was junior skipper Tyler Sinks (San Diego, Calif.) who sailed with crew Lucy Wallace (Middletown, R.I.) and Briana Provancha (San Diego, Calif.), both juniors, and freshman Laura McKenna (Palo Alto, Calif.). B-Division crew – junior skipper Taylor Canfield (St. Thomas, USVI) and senior crew Sandra Williams (Chicago) – won their division. Harvard took 2nd, and Brown tied for 3rd. FMI: http://2010nationals.collegesailing.org.
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Clip on and don your foulies before reading this book Overboard By Michael J. Tougias, Scribner, 224 pp., $24.
Reviewed by Sandy Marsters For Points East If you plan on reading Michael Tougias’ latest truelife maritime thriller, and you certainly should, you might want to put on your foulies and PFD before you settle into your easy chair, because you are going to be spending a lot of time in some very rough and terrifying water. In “Overboard,” the action is fast, furious and frightening. By page 15, the five-person crew of the 45-foot Hardin ketch Almeisan, headed from Connecticut to Bermuda, has been warned of a big low, a bomb, forming off the Carolinas; by page 28, on board another southbound sailboat, At Ease, the two-man crew about 30 miles off Cape Hatteras is realizing that the 10-foot seas they have been fighting for two days are only a preview “for the monstrous system was nowhere near its peak.” Twelve pages later the At Ease crew has turned on its EPIRB; by page 54, the Almeisan has been slammed and flooded by a rogue wave. To say more would be to give the story away. I’ll just say that, in addition to the crews of the two boats, you will meet some very brave Coast Guardsmen and a skilled and determined tanker captain and his generous crew. By the time you are done you will want to steer clear of Cape Hatteras, think twice before going to sea in a yacht with big windows, and install about 12 mega-volume pumps in the bilge. Or you may just want to stay in your easy chair.
By page 37, At Ease first mate Jerry McCarthy, a delivery captain who had logged more than a quartermillion miles at sea, certainly must wish he had sat this one out. On numerous transatlantic crossings, he had seen plenty of storms, and he “. . . can’t help but try to compare them to this nightmare. But they really don’t measure up,” Tougias writes. “He’s never had a fifty-foot wave engulf his boat, and he’s never experienced a complete knockdown and been held underwater. And now, sealed inside the At Ease, with no way to motor or steer her, he wonders if this will be his coffin, thinking that it’s just a matter of time before the boat capsizes again.” Tougias, of Massachusetts, specializes in sea disasters. His books – including “Fatal Forecast, Ten Hours Until Dawn” and “The Finest Hours” – are painstakingly researched and skillfully developed narratives. Though his earlier books could arguably be called old news, the events recounted in “Overboard” occurred in the spring of 2005. It is so fresh and exciting that if you pick it up at 9 p.m., you will not sleep until you are done, and it will not be an easy sleep. I thank Tougias for not resorting to the sea-story cliché of storm as vicious monster determined to destroy poor sailors. People have chosen to go to sea; something has happened, and they must rely on themselves and their boats to survive what happens out there. The courage and determination with which the characters in “Overboard” respond to their situation are inspirational and, in one case, truly heroic.
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Other books of note There are a few other recent books that will be of interest to Points East readers. If, after reading “Overboard,” you still insist on going to sea, boating writer Charlie Doane has gone to considerable lengths to help you with cruising boat selection in “The Modern Cruising Sailboat.” Doane speaks from extensive experience as a boat owner and offshore sailor. Perhaps his most interesting chapter is the first, “The Evolution of Cruising Sailboats,” which gives readers a comprehensive history of how we got from the earliest craft to whatever yacht it is that we own or wish we owned.
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Doane then takes us through a detailed survey of construction, sails and rigging, deck layouts, accommodations, and systems before presenting a gallery of 40 boats “you might like to acquire, or as concepts to inform your thinking about what sort of boat might be best for you.” The list ranges from the predictable (Valiant 40) to the eclectic/weird (Wharram Pahi 42); from the classic plastic (Allied Princess 36) to the ultra-modern (Sundeer 60). The recommended boats appear to have been selected more for their differences than for their commonalities. It will not be your last or only list, but it’s a good start. Ever wished while entering a tricky new harbor that you could get a bird’s-eye view of the situation? In his second “Visual Cruising Guide,” author/pilot/sailor/photographer James Bildner offers valuable aerial guides to the harbors of the southern New England coast. Clear aerial photos of popular harbors from New London, Conn., to Portsmouth, N.H., are matched to chartlets of the area and short descriptions of the harbor and approaches in “A Visual Cruising Guide to the Southern New England Coast.” A few years ago Bildner, who has been cruising the New England coast for nearly 30 years on his 52-foot Hinckley sloop, Windward, offered a similar guide, his first, in “A Visual Cruising Guide to the Maine Coast.” He plans to continue working his way south. Sandy Marsters, co-founder, along with Bernie Wideman, of Points East, will continue to provide onthe-money reviews in these pages.
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BOON, continued from Page 48 With Davey moving us through the water silently, Adam decided to maintain the “stealth” image and very bravely one night painted the boat. While all of us slept, he went to the shed, turned on the lights and painted the boat. I woke up that morning hearing Kathy yelling, “You painted the boat gray? Not white, not green, not black, not blue, not red, but GRAY?” “Yup,” he said. And there she sat, in Nate’s shed, gleaming, glorious and gray. I don’t know, call me crazy, but I liked her gray. Nate, said, “So, what will you call her, Gray Lady?” If you think there was a lot of talk about what color to paint her, you should have been around for all the talk about what to name her. I guess next to her color, the name is most important. Boats can be named for mothers, daughters, girlfriends, aunts (never uncles). Some have been even named after dogs. I think Boon would be a great name for a lobsterboat, especially a gray one. But Adam had other ideas. With Nate’s design and Uncle Dave’s engine, it was becoming a family project, so he said he decided to name her after the one thing in his family he loved the most. Wow, he’s going to name the boat after me, I thought. As it got closer to launch day, we were all still in
the dark about the boat’s name. The launching was set for Memorial Day weekend. That way we could all celebrate the new boat as well as honor all those brave men and women who put it all on the line to keep us safe at home. I thought of my friend Jack Orth and all the Marines he served with in WWII. “Semper Fi, Jack.” The night before we were scheduled to “get the new boat wet,” Adam headed to the shed with a can of black paint. Only I was allowed to follow. He wanted the name to be a surprise, and I guess he figured a dog wouldn’t talk. So he climbed the ladder and stated to trace letters on the bow. Even for me, it was hard to figure out what he was tracing. The only thing I was sure of was that he was not tracing the letters that spell “Boon.” When he finished I was still in the dark. He just looked at me and smiled. “Tomorrow, Boon. Tomorrow all will be revealed.” I forgot all about it as we went for our walk on Seapoint Beach. It was a clear night, and I could see the light on my Island, Boon Island. Early the next day the boat-haulers arrived. Wow, what a neat truck – hydraulic everything. “Not like the old days,” commented Uncle Dave. The bow was covered where Adam had painted the name. The only writing you could see was on the transom where
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big bold letters said, “Kittery Point, Me.” We all headed for Pepperell Cove to launch her. There was a pretty big crowd there, locals and tourists alike. I guess everyone had heard about the new lobsterboat with the fancy engine. In fact, the boat-haulers kidded Adam all the way over: “You sure this thing is going to run?” Adam just took a deep breath and calmly said, “Yup.” “Hope you got your oars,” yelled someone in the crowd, and then it became time for the moment of truth. Adam looked at Kathy and said, “OK girl, do your stuff.” What the heck did that mean? Well, Kathy got up on the trailer and Adam handed her a bottle of champagne. She drew her arm back as Adam removed the covering on the bow, and then Kathy cracked a perfectly good bottle of champagne on the stem of the boat and pronounced, “I christen thee, the KLT. God bless her and all who sail on her.” And with that, the KLT slid into the Piscataqua River. And she did not sink! “OK, now start her up”, came a shout from the crowd. Adam calmly picked up the bow line; helped me, Kathy, Nate and Uncle Dave on board; and cast us off. Then more and more people cried stuff like, “Start the engine,” “Throw them a line,” “They’re
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drifting away.” Adam just smiled and gave me a wink. And, without a sound the KLT headed out of Pepperell Cove at a silent seven knots. Jaws all up and down the docks hit the ground, as humans say, at the same time. We all looked at each other and said in unison, “Finestkind!” So now lobstering will never be the same. Davey moved us through the water without making a sound. The pumps worked, the hydraulics worked, the power take-off worked, and all did it without any noise. Incredible. Well, the commute will be shorter, but my naps will be a lot quieter. Maybe Adam will be able to hear me snoring now. You are probably wondering about what KLT stands for. It stands for the person Adam loves more than anything else – Kathleen Tracksler – so, that’s OK with me. And because Adam’s father’s parents came from Scotland, we simply call her the Kiltie. Long may she sail! So, if you’re in Pepperell Cove on a foggy day, and you don’t see anything or hear anything, it’s just me and my best friend Adam heading out to work on our lobsterboat, the Kiltie. Boon may be seen all summer and fall in Maine waters, standing at the bow of the KLT looking for his pots and scaring seagulls.
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North: Bluefins thick south of Stellwagen By Craig Bergeron cret chum is all you need to catch a cooler full of these For Points East great baitfish. Shore anglers: Don’t worry; it’s still a Stripers are thick in the Saco River, with many an- bit early to catch them from the Camp Ellis jetty. Give glers catching legal fish from the shore or the boat. them a few more days. Groundfishing is very good Try using surgical tubes tipped now on Jeffreys and Tantas with a sandworm and trolled slowledges. For cod, anglers are usly from the boat, or fish a sanding the standard 16- to 20-ounce worm on a slider rig using a one- or cod jigs rigged with either a tube two-ounce sinker if you’re shoreor fly teaser, and they are having bound. excellent luck. The haddock Artificials are also catching fishing has also been very good stripers here in the river or in the on Jeffreys Ledge, just make bay. Sluggos and rubber shad are sure to bring some bait the hot plastics right now. Yozuri’s (clams/squid/shrimp). Haddock Crystal Minnow and Gag’s Mambo love bait, and are quick to jump Minnow are also excellent when on the hook or teaser tipped casting close to shore or near rock with a bit of smell. piles. The past few days the bass The bluefin tuna report looks have moved onto the beaches feedpromising with large schools ing on herring and mackerel. Try south of us, working their way using cut bait such as clam, herring north. Good friend and fisheror mackerel fished on a bottom rig man John Carlson said Peaked a couple of hours on either side of Hill and the Golf Ball, south of the tide. Stellwagen, has had a ton of We are still getting reports of bigPhoto courtesy Saco Bay Tackle bluefin action. Anglers are liveger bass feeding below the dam lining mackerel or slow-trolling near the Saco Yacht Club. These Mike Watts hefts a keeper striper he Sluggo or Hurley rubber baits fish are taking live-lined herring caught on a lightweight saltwater fly rod. with good results. Also some anfished just below the dam. You can catch the herring using a small Sabiki rig with a two- glers are catching a few of these tuna drifting live or three-ounce sinker attached to the bottom swivel mackerel. Craig Bergeron has been a manager at Saco Bay on the rig. The mackerel are here! If you have a boat, try fish- Tackle in Saco, Maine for 17 years. He’s an avid salting in Saco Bay by Wood Island or toward the mouth water fisherman who loves to teach people the art of of the Scarborough river. We are catching large, medi- serious offshore fishing techniques, from custom line um, and small macs with little Sabiki rigs, and our se- splicing to rigging squid rigs for bluefin tuna.
South: Blues, stripers swarm R.I. south shore By Elisa Jackman For Points East Spring conditions, for the first time in years, have lead to great fishing conditions along the south shore. Bluefish cover lots of territory and are frequently found chasing bait fish, watch for top water action from the Center Wall of the Harbor of Refuge to Green Hill along the South Shore. Fish will mix with 68 Points East July 2010
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tions to search for trophy bass. Horns and Ryan’s Horns. Live eels are great for that speBlue sharks are the first cific bottom gully, while usual catches while makos trolling wire works better to and threshers follow. Sharks cover a greater territory. seem to move east as temperParachute rigs, tube and worm, atures warm. The Mud Hole is and umbrella rigs are all great a great spot to try towards the lures for trolling. end of July. Scup and black seabass Tuna fishing will hopefully fishing was off to a great start show positive signs this year. in early June. The Center Wall Trolling hex heads, zuckers, of the Harbor of Refuge, and jet heads is the best for Nebraska Shoals, and Green catching the season openers Hill rocky-bottom areas are all south of Block Island near the Photo courtesy Snug Harbor Marina Fairway Buoy and the Acid great spots. Squid is just about the best bait for both species. Mark McDonald (left) and Roger Lema caught these Barge. Spreader bars and Ken Bazar has landed several barn-door summer flounder − 9.7 and 6.3 pounds, chains also work well to set respectively − off the south shore of Rhode Island. seabass over three pounds. up bait patterns. As fish conOutside the Center Wall of centrate, anglers can conthe Harbor of Refuge, Five Cottages, Carpenter’s Bar vert to chunking butterfish later in the month and Matunuck, and Block Island’s west side are all some possibly as late as August. great summer flounder locations. As water temperHere’s to great weather conditions and awesome atures increase, fish will start to move to deeper wa- fish catches! ters. Mark McDonald and Roger Lema weighed in Elisa Jackman, a Point Judith Pond native, has 9.7- and 6.3-pound fluke respectively the last week- managed the tackle shop at Wakefield, R.I.’s Snug end in May. This is a great sign for summer fluke fish- Harbor Marina (www.snugharbormarina.com) for ing. over 15 years and has spent her life fishing the waters Shark fishing should be in full swing in Jennie’s of Block Island Sound.
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Island 40 is innovative concept in vacation living Marine Center in Robinhood Robinhood, Maine – builders of such semi-custom boats as the the Robinhood 33 Downeast-style powerboat, and the Robinhood 36 and 40 sailboats – has just launched the Island 40 Tessie Ann, a man-made floating island in the guise of a boat, that features a bright airy interior with a full galley, a U-shaped dinette that converts to a double berth, a large head with separate full-size shower, and a queen-bed master stateroom. Solar panel and major battery bank will provide 12V and 110V power. Propane fuels the stove, refrigeration, and heating system. Central heating system will keep vacationers warm and dry at night and early morning. The spacious deck allows plenty of room for outdoor relaxation. Robinhood suggests that Island 40 jockeys bring their favorite DVDs and watch them while swinging on a mooring and enjoying all the comforts of home
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Robinhood Marine Center believes that the Island 40 might be the perfect base camp for a boating expedition.
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Pearson Composites, of Warren, R.I., recently launched an Alerion Express 33 with a Mastervolt Lithium-Ion electric Saildrive system that maintains the blissful silence that sailors appreciate even when motoring when the breeze drops or when docking in close quarters. The application of this advanced propulsion system was spurred by a customer who did not want to spoil the quietness of the waters he sails near his home in Vancouver, Canada. Mated with Mastervolt’s 7.5 kW Saildrive system, their MLI 24/160 Li-Ion battery on a single charge reportedly gives the Alerion Express a 15- to 20-mile range, depening weather conditions. Additional MLI 24/160 packs, which are relatively small and lightweight, can be installed. FMI: www.alerionexp.com.
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Leigh savors the view of East Penobscot Bay from a tiny meadow on Calderwood Island.
Of seeing and knowing here’s a world of difference between seeing and knowing, and fetching along this dramatic coast of ours, we are regularly reminded about the cost of getting too comfortable in our well-worn ruts. So it was with Calderwood Island, which for years had been little more than a waypoint to other places until a quiet afternoon outing showed us the error of our ways. With sails winged out to feeble scurries of a dying southwester, seas as smooth as a silk, we had nothing on the agenda but the moment the Leight whispered through Little Thorofare east of North Haven Island. The knot of bold isles to port and starboard were ours to savor as the ebbing tide left inviting alcoves and sandy strands begging for barefoot exploration, while seals lazed about on half-tide rocks, taking no notice of our passing. Leigh pointed out a small sign on one island and brought the binoculars to bear. “It’s the Calderwood Island Preserve,” she revealed. “Look, there’s a little path up to a tiny meadow at the height of land. It’s beautiful, let’s stop,” and soon we were sounding the teacup of an anchorage close east of a crook in the north shore and letting the CQR go. Landing the dinghy on an arc of shingle beach, we scrambled up a steep banking and came upon a small information kiosk put up by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, the island’s owner. The curve of an old goat path drew us up a grassy slope toward the north-
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west flank of the island, serenaded by a chorus of animalkind, past a lone wild apple tree and breathtaking seascapes. At length, with low tide coming on, we descended toward shore, traversing avenues of granite, grassy swards, and cool pleats of spurred spruce. Discovering a string of little pocket beaches on the south shore, each offered a perfect spot for a quiet picnic, afternoon nap, and for the hardy, a swim in water warmed by a string of sun-warmed ledges just offshore. Farther along we came upon another campsite, then made our way up a path through crowding junipers to the crest of a grassy sward that offered stunning views of East Penobscot Bay to Isle au Haut, Merchant Row, Deer Isle, and schooners and cruisers following ancient ways. The price of not knowing such things seemed much too dear. The Calderwood Island Preserve is one of more than 10 island treasures managed by the Maine Coast Heritage Trust, an organization that is well worth supporting. The usual rules apply about quiet use, taking out what you take in, small fires only below the high tide line, and animals on leashes. Camping reservations and information can be obtained at 207-729-7366 or www.mcht.org. David Buckman’s new book, “Bucking the Tide” (see review in June 2010 issue), is available at www.eastworkspublications.com.
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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
02:46AM 9.4 03:28AM 9.0 04:11AM 8.7 04:58AM 8.4 05:49AM 8.1 12:36AM 1.5 01:32AM 1.3 02:28AM 0.9 03:22AM 0.5 04:15AM -0.1 05:05AM -0.6 05:54AM -1.0 12:18AM 11.4 01:10AM 11.4 02:03AM 11.2 02:58AM 10.8 03:56AM 10.3 04:56AM 9.7 06:00AM 9.2 12:53AM 0.2 01:58AM 0.3 03:00AM 0.3 03:56AM 0.2 04:46AM 0.1 05:30AM 0.1 06:10AM 0.1 12:25AM 9.9 01:02AM 9.7 01:38AM 9.5 02:15AM 9.3 02:53AM 9.0
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0.6 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.5 7.9 7.9 8.0 8.3 8.7 9.1 9.6 -1.3 -1.4 -1.3 -1.0 -0.6 -0.1 0.4 8.8 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.6 8.7 8.8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.8
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03:22PM 04:02PM 04:43PM 05:27PM 06:14PM 12:42PM 01:35PM 02:29PM 03:23PM 04:16PM 05:09PM 06:01PM 12:58PM 01:49PM 02:41PM 03:34PM 04:29PM 05:27PM 06:26PM 01:04PM 02:06PM 03:05PM 03:59PM 04:48PM 05:32PM 06:12PM 12:58PM 01:33PM 02:07PM 02:42PM 03:18PM
Bar Harbor, Maine 8.7 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.9 1.6 1.6 1.4 1.1 0.7 0.3 0.0 10.0 10.3 10.5 10.5 10.5 10.4 10.2 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.0 8.8 8.9 8.9 9.0 9.0
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1.5 1.6 1.6 1.6
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07:04PM 07:56PM 08:49PM 09:42PM 10:34PM 11:26PM
9.1 9.4 9.8 10.3 10.7 11.1
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06:54PM 07:49PM 08:45PM 09:43PM 10:44PM 11:48PM
-0.3 -0.5 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0.1
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07:28PM 08:28PM 09:25PM 10:17PM 11:04PM 11:46PM
10.0 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.0 9.9
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06:51PM 07:28PM 08:06PM 08:45PM 09:25PM
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.2
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02:28AM 03:10AM 03:54AM 04:40AM 05:30AM 12:20AM 01:15AM 02:11AM 03:05AM 03:57AM 04:47AM 05:36AM 12:00AM 12:51AM 01:44AM 02:39AM 03:36AM 04:36AM 05:39AM 12:34AM 01:38AM 02:38AM 03:34AM 04:24AM 05:09AM 05:50AM 12:06AM 12:43AM 01:20AM 01:57AM 02:35AM
10.7 10.3 10.0 9.6 9.3 1.6 1.3 1.0 0.4 -0.1 -0.7 -1.2 12.9 13.0 12.8 12.4 11.8 11.2 10.6 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 11.3 11.2 11.0 10.7 10.3
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08:49AM 09:28AM 10:09AM 10:52AM 11:38AM 06:24AM 07:21AM 08:18AM 09:13AM 10:06AM 10:57AM 11:46AM 06:26AM 07:15AM 08:06AM 08:58AM 09:52AM 10:48AM 11:48AM 06:44AM 07:48AM 08:49AM 09:45AM 10:34AM 11:18AM 11:58AM 06:27AM 07:03AM 07:38AM 08:12AM 08:47AM
Corrections for other ports Port Reference Maine/ New Hampshire Bar Harbor Stonington Rockland Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor Portland Portland Kennebunkport Portsmouth Portland
Height Corrections
High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min.,
High *0.91, Low *0.90 High *0.93, Low *1.03 High *0.97, Low *0.97 High *0.97, Low *1.00 High *0.86, Low *0.86
Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole
Boston Boston Boston Boston Newport Newport
High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min.,
High *0.93, Low *0.97 High *1.03, Low *1.00 High *0.95, Low *1.03 High *0.95, Low *0.95 High *1.13, Low *1.29 High *0.40, Low *0.40
Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol
New London Newport Newport Newport
High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min.,
High *1.02, Low *1.00 High *0.87, Low *0.54 High *1.14, Low *1.14 High *1.16, Low *1.14
Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport
Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport New London New London Boston Newport
High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min.,
High *1.07, Low *1.08 High *0.91, Low *0.96 High *0.87, Low *0.96 High *1.36, Low *1.35 High *1.24, Low *1.25 High *1.01, Low *0.97 High *0.85, Low *0.85
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03:00PM 03:40PM 04:22PM 05:07PM 05:55PM 12:28PM 01:21PM 02:16PM 03:10PM 04:03PM 04:56PM 05:47PM 12:36PM 01:27PM 02:19PM 03:12PM 04:08PM 05:06PM 06:06PM 12:49PM 01:51PM 02:50PM 03:44PM 04:33PM 05:18PM 05:58PM 12:35PM 01:11PM 01:46PM 02:21PM 02:58PM
10.1 10.1 10.1 10.1 10.2 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.3 0.8 0.3 -0.1 11.6 11.9 12.1 12.1 12.1 11.9 11.6 0.8 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 0.9 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4 10.4
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17.7 17.6 17.5 17.4 17.5 2.6 2.6 2.2 1.7 0.9 0.1 -0.5 20.1 20.5 20.7 20.6 20.4 19.9 19.4 1.2 1.6 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.2 18.0 18.1 18.1 18.1 18.0
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09:06PM 09:50PM 10:37PM 11:27PM
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06:45PM 07:38PM 08:32PM 09:25PM 10:17PM 11:08PM
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06:40PM 07:34PM 08:29PM 09:27PM 10:27PM 11:30PM
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07:07PM 08:08PM 09:05PM 09:57PM 10:44PM 11:26PM
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06:37PM 07:15PM 07:52PM 08:30PM 09:11PM
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17.7 18.1 18.7 19.4 20.2 20.9
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Time Corrections
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0.6 0.9 1.2 1.4 1.7 9.1 9.1 9.3 9.7 10.2 10.7 11.2 -1.5 -1.6 -1.5 -1.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.4 10.2 9.9 9.9 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.6 0.9
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
02:35AM 03:19AM 04:03AM 04:51AM 05:41AM 12:30AM 01:25AM 02:21AM 03:17AM 04:10AM 05:02AM 05:53AM 12:12AM 01:03AM 01:55AM 02:48AM 03:42AM 04:39AM 05:39AM 12:36AM 01:37AM 02:38AM 03:34AM 04:26AM 05:12AM 05:54AM 12:08AM 12:48AM 01:26AM 02:05AM 02:45AM
18.3 17.8 17.3 16.8 16.5 2.3 2.0 1.5 0.8 -0.1 -1.0 -1.7 21.4 21.6 21.4 20.9 20.2 19.3 18.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 19.1 18.9 18.7 18.3 17.9
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M o o n
0.9 1.3 1.7 2.1 2.5 16.3 16.4 16.7 17.3 18.0 18.8 19.5 -2.3 -2.5 -2.4 -1.9 -1.2 -0.4 0.5 17.7 17.3 17.2 17.3 17.5 17.7 17.9 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.8 1.2
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CALENDAR/Points Ea st pl anner ONGOING TO Oct. 11 Building America’s Canals Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. An interactive exhibition showing the construction and operation of the nation’s man-built waterways. www.mysticseaport.org/canals July 18
Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Mass. A new way of viewing the art of a great civilization, by interpreting the importance of water to the ancient Maya. www.pem.org
Spring 2011 Tugs! R.J. Schaefer Exhibit Hall, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. An interactive exhibition tracing the past, present and future of the American tug, tow and barge industry. www.mysticseaport.org JUNE 25-Aug. 11
Marine Invitational Art Exhibit Lyme Art Association, Old Lyme, Conn., TuesdaySaturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. More than 200 pieces of art from artists of the American Society of Marine Artists and associate members of the Art Association: oil, water, pastel and pencil. www.lymeartassociation.org. 860-434-7802
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"A Thrash to Windward: Mrs. Iselin and the Crew of COLUMBIA, 1899," a 44- by 28-inch oil on linen by Russ Kramer of Stonington, Conn., an invited Artist for the Exhibition of Marine Art June 25-Aug. 11. 25-27
18th Annual WoodenBoat Show Mystic Seaport, Mystic Conn. Not just wooden boats (which are worth the price of admission), but also “I Built It Myself” events, model-boat regattas, Skua “Cocktail Class” races, and the Atkin Family Dinner and Tribute. www.woodenboatshow.com
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CDSOA Cape Dory Poorhouse Cove Float-in & Clambake Barbecue/clambake at the Thunberg family’s camp in Poorhouse Cove, South Bristol, Maine. We’ll take orders for lobsters, steamers, or barbecue fixings a couple days before the float-in. No set cost for this event. Can attend by car or by boat. Contact Carl Thunberg at 603224-3071. www.capedory.org, cthunberg@comcast.net IYRS 13th Annual Summer Gala International Yacht Restoration School, 449 Thames St., Newport, R.I., 6 p.m. to midnight. Highlight will be live and silent auctions of many items, including two boats. www.iyrs.org 401-848-5777, X 217.
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Trawler Fest Warwick Trawler Fest is the trawler and cruising-under-power event series produced by PassageMaker Magazine. It is all about cruising on motorboats – the boats, the people, and the lifestyle. At each and every Trawler Fest, you’ll find a boat show custom-tailored to your specific cruising vantage point, an educational opportunity that builds your skills as a mariner, and a party atmosphere that gives you a chance to share your boating interests with fellow cruisers. Seminar packages are available online. www.trawlerfest.com info@trawlerfest.com
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7th Biennial New York Yacht Club Race Week New York Yacht Club, Newport, R.I. One Design, Classic 12-Meter and PHRF championships early in week (July 17-19); IRC later in week (July 21-24). Call NYYC Sailing Office at 401-8459633. www.nyyc.org, sailingoffice@nyyc.org.
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CDSOA Cape Dory Misery Island Float-in Great Misery Island, Salem Sound, Mass., 2 p.m., swimming, gamming or exploring. Pot-luck dinner. Convenient to Salem, Marblehead, Manchester, Beverly and Boston. Anchor between Great Misery Island and Little Misery Island. Contact Jeff Benagh at 781-883-8507. www.capedory.org, jeff.benagh@gmail.com
23-27
The Corinthians Stonington to Boothbay Harbor Race Starting is off Stonington, Conn., competitors will round Nantucket Shoals buoys and finish at Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Course length: 332 nautical miles. A “navigator’s race,” with choice of passing north or south of Block Island, and similar decision at Squirrel Island near finish. A US Sailing sanctioned Category 2 event, with ORR and PHRF spinnaker divisions. Registration begins Feb. 1. www.stoningtontoboothbayharbor.com, tom.lane@stoningtontoboothbayharbor.com
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Celebrating the Tugboat The Maritime Gallery, Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. A complimentary
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exhibition, “Celebrating the Tugboat,� which features original fine-art paintings and ship models. www.mysticseaport.org 30 – Aug. 1 2010 Classic Lyman and Antique Boat Rendezvous Mark your calendar for July 30 – August 1, 2010, for the 15th Annual Classic Lyman and Antique Boat Rendezvous. What started as an informal get together by a few Lyman Boat owners fifteen years ago has grown to be one of the key events of the summer boating season on the coast of Maine. “The Rendezvous has always been held on the first Saturday of August, which this year falls on July 31. The tradition continues,� according to Rendezvous Coordinator, Philip Yasinski, “we want all classic boat owners to know they are invited to attend.� www.OldBoatLovers.com AUGUST 6-8
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38th Annual Buzzards Bay Regatta Beverly Yacht Club, Marion, Mass. Classes include Mulithulls, PHRF Cruising, PHRF Racing, IRC, 420s, Lasers, Laser Radials, V15s, J/24s, J/80s, Shields and Bullseyes. www.buzzardsbayregatta.com info@buzzardsbayregatta.com
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CDSOA Cape Dory Maine Cruise CDSOA members and Cape Dory owners. Blue Hill Bay region. Aug. 9: Burnt Coat Harbor, Aug. 10: Buckle Harbor, Aug. 11: WoodenBoat School (Eggemoggin Reach), Aug. 12: Blue Hill Harbor, Aug. 13: Somes Sound (Group dinner ashore at Able’s Lobster Pound). Contact Dave Bradbury at 603-470-7900. www.capedory.org dwbradbury@hotmail.com
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28th Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival Hawthorne Cove Marina, 10 White St., Salem, Mass. Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Sun. 11 a.m.-3 p.m. See vintage motor yachts and sailboats, tour vessels, meet skippers and crews, vote for your favorite boat. Crafts market, old-time band music, blessing of the fleet, parade of boats and more. www.boatfestival.org, patwells@earthlink.net
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Haverhill River Run 2010 The Haverhill River Run 2010 is an American Power Boat Association nationally sanctioned event. Hydroplane and Runabouts will race on the Merrimack River in Haverhill, MA. For more information, contact dgoodwin@rbkimball.com.
CDSOA Cape Dory Carver Cove Float-in CDSOA members and Cape Dory owners should begin arriving in Carver Cove, Vinalhaven, Maine, after 2:00 p.m. In evening, cocktails on one or two
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Roger Fenn Duncan died May 15. He was the author of numerous books, including “A Cruising Guide to the New England Coast,” “Coastal Maine,” “Eastward,” and “Ashore and Afloat.” Roger, with his wife Mary, sailed their Friendship sloop Eastward extensively along the coast from New York to St. John’s New Brunswick, and they sailed parties for many years in the Boothbay Harbor Region. He was a member of the Cruising Club of America and the Friendship Sloop Society, where he raced Eastward with great success. Roger and Mary were recognized throughout the coastal communities of New England. Roger was known for his seamanship, knowledge, and history of the coast. One could not spend a day afloat with them without having some friend sail by with a cheerful “Hi ya Roger” floating across the water from another cockpit. Roger Duncan was a steadfast man, sensitive and careful with words; always willing and eager to lend a hand to others. The people he touched, taught, entertained, inspired are richer for his presence.
Richard Blair Pretat died June 1 at the State of Rhode Island Veterans’ Home. A veteran of WW II, he was a Navy pilot and flight instructor. An avid sailor, he served as cook and crew on 11 Newport-Bermuda races as well as sailing his own Pearson 30 Doubloon down the Inland Waterway to the Caribbean. A lover of all things musical, he was a past president of the R.I. Philharmonic Orchestra. Each summer he encouraged friends to bring their instruments and join him and his saxophone in the marching band of Bristol’s Hog Island 4th of July parade. Donations can be made in his memory to the R.I. Veterans Home, 480 Metacom Avenue, Bristol, RI 02809, where he received outstanding care, love and respect for the past year and a half.
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Find Points East at more than 700 locations in New England MAINE Arundel:The Landing School. Augusta: Mr. Paperback. Baileyville: Stony Creek Bangor: Borders, Book Marc’s, Harbormaster, Young’s Canvas. Bar Harbor: Acadia Information Center, Bar Harbor Yacht Club, Lake and Sea Boatworks. Bass Harbor: Morris Yachts. Bath: Kennebec Tavern & Marina, Maine Maritime Museum. Belfast: Belfast Boatyard, Belfast Chamber of Commerce visitors’ center, Coastwise Realty, Harbormaster’s office. Biddeford: Biddeford Pool Y.C., Buffleheads, Rumery’s Boatyard. Blue Hill:, Blue Hill Farm Country Inn, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Compass Point Realty, Downeast Properties, EBS, Kollegewidgwok Y.C., North Light Books, Rackliffe Pottery, Slaven Realty. Boothbay: Boothbay Mechanics, Boothbay Resort, Cottage Connection. Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor Inn, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, Brown’s Motel, Cap’n Fish’s Inn, Carousel Marina, Gold/Smith Gallery, Grover’s Hardware, Municipal Office, Poole Bros. Hardware, Rocktide Inn, Sherman’s Bookstore, Signal Point Marina, Tugboat Inn. Bremen: Broad Cove Marine. Brewer: B&D Marine, Port Harbor Marine. Bristol: Hanley’s Market. Brooklin: Atlantic Boat Co., Brooklin General Store, Brooklin Boat Yard, Brooklin Inn, Center Harbor Sails, Eric Dow Boatbuilder, Eggemoggin Oceanfront Lodge, WoodenBoat School. Brooksville: Bucks Harbor Market, Bucks Harbor Marine, Bucks Harbor Y.C., Seal Cove Boatyard. Brunswick: Bamforth Automotive, Coastal Marine, H&H Propeller, New Meadows Marina, Paul’s Marina. Bucksport: Bookstacks, EBS Hardware. Calais: EBS Hardware. Camden: Camden Chamber of Commerce, Camden Y.C., French & Brawn, Harbormaster, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, Waterfront Restaurant, Wayfarer Marine. Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer. Castine: Castine Realty, Castine Y.C., Four Flags Gift Shop, Maine Maritime Academy, Saltmeadow Properties, The Compass Rose Bookstore and Café. Chebeague Island: Chebeague Island Boat Yard. Cherryfield: EBS Hardware. Columbia: Crossroads Ace Hardware. Cundy’s Harbor: Holbrook’s General Store, Watson’s General Store. Damariscotta: Maine Coast Book Shop, Poole Bros. Hardware, Schooner Landing Restaurant. Deer Isle: Harbor Farm, Pilgrim’s Inn. East Boothbay: East Boothbay General Store, Lobsterman’s Wharf Restaurant, Ocean Point Marina, Paul E. Luke Inc., Spar Shed Marina. Eastport: East Motel, Eastport Chowder House, Moose
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Island Marine, The Boat School – Husson. Eliot: Great Cove Boat Club, Independent Boat Haulers, Patten’s Yacht Yard. Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Pirie Marine, Riverside Café. Falmouth: Hallett Canvas & Sails, Portland Yacht Club, Sea Grill at Handy Boat, The Boathouse, Town Landing Market. Farmingdale: Foggy Bottom Marine. Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Mr. Paperback, Reny’s. Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware. Georgetown: Robinhood Marine. Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware. Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, Watefront Marine. Hancock Pt.: Crocker House Country Inn. Harpswell: Dolphin Restaurant, Finestkind Boatyard, Great Island Boat Yard. Harrington: Tri-Town Marine. Holden: McKay’s RV. Islesboro: Dark Harbor Boat Yard, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor. Islesford: Little Cranberry Y.C. Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard. Kennebunk: Kennebunk Beach Improvement Assoc., Landing Store, Seaside Motor Inn. Kennebunkport: Arundel Yacht Club, Bradbury’s Market, Chick’s Marina, Kennebunkport Marina, Maine Yacht Sales. Kittery: Badger’s Island Marina, Cap’n Simeon’s Galley, Frisbee’s Store, Jackson’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine. Lewiston: Mr. Paperback. Machias: EBS Hardware, H.F. Pinkham & Son. Milbridge: H.F. Pinkham & Son. Monhegan Is: Carina House, Island Inn. Mount Desert: John Williams Boat Company North Haven: Calderwood Hall, Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop. Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Full Belli Deli, Kimball Shop, Mt. Desert CofC,, McGraths, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market. Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club. Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum. Peak’s Island: Hannigan’s Island Market. Penobscot: Northern Bay Market. Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store. Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine. Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina. Rockland: Atlantic Challenge, Back Cove Yachts, E.L.Spear, Eric Hopkins Gallery, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, Journey’s End Marina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Museum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, Reading Corner, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer
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& Whitten. Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club, Rockport Corner Shop. Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market. Saco: Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco Yacht Club. St. George: Harbormaster Scarborough: Seal Harbor Y.C. Seal Harbor: Seal Harbor Yacht Club Searsport: Hamilton Marine. South Bristol: Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, Coveside Marine, Gamage Shipyard, Harborside Café, Osier’s Wharf. South Freeport: Brewer’s South Freeport Marine, Casco Bay Yacht Exchange, DiMillo’s South Freeport, Harraseeket Y.C., Strouts Point Wharf Co., Waterman Marine. South Harpswell: Dolphin Marina, Finestkind Boatyard, Ship to Shore Store South Portland: Aspasia Marina, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s Boathouse Restaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grille, South Port Marine, Sunset Marina. Southwest Harbor: Acadia Sails, Great Harbor Marina, Hamilton Marine, Hinckley Yacht Charters, MDI Community Sailing Center, Pettegrow’s, Sawyer’s Market, Southwest Harbor-Tremont CofC, West Marine, Wilbur Yachts. Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine. Stockton Springs: Russell’s Marine. Stonington: Billings Diesel & Marine, Fisherman’s Friend, Inn on the Harbor, Lily’s Café, Shepard’s Select Properties. Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats. Sunset: Deer Isle Y.C. Surry: Wesmac. Swan’s Island: Carrying Place Market Tenants Harbor: Cod End Store and Marina, East Wind Inn, Pond House Gallery and Framing, Tenants Harbor General Store. Thomaston: Harbor View Tavern, Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. Turner: Youly’s Restaurant. Vinalhaven: Jaret & Cohn Island Group, Vinal’s Newsstand, Vinalhaven Store. Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham. Wells: Lighthouse Depot, Webhannet River Boat Yard. West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard. West Southport: Boothbay Region Boatyard, Southport General Store. Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard. Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10. Winterport: Winterport Marine. Wiscasset: Ames Hardware, Wiscasset Yacht Club. Woolwich: Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute. Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing Boat Supply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse, Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard. York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Stage Neck Inn, Woods to Goods, York Harbor Marine Service. NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Dover Marine. Dover Point: Little Bay Marina. Gilford: Fay’s Boat Yard, Winnipesaukee Yacht Club.
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Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems. Hampton: Hampton Harbor State Marina, Hampton River Boat Club. Manchester: Massabesic Yacht Club, Sandy’s Variety. Milton: Ray’s Marina & RV Sales. New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-The-Sea Marina. Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: New England Marine and Industrial, West Marine. Seabrook: West Marine. Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store. MASSACHUSETTS Barnstable: Coast Guard Heritage Museum at the Trayser, Millway Marina. Beverly: Bartlett Boat Service, Beverly Point Marina, Jubilee Yacht Club. Boston: Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Yacht Haven, Columbia Yacht Club, The Marina at Rowes Wharf, Waterboat Marina. Bourne: Taylor’s Point Marina Braintree: West Marine. Buzzards Bay: Dick’s Marine, Onset Bay Marina. Cataumet: Kingman Marine, Parker’s Boat Yard. Charlestown: Constitution Marina, Shipyard Quarters Marina. Chatham: Ryders Cove Marina, Stage Harbor Marine. Chelsea: The Marina at Admiral’s Hill. Cohasset: Cohasset Y.C. Cotuit: Peck’s Boats. Cuttyhunk: Cuttyhunk Town Marina. Danvers: Danversport Yacht Club, Liberty Marina, West Marine. Dedham: West Marine. Dighton: Shaw’s Boat Yard. Dorchester: Savin Hill Yacht Club. East Boston: Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, Orient Heights Yacht Club, Quarterdeck Marina. East Dennis: Dennis Yacht Club, North Side Marina. Edgartown: Boat Safe Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown Moorings, Edgartown Yacht Club, Harborside Inn. Essex: Flying Dragon Antiques, Perkins Marine. Fairhaven: Fairhaven Shipyard, West Marine. Falmouth: East Marine, Falmouth Harbor Town Marina, Falmouth Marine, MacDougall’s Cape Cod Marine Service, West Marine. Gloucester: Beacon Marine Basin, Brown’s Yacht Yard, Cape Ann’s Marina Resort, Enos Marine, Three Lanterns Ship Supply. Green Harbor: Green Harbor Marina, Taylor Marine. Harwich Port: Allen Harbor Marine Service, Cranberry Liquors, Saquatucket Municipal Marina. Hingham: 3A Marine Sales, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hingham Shipyard Marinas, Hingham Yacht Club. Hyannis: Hyannis Marina, West Marine. Ipswich: Ipswich Bay Yacht Club. Manchester: Manchester Marine, Manchester Yacht Club. Marblehead: Boston Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, , Dolphin Y.C., Eastern Yacht Club, Lynn Marine Supply Co., Marblehead Yacht Club, The Forepeak, West Marine.
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Marion: Barden’s Boat Yard, Beverly Yacht Club, Burr Bros. Boats, Harding Sails, West Marine. Marston Mills: Prince’s Cove Marina. Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard. Nantucket: Glyns Marine, Nantucket Boat Basin, Nantucket Moorings, Nantucket Y.C., Town Pier Marina. New Bedford: C.E. Beckman, Cutty Hunk Launch, IMP Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Neimic Marine, New Bedford Visitors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, Skip’s Marine, West Marine. Newburyport: American Boat Sales, American Yacht Club, Merri-Mar Yacht Basin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, Newburyport Yacht Club, North End Boat Club, The Boatworks, Windward Yacht Yard. North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina. North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina. Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace. Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club. Orleans: Nauset Marine. Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service. Peabody: West Marine. Plymouth: Brewer’s Plymouth Marine, Plymouth Yacht Club, West Marine. Provincetown: Harbormaster. Quincy: Captain’s Cove Marina, Marina Bay, Nonna’s Kitchen, POSH, Squantum Yacht Club, Wollaston Yacht Club. Salem: , Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, Hawthorne Cove Marina, H&H Propeller Shop, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi, Winter Island Yacht Yard. Salisbury: Bridge Marina. Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply. Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front Street Book Shop, Satuit Boat Club, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scituate Harbor Y.C. Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine. Somerset: Auclair’s Market, J&J Marine Fabricators South Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, New Bedford Y.C., New Wave Yachts. Vineyard Haven: Owen Park Town Dock, Vineyard Haven Marina. Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club. Wareham: Zecco Marine. Wellfleet: Bay Sails Marine, Town of Wellfleet Marina, Wellfleet Marine Corp. West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store. West Dennis: Bass River Marina. Westport: F.L.Tripp & Sons, Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, Westport Marine, Westport Y.C. Weymouth: Monahan’s Marine. Winthrop: Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina, Pleasant Point Y.C., Winthrop Book Depot, Winthrop Lodge of Elks, Winthrop Y.C. Woburn: E&B Marine, West Marine. Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina. Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking. RHODE ISLAND Barrington: Barrington Y.C., Brewer Cove Haven Marina, Lavin’s Marina, Stanley’s Boat Yard, Striper Marina. Block Island: Ballard’s Inn, Block Island Boat Basin, Block Island Marina, Champlin’s, Payne’s New Harbor Dock.
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Bristol: Aidan’s Irish Pub, All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine, Bristol Yacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum, Jamestown Distributors, Quantum Thurston Sails, Superior Marine. Central Falls: Twin City Marine. Charlestown: Ocean House Marina. Cranston: Edgewood Yacht Club, Port Edgewood Marina, Rhode Island Yacht Club. East Greenwich: Anderson’s Ski & Dive Center, East Greenwich Yacht Club, Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, West Marine. East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club. Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Dutch Harbor Boatyard.. Middletown: West Marine Narraganset: West Marine. Newport: Armchair Sailor, Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina, IYRS, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Visitor Information Center, Newport Yacht Club, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, Starbucks, The Newport Shipyard, West Marine, West Wind Marina. North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI Mooring Services. Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill. Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina. Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ocean Options, Quality Yacht Services, Standish Boat Yard. Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club, Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Marine, Stone Cove Marina. Warren: Country Club Laundry, West Marine. Warwick: Appanoag Harbor Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Greenwich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ponaug Marina, Warwick Cove Marina. Wickford: Brewer Wickford Cove Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, Marine Consignment of Wickford, Pleasant Street Wharf, Wickford Marina, Wickford Shipyard, Wickford Yacht Club. CONNECTICUT Branford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club, Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck Yacht Club, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine. Byram: Byram Town Marina. Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Marina, Hays Haven Marina, Middlesex Yacht Club. Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Connecticut Marine One, Harborside Marina, Old Harbor Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside Basin Marina, West Marine. Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina. Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club. Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina. East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine. Essex: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club.
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Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, West Marine. Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club. Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club. Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club. Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster. Lyme: Cove Landing Marine. Madison: East River Marine. Milford: Flagship Marina, Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, Milford Yacht Club, Port Milford, Spencer’s Marina, West Marine. Mystic: Brewer Yacht Yard, Fort Rachel Marina, Gwenmor Marina, Mason Island Yacht Club, Mystic Point Marina, Mystic River Yacht Club, Mystic Seaport Museum Store, Mystic Shipyard, West Marine. New Haven: City Point Yacht Club, Fairclough Sails, Oyster Point Marina. New London: Crocker’s Boatyard, Ferry Slip Dockominium Assoc., Hellier Yacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, Thamesport Marina, West Marine. Niantic: Boats Inc., Mago Pt. Marina, Port Niantic Marina, Three Belles Marina. Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, Palmers Cove Marina, Ram Island Yacht Club, Spicer’s. Norwalk: Norwest Marine, Rex Marine, Total Marine, West Marine. Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf. Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina. Old Saybrook: Brewer’s Ferry Point Marina, Harbor Hill Marina & Inn, Harbor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, Saybrook Point Marina, West Marine. Portland: Yankee Boat Yard & Marina. Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club. Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina. South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina. Stamford: Brewer Yacht Haven Marina, Czescik Marina, Halloween Yacht Club, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Prestige Yacht Sales, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Marine, Z Sails. Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club. Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina. Waterford: Defender Industries. Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Pier 76 Marina, Sound Boatworks. West Haven: West Cove Marina. Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club. NEW YORK Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club. West Islip: West Marine.
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Marlee Outhouse, 9, and her father, Nathan, ghost through the waters off Brier Island, Nova Scotia, at the tip of Digby Neck, in their 10-foot sailing dinghy.
A dad and his daughter went to sea arlee Outhouse is a 9-year-old island girl who loves to sail. She lives on Brier Island, Nova Scotia, at the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. The island is surrounded by waters that are seldom calm. In the passage separating Brier from nearby Long Island, Grand Passage, the flood tide rushes through at five to six knots. There are whirls and swirls, back eddies and big waves when the wind is against the tide. In the midst of these challenging harbor waters, blond Marlee and her father, Nathan, sail in their 13by four-and-a-half-foot dinghy they call Harbour Sounds. We see them going toward the wharf on their
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bicycles, Nathan holding the oars, Marlee already wearing her colorful life jacket. Nathan says he acquired the little sailboat last year after watching it sit neglected in a field for about 20 years. A friend asked the owner if he wanted to sell the boat. The owner said Nathan could take it away, and so he moved the boat from the field to his yard. “I replaced a structural member, and did a little fiberglassing; that’s all it needed,” Nathan said. The Dacron sail, mast, boom and sprit had been stored in a nearby shed. “I also found the rudder, a beautiful piece of mahogany,” he added. He had a small setback when some local lobster
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poachers “borrowed” his boat one night and left it crunching on the jagged remains of the old ferry landing. “That pretty well ruined all the work I’d done on the bottom, so I had to do it all again,” he said. But he persevered, and refiberglassed, and got Harbour Sounds seaworthy once again. Nathan said he has always wanted to sail but didn’t know much about it. “So I went to the library; I learned to sail in the library,” he laughed. He said he isn’t particularly fond of the sprit rig because he finds it isn’t easy to get the sail down in a hurry. But he read about sprit rigging and has a set of small ropes that he uses to keep everything in place. Nathan is a lobster fisherman and a musician. “That’s why I called the boat Harbour Sounds and put music notes beside the name,” he explained. When people ask him why he doesn’t get a little motor for the boat, he patiently tells them he doesn’t want to hear the noise nor smell the fumes from a gasoline engine. He said he and Marlee enjoy sailing especially because it is a quiet way to travel and enjoy the sights and sounds of the harbor. Marlee has been going out in small boats with her dad since she was five. Nathan previously rigged a sail on an old 12-foot rowboat he called Patches. Patches had been used for many years as a tender for
a lobsterboat named Brier Patch, but Nathan said he chose the name particularly because he’d put so many patches on the old boat to keep it afloat. He said his present sailboat doesn’t leak a drop. Marlee now has the sailing routine down pat. She unties the boat, climbs over ropes and oars to get to the stern, asks her dad if she can drop in the rudder and centerboard, then calmly waits for steering directions from Capt. Nathan. Her father taught her to row the boat this summer in addition to learning to steer. As with so many sailors, Nathan is already thinking “bigger boat.” He has his eye on a real sailboat in a nearby harbor and wonders if it might be for sale by this summer. In the meantime, he and Marlee are making the best of every fine day for another sail around the harbor in their quiet little sailboat, Harbour Sounds. Caroline Norwood has been secretary of the Westport Harbour Authority since it was formed, and a member of the Harbour Authority Advisory Council for four years. She was a commercial fisherman for seven years, working on an inshore longline boat, and has worked on a whale-watch boat every summer as a crew/naturalist. She has been a photo-journalist for more than 30 years.
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14’ Compass Classic Catboat, 2004 With motor mount and trailer. Great condition, has been in storage for the last three years. Located in Cape Elizabeth, Maine. $7,995. Call 207951-1324. ed.cerose@gmail.com
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15’ Eric Dow Peapod, 1985 Built by Eric Dow Boats in Brooklin Maine, this cedar plank-on-frame, copper rivet fastened wooden peapod is the sailing model equipped with spritsail rig, spars, rudder, tiller and centerboard. Two rowing stations. Very little use, always stored indoors. New paint topsides and oil inside in winter 2010. Excellent condition. $8,500. Call Eric 207-359-2277. www.dowboats.com eric@dowboats.com
painted 2009. Asking $10,000. billc@cclowell.com
22’ Nonsuch, 1986 Tiller boat, 18hp Yanmar (2001) w/ saildrive, carbon fiber mast, North Sail, 22# Kingston anchor, Maxwell anchor winch, selftailing winches, JRC radar, chart plotter, Autohelm AP, Raytheon ST60 wind, depth, speed, custom trailer, many extras. Asking $28,500. 207-356-1168. pierce927@msn.com
19’ Cat-Schooner, 2007 William Garden cat-schooner built 2007. Fin keel, teak hatch and trim, 7hp diesel, electric lights, double berth, wood stove, sink, CQR, three sails. Fast and handsome. Located Cape Cod. $18,000. hickman31@verizon.net
20’ Alden, 1979 Classic wooden gaff-rigged sloop, full keel. New sails. Cedar/oak, canvas deck; trailer. $19,000. 207-7751005. www.adayinmaine.org nbarba75@gmail.com
23’ Herreshoff Prudence Cedar on white oak, Sitka spruce mast and boom, club footed jib, Volvo dsl. 2 cyl. Extensive restoration 2003. She is a sweetheart. $15,000. Jonesport Shipyard. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
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17’ Hermann Wittholtz Catboat 1072. 17’2 LOA. Fiberglass, gaff rigged. Many upgrades; new rudder, new running rigging w/lazy jacks, West epoxy barrier, Squeteague sail 2008, Suzuki 6hp under warranty, 2008 cockpit cushions. Topsides and brightwork in good condition; spars
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350hp V8 GM 6.5 L Turbo-Diesel, very low hours. Hardtop, seaworthy, comfortable, beautiful boat. Professionally maintained, inside stored. Evolution Marine Shaft Drive System, Side Power bow thruster, new Raymarine C80 radar, new Garmin 545 color chart GPS map, Autohelm ST5000 autopilot, top-of-theline Raytheon 202 VHF/hailer/auto fog horn with 30w horn, teak swim platform with attached swim ladder, teak bow pulpit, SS bow rail, shore power charger with 110 volt AC outlets, cockpit lights, new LED anchor light, KVH 1000 Azimuth compass,
enclosed head, rod racks below, new stainless diesel fuel tanks, Fireboy Halon automatic fire extinguisher system, hyd. steering, Guest remote search/ spot light. New Awlgrip (dk green) 2007. Large V-berth, with filler. Head and holding tank (unused). Seaworthy fishing boat, and a pocket cruiser, all rolled into one. A great day boat, comfortable and very fuel efficient. She can get up and run fast when needed.
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24’ Bluenose Sloop Professionally restored traditional wooden racing class sloop built in Nova Scotia. Custom trailer and 4 sails. $25,000. See website for details. www.pemaquidmarine.com info@pemaquidmarine.com 24’ Bridges Point, 1989 A cuddy cabin version of the popular Bridges Point 24. Roomy cockpit and a unique interior layout. New diesel in 2007. A lovely boat to sail. 207-2447854. billw@jwboatco.com 24’ Bridges Point, 2002 JUDITH, built by the John Williams Boat Co. Daysailor layout. $59,000. Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 26’ Cape Dory, 1985 ALKYONE is a wonderful. well cared for example of the popular Cape Dory 26. This model offers standing headroom and a great layout for cruising. Recent additions include new sails, furlex roller furling, and running rigging in ‘01 and ‘02, 4 stroke Yamaha 9.9 electric start outboard with less than 30 hrs., and Simrad electronics. $18,900. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com
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27’ Soveral, 1987 Built by Tartan, fast club racer/weekender. Excellent condition. Three new headsails, instruments, new hardware. 10hp Yanmar diesel. $18,500. 207236-0151. artzm3@gmail.com 27’ Catalina Sloop, 1985 Nice example of this popular small cruiser. Well equiped and cared for. $14,900. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com 27’ Catalina, 1985 Like new. Turn key. $13,500. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 28’ Ericson 1988 South Portland ME $22,900 Like new. Suzanne 207-518-9397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com 30’ Sabre MK lll, 1986 Custom interior. Rigged for racing or singlehand. Westerbeke diesel 480 hrs. Well maintained, very clean. Call for details and survey. $50,000. 207655-4962. gbclark@maine.rr.com
30’ Island Packet 27, 1988 Cutter, 30’x10.5’x3.67’, full keel, 6’ 2 headroom. Easy single handler. Engine hours 554. Selling Price: $41,500. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
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30’ Hinckley SW Jr., 1959 Wooden, gas engine, 2010 survey, excellent condition, professionally maintained. Newly refitted and many extras, including winter/ summer storage. Camden, Maine. $35,000. Call 207-542-9594. peteconover@roadrunner.com
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30’ Hinckley Sou’wester Sloop, 1962 Flag blue awlgripped hull ‘08, 2004 Yanmar diesel, sleeps 4, new radargps, 1998 roller furler genoa. Caring ownership $54,000. Gray & Gray, Inc 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
31’ Seafarer Sloop, 1967 ‘ARIES’ is offered for sail. Deep Jadegreen awlgrip hull. 30hp Westerbeke diesel with just 500 hrs. Sleeps 5. Corian galley, fresh and raw water, enclosed head, Force-ten propane cabin heater and stove, fully battened mainsail and the list goes on. If you desire a ‘Hinckley-like’ vessel but don’t want to spend $100,000 + then this boat deserves your immediate attention. Turn heads in every harbor. $23,500 firm. 207-208-6469. seafarer31aries.weebly.com blesss@mmc.org
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33’ Hans Christian, 1986 Classic offshore/coastwise design that will take you anywhere in safety and comfort. Lightly used and only in Maine. Second owner has made 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 4-stroke. Asking $94,900. 603-569-1034 or email starsail@metrocast.net 33’ Hallett 2007 $115,000 Suzanne (207) 518-9397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com
34’ C&C Engine Model MD-11C Volvo Penta Diesel. Galley: three burner gimballed stove/oven, sink with pressure water, ice box, shelving, storage. Sails: Harken roller furling, Barient #25 primary and #22 secondary, Dacron and mylar main, two spinnakers and aluminum pole. lordshipsailing.com moorepm@aol.com 34’ Tartan Sloop Roomy interior, solid boat, needs cosmetics. Excellent opportunity to get into a good cruiser. Make an offer. 207497-2701 . Jonesport Shipyard. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 34’ Sabre 1978 Salem MA $29,0000 Suzanne (207) 518-9397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com 34’ Titan 1971 with auxiliary diesel engine. $29,000 FMI Contact Ocean Point Marina 207-
34’ Sabre MKI 1983 Falmouth, ME $47,900 Excellent condition Suzanne 207-518-9397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com 35’ Greene Trimaran, 1994 LWL 34’6; beam 30; displacement 6000 lbs. 3 berths. Loaded. Get a rush and take the next step. Cruise/race at 12-15 kts (and more). Excellent condition. Yard manitained. Located at Greene Marine, Even Keel Road, Yarmouth, Maine. (Next to Casco Ford on Highway 1.) $99,500. Jake Van Beelen. Mobile: 970-401-2158. Greene Marine: 207-846-3184. Or email jake.vanbeelen@gmail.com 35’ Hinckley Pilot Sloop, 1970 Black hull, outstanding condition. $127,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997.
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34’ Pearson 34, 1984 Sea Glass is a very attractive equipped Pearson 34 with her dark blue AwlGrip hull. Her equipment includes a spinniker and recent main and 150% genoa, as well as a new dodger. $39,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com
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capabilities. Freezer, frig, A/C, heaters, full instruments, main w/dutchman, roller genoa, Dyer dinghy and much more. Full list by email or call 401-864-3222. Listed $54,500. RCR3PH@AOL.com 36’ PDQ 36 LRC Catamaran, 1995 Many recent upgrades make this a turnkey boat. Currently moored in Rockland. Email me for details. www.flickr.com/photos/trime47 trime47@yahoo.com
35’ Spencer, 1966 Whisper, historic circumnavigator. Cutter rigged. Yanmar 13hp diesel. Propane range 2009. Monitor windvane, new mainsail and genoa, dodger, canvas, heavy anchor gear 2008. Roller furling, reaching spinnaker. Dinghy. Radar, GPS, depth, VHF, many extras. $38,000. South Portland, ME 207-450-3278. www.yachtwhisper.blogspot.com detayl@hotmail.com
38’ C&C Landfall Crew is back from cruising, but the boat wants to go again. Read any review of the Landfall 38, and you’ll see why. Windvane, removable inner forestay, tons of solar. Good electronics, radar, charting, SSB, etc. Perkins 4-108 engine, but honestly, you won’t need it much. Brunswick, ME $62,500. 207-319-9665. svbaloo@gmail.com
35’ Hinckley Pilot 35 1966 $67,500 Falmouth ME Suzanne 207-518-9397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com
38’ Pearson Invicta II, 1968 Therapy was completely re-built in 2000 to 2001 by her owner. Re-equipping included a Universal 25hp diesel, Isotherm refrigeration, Force 10 propane stove, among many other features. All new electronics were added along with new sails and other upgrades. $59,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com
36’ Ericson, 1976 $24,995. Contact Ocean Point Marina, 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com
40’ Luders L-27 Sloop, 1955 Refit 2007. Westerbeke diesel. Superb condition. Hot molded plywood con-
36’ Pearson Pilothouse 36.5, 1980 Cruise or live-aboard this boat has full
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struction. 2008 black awlgripped hull, new sails, sleeps 6. Elegant, fast racer-cruiser. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997. 42’ Catalina 42 MKII, 2002 3 staterooms, wing keel, doyle stack, 140 genoa, CDI furling spinnaker, etc. Bailey Is. Maine. $169,000. Frank Jones, 603-726-3112. games@roadrunner.com
Cash for your Boston Whaler. Cash paid for your Boston Whaler. Any condition considered. Please call David at, York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602 x13 or email sales@yorkharbormarine.com 42’ S&S Designed Allied 42 XL-2 A classic beauty with comtemporary systems and equipment throughout. Yanmar 4JH3E, 56hp. Beautiful Herreshoff style interior. Many thoughtful features and details. $95,000. Marblehead. For complete details call 781-883-7646.
42’ Tartan 42, 1981 Upgrades including: Profurl, diesel rebuild, rigging, Doyle sails, Seafrost, Garmin plotter, Harken traveler,
16’ Calvin Beal, Jr. 1995 Fiberglass runabout with trunk cabin w/ screened ports and folding cabin door. 45hp Honda 4-stroke OB, trailer, used lightly. Jonesport Shipyard, 207497-2701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 17’ Classic 17 Montauk, 1989 2001 Mercury, trailer, and lots of extras. $10,900. Call York Harbor Marine Service, 207-363-3602 sales@yorkharbormarine.com
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15’ Boston Whaler, 2007 Montauk package. Just like new. Only $18,500. Call York Harbor Marine Service, 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com
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42’ S&S Cutter, 1964 S&S center-cockpit offshore cutter. Refit 2001. Fiberglass hull and decks to the famous Finisterre design. 2001 Yanmar. 3 cabins. $89,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. POWER
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17’ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an outboard and a little cosmetic work for a great little runabout. $1100. 207-2238885. 17’ Boston Whaler, 2003 Boston Whaler 170 Montauk package with 90hp 4-stroke. Clean. $16,900. Call York Harbor Marine Service, 207363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com
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21’ Seaway, 2008 Seaway 21 “For Play”, one of Seaway Boats most popular designs. Low hours and use on this engine and boat. Brand new in 2008 she has been used for two seasons and well maintained. $35,000. 207-244-7854 or billw@jwboatco.com 21’ Boston Whaler Conquest, 2006 With 25 hours. Includes matching trailer with electric winch. $38,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
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24’ 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 25’ Boston Whaler 235 Conquest 2005. Clean. Merc 250hp Verado with 211 hours. Hardtop, full wx-curtains; downriggers; fishbox w/pumpout; freshwater washdown; head with o/b discharge; shore power package; full electronics – all the bells and whistles. Slip available. $49,900. York Harbor Marine Service, 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com
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25’ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004 W/twin Mercury 150hp. Saltwater Series. Demo boat. Full warranty. This boat is loaded. $39,900. Carousel Marina, 207-633-2922. 25’ Sea Fox 257CC, 2004 Twin Mercury 150’s, Salt Water series. Includes trailer. Boat is loaded. Raymarine electronics. $37,500. 207687-2116.
carb, manifolds, risers, mufflers, batteries, etc. Shaft & prop reworked. Full-canvas for bridge enclosure, VHF, Radar, Loran, compass. Insurance survey report 2008. Boat in water Hampton, NH. $8,000 or BRO. Call Don 978-761-5464. dmarsolini@yahoo.com 26’ Somes Sound 26 “Bai Ji Er”, with enclosed pilot house. Great day boat and small cruiser. Gas inboard. $165,000. Call207-255-7854, or email bill@jwboatco.com 26’ Somes Sound 26 Open launch “Salt Ponds”. Classic launch look with plenty of teak and bronze. $100,000. Call 207-255-7854 or email bill@jwboatco.com 26’ Eldredge McInnis, 1989 A beautiful example of the well known Eldredge McInnis Bass boat, built by the Landing Boat School. Wood hull, single diesel. Located in Southport, Maine. $49,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com
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25’ Pacemaker, 1969 Center Console, total refit. MercCruiser 454. Asking $32,000. Rockland, Maine. Call John Morin, 207 691-1637.
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26’ Silverton Flybridge, 1978 Very reliable, comfortable boat w/large cockpit, standup head, v-berth, dinette, sink, stove, ice box, lots of storage. Small-block Crusader, Vdrive, runs strong. New: ss-fuel tanks, raw-water pump, alternator, starter,
28’ Rampage, 1988 Sportsman Custom Top of the line high quality offshore sport fishing boat. Beam 11’ Draft 2’6 Gross weight 10,150 lbs. Excellent condition. Needs no work. Twin inboard GM 350’s.
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Original engines w/ low hours. Cruise 25K. Top 30K. Handles rough seas like a breeze. Cabin w/ full size bed, kitchenette and enclosed head w/ shower. Great boat for 25 miles out to Jeffreys. Selling to get bigger boat. Appraised at 59K. Will sell for 39K. Located in Kennebunkport. 207-522-5113. edpitts@q.com
28’ Albin HT (2), 2002 Yanmar diesel, very clean from $99,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-3637997. 29’ Webbers Cove, 2000 Hardtop Express Downeast Day-Boat. Yanmar. Separate shower. Asking $110,000. Rockland, Maine. 207 6911637. 29’ Wilbur/Crosby Express, 1988 Twin Volvos. Fast commuter. Asking $49,900. Southwest Harbor, Maine. John Morin, 207 691-1637.
28’ Ellis Flybridge, 1983 1996 200 Volvo Diesel (appox. 1100 hours). Awesome electronics, upper & lower stations. Custom radar mast. Yard maintained. Beautiful wood interior. V-berth, galley, enclosed head. 207-415-1004. $69,000. wtme@msn.com
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30’ Pro-Line Walkaround, 1997 Fishing/family layout, fish box, bait well, transom door. Cabin w/ galley and head, sleeps 4. $39,500. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com 31’ Sea Ray Weekender, 1981 With rebuilt engines. Equipped with new seats. Very clean. $22,000.
done, fuel tanks, shaft, rudder installed, will finish to your custom design, work or pleasure. 508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/ jmkarbott@aol.com 32’ Wilbur/Newman Sedan, 1977 New Yanmar. Refit. Old style charm. Asking $125,000. Biddeford, Maine. 207-691-1637.
31’ Duffy, 2003 225hp Deere 550 hours. Full Garmin 3200 electronics. Queen berth, head with shower. 1 burner propane stove, hot/cold pressure water. 1700w inverter. Fall 2009 survey available. $89,900. Call Ed 781-599-8530. tippytib@verizon.net tippytib@verizon.net 32’ Down East New 32’ Carroll Lowell Down East design, cedar on white oak, silicon bronze fastenings, hull, trunk, deck,
32’ Sam Devlin Topknot Fast Cruiser The Topknot 32 was designed and built by Sam Devlon of Olympia, WA for a customer in New England that wanted a comfortable boat for day trips or an occasional overnight stay. She features an extra large cockpit with hardtop for protection from the elements and an aft daybed for lounging while underway or at anchor. $198,500. 207-371-2899. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com perry@robinhoodmarinecenter.com
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32’ Island Gypsy Trawler, 1994 Single 250hp Cummins, 1800 hours, thruster, generator, queen berth forward, 2 side doors, galley up, good electronics. $109,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.
36’ Alley Built Lobster Boat, 1973 $17,900 FMI contact Ocean Point Marina 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
33’ Egg Harbor, 1974 Engines run. Great project boat. $12,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 34’ Wilbur Flybridge, 1988 Wilbur Flybridge Long Range Expeditionary Cruiser. Caterpillar. Turn-key. Asking $149,000. Florida. John Morin, 207 691-1637. 35’ Duffy FB Cruiser, 2000 Single Cat 435hp diesel, 587 hours. Sidepower thruster, dual helms, large cockpit and salon, galley down. Sleeps 4. Cruise 17 knots. Handsome green hull. $164,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997. 35’ Luhrs, 1988 Immaculate condition with rebuilt engines. $33,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
43’ Marine Trader, 1984 Priced to sell at $69,999. FMI contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
38’ H&H Osmond Beal, 2002 Looks like a customized lobster boat. Acts like a waterfront home. The Yanmar 370 will take you anywhere. The comfy leather couch and island queen berth will make you want to stay. $225,000. Check it out. Make an offer. 603-770-8378. dotgale38.googlepages.com dotgaleforsale@comcast.net 38’ Stanley, 1984 Stanley 38 “Fishwife”. First Stanley 38 built in 1984 and owned by the same family since her launch. She is in excellent condition. $285,000. 207-2447854 or billw@jwboatco.com 40’ Silverton (372) 392-1997 $125,000. (207) 5189397 www.newwaveyachts.com suzanne@newwaveyachts.com
36’ Grand Banks, 1979 Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellent condition. Fully equipped for cruising. Reduced price: $89,500. Call 781-4612692 or email. RGN98@aol.com
42’ Matthews Classic, 1956 Double Cabin Flying Bridge (DCFB) Cruiser. Beautifully restored cruiser, a sea-going summer home. Repowered with 2 twin GM V6 220hp delivering 4.5gph @9knots. Complete new plumbing, electrical including Lewmar anchoring system, Garmin chartplotter/GPS and Ritchie binnacle. $52,500. More information and pictures available. Contact: herliebarnes@yahoo.com
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42’ Morgan, 1971 Beautiful classic lines. Awl Grip topsides, barrier coat on bottom. Perkins 4108 with 200 hrs. $30,000. 978-9857077, 978-526-9996. Manchester, Mass.
47’ Maine Cat, 2009 Maine Cat P-47, hull#2, launched June ‘09. Twin 180 Yanmar, live-aboard equipped, low fuel burn, 3’ draft, located in Bahamas. $110k below list. 1-888-832-2287. www.mecat.com info@mecat.com 47’ Novi Dragger, 1985 Fiberglass Atkinson Novi Dragger. 43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. www.jonesportshipyard.com
OTHER Commission a Tender Get a great boat while helping a great cause. Custom-built for you by the Compass Project. Come on in and meet your build team. 12’ Bevins Skiff $850 12’ Echo Bay Dory $1950 16’ Gloucester Light Dory $1,600 Call 207-774-0682 www.compassproject.org compassinfo@maine.rr.com
10 1/2’ & 12’ Skiffs Maine style and quality. Epoxy bonded plywood/oak, S/S screws. Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot. Primer paint. $1,100 and $1,400. Maxwell’s Boat Shop. Rockland, Maine. 207594-5492.
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Boat Rental Triumph Boats 17’ & 19’ Center Console available for half day, full day and extended rental. Guilford Boat Yards, View Details www.guilfordboat.com, Guilford, Connecticut 203453-5031 Offshore Passage Opportunities Need sea time? #1 crew networking service since 1993. Sail for free on OPB’s. Call 1-800-4-PASSAGe for free brochure/membership application. Need free crew? Call 631-423-4988. www.sailopo.com Delivery Captain Your power or sail boat delivered wherever you need it. Owners welcome on deliveries. Also available for instruction. Captain Tim. 603-7708378. dotgale38.googlepages.com tphsails@comcast.net Moorings & Slips Small marina on beautiful Great Bay. 16’ to 30’ boats. Bay View Marina, 19 Boston Harbor Road, Dover Point, NH. 603-749-1800.
Canvas Cleaning This year, have Gemini Canvas service your bimini or dodger. Professionally cleaned w/ water-repellent treatment. No dip-dunk tanks, only industry approved cleaners that work. We ship UPS, call us at 207-596-7705. www.geminicanvas.com peter@geminicanvas.com 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.
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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
www.cascobay.org. Send letter and resume to: Pumpout Search Committee, Friends of Casco Bay, 43 Slocum Drive, South Portland, Maine 04106 or email materials. www.cascobay.org jfetterer@cascobay.org
Offshore Swan Sailing Program Real ocean seatime. Sail offshore aboard a Swan Nov. 1st – 18th. 11th Annual NARC Rally. Great boats, professional skippers. Very reasonable. Small crew means lots of wheel time. Fun. 631-423-4988. www.sailopo.com
Repower & Refit Considering repower or refit upgrades to your boat? Our two locations offer you in-house, factory trained technicians ready to address your upgrades to the highest standards. Stop by or give us a call, we’d be happy to talk about your options. Kittery Point Yacht Yard. 207-439-9582, Eliot yard 207439-3967. www.kpyy.net
Casco Bay Help Wanted Looking for experienced boat handler who wants to make a difference in the health of Casco Bay. Friends of Casco Bay seeks a Pumpout Coordinator for the boating season to service the recreational boating community, to keep sewage out of Casco Bay and act as an ambassador on the water. Check out the detailed job description at
ence to www.yankeemarina.com deborah@yankeemarina.com Slips & Moorings in N.H. Limited dockside slips and protected moorings available in pristine Great Bay, New Hampshire. Leave trailering behind and chase the big stripers more often. Reasonable rates. Great Bay Marine 603-436-5299 or email@greatbaymarine.com Maine Chartering Consider chartering your boat(s) to help with those yard bills. Give us a call to talk about options. NPYC 207557-1872 www.northpointyachtcharters.com info@northpointyachtcharters.com
Fiberglass Repair Position Available Permanent, year-round position available for Fiberglass/Composite Structure Repair Technician. Yankee Marina is a full-service marina and boatyard. Please send resume with cover letter summarizing work experi-
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Slips, Moorings, Dinghy Dock Rockland Landings Marina is now accepting seasonal (up to 40’) and transient (up to 160’) reservations. Rates from $900 to $3,600 30/50/100 amp. includes water, electricity and ample, safe parking. Closest proximity to town with showers, laundry and restaurant on site and 100 yds to Hamilton Marine and all services. Blues Fest, Lobster Fest and Maine Boats, Harbors and Home Show reservations filling fast. CFMI Kevin@ 207594-4899 or 207-596-9171(c). stenmgt@midcoast.com
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PROVISIONS Stay Prepared
Pizza, Sandwiches, Hot & Cold Subs, Gas, Groceries, Cigarettes, Soda, Ice Cold Beer & Wine, Film, Bait, ME State Lottery Megabucks and Instant Tickets, Ice Monday thru Saturday 6 to 7, Sunday 7 to 6
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207-563-1388 At the Junction of Rtes 129 & 130 Bristol, Maine
Port Clyde General Store 43O 55.585' 69O 15.547'
The Island Store 200
T O W N L A N D I N G O N I S L E A U H A U T, M E The "little store" welcomes you fully stocked. FULL SELECTION OF GROCERIES, FRESH MEAT, FISH, PRODUCE, BEER, WINE, ICE, HARDWARE, SOUVENIRS AND MORE. YA R D S F R O M T H E
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Stop by Casco Bay's Cliff Island for provisions. Easy deepwater dockside access. Convenient call-ahead orders. Fully stocked grocery selection, wine & beer, Gifford's ice-cream, original candy counter, 207-766-2312 island art & Daily 9-7 homemade soaps. www.pearlsseasidemarket.com
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Moorings Available Kittery Point Yacht Yard has moorings available for the 2010’ summer season. Very well protected and just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River. Don’t Wait – call now for information: 207-439-9582 or email kmckenna@kpyy.net Boat Storage Kittery Point Yacht Yard has two wa-
terfront locations with plenty of offseason storage space available. Store with KPYY and our full service yard and factory trained technicians are available if you need us. Call to join our family of customers: 207-4399582 or email kmckenna@kpyy.net Marina For Sale For Sale: Wotton’s Wharf Marina in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For more in-
formation call Bruce Tindal at 207633-6711. www.wottonswharf.com Ocean Master, Motor 40 years in big boats and small ships, BOATWISE instructor. Deliveries, training, management. 401-885-3189. capt_bill@cox.net
moorings in protected Rockland harbor with an expansive float and pier facility for dinghy tie-ups and provisioning. On-site parking. 207-5941800. www.atlanticchallenge.com info@atlanticchallenge.com
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Advertiser index All Paint 20 Alpha Yacht Surveys 91 Apprenticeshop 43,86,95 Atlantic Outboard 69 66,69 Bamforth Marine 100 Barden’s Boat Yard, Inc. Bay of Maine Boats 94 Bayview Rigging & Sails 48 38 Black Point Inn Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber 54 Boat U.S. 15 Boatwise 78,95 Bohndell Sails & Rigging 42 Boothbay Harbor Chamber 22 Boothbay Harbor Inn 38 Boothbay Region Boatyard 3,23 Boston Waterboat Marina 24 Bowden Marine Service 47 Brewer Plymouth Marine 100 Brewer Yacht Yard 99 Broad Cove Marine Center 36 Bucking the Tide 79 Burr Brothers Boats 3,100 Capt. Jay Michaud Marine Surveys 91 Capt. Norm LeBlanc 91 Carousel Marina 22,67 Casey Yacht Enterprises 91 Cay Electronics 12 Chase, Leavitt & Co. 79 Conanicut Marine 3,100 Concordia Company 3,100 Connecticut DEP 64 Cooks Lobster House 38,66 Corinthians Lobster Run 53 Crocker’s Boatyard 3 Crosby Manor 55 Curtis Yacht Brokerage 92 Custom Float Services 71 Dark Harbor Boat Yard 42 Dip Net Restaurant 39 Dockwise Yacht Transport 29 Dolphin Marina & Restaurant 38 Dor-Mor Inc 92 Doyle Center Harbor 54 Duchak Martime Services 91 East Coast Bowthrusters 18 Eastport Chowderhouse 39 Ecovita 92 Enos Marine 69 Eric Dow Boat Shop 54 Finestkind Boatyard 46,87 Flanders Bay Boats 94 Fleet Sheets 80 Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 3,100 Gamage Shipyard 96 Gemini Marine Canvas 70 Gowen Marine 19,69, 100 Gray and Gray, Inc. 88 Great Bay Marine 3,24,100
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Great Water Inc. 10 Gritty McDuff’s 30 Guilford Boat Yards 70 Hallett Canvas & Sails 31 2 Hamilton Marine 11 Hampton River Marina Handy Boat Service 3,25 Hanley’s Market 97 3,56,96 Hansen Marine Engineering Hinckley Yacht Charters 79,93 Howard Boats 56 Island Store 97 J-Way Enterprises 3 J.R. Overseas 96 Jackson’s Hardware & Marine 66,71 Johanson Boatworks 43,93 John Williams Boat Company 20,45,88 Jonesport Shipyard 94 Journey’s End Marina 42,100 Keith Field Classical Goldsmith 40 Kennebec Tavern 38 Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor 91 Kingman Yacht Center 3,12,100 Kittery Point Yacht Yard 36,100 Kramp Electronics 12 Lake & Sea Boatworks 65 Lippincott Marine Electrical 12 Lobster Cafe 38 MacDougalls Cape Cod Marine 12,100 Main Sail 39 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors 37 Maine Cat 32,93 Maine Pumpout 62,63 Maine Sailing Partners 17 Maine Veterinary Referral Center 56 Maine Yacht Center 33 Manchester Marine 12 Marblehead Trading Company 3 Marine Engines 44 Marine Engine Surveys 91 Marston’s Marina 67 Merri-Mar Yacht Basin 3,100 Mike Martel 91 Miliner Marine Services 96 Millway Marina 69 Mobile Marine Canvas 28 Moose Island Marine 69 MS Society 75 Navigator Club 94 Navtronics 12 Nebo Lodge 39 New Hampshire Environmental Services 64 New Meadows Marina 65 New Wave Yachts 89 Niemiec Marine 3,100 North Sails Direct 47 Northeast Rigging Systems 12 Ocean Point Marina 89 Ocean Pursuits 42
Padebco Custom Yachts 78 Pearls Seaside Market & Cafe 38,97 Pemaquid Marine 56 Pickering Wharf Marina 86 30 Pierce Yacht Co. 37 Pope Sails Port Clyde General Store 43,97 Portland Yacht Services 3,52,95 49 PYS Race Series Questus Marine, Inc. 90 Robinhood Marine Center 12,21,88,100 Rocktide Inn 23,38 Rolls Battery of New England 14 Royal River Boatyard 48 Russell’s Marine 90 Saco Bay Tackle 66,81 Samoset Boatworks 71 Sarasota Yacht and Ship 41 Scandia Yacht Sales 89 Seal Cove Boatyard 54,100 SeaTech Systems 94 Seatronics 12 Shipmate Stove Company 31 SK Marine 92 Snug Harbor Marina 66,81 South Port Marine 67,80 Spruce Head Marine, Inc. 43 Standout Yacht Fittings Inc. 65 Stanley Scooter 45 The Brooklin Inn 39 The Edge 39 The Osprey Restaurant 38 The Reach Lodge 39 The Yacht Connection 88 Three Belles Marina 14 Town Landing Market 97 Traditional Boat 92 Trawler Fest 35 Trident Yacht Basin 41 Tugboat Inn 38 URLs 72,73 Waterfront 39 Webhannett River Boat Yard 45,67 Wesmac 67 West Marine 9 Whale’s Tale Restaurant 39 Wilbur Yachts 71 Winter Island Yacht Yard 46 Winterport Marine 81 Women at the Helm 43,95 Women Under Sail 80,95 Wooden Boat School 95 Yacht North Charters 79,93 Yacht North Detailing 81 Yankee Boat Yard and Marina 3 Yankee Marina & Boatyard 3,100 Yarmouth Boat Yard 12,67 York Harbor Marine Service 40,87
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SUMMER lasts 94 days ... MEMORIES last a lifetime! For boating memories this summer, choose Brewer Yacht Yards. Our 21 marinas in ‘vacation’ locations from New York to Maine, with plentiful amenities, will make your experiences most memorable! Seasonal and transient slip customers receive the benefits of our Brewer Club Card programs. From discounted fuel and savings on transient visits ... to free transient slips, Brewer provides you more.
New York Greenport Stirling Harbor Glen Cove Port Washington Mamaroneck
(631) 477-9594 (631) 477-0828 (516) 671-5563 (516) 883-7800 (914) 698-0295
Connecticut Stamford Stratford Branford Westbrook Old Saybrook Essex Deep River Mystic
(203) 359-4500 (203) 377-4477 (203) 488-8329 (860) 399-7906 (860) 388-3260 (860) 767-0001 (860) 526-5560 (860) 536-2293
Rhode Island Wickford Warwick Greenwich Bay Barrington Portsmouth
(401) 884-7014 (401) 884-0544 (401) 884-1810 (401) 246-1600 (401) 683-3551
Massachusetts N. Falmouth Plymouth
(508) 564-6327 (508) 746-4500
Maine South Freeport
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Genuine Yanmar Parts and Service available from our extensive network of New England authorized dealers Gowen Marine 800-564-6936 Portland, ME www.gowenmarine.com
Great Bay Marine 603-436-5299 Newington, NH www.greatbaymarine.com
Kingman Yacht Center 508-563-7136 Bourne, MA www.kingmanyachtcenter.com
Kittery Point Yacht Yard 207-439-9582 Kittery, ME www.kpyy.net
Barden's Boat Yard, Inc. 508-748-0250 Marion, MA www.bardensboatyard.com
MacDougalls' Cape Cod Marine 508-548-3146 Falmouth, MA www.macdougalls.com
Journey's End Marina 207-594-4444 Rockland, ME www.journeysendmarina.com
Brewer Plymouth Marine 508-746-4500 Plymouth, MA www.byy.com/Plymouth
Merri-Mar Yacht Basin 978-465-3022 Newburyport, MA www.merri-maryachtbasin.com
Robinhood Marine Center 800-443-3625 Georgetown, ME www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
Burr Brothers Boats 508-748-0541 Marion, MA www.burrbros.com
Seal Cove Boatyard Inc. 207-326-4422 Harborside, ME www.sealcoveboatyard.com
Concordia Company 508-999-1381 Dartmouth, MA www.concordiaboats.com
Yankee Marina & Boatyard 207-846-4326 Yarmouth, ME www.yankeemarina.com
Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 978-744-0844 Salem, MA www.fjdion.com
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Niemiec Marine 508-997-7390 New Bedford, MA www.niemiecmarine.com Conanicut Marine 401-423-7003 Jamestown, RI www.conanicutmarina.com
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