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I’m not a complete idiot have this 10-foot sailing dinghy that I revere. Family and friends got a real kick out of this, as did While I’ve cruised on boats up to 60 feet LOA, for the perpetrator, and this is all good. We like to poke me, this cockleshell embodies most every aspect of fun at ourselves, not only because we know how far the God-given miracle of sail. Built on the southeast false pride goes at sea, but also because we’ll take a coast of England some 60 years ago, she brings to mind good laugh anywhere we can find it, even (especially?) the Italian word sopranino – the diminutive of the so- if it is at our expense. One of the joys of the marine inprano wind instrument – which was the name of the dustry and New England cruising is the frequent Laurent Giles-designed 18-foot transatlantic passage- rekindling of old friendships, and the great pleasure maker of the 1950s. When sailing my dinghy, you we all take from the blunders and fire drills we’ve all “play” it like a hybrid instrulogged along the way. ment, feeling every nuance of And we cherish writers who wave and wind, the tiller the Force 7, one reef down, broken gooseneck. take lighthearted approaches to bow, the sheets the strings. their gaffes, miscalculations, and Cod-head and mackerel-tail in shortcomings, and are secure design, my dinghy has great enough to share them with our freeboard, stability, and buoyreaders. Inveterate cruiser and ancy forward, as was typical of romantic Dave Roper, who’s writthe beach-fishing boats whose ten in most every issue of Points model she was built to. And she East since it was launched in is most weatherly, except in a 1998, immediately comes to chop, when she stops short, and, mind. without argument, you simply So does New Zealander Peter bear off. She has endured winds Winter. In this issue, as the inexceeding 30 knots, and on one tense, exciting, and ever-so-serisuch breezy day, a decade ago in ous America’s Cup events – with upper Narragansett Bay, her their Mad Max-like vehicles and original bronze gooseneck broke, gear – draw near, Peter gets up which is where this comedy beclose and personal with his own Photo courtesy Nim Marsh frailties while crewing for Team gins. To get her right back out on the water, I replaced the New Zealand 2007, during the 32nd America’s Cup Vaold gooseneck with a stainless one found at a consign- lencia. ment store, and for the next decade this junk hardThe very first sentence in his mea culpa, “The 18th ware performed admirably, but it just didn’t look right. Man: A Legend in My Own Mind” on page 38, reads: “I The old bucket deserved better, but I never found a hate to tell you, but I’m not a great sailor.” Yet he adbronze gooseneck that would fit perfectly on the butt mits to being an “exalted legend” in America’s Cup cirof her boom. Until this year’s Maine Boatbuilders cles. Peter at one point writes: “I thought of my mother, Show in March, when, for 65 bucks, I scored a tiny watching the spectacle of her son standing proudly on Wilcox-Crittenden number at a used-gear booth. Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup boat as it raced Back home, with sandpaper I shaped the end of the endlessly in circles. She had seen this metaphorical boom to receive the new gooseneck. Then I struggled passage before.” It gets worse: There is the embarrassclumsily with three clamps to hold the spar steady and ing Valencia Incident, which elevated him to legend bring the gooseneck’s straps on either side of it close status. enough to the wood to present a couple of threads in The mantra of my uncle, a 13-time Iditarod dogsled each bolt with which to gain purchase with the tiny racer, was, “Dare to fail.” In my own small way – in nuts. terms of derring-do in the face of certain failure – I My focus on this operation was so complete I was think I’ve carried the family standard with aplomb, blind to, shall we say . . . the attitude of the spar. Later the gooseneck debacle just one small example. So, in the day, I went down to the shop to appreciate my above my desk is a sign that reads: “I am not a comhandiwork, and something did not look right: The eye plete idiot . . . Some parts are missing.” Amen to that. for the downhaul was on the wrong side of the boom. It’s what makes me human. And Dave and Peter so I’d mounted the gooseneck upside down. very human, too.
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Sunshine Girl has a stout build, classic lines, simple systems, and a seakindly motion.
Rick’s criteria found in Bristol 42 Rick Klepfer’s article on choosing a powerboat after years of sailing (“Our Sail-to-Power Transition,” April) was remarkably similar to our own search for the ideal powerboat, although without the sailboat experience. My wife and I quickly determined that our Social Security years were not the time to take up sailing. Rick mentioned stout build, classic lines, simple systems, and seakindly motion, all of which we found in our Bristol 42 trawler, designed by Eldridge-McInnis and built by the Pearson family in Bristol, R.I., in 1969. We were looking for efficiency, as well, and found it with a single Cummins diesel. The skeg under the single prop was important to minimize damage from groundings and lessen the chances of picking up lobster and crab-potbuoy lines. We found that any boat under 36 feet felt cramped, but anything over 45 seemed to cross a threshold of being too big for us. We wanted two staterooms with some separation between them, which the aft-cabin trawler provided. Most of the boats under 36 feet utilized the head compartment for the shower, which I did not want. The Bristol has two heads and the aft has a small tub with a large shower. I want to enjoy lovely surroundings while cooking and eating, so having the galley and dinette up was an important feature. I’m actually raising the dinette seat to improve the view. I also wanted doors on each side of the lower steering station so I could step out and handle spring lines, especially when singlehanded. Side-decks are important to me, as they are to Rick. I also wanted a cockpit at the stern with easy access to the swim platform. Some of the sundeck models we looked at required an elevator to carry groceries from the swim platform onto the boat. I’m not afraid of heights, but I got 8
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dizzy looking down from the aft deck on some of those boats. We quickly disqualified sedan cruisers for reasons that included less space both inside and out and the steep ladder that provides the only access to the flying bridge. We preferred the Bristol trawlers with a stairway to the top of the aft cabin at the rear of the saloon, but ours came without that feature. That is being rectified this winter. We eat a lot of meals on the flying bridge or on the aft cabin top, making safe and easy access important. I can only echo Rick’s observation that you learn what you like and don’t like by looking at a lot of boats. I guess it’s like they say: “You have to kiss a lot of frogs….” Oddly, I also share with Rick the fact that we both served on U.S. Army landing craft in Viet Nam. That’s a pretty small group. Dick Allen m/v Sunshine Girl Westerly, R.I.
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Points East keeps our bums dry As a cruising couple along Midcoast Maine, we always look forward to each issue, checking the newsstand frequently for its appearance. As we both enjoy reading, we will gather up two copies. So we get in our truck and head for the marina, while my first mate, Shawn, starts right in reading. To say the least, this is a little discouraging. As she reads, of course she makes reference to this article and laughing at this or that. Well, by the time we reach our boat and bunks, I’m about in a state. LETTERS, continued on Page 10 editor@pointseast.com
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LETTERS, continued from Page 8 Finally, while I’m getting a chance at an article, Shawn is about ready to rap it up, she being a very fast reader. OK, now it’s time to start dinner, maybe I’ll have a chance later. We read Points East from cover to cover – and just about everything, including ads. Taking note of websites we want to visit, we consign the magazine to the head so we’ll be sure to wring out every last bit of information. The second copy takes on a new dimension as a valuable asset. We now put it to use for posterior protection from dew-laden seats in our tender, flipping pages as needed to keep our seats dry. With only so many pages, its use is limited, so could you please add a few more articles. In the end, we take the magazine and dry the pages, either in a vehicle or the warmth of the boat stove. Then, finally, it becomes fire-starter itself, starting an evening stove to enjoy the warmth while we settle in. We sometimes wonder what other great uses Points East readers conjure up Vinny George & Shawn s/v Acacia Southport, Maine
13th year for St. George Sailing This summer, the St. George Community Sailing Foundation, in its 13th season, offers six weeks of instruction, from July 8 to Aug. 16, split into three two-week sessions. Mornings from 9 a.m. to 12 noon are for beginning and intermediate sailors aged 9-12 and will stress basic sailing. More advanced sailors, aged 12-15, will fine-tune their skills and learn racing and navigation from 1 to 4 p.m. More than 90 juniors are expected to sail in its 12 Hunter 90 dinghies (nine-foot catboats), four 420s (14foot sloops), and three larger sloops. Campers from Blueberry Cove Camp, operated by the Tanglewood Camp and Learning Center of Lincolnville, Maine, will also sail in these sessions. Afternoon junior sailors will race with their peers from the Rockland Community Sailing Center and participate in some of the weekly Maine Interclub Racing Circuit races. Will Gibney, who graduates from Bates College in May, returns as our head instructor, assisted by Jack Hupper, of Concord, Mass.; Hallie Southworth, of Andover, N.H.; and Maz Higbee of Owls Head, Maine. All are graduates of the program. The foundation is a non-profit organization formed in 2001 to teach sailing, seamanship, and safety, plus a respect for our water environment and Maine’s nautical history, to young sailors from Port Clyde, Tenants Harbor, Wileys Corner, Spruce Head, and the islands of Muscongus Bay. The foundation also encourages parents and friends to contribute to its work, to help buy equipment, and to support its Endowment Fund that subsidizes the 10 Points East May 2013
low tuition rates. FMI: Contact St. George Sailing by telephone (207-372-8174), email (stgeorgesail@aol.com), or at www.stgeorgesail.org. Felix Kloman St.George Sailing Tenants Harbor, Maine
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While we shoveled, Winter and Cheney sailed.
We wish we had been there, too I thought you would enjoy this photo of the two Points East buccaneers, Bill Cheney and me, currently based in South Carolina (“PE Scribes Meet on S.C. Beach,” Letters, April), preparing to head out for a sail in February in Cap’n Cheney’s beautiful catboat, Shorebird. Yes, I know it’s snowing up there, but it was a beautiful day down here, rivaled only by the quality of the captain’s fried chicken. Wish you were here. Peter M. Winter Georgetown, Maine
‘Free’ is terrific in this economy I thoroughly enjoyed your April issue, read it from cover to cover, and now you have a new dedicated reader. Thank you for a publication well done in terms of interest and content. In today’s marine economy, there is enough bad publicity and issues in the marine industry, especially in New England. Your publication serves as a constant reminder of what is so good about boating in New England and spending disposable income on such a short season. I have been boating for almost 25 years, but, unfortunately, have come across your publication infrequently. I picked up your April issue at West Marine in Plymouth, Mass. I boat out of Marshfield/Marion and cruise Buzzards Bay, Cape Cod and the islands, to Rhode Island. Keep up the great publication. It’s free? How great is that in our economy? Dennis Vetrano Marshfield, Mass.
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Boston air travelers know this Mystery Harbor You don’t have to be a boater to know this harbor. In fact, anyone flying in and out of Boston’s Logan International Airport knows this harbor. The giveaway is the distinctive red, white and blue water tower. It’s the only one of its kind that I have seen, so it has to be Winthrop Mass. The view is of the Winthrop Yacht Club. The photo was probably taken from the marina on the opposite side of the cove. For those of you who have never visited Winthrop Y.C., or the nearby Cottage Park Y.C., it is well worth the trip. Both provide services to the visiting yachtsman, and I have found them friendly and welcoming. Winthrop Y.C., being the larger of the two, has approximately 700 members. You can tie up to the front of the dock for water and fuel and check in with the dockmaster for overnight slip space. Food and drink is available in the clubhouse. Getting there is very straightforward. Head for Boston via President Roads. Leave Deer Island to starboard and Logan Airport to port. The channel is well buoyed and has good depth as long as you stay in the channel. You need to make a decision at Snake Island: Go to starboard for Winthrop Y.C. or go to port for Cottage Park Y.C. I know this sounds a bit simplistic, but if you look at a chart it all becomes clear. The protection here is exceptional. If you ever find yourself heading into Boston, and you see the thunderheads building over the city, this is a great place to duck for cover. My wife and I have enjoyed sitting in
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Mystery Harbor has a neat village Winthrop harbor is a pretty harbor tucked into the northeast corner of Greater Boston Harbor. The harbor leads to a village that is well worth a visit. Averisera first went up there for a Fourth of July celebration some years ago. We picked up a mooring near the entrance of the harbor at the suggestion of the harbormaster and settled in to watch the fireworks. Dinghy traffic was amusing, and some folks stopped by to welcome us. The fireworks show was top drawer in part because it was such a fun family affair. Since then, I have led many short navigation-training cruises up into the harbor. We sail around Snake Island at half-tide or better as a study in piloting. Usually I enter on the east channel and sail past the Winthrop Y.C. docks. Those docks sport a neon-flamingo and palm treeadorned float with tables and stools. Of course, what
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else would be going on in such a pretty place? We exit on the west side past the Cottage Park Y.C. Cottage Park has a vibrant juniors program, and there are days with what seems like a thousand Opti sails jammed together, moving en mass, in a manner similar to a school of minnows. On Averisera’s wish list is another overnight in the harbor, complete with a walk ashore on Snake Island, followed by fish and chips intown. Norman Henry Martin s/v Averisera Medford, Mass..
It is Winthrop Harbor, inside Crystal Cove That is the Crystal Cove part of Winthrop Harbor. The large building on the right is the Winthrop Yacht Club, a nice facility with a laid-back attitude. Lots of “Pirate Raids� leave from here. The downside is the low-flying aircraft going in and out of Logan farther to the right in this picture. Leaving the harbor you find yourself in the outer part of Boston Harbor with the “eggs� of the sewer-treatment plant and the end of Deer Island just there. This opens to the Boston North Channel, which puts you in the open ocean with The Graves in view. Just down from the yacht club is a boat ramp with lots of parking. Chris Lippincott Portsmouth, N.H.
boats are at the Crystal Cove Marina. In the distance is our water tower, painted red, white and blue; the blue stripe is obscured from many vantage points by trees on its hill. The large building on the right, extending over the water, is the Winthrop Yacht Club. Winthrop, only five miles by road from Downtown Boston, extends out into Boston harbor. It’s surrounded by ocean, harbor, tidal salt marsh, and a harbor is-
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The mystery harbor in the April issue is indeed Winthrop Harbor looking out toward Crystal Cove and the Winthrop Yacht Club. You can see the old trestle left over from the Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn (B.R.B.) Railroad on the left side of the photo. The red, white, and blue water tower is elevated in the background, which makes it an excellent point of reference to steer toward when heading into Winthrop Harbor from Boston Harbor. Many ideas have been floated over the years to turn this tower into a marketing scheme, such as a giant Bud can. The location from which the photo was taken is just a few doors down from the home of the late maritime author, Tink Martin. Tink co-authored “The Cruising Guide to Narragansett Bay and the South Coast of Massachusetts,” and also wrote the “Around the Waterfront” weekly column in the town’s paper. Tink passed away in September and the town lost a great personality, historian, and proponent of anything marine/coastal. She is missed, and this photo reminds me of her looking out onto that trestle behind her house on the water. Here is a link for a little more about Tink: http://boatinglocal.com/news/ne-boatingwriter-anita-“tink”-martin-dies.html Brian Corbett Marblehead, Mass.
I have not seen this view since 1969. Growing up in Winthrop, I think you’re looking out from what I remember being the Elks parking lot, but the docks were not there then. Winthrop Yacht Club is on the right, and Crystal Cove on the left. Can’t tell you how many times I got chased out of that lot. Capt. Alan Leibovitz Billerica, Mass.
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I raced Indian-class sloops there That’s Winthrop Harbor from the Cottage Park Yacht Club parking lot. I spent many summers sailing from the Winthrop Yacht Club, crewing with a wonderful man named Bob Campbell on his Indian-class sloop. I later crewed with him on many other one designs in Winthrop and Boston harbors.
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A few years ago, after membership in another Boston-area club, I joined the Cottage Park Yacht Club, from which this picture was taken. Cottage Park and Winthrop Harbor are a boater’s paradise – well protected and a perfect place to fish, kayak, sail, and power. And we have, I like to think, the best junior sailing program in the area. If you are in the neighborhood, and are looking for a lovely place to visit, come into the Cottage Park Yacht Club, have a drink or a snack at our clubhouse, and see all our harbor has to offer. Mark B. McDonough Cottage Park Yacht Club Winthrop, Mass.
Sailed ‘wooden shoe’ in Winthrop The photo is of the Cottage Park Yacht Club at Winthrop, Mass. My dad kept his first boat, a Pennantclass sloop, on a mooring at Cottage Park back in the mid-1950s. I remember going back to Massachusetts and visiting Cottage Park as a kid, and marveling at the bowling alley built over the water. Dad frequently told stories about a hurricane coming through, and finding his beloved Houtenklomp (he named her “wooden shoe” due to the Pennant’s, shall we say, less than graceful profile) hard aground on a runway at Logan airport, right across the
channel. The boat survived that incident to sail again, but sadly life changed (I came along), and he had to sell her. Dad is gone now, but his tales of Cottage Park live on. Bruce D. Suppes s/v Bellatrix Stockton Springs, Maine
This ID is short but informational The picture is of Winthrop Harbor. There are Frosty races from the Winthrop Yacht Club, which has a bowling alley inside. Bob Linehan Seabrook, N.H
Recalls airplane crashing in harbor I believe this harbor to be located in Winthrop, Mass. As a child in the 1940s and ’50s, I would visit my aunt and uncle Bob and Alison Daw, who lived on Forest Street and Shirley Street. They would often take me to the Winthrop Yacht Club, in the background of your picture. I also remember that plane that crashed into the harbor. Linda Rose Lund Machiasport, Maine Editor’s note: Thank you Linda Rose. Eastern Air
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He was an Explorer Scout there The mystery harbor is located in Winthrop, Mass., harbor. I grew up in Winthrop and was an Explorer Scout, sailing on the Viking, out of the Winthrop Lodge of Elks. Later I raced Radio-class sailboats out of the Pleasant Park Yacht Club, and then moved on to powerboats. I believe the picture was taken from the Elks parking lot, looking across the old narrow-gauge railroad bed. The Winthrop Yacht Club is in the background. Dick Haley Melvin Village, N.H
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Boston’s twinkling lights are magic The Mystery Harbor depicted in the April issue is my own home town of Winthrop, Mass. The picture looks out toward the Winthrop Yacht Club. Winthrop hosts three yacht clubs: Pleasant Park, Cottage Park and the Winthrop Yacht Club. Winthrop Harbor leads into Boston Harbor. We are members of the Cottage Park Yacht Club, and have enjoyed many summer night sails along the beautiful Boston Harbor skyline in our 31-foot O’Day sailboat. When the sun sets, and the twinkling lights of the Boston skyline shine, the view is magical. And, of course, the Constitution sits around the corner. I love your magazine. Yole Monaco-Foley Winthrop, Mass. .
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Perspectives Frightening lightning ver the last few years, this column has taken you on a winding waterborne journey. We have shivered and met female rejection on the upper Mississippi River aboard a frozen, shrinkwrapped houseboat; we have narrowly missed a tornado on a paddlewheel cruise ship filled with wedding revelers; we almost fell into the alluring arms of a cabin girl named Natasha aboard a Russian icebreaker in Newfoundland; we survived two pirates on an offshore boat delivery to St. Thomas; we pinned a dance card on humble Elsa and took her to a yacht-club boat ball in Marblehead; we eavesdropped as a 7-year-old girl confessed to a transgression under Rainbow Bridge in remote Lake Powell, Utah; we compared some unseamanlike moves of your steadfast columnist (me) off Misery Island in Salem Sound to the idiocy of the Viagra guy sailing backwinded in a television commercial; and together we shared the discovery of two mermaids off a little island
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My ride did finally show, and off my new girl and I went to meet the parents in their cozy 1920s lake cottage in Detroit Lakes, Minn. “Dad has several boats; that should keep you happy,” Mary Kay (my wife of 32 years now) said as she noticed a bewildered, abducted look invade my face. Bob, my future father-in-law, proudly showed me his 20-foot D Scow sailboat and his stern-drive powerboat, both of which sat just out of the water on their boat lifts. They each had full covers over them; underneath were webbed retaining straps like giant seatbelts. I looked at the pair of substantial boats and asked, “What’s with the straps?” Bob gave me a knowing half-smile and looked across the lake to the south. “Storms can get really intense out here,” he said. “Yeah, but these are big boats, and it doesn’t seem you’d need these straps for….” “Let’s go in for ice cream and pie,” he said. A couple of years later, a year after his daughter and I were married, I found out what Bob meant about intense. Maybe he should have said “weird.” My new wife and I had been sleeping soundly in the front bedroom, maybe 75 feet from the lake. That night had been unusually still as we drifted off. The old white and blue cotton curtains hung limp from their wooden poles above the wide-open windows of the old cottage. About one in the morning we awoke to a rumble and then a crash. “One’s coming,” my new wife said, as she shot out of bed and threw on her robe. “One what?” I asked, rubbing my eyes. “One from across the lake.” I expected some 400-foot tall Gila monster from a cheap horror movie to come wading towards us from the other shore. “Can get bad,” she continued. “We need to close all of the windows.” When it hit, we were back in our bedroom, all closed in, sitting on the www.pointseast.com
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“Sounds like a boat out there. Right off the dock.â€? “That’s impossible. Nobody could be out in the lake now.â€? And then, as quickly as it started, the wind stopped. But not the noise. Bup, bup, bup, bup‌. “Someone’s out there in a boat in this stuff, or else they’re stealing Dad’s powerboat.â€? “That’s impossible,â€? I said again, pulling on my shorts. “I’ve got to go out there and find out.â€? We headed downstairs, past the fireplace, to the front door by the lake. “Grab something to protect yourself, if it’s a thief,â€? my dear wife said. “I’ll be right behind you.â€? And so – and this is easily one of the most idiotic things I’ve ever done – I grabbed a fire iron from the fireplace, held it up in the air (think: lightning rod), and marched through the front door. It was still pitch-black, but it was clear that the sound came from the dock. The sailboat was safe on its lift. So was the powerboat, still fully covered and strapped down. But the powerboat was running. The bup bup bup had been coming from the stern-drive, which was exhausting above water due to the boat being up on the lift. Realizing it would overheat soon, I pulled off the snaps on the cover by the steering and controls to turn it off. But there was no key in the ignition. “I must be dreaming,â€? I said aloud. “The key’s on the hook in the front of the cottage; I’ll get it,â€? my wife said. When she returned, I put the key
in the ignition, turned it to the right to “on� and then back to “off.� The motor stopped. And so does this story. Almost. For years, my father in law just rolled his eyes when we related what happened. Actually, everybody did. Even the locals. One summer a couple of years later, my wife said, “Why not ask old Clem? He runs the marina on the other end of the lake. He’s seen everything on this lake for 75 years. See if he rolls his eyes.� And so we took the powerboat over to his place. He was bent over, fiddling with an old Coke machine by his docks. “Quick question for you Clem,� I said. “You ever see lightning start up a boat’s engine?� Still kneeling, he reached into his pocket, grabbed two quarters, put them in the machine, banged it once, and a can fell into the catch slot. “Good, that’s fixed,� he said. Then he got up slowly and looked at me. “Yup,� he said. “Seen it happen.� He looked across the lake and then at the heavens. “Takes some real frightening lightning though.� So there. Another true story. You can ask old Clem. But he’s probably dead by now. Dave Roper’s new book, “Watching for Mermaids,� which climbed to No. 4 on the “Boston Globe� Best-Sellers List, is available through www.amazon.com. His new book, “Sailing to Cloud 23,� will be out later this year.
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A different Maine cruise ast winter, while planning our summer cruise, we opted for a different summer cruise. I have been cruising Maine since 1976 (the first Beverly Yacht Club cruise), and have been to most of the large harbors that can accommodate 30 yachts from Kittery to Roque Island and many of the smaller harbors. Last summer, we decided to take Tomahawk, our Bertram 35 Sport Fisherman, on rivers – the Royal, Damariscotta, Benjamin, Penobscot and Sheepscot – all to their navigable ends. All the rivers have their individual challenges. On the small rivers, like Yarmouth’s Royal and the Benjamin, in Sedgwick and Brooklin, the challenges are at the entrances, and both of these estuaries are wonderful overnight stops. The Royal River Boat Yard has excellent mechanics on staff, and Alan Dugas is a true gentleman with a long history in the trade. On the Benjamin, do not venture beyond the mooring area. Low tide will expose the ledge that crosses the river below the bridge north of the boatyard on the eastern shore. The Penobscot River – from the entrance at Fort Point on East Penobscot Bay to Bangor – is a wide, me-
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quality, took bottom samples, fished for everything from plankton to winter flounder, from quahogs to plastic. She mapped the bottom using side-scan sonar, and provided divers with extraordinary meals, air, Nitrox (enriched air), and a dry bed. She was home to four small boats designated for different tasks. She was also home to an ever-changing crew of 18. She brought together two couples who became married. She was the standard bearer for the EPA’s numerous “Open Ship” events in her ports of call, where thousands of taxpayers were able to view their money at work and ask questions in both English and Spanish about the Bold’s mission. Now she was on her way to Little Creek, Va., for an extended tie-up at that naval facility. The trip south from Boston led to the Cape Cod Canal, past the Massachusetts Maritime Academy, down Buzzards Bay, then past Block Island to the open ocean – at last. The 49-hour trip was uneventful until the last bit. With gusts of 46 and 47 knots, we were happy to pull into the lee of a much larger Navy ship as we approached pier 18. The heaving lines were tossed to the waiting naval personnel, and the Bold found herself secured to her new home. Electrical, sewage and water lines were run to the pier. After switching over to these pierside utilities, the diesel generators were shut down, and the hum of the electric motors was silenced.
At this point, the Bold’s future is a big question mark. Because of budget cutting, funding for the Bold was excluded from the 2012 federal budget. How the EPA will meet some of the clean-water-standards mandates without her remains to be seen. On Nov. 9, the crew was reduced in number to caretaker status. No one knows what company will be in charge. No major work will be done on her, just the regular maintenance needed to keep her in good enough shape to take to the seas again within an eight-week window if funding should be found. This tie-up may be a year. It may be longer. It may be shorter. No one knows for sure. For those of us who have learned to love her quirks and quaint, 25-yearold ways – we who have served aboard her – will miss her solid, if not always stable, ride and the camaraderie that only serving aboard a small ship can bring. May Poseidon continue to bless her in the future. She always brought us home safely. No sailor can ask for more. Dick Klain is a 100-ton U.S. Coast Guard Certified Master and Able-Boldied Seaman Limited who has cruised the coasts of the U.S. and the U.S. Caribbean possessions aboard the EPA ocean-survey vessel Bold. His most recent article in Points East was “How Not to Buy a Boat” – about the purchase of his new boat Moxie Cat – in the April 2013 issue.
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R.I.’s Edgewood Yacht Club eyes a new clubhouse after 2011 blaze The Edgewood Yacht Club, on Shaw Avenue in Cranston, R.I., has approved initial plans for a new clubhouse. The renderings, drawn by Shaw Avenue neighbor Martha Werenfels, depict a waterfront clubhouse visible from Narragansett Boulevard, just like its predecessor. “We lost a good friend, the clubhouse, but we’re ready to go {with a new one]. We don’t want to let this sit; the club needs a clubhouse,” said Commodore Jeff Lanphear. The proposed 6,000-squarefoot building is smaller than the structure it replaces, but pays homage to the historic building that was destroyed in a fire in January of 2011. “It still has extensive porches, the red roof and the cupola, all of which were
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Briefly Mystic unveils summer scholarships Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn., has scholarships available for the Seaport Museum’s youth sail-training and summercamp programs in 2013. Scholarships can be applied to the fees for the Joseph Conrad Summer Sailing Camp, Youth Community Sailing programs, and the teen overnight programs on the schooner Brilliant. The scholarships are needs-based and can cover up to half of the cost of the program. They are the result of generous support from the William and Eileen Ames Fund, the Todd Wilkins Scholarship Fund, the George Gordon Breed
STORY, continued from Page 27 The plan calls for construction of a $120 million plant that can produce between 200,000 and 300,000 tons of torrefied wood pellets each year. Thermogen would lease approximately 40 acres from the port authority for 20 years, with the option of extending the lease another 20 years. Depending on the size and capacity of the plant, the facility could create approximately 75 jobs in Eastport, and more than 300 additional forestry related jobs in the Maine woods, the company indicated.
Memorial Fund, and private donors. The Joseph Conrad Summer Sailing Camp is an overnight camp for youths ages 10-15. During the six-day program, campers stay aboard the Tall Ship Joseph Conrad, sail the Museum’s fleet of Dyer Dhows, and learn basic and advanced nautical skills. Mystic Seaport Community Sailing offers a full lineup of sailing programs designed to build and refine sailing skills while nurturing the love of the water. Programs run throughout the spring, summer, and fall for youngsters ages 8 and up.
In 2011, Cate Street Capital, in Portsmouth, N.H., bought the former Great Northern paper mills in Millinocket and East Millinocket and restarted the East Millinocket mill under the Great Northern Paper name. Last year, Thermogen announced plans to build a similar torrefied wood plant at the Millinocket mill site and has begun site preparation for that facility. Thermogen said in Friday’s statement that it hopes to begin construction in Millinocket later this spring, and begin construction in Eastport “as early as possible” in 2014. Plans are to ship pellets out of the adjacent port facility. FMI: http://thermogenind.com.
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Rockland YC, offers full launch service Rockland Yacht Club, in Rockland, Maine, is unveiling a spacious, reliable, convenient, and easy-to-use Launch Service for Rockland Harbor, beginning with the 2013 boating season. To meet its needs, RYC has built a new Maritime 23 launch, which will ser vice the entire harbor. As the gateway to Penobscot Bay, Rockland Harbor has found its seasonal boat population growing annually, thus the decision to offer a convenient step-on/step-off launch ser vice. The ser vice will operate regularly from both the Public Landing (center harbor) and the Apprenticeshop docks (north harbor), and offers drop-off and pick-up ser vices from most popular marinas, and restaurants. Operating hours during season are from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. for dining convenience. Full-season operation is from mid-June to mid-September (with accommodation for shoulder seasons). The RYC launch is available for $5 per person for one-way trips provided by licensed launch operators. A discount is offered to RYC members who use their boats frequently. Seasonal subscriptions are available for $250, providing unlimited trips and passengers. FMI: www.rocklandyc.org.
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Magic, our wood 36-foot Nielsen/Luke yawl bewitched us for years. Inset: The fiberglass Valiant’s power and seakindliness were readily apparent.
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For us, this meant fiberglass. Our old wood yawl was not as bulletproof as she was beautiful, and we wanted a monocoque hull to keep the water out. The transition wasn’t that easy. By Jeff Bolster For Points East or 14 years my wife Molly and I owned the prettiest boat in New England, a product of the coupled genius of K. Aage Nielsen and Paul E. Luke. Magic’s exquisite double-planked hull floated for the first time in East Boothbay on a cold spring day in 1961. She had acres of varnish and a clean, sweet sheer. We never tired of pausing on the oars as we pulled away from the mooring. Just one more look. One afternoon at Luke’s, Paul’s widow strolled by and remarked
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matter-of-factly, “Aage sure could draw a pretty boat.” Magic saw us through squalls-with-attitude, through the tornado that ripped apart the Hog Island Audubon camp in 1999, through foggy nights east of ’Tit Manan and the Reversing Falls at Saint John, New Brunswick. She earned compliments at every turn. It was impossible to sail that boat and not feel like a million bucks. We logged about 750 days under way. No one counted days I spent re-fastening, caulking, painting, varnishing, rigging and fixing, in addition to fine work by Paul E. Luke’s and, later, Kittery Point Yacht Yard. editor@pointseast.com
The author and his wife, Molly, prepare for the Valiant’s renaming ceremonies – from Lantana to Chanticleer -which called for champagne and a live rooster.
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seemed like there might be another boat in our future, I had spent a lifetime around the water, including a decade as a young guy running big schooners between Newfoundland and Latin America. My wife worked at Mystic Seaport when I met her. Better yet, she owned a Herreshoff Fish Class sloop, built in 1907. We knew what sang to us, what pleased our eye, and how we needed to feel connected to mariners past. Friends with different histories and newer boats needled us about being stuck in our ways. Confronting Magic’s limitations – including never Points East May 2013
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entirely keeping the ocean on the outside – we traditionalists with offshore stirrings were beginning to entertain the idea of a boat whose hull had been constructed in one piece, precisely to keep the water out. That meant the “f-word” – fiberglass. Provided, of course, we could find the right owner to take on an aging classic. Being a traditionalist meant I had never paid attention to boats younger than my wife. My eye began to wander right after the bittersweet day Magic’s new owner took over. Armed with a well-worn copy of Charlie Doane’s “The Modern Cruising Sailboat: A Complete Guide to its Design, Construction, and Outfitting,” we began searching for a bulletproof clasPhoto by Jeff Bolster sic to venture offshore. The sailor and the birdwatcher – a.k.a. Chris Pastore and Dave Bolster – decompress Bob Perry’s Valiant 40 was after the Gulf Stream calmed down. promoted as the first “performance cruiser.” Radical in its Florida’s St. Lucie River, languishing far from the day, it is regarded now (40 years later) as somewhat ocean. A blue-water boat in a ripple-free marina, sepstaid, almost traditional. That worked for us, though I arated from the sea by rusty lift-bridges, ominous shalwasn’t sure any boat with multi-colored rope could be lows, and miles of brackish water without the room to called “traditional.” But the Valiants’ reputation was ease a sheet: it didn’t seem right. well earned, not least by carrying solo sailors around Her power and seakindliness were apparent, even the world via the great capes. at the dock. She had more frills than we wanted – air One of my friends, Bill Pinkney, had sailed a larger conditioning, for instance, and a TV that would be cousin, the Valiant 47, on just that route. He raved pitched straight away. But in a far-from-clean world, about the boat. And Perry had borrowed the Valiant she seemed close to pure. This boat could be pushed. 40’s canoe stern from Holgar Danske, Aage Nielsen’s Despite her muscle, she looked forgiving, like a boat most famous (and favorite) design. Something about that would bring her crew home without too much that connection to Aage made it feel right, like we were fuss. still among family. Not to mention the beckoning The Port St. Lucie River is 1,600 miles from promise of maintenance-lite sailing. Portsmouth, N.H., where we live. An offshore trip We first saw Lantana, as she was known, well up would test the surveyor’s report. As he saw it, most ev-
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erything on the 22-year-old boat was “good.” Volvo Penta engine? “Good” It had been recently painted, a stately dark green. Running rigging? “Good” What about that relentless Florida sun? Dodger, bimini, and other canvas work? “Good” Anyone could see that wasn’t true. What other gremlins might be lurking on this almost-modern fiberglass boat? Mack Sails in Stuart, Fla., replaced the lifelines and reinforced the head of the genoa. A local mechanic blessed the main engine and generator. We got the fire extinguishers serviced. But arranging for tradesmen from 1,600 miles away cannot be called “best practice.” We had to get the boat home. Accustomed as I was to sailing with my wife, I knew she couldn’t leave her job for a long ride aboard an untested boat. So I rounded up three comrades from former adventures: a birdwatcher, a sailor, and a guywho-could-fix-stuff. Things went fine for the first 45 minutes. The diver hired to scrub the bottom had neglected to clean out the seawater intake, an issue not apparent idling at the dock. Under load, the thirsty Volvo Penta overheated. We shut down just past a rusty lift-bridge and dove on the problem. Under way again, it became obvious that the shaft seal on the raw water pump had a pronounced leak, too pronounced for 1,600 miles. Back to the dock we went. I understand project-management. Problems crop
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up and need to be addressed. But we were running out of time. The sailor and the guy-who-could-fix-stuff suffered from Overloaded Calendar Syndrome. I had advertised a boat ride, not a yard period. If we couldn’t sort things out, I was going to lose my crew. We finally got to sea through the Fort Pierce Inlet a few days later, bound for Annapolis, ecstatic to be freed from the shore. Under mainsail, staysail and genoa, the boat settled in to a light easterly, steered by an elderly autopilot whose curled control cord might have come off a Ma Bell rotary phone. We were easing into “modern” gradually. The Gulf Stream is always Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde. Filling in from the north-northeast that night, the breeze intensified. We reefed the main and partially rolled up the genoa. By the time we tucked in the second reef, and stowed the genoa entirely, the Stream was in a nasty mood. The guy-who-could-fix-stuff – by now known respectfully as “Chief Engineer” – had sailed with me in Magic. He agreed the Stream that night might have been her undoing. The Valiant took it in stride. Sort of. The bilge kept filling. Not enough to sink us, at least not straight away, but enough to make us pump every watch. Meanwhile, the interior of the boat was a swamp. Magic’s hull had leaked when we drove her, but her decks and cabin-top had always been tight. I like dry bunks. And I don’t like soggy charts.
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The gods were testing me. Here I was aboard my new “f-word boat� in a bit of a blow, and the portholes and hatches were leaking like sieves. In fact, every rubber gasket, neoprene seal, Dacron rope, and bit of canvas susceptible to sun damage was showing its age. And the water in the basement kept coming. It wasn’t the sea-cocks or the shaft stuffing box. We finally arrived at the rudder-post packing, inconveniently located in that lovely canoe-stern. Every time she pitched in a cranky Gulf Stream sea, Old Faithful erupted around the rudder post. We kept pumping. Photo by Jeff Bolster Within 60 miles of An- You know how it is: You’re savoring a lovely afternoon at sea, steadily climbing the minutes napolis, on a steamy and the sea miles on the chart, and then the spinnaker halyard parts. evening, the Volvo Penta overheated. With Chesapeake Bay’s temperature hov- wrestling the genoa through the staysail slot in light ering near that of the air, a cool 90 degrees F, memo- airs at every tack. A few days later, a highly recomries of Gulf Stream headwinds seemed refreshing. We mended local mechanic explained that the very expenadded coolant to the Green Monster and got her going sive turbocharger was pooched, allowing coolant to mix with the lube oil. It wouldn’t be an easy fix. again. Had we been in Norfolk, at the foot of the bay, I The boat was growing on me, despite her aggravations. She handled the Stream in its moods, and footed might have chanced an outside trip under sail to New briskly in the lightest of zephyrs. Some things might Hampshire, the sort of flyer that appealed to my oldneed maintenance, but Perry had gotten the essentials timey romantic sensibility. But we were 150 miles up the largest estuary in the U.S., a wind-free summer right. Life was good. The Green Monster overheated the second time be- environment. This boat wasn’t getting home without tween Annapolis and Baltimore. By then the crew was an engine. The up-side was that my wife could join me in Baldown to two – me and the birdwatcher. We shorttacked the boat into Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, timore for the next leg. We planned to sail north in the
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wispy fog came and went. And we timed the flood for the headsail furler, sea-cocks and reefer all wanted New York Harbor perfectly, catching a lift all the way service. from Sandy Hook through the lower harbor and into Magic had been simple. I enjoyed doing much of the Long Island Sound. Thankfully, we got through the work myself. The Valiant is only four feet longer, and East River and Hell Gate without incident. she has one less mast. But her systems are more Because, that afterdaunting. And time was noon, the grinding noise of the essence. coming out of the engine Kittery Point Yacht room sounded like finYard had come through gernails on a blackboard, for us before with several expensive fingernails. projects on Magic, and The only good news is generously donated valuthat we were near my old able services to the Gunstomping grounds, dalow Company, the Rowayton, Conn. From non-profit organization the security of a mooring that my wife directs. at the Norwalk Yacht KPYY had installed the Club, with Sheffield Isnew gundalow’s main enland and its high-school gine in 2011 without a memories as backdrop, I hitch. The crew was confronted a fatally friendly and capable. cracked bell housing on With punch-list in hand, the Volvo Penta. The enPhoto by Jeff Bolster and his trademark wry gine was a dead man smile, General Manager The mast boot, with goop applied from the inside, was a likely walking. John Glessner said one Days passed. Dollars source of leaks while driving hard to windward. month on the hard changed hands. Finally, should suffice. with the Green Monster on life support, the last leg of KPYY delivered on time and within budget. Vic and our star-crossed delivery got under way. We romped up Dana squeezed a shiny red Westerbeke into the engine Long Island Sound in a fresh sou’westerly, shot room with little fanfare, despite having to engineer a through The Race after midnight at 10 knots, and mo- new raw-water system and muffler. Bob installed the tored serenely through the Cape Cod Canal. Then the Monitor and new Lewmar hatches. Vic attacked the spinnaker halyard parted, only 40 miles from rudder-post stuffing box, and when flax packing didn’t Portsmouth, delaying our triumphal homecoming. work, found a synthetic replacement to solve that nagWith the delivery done and the summer half gone, ging problem. John and Jason upgraded the rig with dreams of winter in the West Indies were still alive. It hard work and thoughtful suggestions. Ike brought out wouldn’t be easy. Our affection for the boat had grown, the luster in the topsides and sheer stripe. At every but so had the punch-list. She needed a new engine, step of the way, the guys at KPYY asked thoughtful new running rigging, new hatches and portlight gas- questions and made useful suggestions. We were in kets, new wind instruments, new bottom paint, and good hands. new canvas, not to mention repacking the rudder post. Launch day called for cake, champagne and a live We wanted to install a Monitor self-steering gear. And rooster. Blood sacrifice was not in the offing, despite
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my familiarity with launching rituals for schooners built in Bequia and Carriacou, where we hoped to go. Roosters are our family totem, and the boat was to be re-christened Chanticleer, after the sassy rooster in Chaucer’s “Canterbury Tales.” The champagne flowed, the rooster crowed, and then, in the presence of witnesses, we asked the gods of sea and wind to bless this reborn vessel, and grant her safe passage. Boats are never easy. We traded brazen beauty for bulletproof, and we got what we wanted. By Christmas we were in the Virgin Islands; by mid-January in Guadeloupe, courtesy of Chanticleer. She’s a damn fine boat. She’ll never be as breathtakingly beautiful as Magic, but she is reassuringly strong and oh-soseakindly. Pounding to weather in the Anegada Passage on the way to Saba, Montserrat and Guadeloupe, with the Monitor steering and the ocean staying outside, neither Molly nor I wished we were back in Magic. Of course, Chanticleer is still a boat. Off the wind, everything is rosy. Driving hard to windward, she leaks from above, probably through the mast boot or mast collar. I don’t like wet bunks or wet charts any more than I used to. After our passage to Guadeloupe, we dropped the overhead panel from around the mast and found a previous owner’s attempted fix – goop applied from inside. That will need an upgrade. Maybe I’ll ask advice from my buddies who pitched fiberglass
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Valencia, Spain: The stage for the 32nd America’s Cup. Twelve countries. Pomp and circumstance. Spanish sun. Whimsical winds. Great sailing. As you can see, I was chafing at the bit to get out there. Photo courtesy Peter Winter
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I thought of my mother, watching the spectacle of her son standing proudly on Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup boat as it raced endlessly in circles. She had seen this metaphorical passage before. By Peter Winter For Points East hate to tell you, but I’m not a great sailor. Since I’m not a great sailor, it’s probably difficult for you to understand why I’m such an exalted legend in the elevated sailing circles of the America’s Cup. Harry Vanderbilt. Connor. Turner. Jobson. Blake. Spithill. And Winter. I beg your pardon? What’s that? What do you mean, you’ve never heard of me? You mean, you’ve never heard about my singular, quite extraordinary America’s Cup accomplishments? Seriously? I thought everyone knew. I’m shocked. I feel compelled to elaborate. Listen up, OK? I’m only doing this once. Years ago I came into some money, a windfall, right out of the blue. Nothing at all to do with working 12 hours a day, six days a week, and enduring all the slights and inequities of corporate life. College tuition for the kids taken care of. Check. Mortgage liabilities reduced. Check. Vacation taken. Check. Large present bestowed on the sainted wife. Check. With ribbons, bows and card. Check. What else was I to do? I know, I’ll help out the Kiwis with their America’s Cup challenge. So I donated a little bit of scratch to Team New Zealand. I love big sporting contests. I love watching athletes at the top of their game in any sport. If I had a chance to watch the two best tiddlywinks players in the world go at it, I’d pay for a frontrow seat. That’s why I’ve been to every America’s Cup for 30 years. I know
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I know what you’re thinking: It’s just guys with too much money on an ego trip. The Cup is filled with an inherent set of selfcontradictions that reveal human nature at its best…and its worst. I, for one, find that fascinating.
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It’s sort of P.T. Barnum meets Nathanael Herreshoff, if you don’t mind me putting the snake-oil salesman and the master together in the same sentence.
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Sort of P.T. Barnum meets Herreshoff, if you don’t mind me putting the snake-oil salesman and the master together in the same sentence. Yes, the Cup is filled with an inherent set of self-contradictions that reveal human nature at its best…and its worst. I for one find that fascinating. My favorite race to this day came in the 2007 regatta off Valencia, Spain. Race 3. After a real battle, Alinghi, from Switzerland (see above re self-contradictions) had the lead at the final mark, but after a left-right separation of over half a mile, Team New Zealand came from behind to jibe slightly in front and win by less than a couple of seconds. If you have 10 minutes free at the office tomorrow, announce that you need some quiet time to think, hold all calls, close the door and check out that race on YouTube. Trust me, no matter what flag you fly, you’ll love it. I still remember when the Kiwis won the Cup, in San Diego, back in 1995. I knew we were going to win after the very first day’s sailing, and not because Team New Zealand won the race that day. In fact, nothing that happened on the water led me to conclude we had it in the bag. It was what I saw off the water that mattered. We repaired to the Team New Zealand compound immediately after that first race and watched as the entire sailing crew climbed off the boat, then worked together to remove it from the water, wash it down,
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I tried to be cool as I approached the skipper, as nature was not so much calling as insisting. And there is absolutely nowhere to go on an America’s Cup boat when nature calls.
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and store it safely for the night. Above the sail loft was a tiny room where spouses and girlfriends had prepared snacks for their fellas – New Zealand lamb chops (of course), Okato cheeses, Stewart Island mussels, Steinlager beer, and the ubiquitous Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc. After a few minutes of chatting, syndicate head Peter Blake rose to his feet. He was one of those people for whom a room falls silent without any encouragement. The opposite, of course, of me. “Good run today, boys,” he began. “I liked what I saw. But we have plenty of work to do. You grinders were sloppy – and Coutts, we gave up far too much on the run in for the line. What happened there?” That set the tone. Each team member’s performance was publicly assessed by fellow teammates, honestly and directly, without approbation or censure. The remarks were uniformly un-
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sparing, but always good-natured, and rendered without any care at all about the hierarchy on the boat. This was a pragmatic self-examination, given in the spirit of wanting to improve. The boys knew that they carried their country on their backs, and they took that obligation very seriously, certainly more seriously than their own egos. You know and I know that such an atmosphere can only be achieved through trust, confidence, mutual respect and an unmitigated desire to win. Discussion over, each team member wandered off to his billet somewhere in San Diego, flip-flops on, sail bag over the shoulder. Since Team New Zealand was turning in early, we wandered off to the San Diego Yacht Club. The first thing we noticed as we strode down the manicured driveway was the long line of white Cadillacs parked alongside it. “Proud Sponsor of Team U.S.A.” was on each door, right above the name of each team member. As we entered the bar, we heard a commotion coming from an adjoining private dining room. Team U.S.A. was enjoying dinner (looked like roast beef), each person resplendent in blue blazer, red
tie, and white pants. A loud toast was being proposed. “Hold on,” I thought. “They’re toasting each other. And they just lost the first race?” That’s when I knew. But, sorry, I digress. This was supposed to be about my fabled America’s Cup exploits, and I know you’re dying to hear about them. Excuse me, and come with me again back to 2007, Valencia, Spain, magnificent stage for the 32nd America’s Cup. Now we’re really talking a classic sporting event. Twelve countries. Pomp and circumstance. Spanish sun. Whimsical winds coming down from the mountains in the afternoon, day after day, equalizing competition and reducing it to a true test of skill and strategy. Great sailing. Wildly enthusiastic crowds. And a huge spectator fleet, literally hundreds upon hundreds of boats of all shapes and sizes out on the water to watch the racing. One of the great traditions of the America’s Cup (before American software giant Larry Ellison, owner of BMW Oracle Racing, got his hands on it) was that room was always left for an 18th man, in addition to the 17 crew. In the old days, this is how Vanderbilt
The team needed the regulatory weight, and there was I, a well-girded specimen sitting, as is my custom, on a bar stool in the team lounge. “You’ll do,” I heard.
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watched the racing. He owned the boat after all. These days the lucky guy is usually a well-heeled contributor, or a sponsor representative, or somebody pretty important. On this particular day in the Team New Zealand base, there happened to be nobody like that around. The team needed the regulatory weight, and there was I, a well-girded specimen sitting, as is my custom, on a bar stool in the team lounge. “You’ll do,” I heard. So that’s how, with remarkable lack of recognition or ceremony, I became the 18th Man in an America’s Cup race. I immediately did what you would do. I called my mother. Down in New Zealand, she and her pals were already assembling down to watch the race. Here, at last, after 55 years, was some kind of faint confirmation that her wayward son had finally amounted to something. It wasn’t much, but she was going to take it. Like many mothers, she had been waiting for such a call for a very long time. “You mean, you’re actually on our boat today?” she asked, trying hard to disguise her skepticism. “Yes Ma, I’m the 18th Man. Look for me on TV.” With that, I told her that I had to go and prepare myself for the challenge that lay ahead, and asked her to wish me, and my team – for that’s what it was now, my team – good luck. “I’ll do the best I can for everybody back home,” I solemnly promised, before I rushed
off to the boat, ignoring the respectful gathering of Kiwi families standing outside with their irritating cameras. Naturally, I was now far too busy for that paparazzi nonsense. I had far more important things to worry about. Out we sailed, through the canal and past the cheering crowds, me alternately leaning with practiced grace on the mast, lost in heavy contemplation of the challenges ahead, or casually waving to the adoring throng who had gathered to catch a glimpse of me. There was a natural separation between the crew and me. I put that down to their respect. Clearly, I was already an integral cog in one of the finest sailing teams on the planet. Everyone could see it. A legend was about to be born on the waters off Valencia. The afterguard tactician came to brief me. Now, I have always fancied myself as something of an expert at race-start maneuvers and was ready to opine. But apparently, this young know-all was one of those people who don’t take advice well, because the conversation was somewhat terse, as in I didn’t get a chance to say anything. “You stand here, your arms around this strut, and do not move or speak,” he said. “And hang on tight; we had a guy lose his finger in that flywheel last week.” That was it. We began to put the boat through its paces. We warmed up. And we warmed up again. And again. The winds had died. Three hours later, we were thoroughly
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...as the blessed act of relief began, Dino turned the boat alright, but not away from the spectator fleet. Nope, his new heading took the boat straight down and immediately in front of the starboard line of spectator boats. He’s a wonderful helmsman, Barker, and he made sure we were nicely heeled over, thus ensuring maximum exposure as I took my magnificently undignified salute. warmed up, sailing as we were in the Spanish sun in the middle of the afternoon. But still we kept on, unrelenting, pushing ourselves to maintain focus. We were going to be as ready and as sharp as we could be when the winds finally came down from those mountains. And as you would expect, I set the right example for my team, erect and solid as a rock, seemingly at one with the boat, but actually hanging on for dear life as we tacked and jibed and furled and hoisted. Up and down each side of the course we went, past the admiring lines of spectator boats, crammed with thousands of people relaxing, cool drinks in hand, in the shade, having a lovely time. I thought of my mother, up with her pals late at night, watching the bewitching spec-
tacle of her son standing proudly on the back of the boat as it raced endlessly, in circles. She had seen this metaphorical passage before. The alert reader will have remembered that my selection as 18th Man had taken place while I was enjoying a quiet, midmorning libation in the team lounge. That was now four, long, hot hours ago. At this point, dear reader, nature was not so much calling as insisting. Loudly. And as you will also understand, an America’s Cup boat is optimized for weight. Simply put, there is absolutely nowhere to go when nature calls. There was only one person who could help me out of this jam. The skipper. Famed match racer and Olympian Dean Barker. “Dino, I badly need a rest-room break. What do you
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guys do in my situation?” “Winter, no worries mate. Climb over to the stern, kneel down and get ready. Boys, prepare to go about. We’ll head away from the spectators and let Winter get about his business.” So I did. And as the blessed act of relief began, Dino turned the boat alright, but not away from the spectator fleet. Nope, his new heading took the boat straight down and immediately in front of the starboard line of spectator boats. He’s a wonderful helmsman, Barker, and he made sure we were nicely heeled over, thus ensuring maximum exposure as I took my magnificently undignified salute. I was revealed, all of me, to all present, and to the worldwide viewing audience. I was also positioned perfectly to hear the hysterical laughter and ribald commentary that ensued in a dozen different languages from hundreds of previously bored onlookers ready for any diversion and most appreciative of this particular one, commentary far too ribald to be repeated in this fine family magazine. Meanwhile, far away Down Under, a country looked on in stupefaction at the sight of our corpulent hero with his shorts down at halfmast, getting about his business on the back of the nation’s pride and joy. This included my mother, now in the midst of regaling her exhausted friends for the umpteenth time with complete fictions about my remarkable sailing prowess, and the details I had very confidentially shared with her about the secret tactics I intended to apply to ensure victory for the country in today’s race. Regrettably, of course, my unusual actions on the stern had the sad effect of undermining her argument. In fact, they had the effect of confirming to her and her friends that she had, indeed, raised an idiot. I also regret to report that my standing back home has never reeditor@pointseast.com
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2013 America’s Cup events and coverage Not to rain on your parade, but the America’s Cup events will be held, and televised live, from April through September, without the hero of the Valencia Incident, our own Peter Winter. In case you’re still interested in the AC extravaganza, here is the schedule of 2013 competitions: 2012-2013 AC World Series, April 16-21, Naples, Italy Louis Vuitton Cup: July 4-Aug. 30, San Francisco Red Bull Youth America’s Cup: Sept. 1-4, San Francisco AC Finals: Sept. 7-21, San Francisco The 34th America’s Cup events will be aired live on NBC Sports and NBC television. FMI: www.americascup.com.
covered from what has subsequently become known as “the Valencia incident,” not that it was ever very high to begin with. But let me tell you, as a result of my exploits in Valencia, I am famous in sailing circles all over the world. Or is the correct word here, notorious? An America’s Cup fleet in full flight is a magnificent sight to behold. It is a tragedy that such a sight will never be seen again. In the naïve misconception that only huge 72-foot catamarans are sufficiently exciting to attract mass television audiences – and thus enable the construction of a global, popular circuit just like Formula 1 auto racing – Larry Ellison and Russell Coutts have killed this magnificent event. This is not sailing. It’s drag racing. These are not sailboats. These are goldplated cowpats with knobs and dials and flashing lights, bizarre craft designed by people who had no real concept of how they might work. So they don’t. These boats stall. They flip over. And they’re ugly. Ordinary sailors cannot relate to how they work or feel. Besides, even for rich people, they are prohibitively exwww.pointseast.com
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pensive. You know how many countries have signed on for next year’s regatta in San Francisco? Five. Oracle, from the USA; Emirates Team New Zealand; Artemis Racing from Sweden; Team Korea; and Luna Rossa Challenge from Italy, which will be sailing in a boat designed by New Zealand, because that’s the only way they could afford it. San Francisco is not that far away from Maine, but for the first time since 1986, I may sit this one out. Given my mythic exploits on the water in Valencia, I hope they can get along without me. If they can’t, I guess I stand ready for the call. After all, they may need another personal appearance from Winter to improve the ratings. It’s the least I could do. Peter Winter is a retired media executive who lives in Georgetown, Maine, with his wife, Elizabeth. They escape to his native New Zealand each winter. His new book, “Watching Newspapers Die,” will be published in 2013. Points East May 2013
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Top fish photos, left to right: This striper fell for a live-lined bunker. Fluke will take lures drifted and jigged. Bluefish up to 15 pounds will test tackle; circle hooks ease their release.
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Story and photos by Richard DeMarte For Points East s the days keep getting longer and warmer, we look ahead to what the spring, summer and fall might have in store for those of us who take every minute on the water we can get. We know that dreams of being back on our boats will soon become a reality. Once all the cold weather is behind us, the waters
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along the Northeast coast will come alive once again. Harbors, bays and open waters will be dotted with powerboats and sailboats, getting their fill of all that being on the water has to offer. Sunrises, sunsets, overnight stays on the hook or in a new harbor, swimming, bird-watching, and fast fishing through the spring, summer and fall. So check your sun-block supply, get out your polarized lenses, binoculars, bathing suits and fishing gear ready, and join me for a look at editor@pointseast.com
Above: The author’s 1,000th striped bass to be tagged and released. At left: Kayaks wake-surf behind the author’s boat.
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and the migratory species literally pour into our waters. Schoolie stripers, 12 to 24 inches long, will be most responsive to small, four- to five-inch rubber shads. These are fished along the rock outcroppings, breakwalls and flats in harbors and bays where the water warms quickest under the May sun. As more and more baitfish appear – from small spearing and glass shrimp to adult bunker of one to two pounds – the bigger stripers and bluefish will make a showing as well. Since bait can at times be tricky to spot early in the season, bring along some frozen clams, squid and bunker as back-ups. Dropping anchor and soaking those big baits in your favorite fishing spots is both relaxing and rewarding, and it’s usually only a matter of time before your reels start to sing as a hungry striper inhales the meal you’ve presented.
Baiting up a live bunker with a double-hook fluorocarbon leader creates a bait finicky stripers can’t pass up.
June: The waters warm more and more as the Memorial Day holiday weekend leads us into the month of June, when sunsets, ferry boats, and even floating art fairs can all be found in full swing. Traffic in the Long Island Sound increases, but not without great beauty and interest. The fishing also shifts into high gear this month as bait becomes plentiful and striper and bluefish activity picks up in frequency, volume and agressiveness as they gorge themselves on easy meals. Both stripers and blues can often be found at the mouths of harbors and bays as the sun rises and sets since the bunker are making their way out of, and back into, these protected areas for their overnight stays. Daytime fishing in deeper open water for these species also
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Clockwise from top: When the action slows, there’s always boat watching: The Greenwich Harbor, Conn., ferry shuttles to and from Little Captain’s Island, and sailboats bob at their moorings at dusk. Feeding mute swans and their cygnets is a fine way to wait for a tide.
peaks. Using live bait, chunk baits, jigs and trolled lures are all sure ways to get your reels screaming. The action can really get fast and furious, and even the party boats get in on the
game as the month progresses. July: By Independence Day, fishing is in full swing, with a full complement of species present, including
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Although Labor Day marks the official end of summer, and schools are back in session, this is a beautiful and enjoyable month when you’re on the water. stripers, blues, weakfish, fluke and porgies (scup). Last July, I was fortunate to hit a special personal milestone, which as a fisherman and conservationist meant a lot to me. Over the past several years, I tagged and released every striped bass I hooked, and on last July 3, I landed, tagged, measured, weighed and released my 1,000th striper. These ranged in size from 14 inches, weighing less than two pounds, to my personal best, which measured 49 inches and weighed 36 pounds. August: Can this month be written off as the dog days of summer, or should we consider it just another challenge? I say the latter. Depending on weather conditions, or should I say water temperatures, the great fishing will continue well into this month, or, if the waters heat up too much, it will turn off significantly or completely. Your best bet is to schedule most of your fishing outings around early morning or evening (including into the night). Bait and lures are both worth a try during this period, and then shift to whichever attraction is getting you the most strikes. By avoiding the heat of the day, you significantly increase your odds of a hook-up. Spend your daytime hours swimming, cruising to a local harbor or on-thewater restaurant, enjoying the shoreline wildlife – or scoping out a new fishing spot.
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miss out on. Although Labor Day marks the official end of summer, and schools are back in session, this is a beautiful and enjoyable month when you’re on the water. The dreaded August heat is gone, and the water temperatures are still warm enough for a swim, but not so warm that the fish are hiding and not feeding. This is when the baitfish are typically most plentiful before fall creeps up on us. The baitfish and bluefish spawns will have filled the waters with their offspring by this time, so the adult and peanut (baby) bunker, along with snapper (baby) blues, are filling the bellies of cormorants, ospreys, bluefish and stripers. Late August into early September is also a great time to help pre-schoolers hold a fishing rod for their first time. You can help them catch snapper blues from docks, piers, boats and the shoreline at a nonstop pace, so get those cameras out and be sure to capture your little one’s first catch. October: With the number of boaters slimming by the week, October always holds great promise as stripers and blues gorge themselves in preparation for their migrations south to warmer waters. October is also the start of the blackfish (tautog) fishing season along the New York and Connecticut shorelines, and some of the best fishing occurs in the first few weeks of the season (before all the “big ones” are already caught). So get ready with an ample supply of crabs and blackfish jigs and hang on. A steady feel and quick reflexes are keys to getting these rock lovers out of their lairs and into your boat. All year-round: Last year, while cruising, swimming, hiking and fishing, I filled several garbage bags with plastic and glass bottles, pieces of Stryofoam, sandals, plastic bags, fishing line, deflated balloons, and other garbage I picked up in the water or on the shore. I saw several ospreys using fishing line, strips of plastic, and even a leather belt to make their nests. Many recreational mariners I see frequently along the New York/Connecticut border do the same, often wading the FISHING, continued on Page 75
Help keep shores and waters clean and score some free fishing gear If you boat and fish along the New England coast, and you are willing to step up to help keep our waters clean, I’ve got some great products, compliments of Cobra Marine (VHF radio), Rapala (Lures), Sufix (fishing line, shirt and hat) and Redi Rig (fishing floats) to be awarded as prizes in the simple contest described below. From now through July 31, 2013, email me (richard@nyctfishing.com) a paragraph about something you’ve done to help keep our waters clean (beach clean-ups, etc.) this year. Attach a photo of your best boating or fishing adventure, in which you’re having fun fishing, sailing, bird-watching, cleaning up a shoreline, etc. (one entry per person, and no more than three photos per person, please). Only high-resolution (at least 200 dpi), original images will be considered. Include your name, email address and the name(s), date(s), location(s), and any other details you feel will be helpful in our selecting the winners. The winning entries will be published in an issue of Points East this coming fall. Prizes include: 1st place: Cobra VHF radio (your pick of a handheld or indash model). 2nd place: Rapala (lures), Sufix (line), and Redi-Rig (floats). 3rd place: Sufix shirt and hat.
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Nauset’s shakedown cruise
Photo by Bill Hezlep
With breakers on the Chatham bar, and Monomoy Point ugly, Betty guided Nauset onto an hydraulic trailer for the short haul to Hyannis and a calmer embarkation point. Inset: Nauset in Stonington, Conn.
Between Hyannis and Jacksonville Beach, we put 167.1 hours on the 28-footer’s 315horse Yanmar, burning 545 gallons of diesel, an average of 3.26 gallons per engine hour, at a cost of $2,168 for diesel and an average of $3.73 per gallon. By Bill Hezlep For Points East ver the winter and spring of 2012, we drove our Cape Dory 28 hard-top from Texas to the Chesapeake Bay, listed it for sale with Anne
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Before buying the Cape Dory, shores of Penobscot Bay. Betty and I had been full-time The first boat we looked at was a cruising liveaboards, sail and 1995 Nauset 28 hard-top at Nauset power, for 14 years, and one of us Marine in Orleans, Mass., but we thought a slightly larger boat – say wanted a bigger boat. Two weeks a 31- to 33-foot Downeast hard-top and a bunch of boats later, we were – was what we needed. The winter back in Orleans, surveying and I listed the Cape Dory, a half-dozen sea-trialing the little Nauset. After boats were on Yacht World that fit the survey and sea trial we rethe general description of our turned to the house to wait for the dreams and might fit our budget. written survey and think about At the end of May, there were Photo by Bill Hezlep boats. none. It did not take long for life But both of us knew that the 28 We did not know how much fuel the big without a boat to prove unsatisfac- Yanmar would use, or how well calibrated was our next boat: it was a visually tory. In early August, Gray & Gray the fuel gauge was, so we kept track of attractive Royal Lowell design, the put together a list of boats that we engine hours and gallons purchased. basic structure – hull, deck and might be interested in, and we set bulkheads –was in excellent condioff on a two-week land cruise – scouring boatyards, tion, the spotless 315 Yanmar had less than 300 hours marinas and brokerages from Essex, Conn., to the on the meter, and Nauset was still in business and still
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building the 28s. If I had any questions about the basic boat, I could pick up the phone and talk to the man who built it. The boat, which we had decided to name Nauset, was in Orleans, and we were at the house in Texas, more than a thousand miles away. We wanted to drive the boat south rather than winterize and shrinkwrap it. We could, of course, have it trucked. But for less than the cost of hiring that truck, we could have an enjoyable four- to six-week shakedown cruise – not much of a contest there. However, if Nauset was going to cruise south, a few things needed to be done. I talked to Ron Deschamps, the Nauset service manager, and rather to my surprise he agreed to have the yard take care of most of my to-do list while the paperwork was still churning. My good friends at Hamilton Marine, Defender, West Marine and Navionics were more than willing to ship lots of good stuff out to Orleans, and the folks at Nauset got everything on the work list done. When Betty and I arrived in Orleans on Sept. 18, Nauset was ready to go: spotlessly clean, in the water, fuel and water tanks full.
Ready to go After three days of finalizing paperwork and shopping for groceries, beer, bedding, and everything else that we did not bring up with us, we were ready to start south. But we were at Nauset’s marina in Or-
leans, and the weather was not cooperating: Nantucket Sound was rough, there were breakers on the Chatham bar, and Monomoy Point was ugly. No problem. The first short leg of our you-drive-it shakedown/delivery would begin on schedule – on a truck? Nauset hauled Nauset out on their big hydraulic trailer, and we paraded down the Mid-Cape Highway to Hyannis. At dawn on Saturday, September 22, after a night on the dock in Hyannis and a good dinner at Tugboats Restaurant, we started south, destination Jacksonville Beach, Fla. The trip south began in fog, running in company with a pair of local lobsterboats. Clear of Hyannis, we turned southwest, went through Quicks Hole in peasoup fog, down Buzzards Bay, across Rhode Island Sound in clearing weather, around Point Judith, and on to Fishers Island Sound and a Dodson Boatyard mooring in Stonington, Conn. In general, we try not to travel on weekends, and the Dodson Boatyard and Stonington are great places to lay over. We spent Sunday enjoying a good brunch, taking a long walk around the lovely town, and reading the “New York Times.” Monday – because of general inertia; a small, easily repaired but time-consuming problem related to the shift cable on our Morse singlelever engine control; and a visit to Dodson’s fuel dock – we did not leave Stonington until nearly midday, and the day ended at sunset on a town mooring at Port Jef-
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were taking on water somewhere up in the bow. We diverted into Oyster Bay and the Oyster Bay Marine Center, a working boatyard where help, if needed, was available. No help was needed. Out on the sound, when I looked in the chain locker, I had been very much afraid that the hull-to-deck joint was leaking. It wasn’t. At some point over the years, a deck-mounted windless was added, and it was not well-bedded. Seawater was getting in under the windless and going down along the two forward bolts holding the windless. Water had also come in through the deck opening for the chain. The Nauset 28 has a “shoe-box” hull-to-deck joint; the hull slides up inside the down turning deck flange. If that style of joint is done right, and Nauset’s are, it makes a strong, tight joint. But the top edge of the hull, inside the deck flange, forms a three-eighthsinch-wide ledge that runs from bow to stern, and where the forward (chain locker) bulkhead was
glassed to the hull, there was a very small hole in that ledge. Some of the water coming through and under the windless had run aft along the ledge, through that tiny hole and then down behind a piece of teak trim. The water emerged at the forward end of the V-berth cushions and soaked the cushion covers, sheets and all that. Luckily, the cushions were closed cell, sealed foam and did not soak up the seawater. So, Wednesday in Oyster Bay: Rinse and dry the Vberth area, wash everything, rebed the windless, enjoy an excellent dinner at Jack Halyard’s American Grill (62 South St., Oyster Bay). Could have been a lot worse. Thursday, September 27, in much-improved conditions, we were clear of Oyster Bay by 8 a.m., bound for Atlantic Highlands, N.J., just inside Sandy Hook. Atlantic Highlands is a good place to stop when headed south. You can get anything you need there, NAUSET, continued on Page 96
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This year’s Castine Classic Yacht Regatta (July 31-Aug. 1), sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, will honor the legendary Concordia-class yachts upon the 75th anniversary of the design. A fleet of Concordias will rendezvous in Castine to kick off a month-long celebration marking the three-quarter-century milestone of these lovely passagemakers. The Castine Yacht Club, in cooperation with the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, is sponsoring the 14th annual Classic Yacht Race from Castine to Camden on Thursday, Aug. 1, with the first start at about 1145 hours. The race is open to all monohull Classic and Spirit of Tradition yachts at least 28 feet LOA with a valid CRF rating certificate. Each yacht must tow a proper dinghy; no toys, please. Failure to do so will result in time penalty and disqualification from winning any prize. Aug. 2 brings the Camden Classic Yacht Race to Brooklin, and the CASTINE, continued on Page 66
Edgartown Weekend adds extra race day The Edgartown Yacht Club, in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., has added an extra day to its 2013 Big Boat Buoy Races (BBBR), which were inaugurated in 2012 as a one-day partner event to the club’s popular ’Round the Island Race. Now the club, located on the renowned island retreat of Martha’s Vineyard, can offer three full days of racing as part of its annual Edgartown Race Weekend, scheduled for Wednesday through Sunday, July 17-21. The event is for IRC, PHRF, Double-Handed, Cruising and Classic sailboats. After two days of the Big Boat Buoy Races on Thursday and Friday, Mount Gay will sponsor a Friday night
The District One J/24 Championships, June 1-2, will be hosted by Fleet 13 Kittery Point Yacht Club in New Castle N.H. See story on page 62.
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The biennial New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup presented by Rolex event returns to Newport Sept. 7-14. The 20 yacht club teams will race one-design NYYC Swan 42s – identically tuned and equipped with supplied sails – on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Along with the 2011 champion, the Royal Canadian Yacht Club, which is returning to defend its title, the fleet will include the host club and 15 invited international clubs, plus three American yacht clubs determined by a qualification series held last fall. The following clubs will compete: the Cruising Yacht Club of Australia, Japan Sailing Federation, Nyländska Jaktklubben (Finland), Real Club Nautico de Barcelona (Spain), Royal Canadian Yacht Club, Royal Cork Yacht Club (Ireland), Royal Hong NYYC, continued on Page 63
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District One J/24 regatta in Portsmouth, N.H. The District One J/24 Championships on June 1-2 – hosted by Fleet 139 in Portsmouth N.H., Piscataqua Sailing Association and the Kittery Point Yacht Club in New Castle N.H. – will attract between 20 and 30 J/24s from all over New England to race two full days. Spring weather consistently provides strong breezes and clear skies, making for perfect racing conditions. Musical entertainment and wonderful food provide one of the best regatta parties on the East Coast. District One is made up of nine fleets sailing in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Vermont. The J/24, a one-design class crewed by five, is one of the world’s most competitive racing sailboats. Fleet 139, one of the United State’s largest J/24 fleets, hosts weeknight racing from May to September, with more Photo courtesy PSA than 15 boats often on the line. FMI: www.j24district1championship.com. The District One J/24 Championships will attract between 20 and 30 J/24s from all over New England to race two full days.
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Eggemoggin Reach Regatta is on Aug. 3. Designed by C. Raymond Hunt, with the collaboration of Waldo Howland, the Concordia Company commissioned 103 Concordias – 39 feet, 10 inches and 41 feet LOA – from 1938 to 1966, all but four of which were built at the Abeking and Rasmussen shipyard in Germany. With their success as offshore racers and cruisers, Concordias became the biggest class of large wooden sailboats ever built. On Wednesday, July 31, fine specimens of the class will be on exhibition at the Castine Town Dock. Concordias will also be honored at a symposium on July 31 at 4 p.m., in Delano Auditorium at Maine Maritime Academy, during which their design, construction and sailing qualities will be reviewed. John Eide, editor of “The Concordian” Photo courtesy Castine Classic Yacht Race and skipper of Hull 65 Golondrina, will chair the Coriolis, a 39-foot Concordia yawl, was “brought back from the ashes” discussion. The panel will include restorers, hisby her owner Doug Adkins. Doug will be on the Concordia panel. torians, and sailors of Concordia yachts. The panel is expected to include Doug Adkins, The race notice/entry form and sailing instructions author of the definitive biography of Dorade (with foreword by Llewellyn Howland), who brought back from for the Castine to Camden race are available at the ashes his Concordia, Coriolis; Queene Foster, au- www.castineyachtclub.org. Information on Camden to thor of “Chapman Boating Etiquette,” who now skip- Brooklin race and Eggemoggin Reach Regatta is availpers the Concordia Misty; Ben Mendlowitz, noted able at www.erregatta.com.
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foot lapstrake prams that the apprentices at A&R built as tenders for the Concordias. Recently old ones have been rehabbed and new ones built. There will be no dinner at the Camden Yacht Club, but a Concordia gam is in the works Thursday evening, Aug. 1. And there is the feeder race on Friday, Aug. 2, from Camden to Brooklin, and then the big Eggemoggin Reach Regatta on Saturday, the 3rd. A trophy will be given to the Concordia that enters and places best in all the races – seven at last count – between Castine and Padanaram. The seminar at Marblehead has James “Sham” Hunt speaking about his father’s yacht-design accomplishments. The Concordia Company’s Brodie and Stuart MacGregor are putting the final touches on the Reunion Weekend in Padanaram at the end of August. Full details will be in the May issue of “The Concordian.” Please check the links below to keep posted. Mark the August weekend dates on your calendar, make sure your varnish is perfect and your bottom is buffed, and join the party. FMI: Castine (July 31-Aug. 1, www.castineyachtclub.org); Camden (Aug. 1, contact Tom Kiley at kiley@rockportmarine.com); Marblehead: Aug. 9-11, www.corinthianclassic.org); Nantucket (Aug. 18, www.operahousecup.org); Padanaram (Aug. 23-25, contact either Brodie MacGregor at ramacgregor@concordiaboats.com or Stuart MacGregor at smacgregor@concordiaboats.com. John Eide
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Briefly Hospice Regatta moves base to Morris
Around Islesboro Race is set for Sept. 7
The 17th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine will be held July 12-13 at Morris Yachts’ Service Yard in Northeast Harbor. Morris, which has donated its facilities and staff for the event, has already begun helping the organizers plan activities. This year’s regatta will build on several well-established traditions, but also feature some new events. Regatta winners qualify for a national championship race. Representing the Hospice Regatta of Maine in this year’s National Hospice Regatta Championship April 11-14, in St. Petersburg, Fla., were Jim Fernald and his team. This was the second year Fernald and his crew traveled to St. Petersburg for the national event. Powerboaters can play a rousing game of poker on the water in the High Card for Hospice poker rally, with prizes awarded to those holding the best poker hands. High Card will start and finish at the Northeast Harbor Town Dock, next to Morris Yachts. All proceeds benefit the free end-of-life and grief support services provided by Hospice Volunteers of Hancock County, now in its 33rd year of service. Sponsorships for the Hospice Regatta of Maine are being accepted, and the host committee is being formed. FMI: www.hospiceofhancock.org or call 207667-2531.
The Northport (Maine) Yacht Club has scheduled the Around Islesboro Race (AIR) for Saturday, Sept. 7. Proceeds from sponsors and participants support the Northport Yacht Club sailing school, which provides sailing and racing lessons to close to 100 kids. Last summer, 38 boats entered and 33 finished in conditions that included 20 knots of wind along the east side, with gusts to 25 knots; then 10-15 knots on the west side returning home. There was no rain, but the dew point and fog made visibility a challenge during the first half of the race. The AIR is always held on the first Saturday after Labor Day. FMI: www.northportyachtclub.org.
Monhegan Race is finishing in Pen Bay The 79th annual Monhegan Race, with events beginning July 12, finishes in Penobscot Bay. With the growing popularity of destination racing, the choice of Pen Bay as a cruising center – and more racing in the Rockland-Castine pursuit race the following weekend – presenting a new look with new racing challenges seemed to be a natural for the oldest race on the Maine coast. Festivities kick off Friday, July 12, with a cocktail party at Portland Yacht Club. The race starts Saturday morning in Casco Bay and ends outside of Camden Harbor, with both offshore and inshore courses for racing machines and cruising platforms. The
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the teams will race to Auckland in New Zealand before rounding Cape Horn and making a second Brazilian stop in Itajaí and then heading to Newport. The world-girdling event will finish in Gothenburg, Sweden. The remaining stopovers on the 2014-15 route will be revealed over the coming weeks. FMI: www.volvooceanrace.com.
awards ceremony will be held at Wayfarer Marine in Camden, Maine. Perks: The registration fee includes: skipper and crew photos taken during Friday night party (crew wear is encouraged for photo), starting line photos, award photos, multiple dinner and drink tickets, skipper’s bag, food upon finish, Sunday awards party (includes crew, family and friends). FMI:www.portlandyachtclub.com
Notice of race: BHYC Regatta Volvo Ocean Race to stop in Newport Newport, Rhode Island will host the Volvo Ocean Race for the first time after winning a place on the route for the 12th edition of sailing’s premier round-the-world challenge in 2014-15. The event will cover 39,895 miles in nine months, the longest route in its history. The race will reach Newport around May 2015, after a stop in Itajaí, Brazil. From Newport, the teams will sail across the Atlantic for the final legs around Europe. The Volvo Ocean Race has visited the United States in every edition since 1989-90, but despite Newport’s great sailing heritage, the City by the Sea has never before had host-port status. The 65-foot boats will start in Alicante, Spain, Oct. 4, 2014, and visit Recife in northeast Brazil. Later,
The Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta is scheduled for Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 3-4, in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. This twoday regatta in Midcoast Maine features classes of competition for everyone, from the hard-core racer to the cruiser trying racing for the first time. In its 39th running, the annual BHYC Regatta has been a premier GMORA event for nearly four decades. Coastal islands such as Squirrel, Southport, and Damariscove act as picturesque backdrops and interesting geographical obstacles, testing the strategy of skippers and crews. Once the day’s racing is done, return to the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club for a clambake and entertainment or visit the charming village of Boothbay Harbor. Details and race information are available on www.bhyc.net.
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M46 is designed for today’s coastal families The innovative M46 Modern Classic, built by Morris Yachts, on Mount Desert Island, Maine, was designed by Sparkman & Stephens to be a true modern classic with genuine cruising capabilities and a racing pedigree. The new M46, introduced before the Maine Boatbuilders Show, kicks off a five-year company plan to revitalize the marine industry in Maine by renewing the company’s focus on developing new products and technologies. Morris set out to create an entirely new boat that fit into the M-Series line range like a sister, not an identical twin. Increased sailing performance and a larger cabin were penned into a brief as well as additional elements not often found in classic designs, such as a fold-down swim transom for versatility for today’s active sailing family. Working with S&S, the result is a new hull design with a longer waterline, enhanced tumblehome and a more traditional bow than graced her predecessors. The design achieves a lower displacement-to-length ratio for increased acceleration and improved performance. The new hull shape also provides a higher length-to-beam ratio, resulting in less resistance and more overall speed. “The M46 is powered up, but easy and comfortable to sail in all conditions,” said S&S chief architect Brendan Abbott. “She utilizes modern construction, hardware, rigging, and appendage design and boasts a well-appointed interior and generous cockpit.” All lines are fed to the captain’s station and integrated with push-button sail handling provided by electric winches.
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Ram Island Peapod sports a fully-battened batwing sail A 13-foot, six-inch long by 52-inch wide Ram Island Peapod, built by Bay of Maine Boats, in Kennebunkport, was displayed at the Maine Boat Builders’ Show this past March. The peapod was traditional in most every way, except for an unconventional rig and a batwing sail. Instead of the usual, roughly 56square-foot spritsail rig used on peapod workboats, the BMB model had a full-batten 59-square-foot batwing type of sail usually seen on windsurfers. Bay of Maine asserts that full-battened sails create a well-formed airfoil, as opposed to the loose-footed spritsail rig, which, BMB claims, provides a less efficient sail when tacking and sailing down wind. The battens can be tensioned or slackened to improve performance under various wind conditions. Another wrinkle offered by this rig: A three-foot zippered reef can be quickly taken in when the wind comes up and you want to get safely home. This reef was put in because the exhibit room’s ceiling was too low to allow for the full 14-foot hoist of the sail. Bay of Maine Boats reported that the peapod per-
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Battens can be tensioned or slackened to improve performance under various wind conditions, and a three-foot zippered reef can be quickly taken in when the wind comes up and you want to get safely home.
formed well during sea trails, saying the rig was “easily controlled, tacked, set up and taken down,” and compact, for mast and sail storage as the mast is in sections. FMI: www.bayofmaineboats.com.
The Back Cove 41 motor yacht is yard’s largest design to date Back Cove Yachts, in Rockland, Maine, has unveiled its latest design, the Back Cove 41, which will debut in February 2014. The 41 is designed for couples with serious cruising in mind. A single Cummins 600-horsepower diesel engine, bow and stern thrusters, a generator set and reverse-cycle heat and air-conditioning systems are standard. The interior arrangement includes two comfortable staterooms, each with a private head. The centralized galley location serves the open-
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Briefly Edson International, of New Bedford, Mass. – manufacturers of marine steering systems and accessories, boat davits radar towers, and marine pumps for sail and powerboats – has unveiled its latest addition to their custom sailboat wheel offerings: a carbon, teak, and holly Vortex Wheel. It features elegant design details of alternating wood and composite materials that is not only stylish, Edson says, but also has a lightweight structure that enhances the light touch that skippers covet. The name of the yacht can be emblazoned on the wheel hub. This wheel is available in a range of diameters and can be made to suit various wheel-shaft sizes. FMI: www.edsonmarine.com. Alerion Yachts, in Warren, R.I., reports that the launch of the first Alerion 41 constitutes the 650th Alerion to be built during the past 20 years. Popularized by the Alerion Express 28 and 33 daysailers, Alerion has extended its reach to a new Alerion series of cruising boats, in which the Alerion 41 falls. Its opening transom for swimming and boarding is retractable when not in use. Standing headroom, large saloon, and two sleeping cabins all lend themselves to coastal cruising. The sail plan is simple to handle, enabling fast getaways, even when singlehanded. FMI: www.alerionyachts.com. The Apprenticeshop, in Rockland, Maine, has appointed Margaret Macleod, of Rockport, Maine, as the new executive
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director. Macleod has served ably as interim executive director since mid-December 2012, upon the departure of Eric Stockinger. Before that, she was The Apprenticeshop’s development director for three years. Macleod also worked for other Maine nonprofits, including Maine Audubon and Ashwood Waldorf School. FMI: www.apprenticeshop.org. Jamestown Distributors, of Bristol, R.I., has launched a new concept: the TotalBoat line of maintenance products designed and tested by boaters for boaters. The goal, Jamestown says, is to offer the best combination of performance and value to enable the boat owner to produce professional results. The company says it has spent the past two years testing, evaluating and developing the TotalBoat line, which includes Totalboat 5:1 epoxy for a wide range of boatbuilding and repair projects; Thixo, a thickened epoxy adhesive; TotalBoat Marine Wood Finish, which penetrates deeply to create a rich, warm, glossy finish; TotalBoat Soap, a biodegradable marine-cleaning formula; TotalBoat Fiberglass Polish, a one-step cleaner and wax; and TotalBoat Premium Boat Wax, a protective high gloss coating. FMI: www.jamestowndistributors.com. Front Street Shipyard of Belfast, Maine, has received the 2013 Boatyard of the Year Award by the American Boat Builders & Repairers Association (ABBRA). The honor is given
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to the service or repair facility that demonstrates excellence in all facets of their company for customer service, quality management and positive vendor and employee relations, regard for safety of their employees and customers, being a steward of the environment, and for innovatively employing technology to enhance their marine business. FMI: www.frontstreetshipyard.com. Classic Boat Shop, of Bernard, Maine, reports that its newest Pisces 21, Blossom, is taking on a personality of her own. Her owner conceived the idea of a folding mahogany cockpit table, and worked with the yard from design to completion. The daysailer, inspired by the traditional Herreshoff Fish class daysailer, was designed by C.W Paine in 1999, is available in both cold-molded and fiberglass construction. The beautiful table, which can be folded and stored out of the way in the cuddy in a padded bag, has been stained and varnished. FMI: www.classicboatshop.com. West Marine, with retail outlets all over New England, has once again been named by “Forbes” magazine as one of “America’s 100 Most Trustworthy Companies.” According to Forbes reporter Jacquelyn Smith, the most “transparent and trustworthy businesses that trade on American exchanges” were selected by partnering with GMI Ratings (GMI), a global research firm that examines environmental, social, and accounting risks affecting public companies. Over 60 governance and accounting measures were examined, and West Marine was featured in the small-cap sector based upon accounting transparency, solid management practices and appropriate board supervision. FMI: www.westmarine.com. KVH Industries, in Middletown, R.I., has more than doubled the broadband network’s capacity in the Brazilian and African regions. The ongoing global network upgrade involves deployment of variable coding, spreading, and modulation (VCSM) technology provided by ViaSat, Inc., KVH’s partner in the miniVSAT broadband network. This is the third major capacity increase in less than five months, following upgrades in the Caribbean and Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions in late 2012. FMI: www.kvh.com.
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GMT had its fingers in a lot of composite pies this past winter, including its own Park Avenue-style Pocket Boom, one of which was crafted and installed on the Spirit of Tradition sloop Goshawk.
GMT crafting rigs for Artisan 18, 76-foot Spirit of Tradition sloop GMT Composites, in Bristol, R.I., has its fingers in many maritime pies this spring. GMT built a mast for an Artisan’s BB-18, and had three rigs a’building for Brooklin Boat Yard builds, and the carbon spar for the Friendship 36 being built at Rockport Marine. Another GMT project is building the spars for the 76-foot Stevens & Waring-designed Spirit of Tradition sloop Goshawk, built by Brooklin Boat Yard in 2005. The owner of Goshawk wanted easier mainsail management, GMT said, and weighed the pros and cons of a furling boom or a Park Avenue-style boom. Ultimately, he decided that GMT Pocket Boom, of the Park Avenue style, gave him the simplicity, convenience and styling he wanted. GMT reported that the hustle was on as we went to press to wrap up everything from sprits and articulating carbon SeaStairs for boarding to 100-foot-plus masts. FMI: www.gmtcomposites.com.
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Rhode Island: Cod, schoolies, scup and squid By Elisa Jackman For Points East Finally the snow has melted, and hopefully all the downed trees are picked up and your boat is ready to splash. Be sure to check your fishing reels to see if they need new line, grease, or repair before the fishing gets good. Cod fishing off of Block Island has been hit or miss. Guy Latour fished aboard the Island Current in early
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ing with rubber shad, Cocahoe minnows and grubs. Larger fish will begin to move into areas along the south shore and Block Island as the water gets warmer. For the earlier Block Island fishing herring seems to work best. Toward the later part of June, the stripers will start hitting on live eels. Squid fishing off Rhode Island’s south shore from the Center Wall of the Harbor of Refuge to Charlestown, should be in full swing. Try these locations with some Yozuri squid jigs though out the month of June. Bait finders are key to locating schools of squid, and be sure you are fishing the depth you are marking them: It could be on the bottom, halfway up, or even close to the surface. Mid to Upper Narragansett Bay scup fishing will
begin and start to spread to the south shore as water temperatures increase. Small hooks and squid or sandworms are all you need. The offshore canyon fishing will hopefully be blessed with cooperation of the Gulf Stream in June; our fingers are crossed. Bluefin tuna are usually the first to frequent the offshore canyons and are caught on the troll. Shark fishing will begin about the same time, best starting locations are Jenny’s and Ryan’s horns. Here’s to tight lines! Jackman, a Point Judith Pond native, has managed the tackle shop at Wakefield, R.I.’s Snug Harbor Marina (www.snugharbormarina.com) for over 18 years and has spent her life fishing the waters of Block Island Sound.
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from June through October. Keep an eye out for my monthly fishing report for western Long Island Sound in upcoming issues of the magazine. I’ll include links to fishing videos on my website (www.nyctfishing.com) in those reports. Stay safe, have fun, and remember: It’s not the size of the fisherman in the fight; it’s the size of the fight in the fisherman. Richard is a freshman at Binghamton University, where he’s majoring in biology with a minor in environmental studies (no surprises there). His fishing, boating, birding, photography, environmental activities, and outdoor writing continue “full steam ahead,” so you can count on seeing more of his articles in upcoming issues of Points East.
shoreline with a bag in one hand and a wave to me with the other. Good things can happen when people care (see sidebar “Free Gear for Keeping Our Waters Clean”). Many such good things happen because of the many actions taken by StripersForever.org, a not-for-profit organization dedicated to protection of striped bass by securing game-fish status for the species. Accomplishing this would eliminate their commercial exploitation and substantially increase the striped bass population and improve the overall health of their stock. Monthly fishing reports: Reports for western Long Island Sound will be published monthly in Points East
2013 Rhode Island, Connecticut and New York fishing regulations Min. Length
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Min. Length
Quantity* (Season)
Min. Length
Quantity* (Season)
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New York
Striped Bass
28”
2 (year round)
28”
2 (year round)
28”
1 (28 - 40”) 1 (over 40”) (4/15 - 12/15)
Bluefish
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15 (year round)
None
10 (year round)
12”**
15 (year round)
Fluke (summer flounder)
18”
8 (5/1 - 12/31)
17.5”
5 (5/15 - 10/31)
New TBA
New TBA
Porgy (scup)
10”
30 (5/1 - 12/31)
10.5”
20 (5/1 - 12/31)
New TBA
New TBA
Black Sea Bass
13”
3 (6/15 - 8/31) 4 (9/1 - 12/31)
13”
3 (6/15 - 8/31) 8 (9/1 - 10/29)
New TBA
New TBA
Weakfish
16”
1 (year round)
16”
1 (year round)
16”
1 (year round)
Blackfish (Tautog)
16”
3 (4/15 - 5/31) 3 (8/1 - 10/19) 6 (10/20 - 12/15)
16”
2 (4/1 - -4/30) 2 (7/1 - 8/31) 4 (10/10 - 12/6)
16”
4 (10/5 - 12/14)
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David Buckman photo
Leigh flakes the jib under the shore of Indian Cove in Muscongus Bay.
Going to great lengths close to home fter a cruise to the Maritimes, and precious few days sailing our Muscongus Bay homewaters, the mate and I resolved to revisit the latter’s charms. We began the quest with three off-the-beatenpath anchorages, none of which ever made the pages of a cruising guide. Flashes of sunlight dancing about the cabin woke us to a shimmering Round Pond morning, and as our ambitions were modest, we were layabouts, checking the forecast and discussing plans while still snug in our berths. Leigh rustled up breakfast. I wiped down the cockpit, unfurled the flag, and chatted with a couple rowing by. Setting sail to a whispering southwester, feeble cat’s paws scurried across the harbor, and the tiller came to life. Though it was silky smooth in the lee of bold, spruce-crowned islands, errant zephyrs filtered through the treetops and kept the Leight ghosting eastward, the instruments never showed us making
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much more than two and a half knots to the good. Kicking off our shoes and shedding sweaters, we ghosted across sky-blue waters, bucking the last of the tide. There was an animal awareness to our moods. Leaving Otter Island to port and inching northward, a lyrical rustling sounded from under the bow. At dead low, we made the pastoral reaches of Meduncook River, and in the gut between Crotch Island and Bradford Point, left a trio of ledges to starboard. Following a string of lobster pot buoys in depths of eight to 10 feet, we turned north into what looked like a small inland lake. A meadowy slope rose on the northeast flank, an old, white-clapboarded farmhouse perched atop the rise. I imagined the timeless sights it must have known in the age of sail – schooners working Downeast, pirates, privateers, and Friendship sloops with one man aboard, hauling traps by hand. There was not a hint of the restlessness to the waters as we anchored off the editor@pointseast.com
grassy sward in two fathoms. The stillness was pregnant. Redwinged blackbirds carved up the sky like figure skaters, priestly cormorants spread their cloaks as though they had something important to say, crows muttered strident hexes, and but two skiffs passed by all afternoon. It took several bottles of wine to do justice to dinner and the view, and we soon drifted into the soft billows of sleep. Laying a cross-stitch of tacks across the bay the next morning, it was not long after midday when we sailed into what we call Indian Cove. The ledgegirded teacup of a bight on the north shore of Louds Island is close aboard Indian Island. A breezy southwesterly made little impression on the waters as we sniffed out a berth in depths of eight feet. The low-tide funk was a heady brew. Furrows of rotting wrack mixed with the stringent scent of sand, shingle and spruce liquor. We put ashore and dug a few clams. Night came cool and starless. There was a gravity to the place, as there sometimes is when you’re alone on the coast – and there we were but two miles from our home mooring. In the breathless morning, the scent of sizzling ba-
con, eggs and home fries invested the day with a certain epic quality. Later, an easy breeze billowed the sails as we made seaward, past a knot of puffins skimming low over the water near Eastern Egg Rock, where I imagined the distant loom of Monhegan Island to be our first sighting of Nova Scotia. Sailing through the gut between Allen and Benner Islands, we anchored in a tiny, one boat knothole just north of Georges Harbor, not far from a stone cross commemorating the first Whitsunday service held in the new world in 1605. The place felt a wild posting. On the very edge of the sea, there was drama to it, and the spare homes of the Wyeth compound made it feel like we’d sailed back a centuty back in time. Three days and 30 miles. You can go to great lengths close to home. This is where David Buckman shamelessly hustles his book, “Bucking the Tide,” about discovering the New England and Fundy coasts in a $400, 18-foot sloop that leaked more than all of Congress put together. If you’re barking mad and must have one, go to www.eastworkspublications.com.
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looking for crew, want to crew or, oh yeah, read this rag and its archived issues online. You can read past issues dating back to 2009, when Points East discovered there was an Internet (and you thought it was Al Gore!). All right, enough of that. (Note: I’m treated well, but unpaid, so there’s nothing in it for me to plug the magazine’s website. I just like it.) Myboatvillage.com: Apparently it doesn’t only take a village to raise a child, but also to own a boat. At least that’s the thinking behind My Boat Village (www.myboatvillage.com), a website that promises to draw together all the disparate boat information now spread around your home, office, boat, and car.
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Cool! We’re in the middle of numerous projects on our boat, so I’ll sign up with My Boat Village and let you know how it goes. CharterDigest.com: There are lots of ways to charter a boat or find a charter on the Web. One of the newest is CharterDigest.com. OK, there’s a Points East connection here, too. It’s creator, Letty Wheeler, is an old friend of the magazine, who taught the magazine’s founders how to use computers. (Hey, it was 1998.) Letty and her husband, Larry operate a charter school aboard their boat, Samana, in the Caribbean (www.sailingschool.com), but their roots are in Maine. Letty developed this site as a way to create a place where charterers and charterboat owners could easily connect. It’s a clever site, and very easy to use, though use has been light so far, judging by the number of boats available. Finding a boat to charter is as simple as
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choosing an area, entering the type of charter, dates wanted, and checking for availability. Say I wanted to charter in New England, and wanted a bareboat sailboat (oddly, there isn’t an option for bareboat sailboat, so I just clicked “all”). I found a Hinckley Pilot, another boat on Cape Cod, and a catamaran that charters in both the Caribbean and New England. The site is also very withit when it comes to social media, where there are some interesting discussions. GetMyBoat.com: Another way to charter is through this website, currently in beta testing but fully functional. The model is similar to Charter Digest but seems to cater to a different crowd who, judging by the videos, like to whoop it up and wear little bikinis. OK, let’s give it a try. I told it I wanted to charter in Portland, Maine. I was told
I could rent a kayak in Saco, a Sabre 38 in Salem, Mass., a kayak or a paddleboard in Worcester, Mass., a “luxurious four-decklevel yacht” on Cape Cod, or a number of other boats, including a five-person pedal boat. Clearly, this is not the place for purists. So that’s it: Boating New England, charter, or boating information from all U.S. ocean-frontage states (well, except Alaska and Hawaii). These are good resources. Whether you end up making a commitment online is up to you. But it’s good to know what’s out there. Please let us know what your favorite sites are. Email editor@pointseast.com. Sandy Marsters is cofounder, along with Bernie Wideman, of Points East, and since the former relinquished the reins of the magazine seven years ago, he has done far more boating than the entire staff to which he left his magazine. Perhaps there was a method to his madness.
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The Sea Within Us: Iconically Maritime in Fashion and Design Portland Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland, Maine. Free. The exhibit explores the many intersections between maritime history and everyday aspects of our culture. From entertainment, advertising, apparel and tattoos to the language we speak, all are awash with maritime connections, both blatant and hidden. Presented by Maine Maritime Museum. www.mainemaritimemuseum.org
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Ahead Full at Fifty: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum Bath, Maine. An exhibit of more than 150 artifacts and documents collected by Maine Maritime Museum over the past half-century, showcasing objects historically
important, rare in beauty, or with an unusual story. Curated by Museum Trustee Emeritus Charles E. Burden, founding member of the Museum, with assistance from the entire curatorial staff. An exhibit catalog, ”Maine & the Sea: 50 Years of Collecting at Maine Maritime Museum,” has been published. 207-443-1316, ext. 323 garrison@maritimeme.org” Marine Electrical Systems Course Bourne Mass. This is an updated 9-session version of this popular course. Presented by the Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron. Class will be Tuesday evenings 7-9 pm. Classroom materials are included. Contact Education Officer Dick Moore for class particulars and course description. 508-888-8238 chmbrrck@live.com USCG Auxiliary Boating Skills & Seamanship Course Kittery, Maine. Boating Skills and Seamanship is our flagship boater education course. It is a comprehensive course designed for both the experienced and the novice boater. Nine Tuesday evenings, 6:30-8:30 PM. Completion of this course satisfies the boater education requirements in all states having such requirements. http://kittery.maineadulted.org cfurbish@kitteryschools.com”
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Portsmouth (NH) Sail and Power Squadron Piloting Course Portsmouth High School, Portsmouth, N.H. The Portsmouth Sail and Power Squadron (the New Hampshire/Southern Maine seacoast chapter, presents Piloting with Jim Appleby - Estimated start date of Tues. Eight lessons through May 14 with a take-home test. After completing the Seamanship class, this course is designed to teach skills needed for piloting, both inland and offshore. Fees cover course materials. jimappl@yahoo.com 603-5835382”
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USPS Seamanship Course Pocasset, Mass. This essential boating course is presented by the Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron. The 12-week course will be on Wednesday evenings 7-9 pm. Classroom materials are included. Contact Education Officer Dick Moore for class particulars and course description. 508-888-8238 chmbrrck@live.com”
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USCG Auxiliary Boating Skills & Seamanship Course Foundry Complex, 235 Promenade St., 3rd Floor, Room 300, Providence, R.I. Registration March 26 & 28 from 7:00 - 9 p.m. Classes start on April 2, 2013 and will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 7 to 9 p.m. There will be 10 classes; April 2, 4, 9, 11, 16, 18, 23,25, 30, and May 2. The U. S. Coast Guard Auxil-
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Volvo Ocean Race New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Mass., a lecture presented by Ken Read. Considered one of the world’s most accomplished sailors, Read has twice helmed America’s Cup programs in 2000 and 2003 and was twice named United States Rolex Yachtsman of the Year. He has 46 World, North American, and National Championships to his credit. Most recently, he skippered the PUMA Ocean racing team in the Volvo Ocean Race 2011-2012. www.whalingmuseum.org Rhode Island Boat Show Five locations: Bristol (Bristol Marine & Fleet Yacht Sales, 99 Poppasquash Road), Middletown (West Marine, 379 W. Main Road), Jamestown (Conanicut Marina, 1 East Ferry Wharf), Wakefield, R.I. (Silver Spring Marine 362 Pond St.), Warwick (Marinemax, Inc., 1 Masthead Drive). Start the Summer off
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right by visiting one of Rhode Island Boat Show’s venues. Exhibitors will include everything from sailing schools to marine painting, plus sail and powerboats for sale, ranging in size from 15’ to 49’, both in water and on land. Enjoy one-to-one time with marine experts. www.rhodeislandboatshow.com
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Marine Communication Systems Bourne Mass. This is an updated, comprehensive version of the 7-week course presented by the Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron. Class will be Tuesday evenings 7-9 pm. Classroom materials are included. Contact Education Officer Dick Moore for class particulars and course description. 508-888-8238 chmbrrck@live.com”
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Paddlesports America Classes USCG Auxiliary Paddlesports America Classes, Jubilee Yacht Club, 127 Water Street, Beverly, MA. This is an introductory course designed to address the unique needs of kayakers and canoeists. The course covers five chapters of safety information and provides a wide variety of information about paddle craft. Contact Bob Amiro. robert.amiro@comcast.net 781-246-6714”
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SailQuest Boat Show Milford Lisman Landing Marina, Milford, Conn. This family-oriented show will feature new sailboats, trawlers, downeast-style powerboats, kayaks, paddle boards and select brokerage yachts for sale, from 12 to over 50 feet long. A variety of companies will be onsite with small boats, gear and
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tions and Director of Technical Services, will moderate. Lunches, raffles, silent auction to benefit Women’s Sailing Foundation are included. Contact Joan Thayer. www.womensailing.org joan_thayer@comcast.net
other products and services, including financing and insurance. contactus@windcheckmagazine.com 203-332-7639” 17-19
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24th Annual Scrimshaw Weekend The New Bedford Whaling Museum, 18 Johnny Cake Hill, New Beford, Mass. Special events are a classic swap meet and Nautical Antiques Show on Friday afternoon, and an optional fieldtrip “behind the scenes” to Mystic Seaport on the Sunday. Between times, sessions held all day on Saturday will feature illustrated presentations on the origins and history of scrimshaw, the identification and connoisseurship of masterworks, tips on collecting, and research on prices and market trends, all provided by experts gathered from across the nation ó followed by a cash bar reception, gala banquet, and evening program. Public invited. www.whalingmuseum.org.
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District 1 J/24 Championships Portsmouth, N.H. The local J/24 fleet in is again sponsoring the District 1 Championships on June 1 and 2, 2013. This regatta is a world qualifier for the J/24s in Newport R.I., later this summer. Over 40 boats are expected this year from all over New England as well as from outside this area, who want to be able to enter the World Championship. The regatta anouncement is online. www.j24district1championship.com
MA. This is an introductory course designed to address the unique needs of kayakers and canoeists. The course covers five chapters of safety information and provides a wide variety of information about paddle craft. robert.amiro@comcast.ne 781-246-6714” 7-8
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2013 Women’s Sailing Conference, Corinthian Yacht Club, One Nahant St., Marblehead, Mass. A 6-hour conference, a program of the National Women’s Sailing Association, on recreational sailing and cruising for women. Learn basics or enhance your skill levels through expert-led panel discussion and hands-on training. Beth Leonard, Technical Editor for BoatUS publica-
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USCG Auxiliary Paddlesports America Classes Jubilee Yacht Club, 127 Water Street, Beverly,
Advanced Power Boat Handling and On-The-Water Training Parkers Boat Yard, Cataumet Mass. This popular course is being repeated this year as a two day program on June 7-8, and will be located at Offered by the Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron. Will include class and on water instruction including materials. Contact Education Officer Dick Moore for course description and class details. 508-888-8238
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Edgartown Y.C. Round-the-Island Race Edgartown Yacht Club, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. A PHRF Lighthouse Series Qualifier. Big Boat Buoy Races Thursday, July 18 & Friday, July 19. An IRC Gulf Stream Series Qualifier. Moorings reservations can be made online at Edgartown Harbormaster Department www.ewdgartownharbor.com. Housing & Hotel contact Board of Trade www.edgartownboardoftrade.com or Chamber of Commerce www.mvy.com. EYC Housing rtihousing@edgartownyc.org. www.rtirace.org
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Dedication Weekend: SSV Oliver Hazard Perry Newport, R.I. Rhode Island’s official sailing education vessel. Dedication July 5, Newport Shipyard, 1800 hours (until midnight). Cocktails, entertainment, a dinner/dance and a live auction will raise funds for the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, which will be dockside at Newport Shipyard. Dedication ceremony and tours July 6, Fort Adams State Park, 1100 hours. Dedication tours July 7, Fort Adams State Park, hours tbd. SSV Oliver Hazard Perry will be open for tours at Fort Adams. www.ohpri.org jess@ohpri.org”
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The Voyage of Yankee Lady, Circumnavigating New England on a Sailboat A book signing at River Run Bookstore, Portsmouth, N.H., 4 p.m. ”The Voyage of Yankee Lady” describes the adventures of six retired sailors who cruised three modest sailboats along the waterways that surround New England. Written by a woman who is passionate about sailing, the book describes encounters with whales, weather and navigation challenges, magnificent scenery and everyday cruising life. It is a good adventure story that will appeal to all, both men and women, who dream of adventure and cruising on a boat. captsgj2@aol.com”
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Edgartown Yacht Club 90th Annual Regatta Edgartown Yacht Club Regatta (“the Regatta”), Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. for OneDesign Classes. Open to One Design Classes,
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Newport Charter Yacht Show Newport Yachting Center, Newport, R.I. This summer, luxury yachts from around the globe will converge on Newport for the annual Newport Charter Yacht Show, the only one of its kind in the U.S. that caters exclusively to charter yacht professionals, including agents, owners, brokers and captains. Charter yachts ranging in size from 80 feet up to superyacht size of 150 to 225-plus feet. Seminars, “yacht hops” and a culinary competition. www.newportchartershow.com Storm Trysail Club Block Island Race Week Block Island, R.I. Seven new championship events have been added to the biennial regatta’s schedule along with the introduction of new classes for Classics, Doublehanded boats and Gunboats. The event will host the IRC North American Championship; HPR (High Performance Rule) North American Championship; PHRF East Coast Championship; J/80 North American Championship; J/109 East Coast Championship; Swan 42 New England Championship; and Beneteau 36.7 Northeast Championship. IRC, PHRF and one-design classes, around-the-buoys racing, and the Around-the-Island Race. Navigator-style courses will be sailed by the Classics, Doublehanded, Cruising and Gunboat classes. www.blockislandraceweek.com www.stormtrysail.org” IYRS|ACMA Composites Certification Seminar IYRS Bristol Campus, Bristol, R.I. The IYRS|ACMA Composites Certification Seminar combines the CCT classroom training with hands-on lab experience preparing participants for the CCT certification exams. The 3-day seminar will focus on the following CCT Certifications: Open Molding, Vacuum Infusion (VIP), Light Resin Transfer Molding and Wind Blade Repair. clark@iyrs.org”
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amples on exhibition at the Town Dock and a symposium at the Maine Maritime Academy. A magnificent fleet of Concordias will rendezvous in Castine to kick-off a month-long celebration. For the Race Notice/Registration form and the Preliminary Sailing Instructions, visit www.castineyachtclub.org. www.erregatta.com
including but not limited to, Wianno Senior, Shields, Rhodes 19, Herreshoff 12-1/2s, Laser, Laser Radial, Club 420, and International Optimist Dingy. Participation by other One-Design classes is encouraged and inclusion will be at the discretion of the Race Committee. http://www.edgartownyc.org 12-13
17th Annual Hospice Regatta of Maine The Morris Yachts Service Yard in Northeast Harbor, Maine. Contact Sarah Fawle at Morris Yachts or Jody Wolford-Tucker with questions. jwutcker@hospiceofhancock.org sfawle@morrisyachts.com
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79th annual Monhegan Race Racing festivities kick off Friday, July 12 with a cocktail party at Portland Yacht Club. The race finishes in Penobscot Bay. With more racing in the Rockland-Castine pursuit race the following weekend, switching it up to present a new look with new racing challenges is a natural for the oldest race on the Maine coast. The race starts Saturday morning in Casco Bay and ends outside of Camden Harbor with both offshore and inshore courses for racing machines and cruising platforms. Awards ceremony at Wayfarer Marine in Camden. www.portlandyachtclub.com
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USODA Optimist New England Championships SailMaine is hosting the USODA Optimist New England Championships, and expect about 300 participants from all over New England and the rest of the country to participate. Contact Alicia Mooradian, Program Director. www.sailmaine.org 207-200-7248”
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USCG Auxiliary Paddlesports America Classes Jubilee Yacht Club, 127 Water Street, Beverly, MA. This is an introductory course designed to address the unique needs of kayakers and canoeists. The course covers five chapters of
Rockland to Castine Regatta Rockland Yacht Club, Rockland, Maine. A GMORA tradition, this gathering of more than 100 sailors at Dennett’s Wharf in Castine, complete with rum and live reggae music and the friendly awards barbecue at Rockland Yacht Club following Sunday’s racing, were among the season’s biggest highlights. Racing will be open to several classes and divisions, including shorthanded racers and “pursuit” racing. www.rocklandyc.org
Gulf of Maine Solo-Twin Race Rockland Yacht Club, Rockland, Maine. The race will start July 27 off Provincetown, Mass., and will finish off Rockland, Maine. There will be both doublehanded and single-handed divisions. The race will be run largely by the sailors, with a focus on simplicity and safety. Entry fees will be kept as low as possible to foster greater participation. This race fits the description of an ORC Category 3 event. For an abstract of ISAF Category 3 requirements go to www.sailing.org/1930.php. www.rocklandyc.org
14th Annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden We hope you will join us this summer for the fourteenth annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Camden on Thursday, August 1. This year’s event will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the famed Concordia yachts, with notable ex-
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11th Annual Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show Rockland Harbor Park, Rockland, Maine. Maine’s only in-water boat and home show will feature artists, architects, boatbuilders, craftspeople, designers, furniture makers, marinegear vendors, and musicians. There’ll be live music, a Just For Kids activities area, fine Maine food, and the Annual World Championship Boatyard Dog Trials. Admission: $12 adults, under 12 free. Gates open at 10 a.m. daily. www.maineboats.com showinfo@maineboats.com”
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2013 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous Camden and Thomaston, Maine, co-hosted by Wayfarer Marine and Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. The Penobscot Bay Rendezvous welcomes both the hard-core sailor as well as the recreational sailor who is not so competitive but would like to join in a new activity on the water. Last summer 54 sail and powerboats gathered for the four-night three-day event; 26 of the 37 skippers
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from the 2011 fleet participated in the 2012 event. Super yachts to daysailers are encouraged to participate. Powerboaters will participate in two days of a Photo Pursuit and a Poker Run. Contact Marnie Read, event organizer. www.penobscotbayrendezvous.com 207-2669381” 16
Ida Lewis Distance Race Ida Lewis Yacht Club, Newport, R.I. The ninth edition features four coastal racecourses between 104nm and 177nm and is the perfectly designed overnighter for IRC, PHRF, One Design and Double-Handed boats of 28 feet or longer. Its roundtrip course starts and finishes off the historic Ida Lewis Yacht Club and includes turning marks at Castle Hill, Brenton Reef, Block Island, Montauk Point, Martha’s Vineyard and Buzzards Tower. http://ildistancerace.org
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SEPTEMBER 2-7 US Sailing’s International Women’s Keelboat Championship Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass. The 15th edition of this Championship will be raced in the International J/22 class keelboat, suitable for four-person teams. The official Notice of Race has been posted. Held biennially, the event provides women keelboat and offshore sailors high-quality racing and an opportunity to compete with top national and international sailors. www.ussailing.org. www.ussailing.org. jakefish@ussailing.org” 7
The Around Islesboro Race Northport Yacht Club, Northport, Maine. www.northportyachtclub.org
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New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup The 2013 New York Yacht Club Invitational Cup, presented by Rolex, returns to Newport, R.I. From the first edition in 2009, the tradition of international Corinthian competition between yacht clubs has been reignited. The biennial event fuses five days of intense racing with a glamorous social schedule to deliver an unrivaled event for competitors from around the globe. The 20 yacht club teams will race one-design NYYC Swan 42s on Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island Sound. Contact Event Chairman Paul Zabetakis. http://nyyc.org/yachting-public paul.zabetakis@gmail.com”
31st Annual Antique & Classic Boat Festival Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina, Salem, Mass. Sailboats, powerboats, hand-powered craft, reproductions. Judging, exhibits, music. ”Where else,” says Pat Wells, Coordinator, ”can one see 1900s-60s motor yachts, mahogany speedboats, sloops, yawls, schooners and a 19th century gold-leaf canoe? Although many of these craft are museum quality, they are real boats in the water and in use by their owners today.” www.boatfestival.org 617-666-8530”
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May Tides New London, Conn.
Bridgeport, Conn. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
04:17 AM 05:20 AM 12:20 AM 01:26 AM 02:27 AM 03:23 AM 04:14 AM 04:59 AM 05:42 AM 06:22 AM 12:33 AM 01:12 AM 01:51 AM 02:31 AM 03:14 AM 04:00 AM 04:50 AM 05:44 AM 12:38 AM 01:35 AM 02:31 AM 03:25 AM 04:18 AM 05:09 AM 06:00 AM 12:20 AM 01:12 AM 02:06 AM 03:02 AM 04:01 AM 05:01 AM
7.53 7.2 0.48 0.41 0.26 0.07 -0.09 -0.19 -0.21 -0.17 7.53 7.38 7.2 6.99 6.77 6.57 6.41 6.31 1.04 0.78 0.43 0.03 -0.36 -0.68 -0.89 8.59 8.52 8.32 8.0 7.61 7.23
H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H
10:48 AM 11:50 AM 06:25 AM 07:30 AM 08:30 AM 09:25 AM 10:16 AM 11:02 AM 11:45 AM 12:26 PM 07:00 AM 07:38 AM 08:17 AM 08:57 AM 09:39 AM 10:25 AM 11:14 AM 12:06 PM 06:41 AM 07:38 AM 08:34 AM 09:28 AM 10:21 AM 11:13 AM 12:04 PM 06:52 AM 07:44 AM 08:37 AM 09:32 AM 10:28 AM 11:25 AM
-0.14 0.06 6.97 6.85 6.84 6.87 6.91 6.94 6.94 6.9 -0.07 0.07 0.23 0.4 0.56 0.69 0.78 0.8 6.31 6.4 6.58 6.81 7.05 7.28 7.45 -0.97 -0.92 -0.77 -0.54 -0.28 -0.02
L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L
04:57 PM 05:59 PM 12:51 PM 01:50 PM 02:45 PM 03:36 PM 04:22 PM 05:06 PM 05:46 PM 06:26 PM 01:05 PM 01:45 PM 02:26 PM 03:08 PM 03:52 PM 04:39 PM 05:29 PM 06:21 PM 12:59 PM 01:52 PM 02:44 PM 03:36 PM 04:27 PM 05:18 PM 06:10 PM 12:56 PM 01:49 PM 02:44 PM 03:40 PM 04:38 PM 05:37 PM
7.06 7.04 0.18 0.23 0.24 0.24 0.28 0.34 0.43 0.53 6.84 6.76 6.66 6.58 6.51 6.48 6.53 6.67 0.76 0.64 0.47 0.26 0.05 -0.13 -0.25 7.56 7.6 7.57 7.51 7.44 7.39
H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H
11:14 PM
0.42
L
07:02 PM 08:01 PM 08:56 PM 09:46 PM 10:31 PM 11:14 PM 11:54 PM
7.13 7.29 7.46 7.61 7.69 7.7 7.64
H H H H H H H
07:04 PM 07:44 PM 08:25 PM 09:08 PM 09:56 PM 10:47 PM 11:42 PM
0.65 0.77 0.9 1.03 1.14 1.2 1.18
L L L L L L L
07:13 PM 08:05 PM 08:56 PM 09:47 PM 10:37 PM 11:28 PM
6.9 7.22 7.58 7.95 8.27 8.5
H H H H H H
07:04 PM -0.28 07:58 PM -0.21 08:56 PM -0.07 09:56 PM 0.12 10:58 PM 0.3
L L L L L
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
02:22 AM 03:26 AM 04:34 AM 05:39 AM 12:46 AM 01:43 AM 02:34 AM 03:20 AM 04:03 AM 04:43 AM 05:23 AM 06:03 AM 12:06 AM 12:51 AM 01:37 AM 02:25 AM 03:17 AM 04:12 AM 05:08 AM 12:04 AM 12:57 AM 01:50 AM 02:41 AM 03:32 AM 04:22 AM 05:12 AM 06:03 AM 12:09 AM 01:05 AM 02:03 AM 03:04 AM
3.15 2.94 2.76 2.65 0.19 0.11 0.04 -0.02 -0.04 -0.02 0.02 0.09 3.0 2.88 2.74 2.61 2.5 2.42 2.4 0.52 0.32 0.09 -0.14 -0.33 -0.46 -0.5 -0.47 3.61 3.41 3.16 2.91
H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H
12:50 AM 01:50 AM 02:51 AM 03:54 AM 04:56 AM 12:01 AM 12:40 AM 01:13 AM 01:44 AM 02:17 AM 02:52 AM 03:29 AM 04:06 AM 04:43 AM 05:22 AM 12:18 AM 01:03 AM 01:53 AM 02:48 AM 03:48 AM 04:50 AM 05:50 AM 12:23 AM 01:14 AM 02:06 AM 02:59 AM 03:50 AM 04:40 AM 05:32 AM 12:33 AM 01:30 AM
M O O N
4.16 3.89 3.67 3.52 3.47 0.22 0.15 0.09 0.06 0.05 0.06 0.12 0.21 0.32 0.45 3.16 3.06 3.01 3.02 3.1 3.25 3.47 -0.18 -0.38 -0.51 -0.55 -0.52 -0.41 -0.23 4.25 3.93
Day May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16
May 17
H H H H H L L L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H
06:45 AM 08:12 AM 09:30 AM 10:22 AM 11:00 AM 05:53 AM 06:43 AM 07:28 AM 08:11 AM 08:51 AM 09:31 AM 10:11 AM 10:52 AM 11:34 AM 12:18 PM 06:05 AM 06:55 AM 07:55 AM 08:57 AM 09:51 AM 10:39 AM 11:26 AM 06:45 AM 07:37 AM 08:28 AM 09:21 AM 10:14 AM 11:10 AM 12:07 PM 06:27 AM 07:32 AM
0.08 0.22 0.24 0.22 0.19 3.49 3.53 3.56 3.56 3.52 3.44 3.34 3.22 3.12 3.05 0.56 0.62 0.62 0.52 0.33 0.11 -0.13 3.72 3.94 4.09 4.17 4.18 4.15 4.08 -0.04 0.14
L L L L L H H H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L
01:21 PM 02:22 PM 03:23 PM 04:25 PM 05:24 PM 11:31 AM 12:02 PM 12:37 PM 01:14 PM 01:54 PM 02:35 PM 03:16 PM 03:57 PM 04:39 PM 05:23 PM 01:03 PM 01:50 PM 02:40 PM 03:34 PM 04:30 PM 05:26 PM 06:20 PM 12:14 PM 01:03 PM 01:53 PM 02:45 PM 03:38 PM 04:32 PM 05:30 PM 01:04 PM 02:02 PM
Moonrise Moonset 12:52 AM 11:14 AM 1:32 AM 12:23 PM 2:07 AM 1:30 PM 2:39 AM 2:36 PM 3:08 AM 3:40 PM 3:37 AM 4:44 PM 4:07 AM 5:45 PM 4:38 AM 6:46 PM 5:12 AM 7:45 PM 5:50 AM 8:41 PM 6:31 AM 9:33 PM 7:17 AM 10:21 PM 8:07 AM 11:04 PM 9:01 AM 11:43 PM 9:56 AM ------12:18 AM 10:54 AM ---12:49 AM 11:54 AM
90 Points East May 2013
-0.09 0.0 0.08 0.14 2.59 2.55 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.54 2.54 0.18 0.27 0.35 0.41 0.44 0.44 0.42 2.43 2.5 2.58 2.66 2.74 2.81 2.86 2.89 -0.38 -0.25 -0.11 0.02
L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L
03:01 PM 04:08 PM 05:15 PM 06:14 PM 12:58 PM 01:49 PM 02:36 PM 03:19 PM 04:00 PM 04:39 PM 05:19 PM 05:59 PM 12:39 PM 01:26 PM 02:16 PM 03:07 PM 04:01 PM 04:53 PM 05:43 PM 12:14 PM 01:03 PM 01:52 PM 02:42 PM 03:32 PM 04:23 PM 05:16 PM 06:12 PM 12:45 PM 01:43 PM 02:44 PM 03:47 PM
2.68 2.71 2.8 2.93 0.19 0.23 0.28 0.33 0.38 0.45 0.52 0.6 2.53 2.51 2.49 2.5 2.54 2.64 2.8 0.38 0.3 0.2 0.09 -0.01 -0.07 -0.08 -0.02 2.91 2.92 2.93 2.94
H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H
9.97 9.84 9.84 0.29 0.4 0.46 0.51 0.58 0.67 0.79 9.47 9.32 9.16 9.0 8.88 8.82 8.87 9.05 1.06 0.89 0.62 0.29 -0.06 -0.36 -0.57 10.76 10.78 10.7 10.56 10.39 10.25
H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H
09:36 PM 10:41 PM 11:45 PM
0.27 0.28 0.25
L L L
07:05 PM 07:50 PM 08:32 PM 09:13 PM 09:54 PM 10:37 PM 11:21 PM
3.06 3.16 3.22 3.24 3.23 3.18 3.11
H H H H H H H
06:44 PM 07:32 PM 08:26 PM 09:21 PM 10:16 PM 11:10 PM
0.69 0.77 0.83 0.84 0.79 0.69
L L L L L L
06:28 PM 07:11 PM 07:55 PM 08:40 PM 09:28 PM 10:19 PM 11:13 PM
3.01 3.25 3.47 3.66 3.77 3.8 3.75
H H H H H H H
07:12 PM 08:15 PM 09:19 PM 10:24 PM
0.08 0.18 0.27 0.32
L L L L
10:53 PM 11:56 PM
0.39 0.61
L L
07:58 PM 08:55 PM 09:46 PM 10:33 PM 11:15 PM 11:55 PM
9.97 10.17 10.36 10.5 10.56 10.55
H H H H H H
07:02 PM 07:42 PM 08:24 PM 09:07 PM 09:53 PM 10:42 PM 11:33 PM
0.94 1.11 1.3 1.49 1.66 1.76 1.75
L L L L L L L
07:09 PM 9.38 08:00 PM 9.83 08:50 PM 10.38 09:40 PM 10.96 10:30 PM 11.5 11:21 PM 11.94
H H H H H H
06:53 PM -0.65 07:46 PM -0.59 08:41 PM -0.4 09:38 PM -0.11 10:37 PM 0.2 11:39 PM 0.46
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Boston, Mass.
Newport, R.I. 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
09:13 AM 10:12 AM 11:09 AM 12:05 PM 06:38 AM 07:28 AM 08:13 AM 08:56 AM 09:39 AM 10:22 AM 11:07 AM 11:52 AM 06:45 AM 07:29 AM 08:16 AM 09:04 AM 09:52 AM 10:39 AM 11:26 AM 06:00 AM 06:49 AM 07:35 AM 08:21 AM 09:09 AM 09:59 AM 10:52 AM 11:48 AM 06:57 AM 07:52 AM 08:49 AM 09:46 AM
3.73 3.7 3.73 3.82 3.96 0.15 0.09 0.04 0.01 0.0 0.04 0.13 0.26 0.42 0.6 3.04 3.08 3.2 3.4 3.69 4.04 4.41 -0.34 -0.49 -0.56 -0.54 -0.42 -0.21 0.07 4.01 3.94
May 18 May 19 May 20 May 21 May 22 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31
H H H H H L L L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H
06:41 PM 08:34 PM 10:15 PM 11:14 PM
0.31 0.48 0.42 0.31
L L L L
06:17 PM 07:03 PM 07:46 PM 08:26 PM 09:05 PM 09:42 PM 10:19 PM 10:56 PM 11:36 PM
4.1 4.19 4.22 4.17 4.05 3.88 3.69 3.48 3.3
H H H H H H H H H
06:13 PM 07:14 PM 08:27 PM 09:39 PM 10:38 PM 11:31 PM
0.75 0.83 0.8 0.61 0.35 0.07
L L L L L L
07:12 PM 08:03 PM 08:54 PM 09:46 PM 10:41 PM 11:36 PM
4.74 4.97 5.06 5.0 4.82 4.56
H H H H H H
06:39 PM 08:34 PM
0.35 0.53
L L
---12:55 PM ---1:57 PM ---3:03 PM ---4:11 PM ---5:21 PM ---6:34 PM ---7:45 PM ---8:53 PM ---9:54 PM ---10:46 PM ---11:30 PM ---12:08 AM 12:41 AM
1:19 AM 1:48 AM 2:17 AM 2:48 AM 3:21 AM 4:00 AM 4:45 AM 5:38 AM 6:39 AM 7:47 AM 8:58 AM 10:10 AM 11:20 AM 12:28 PM
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
04:07 AM 05:09 AM 06:14 AM 01:01 AM 02:05 AM 03:05 AM 04:00 AM 04:48 AM 05:32 AM 06:14 AM 12:34 AM 01:13 AM 01:52 AM 02:33 AM 03:16 AM 04:02 AM 04:51 AM 05:43 AM 12:28 AM 01:23 AM 02:18 AM 03:11 AM 04:04 AM 04:56 AM 05:47 AM 12:12 AM 01:05 AM 01:59 AM 02:54 AM 03:52 AM 04:53 AM
11.1 10.64 10.23 0.66 0.54 0.32 0.09 -0.09 -0.18 -0.18 10.49 10.36 10.19 9.97 9.73 9.49 9.28 9.15 1.58 1.23 0.72 0.1 -0.55 -1.14 -1.59 12.2 12.26 12.09 11.73 11.22 10.66
H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H
10:32 AM -0.7 11:32 AM -0.27 12:33 PM 0.07 07:20 AM 9.96 08:24 AM 9.82 09:23 AM 9.78 10:16 AM 9.76 11:04 AM 9.74 11:48 AM 9.68 12:29 PM 9.59 06:54 AM -0.1 07:33 AM 0.05 08:14 AM 0.25 08:55 AM 0.48 09:38 AM 0.72 10:24 AM 0.92 11:12 AM 1.07 12:01 PM 1.12 06:37 AM 9.12 07:32 AM 9.23 08:26 AM 9.45 09:21 AM 9.76 10:14 AM 10.09 11:07 AM 10.4 12:00 PM 10.63 06:39 AM -1.85 07:31 AM -1.88 08:24 AM -1.7 09:18 AM -1.34 10:13 AM -0.87 11:10 AM -0.36
L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L
Times for Boston, MA
MAY 2013 Day May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May
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04:51 PM 05:54 PM 06:57 PM 01:34 PM 02:32 PM 03:26 PM 04:15 PM 05:00 PM 05:42 PM 06:22 PM 01:08 PM 01:48 PM 02:28 PM 03:10 PM 03:54 PM 04:41 PM 05:29 PM 06:19 PM 12:53 PM 01:45 PM 02:37 PM 03:28 PM 04:19 PM 05:10 PM 06:01 PM 12:52 PM 01:46 PM 02:41 PM 03:37 PM 04:35 PM 05:34 PM
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8:01 8:02 8:03 8:04 8:05 8:06 8:07 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:14
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May 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
03:55 AM 04:59 AM 06:07 AM 01:01 AM 02:06 AM 03:06 AM 04:00 AM 04:48 AM 05:32 AM 06:12 AM 12:28 AM 01:04 AM 01:41 AM 02:19 AM 03:00 AM 03:45 AM 04:32 AM 05:23 AM 12:08 AM 01:05 AM 02:02 AM 02:57 AM 03:50 AM 04:42 AM 05:33 AM 06:25 AM 12:51 AM 01:46 AM 02:43 AM 03:42 AM 04:45 AM
10.64 10.19 9.81 0.66 0.49 0.24 -0.01 -0.19 -0.26 -0.24 10.12 9.97 9.78 9.56 9.32 9.09 8.88 8.73 1.65 1.33 0.86 0.26 -0.38 -0.96 -1.41 -1.67 11.81 11.64 11.28 10.8 10.26
H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H
10:22 AM -0.67 11:25 AM -0.29 12:30 PM -0.01 07:16 AM 9.57 08:21 AM 9.47 09:20 AM 9.45 10:13 AM 9.45 11:01 AM 9.42 11:44 AM 9.34 12:25 PM 9.22 06:51 AM -0.12 07:28 AM 0.05 08:06 AM 0.26 08:44 AM 0.49 09:25 AM 0.7 10:08 AM 0.88 10:53 AM 1.01 11:42 AM 1.07 06:18 AM 8.68 07:14 AM 8.75 08:11 AM 8.95 09:07 AM 9.25 10:01 AM 9.59 10:54 AM 9.9 11:47 AM 10.15 12:40 PM 10.28 07:18 AM -1.71 08:12 AM -1.56 09:08 AM -1.24 10:06 AM -0.83 11:06 AM -0.4
L L L H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L
04:43 PM 05:48 PM 06:53 PM 01:33 PM 02:32 PM 03:26 PM 04:14 PM 04:58 PM 05:39 PM 06:17 PM 01:03 PM 01:41 PM 02:20 PM 03:00 PM 03:42 PM 04:27 PM 05:14 PM 06:03 PM 12:33 PM 01:25 PM 02:17 PM 03:09 PM 04:01 PM 04:52 PM 05:43 PM 06:36 PM 01:35 PM 02:31 PM 03:29 PM 04:28 PM 05:29 PM
9.55 9.45 9.49 0.17 0.26 0.31 0.38 0.48 0.62 0.8 9.06 8.88 8.7 8.55 8.44 8.39 8.45 8.62 1.03 0.88 0.64 0.33 0.02 -0.26 -0.43 -0.49 10.3 10.23 10.11 9.98 9.88
Bar Harbor, Maine H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L L H H H H H
10:43 PM 11:51 PM
0.5 0.67
L L
07:55 PM 08:52 PM 09:44 PM 10:30 PM 11:12 PM 11:51 PM
9.65 9.87 10.08 10.21 10.26 10.23
H H H H H H
06:54 PM 07:31 PM 08:10 PM 08:51 PM 09:34 PM 10:22 PM 11:13 PM
0.99 1.19 1.39 1.56 1.71 1.8 1.79
L L L L L L L
06:54 PM 8.94 07:45 PM 9.38 08:36 PM 9.93 09:27 PM 10.51 10:17 PM 11.07 11:07 PM 11.5 11:58 PM 11.77
H H H H H H H
07:31 PM -0.41 08:28 PM -0.21 09:27 PM 0.05 10:30 PM 0.31 11:36 PM 0.5
L L L L L
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
03:37 AM 04:41 AM 05:49 AM 12:45 AM 01:49 AM 02:48 AM 03:41 AM 04:29 AM 05:13 AM 05:53 AM 12:10 AM 12:47 AM 01:24 AM 02:03 AM 02:44 AM 03:28 AM 04:15 AM 05:06 AM 06:00 AM 12:50 AM 01:46 AM 02:40 AM 03:33 AM 04:24 AM 05:15 AM 06:07 AM 12:33 AM 01:27 AM 02:24 AM 03:24 AM 04:26 AM
12.12 11.63 11.25 0.57 0.37 0.08 -0.2 -0.4 -0.48 -0.45 11.61 11.41 11.17 10.9 10.62 10.35 10.12 9.97 9.94 1.35 0.83 0.18 -0.52 -1.17 -1.66 -1.93 13.38 13.18 12.78 12.25 11.69
H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H H H H H L L L L L L L H H H H H
10:05 AM 11:08 AM 12:13 PM 06:56 AM 07:59 AM 08:58 AM 09:50 AM 10:38 AM 11:22 AM 12:02 PM 06:32 AM 07:10 AM 07:48 AM 08:28 AM 09:09 AM 09:52 AM 10:38 AM 11:27 AM 12:18 PM 06:57 AM 07:53 AM 08:48 AM 09:42 AM 10:34 AM 11:26 AM 12:19 PM 07:00 AM 07:54 AM 08:51 AM 09:49 AM 10:49 AM
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
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Find Points East at more than 700 locations in New England MAINE Arundel:The Landing School, Southern Maine Marine Services. Bailey Island: Bailey Island Motel, Cook’s Lobster House Bangor: Borders, Book Marc’s, Harbormaster, Young’s Canvas. Bar Harbor: Acadia Information Center, Bar Harbor Yacht Club, College of the Atlantic, 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, Front Street Shipyard, Harbormaster’s office. Biddeford: Biddeford Pool Y.C., Buffleheads, Rumery’s Boatyard. Blue Hill:, Bar Harbor Bank, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Compass Point Realty, EBS, Kollegewidgwok Y.C., Mill Stream Deli, Peninsula Property Rentals, Rackliffe Pottery. 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, High Tide Motel, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, Waterfront Restaurant, Wayfarer Marine. Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer. Castine: Castine Realty, Castine Y.C., Four Flags Gift Shop, Maine Maritime Academy, Saltmeadow Properties, The Compass Rose Bookstore and Café. Chebeague Island: Chebeague Island Boat Yard. Cherryfield: EBS Hardware. Columbia: Crossroads Ace Hardware. Cundy’s Harbor: Holbrook’s General Store, Watson’s General Store. Damariscotta: Maine Coast Book Shop, Poole Bros. Hardware, Schooner Landing Restaurant. Deer Isle: Harbor Farm. East Boothbay: East Boothbay General Store, Lobsterman’s Wharf Restaurant, Ocean Point Marina, Paul E. Luke Inc., Spar Shed Marina. Eastport: East Motel, Eastport Chowder House, Moose Island Marine, The Boat School - Husson. Eliot: Great Cove Boat Club, Independent Boat Haulers, Kit-
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tery Point Yacht Yard. Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Riverside Café. Falmouth: Falmouth Ace Hardware, Hallett Canvas & Sails, Handy Boat, Portland Yacht Club, The Boathouse, Town Landing Market. Farmingdale: Foggy Bottom Marine. Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Reny’s. Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware. Georgetown: Robinhood Marine. Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware. Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, McLaughlin Seafood, 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. Jonesboro: Aunt Millie’s General Store Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard. Kennebunk: 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, Captain & Patty’s, Frisbee’s Store, Jackson’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine. Lewiston: Al’s Sports. Machias: EBS Hardware, Helen’s Restaurant, Viking Lumber. Milbridge: Viking Lumber. Monhegan Is: Carina House. Mount Desert: John Williams Boat Company North Haven: Calderwood Hall, Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop. Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Full Belli Deli, Kimball Shop, Mt. Desert CofC,, McGraths, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market. Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club. Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum. Peak’s Island: Hannigan’s Island Market. Penobscot: Northern Bay Market. Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store. Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine. Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina. Rockland: Back Cove Yachts, E.L.Spear, Eric Hopkins Gallery, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, Journey’s End Marina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Museum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, Reading Corner, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer & Whitten, The Apprenticeshop. Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club.
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Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market. Saco: Lobster Claw Restaurant, Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco Yacht Club. Sarentville: El El Frijoles. 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, Bluenose Yacht Sales, 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, Island Fishing Gear & Auto Parts, 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: Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Slipway. Turner: Youly’s Restaurant. Vinalhaven: Vinal’s Newsstand, Vinalhaven Store. Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham. Wells: 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: Market Place Café, Wiscasset Yacht Club. Woolwich: BFC Marine, Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute. Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing Boat Supply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse, Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard. York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Stage Neck Inn, Woods to Goods, York Harbor Marine Service. NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Dover Marine. Dover Point: Little Bay Marina. East Rochester: Surfside Boats. Gilford: Fay’s Boat Yard, Winnipesaukee Yacht Club. Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems.
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Hampton: Hampton Harbor State Marina, Hampton River Boat Club. Manchester: Massabesic Yacht Club, Sandy’s Variety. New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-The-Sea Marina. Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: New England Marine and Industrial, Northeast Yachts (Witch Cove Marina), West Marine. Seabrook: West Marine. Sunapee: Lake Sunapee Yacht Club Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store. MASSACHUSETTS Amesbury: Larry’s Marina, Lowell’s Boat Shop, Withum Sailmakers Barnstable: Coast Guard Heritage Museum at the Trayser, Millway Marina. Beverly: Al’s Bait & Tackle, Bartlett Boat Service, Beverly Point Marina, Jubilee Yacht Club. Boston: Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Sailing Center, 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. Duxbury: Bayside Marine. East Boston: Boston Bay Marina, 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 Ace Hardware, 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 Bait & Tackle, Green Harbor Marina. 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: Black Rock Sailing School, Boston Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Yacht Club, The Forepeak, West Marine.
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Marion: Barden’s Boat Yard, Beverly Yacht Club, Burr Bros. Boats, Harding Sails, New Wave Yachts. Marston’s Mills: Peck’s Boats. Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard. Nantucket: Glyns Marine, Nantucket Boat Basin, Town Pier Marina. New Bedford: Bayline Boatyard and Transportation, C.E. Beckman, Cutty Hunk Launch, Hercules Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Niemiec Marine, New Bedford Visitors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, SK Marine Electronics, Skip’s Marine. Newburyport: American Yacht Club, Merri-Mar Yacht Basin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, Newburyport Yacht Club, North End Boat Club, Riverside Café, 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. 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. Rockport: Sandy Bay Yacht Club. Salem: Brewer’s Hawthorne Cove Marina, Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, H&H Propeller Shop, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi, Winter Island Yacht Yard. Salisbury: Bridge Marina, Cross Roads Bait & Tackle, Withum Sailmakers. Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply. Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front Street Book Shop, J-Way Enterprises, Satuit Boat Club, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scituate Harbor Y.C. Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine. Somerset: Auclair’s Market. South Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, New Bedford Y.C. 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, Tern Harbor Marina. Winthrop: Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina, Pleasant Point Y.C., Winthrop Harbormaster’s Office, 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: 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 Narragansett: Buster Krabs, West Marine. Newport: Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina, IYRS, Long Wharf Marina, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Maritime Center, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Visitor Information Center, Newport Yacht Club, NV-Charts, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, Team One, The Newport Shipyard, West Wind Marina. North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI Mooring Services. Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill. Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina. Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ocean Options, Quality Yacht Services, Standish Boat Yard. Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club, Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Marine, Stone Cove Marina. Warren: Country Club Laundry, Warren River Boatworks. Warwick: Apponaug Harbor Marina, Bay Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Greenwich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ray’s Bait Shop, 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. Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina. Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club. Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina. East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine. Essex: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Boatique, Conn. River Marine Museum, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club. Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery. Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club. Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club.
Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club, Thames View Marina. 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. 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. Niantic: Boats Inc., Harbor Hill Marina, Mago Pt. Marina, Marine Consignment of Mystic, 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, Maritime Education Network, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, Saybrook Point Marina, West Marine. Portland: J & S Marine Services, 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: Czescik Marina, Halloween Yacht Club, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Marine. Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club. Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina, West Marine. Waterford: Defender Industries. Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Bill’s Seafood, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Duck Island Yacht Club, Pier 76 Marina, Sound Boatworks. West Haven: West Cove Marina. Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club. NEW YORK New York: New York Nautical Ossining: Shattemuc Yacht Club Rockaway: Hewlett Point Yacht Club Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club. West Islip: West Marine. FLORIDA Key West: Key West Community Sailing Center.
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Photo by Bill Hezlep
The crew of Nauset woke up to morning fog off Tuckahoe Point, near ICW Mile 104 in North Carolina’s Alligator River.
NAUSET, continued from Page 58 and, generally, the Atlantic Highlands marina has the cheapest diesel fuel anywhere between Eastport and Key West – a fact they proudly advertise. However, as we were passing under the Verrazano Bridge, MarineWeather.com (an app on my Android phone) was reporting calm at the Sandy Hook Coast Guard Station and only four knots at the data buoy 15 miles off Sandy Hook. We kept going – around Sandy Hook, down the Jersey shore to the Manasquan Inlet, and through the Point Pleasant Canal to Mantoloking and the historic Winter Yacht Basin – now run by Hinckley Yacht Services, where diesel, reasonable dockage and spotless heads and showers were available. At the Winter Yacht Basin, we added 45.3 gallons of diesel ($4.10 per gallon).
Cape May From Mantoloking, we took the New Jersey inside route to Beach Haven for the night, and the next day continued inside as far as Atlantic City’s Absecon Inlet, where we went out for the final 37 miles to Cold Spring Inlet, Cape May and Utsch’s Marina. On the way into the marina, we stopped at the fuel dock and 96 Points East May 2013
added 43.0 gallons of diesel ($3.90 per gallon). By sunset, the transient slips were full and most of the transients looked like southbound cruisers. In the evening, we walked over to the Lucky Bones Backwater Grill and enjoyed an excellent dinner of fresh-caught wahoo. I think the crews off half the transient boats at Utsch’s were there. Monday, Oct. 1: Waking up was not a problem. A lot of charter sportfish vessels and several big headboats run out of Utsch’s, and well before dawn, the rumble of multiple diesels and the noise from charter parties already hitting the brew made sure we were up. By 7:45 we were clear of Cape May and the Cape May Canal and were running up Delaware Bay. At 6:15 p.m., we picked up mooring No. 50 in Annapolis, Md., just above the Spa Creek Bridge and the only remaining vacant mooring. October, the middle month of the Chesapeake Bay’s fall cruising season: The weather was perfect, the Annapolis Sailboat Show would begin on Thursday, and a small mob of southbound cruisers were anchored off the Naval Academy seawall. After three days in Annapolis, enjoying life, seeing friends, and picking up the rest of our cruising gear – dinghy, outboard motor, Honda gas generator, charts, guides and books, most of my tools, etc. that had stayed editor@pointseast.com
Photo by Bill Hezlep
With her spacious, unencumbered cockpit, her bright and airy pilothouse, her inspired Royal Lowell design, and powerful and efficient Yanmar, Nauset proved to be an optimal retirement home away from home
in a friend’s basement when we parted company with the Cape Dory – we left for a few weeks of good October bay cruising. First, we went to Deale, Md., where we added 50.0 gallons of diesel ($4.02 per gallon), and then to Herrington Harbour North, the Marina & Yacht Yard from which we sailed for many years. From Herrington Harbour, we crossed the bay to the Eastern Shore Colonial towns of Oxford and St. Michaels. In Oxford, we had one of those nautical adventures that, if all goes well, makes for a good sea story; but if things don’t go so . . . well, ends in an insurance claim. We were in a slip at Campbell’s Bachelor Point Marina/Boatyard one evening, getting ready to go to the historic Robert Morris Inn for dinner, when Chesapeake Bay decided to visit our bilge, and Nauset, with us aboard, very nearly took a short, fast cruise straight down. Some quick work with a soft pine plug and a
hammer, an early morning ride in a Travelift, and a day of nautical plumbing took care of that adventure, and the next day we moved up to Baltimore’s Inner Harbor for some good food, great beer, and cruising provisions. In Baltimore we added 44.0 gallons of fuel ($4.20 per gallon). Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has half a dozen good marinas and a number of anchoring possibilities. The historic Fell’s Point, Canton, and Federal Hill neighborhoods contain what not only seems like – but really is – hundreds of pubs, taverns and restaurants that range upward from grubby beer joints to some of the best restaurants on the East Coast. A Gourmet Safeway, a Whole Foods Market, the city’s Broadway (small), Cross Street (large) and Lexington Markets are all within easy reach as are medical facilities, museums, marine supplies, and anything else you might need. From Baltimore, we dropped down the bay to
In Oxford, we had one of those nautical adventures that, if all goes well, makes for a good sea story; but if things don’t go so . . . well, ends in an insurance claim.
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Southbound cruising boats lie alongside the bulkhead at Great Bridge, Va., between the Great Bridge Tide Lock and the bridge and the Great Bridge Battlefield Park dock.
Solomons. Md., for two days, and then on to Deltaville, Va., for two more. On Tuesday, Oct. 23, we passed between forts Monroe and Wool at the mouth of Hampton Roads, left the Chesapeake Bay astern, and started down the ICW. That night, we stopped at Great Bridge, Va. In Great Bridge, as in Baltimore and a few other snowbird roosts, everything you need is within walking distance: supermarket, hardware store, banks, and restaurants, including the excellent Locks Pointe, east of the bridge. The bulkhead on the west side of the waterway, between the Great Bridge Tide Lock and the bridge, and the Great Bridge Battlefield Park dock, on the east side of the waterway south of the bridge (no power or water at either place), offer free transient dockage for up to 48 hours. The full-service Atlantic Yacht Basin, on the west side of the waterway south of the bridge, inevitably has the best diesel price south of Atlantic Highlands. In fact, fill up here or in Norfolk, as from here south all the price of diesel does is go north. We took on 65.1 gallons ($3.73 per gallon), and it was the cheapest fuel we bought during the cruise. For a week, we had been watching the weather 98 Points East May 2013
closely. An Atlantic Harlot named Sandy was not recurving out to sea as initially predicted. Betty and I have done the Hurricane Dance before: Do you retreat back up the Chesapeake, stay in the Norfolk area, or run south? The Sandy Guesstimate came down on the side of go south, and we decided to run for New Bern, N.C. New Bern is south of the big, open sounds, south of most of the Outer Banks, and well up the Neuse River. A Category 1 or 2 storm passing right offshore of, or even crossing, Cape Hatteras would not do much in New Bern. We got under way early, and as we motored down the Virginia Cut, I called the New Bern Grand Marina and made a reservation for three nights beginning Thursday night. Great Bridge, Va., to Oriental, N.C., is 170 ICW (statute) miles, and, from Oriental, it is another 31 miles up the Neuse River to New Bern – two days, 201 miles. We spent Wednesday night anchored off Tuckahoe Point (ICW Mile 104) at the north end of the AlligatorPungo Canal, and reached New Bern in the late afternoon on Thursday. New Bern is a nice colonial town, and the New Bern Grand Marina is a clean, well-run marina, with good, solid floating docks, and it is right editor@pointseast.com
beside a Double Tree by Hilton Resort Hotel. If the forecast was wrong, and Sandy strengthened and came ashore in southern North Carolina and it looked like things were going to get rough, we could grab the computer, our papers and some clothes, kiss the boat good-bye, and get a fifth-floor interior room in the hotel. In the 1990s, we stayed aboard for two Cat. 1 hurricanes. Once was dumb; twice was flat-out stupid. Our first two hours in New Bern were spent prepping the boat: stripping off the canvas, putting all loose gear (including the dinghy) in the cabin, putting on 11 long docklines with chafing gear and all the fenders. Then we went out to dinner at Persimmons Waterfront Restaurant: modern Euro-American cuisine, locally sourced fresh meat, seafood and produce, excellent wine bar, and a good selection of Carolina craft beers. Sandy was the guest who wouldn’t leave: In the end, it was six days before we could comfortably move on. Sunday, Oct. 28, peak day, the strongest sustained wind we had in New Bern was about 30 mph. But at the Frying Pan Shoals data buoy, not that far away, the wind hit 53 knots (approximately 61 mph), and the waves reached 18 feet. Oct. 30, the wrap-around winds from Sandy were still creating small-craft-warning conditions on Pamlico Sound and small-craft-advisory conditions on Bogue Sound. We finally pulled out of New Bern early on Nov. 1. Luckily, the New Bern Grand Marina had an excellent weekly rate. Leaving New Bern, we picked up the pace. Playing around on the Chesapeake and waiting out Hurricane Sandy had slowed us down. We had reservations at a Florida marina, which could have been delayed, but we also had non-refundable tickets – early morning Nov. 30 – to fly to the house for the holidays. First, we cruised south to the anchorage in Mile Hammock Bay, with a stop en route at the Morehead City Yacht Basin for 80 gallons of diesel ($3.80 per gallon and the most we have added at one time). Mile Hammock Bay (ICW Mile 244) is a dredged basin in the U.S. Marine Corps’ Camp Lejeune. Normally, transient cruisers may anchor overnight in the basin, but going ashore is not allowed – Fido included. Then, in quick succession: Southport, N.C. (Mile 311), the Wacca Wache Marina in Murrells Inlet, S.C., where we added 53.8 gallons of fuel ($3.82 per gallon), Charleston, and, on Nov. 5, Beaufort, S.C. Beaufort (Mile 536), in the heart of the Carolina Low Country, is one of the crown jewels of the ICW, and we took a lay day to do a few housekeeping chores and just enjoy ourselves: a walk through the lovely historic area, a visit to the McIntosh Book Shoppe – an excellent used book store – and dinner at Emily’s. In 1994, on our first trip down the Waterway, we reached Beaufort after sunset, in pouring rain on a cold December night. After tying up, we followed anwww.pointseast.com
other cruiser’s recommendation and, in our foulweather gear, sloshed over to Emily’s, where we enjoyed a fabulous dinner. Emily’s is still good, and, at least for us, a stop in Beaufort without dinner at Emily’s would, well, it would be wrong. Before leaving the Beaufort Downtown Marina, bound for the Isle of Hope, outside Savannah, we added 50 gallons of fuel ($3.94 per gallon). The next day took us from the Isle of Hope, south to St. Simons Island, Ga. And, on the afternoon of Nov. 9, we pulled into the Palm Cove Marina in Jacksonville Beach, Fla. (ICW Mile 747), our temporary destination. The Palm Cove Marina is a clean, well-run, full-service marina with floating docks (full length finger piers), clean heads, a good laundry and an easy on/off fuel dock. The excellent Marker 32 restaurant is on-site, and a Publix supermarket, a West Marine and a lot of other shopping are within reasonable walking distance. The marina is also safely below the winter freeze line, and a short shuttle ride from the Jacksonville Airport. Our first stop in the marina was the fuel dock where we added 65.2 gallons of diesel ($4.20 per gallon), which brought the fuel gauge to seven-eighths, its level when we left Hyannis. Between leaving Hyannis on Sept. 22, and reaching the Palm Cove Marina in Jacksonville Beach on Nov. 9, we were under way all or part of 23 days, and we covered approximately 1,480 nautical miles/1,702 statute miles. We put 167.1 hours on our Yanmar 315 and used 545 gallons of diesel, costing a total of $2,168. That equals: 3.26 gallons of fuel per engine hour, 8.85 nautical miles/10.1 statute miles per engine hour, and 2.71 nautical miles/3.12 statute miles per gallon of fuel used. It was a good trip, we enjoyed it, and our new boat was now “our” boat. We’ve prepped Nauset for three months of quality time on the clear, clean waters of Biscayne Bay, the Florida Keys and, very possibly, the Bahamas. A professional cartographer, Bill’s lifelong infatuation with the sea, ships and boats began in 1961 when, at 17, he went to sea on a square-rigged Norwegian school ship. He met Betty, an aerospace engineer, mathematician, pilot and experienced sailor, in a sailing club in Annapolis in 1993. A year later, they left the Chesapeake on what was supposed to be a one-year, round-trip cruise, south to the Florida Keys, over to the Bahamas and back to the bay. They never returned to their former lives. They lived aboard and cruised fulltime, power and sail, for 14 years – from Maine and the New York and Canadian canals, south to Florida, the Bahamas, and the Caribbean, west to Texas, and through the canals of France. They spend half the year cruising the East and Gulf coasts and the Bahamas aboard Nauset, their retirement cruising boat. Points East May 2013
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Charles M. Leighton 77, Middletown, R.I.
Charlie Leighton passed away on Feb. 24 at the Lahey Clinic, with his wife Roxanne McCormick Leighton at his side. He served as the executive director of US Sailing from January 2005 through October 2010, during which he exhibited an ability to recruit and develop a skilled and competent management staff. His strong business background was a key to the organization achieving and sustaining financial stability. In 1968, Mr. Leighton founded the CML Corporation, a conglomerate of lifestyle brands that included, at various times, Nordic Trak, Boston Whaler, Hood Sailmakers, Smith & Hawkins and The Nature Company. Leighton’s lifelong love was sailboat racing, pursued under a series of yachts named Madcap and Whitecap, a Hinckley 42. As a youth, he lived in Chatham, Mass., where he was active in the Chatham Yacht Club. At Bowdoin, he founded the college sailing team. His participation in sailboat racing spanned five decades, much of it under the flag of the New York Yacht Club, where he held the rank of commodore from 1992 to 1994. As a past commodore, he chaired the Young America syndicate, the New York Yacht Club’s entry in the 2000 America’s Cup competition. A memorial celebration of his life was scheduled for this spring in Newport, R.I. Memorial gifts may be made to Sail to Prevail (www.sailtoprevail.org), a national program for sailors with disabilities, for which he was chairman of the board of advisors.
Phil Deschamps 87, Orleans, Mass.
Phil, one of the founding owners of Nauset Marine, was also one of the three original members and founders of the Cape Cod Boat Dealers Association, now known as the Cape Cod Marine Trades Association. Phil had a lifelong passion for the marine business and the marine industry and will be dearly missed. He was born in Hyannis, resided on the Cape for his entire life, and, in 1961, co-founded Nauset Marine with his brother-in-law Pete Walker and father-in-law Howard Walker. He was instrumental in advancing the marine industry throughout New England, and his familyowned company recently enjoyed its 50th anniversary celebration.
James Rhodes Barker 83, Warren, R.I.
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ther and father; much of his youth was spent sailing in Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound. After service in the Korean War, and graduation from Amherst, Jim worked for the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution aboard its research vessel Atlantis, traveling the Atlantic from the Azores to ports in Africa and South America. While he owned many boats over the years, the Herreshoff 12 1/2 was his abiding love, and he taught both his sons to sail in the beloved Natrix. He was a longtime member of the Bristol Yacht Club, serving as Club Secretary during the 1960s and ’70s. Donations in his name to the Herreshoff Marine Museum in support of the David MacLeod Grose Junior Sailing Program would have pleased him.
Richard Barre Nye 81, Greenwich, Conn. and Ludlow, Vt.
The renowned ocean racer died March 14. Both he and his father, Richard S. Nye, discovered together what would become a lifelong love for sailing, and they became keen yachtsmen and competitors. In 1946 the Nyes purchased the first of three yachts they would name Carina, sailing out of Indian Harbor Yacht Club in Greenwich, Conn., with a loyal crew of dedicated amateurs. They made a formidable team and enjoyed numerous triumphs, including first in fleet for the 1952 Newport to Bermuda Race, the 1955 Transatlantic Race to Sweden, the 1972 Transatlantic Race to Spain, and 1st in class for the 1966 Transatlantic Race to Denmark and the 1969 race to Ireland. Mr. Nye was also a member of the U.S. team that won the 1969 Admiral’s Cup. When his father could not compete, Nye continued with the sport, chalking up numerous wins with the 3rd and last Carina, a custom-built 48-foot sloop.
Wesley Austin Lash 68, Friendship, Maine
Wesley passed away on March 25. After college, he started working for his father at Lash Brothers Boatyard, finishing over 200 boats. He took over the Boatyard in 1985. His great love was boat racing. He was involved with the Friendship Boat Races and, with his sons, raced his boat, the Sea Flea. Wesley’s greatest joy was spending every 4th of July on Friendship Long Island with his family. There, “Pup” enjoyed showing his grandchildren how to do things “the oldfashioned way.” Wesley was very much involved with the Town of Friendship, starting with the fire department at age 19 and serving as fire chief for 10 years. He also served for many years as town selectman. Loved by all who knew him, Wesley took great pleasure in offering his advice about anything at coffee time at the boat shop. Donations may be made to the Friendship Fire Department, P. O. Box 207, Friendship, ME 04547. editor@pointseast.com
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In this Mecray painting, the 1930 America's Cup defender Enterprise passes the walking-beam steamer Mount Hope as she sails out of Rhode Island’s Narragansett Bay for her trials. She would prove unbeatable against Sir Thomas Lipton's Shamrock V later that summer.
John Mecray: Marine artist o those many people who appreciate and enjoy the exquisitely detailed marine artwork of John Mecray, it is a disturbing thought to know how easily he might not have chosen to be a painter of some of the world’s most beautiful sailing vessels. There was little doubt, though, that John would be some sort of an artist. When he was in nursery school, his mother recognized a talent for doing finger paintings, all of which she actually saved. And in his early years of elementary school, his sketches were remarkably good and caught people’s attention. His grade-school art teacher, Margaret Schellenger, recognizing John’s talent and interest in art, encouraged him further by giving him private lessons after his grandmother presented him with an oil painting set when he was only 10 years old. A little later, Agnes Hicks, who worked for the elder Mecrays, even sent, unbeknownst to John, one of his sketches to the Famous Artist School, a correspondence art school of the day, for evaluation. The school
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promptly contacted him, and he began taking illustration courses by mail. It was no great surprise – to anyone who knew John growing up in Cape May, N.J. – that he attended the renowned Philadelphia College of Art after high school. In 1957, after his junior year of college, John joined the U.S. Army, which promised him service in Europe. First stationed in the Bavarian town of Bayreuth with the 2nd Armored Cavalry, he soon transferred to Stuttgart with the 7th Army Symphony Orchestra and Soldier Shows Company, where he designed and built theater sets and posters. Later he worked briefly for the ominous sounding, 7th Army Psychological Warfare Unit, illustrating leaflets and posters. John’s artistic skill was not limited to illustration; he won a prize in the All Army Photo Contest during his tour of duty and says, now, that he very easily could have become a professional photographer. In fact, he has an impressive collection of old Leica cameras and has produced three volumes on the subject. Points East May 2013 103
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Military service afforded John the invaluable opportunity to visit the major art museums of Western Europe. Full of inspiration, and with a fresh eye, he returned to college, and while there obtained a contract to illustrate the Senior Girl Scout Handbook. Upon graduation he did assorted freelance work for a variety of clients including Bell Telephone, pharmaceutical companies, fashion magazines and even a manufacturer of prostheses. A foray into marine painting was spurred by an invitation in 1972 to crew aboard a 40-foot sailing vessel bound for the Virgin Islands. Many other voyages followed, and it was in this way that John acquired that incredible familiarity with nautical detail for which his works are now famous. But what really propelled John into his present vocation was a chance occurrence. One day, while walking the streets of Philadelphia, John spotted an intriguing painting of a yacht in the window of the renowned Sessler’s Bookstore. John inquired about the piece and found it had been painted by James E. Buttersworth, circa 1885. He purchased the painting and researched the artist. By fortune, he learned that the well-known yachtsman and CEO of Schaefer Brewing, Rudolph J. Schaefer, was finishing a book on Buttersworth and John contacted him. It turned out that Mr. Schaefer was unaware of the existence of the painting John had purchased. The two met as a result of this fact, and in the process Rudolph Schaeffer viewed some of John’s own work. So impressed was he that he purchased several of John’s pieces, and, more importantly, referred John to New York’s Kennedy Galleries. John’s paintings were immediately well received, and John recognized that he had found his niche. Marguerite Riordan of Stonington Conn., one of the preeminent American art and antiques dealers in the United States, has now been Mr. Mecray’s principal agent for over 20 years. Ms. Riordan has mounted two very successful exhibits of Mecray paintings and drawings and has placed his work with clients and several major collections around the country. A move to Newport, Rhode Island in 1976 logically resulted, and, coincidentally, his arrival there with his family corresponded with the arrival of the Tall Ships that summer. The following year, Newport hosted the 23rd defense of the America’s Cup, and John became friends with the likes of Ted Turner and Gary Jobson. Both bought his paintings, and it did not take long for John’s work to find an enthusiastic audience. John quickly became part of the Newport and Rhode Island scene. He restored an 18th-century house in the Historic Hill area of the city, was principal founder of the Museum of Yachting. He was one of the founders of the International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS), where he was instrumental in getting editor@pointseast.com
the historic schooner yacht Coronet under restoration. John is still on the board of IYRS, an active trustee emeritus, and is a member of the New York Yacht Club where he is on the Fine Arts Committee. John’s works are found anywhere there are yachtsmen. The latter recognize how realistically he portrays the scenes they have experienced. He has matured as an artist on an assortment of racing and cruising vessels and seen them in an array of sea, wind and light conditions. He knows how to portray crewmembers in action because he has himself performed their duties. In the cases where John paints historic vessels no longer in existence, he carefully studies existing photos, reads logs, or makes trips to places where there are rigged models, such as the New York Yacht Club in Manhattan or special marine-plans collections, such as the one at MIT. Painting a seascape is one thing, but if it cannot be accurately reproduced, then the artist’s skill cannot be fully appreciated. Mecray prints have been reproduced by stone lithography, offset lithography, and more recently by a process called Giclee, a very high-resolution digital print that can take nearly an hour and a half to print out. John is a man of many interests, cars in particular, such as his1936 MG/PB, Porsche Speedster and Vincent Black Shadow motorcycle He lives with his wife, Mary, on the northern end of Narragansett Bay’s Co-
nanicut Island, in a lovely contemporary home he designed, nestled in a pleasant copse. John’s studio runs nearly the length of his house. On easels there are works in progress, and on shelves there are stacks of finished prints. I watched with discomfort as Leo, the house cat, walked very close to valuable pieces on a bench. Evidently Leo knew to be careful because he didn’t walk across any prints, nor was he shooed away by John. In the living spaces of the comfortable Mecray home, none of John’s works appear. When I remarked that my neighbor had more Mecray prints on his wall space than he did, John simply laughed. He prefers to collect the roots of his trade, the period posters of ToulouseLautrec, Cassandre, and others. To each his own! Me? I’d take a Mecray over a Toulouse-Lautrec or Cassandre anytime. To view John’s works visit his website at www.mecray.com. Greg Coppa has been boating his whole life. He has been a teacher, and a writer at the communication firm of Cote & D'Ambrosio. He has also freelanced for three decades in assorted local, regional and national publications. A short story, “November Christmas,” was made into a recent Hallmark Hall of Fame movie. It and other collected works are found in “November Christmas and Other Short Stories,” available on Amazon.
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12’ 6 Dory Skiff Lap strake design complete with lug sail, oars, trailer. 2hp outboard. Ready to go. Located in N. Kingstown, Rhode Island.$2,600. Call 401-295-4683.
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12’ Skiff from Compass Project This Bevin’s Skiff was built by the Alternative Learning group from Wescott Junior High School. Length: 12 ft. Width: 4.5 ft. Weight: 120 lbs. $1,750 (plus tax). 207-774-0682. info@compassproject.org
spinnaker. Blue, gray Awlgrip, Harken deck gear. $4,500. Ideal for lake, pond setting. 781-545-9939 or 617-4351303.
mount, topping lift, wind tel. Excellent condition. 3.3hp Mariner outboard. Asking $4,000. 207-324-3949. 19’ Cape Dory Typhoon Good condition of sails with custom cushions, anchor, bracket for motor. Trailer included. $4,500. 207-5462824. Gouldsboro.
15’ Apprentice 15, 2011 Traditionally built double-ended daysailer designed by Kevin Carney. Cedar on white oak, lapstrake construction. Dynel deck, white oak trim. Sitka spruce spars. Nat Wilson sails. All bronze fastenings and hardware. Launched June 2011. Price: $20,000. Call Eric Stockinger at 207-594-1800 or email www.apprenticeshop.org info@apprenticeshop.org
19’ Stuart Mariner, 1988 Centerboard model. Lightly used. Updated sails, M&J and rigging, outboard bracket, cabin cushions, new porta potti, galvanized trailer. $6800, Portsmouth area. 603-969-9983 romay@comcast.net 23’ Sea Sprite, 1979 New sails, AWLGRIP & engine. $8,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
16’ H12 1/2 Doughdish, 2004 Main, jib, spinnaker, sail and cockpit covers, Triad trailer. Sailing and docking gear. Excellent condition. $27,500. 207-563-3156
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22’ Bristol 22, 1973 Fabulous sailor, overnighter or weekender. A 22’ with a Bristol 30’ layout. Great condition. Main & 2 Jibs. 10hp Suzuki outboard. $2500. or BO. Old Saybrook, CT. rrooke@comcast.net 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. $42,000. 207-244-7854. billw@jwboatco.com
Rozinante in existence. Beautiful to look at, even better to sail. 2013 survey, and photos available on request. Price reduced to $31,500. jjmargolis@yahoo.com
26’ Ranger 26, 1974 In very good condition with 5 sails, roller furler. No outboard. $2000 firm. 207-223-8885 or email info@winterportmarine.com 27’ Columbia, 1979 $11,50011,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 28’ Luders, 1981 Yanmar 18.2hp 85 hrs. Stored inside, Rockland, Maine. Contact John Morin 207 691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com
28’ Southern Cross, 1978 Sailaway condition. Spruce Head, Maine. 13hp Volvo Penta Diesel. 2003 sails and rigging. Basic gear/electronics. 4’8 draft. $12,500. Hooper Brooks, 914-483-7765. hooper.brooks@gmail.com 29’ Bayfield Cutter Rig, 1986 Well built big little boat, well cared for, great interior design with shallow draft, private head w/shower, 16hp Yanmar. $25,500 Call Regent Point Marina at 804-758-4457. www.regentpointmarina dockmaster@regentpointmarina.com
24’ Dolphin Sloop by Lunn Laminates #200. Centerboard, 6 sails, roller reefing Genoa, Palmer Husky 8hp rebuilt ‘96 & 2006. Includes unused GPS new 2009 and an inflatable dinghy. $6,500. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
28’ Sabre, 1974 Well built, clean, comfortable, easy to sail. Full-battened main, 135%, 150%, 165%, and spinnaker. Radio, compass, electronics, Edson wheel, furler, jiffy reefing. Many extras. $12,900. Contact : Roger @ 401-465-6242 rogerchauvette@cox.net
28’ Rozinante, 1972 ROZINANTE was built for L. Francis Herreshoff by the renowned Ole LieNielsen, 1972. Mahogany over oak; longleaf-pine deadwood, bronze-fastened. Refastened to the waterline, 2009-10. Probably the most authentic
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30’ Aage Nielsen-Walsted K/CB Yawl, 1960. A lovely CCA-era yawl designed by Aage Nielsen, built to very high standards by the Walsted yard in Denmark. $45,500. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com
30’ Pearson 30, 1972 Hull #100 by Fairhaven Yacht Works, all orig. equipment onboard, and has a diesel engine and a new jib. Well maintained. New price, $10,900 OBO. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 30’ American Sail Boat, 1992 Honda. Loaded, Rockland, Maine. Asking $44,500. Contact John Morin 207 691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com
29’ C & C, 1983 $12,000. Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 30’Pearson, 1974 Older boat in great shape with newer engine. 2005 20hp Universal with about 150hrs. Given the price this is a great value. $8,000. Call 207-6330773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com 30’ Island Packet 27, 1988 Cutter, 30’x10.5’x3.67’, full keel, 6’ 2 headroom. Easy single handler. Engine
26’ Muscongus Bay Sloop, 1983 Completely re-built by Atlantic Challenge Maine in 2003. Excellent condition. Gamble & Hunter sails. Spruce spars, fiberglass over strip 1 cedar hull. Yanmar 2 cylinder diesel. Breakers, 5 compass, GPS. VHF & depth-
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55,000 207-244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 32’ Westsail Cutter, 1975 World cruiser. Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 30’ Knarr Class, 1955 Skoal is a 1955 Knarr Class. See website for details. www.northeastboat.com
30’ Alberg 30 The ultimate Classic. She is a real head turner of a beauty. Completely refurbished in 2007, including new Beta Marine 20hp diesel with 74 freshwater hours, main and jib, Awlgrip, etc. Boat also has radar, GPS, knot, depth, VHF, 130 Genoa, furling, bright exterior teak. 207-671-0540 or email for more details and pictures. Asking $22,739. comonsno@gmail.com
31’ Southern Cross, 1977 High quailty, versatile crusing yacht designed by naval architect Thomas Gillmer & built to traditional specs by CE Ryder. Well maintained above and below. $29,900 or best offer. Call 617908-2048. sfbailey88@yahoo.com
31’ Grampion, 1967 Full keel sloop, made in Canada, Atomic 4 engine. Auto helm, roller furling, sleeps 4, GPS, plotter, radar, depth sounder, propane stove. $16,500. 207497-2701 info@jonesportshipyard.com
33’ Hinterhoeller Nonsuch 33 1990. DEPARTURE Excellent condition, numerous upgrades. Inside winter storage at Yankee Marina in Yarmouth, Me. $135,000. More details at www.sailboatlistings.com keyword:34432. Call Dick Barker 207650-8125. barker87@comcast.net 32’ C&C 1980 Very well maintained. New lazy jacks, bilge pump, hot water heater, new head throughout, re-upholstered cushions, discharge seacock, stuffing box. Survey 2011. $28,900. For details & photos 603-321-6912. queenbeeiam@comcast.net
32’ Rhodes Chesapeake, 1961 Built by Danboats of Denmark. Excellent condition. Solid fiberglass hull, solid teak trim, aluminum mast and stainless rigging. Owned by same family since 1983, completely professionally rebuilt and maintained. Hull painted recently, new main in 2010, working jib, 150 genoa. Interior cushions, dodger, sail cover, Raymarine chart plotter, propane stove two burner, Lewmar bronze self tailing winches new 2003, BBQ, swim ladder, stereo w/cd player, custom fitted canvas cover and frame. $26,000. Call 508-563-3719 or email pat291@verizon.net 32’ Whistler 32, 1981 Designed by CW Paine and built by the highly regarded Able Marine. Deep bulwarks and a cat ketch rig make her an easily driven, comfortable vessel.
33’ J-100 Simple & elegant this J100 has new main and jib (2011) with reaching and running spinakers. New Raymarine C120 and B&G electronics. Great preforming boat to take out family and friends for a race or a ride. $98,000. 207-2444-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com
33’ Crowninshield Sloop, 1919 Sir Tom is a 1910 Crowninshield design. See website for details. www.northeastboat.com 33’ Prior Coaster, 1988 Substantial motorsailer built to a high standard to provide good performance under sail and power. A must see. $68,900. Call 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
33’ Tartan Ten Excellent condition. Seven sails. 2010 Yanmar 15hp - 10 hours run time. New interior. $14,900. Located Newington, NH. dickh6154@gmail.com 34’ Pacific Seacraft Stoutly built this easily handled blue water sailer is ready to head offshore backed by the strength, quality and safety inherent in these vessels. $129,000 call 207-244-7854 or email . billw@jwboatco.com
34’ John G. Hanna Gulfweed Yawl. In excellent condition. Stored indoors in Belfast. Very fine construction throughout. Owner needs to sell. $26,900. David Etnier Boat Brokerage, 207-522-7572. www.etnierboats.com david@etnierboats.com 34’ J34 Sloop, 1989 This is no average J-Boat. She is very well maintained and it shows. $69,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 34’ Tartan, 1971 With diesel engine. $14,500. Call 207633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com 34’ Pearson, 1984 $37,500 Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
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33’ Tartan 10 Race winner - sleeps 6, excellent Yanmar (low usage) diesel motor. 6 Sails. Complete hull overhaul in 2012. $19,500. Call 603-891-0299 and leave message.
34’ Sea Sprite, 1982 Classic Bill Luders design. Universal diesel sleeps 5. Hull waxed, bottom painted. $37,500. Call 508-221-5649 or email myelayna@aol.com
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POWER 16’ Lund Laker, 2002 With a 40hp Honda and a trailer. $7,700 Contact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.com 35’ Sloop, 1936 Pleiades Built in 1936 at the A.H. Kin yard in Hong Kong to a Ross design. Beam 8’6, draught 6’2, displacement 8 tons. Teak planking on iroco frames, teak decks, varnished mahogany deck joinery and varnished spars. New Beta diesel. A sailor’s cruising boat. Contact Islesboro Marine Enterprises, Islesboro, Maine. 207-734-6433.
18’ Tidewater 180CC LOA 17’8, beam 7’9, draft 10, fuel cap. 40 gal, Max HP 115. An 18 footer that feels much bigger with a very dry ride running 40 mph. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
21’ Boston Whaler Conquest 2000. With a 2000 225hp Evinrude. Has new Garmin GPS Chart Plotter and Fish Finder too. $23,500 Contact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.com 21’ Bristol Harbor Center Console. LOA 21’3-5/8, beam 8’5, draft 14. The 21CC has classic lines and is great for fishing and family cruising. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
36’ Cape Dory, 1981 $49,500. Call David Perry, Robinhood Marine Center, 800-255-5206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
36’ Catalina 36 MKII, 2006 Wingkeel, $149,900. Inmast main, rollerfurl, Raymarine E120, chartplotter, radar, autopilot, Tridata display, prop cutter, many extras as: full cockpit screen/glass enclosure. 207-8488139 thmorris@roadrunner.com 37’ Gulfstar Sloop, 1977 The 37’ Gulfstar is known as a safe, lively performer and this owner has owned her for approximately 30 years. He has maintained her well along with the help of one of Maine’s finest boatyards. $35,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com
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18’ Runabout, 1996 Glass over marine plywood. All plywood coated with epoxy. Two 40hp Honda outboards with 145 hours. Radar, GPS, depth sounder, full mooring cover, trailer. $7,500. Islesboro Marine, 207-734-6433. 19’ Maritime Skiff w/trailer. On order. $30,000. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
22’ PYY 22 Maine designed and built PYY 22 models for sale. Closed molded, full liner, fast, fuel efficient, incredibly stable, and beautifully finished. Fisherman base price $41,900. Picnic-style base price $69,900. 207-439-3967. Ask for George or Tom. www.kpbb.net jglessner@kpyy.net.
22’ Banks Cove 22, 2002 Lobster cabin model powered by Honda 130hp 4-stroke w/350 hours. Very good condition. $50,000. 207677-2024. www.pemaquidmarine.com info@pemaquidmarine.com
22’ Norwegian Snekke Huge cockpit. Diesel inboard. Call for details. 207 831-3168, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
20’ Eastporter, 1990 New 60hp Etec, w/trailer. $11,500. 207-799-3600. www.thetyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 21’6 Tidewater 216CC Beam 8’6, draft 14, fuel capacity 70 gal., max. HP 225. A smooth, dry ride with big fish features; dual livewells, large fish boxes, gunwale rod storage and large console for electronics. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-4439781 www.scandiayachts.com
22’ Pulsifer Hampton, 2000 Great condition. Offered at $25,900. Call 207-831-3168, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales. www.boatinginmaine.com
22’ Sisu Express Rugged construction, very reliable, 2005 Johnson 115hp, Bimini top, VHF Radio, swim platform, fresh water wash down, portable head, double axle trailer. Email or call 781-631-5392. emmeg143@hotmail.com
23’ Tidewater 230CC LOA 23’, beam 8’10, draft 15, fuel capacity 103 gal., a big 23 footer designed to be a great offshore fishing machine. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com 24’ Hydra-Sports 2390, 2000 Center Console with T-Top. With a 225hp DFI Evinrude, electronics and a
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tandem trailer. $29,900 Contact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine,com 24’ Robalo 240 Center Console. $59,000. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
24’ Seaway Offshore, 2012 Factory demo/photo boat. Nicely equipped and geared for the offshore fisherman. 150hp Yamaha. Call for complete specs: 603 652-9213. Easternboats@metrocast.net 25’ Hydra-Sports 2450, 1997 Walk-around, with a 2007 225hp Evinrude E-Tec. $37,000 Contact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.co m 25’ Rosborough, 2006 Volvo D-3 400hrs. Garmin. Separate head, V-berth, galley. Asking $89,900. Contact John Morin 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com bobauvergne@gmail.com 25’ Rosborough RF246, 1993 Hull #84. (2) 1994 Honda 45hp fourstroke outboards. Fully outfitted and documented. Well maintained. Fueled and ready for the season. Hallowell, Maine. $35,000. 207-629-9180 www.tardis246.wordpress.com/about
26’ Webbers Cove PB26, 1999 Yanmar diesel. Offered at $79,000. Call 207-899-0909, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales. www.boatinginmaine.com
28’ Wellcraft 2800, 1987 Coastal Offshore Fisherman with twin MerCruiser inboards (fairly new) loaded with extras. $10,000. Call Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.com
walk-through transom door. The cabin is light-filled and roomy with galley-up. Ocean Springs, MS $235,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com 32’ Down East New 32’ Carroll Lowell Down East design, cedar on white oak, silicon bronze fastenings, hull, trunk, deck, done, fuel tanks, shaft, rudder installed, will finish to your custom design, work or pleasure. 508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/ jmkarbott@aol.com
28’ Cape Dory Open Fisherman Softtop, 1989 The best-maintained Cape Dory 28 that we have seen. $59,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 30’ Royal Lowell 30 Wooden lobster yacht, cedar on oak, bronze fastened, available at present stage of completion with option for completion. $75,000 Traditional Boat, LLC 207-322-0157. www.mainetraditionalboat.com 28’ Albin 28, 2003 Flush Deck Gatsby Edition, Transom Bench Seat, Raymarine Plotter/Radar, Yanmar Diesel, New Awl-grip paint job 2011. $96,900, Belfast, ME 207-4156973 www.curtisyachtbrokerage.com
32’ Nordic Tug, 2007 Boarding her Michelle said I could live on her! We’ve loved LESSER LIGHT 5 summers & an adventure to Key West. She’s loved us back. (3 gal/hr.) $229,950/bo. 860-550-3682. lesserlight1941@gmail.com 30’ Sea Ray Weekender, 1989 Shows like 2009. Offered at $18,900. Call 207-831-3168, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
32’ Grand Banks Sedan, 1985 $97,500. Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
28’ Nauset 28 Hardtop, 2001 Built for cruising, galley-up; 220hp Cummins, coldplate ref, davits, windlass & 50’ chain, full electronics, lots of storage, much more. $75,000. Cape Cod: 508-432-1210. bnbcraig1982@verizon.net 28’ Crowley Beal, 1998 6.5 Liter 300hp 1200hrs. Great commuter, Midcoast, Maine. Asking $61,000. Contact John Morin, 207 691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com 29’ Back Cove Hardtop, 2005 A well equipped example of the very popular Back Cove 29. Her optional equipment list includes a full electronics package with a Raymarine C120 12 color display, an autopilot, GPS and radar, as well as air conditioning, Navy blue hull, windlass, inverter and much more. $143,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com
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29’ Dyer Hardtop, 1978 315hp Yanmar 225 hours. Galley, separate head, stored inside. Rockland, Maine. Asking $79,000. Contact John Morin, Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com
31’ Eastern, 2007 Factory Demo, equipped for lobstering w/pot hauler and offshore fishing. Volvo 370 - Full Electronics. A fisherman’s dream. $115,000. Call for complete specs 603-652-9213 Easternboats@metrocast.net 31’ Duffy 31, 2006 BILDA is perfect for cruising the coast or open ocean fishing. New Bedford, MA $245,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com
34’ Lobster Boat, 1952 34’ Jonesport style lobster boat Xanna II. Built 1952 of cedar on oak. New 160hp Yanmar diesel. Nicely refurbished wheelhouse and cabin and many other improvements. Goes great. Contact Islesboro Marine Enterprises, Islesboro, Maine. 207-7346433.
31’ Duffy 31, 2006 WIND DOWN was built to cruise. Swim platform, built-in storage well,
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34’ Webbers Cove, 1970 Low hour Cummins, perfectly equipped for two, very well maintained. $56,500. David Etnier Boat Brokerage, 207-522-7572. www.etnierboats.com david@etnierboats.com
35’ Bruno Stillman, 1979 Cat 3316-1997- 1,500 hrs. Extensive re-fit. All new systems. New fuel, water tanks, plumbing, electrical. New shaft, bearings prop and cushions throughout. New bottom. Very clean $79,000. Stamford, CT. 203-352-7830 or e-mail for pics mtaylor@daymon.com
36’ Grand Bank Classic, 1983 Ready to cruise. Two staterooms with heads/showers. Diesel rebuilt 2007 (700 hours). GPS-Radar overlay (2008). Must see. $115,000. Rhode Island 401-556-1940. mistapproachiii@gmail.com 37’ Duffy 37, 2001 TIME OUT was custom-built for sport fishing. Flybridge, full compliment of electronics, live well, tuna door, outriggers. Maine $249,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com
34’ Mainship, 1979 170hp Yanmar diesel, 300 hrs. Major refit all systems 2005 - Garmin chartplotter and radar. See at Midcoast Marine, Winterport, Maine. $59,000. 207-848-4977
36’ Clifford Alley, 1971 Clifford Alley lobster/picnic, fully restored, ready to go, large forward cabin area $37,500. Contact David Etnier Boat Brokerage for details. 207522-7572. www.etnierboats.com david@etnierboats.com
34.5’ Avanti Flybridge, 1996 Dual control stations, twin 454 gas engines, fresh water cooled, w/many options included, yacht condition. Asking $33,500. Located at Carousel Marina, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 207-6332922 jackcogswell41@yahoo.com
36’ Lobster Boat, 1973 Alley built lobster boat. New shaft and wheel in 2008. $6,000. Can be seen at Ocean Point Marina, East Boothbay, Maine. 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
35’ Bruno Stillman, 1980 2001 355hp CAT 1,000 hrs, bow thruster, windlass, with major refit in 2010 incl. heat & a/c, Raymarine E120, new steering & rudder, and new salon interior. All systems updated; this is a must see. $99,500. in Portsmouth, NH. 207-363-9212 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
36’ Calvin Beal 370hp Yanmar w/375 hrs. Rugged and beautifully finished for cruising. Meticulous. Turn key vessel, light use. Price reduced. $258,000. cakgreer@yahoo.com 36’ Ellis Flybridge, 2001 Must see. Call David Perry, Robinhood Marine Center, 800-255-5206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
38’ Stanley, 1984 Stanley 38 Fishwife. First Stanley 38 built in 1984 and owned by the same family since her launch. She is in excellent condition. $285,000. 207-2447854 or billw@jwboatco.com 38’ Bayliner 3818, 1982 Well maintained boat with lots of room. Great for cruising or cottage on the water. $59,900. Call 207-6330773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
38’ Fisher Fairways Trawler 1978. Twin Ford Sabre diesels, roomy, comfortable, economical, stable. Many upgrades 2010-2011. $117,500. call 207-497-2701 or email info@jonesportshipyard.com 42’ Duffy 42, 2006 LADY DIANA was designed and built
for all-out sport fishing. Flybridge, tuna tower, five steering stations, live bait well, insulated fish hold, tuna door, extensive electronics and navigation, 1000hp Caterpillar C18, safety equipment. All the interior creature comforts. Galveston, TX $569,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com 42’ Duffy 42, 1997 ZORA is rigged for tuna. Full tower, large insulated fish hold, out riggers, green stick. High, wide, and handsome ZORA is ready to fish. MA $245,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com Seaway Boats Now taking orders for new 2013 models. If you boat in the northern half of Maine, please contact Lake & Sea Boatworks for a quote on your new Seaway. We have been in business since 1991 and have been a Seaway dealer since 2005. Lake & Sea Boatworks offer full powerboat service & storage including Suzuki & Tohatsu outboards, fiberglass repair, wood maintenance and electronics installation. Call 207-288-8961, email, or visit our website. www.lakeandsea.com sales@lakeandsea.com
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10 1/2’ & 12’ Skiffs Maine style and quality. Epoxy bonded plywood/oak, S/S screws. Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot. Primer paint. $1,150 and $1,500. Maxwell’s Boat Shop. Rockland, Maine. 207-3900300. jmax@midcoast.com Abandoned Boat Sale 25’ Oday $1200, 26’ Paceship $2500. Handy Boat Service, 207-781-5110.
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handyboat.com handyboat@maine.rr.com Waterfront Property Location, location, location. Grand Manan Island. Year-round two-bedroom house, bath - porch - garage. View of: lighthouse, ferry, whales, eagles. $400,000. Jack, 603-772-7138. 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
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 Launch Driver Wanted Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth NH, invites part time launch driver/steward applicants. Schedule needs include Tuesday, Thursday and Friday afternoons and evening as well as weekends and holidays. Duties while not driving including upkeep of club and grounds. Requires Coast Guard limited launch driver credentials and random drug tests. Call Tim 603770-8378
Boat Building & Repair Dave Miliner 36 years in the Marine Industry Professional, Quality Work at an Affordable Price ●
Major Fiberglass repairs Gelcoat and Awlgrip resurfacing ● Woodwork New boat construction
Offshore Passage Opportunities Your Offshore Sailing Network. Sail for free on OPB’s. Learn by doing. Gain Quality Sea time towards your lifetime goals. Sail on different boats with different skippers to learn what works and what does not. Want to be a paid skipper? Build seatime and network with pro skippers. We are the crew network for the ARC, Caribbean 1500, NARC, World ARC Rally, Salty Dog Rally, Newport/Bermuda Race and delivery skippers worldwide. Helping Sailors Sail Offshore Since 1993. Learn more and join online at www.sailopo.com or call-1800-4-PASSAGe (1-800-472-7724). Keep the Dream Alive for the cost of a good winch handle. www.sailopo.com New Location Sawyer & Whitten Marine Electronics has moved its Portland location to a bigger brighter new store with dockage just outside our back door which allows our customers to pull their boats right up to our dock for service or installations. We also have big bay garage access for those rainy day installations. Please come visit our new location at 36 Union Wharf, Portland Maine 04101. 207-879-4500. www.sawyerwhitten.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 jglessner@kpyy.net.
Bay Marine 603-436-5299 or email@greatbaymarine.com
Slips, Moorings, Dinghy Dock In Rockland 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@ 207-594-4899 or 207-596-9171(c). stenmgt@midcoast.com Moorings Available Kittery Point Yacht Yard has moorings available for the 2013 summer season. Very well protected and just inside the mouth of the Piscataqua River. Don’t wait - call now for information: 207439-9582 or email jglessner@kpyy.net. Boat Storage Kittery Point Yacht Yard has two waterfront locations with plenty of off-season storage space available. Store with KPYY and our full service yard and factory trained technicians are available if you need us. Call to join our family of customers: 207-439-9582 or email jglessner@kpyy.net.
Fiberglass Repair Position 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 experience to www.yankeemarina.com deborah@yankeemarina.com
Gift From the Sea Harbor Fish Market has been supplying customers locally and nationwide with fresh seafood for over 40 years. Contact us to arrange a gift from the sea, delivered fresh to the door nationwide. 800-370-1790 www.harborfish.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
Handyman Service Besides residential and commercial construction, Maine Coast Construction also offers a Handyman Service to take care of those maintenance jobs on your list so you’re free to pursue
your passion - boats & boating. Contact us with your to-do list today. Serving Mid Coast Maine since 1968. 207-236-6000. 107 Elm Street, Camden, Maine wwwmainecoastconstruction.com Moorings Available Boothbay Region Boatyard has seasonal moorings available, $950. We are located in well protected Ebenecook Harbor, with free launch service, parking, showers, laundry and a well stocked ship store. Email Amy or call us at 207-633-2970. www.brby.com dockmaster@brby.com Mercury, Yamaha Service Kennebunkport Marina has the only factory trained Mercury and Yamaha technicians located on the water in Kennebunkport to service all of your mechnical needs. www.kennebunkportmarina.com managerkport@roadrunner.com Power Boat Rental Kennebunkport Marina now offers a power boat rental program. Come pick out your boat and go fishing for the big one. Call 207-967-3411. www.kennebunkportmarina.com managerkport@roadrunner.com Kennebunkport Boat Club Kennebunkport Marina is unveiling The Kennebunkport Boat Club. Call 967-3411 for details. Become a charter member of The Kennebunkport Boat Club. www.kennebunkportmarina.com managerkport@roadrunner.com
More Heated Storage At Gamage Shipyard Worry-free heated storage, conscientious care in new building. South Bristol offers ideal location amid Midcoast Maine’s spectacular cruising grounds. Competitive rates. Fine repair services, too. Reserve now: 207-644-8181. gamageshipyard.com gamage@tidewater.net
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www.milinermarine.com email: dmiliner@msn.com
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Marblehead 781.639.0001
Dockage Portland Harbor Seasonal/transient slips available for 2013. Slips include power, water, clean showers/laundry facilities, restaurant on site & dinghy dock in Portland’s Old Port. Call (207) 767-4729. www.sunset-marina.com info@sunsetmarina.com
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Seasonal Moorings Handy Boat as one of Maine’s premier boat yards, located in the heart of Casco Bay, has seasonal moorings available for up to 65’. Enjoy all our new restaurant and marine facilities have to offer. Call now for this great opportunity. 207-781-5110 http://handyboat.com/
nient, safest, well lighted facility with the cleanest showers and laundry room for only $395/season. This includes dock privileges for wash down, loading/unloading, water & more. Water Taxi service by Two-Toots. Call today for worry-free access to your moored vessel. CFMI Kevin 207-5944899 or 207-596-9171(c). stenmgt@midcoast.com
Sea Kayaks Two Chesapeake Lightcraft 17 ft sea kayaks in perfect condition. Handcrafted in Marblehead. Fully equipped with branch paddles, skirts, vest, float bags and pump. Each kits cost $900 and took 120 hours to make - that is 15 full days of labor to make. Just $600 over the kit price, plus all the extras. 781-631-0085 or email. $1500 each - cash and carry. pblaisdell@verizon.net
Selling or Buying? We are always happy to discuss either when it comes to quality, well-maintained boats. Both recreational and commercial. Consider utilizing the services of a broker who shares your passion for boats and boating. David Etnier Boat Brokerage. Contact David at 207-522-7572. www.etnierboats.com david@etnierboats.com
Rockland’s Dinghy Central HQ The Landings Marina offers moored boats in the downtown section of Rockland the largest, most conve-
Business for Sale American Sailing Assn. Training Center and Yacht Charters business for sale. Mystic, CT. 860-460-0978
CHARTER & RENTAL “We’re on the job, so you can be on the water.”
Charter Maine! Bareboat • Crewed • Power • Sail Trawlers • DownEast Cruisers
Yacht North Charters
Listings Wanted Quality commercial fishing vessel listings wanted. Maine fishermen should consider listing their vessels with David Etnier Boat Brokerage for prompt service and knowledgeable and effective sales effort. Reasonable commission. Please contact David directly to learn more. 207-522-7572. www.etnierboats.com david@etnierboats.com
Sail Alaska this Summer Sail Glacier Bay. Sound Sailing provides captained/crewed charters aboard our comfortable 50’ Morgan/Catalina, for up to 6 guests in 4 double berths. Join us this summer for whales, fishing, sailing, hiking, kayaking, and exploring our Alaskan dream. 907-887-9446. http://www.soundsailing.com capt.blain@soundsailing.com Business for Sale American Sailing Assn. Training Center and Yacht Charers businessfor sale. Mystic, Conn. 860-460-0978. SailSounds@aol.com
Selling your boat? Do you have a boat to sell ? Always looking for quality listings. Call 207831-3168. Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
Boat Transport Best rates, fully insured. Nationwide and ocean freight. Reliable service. Rob Lee, Maritime. 508-758-9409. www.marinasandtransport.com boattransport@comcast.net
Reserve YOUR Island Now! www.island40.com Charles Andrew
www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com
Tessie Ann
Georgetown, Maine 800-255-5206
Charter Phoenix 40’ C&C Maine & Caribbean Boat is well equipped with in-boom furling main and electric furling jib.
Contact Jan at Bayview Rigging & Sails Inc.
207-846-8877
182 Christopher Rd, Suite 1, North Yarmouth, ME 04097-6733 207-221-5285 • info@yachtnorth.com • www.yachtnorth.com
W omen Under Sail Live Aboard Sailing Instructions - Casco Bay, Maine LUXURY CHARTERS
For Women ~By Women, Aboard 44’ Avatrice
“ If you can learn to sail in Maine, you can sail anywhere.”
e-mail: sailing@gwi.net
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For charter reservations call: (207) 244-5511 www.MorrisCharters.com
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Spend the day, or a few hours
100 essex street mystic 860.536.6588 www.mysticshipyard.com
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SEASONAL SLIPS & MOORINGS AVAILABILITY Call these marinas to reserve your Spot for the 2013 Season! MARINA listed geographically
LOCATION
TEL
WEBSITE
SLIPS
MAX LOA
CONNECTICUT
Brewer Yacht Haven Marina Brewer Stratford Marina Brewer Bruce & Johnson's Marina Brewer Pilots Point Marina Brewer Dauntless Shipyard Brewer Ferry Point Marina Brewer Deep River Marina Brewer Yacht Yard at Mystic Mystic Shipyard
MAX MOORINGS LOA
Stamford Stratford Branford Westbrook Essex Old Saybrook Deep River Mystic Mystic
203-359-4500 203-377-4477 203-488-8329 860-399-7906 860-767-0001 860-388-3260 860-526-5560 860-536-2293 860-536-6588
www.byy.com/Stamford www.byy.com/Stratford www.byy.com/Branford www.byy.com/Westbrook www.byy.com/Essex www.byy.com/oldsaybrook www.byy.com/deepriver www.byy.com/Mystic www.mysticshipyard.com
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
120’ 90’ 60’ 100’ 60’ 60’ 50’ 65’ 65’
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30’
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Yes __ __
50’ __ __
Wickford Warwick Warwick Barrington Portsmouth Portsmouth
401-884-7014 401-884-0544 401-884-1810 401-246-1600 401-683-3551 401-683-4000
www.byy.com/Wickford www.byy.com/Warwick www.byy.com/Warwick www.byy.com/Barrington www.byy.com/Portsmouth www.NEBoatworks.com
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
100’ 50’ 125’ 60’ 40’ 70’
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New Bedford Mattapoisett Bourne Cataumet North Falmouth Marion Plymouth Salem Salem Newburyport
508-997-7390 508-758-3812 508-563-7136 508-563-9366 508-564-6327 508-748-0541 508-746-4500 978-740-9890 978-744-2727 978-465-3022
www.niemiecmarine.com www.mattapoisettboatyard.com www.kingmanyachtcenter.com www.parkersboatyard.com www.byy.com www.burrbros.com www.byy.com/plymouth www.byy.com/salem www.pickeringwharf.com www.merri-maryachtbasin.com
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
120’ __
Yes Yes Yes Yes __
70’ 50’ 120’ 50’ __
Yes __ Yes __
65’ __ __ __
Yes
60’
Newington Hampton
603-436-5299 603-929-1422
www.greatbaymarine.com Yes 50’ www.hamptonrivermarina.com Yes __
Yes Yes
50’ 65’
RHODE ISLAND
Brewer Wickford Cove Marina Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina Brewer Cove Haven Marina Brewer Sakonnet New England Boatworks
MASSACHUSETTS
Niemiec Marine Mattapoisett Kingman Yacht Center Parker’s Boat Yard Brewer Fiddler's Cove Marina Burr Brothers Boats Brewer Plymouth Marine Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina Pickering Wharf Marina Merri-Mar Yacht Basin
120’ 50’ 65’ 65’ 150’ 65’ 65’ 100’
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Great Bay Marine Hampton River Marina
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SEASONAL SLIPS & MOORINGS AVAILABILITY Call these marinas to reserve your Spot for the 2013 Season!
MARINA listed geographically
LOCATION
TEL
SLIPS
MAX LOA
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25’ 150' 200’ 200’ 35'/46' __
Yes Yes Yes www.dolphinmarinaandrestaurant.com Yes www.greatislandboatyard.com Yes www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com Yes www.brby.com Yes www.carouselmarina.com Yes www.oceanpointmarina.com Yes www.LindaBeansPerfectMaine.com __ www.rocklandlandingsmarina.com Yes www.journeysendmarina.com Yes www.knightmarineservice.com __ __ www.apprenticeshop.org __ www.oceanpursuits.com
45’ 65' 65’ 65' 70' 65' 25'/50' 75' 140’ __
www.frontstreetshipyard.com www.winterportmarine.com www.hamlinsmarina.com www.atlanticboat.com www.morrisyachts.com www.jwboatco.com www.morrisyachts.com
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WEBSITE
MAX MOORINGS LOA
MAINE
Kittery Point Yacht Yard Marston’s Marina South Port Marine Sunset Marina Portland Yacht Services Maine Yacht Center Handy Boat Yarmouth Boat Yard Yankee Marina & Boatyard Brewer South Freeport Dolphin Marina Great Island Boat Yard Robinhood Marine Center Boothbay Region Boatyard Carousel Marina Ocean Point Marina Port Clyde General Store Landings Marina Journeys End Knight Marine Service Apprenticeshop Ocean Pursuits Front Street Shipyard Winterport Marine Hamlin’s Marina Atlantic Boat Morris Service John Williams Boat Company Morris Service
Kittery Saco South Portland South Portland Portland Portland Falmouth Yarmouth Yarmouth South Freeport Harpswell Harpswell Georgetown Boothbay Harbor Boothbay Harbor East Boothbay Port Clyde Rockland Rockland Rockland Rockland Rockland Belfast Winterport Hampden Brooklin Bass Harbor Mount Desert Northeast Harbor
207-439-9582 207-283-3727 207-799-8191 207-767-4729 207-774-1067 207-842-9000 207-781-5110 207-846-9050 207-846-4326 207-865-3181 207-833-5343 207-729-1639 207-371-2525 207-633-2970 207-633-2922 207-633-0773 207-372-6543 207-596-6573 207-594-4444 207-594-4068 207-594-1800 207-596-7357 207-930-3740 207-223-8885 207-941-8619 207-359-4658 207-244-5509 207-244-5600 207-276-5300
www.kpyy.net www.marstonsmarina.com www.southportmarine.com www.sunset-marina.com www.portlandyacht.com www.maineyacht.com www.handyboat.com www.yarmouthboatyard.com www.yankeemarina.com www.byy.com/South Freeport
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54' 45' __ __ __
Yes 108’ __ __ Yes 60’
Yes Yes __
65’ 45’ __
Yes __
60’ __
Yes Yes __
65’ 40’ __
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes __
42' 65' 70’ 65' 50’ 45’ 50’ 50' 60' __
Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes __
50' 35' 70' 160’ 50’ 40' 60' 70’ 60' __
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Advertiser index North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Allied Boat Works . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Hallett Canvas & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Apprenticeshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Hamilton Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Northeast Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Arborvitae Woodworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Hamlin's Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 55
nv-charts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
Atlantic Outboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Handy Boat Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 43
Ocean Point Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Bamforth Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Hansen Marine Engineering . . . . . . .3, 78,108
Ocean Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Bay of Maine Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Harraseeket Lunch and Lobster Co. . . . . . . .56
Padebco Custom Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Bayview Rigging & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . .28,101
Harvest Moon Pizza . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Parker’s Boat Yard,Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Bee’s Knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Haut Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Paul E Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Beta Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Hercules SLR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Penobscot Bay Rendezvous . . . . . . . . .59,101
BFC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Herreshoff Marine Museum . . . . . . . . .100,104
Penobscot Maritime Museum . . . . . . . . . . .101
Black Rock Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Hinckley Yacht Services . . . . . . .17, 50, 58, 69
Phoenix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Bluenose Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71
Island Mooring Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Pickering Wharf Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Boat U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Islesboro Marine Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Pierce Yacht Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52
Boatwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24
J & W Marine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Piper Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Bohndell Sails & Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
J-Way Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17
Pope Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Boothbay Region Boatyard . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 58
J.R. Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Pope’s Island Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21
Bowden Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Jackson’s Hardware & Marine . . . . . . . . . . .81
Portland Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,40
Bravo Marine Associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Jamestown Distributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5
Red Brook Harbor Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . .68
Brewer Plymouth Marine . . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 58
John Williams Boat Company . . . . . . . .26,106
Rhode Island Marine Trade Association . . . .13
Brewer Yacht Yards and Marinas . . . . .101,119
Jonesport Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Rhode Island Yacht Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Broad Cove Marine Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Journey's End Marina . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 58,65
Robinhood Marine .3, 17, 20, 69, 101, 107, 115
Brooklin Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Kennebunkport Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24, 74
Royal River Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28, 51
Burr Brothers Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17
Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor . . . . . . . . .109
Rumery's Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Cape Cod Maritime Museum . . . . . . . . . . .101
Kingman Yacht Center . . . . . .3, 17, 50, 58, 69
SailMaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Capt. Jay Michaud Marine Surveyor . . . . . .114
Kittery Point Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 15, 17
Sakonnet Point Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Carousel Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51, 82
Kneisel Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Salty Boats of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Chase, Leavitt & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Lake & Sea Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Sawyer & Whitten . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 50, 69
Chebeague Island Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Landfall Navigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Scandia Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Cisco Brewers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Seal Cove Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 25
City of Newport . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Maine Coast Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Shape Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Conanicut Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Maine Sailing Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 100
SK Marine Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69
CPT Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Maine Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42,51
Sound Marine Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Crocker's Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17
Maine-ly Titles, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
South Port Marine . . . . . . . . . . .17, 66, 74, 78
Crosby Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
Manchester Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 57, 69
Standout Yacht Fittings, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Custom Float Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27
Marblehead Trading Company . . . . . . . . .3, 69
SturDee Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Dark Harbor Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Marples Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Sudbury Boat Care Products . . . . . . . . . . . .22
David Etnier Boat Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . .107
Marston's Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
The Yacht Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
DiMillo's Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Mattapoisett Boatyard, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Theriault Marine Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Dolphin Marina & Restaurant . . . . . . . .56,101
Merri-Mar Yacht Basin . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 58
Traditional Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Donald R. Weaver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Miliner Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Turnstone Marine Survey, LLC . . . . . . . . . .112
Eastern Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Milton Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Wayfarer Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 50, 62
Farrin’s Boatshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Mobile Marine Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . .52, 100
Webhannett River Boat Yard . . . . . .18, 74, 100
Fatty Knees Boat Co. LLC . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Moose Island Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 66
West Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 58
Morris Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Whiting Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 57
Front Street Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Morris Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Wilbur Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Gamage Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Morris Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Winter Island Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . .17, 32
Gemini Marine Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Mystic Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 19
Winterport Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
GMORA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Mystic Shipyard Kayak Rentals . . . . . . . . .115
Women Under Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84, 115
Golight . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26
Nauset Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Wooden Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Gray & Gray, Inc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Navtronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14, 50, 69
Yacht North Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83, 115
Great Bay Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 70
New England Boatworks . . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 37
Yankee Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 69 Yarmouth Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36, 55, 69
Great Water, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
New England Marine & Industrial . . . . . . . . .83
Grundy Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63
Niemiec Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3, 17, 58
Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
North East Rigging Systems . . . . . . . . . . . .69
118 Points East May 2013
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