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Ivan and the summer jerk

Tom finds a new hobby.

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“Arriving” in Vinalhaven.

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Rough ride home for the new boat.

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Gunboat racing.

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When I became sternman for Vinalhaven’s senior lobsterman, I didn’t know where I was going, but felt like I’d already arrived. Well, almost.

By John Richards

His and Hers goes home We fell in love with this 53-foot 1988 Defever when we first saw her in Houston, Texas.

Now we had to get her home to New England.

By Susan Harris

Courting the Grey Lady A Memorial Day cruise to Nantucket unveils what remains of the island of Moby Dick and spawns revelations that warm the cockles.

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David Roper

I’ll have one order of paradise to go I’ll see you by that fourth sand dune on the left.

Dodge Morgan

Volume 12, Number 2 Publisher Joseph Burke

My schooner offers valuable lessons.

Tom Snyder

Editor Nim Marsh

Has it come to this? Model boating?

D E PA R T M E N T S Letters..........................................7 The Henry M. Plummer Award; Andrew Wyeth’s sense of humor.

Media ........................................52 New Boston Harbor guide is a gem.

Yardwork ...................................56 Wayfarer gives 78-footer a refit; Maine-built boats has busy winter;

Contributors Dodge Morgan, Tom Snyder, David Roper, Carol Standish, David Buckman, Randy Randall, Ken Packie

Fetching Along ............................58 Consider the quiet side of cruising

Calendar.....................................56 Your spring will be a busy one.

Confessions ................................60 The Heinekin was not all that was green.

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Scott Boras and the Tradition of the Sea “Scott Boras has long been known as a tough negotiator,” began a recently circulated story from a 2004 edition of “The Brushback Report: All the Sports News That’s Fit to Print.” “That reputation was bolstered yesterday when the super agent demanded $35 million to rescue a small child drowning in the ocean near Boras’s home in East Hampton, N.Y.” Apparently, Boras was relaxing aboard his yacht when, the story goes, 8-year-old swimmer Danny Corgin was caught in an undertow and swept out to sea. The boy’s grandmother, Ethel Corgin, reportedly pleaded with Boras to rescue her grandson, but, according to the “Brushback Report” story, Boras told Ethel she could “give him 10 million up front and sign a written guarantee to deliver the rest within a week.

He had the contracts already made up. He just whited out ‘third baseman’ and added ‘drowning child.’”

This story may or may not be true, but whatever the degree of veracity, it still cries out for a definitive explanation of a “mariner’s” responsibilities when a life is endangered “at sea.”

Under Code 46 USC 2304, Duty to provide assistance at sea: A master or individual in charge of a vessel shall render assistance to any individual found at sea in danger of being lost, so far as the master or individual in charge can do so without serious danger to the master’s or individual’s vessel or individuals on board. A master or individual violating this section shall be fined not more than $1,000, or imprisoned for not more than two years, or both.

The U.S. Code is federal Law passed by Congress,

law that is applicable to all within U.S. territorial waters, “clearly within three miles,” says Dennis Nixon, professor of Maritime Affairs at the University of Rhode Island. “If you are in extremis yourself, you’re not obligated to go to someone’s aid.”

Two court precedents support USC 2304. In Gardner v. National Bulk Carriers (1962), it is stated: “The survival of a seaman adrift depends in large measure upon the diligence of those who are required by law to look after him. If they default in their duty, death is made certain. In recognition of this unyielding truth, the Admiralty Law annexes to a seaman’s contract of employment an obligation on the part of the master to use every reasonable means to save this seaman’s life.”

The implied contractual nature of the duty is supported by the findings in Harris v. Pennsylvania Railroad Co. (1931): “. . . The ship shall use every reasonable means to save the life of a human being who has no other source of help. The universal custom of the sea demands as much whenever human life is in danger . . . .”

“The Brushback Report” said that Boras was taken off the hook by a passing fishing boat that rescued a panicked Danny Corgin before any deal was struck or any contract signed. No matter: Whatever the outcome, whether fact or fiction, this tale clearly illustrates that when a life is endangered at sea, the art of negotiation is morbidly out of place and quick action is the only acceptable response.

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Letters

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Roland and Barbara clutch the Catboat Association’s Henry M. Plummer Award, received for their commemorative “Boy, Me and the Cat” cruise up the Intracoastal Waterway.

Plummer Award for this sailor When I was taking my 70th Birthday cruise up the Intracoastal Waterway a year and some months ago, I sent periodic progress reports up the coast to friends and family. I am reactivating the list serve for this one final entry into the “log.”

Last February I attended the 47th Annual Meeting of the Catboat Association, held in Mystic, Conn., an event I have always wanted to take part in. The CBA has about 1,500 members across the country, and about a quarter of them were present, amidst catboats, brochures, books, hats, and seminars.

Back in 1912 one Henry Plummer sailed a 24-foot catboat from Cape Cod to Miami and back. He chronicled the trip in a charming little book, “The Boy, Me and the Cat,” with which many of you are familiar.

Plummer’s passage was a major inspiration for my own.

A few years ago the CBA established the Henry M. Plummer Award, which it describes as follows: “Established on February 11, 2002, the Henry M. Plummer Award will be bestowed to the skipper and the crew who complete a voyage of note such as, but not limited to, that taken by Plummer so long ago, or to commemorate a significant act of seamanship. This award will be presented on occasion as is deemed appropriate by the awards committee. While this award encourages catboat skippers to venture far and wide, it is understood that the recipients of this award are expected to have shown good judgment by recognizwww.pointseast.com

ing that a catboat, by its general design, is primarily a coastal craft and not suited for crossing open ocean.

The award is a half model diorama constructed by Henry M. Plummer himself; it’s a gift to the Catboat Association from the Plummer family.”

I am very pleased to report that, at the Awards Ceremony, Barbara and I were presented with this recognition in honor of the eight-week voyage up the coast. The attached photo shows the half model of a catboat (and the beaming recipients), which we may keep for a year as a reminder of the day – and of the trip. The perpetual award depicts Plummer aboard Mascot sailing in Florida waters. This model now remains in the safe hands of the CBA. So, I thought you might like to know that our adventure together has been suitably noted in polite society! As always, I beam up to you from the Florida Keys.

Roland Barth Key Largo, Fla. Stay tuned for Roland’s article about his cruise aboard the 17-foot Cape Cod Shipbuilding catboat Ibis in the June issue.

Wyeth had a subtle humor, too I really liked the piece you did on Andrew Wyeth (Editor’s Page, April 2009). I have a story about him myself: When our son Sam was born in 1970, we asked Charlotte Turgeon (well-known cookbook author and fellow Friendship summer person) to be Sam’s godmother. She knew Andy and asked him to sign a print of a dory the Farnsworth Museum was selling at the time, a print she later had framed and gave to Sam for his baptism. Andy dutifully signed: “For Samuel Scott, warmest washes, Andrew Wyeth.”

Charlotte read what he had written, and said, “Andy, that looks like ‘warmest washes’ and not ‘warmest wishes.’” Wyeth said, “It is ‘warmest washes,’ Charlotte – he’s only three months old!”

Here’s to the summer.

Nina Scott Amherst, Mass.

Power or sail, we’re all mariners Just a note to say thanks for a great magazine. I have been a reader for quite a few years and always look forward to each issue. It is nice to see a mix of both power and sail, after all we are all boaters no matter what type of propulsion we use. I usually cruise around Buzzards Bay on my 1961 Seafarer Points East May 2009

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Meridian 24. Someday it will take me up to the Maine coast, and I am sure your articles will come in handy.

Michael Greene New Bedford, Mass.

Joshua fit the battle of the rack Great editorial (“Andrew Wyeth, 1917-2009”) in the April issue of Points East. How fondly I remember my introduction to [the mutt] Joshua. I was on my way to Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and stayed with the editor in Camden. The editor got one bed, Joshua the other, and I ended up with a fold-out cot that had the metal frame and cross stays that did permanent damage to my back.

Christopher Gallagher Arlington, Va.

You must be related to Jim! Please mail a subscription to Points East to a friend of mine. I enjoy Points East and want to share it as a gift. I was born in Stockton Springs, Maine, 93 years ago, and enjoy going back there when I can.

Olivia Aitken Corinth, Maine From Jim Aitken of the good ship Linda Mae: Olivia Aiken is my mother, and June 21, 2009 she will be 93.

When I get home (Maine), she’ll be ready to go for a boat ride. Last year, I think she only went three times, and the year before three, four or more day-sails around the bay – always with a crabmeat sandwich for lunch on the boat, from Perry’s, right there in Stockton Springs. And of course, a haddock supper at Angler’s restaurant in Searsport.

Beware of insensitive phrases I enjoyed Charlie Hodge’s piece, “A Nova Scotia log” (Midwinter 2009), I used to live in that area and his narrative brought back memories of what a fine cruising ground it is. However, I must object to his (and your magazine’s) use of the pejorative term “a Chinese fire drill.” This unfortunate phrase is a holdover from the days of Imperialism when Europeans assumed that they had a natural superiority over what they considered the lesser races of the world.

This was ironic as China had for millennia enjoyed cultural, scientific, and technological progress far ahead of Europe’s. I recommend “The Genius of China” by Robert Temple to anyone who is interested in the remarkable advances made by the Chinese and the cultural debt owed by Europe to China.

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any publication. Please don’t spoil a fine magazine with such objectionable language.

Elmo Mackay Portland, Maine Thanks for the constructive and informative criticism, Elmo. The editor takes full responsibility for not catching this. Dr. Charles Hodge would be among the last to harbor any form of prejudice.

Update from the Apprenticeshop It was exciting to see a picture of the Atlantic Challenge Apprenticeshop on the cover of the April Points East Magazine. Since that picture was taken in the late ’90s, we thought your readers might welcome an update.

The Apprenticeshop has continued its tradition as a Wooden Boat Building School on the Rockland, Maine, waterfront. As we have from the start, the school distinguishes itself by combining craftsmanship, seamanship, and community into its learn-by-doing curriculum. Graduates from the Apprenticeshop are found in boat shops and woodcraft operations all over the world.

In addition, for the 12th summer in a row, Atlantic Challenge will offer its Community Sailing Program.

Over 175 young people from 8 to 15 years old will participate in the one and two week summer sessions.

Should any of your readers want more information on Atlantic Challenge – the Apprenticeshop or the Community Sailing Program – please email us at info@atlanticchallenge.com. Or stop by and see us the next time you are in Rockland.

Rick Palm, executive director Atlantic Challenge Rockland, Maine

Lobsterman had urge to haul After we bought the Eastporter (“A New Baby Joins Marston’s Fleet,” Letters, April), we had to sell the old Wellcraft. The wife was too sharp for me, and I could tell she was silently counting our boats, canoes and sailboats on her fingers. The old Wellie had to go.

I thought maybe I’d try selling it this next summer, but then son Benjamin sent me a note a couple weeks ago and told me that now was the time to advertise. I told him the boat was snowed in and up on blocks and editor@pointseast.com

covered with tarps. Didn’t matter, said he: Put an ad out. So I did. Within three days, I had 15 inquiries.

Now here’s the cool part.

The guy I sold it too is a retired lobsterman. As you might expect he is a nice down-to-earth guy and he had cash in hand. After signing the papers, we talked about how the giant snow bank would have to melt and how the field would need to dry out before we could eventually pull the boat out.

The next day the new owner was back with a 4x4 pickup and two robust friends. They piled out of the truck and whittled down that snowpile using axes and shovels. Before I could even say hi, they had driven up into the field on the still-frozen snow and hooked onto the boat. I should have expected this.

After all, the day before he had just bought himself a new boat, and now, by gosh, he was going to take it home, snow or no snow.

The guys all knew what they were doing, and before long, they had the trailer off the blocks, the tarps removed, and the boat hauled out onto the pavement. I had to scurry between the garage and the shed to rummage up all the pieces and parts that I had so carefully stored away last fall. Finally, we found everything and put all in the bed of truck. The new owner hung a license plate on the stern and headed for home. I don’t know why I was surprised. If it had been me I would have done the same thing!

Randy Randall Marston’s Marina Saco, Maine

my husband designed and built eight years ago. Bob was determined to face the challenge of building a steel boat that would not only be a highly functional workboat but also one that, as he would say, “doesn’t look like a floating metal box.” I think your picture is a testament to his success.

I would encourage your readers to visit our beautiful harbor, which features some great little shops and eateries. If the Greysole hasn’t found a new owner by this summer, you can sip a cocktail and admire her beautiful lines. Bob also designed and built the mooring lifter in the background of the photo. Scituate – what beauty and talent!

Betty Steverman Scituate, Mass.

In last month’s Mystery Harbor, reader Steve Dinger of Scituate asked who designed the Greysole. Well, Steve, this is your answer.

What happened to Wings of Time?

Concerning the sale of Wings of Time (Perspectives, Midwinter 2009), it would be interesting if Dodge Morgan would tell us something about the buyer, home port, cruising ground, changes to the boat, etc.

Henry Hilliard Cumberland, Maine Dodge Morgan writes: Wings of Time is being renamed Dragon by her new owners from Annapolis, Md. She is undergoing a very complete refit at Great Island Boat Yard in Harpswell on Quahog Bay. Her owner is in line to be the next commodore of the Annapolis Yacht Club. Her new name reflects that the owner’s wife is an Asian arts specialist. I am impressed with the extent and quality of the work going into the boat and know that the gorgeous lady is well worth it. In the meantime, I am concentrating my sailing life on my little schooner Eagle, now 83 years old and mine for 41 years.

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Scituate’s Bob Steveman designed and built Greysole.

My husband built the Greysole!

Imagine my pleasure and pride when I saw the Midwinter Mystery Harbor and discovered that it was a picture of our beautiful little harbor here in Scituate, Mass. Growing up here, raising our children, and now watching my grandchildren thrive here has truly been a blessing.

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I was interested that my name got changed from Bob to Bill in the latest April issue (“Confessions of a Compass Adjuster,” April). Needless to say I have taken quite a ribbing about that. Hope it gets changed back to Bob in the next issue.

Bob Witherill Belfast, Maine Apologies. You’ll return to being a “Bob” in the May issue.

Can we have ‘how-to’ stories?

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I am behind) and read a letter to you in which the writer states that Points East “keeps my dream alive.” Points East also keeps my dreams alive, hence I have somewhat of a reluctance to read the issues completely, as when I have finished, it as if I have nothing to look forward to except for the next issue.

But then, I get to dream about the tales that I have read and the previous ones and my dreams only get bigger and to some extent bolder.

We vacationed along the Maine coast for about 15 years and found it to be mesmerizing. Both the people and the land. Which brings me to the point of my writing this time. I read the articles of the boat owners and featured writers, and I am enthralled with their adventures, but I wonder mostly about navigation and charts and the technical stuff. I was wondering to myself if there was a possibility of some articles about these navigation aides and instruments.

Mike S. Wapakoneta, Ohio Mike: Thanks for the good note. We seldom publish dedicated “how-to” articles in Points East, but we let our authors impart their wisdom in less dogmatic ways, embedded in their texts as part of their stories.

Sometimes we just have to read between the lines.

An unintended haiku renewal It’s time to renew my yearly subscription to the best boating mag.

Varick “Rick” Harrison Essex, Conn.

Katrina stamps to be issued I’m with the Postal Service and obtained your contact info from the Cision online media directory. I wanted to give you a heads up that we’ll be issuing the Gulf Coast Lighthouse stamps July 23. The stamps highlight five lighthouses that withstood Hurricane Katrina, and the actual stamp artwork is based on photos taken following Katrina’s devastation, with some lights still showing Katrina’s damage.

The first-day-of-issue stamp dedication ceremony will take place at the Biloxi Lighthouse July 23. I hope you’ll share this information with your readers and invite them to pre-order the stamps online at www.usps.com/shop as soon as June 23.

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MYSTERY HARBOR/And th e winner is.. .

Lobsterboat Islander is in Mystery Harbor The harbor is located on the Piscataqua River on the Kittery Maine side of Portsmouth Harbor behind the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, known as the Back Channel. I recognize this because old family friends lived in that home years ago.

The Foyes, who also own Cedar Island at the Shoals, lived and worked this dock for years. I have

fond memories of fish fries on that dock.

The lobsterboat Islander tied up on the pier belongs to George Foye, who is still lobster fishing at this time.

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Mexican resturant call Loco Coco’s. I’ve heard that the Margaritas are great there. As far stores, shops and local waters are concerned, I really don’t know.

But overall, I have the fondest memories for this Mystery Harbor.

Michael Finn Portsmouth N.H.

Lived near harbor for 30 years The picture is taken from the Back Channel between Portsmouth Naval Shipyard and Kittery, Maine. The Second Christian Church is in the background. I have lived in Kittery for 30 years and retired after a 35-year career at the shipyard. We sail our Morgan 323 sloop Footloose out of Pepperrell Cove in Kittery Point, and we enjoy your magazine very much.

Alan Kelly The steeple of the Second Christian Church on the shore of Kittery, Maine

the Back Channel and the distinctive Novi hull earmarked the April Mystery Harbor.

Worked at shipyard for nine years The Mystery Harbor is Kittery, Maine, better known as the “Back Channel” of the Piscataqua River, between Kittery and Seavey Island, where the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard is located. The Church shown is the Second Christian Congregational Church on Government Street. The street alongside it is Church Street, which works its way down to the docks. I worked at the shipyard and on the waterfront from 1975 to 1983, always checking to see what was happening in the “Channel.” Keep up the great job you’re doing.

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I know that beautiful Novi well Your Mystery Harbor is Kittery Foreside, that’s for sure, more specifically, George Foye’s dock, although I believe he sold the property a few years ago. The beautiful little Novi in the background is his, and the home port on the transom is Gosport harbor, I think, as he owns Cedar island. Having worked on the Isles of Shoals for years, I know her well. The Piscataqua region is the best place to be in my humble opinion. I build and repair wooden boats in the area. Check out my website, www.nathangreeleyboats.com.

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Perspectives I’ll have one order of paradise to go ears ago, back in my boat delivery days, I was hired to help a couple head off on the first leg of their dream. They were an anxious pair, long on their romantic vision of “escaping and living the dream,” and short on the practical part: sailing. That didn’t stop them, though.

They were excellent at severing ties: They had sold their house, sold both their cars, quit both their jobs, and even cancelled their marina slip. They had read all the escapist literature, and even poked out on the bay a few times, but never too far from shore. Nervous about the first leg, they had hired me at the last minute.

Forty miles out, on the way to Norfolk, it got rough and unpleasant, the wind brisk and astern.

The following seas eyed their odd vessel hungrily.

Strange creaks and groans began to emit from both the vessel and its owners. The missus came up to the cockpit, looked around frantically, and shrieked, “Where’s the land? Oh my God. Where the hell is the goddamn land.”

Anyway, what happened next is a long story, but the short version is, I was told to “turn around and take us home.” So we motored upwind into steep seas for 11 hours, back to the marina where we had started. The owner sat next to me in the cockpit, looking aft and downwind at his vanishing dream. He never let go his grip on the big cockpit cleat beside him. He said nothing. He didn’t have to: His white knuckles said it all. In less than one 24-hour day, the dream was over.

Robert Persig, author of the 1974 mega best seller, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, bought an offshore sailboat with some of the profits from his book, and headed for “The Dream.” Years later, he wrote an essay about it saying that all that really happens when one “escapes” the realities of life ashore is simply the substitution of one set of shorebased problems for a new set of ocean-based problems. There is no real escape of problems, pain, pressure, discomfort and worry, only a different set of each, he said.

If you understand that, that’s fine. If you understand that you don’t leave your soul or your past behind when you sail away, that they go everywhere with you, that’s fine. Otherwise, to quote Persig: “All

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this is just running away from reality. You never realize how good that friendly old nine-to-five job can be. Just little things – like everyone saying hello each morning, or the supervisor stopping by to get your opinion because he really needs it. And seeing old friends and familiar neighbors and streets you’ve lived near all your life.

Who wants to escape all that? Perhaps what cruising teaches more than anything else is an appreciation of the real world you might otherwise think of as oppressive.”

In 1980, when I captained a cruise ship on the Mississippi River in St. Paul, I had a friend who owned a barge company. He’d built it up from scratch, into a successful business over many years, but he’d always talked of “getting out of here,” building his dream boat, heading down the Mississippi and then to the Caribbean.

Finally, he did it. He sold his company and left. Six weeks later he was back.

“The islands all started looking the same,” he said.

“I’d get up, worry about the anchorage, worry about where I would get water, worry about the next front coming through, and then worry about my next destination, which I wasn’t even particularly interested in going to anyway. One island started to look like the last one. I needed some sort of goal. After a while, the goals I did have began to seem empty. I missed my business and all its challenges.” My friend sold his boat, came home and bought back his company.

Tristan Jones, who wrote numerous books of his picaresque life sailing the oceans of the world in lowbudget craft, grew weary of his nomadic lifestyle also.

Towards the end he discussed his thoughts about “the dream” and “paradise.” Why, he wondered, was turquoise water and an endless white sand beach considered “paradise?” What do you get with paradise, anyway? Challenge? Nourishment? Intrigue? If you anchored off it, or sat on it for, say, several days, wouldn’t “paradise” be eclipsed by boredom?

Wouldn’t it then be time to escape paradise?

Well, he’s almost convinced me. But maybe I’ll give it just one try and see for sure. I’ll see you by that fourth sand dune on the left, the one with the palm tree. (Bring the brie; I’ve got the wine.)

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My schooner as allegory for the economist y investment account has a brandnew profile, the same features displayed half-size like a naked shrunken head. My schooner appears patently unaware of the financial surgery accomplished on her long-term friend. She sits dry and comfortable as always under winter management of her Riverside Boat Company keeper. My portfolio asks questions of its counsel that are really rhetorical, thus have no answers: sell, dollar-costaverage buy, hold, ignore, avoid all economic news, or spin it somehow positive?

The schooner just wants a pair of new bunk cushions and some chainplate rust removal along with the annual total paint job.

Her owner, vainly addressing his decrepit age stage, tries one more evaluation of a jib rollerfurling system and replacement of the yachtsman anchor with a Bruce, both pitting negative aesthetics against the sin of convenience.

I am thinking that the schooner makes a delightful metaphorical contrast for the plights of financial distress at individual level, concluding in a kind of blueprint for the substantial value of inaction. Let’s compare the old gal to a Cigarette powerboat in an effort to better understand our economy and its financial hit on each of us.

For the past decade at least, the world’s economic powers have been at breakneck Cigarette speed, delightedly blazing along a course of hazed GPS numbers with no ultimate destination but “more” (there is an old Maine saying: “If you don’t know where you are going, you are certain to get there”). The vessel is not simple: huge engine, complex controls, specious drive train, fuel avarice, seat belts, hat-losing self-caused winds. And the sonofabitch refuses to change direction.

Some have been observing all the pell-mell from the deck of the old schooner. She will barely exceed five

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knots and is most happy at anchor rest if the wind comes from where she wants to go. The only real urgency aboard is coffee while it is hot. Things do go wrong, of course, but they all can be slowly fixed by a knot or a hammer blow or duct tape.

She always gets to her destination – and she always has a destination.

The schooner intimately knows her surroundings, aware which ones to ignore – while the Cigarette is oblivious to every natural signal around her. The schooner horizon can be described in one simple phrase because it changes only at the speed of the sun – “Red sky at night, sailor’s delight” – while the Cigarette view is described in a laundry list of details, barely connected: engine temperature, rpm, spray ducking, waypoint, blinking spot on a screen, bladder pain.

Is there a lesson here? Yes, of course there is, but I am not sure what it is. Maybe it’s that all highly fueled trends are dangerous and should be constantly challenged by contrary examination. Maybe it is that life in the slow lane is far more rational, if less wowing, than that at blank speed, a kind of age analogy – undefined youth to uncertain wisdom.

Maybe that the old ways work more durably than the new ways, and we almost always drift back to them. Maybe that abandoning the code of simplicity by creating exquisite mechanisms – such as derivatives and hedge funds or jet drives and chart recorders that it turns out no-one truly understands – becomes a script for lasting confusion.

Maybe the crisis is better ignored than internalized, just as the bubbles should have been before popping.

Maybe doing as little as possible as slowly as possible will get us back home to center channel.

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My new hobby will be fun to be bad at must today admit that a decade ago when I bought my boat, it was because I had a deep desire to demonstrate to the world that, at 46, I was finally a grownup who didn’t get most of his freetime pleasure from laughing at golfers and boaters. That was over and done – the ex-hippy, ironic observer who could be happy all weekend with pretzels and a catalog that specialized in pants and hats for boaters and/or golfers. Getting a sailboat meant joining the adult human race.

I was probably not searching for a hobby when I said yes to boating, because my relationship with hobbies has always been overheated and exhausting. All of my original youthful hobbies became obsessions and then businesses: music, computers, and exaggerating for network TV. The decision to be a boat guy was a midlife decision to start over – to develop a passion that I would never get too good at, never compete in, and never to be too serious about. (In fairness, over the first six years that I wrote this column, I was paid one dollar by the Points East organization, but to this day, I honestly don’t think of that dollar as an incentive that drove me to greater mastery.)

Nevertheless, now that my beloved boat is gone, the word “hobby” creeps into my Google, so to speak.

I found the following comment on a hobbyist site: “Hobbies are healthy habits for men. They can be relaxing, relieve stress, provide a creative outlet, and even expand social circles.”

The instant I realized that this was from a women’s discussion group, I rejected it out of hand. It is widely known that women have a persistent hidden agenda to help men to break free of a tendency to wander alone in circles bumping into objects. I don’t need their help.

I will quote here, word for word, from another online discussion group. Honestly, you can’t make this stuff up: “My boyfriend wants to take up a new hobby to pass the time but hasn’t been sure of what he wants to do. Can anyone here suggest any cool, fun or interesting hobbies that are good for men other than sports, video games, gambling and porn?”

You have to appreciate the honesty of the question.

The first from a long list of answers to her question was a howler for me: “Lots of guys are into polymer clay.” But then I looked up polymer clay and found out

that you can, in fact, make very cool monsters and preternaturally busty females with it. Exciting? Yes, so I explored on to refresh my list of available pursuits.

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Here below are the top seven male hobbies in the 48 contiguous states. Each one is potentially thrilling although several have big buts.

Tom Snyder

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Fishing Sunlight skipping, quiet contemplation, quality time with friends, BUT, actual bloody, desperate fish in agony.

Billiards Played alone or with strangers, requires focus and breath control, BUT, things like axis of rotation, transfer of momentum, angles of impact, incidence and reflection.

Home brewing. No buts, but possible conflict of interest.

Collecting. Just one huge collection of big buts.

Target shooting. Sharpen hand-eye coordination, muzzle-loading replicas, BUT, inevitable range mates who think that Hillary set up the whole moon-landing hoax in ’69.

Rocketry. “It has everything a guy could want in a hobby: smoke, fire and the occasional out-of-control rocket spiraling toward a panicking crowd.” No buts, but no.

Mentoring the youth Sorry, but the entire point of this exercise is to get me off of drugs.

Eventually as I went further down the list, I found my new hobby. It is “Radio Controlled Model Boating.”

It has many, many obvious charms, but the deal closer for me was something I realized I desperately need in any new hobby. And it is this: The hobby must have dedicated magazines most of which take themselves way too seriously.

My new hobby does not disappoint. The first “Radio Controlled Model Boating” magazine article I read was very stern. It was all about responsible maintenance, and it managed a consistent tone of warning and superior hobbymanship. Let me quote: “There are few environments harsher on an RC vehicle than editor@pointseast.com

It is widely known that women have a persistent hidden agenda to help men to break free of a tendency to wander alone in circles bumping into objects. I don’t need their help. what RC boats experience. Water is the enemy, point blank.”

Oh, Lord, this hobby is going to be fun to be bad at.

An added thrill would be to find a goofy magazine with regular departments like Fuelin’ Around, At the Helm, Readers’ Harbor, Periscope, and Final Moorings.

And this may be too much to hope for, but how great would it be to find a magazine which boasted regular contributions from the outspoken but beloved industry spokesperson. He would have to have certain characteristics. He must pretend to be a hedonist but actually be a wealthy participant in the industry’s vast merchandising underbelly. He must be hugely overweight with a full but meticulously maintained beard. He must regale us with hobby stories laced with admonitions to live the same kind of free-wheeling, devil-maycare lifestyle as his. His narrative must suggest irresponsible, companionable drinking and hints of an almost unbearable horny longing couched in hale good humor and hobby advice. This would be fantastic and I am hopeful I will find it within the world of Radio Controlled Boating.

Finally, the real coup de bonus would be to discover a counter-culture magazine like Points East that prides itself on not being mainstream, a magazine that is loyal and generous to the friendly community it serves, and a magazine that would allow a screw-up like me to make potshots from the only partially informed sidelines.

That would be heaven.

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here that after many happy years of working with Points East and its friendly and honorable people, I will not be writing this column in the future. If you see me with my new radio-controlled hat and

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News Nova Scotia show at Bishop’s Landing in Halifax

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The Nova Scotia In-Water Boat Show, which will display a mix of commercial and pleasure craft, will move to Bishop’s Landing on the Halifax waterfront this summer.

The Nova Scotia In-Water Boat Show will take place July 31 to Aug. 3 at Bishop’s Landing on the Halifax waterfront. The show features only Maritimebuilt boats, and includes fishing boats and workboats as well as pleasure boats, from 12 to 50 feet in length.

At one extreme is a traditional wooden dory, built by Lunenburg’s famous Dory Shop. At the other is the latest aluminum jet-drive Rapid Response Patrol Boat from ABCO Industries of Lunenburg.

NorseBoats will have their 17.5-foot day sailor/camp cruiser on display, and the newest 40-foot lobster yacht from Samson Enterprises will be exhibited. Visitors will be able to compare its lean Northumberland-style hull with a beamy 50-foot Cape Island-style boat from Wedgeport Boats. A near sistership of the Wedgeport boat recently crossed the North Atlantic by way of Iceland. For more information, visit www.nsboats.com.

Free sailboat rides In Portland Harbor Free sailing rides in Portland Harbor and an open house will be offered by SailMaine on Sunday, May 31, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Also included will be shoreside boat-rigging and knot-tying demonstrations, all provided by this nonprofit community sailing center. Adults, teens and kids (age 8 and up) are welcome.

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Seaport buys mini Acadia Mystic Seaport has acquired the 21-foot Acadia, the Stonington-based Mini Transat boat built by Clay Burkhalter and Rod Johnstone and raced by Burkhalter in the 2007 Mini Transat race from France to Brazil. “With this acquisition . . . Mystic Seaport is embracing today’s sailing technology – just as the Charles W. Morgan stood for innovation in its day,” said Seaport president Steve White.” While the Morgan required a crew of 35 on each of its 37 whaling voyages, the Acadia crew numbers one and is anticipating its second ocean voyage this June when Burkhalter will skipper her in the Bermuda One-Two under the banner of Mystic Seaport. For more information, visit www.mysticseaport.org and www.teamacadia.org. www.pointseast.com

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Jackson Hardware celebrates a century Jackson Hardware and Marine in Kittery, Maine, is marking its 100th anniversary with its 10th Annual Yard Sale on Saturday May 16 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Kittery Fire Association, also observing its 100th year of service to the community, will be in attendance, making this a dual celebration. The Kittery Fire Association, Kittery’s volunteer firefighters, will again serve a barbequed hotdogs and hamburgers and refreshments. A live rock and roll band, The Core, will be playing during the day. FMI: Call 207-493-1133.

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Christopher Swain was to dive into the Atlantic Ocean in Marblehead, Mass., this April and begin a 1,000-mile swim down the Atlantic coast to Washington, D.C., to help students in over 2,000 elementary, middle and high-school classrooms launch projects to protect the ocean and the world. In 2004, he swam the length of the Charles River out into Boston Harbor. The ToxTour (www.toxtour.org) will lead Swain through Massachusetts Bay, Boston Harbor, Cape Cod and the islands, Narragansett Bay, Long Island Sound, New York Harbor, the Jersey Shore, Delaware Bay, and Chesapeake Bay. Swain plans to finish his swim by stroking up the Potomac River to Washington.

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barge . . . she knows no fear . . . and she’ll give orders if she marries, and hubby holds only a mate’s ticket.”

Bangor, Maine, 93

Molly Kool, believed to be the first woman in North America to be a licensed ship’s captain, died Feb. 25 at her home, two days after her 93d birthday. The death was confirmed by Ken Kelly, a longtime friend.

A native of the Canadian province of New Brunswick, Ms. Kool was known familiarly throughout her life as Captain Molly. She qualified as a captain at age 23, and she spent the next five years in command of the Jean K, her father’s 70-foot engineand sail-driven scow. In 2006, she was officially recognized by the Canadian government as the first woman to hold captain’s papers.

Hauling cargo up and down the Bay of Fundy and as far afield as Boston, Ms. Kool faced rain and fog, fire and ice, and the violent tides for which the bay is known. She also earned the disbelief, disdain, and, eventually, respect of her rough-hewn male colleagues. Her work made her a curiosity. Ms. Kool appeared on the radio on “Ripley’s Believe It or Not!” and was profiled often in the Canadian press.

One news account from the period described her this way: “Her eyebrows are shaped and arched, her lips lightly rouged, her blonde hair up in feminine curls. That’s Miss Molly Kool ashore . . . but in her

Wanton G. “Jagger” Chase Middletown, R.I., 99

Jagger Chase died at Newport Hospital on Dec. 9.

Born in Newport in 1909, for eight years he lived at the Rose Island Lighthouse, until 1918, with his maternal grandparents, Christina and Charles Curtis, while they were keepers. He was a son of the late Stephen W. and Mabel (Curtis) Chase and the husband of the late Caroline (Lewis) Chase.

He was a planner, estimator and toolmaker for NUSC in Middletown for 38 years, retiring in 1959.

He had previously worked at the US Naval Torpedo Station on Goat Island. He was a resident of Newport for most of his life. In 2001, the Rose Island Lighthouse Foundation published his stories of boyhood life at Rose Island.

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DISPATCHES/News f ro m our o bser ver s

Despite downturn, harbor moods are upbeat

By Carol Standish For Points East Warwick, R.I.’s Apponaug Harbor Marina The mood at New England marinas and municipal (Dickerson’s Marina, Inc.) rents 348 slips and 30 moorings April to November. The harbors is upbeat. Everybody is lookbusiness is more than 50 years old, ing forward to boating weather. John and the son and nephew of the Haimline, Westport, Conn., harborfounders are now running the show. master reports that he has received “We’re probably the largest indeabout one-third of the annual rependent in the state,” says John newals for the 160 moorings in state Dickerson. “It’s a little slower filling waters in the environs of the town. up this year, but I’m cautiously opti“It’s early yet. They have until June John Dickerson mistic. We have a loyal clientele, and first,” he says. Because the mooring Apponaug Harbor Marina they are primarily small- to midtackle is the property of the boat size-boat owners, 50-50, power and owner, the investment of $1,500 to $2,000) has already been made. The only expense is sail. Our largest boat here is 43 feet. The weather is getting the boat on to the mooring, which is rarely the most vexing part of this season. Who thinks ‘boats’ when it’s drizzling? When the sun comes out, more than a couple of hundred dollars.

The town of Westport’s Recreation Director, Rick this place is buzzing.”

One of the oddities of this season that Dickerson Juinta, oversees the 593 slips in the two town-run marinas. He says the waiting list for slips is “ab- has observed is the flock of new boats appearing at solutely ridiculous.” He had anticipated a little the marina. “My best guesstimate is that two to three turnover for the coming season, but this hasn’t been times as many people have bought new boats this the case. Its full speed ahead for Westport’s boating year than any season I can remember. Of course, the prices are fifty cents on the dollar. I’ve seen brandseason.

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operate a water taxi to the state mooring field. (I think I want to move there…and there are condos adjacent, how handy!)

“We’re the first marina over the Hampton/Seabrook Bridge,” says Finerty. The marina is about 30 years old, and the current owners bought it in 2004. “There have been lots of improvements, like new riprap and,” Kelly adds proudly, “we’re pet-friendly.” Even with all the amenities, Finerty expected a fall-off in the business from last year, “but it didn’t happen. We’re close to capacity.”

Ken Corson, deputy harbormaster for Hingham, Mass., has been on the job for nine years. The town has a mooring field of 190, and the forms are just coming in, but he has no doubt that the majority of people will be back. “As long as they can handle the cost of the launch [four to five hundred dollars in his neck of the woods] they’ll be out here,” he says.

But that’s a cheap vacation. “Even if they don’t go cruising as far, Ed Glaser Ed Glaser, harbormaster for they’ll still be out on the water.”

Harbormaster Rockland, Maine, reports that payCorson expects to see this season Rockland, Maine ments for the city’s 450 private moorjust as busy as years past. “I’m lookings and 200 service/commercial ing out my window right now,” he moorings are ahead of last year. “No says. “At the moment, there are at least 40 high- one is going to give up their summer vacation,” he school students from Hingham High and Notre Dame says. “They’re just not going to fly to Paris. It’s possipracticing for the sailing team. They’re out there ble, though, a few people will anchor instead of rentevery afternoon.” ing a mooring.” The city operates a lot of waterfront facilities, including a public landing, Snow Marine Even though it’s still chilly, both of the charter fish- Park, a fish pier and Middle Pier for day sailors; a ing boats (an 85- and a 90-footer) departing from launch service operates from that pier. “I suspect that Hampton River Marina in Hampton, N.H. were full Rockland will be very busy this summer,” says Glaser. on their first trips of the season (April 1). The marina Glaser and his staff are more service than enforceruns fishing charters all season and a tour around the ment oriented, perfectly understandable given the harbor trip as well. “There’s been no dip in booking. city’s waterfront amenities and that, “our municipal People come all the way from New York, some by bus,” police force has a hard-body inflatable. The Coast says general manager Kelly Finerty. The marina also Guard has a presence here and the state marine pooffers 144 wet slips for 20- to 50-foot boats, two docks, lice are based here. That’s enough to slow down the 190-feet and 290-feet with LOA space, a 50-ton jet-skis,” he says. Glaser, an assistant harbormaster, Travelift, Sea Eagle forklifts, dry winter storage, and and three or four dock stewards will be on duty 12 reciprocal membership in the abutting yacht club, hours a day, seven days a week just keeping people which has a pool and a full restaurant. And they also happy.

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Features Ivan

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A “masshole” no longer, author John Richards, in foreground, has been the regular summer sternman for Vinalhaven’s lobstering grand pubah, Ivan Olson, for a number of seasons now.

Photo courtesy John Richards

When I became sternman for Vinalhaven’s senior lobsterman, I didn’t know where I was going, but felt like I’d already arrived. Well, I’d almost arrived.

By John Richards For Points East s I walked into the workshop, the permanent aroma of buoy paint, wood shavings and sawdust filled the air. The crude furnace made a ticking sound of unknown origin that somehow added to the comfort. Country music with a static background came from the vintage radio covered with paint. The same radio that doubles as a pencil sharpener. In the interest of space conservation, the old

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crank sharpener has been permanently screwed to the plastic top. Then came my greeting: “There he is…where the f*** you been?”

This is the standard welcome that has spanned our 30-year friendship. Ivan Olson’s 82-year-old crust was hardly enough to cover his not-very-well-known sensitive side. He talks immediately about being worried about not seeing me for the last six months, and the lack of our periodic phone calls was cause for concern…made him wonder “if you was mad at me or I editor@pointseast.com

One day he looked up at us and almost smiled. I recognized this as somewhat of milestone between an islander and someone from “away.”

In Downeast fashion, communication between skipper and crew is concise and eloquent, mostly “yups” laced with dry, poignant humor.

Photo courtesy John Richards

had done something wrong.”

It was at this moment, I confirmed what I have felt for many years. There is an unexplainable bond between the Vinalhaven’s senior lobsterman – the salt of the earth, the grand pooh-bah, and probably the island’s most respected and controversial all rolled into one – and me, the so-called “summer jerk” or “masshole.” This exchange has made me think about our relationship from then till now and caused me to reflect upon one story after another about this islander and the summer person.

As a regular summer visitor to this island, I cannot exactly remember our first meeting although I wished I could. I do remember walking to the cove with my two boys John and Aaron in tow after they’d first spotted the island’s only black-hulled lobsterboat, the Nancy O, coming in at the end of his day.

This sleek, wooden, John Deere-powered lobsterboat would slowly and quietly ease up to its float as we stood on the wharf and watched in silent awe.

Effortlessly, it would come to a quiet stop, which made me wonder if the boat had brakes.

One day he looked up at us and almost smiled. I recognized this as somewhat of milestone between an islander and someone from “away.” We stood and watched as he tied up and then started his end-of-day chore, filling bait bags for the next day’s haul.

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ting dead fish in those We quickly dove in with bags?” My nerves bristled both (actually six) hands, thinking they shouldn’t be filling the bags carefully asking him questions, but it as not to damage the was too late and deep down dead fish. I felt it was an I was glad they did. absolute honor to be Why was he filling those aboard a working lobsterbags? Somewhat to my surboat, filling these bags. prise, a pleasant detailed Our new friend/boss explanation was offered. We leaned back against the had now made personal conbulkhead, next to a welltact with a real Maine lobworn wheel still shining sterman. As our vacation with fish oil left over from continued, we would now go the day’s haul, and startto the cove daily when we ed to talk, filling us with saw the Nancy O coming in, Photo courtesy John Richards information about his and soon he was allowing us One can’t fill bait bags for three decades without develop- boat, lobstering, investto stand on the wharf and ing theories on killer configurations guaranteed to entice ment strategies, World watch him.

War II, his vegetable garlobsters.

The next summer, our misden, and the Red Sox sion continued. It was now at the point the boys (who really pissed him off). would be on-watch with binoculars most of the day, I was fascinated by his wide array of knowledge awaiting the first sighting of the black boat, which and experiences and hung on his every word. At the was our signal to start the two-minute walk to the end of our baiting process – determined by no more cove. Conversations were more frequent and at ease. bags or no more fish, whichever came first – he would We now were allowed to stand on his boat and watch go home and we would dash back to the cottage to more closely as he filled the bags with vintage fish. share our newly learned information with my wife.

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My summer passion continued to progress, and one day he said, “I could use some help, want to go to haul?” I was so excited, I was at the cove and on the boat at 5:30 a.m., some 30 minutes ahead of schedule. out of their pungent bait-ripened clothes. I wondered out loud. “If this guy is so smart, why is he letting us fill his baitbags?”

As the summers continued so did our “privilege” of filling his bags. We had now graduated to the point that when he came in, we would go to the cove, sit and visit, and after he went home, the boys and I would board his boat and fill the bags at our leisure and schedule, not his. It was at this time that I was just about savvy enough to realize he was coming in with plenty of bait and plenty of bags. We never seemed to run out much before we were about to wear out. It finally dawned on me that the amount of bait bags packed exceeded the number of traps he would haul in a single day, and he never came in with any.

I built up the courage to confront him about this, only to find out he had more than he needed, so he was sharing his bounty with his two (probably smiling and disbelieving) lobstering sons. My initial concern became, if we were filling bait bags faster than he could use them – so many that he had to give some away – were we making him feel bad? Once again I pondered: If this guy is so smart . . .?

As time went on, we even got to go out to haul. We would stand back and watch with intensity and pure fascination as each trap came aboard. Stories would commence early in our venture and go on till the end of the day. Endless stories of fellow lobstermen (some good; some not so good), of how many lobster he got out of a trap in the same location eight years ago, and today nothing but “whores’ eggs, sculpin and a sh**load of kelp.” He would tell of the areas we would be setting: Black Ledges, the Red Sea, or Crockett’s, or we’d be hauling some in the bay, over by Dogfish, and if the tide comes right, we’ll go into Medric Rock.

He spoke like I was supposed to know where we were and where we were going. Not to be stumped, at the end of each day, I opened a chart to figure out where we had been. By this time, I was totally captivated by lobstering, the sea, the island, and most of all, this guy.

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day he said, “I could use some The sunrise rose to the help, want to go to haul?” I east’erd, heavy morning was so excited, I was at the dew dripped off everything, cove and on the boat at 5:30 gulls circled around the a.m., some 30 minutes ahead Starlight, a purse seiner of schedule. Bait bags were that supplies bait to the isfilled; I made sure John and land, as she unloaded the Aaron had filled them to my night’s catch, yelling like specifications the day before. they were placing orders By this time, I had just for breakfast. Then I realenough experience to be danized what was surreal: I gerous. was on a real lobsterboat, I developed several theonot on the shore. For this ries, none of which I have day, I was the sternman, shared in the industry benot the summer jerk.

Photo courtesy John Richards cause they are yet to be Although I had no idea proven. But I am working on The author believes that a tail waving out of the bait where we were going, I felt bag brings lobsters to traps like moths to a flame. it, and with some reluctance I like I had already arrived. will share one of them now. As Before I could get too you fill the bag, the tail of one fish sticking out of the caught up in the moment, we were on the first string, top of the bag works equally as well as some of those and the orders started coming, buoys and seaweed magic lures “as seen on TV.” While not yet proven, were flying, first trap then the trailer. We had the end proving this remains on my bucket list – as is the de- buoy – these were doubles, so there were four more velopment of a bait-scented cologne “for the rugged pairs in the string – so we’d bring all these on board, man.” Good bait has so many distinct odors, it is diffi- clean them out, bait’em, and stack them on the stern. cult to narrow it down, but I am convinced the right Then we’d set these by the Bell or inside Hurricane (I one will give Polo a run for its money. knew where he was talking about).

As we ventured out of the cove, life seemed surreal.

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ond pair and knocked them overboard prematurely. Chaos ensued, and time stopped with the feeling of the flying warp tightening around my legs.

I was caught between the pots. At this moment in my short career I was thinking how cool it was when all I did was watch. Rope was flying directly followed by the two 60plus-pound traps that already had hit the water and were accelerating to the bottom.

Sternman Richards, here My legs went out from under me, my head at the wheel of the hit the bait box that was so dutifully filled by Nancy O, has spawned my own sons, and I started my slide across several industry-related the deck on my back to the back of the boat. schemes, most intriguAs I slid across the deck, I distinctly rememing of which is a baitber how blue the sky was, and I recalled scented cologne "for the thinking that I’d be overboard momentarily. rugged man."

There was a thud, which was me hitting the stern. I felt the pressure on my legs, and Photo courtesy John Richards then I heard the engine revving up in refathom warp, all baited and ready to go. For some reaverse. And slowly the pressure let up, and I realized I son I could not help but feel guilty, like it was my was not going overboard. As I was helped to my feet, fault, that the first string had no keepers. Some unI was told I was “s’posed to be working, not dancing” dersized, some “eggers,” and some with manmade on the back of the boat. notches in their tales. “Can’t keep ‘em and can’t sell Ivan immediately got on the VHF radio to tell his em,” said Ivan. This is not a law, it’s the Maine loberfellow lobsterman of the near tragedy, followed by an stermen’s own conservation plan. Two pots were toover-the-air debate over whether or not it’s a tragedy tally empty, and I was told, “We’ll just change the waif you lose a summer jerk? The final crackle over the ter in these.” radio was: “Isn’t that the fella who fills your bait Soon, we reached the new spot to set. The command bags? Don’t wanna lose him!” to put each pair overboard was a simple “yup,” which As we finished our day and came steaming down is spoken directly into the windshield and completely the Reach, through the channel, and into the cove, I out of earshot of the one person who needs to hear it. saw two young boys on the shore with binoculars, The traps started overboard, one trap pulling anothwatching for that special boat with that special guy – er, splashing into the deep, followed by a humming and I was now a part of this scene. I have been sumnoise of the wet warp spraying water and muck as it mer sternman ever since. We now own a house on this slipped over the gunnel. Because of the lack of guidisland near the cove where the black boat is still ance by the rookie sternman, the first pair hit a sec-

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Last trip here, I was asked what ferry I was leaving on. When I said the 2:45, I heard, “Good, we can haul before you leave.” For me, this was a perfect way to end our trip. For all these years. I have been compensated in lobsters. I have never had to buy one. I have been paid at the rate of one-half to one-pound of lobster per hour. Yet, again, it is reason to ponder: How smart is this guy, really?

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We enlisted three other Galveston, commercial semi-rookies to round ship traffic got heavy. In out the crew to seven Galveston, we fueled up (Al, Sue, Paul, Steve and the four 55-gallon drums Theresa, Captain Rick and topped off the tanks. and Bernie).

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Within a few hours, I was heaving, and others were not doing so well either. Theresa and Steve went below and had a rough, bouncy night in the V-berth.

Paul slept on the floor with a pillow on his head to protect it from the sliding furniture. Al and I were trying to sit up in the pilothouse and were getting tossed around like we were toys.

Al was airborne twice with very hard landings. My heart stopped both times worrying about his hips. He did not dislocate them, but was very badly bruised.

He finally went to lie down on the starboard side settee and spent the rest of the night holding on to one of the tables to keep it from slamming into him. I also went airborne off the settee – I banged my knee, my head and my ear, and ripped open the back of my

hand on something. Bernie bandaged me up and Rick decided I should stay on the floor.

This worked until we loss the GPS fix, and I had to go reboot the computer to get it back. Bernie had to lock me in between his arm so I could work on it. It is very difficult to point the mouse and click when you are riding a roller coaster with sideways twists thrown in.

By Monday noon, the seas were subsiding – down to eight to 10 feet. This was still uncomfortable, but more manageable until the engines died. We were adrift with no power, and a tanker was rapidly approaching dead astern of us. Bernie hailed him on the radio with no response but he did alter course.

Rick discovered that the starboard fuel tank was completely empty and the port fuel tank full. The valve from the port fuel tank was plugged up. Rick found a metal coat hanger to use to clear it and we were under way again in 30 minutes. Steve and Paul

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pumped the fuel from the course, passing between drums into the starboard two tankers, when we are fuel tank. This little hailed on the radio by loop episode, along with the security and asked if we heavy seas, made us reknow where we are. We evaluate our fuel situation answered that we did not and position. know the area and were We had used up 400 galjust passing through, havlons of fuel and only proing just fueled up. Loop segressed 100 miles along curity informed us that we our route because of the were not supposed to be heavy seas. We no longer there and needed permishad enough fuel to get to sion to pass through.

Marathon, our original desIf they’d been moving tination. We had to divert the tankers, we would not Photo courtesy Susan Harris to Louisiana to get fuel. be allowed at all, but since Piloting through the field of oil rigs, some 500 feet high and We eventually found a 800 feet long, was demanding and exhausting, especially they were not we were small marina in Golden at night when the seas ran eight to 10 feet high. permitted to pass through Meadow, La., in the middle as long as we maintained of the oil fields to get fuel, at least a half-mile disclean up the boats, and buy fuel filters and long tance from all the tankers. We looked out the window screws to bolt down the settee. and saw a gunboat running an intercept course on us.

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Within an hour, we were in 15-foot seas, and everything in the saloon was flying around. We discovered that the corner settee was not anchored down, and soon the saloon looked like a disaster. yellow-orange light on the horizon and grow into huge oil rigs as you get closer to them. There was one that started as a small white light, which we watched for two hours before we could see that it was a rig, totally lit with white lights and looking like a ship.

While watching this one, we saw a small red light that grew into a red crescent moon. As the moon rose over the horizon, it turned into a white crescent.

Once we cleared the oil fields, there was not much to see. Most of May 1 and all night the seas got rough again – eight to 10-footers. We arrived in Marathon early the next day. Al’s cousins, Steve and Linny, drove down to see us and the boat, and they took me to the grocery store. While in Marathon, Rick changed the filters on the generator, which wouldn’t start again. So we spent the weekend waiting for a part not available locally.

May 5 was a big day. The guys went to Home Depot and bought a portable gasoline generator. Bernie wired it to run the shore-power line so we could continue on. Bernie and Theresa had to leave to fly home, Bernie had to go back to work, and Theresa elected to leave.

Five of us left Marathon at 2 p.m. on May 5 – destination Beaufort, N.C. This was an easy ride. The weather was good, the seas calm. We did four-hour shifts again, and Rick had to handle the nights. Two days later, during the 4-8 a.m. shift, the autopilot

malfunctioned, and we had to pilot the boat by hand for eight to 10 hours until Rick could fix it.

Rick wanted to get fuel in St. Augustine, but communications got screwed up, and we did not wake him when we got there. So we had to go to Plan B – fuel in Charleston S.C., where we arrived on May 8. We tied up and went to sleep. In the morning we got fuel, had breakfast, and headed out by 11 a.m. The weather turned nasty, so we entered the Intracoastal Waterway and ran up to Georgetown, S.C., a pretty little town where we spent the night.

We left early the next morning, after a little thunderstorm passed. Steve had to get off in Myrtle Beach to head home, and we shortly arrived at the Sunset Beach, N.C., pontoon bridge, which was scheduled to open on the hour. The next opening was at 5 p.m, if there was enough water, since the tide was going out and extra-low tides had been the norm all week. A sailboat tried talking the bridge tender into opening at 4:30, but he refused. Finally, at 6:40 p.m., there was enough water for us to pass through, and we started

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looking for a marina, following seas again. We finding one in Southport, arrived in the Belhaven N.C. We were on the ICW area around 2:45 in the afin the dark for over an ternoon, and decided to hour, and it was very keep going. Soon we were hard to see the markers. in the Pungo River We left Southport early Alligator River Canal – 25 Saturday and got lucky: miles of straight going The weather cleared up with no marinas. so we could run in the I finally found a marina open ocean again. We exjust north of the Alligator ited the ICW through the River bridge. We called Masonborough inlet and them, and they told us made a beeline for they had room for us, but Beaufort. Getting into the the bridge was closed due Beaufort inlet was a pretto the high winds, blowing Photo courtesy Susan Harris at 30 knots. We had to anty wild ride – it was like surfing. This boat does Oil rigs and massive tankers weren’t all we saw in the Gulf chor for the night, and not like following seas. of Mexico. Dolphins brought joy periodically as they frolicked Rick was not happy. We We made Beaufort by 5 in our bow wave and wake. had eight to 10 feet of wap.m. on May 10. There ter, high winds, strong curwas a music festival going on so the town was boom- rent, stumps everywhere, and thunderstorms and toring. Rick and I went grocery shopping while Al and nado warnings. We got the anchor set just in time and Paul fixed the water pump. Then we went to dinner threw together a quick supper. The skies opened, and wandered around town a little bit. lighting flashed overhead, and the wind was howling.

The next morning, we departed for Belhaven on the Nobody slept very well.

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we got there quickly, he’d be able to get us through before the wind picked up again. We got through the bridge and were soon in Albemarle Sound. Al and Rick were in the pilothouse, with following seas making us pitch and roll in seven-foot seas and 40-plusmph winds. Down below, the case of soda goes over, and the soda cans were rolling all over the saloon sole. Paul got on his hands and knees and tried to catch them, but just as they rolled toward him, they’d change direction and roll away, while he slid across the sole.

He got most of them back in the case, but the last two crashed together and one burst open – cola all over the place. I threw him a towel, and he crawled around mopping up the mess. We both were laughing hysterically, and soon Paul was holding the beer and the soda against the settee with his head on a pillow and his feet braced on the other side of the saloon.

The next thing I know, he was taking a nap protecting the beer. I got pictures of that one.

We reached Coinjock at 11a.m. We did laundry. Rick tried to teach us how to tie knots. We fueled up and stayed in Coinjock until the next morning, leaving around 9:15. We went through several bridges and a lock, the latter providing a new experience. Al learned how to hold the boat on station fighting the wind and the current. At one of the bridges, we were hailed on the radio by another boat asking us about ours. The

other boat owner also had a Defever and recognized our boat and knew the previous owner.

We got to Norfolk, Va., in late afternoon on May 13.

We left early the next day, hitting rollers and following seas as we ran over the shoals. The seas settled down after that, and Rick left Al and me on our own.

We soon realized we were off-course, so we woke up Rick to get us on the right heading.

Later, Paul and I had to maneuver through some shoals, and His and Hers began rolling again. This woke Rick up again, and he did not look happy at what he saw, but he let us go on with our plan. We made it through. We ran up the coast to Cape May and then Barnegat Inlet. It took all night to get by Atlantic City. At Barnegat Inlet, we headed across toward Montauk, N.Y., and on my next night shift, midnight Thursday, we were entering Buzzards Bay. We went into the Cape Cod Canal in the wee hours May 16, stopping at Sandwich Marina just before dawn. At 7 a.m., we headed for Portland. The seas were calm, the weather was good, and we arrived at the marina in Portland at 7:30 p.m. on May 16, having logged 283 engine hours over 20 calendar days.

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From the perspective of the delivery skipper I’m Rick, the captain who we found all the antook these crazy people across tifreeze had leaked out of the Gulf of Mexico. The story the starboard motor and starts in January 2008 with found a cracked adapter our first meeting to start planin the sending unit. We ning the trip. We discussed the had to repair it and then scope and crew, and agreed to replace the antifreeze. meet again. I went home with After careful preparation charts of the Gulf of Mexico to for weather predicted to study and agreed to meet in be winds of 15 to 20 two weeks. Soon we were knots with three- to fivemeeting at Al and Sue’s house foot seas, increasing to and plotting our course on the six to eight feet, we were paper charts. I let Al and ready to leave.

Teresa work with the computer, We left on Sunday movand soon they had gotten us ing from Houston to all the way to the Bahamas.

Galveston and filled up After two more meetings, our Photo courtesy Susan Harris with fuel. The plan was to departure date was set and run 24/7 from Galveston His and Hers lies in Norfolk, Va., which we reached on times for leaving the marina to Marathon. As evening May 13. We left early the next day while I slept, hitting were planned. set in, the seas picked rollers and following seas as we ran over some shoals.

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parts to fix it, so we bought a portable generator at Home Depot. Our co-captain/electrician wired it to the shore power, then left for the airport, and another crewmember elected to leave with him.

We left Marathon with five on board, running 24/7 around Cape Canaveral with plans to stop at St. Augustine for fuel. When I got up and asked where we were, the answer was St. Mary’s Inlet; we’d missed St. Augustine. So we proceeded to Charleston, S.C., for fuel. We left Steve off at Myrtle Beach, S.C., bringing our crew down to four, and continued north on the ICW, which we exited at Masonboro inlet, heading for Beaufort, N.C. Along the way, I tried to teach Al and Sue to tie knots. It was Photo courtesy Susan Harris hopeless and I finally taped Al to the chair in frustration.

Al and Sue Harris learned a lot on the delivery of their beloved His and Long story short, we ran 24/7 for 43 Hers, and when all is said and done, they were great fun to travel with. hours to Sandwich, Mass., at the east end of the Cape Cod Canal, where we slammed us broadside and drowned the generator, so we picked up our co-captain, and from there completed our switched to the other generator. delivery, after 20 days, in Portland, Maine. The owners On Monday, while trying to get some needed sleep, I learned a lot on this trip and were lots of fun to travel heard the motors die. I ran to the pilothouse to survey with. the situation and then to the engine room. The starboard Things for a captain to remember: Be sure you can get fuel tank was empty, the port tank full. A clogged fuel along with the people you are traveling with, and they can outlet in the port tank had to be cleared, and Racor filget along with you. Plan extensively. Always have a plan ters needed to be changed in order for us to continue.

B. Watch the weather. Plan fuel stops and know fuel conDue to the weather conditions the night before, we had sumption. Have everyone help with the planning. Have a used 520 gallons of fuel to go 162 miles. A course alteration was put into effect, and we headed to Louisiana for good sense of humor.

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Traveling through the Gulf required careful attention to Al and Sue Harris live in Nashua, N.H., and have reoil rigs, deadheads and oil tankers. Twice, the anchor cently retired. His and Hers will be docked in Portland at chains fell out of the locker onto the V-berth, and Steve the Maine Yacht Center for the 2009 season, and the and Bernie had to rebuild the door with wood from crates Harrises plan to participate in Sail Boston festivities in holding the spare props. In Marathon, we got badly needJuly and the Points East Fundy Flotilla in August. In ed rest, recuperation and repairs. After changing the filters, checking oils, replacing a thermostat on the port en- October, they will motor to Florida and live aboard for the winter season. gine, our second genset went down. We could not find

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On the dock at Nantucket Berta and Jeanne stand in front of the author, Steve and Denise while Pete handles the camera.

The single-reefed gaff main (left) tames 20 knots of breeze that drives us down Buzzards Bay toward home.

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Courting the Grey Lady A Memorial Day cruise to Nantucket unveils what remains of the island of Moby Dick and revelations that warm the heart.

By Michael L. Martel For Points East reat cruises make great memories. But what makes a cruise great? Surely it is the combination of destination, ship and crew. The weather need not be balmy – actually a little variety makes for an adventurous time, for one appreciates the glories of sunshine more when one has experienced rain.

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THERACIN Gunboats rock at Heineken Regatta The sparkling metallic-gold Gunboat 66 Sugar Daddy, sailed by owners Nora and Bruce Slayden, claimed line honors in her racing debut in the Gunboat Class at the 2009 Heineken St. Maarten Regatta in early March. The Gunboat 48 Cream, skippered by Gunboat founder Peter Johnstone of Newport, R.I., won on corrected time.

Classic windy Caribbean conditions prevailed, with occasional rain squalls, gusts above 30 knots and rough seas for the Round the Island Race. Returning Gunboat Class winner, Tim Slade, and his crew on Safari were eliminated by a failed jib head lock minutes after the start. “Today was so much fun,” said Johnstone. “These carbon cruising cats love breeze and big seas. We had [former Newporter, Vineyard brewmeister and “Sailing World” editor] Forrest Williams from Marlow Ropes on our sheets. We would have loved to put in a reef today, but we had a damaged halyard clutch, and only one winch to use. Reefing was not an option.”

“We had to feather both the main and jib the whole way,” said Williams. “It was like we were sailing a big beach cat. What can I say? I know the ropes.” “We’re still getting comfortable with Sugar Daddy, so we took it easy with two reefs upwind, and just our small screecher downwind,” said Bruce Slayden. “We hit 25 knots twice and were cruising 22.” For more information, visit the Gunboat blog at http://web.me.com/chandlercollins or www.gunboat.com.

Cream, the Gunboat 48 owned by Xabier Ross, but on loan to Peter Johnstone for the Heineken Regatta, is in the lead, while Safari, a Gunboat 62 owned by Tim Slade, charges up from behind.

Bermuda Ocean Cruising Yacht Trophy is in play There are two big ocean races to Bermuda from southern New England. One has been starting at Marion, Mass., in odd-numbered years since 1977.

The other has been heading out from Newport, R.I., in even-numbered years since 1936, three decades after boats first raced across the Gulf Stream to the hallowed Onion Patch.

Each race is open to boats and crews capable of crossing more than 600 miles of open and often very rough ocean.

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Yacht Trophy for best combined performance in consecutive Newport and Marion Races. Presented by Sail magazine, the trophy is open to amateur crews who sail in monohull boats in the Marion Race and in the Cruising Division in the Newport Race.

The most recent winner is Paul B. Hubbard, representing the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club. After finishing second in Class E in the 75-boat 2007 Marion Race, Hubbard’s Oyster 435 Bermuda Oyster topped the 43boat Cruiser Division in the 2008 Newport Race. The perpetual trophy remains in Bermuda. In even-numBOCY, continued on Page 47 editor@pointseast.com

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Spring races to benefit SailMaine Maine’s sailing regatta season will get off to an early start on Saturday, June 6, when sailboats race outside Portland Harbor to raise funds for SailMaine, a local community sailing program. The Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association is teaming up with SailMaine to host the event. The regatta will enable current Gulf of Maine racers to meet new sailors and potential crewmembers, and will give SailMaine students the www.pointseast.com

chance to experience the thrill of racing on larger boats.

“Our students learned on smaller boats and sailing dinghies, and some have been looking for an opportunity to move into bigger boats,” says Sarah Helming, director of SailMaine’s Junior Program. “At the same time, Gulf of Maine skippers and crews are anxious to clean out the cobwebs that developed during their long off-season, and some may

The first race of Mystic River Yacht Club’s Spring Frostbite Series, on Sunday, March 29, appeared to be an unlikely event due to stormy weather. The forecast showed a low pressure system coming up the coast in true nor’easter style with a tricky forecast that called for winds of 10 to 15 knots from the east gusting to 20 knots. The mighty Mystic River was empty except for the Mystic River Y.C. Frostbiters. They showed up, but the wind did not. Go figure.

One race was started in light air after a 10-minute wind delay, and then it just shut off. The fleet waited and then decided to do an “anything goes” kinetics race where sailors can propel their boats with coordinated rocking motions (not allowed in real racing). There were lots of exhausted sailors after that race, and lots of fun was had.

Even though it didn’t count, the “kids” – Matt Paige and Nick Fast – took home the “kinetics victory.”

Winning the single-race regatta was Ted and son Andrew Corning of the Conanicut Yacht Club in Jamestown, R.I. And in 2nd place were Mike Zeller and Scott Semel of the Greenwich Bay Yacht Club. In 3rd place was Chris and Kathy Sinnett.

The series is just getting started, and details can be found at www.mysticriveryachtclub.com.

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Briefly Rich Wilson logs a Vendée Globe Marbleheader Rich Wilson, aboard the Great American III, finished the solo, nonstop, round-the-world Vendée Globe Race in 9th place, the lone American in this marathon and only the 2nd to ever complete it. Maine’s Bruce Schwab, sailing his Ocean Planet in the previous running, was the first.

The 58-year-old Wilson holds three university and college degrees and previously set three speed records on routes from San Francisco to Boston, from New York to Melbourne and from Hong Kong to New York. He served as a defense analyst in Washington, a mathematics teacher in Boston, a

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Vital B1-2 dates and skinny Vital 2009 B 1-2 dates are: May 16: Deadline for entrant applications, entry fees and skipper/crew resumes. May 18: Deadline for completing skipper’s singlehanded qualifying passage. June 1: Deadline for arrival in Newport of first-time entrants and returnees with new boats. June 3: Bermuda One-Two Skipper’s Welcome Party. June 5: Newport to Bermuda start. June 18: Bermuda to Newport start. June 27: Awards in Newport.

This year’s Bermuda One-Two race again can be used as input toward the Doublehanded Ocean Racing Trophy (DHORT) for those boats that provide an Endorsed IRC certificate in addition to all other requirements. These boats will be scored as a group, in addition to the Bermuda One-Two PHRF scoring, by TIME-ON-TIME, using the Endorsed IRC rating, and the results will be provided to the DH-ORT officials. One entrant, Bjorn Johnson, participated in this in 2007.

The following sailors have said they plan on participating: Sam Ausmus III, Roger Billings, Doug and Monica Campbell, Marvin Clements, Jay Cushman, Simon Day (Mini), Mike Dreese (Class 40), Rusty Duym, Ted Fisher, Don Gray, Jonathan Green, Brian Guck, Mike Hennessy on his new Class 40, Denver Hopkins in his new proto Mini, USA578, Jack Ives, Ben Jelic on his J/12, Eric Johnson, Bob Kemp on Hideaway, Eric Le Coq (Class 40), Yves Lepine on his 45 Open Atlantix Express, Jim Linsley, Lindsay Lowe, Rick McCally, Peter McCrea, Pat McFadden, Alex Mehran (Class 40), Louis Meyer, Robert Patenaude, Chris Pitts, John Ryan (Class 40), Jay Sharkey (he bought Duncan Gladman’s Mini #415), Dave Sherman, Dan Stadtlander, Mike Stevens, Gust Stringos, John Van Slyke, and Kristen Wenzel.

Tracking devices (iBoatTrack) will again be required this year.

At least 13 minis are expected as well as four to six Class 40s are expected to start. FMI: www.bermuda1-2.org.

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bered years, it’s displayed in the Royal Bermuda Yacht Club, which co-sponsors the Newport Race with the Cruising Club of America. In odd-numbered years, it’s in the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club, a co-sponsor of the Marion Race with the Beverly Yacht Club and the Blue Water Sailing Club.

The next chance to win this prestigious trophy begins this June 19 when the Marion-to-Bermuda fleet sets a course for the Onion Patch. For more information about the races involved, go to www.marionbermuda.com and http://bermudarace.com.

be looking to add people to their crew list. This regatta will bring everyone together.”

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More than one way to skin the recession cat id you know that anyone can participate in the sport of sailboat racing and often at a very low cost compared to other sports? We all know we are in a recession, that times are tough.

However, don’t let it get you down. Here are a few ways to compete while pinching those pennies.

You don’t need to own a boat to participate. I am a card-carrying member of the NMBP (Not My Boat Program) and have been since age 8. NMBP is a way to enjoy our sport without the cost of boat ownership. There are several ways to participate in this “program,” and you don’t have to feel like you are mooching off the rich.

If you are a qualified and experienced helmsperson, you can take advantage of US Sailing and its youth and adult championships. These championships are often ladder events with club, local, state and area eliminations that qualify the best from each area of the country to compete in a national championship.

The boats for the ladder events and the championship are often supplied so even at the highest and lowest levels the cost of participation is very low: a

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US Sailing membership and the entry fee. This is a great way to see how you stack up against sailors from all across the country and even in your local area, so there is something for everyone. Visit ussailing.org.

If you are not a qualified and experience helmsperson and just want to learn and/or gain experience, there are several programs for you throughout New England. Sail Newport and Sail Maine, both nonprofit organizations, provide adult and youth sailing programs at very low costs. Their programs provide basic instruction to advanced boat handling and racing skills. These organizations also own boats and provide them for use in races such as weeknight J/22 racing or Yngling frostbiting. So again, you don’t have to own the boat to race it! There are also many other programs available from yacht clubs and sailing organizations throughout New England. Visit sailmaine.org or sailnewport.org.

OK, the two options just mentioned may still be a bit more cost than you want to incur as part of our NMBP. So, the last option and most economical is to

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CREW MATCH PARTY! May 6th, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. at Handy Boat in Falmouth Foreside Whether you’re looking FOR crew or looking TO crew, our Crew Match Party is the place for you!

Lots of fun. Lots of door prizes. Eats, drinks, matching!

Visit our Crew Match link: www. pointseast.com and enter your information.

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Check our website for additional crew match parties in other locations.

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There are boats all over New England racing every day of the week, and most need crew. You can be just the person they are looking to have on their boat. race/sail as a crewmember with an already established team. There are boats all over New England racing every day of the week, and most need crew. You can be just the person they are looking to have on their boat. Don’t feel guilty for not financially supporting their program because most owners want dedicated, fun, enthusiastic individuals to enjoy the experience with them.

It often takes four to 10 people to help race a sailboat around the course, and getting everyone to show up every time is one of the many challenges that owners face when they go out on the water. By being the person who is an able-bodied, quick-study – flexible, easy going and hard working – you will earn a spot and reap the benefits of any great race program. Your contributions, although not financial, can often be the most important to an owner when deciding whether or not to enter a race.

How do you get these spots on boats in the first place? Don’t be shy! Call your local yacht club. They often have a volunteer who is in charge of racing at

the club. This person often knows who the players are and who might need crew and would be a good fit for your experience. Also try your workplace and network: You might be surprised at who knows somebody who races and can get you a few email addresses or phone numbers.

Also, walk into your local sail loft. Sail-loft employees and owners often get requests from boat owners who are looking for crew and could put you in touch with the right people. And lastly use the Points East magazine resources. Crew Match parties in Massachusetts and Maine are both great locations to meet skippers and owners of boats looking for new crew members. The parties are fun, free, and great networking places. If you can’t attend a party, then try the Points East online service that matches crewmembers with boats that need crew. Visit pointseast.com Let’s say you want to own a boat and race but want to keep the costs low. Well, this is smart, and it can be just as much fun as spending tons of coin. First, look

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for a small boat that is either a one-design or has had a large production run. These boats will have more used parts, sails and aftermarket products that are low-cost and performance enhancing.

For example a J/24 can be purchased for under $5,000 and, with a bit of sweat equity and some new-used sails, can be competitive in your local fleet for just under $10,000 total. Want something a bit more comfortable, with an enclosed head and full standing headroom that you can do some cruising in as well? Try the S2 9.1, a 30-foot boat with a masthead rig. This boat can be purchased race/cruise ready for around $25,000. You can sail this boat PHRF (Performance Handicap Racing Fleet), which provides a rating number relative to other boats based on distance and time. Cost to get a PHRF rating is quite low, usually around $50, and racing is available throughout the country.

So now that the financial excuse is out of the way, I expect to see you all out on the water very soon.

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Portsmouth hosts J/24 races This yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s J/24 District One Championship will be hosted by Fleet 139 in Portsmouth, N.H., May 16-17. Over the last few years, this fleet has seen a dramatic rise in participation, quality of racing, and enthusaism. With more than 15 boats racing most Thursday nights throughout the summer, the fleet has a solid core group of who have been traveling to many regattas over the years and wish to return the favor of great hospitality, great racing and fun times. FMI: www.sailpsa.org.

Duck Island Y.C. gets 2009 ducks in line The 2009 sailing season of the Duck Island Yacht Club (DIYC) in Westbrook, Conn., is under way so donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t delay in getting your boat signed up for another season of great racing. The season kicks off on May 6 with the first Wednesday night and ends on Oct. 18 with the last Fagan race.

DIYC will be hosting two new regattas this year, including The Leukemia Cup Regatta on Aug. 29 to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society and the Melges 24 Regatta on Columbus Day weekend. The Leukemia Cup Regatta has national and international recognition and will be a wonderful weekend of events beginning on Friday night with registration and a check-in party. DIYC hopes racers will join us to fight cancer by helping to raise money to fund research and find cures for blood cancers which take our loved ones every year. This year, DIYC will not be mailing out the race forms: All forms can be found on http://diyc.com.

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PASSAGES, from Page 21 where he retired with his family.

Jim was a member of the Courageous and Independence syndicates for the 1974 and 1977 America’s Cup competitions. He was born in Bridgeport, Conn., and was a longtime resident of Stratford, Conn. He managed Bannister’s Wharf and Newport Yachting Center in Newport, R.I., and ran the barquentine Gazela Primero, the New York Yacht Club committee boat Black Knight, the Hinckley yawl Nirvana, and he skippered the 104-foot schooner America for the Schaeffer Brewing Company. He attended Maine Maritime Academy and worked worldwide with the American Export Isbrandtsen Lines as deck officer and navigation officer.

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Hank was a member of the Newport Yacht Club for 44 years, sailed in the Bermuda 1-2, and was an avid skier. He would be pleased to tell you that he left this earth while playing racquetball, and at the time was beating his close friend and adversary. FMI: www.newportdailynews.com.

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Reviewed by Carol Standish For Points East Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands is not your average guidebook.

It is an exceptional example of its genre.

Of course, so is the subject. I lived in Boston for many years, but I never once set foot on a harbor island. It never occurred to me, even though I am a triedand-true water person. During the time I spent in Beantown, the harbor was, and always had been, an infamous witch’s brew: a sizzling, bubbling, festering viscous dump for the city and numerous surrounding towns – the sad recipient of centuries of sewage and worse. It was even dirtier than

New York Harbor – not a boast any Bostonian wanted to broadcast but we all knew it was really, really bad.

In 1987, we were proven right. The federal government identified Boston Harbor as the dirtiest in the country. A Boston newspaper’s banner headline called the mess a “Harbor of Shame.” Among the remedies put forward by the local business community was a plan to build a high-rise community straddling several islands and connected to downtown by bridges, subways and ferries. An estimated 150,000 people could be housed there. Huh? Extending Logan airport even further into the harbor was another idea. (Runways had already gobbled up several islands.) An idea for a World’s Fair site was also floated.

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Local maritime storyteller, Edward Rowe Snow was an early, constant and vocal advocate of a thorough clean-up for both the harbor water and the neglected islands. He inspired a great deal of public support for the effort. Thirty years and $4.5 billion dollars later, the harbor sparkles. The “Big Dig” has made the city’s waterfront people-friendly, and a complex partnership of federal, state, city and nonprofit agencies owns and maintains 1,600 acres of the harbor islands.

This entity’s role is to maintain a balance between the islands’ function as a source of recreation and entertainment and a preserve for wildlife and historic sites.

It struck me, as I read about the history of the harbor islands, what fierce and cantankerous creatures we are. Wars – Indian wars, wars with England, wars with Europe, wars among ourselves, more wars with and for Europe – produce forts and defenses and prisons. Harbor islands were the first line of defense from attack by sea, and the most remote and defensible place for military prisons.

The islands are a paradise for a history buff. There are many months’ worth of “ruins” to explore – not just of forts and battlements and remnants of antique weapons, but also ruins of asylums, alms houses and schools for the children of the destitute.

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The guide covers more than 30 of Boston Harbor’s islands in detail: history, flora, fauna, topography, facilities (or lack of), distances from one island to another and the mainland, currents surrounding the land masses (for kayakers and other small boaters), ferry schedules and recommendations of locations for explorers on foot. The language is clear and simple.

The photographs are evocative but also useful for identification. In addition to the text, the guide provides symbols indicating access, sights activities and services that accompany each island entry.

“Discovering the Boston Harbor Islands” tells you just where to go to follow your particular interest, how to get there, and what to bring. Don’t visit the islands without it, and, by all means, visit!

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Briefly Boothbay Harbor Shipyard of Boothbay Harbor, Maine, was sued in January by Robert Douglas, captain and owner of the engineless 108-foot square topsail schooner Shenandoah because of what he believes to be poor workmanship during the 2007-08 winter that caused his vessel to leak seriously last summer while filled with school children. The shipyard reportedly has admitted responsibility. Shenandoah was hauled out at Fairhaven (Mass.) Shipyard in early spring new white oak planking. A Coast Guard marine inspector was on hand to inspect the work. The complaint charges that estimated $900,000 job was done in an “unworkmanlike manner using poor materials and craftsmanship, all of which had rendered the vessel dangerous and unseaworthy.”

Maine Built Boats is remaining busy despite the down economy. Brooklin Boat Yard continues its work on the 90-foot sailing yacht Bequia for a summer launch. Classic Boat Shop is building Hull Nos. 23, 24 and 25 of its Chuck Paine-designed Pisces 21, one of which will live in Bermuda. Artisan Boatworks is showing its cold-molded Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 15 at two winter shows. John Williams Boat Company is building Maisie McGoo, a Stanley 38 for a June launch. Ralph Stanley is restoring a 1902 Charles Morse 40-foot Friendship Sloop. Six River Marine is building a Black Horse 29 powerboat. Wilbur Yachts is working on Betsy, a Wilbur 46 powerboat to launch in September. Paul Rollins Boatshop is restoring a 38-foot Ralph Winslow carvel-planked sailboat, a sum-

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mer launch planned. Great Island Boatyard is restoring a Ted Hood Little Harbor 52. French & Webb is working on a Stephens, Waring, White-designed 29-foot carbon fiber diesel electric launch. Callinectes has just started its first fiberglass production boat, a 16-footer. Cranberry Island Boatyard is building hull No. 19 of their Western Way 19. And Dick Pulsifer is starting hull No. 105 of his Pulsifer Hamptons.

Goetz Custom Technologies, LLC of Bristol, R.I., in midMarch bought the assets of Eric Goetz Custom Sailboats, Inc., from the state-appointed receiver. “We very much appreciate the gratifying personal loyalty of the employees and the unwavering support of industry partners through what has admittedly been a difficult transition for us,” said Eric Goetz.

“Goetz Custom Technologies now has a very strong financial base and a new strategic plan for future growth . . . . [that] includes servicing Goetz Custom Sailboats’ previously built high performance, high- tech custom power and sailboats.”

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Brownell Boat Stands of Mattapoisett, Mass., was sold early in March by the Brownell family to Peter T. Kavanaugh and Cathy Mayall. The newly formed Kavanaugh-Brownell Boat Stands LLC will retain use of the Brownell Boat Stands name, according to Mayall. The company will expand its distribution network into other countries, including Australia and South America. Manufacturing will remain in Mattapoisett.

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CALENDAR/Po ints East Pl anner MAY 2-3

First Annual South Shore In-Water Boat Show, Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Mass. More than 20 boat lines displayed. FMI, email: info@southshoreinwaterboatshow.com. www.sailmaine.org.

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The Atlantic Cup, Cruising Rally Association, a cruise-in-company from Village Cay, Tortola, B.V.I., to Bermuda, after a 4-5 day passage. FMI: www.carib1500.com or email steve@carib1500.com.

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Restoration of the 1885 Schooner Yacht Coronet: returning a grand yacht to the water by Jeff Rutherford, IYRS Dinner and a Lecture Series, IYRS Restoration Hall, Newport, R.I., 7:30 p.m. FMI: http://iyrs.org.

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Racing Rules Seminar & Skipper’s Meeting with Rules Judge Peter DeWolfe & Fleet Captain Greg Graham, Minehan Room, Marriott Residence Inn, 3444 Charles River Ave., Boston, Mass., 6 p.m.-8 p.m.

FMI: Contact Constitution Yacht Club fleet captain Greg Graham at 781-258-7696, email: gtgraham@rcn.com.

The Newport Spring Boat Show, Newport Rhode Island Yachting Center, Newport, R.I. FMI: www.newportspringboatshow.com.

J/24 District One Championship, hosted by Fleet 139, Portsmouth, N.H. Late-night entertainment, great open-ocean racing. FMI: Email Rob Pruyn, rpruyn@rubber-group.com.

Weather and Sleep seminars, by Bill Biewenga and Dr. Claudio Stampi, respectively. Bermuda 1-2, hosted by the Museum of Yachting, Newport, R.I. Data from OSTAR, Vendée Globe, Route du Rhum, Jacques Vabre, Around Alone. Online signup at www.weather4sailors.

31-6/4 Painting the Maritime Landscape at Mystic Seaport with artists Lou Bonamarte and David Lussier, The Maritime Gallery at Mystic (Conn.) Seaport. FMI: Erin Richard, 860-572-0711, ext. 5005, email: erin.richard@mysticseaprt.org.

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62nd Annapolis to Newport Race, Annapolis and the New York yacht clubs, with assistance from the Naval Academy Sailing Squadron and Ida Lewis Yacht Club. IRC, PHRF and Double-Handed divisions.

FMI: www.annapolisyc.com.

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8th Annual Women’s Sailing Conference, Corinthian Yacht Club, Marblehead, Mass. FMI: email: wsf@womensailing.org, www.womensailing.org.

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Launch Day, International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS) Newport Campus. Newport, R.I. IYRS students launch and sail the boats they restored over the term. FMI: www.iyrs.org.

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

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8th Brooke Gonzalez Advanced Racing Clinic, Sail Newport Sailing Center, Newport, R.I. Laser Full Rig, Laser Radial, International 420s, and Club 420s.

Applicants selected based upon resume. Deadline: April 1. FMI: www.sailnewport.org.

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Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race, organized by the Beverly Yacht Club, the Blue Water Sailing Club and the Royal Hamilton Amateur Dinghy Club.

Monohulls start 6/19; multhulls, 6/20. FMI: www.marionbermuda.com.

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Block island Race Week XXIII, Block Island, R.I., sponsored by the Storm Trysail Club. FMI: www.blockislandraceweek.com.

Free Sailing and Open House, SailMaine, Portland, Maine, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. FMI: call 207-650-2985,

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Cleve takes his morning coffee next to the Leight, at the dock in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia.

Cultivating the quiet side of cruising s much as we try to micro-manage every detail of our cruises, only a few have lived up to all our ambitions for them, and Cleve and I were a day late, a dollar short, and grumbling about the wreckage of our plans when at last we rounded Cape Sable, Nova Scotia. The winds had been light to none, the Bay of Fundy tides formidable, and we’d motored away most of our fuel.

Putting into the little teacup of a harbor at Port LaTour in search of gas, we were disappointed to find there was not a drop to be had. Commiserating over a forecast calling for continued calm and our failure to be sailing into Lunenburg by this point, a fisherman stopped by and asked how we were doing. Mentioning our want of fuel, he responded, “See the red truck by the fish plant? Take it. There’s a gas station six miles up the road.” He was in need of giving and we of receiving.

Buoyed by his hospitality, and grudgingly letting go of the need to make up for lost time, the next day saw the Swedish-built Leight easing eastward to a musing southerly, and as the quiet of evening came on, we landed at the fish dock in Lockeport, 35 miles up the shore. Enjoying a beer in the cockpit, local swordfisher Cecil Nickerson joined in. An extraordinary spinner of yarns, he told us that half the lies told in town were said to be true, and in three hours, we knew more of life, humor, humanity and politics in the provinces than we’d of learned in a decade of cruises.

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Creaming along before a snotty southwester the next day, the sloop legged it past Port Mouton, Medway, Liverpool, and the LaHave River. The setting sun burnished the tossing seas in shades of pale saffron as we came into Lunenburg, having made 83 miles in 13 hours. We thought about pushing on for Halifax, but instead chose to make prime-time at The Knot Pub, and were soon in the company and comfort of kindred spirits, hearty English ale, and fish and chips.

We then set sail for nearby Chester, where we met wood-boat builder Clarence Heisler, visited his shaving filled shop, and laid quietly in the shadow of the tidy village until Cleve had to catch a plane home.

Singlehanding to dramatic Deep Cove, a gentlemen in a motor yacht offered a mooring and invitation for dinner.

Anchored off the town of Mahone Bay a few days later, I landed to gather stores, was offered the use of a car for my errands and later adopted by the crew of the Mug and Anchor pub, while I waited for Leigh to fly in and join me for the westward leg.

As much as goals are good things, living fully in the moment counts, too. It’s not how far you sail, but how well, and there is something to be said for cultivating the quiet side of cruising.

David Buckman cruises from the Chesapeake to Newfoundland. He sails out of Round Pond, Maine. editor@pointseast.com

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Confessions

Part III: Heineken was not all that was green

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

Not long after I started business, my mentor, Capt.

Bill Rice, called and asked if I would like to take over the Rockland Coast Guard Station jobs as well as the island ferry system. There were about five boats in the station fleet plus an ice-breaker and a buoy tender berthed at the Rockland pier. This made a great addition to my client list, and I got many jobs from these boats over the years, both in repairs and adjustments. I also got referrals.

I explain the above as a prelude to a phone call I got one morning. It was from a man who was asking my prices for adjustment. I told him, and he said he was

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They didn’t tell him that I was also the only adjuster in the area.

I learned that this man named Tom had a fishing boat, a scallop dragger named the Heineken, and was fitting it out to go scalloping offshore as inshore scalloping was not allowed until November. He said he had just bought an Air Guide compass at Hamilton’s for $39.

Now Air Guides are fine for automobiles and small boats in protected waters, but for serious offshore work, he needed a better compass. I offered to sell him a Ritchie for $55, but he said if he bought that, he could not afford to have it adjusted.

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We arranged to adjust his Air Guide that evening in Rockland. My wife Jean went with me, and I put the good Ritchie in the car in case Tom changed his mind.

We arrived at the fishing pier and were greeted by the most dilapidated 34-foot wooden boat you could ever imagine. It had been a decent fishing boat many years ago, but now it was a sad-looking sight.

Tom, who looked to be about 21, explained that he was the “investor” and that he had a captain to run the vessel. Next to the pilot house were all kinds of steel frames and rusty iron work. The pilothouse itself was less than six feet high, so I had to do all my work bent over. Loose wires were strung around, and a VHF radio was the only piece of equipment in evidence. In addition, the hot exhaust pipe ran up through the cabin, and someone had mounted the Air Guide behind the exhaust pipe.

I convinced Tom that the Air Guide had to be moved, but I couldn’t convince him to shell out for the Ritchie compass. We moved the Air Guide to a location that was a little more accessible and farther away from the steel equipment.

And so he started the engine, and we went out in the harbor to do the adjustment. We hadn’t gone very far when part of the cabin bulkhead burst into flames.

Tom calmly pulled out the overboard cooling hose and doused the flames. “Yeah, that happens a lot,” he said.

“Wow!” said I. And he was right, the flames started a couple of more times while we were out.

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Well, wonder of wonders, I was able to get a fairly good adjustment on the Air Guide. Of course, it was still a pretty small compass to see in rough weather.

We started back for the dock, and after putting out another fire, the engine died about 100 yards from the pier. Tom churned away with the starter but to no avail. Eventually we drifted close enough to the pier so Tom could throw a line to his “captain,” Lester. Tom said that Lester was 23 and could not go out for the compass-adjusting as he was babysitting. Sure enough, Lester had a very cute looking little girl with him.

I asked Tom what he had for safety equipment.

Well, he had a couple of life jackets and that was it.

So he had an Air Guide compass, a VHF radio and two life jackets – and a boat that was prone to burst into flame and an engine that was prone to quit.

I suggested that he invest in some safety equipment, but he said they had spent all their funds on the boat. How he got by the Coast Guard inspection I will never know. I hardly dared to look at the morning newspapers from then on for fear of reading about the loss of the Heineken. But I neither saw nor heard anything about the Heineken again. Maybe they made a fortune dragging for offshore scallops. I hope so.

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NANTUCKET, from Page 42 weekend for a few years in a row. The second reason is a general dissatisfaction with Nantucket itself, where the price of a mooring rental equals a night’s stay in a two-star hotel, or more; and, well, the attitude of the place.

But can there be a saltier place to cruise to than Nantucket? Did not Melville’s Ishmael muse: “The Nantucketer, he alone resides and riots on the sea; …at nightfall, the Nantucketer, out of sight of land, furls his sails, and lays him to his rest, while under his very pillow rush herds of walruses and whales.”

Having read and savored “Moby Dick,” my vision of Nantucket was always one of whaling, traditional Yankeeism, quaint stolid houses with big central chimneys and dimly-lit cobblestone streets peopled by grey-bearded old salts walking gingerly down the alleys with the help of gnarly canes. But that may – or may not – have been the Old Nantucket. New Nantucket is all about itself; it smells universally like the insufferably asphyxiating interior of a famousname Candle Shop and resembles, metaphorically, a dear little wicker basket full of plastic flowers.

At least that’s the image projected: It’s all about daffodils in the springtime – which were not seen on the island until they were transplanted there in recent years to create an April marketing weekend. And

there are nothing but boutiques, boutiques, and more boutiques full of tourist-trade imprinted wearables and kitchen gadgets and tools all really made somewhere near Beijing. So much for salt herring. But the visitor can still push past that to find the raucous bars and eateries, and then later, the lonely places out on the moors and southerly beaches where the soul of this ancient moraine both soothes and liberates.

It took a day to get out there from Bristol, and a day to get back – roughly 75 miles each way as I was able to count. I had recently launched Privateer, a 40-foot gaff yawl I’d been restoring for several years in my backyard. Privateer had been built in Maine in 1930 and launched at the now-defunct R.E. McLain & Sons yard in Thomaston, Maine. Grampa Robert and his boys built a fine boat, this one to a John Alden design of 1929.

The first time I sailed her to Nantucket, I had two other sailors aboard, one of them my friend Bruce from the Vineyard. Bruce is a seasoned salt who once sailed with Don Street. He is also, perhaps, a little nuts. He only likes extreme stuff – a lot of wind versus a little, big seas versus ripples, and he skis down mountains in the winter. I always knew that if the weather turned rough at the mouth of the Sakonnet and I got chicken, I could retreat below and let Bruce take the wheel, and somehow we would all get into the harbor safely.

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A hazy fog had blown in and the deep-green seas of the sound hurried past, a lumpy sea, a wet sea, but Privateer was slogging enthusiastically into it, rising and falling, making swift way through it, cutting like a knife, almost happily, like a dog running glad to be off its leash. I went below for a moment – yes, Bruce was at the helm, wearing a sour expression, the way he usually looked when he was having a wonderful time.

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ly inundate a cabin porthole; I listened to the friendly groans and creaks of the traditional rigging and the boat herself as she flexed and worked her way through the seas, seemingly effortlessly, powerful, unstoppable, her beautifully-designed form slicing a path toward the harbor of the distant island.

She was more of a living thing, and I felt a strange confidence, peace, and good cheer within, the joy of being in the midst of a good adventure, and I praised the handiwork of her designer, her builders, and the magic of her simple technology, and felt then that I had done her justice.

In 2000, I was able to bring together several good friends, including my pal Steve, who’d come up from Virginia, with whom I had sailed from New York to St. Martin on a catamaran delivery; his friend Roberta, a Cajun gal from Louisiana who liked sailing long-distance solo passages in the tropics, reputedly sans clothing; my wife Denise; and our local friends Peter and Jeanne. Pete is from Liverpool and served years ago in the British Merchant marine.

We gathered at my home on Thursday afternoon and went aboard Privateer late in the evening on the Thursday before the holiday weekend. My plan was to sleep for a few hours and then get under way in the wee hours. The night was cool and calm, and the boat swung easily on her mooring in the sheltered Kickemuit River. Once everyone was tucked in below and snoring, I slept briefly, then was up to crank the reliable old Westerbeke to life and begin motoring out onto Mount Hope Bay under a three-quarter moon.

The moonlight sparkled on the bay, and it was bright and easy to see everything. The lights on the distant shore of Fall River, Mass., danced in the cold air currents; a light breeze barely rippled the waters.

Soon we were in the Sakonnet River, heading out with the tide at a lovely clip, for the current there is

strong. The bridge lights were colorful and illuminated the river, and I felt a twinge of excitement, like a kid on an adventure.

In a little while, Pete joined me in the cockpit and produced a fine English silver pocket-flask filled with cognac. We toasted the journey, feeling the warm lava-flow spread down our throats, driving away the night chill completely. We watched the red sunrise over Buzzard’s Bay as we exited the mouth of the Sakonnet; a breeze had sprung up, so Pete, Steve, and I hoisted the sails just as the sun was peering above the horizon.

I went below for a little while to sleep, and when I awoke, it was a bright, windy, sunny day, and Privateer was racing through the blue-green frothy reach between Naushon Island and Martha’s Vineyard. My capable crew had brought her across Buzzard’s Bay, through Quick’s Hole in the Elizabeth Island chain, and out into Vineyard Sound. We bore away to take the wind behind us, and with the big mainsail out, we began running downwind, with a strong westerly wind chasing us, heading for Nantucket Sound. Berta took the helm. “Hell,” she said, her gravelly voice lapsing into a Cajun drawl, “Y’all could take this boat anywhere, anywhere in the world.”

The weather began to change. There is a good reason why Nantucket has been referred to as the Grey Lady, as she spends so much of her time enshrouded in sea-damp mists and fog. The day clouded over, the wind veered to the southwest, and as we passed Edgartown in the distance, heading southeast, the muck began to close in. It was barely noontime, but we could feel the cold damps and the long swells beginning to roll in from the ocean.

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Muskeget Island, then Tuckernuck, then Nantucket.

I was concerned that, if the wind rose quickly, we’d have rough going of it across that exposed area. I could smell the sea, salt-sweet and musky like the depths of the ocean, and it sent a chill up my spine.

I felt, as we moved away from the shelter of the Vineyard’s landmass, that we were extending our tether out of safety into open waters. The great spire of Cape Poge lighthouse was barely visible in the distance, a ghostly shadow in the mist, seemingly small and distant, a good three or four miles away.

Instinctively, I wanted to be closer to that safety, so I steered a little more westerly. As I was doing so, it was Steve’s turn to steer. “We must be a good four or five miles off Cape Poge,” I said.

Moments later, Steve remarked, “Must be some weird currents out here, look how the water color has changed up ahead.” Indeed, it was a current rip of some sort, and the water appeared, even under the cloud cover, to be greenish-gold. Then Privateer came to a rather abrupt, though gentle, stop, and lay over on her port beam ends.

One’s mind works with great rapidity under such conditions; I looked around quickly, attempting to assess the situation, a host of possible scenarios racing through my mind. I looked at the dinghy, wondering how we would all fit in her once Privateer sank. And I looked longingly at the ghostly spire of Cape Poge

lighthouse, miles away in the mist, and wondered how the hell we could possibly be aground way out here in the middle of nowhere.

Of course, a look at the chart would have averted the problem. We were well out of the channel, and Nantucket Sound is a remarkably shallow body of water, full of shifting sandbars and shoals. We had run aground on a rather small, isolated sandbar known as Hawes Shoal.

The prospects seemed grim, but then an amazing thing happened – mirabile dictu – Privateer bounced a couple of times, gently, righted herself, and began sailing again. The wind pressure on her massive main had heeled her over so much that her keel had simply slid across the golden sands and into deeper water. We were suddenly free, and without damage; the water color turned a deep green, and we made a beeline, using the chart, for the nearest channel. The rest of the sail to the Nantucket harbor entrance was a jolly time indeed, and we were ready to tear up the Grey Lady’s seamiest waterfront dives with our newfound salty, swaggering confidence.

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pale ale – brewed right on the island itself. That was the place that we repaired to first. I don’t remember when we left, only that it was dark when we did.

Of course there is more to tell, but suffice to say, we left on a bright and breezy morning, hoisted all sail as we motored past the little lighthouse at Brant Point, and then set our course for home, arriving in Cuttyhunk harbor late in the afternoon, but early enough to procure a couple of local lobsters from the fishmonger on the wharf. By candlelight, we washed down a dinner of grilled steak and lobster with a fine old-vine Cabernet.

Afterward, Pete and I sat on deck enjoying a couple of fine little Cuban whiffs, and a little glass of brandy each, the perfect way to end the day; soon everyone was on deck in the evening calm, and although there was a little chill in the air, no one noticed. The sky above was a canopy of cold little points of light, and the Milky Way was visible; we could hear the surf breaking on Church’s Beach; and every once in a while, the big red bell at the harbor entrance droned and clanged, disturbed from its slumber by the wake of a passing boat.

In the morning it was very windy, and we set sail a little before noon under reefed main, with 25 knots of fresh breeze behind us under a strong Memorial Day sun. We fairly romped home down Buzzard’s Bay, rounded Sakonnet Point, and sailed with both wind

and tide assisting, up the river. Pete took the helm joyfully for a good part of the trip upriver, and we were back on the mooring by late afternoon. It had become a tradition, after a weekend of sailing, for the Privateer’s jolly crew to celebrate journey’s end at a little Irish pub on the waterfront in Bristol, owned by Mr. Aidan Graham, to quench our thirsts with chill pints of Guinness and to dull the pangs of saltwaterinduced hunger with steak or fish and chips. That tradition continues to this day.

How sad it was to say good-bye to Steve and Berta, but we promised to meet again to sail soon, and, henceforth, to make sure that wherever we went together, we would always keep plenty of water under our keel. Could we ever again repeat that trip together?

But nothing is ever the same, nor are we, after the passage of time and the catalyst of experience. The image in one’s mind of a wonderful experience, as it sweetens with time and softens around the edges of remembrance becomes, thus, even more distantly inaccessible, the fruited branch gradually rising even farther from Tantalus’s grasping hand. But that’s the beauty of such things, for to be able to recreate them would take away from their uniqueness, which makes a treasured memory so special.

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That’s why the memory of that great weekend cruising to Nantucket remains something I keep, like a shiny old Morgan silver dollar, to dust off once in awhile so I won’t forget its luster, toss it in my hand, have a little chuckle, and smile.

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A decade later, Privateer is home where she belongs and driving screws, have come back to me joyfully. The body We arrived in Nantucket on May 28, 2000 – thanks to a aches more often now than it did a decade ago, is stiffer, digital camera’s time stamp in one of the photos. It has and is a little harder to get going, but once under way in the been nine years, hard to believe – and the time has flown. task, one remembers the old What a different world it ways and the reluctance of has become since then, in the body becomes lost in the so many unfortunate ways concentration of getting that we could never imagthings done. ine at the time.

I will restore her, and Privateer was sold a launch her again, in the few years later, and went spring of 2010. She is not off my radar screen for ready for the water yet this nearly five years, until a season; there is much to do mysterious call last June yet, to repair, to make sound, from a boatyard owner in to make better. She will sail Maryland, where the owner again. had abandoned her three Denise and I had dinner years earlier, brought her with our friends Jeanne and back to my attention. A Peter only last week; they are good deal of money and negotiations later, she arPhoto courtesy Mike Martel well, and we have many old rived in my backyard on a Privateer was built in Maine in 1930 to a John Alden design stories to tell and re-tell. I hydraulic trailer on a cool, and launched at the now-defunct R.E. McLain & Sons yard in hear from Steve occasionally down in Virginia, and he rewindy, showery fall Thomaston. Now, 78 years later, she needs a major refit. ports that ’Berta is well also, evening, and took her old sailing somewhere in the place once again beneath warmer oceans of the world where she need not wear so the 200-year-old red oak tree, whose strong limbs had once much restrictive clothing. helped hoist her house batteries aboard during her restoraPerhaps Privateer will visit Nantucket harbor again, next tion in the ’90s. As Slocum said of Spray after his globeyear, when my restoration work is finished. For, as Tennyson girdling voyage, when he tied her up to the old cedar spile wrote, “Old age hath yet his honor and his toil…Tho’ much in Fairhaven, near the place where she had been rebuilt, “I is taken, much abides… that which we are, we are.” could bring her no nearer home.”

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May Tides Bridgeport, Conn.

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Newport, R.I.

72 Points East May 2009

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Boston, Mass.

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19.3 18.8 1.4 1.0 0.5 -0.1 -0.6 -0.8 -0.8 19.9 19.5 19.1 18.6 18.0 17.5 17.1 16.8 3.1 2.7 2.0 1.2 0.2 -0.7 -1.4 -1.9 21.4 21.3 21.0 20.4 19.7 19.1

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Corrections for other ports Port

Reference

Maine/ New Hampshire Stonington

Rockland

Boothbay Harbor

Kennebunkport

Portsmouth

Bar Harbor

Bar Harbor

Portland

Portland

Time Corrections

Height Corrections

High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min.,

High *0.91, Low *0.90

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 *0.93, Low *1.03

High *0.97, Low *0.97

High *0.97, Low *1.00

Portland

High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min.,

High *0.86, Low *0.86

Gloucester

Boston

High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min.,

High *0.93, Low *0.97

Scituate

Boston

High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min.,

Massachusetts Plymouth

Boston

High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min.,

High *1.03, Low *1.00

High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min.,

High *0.95, Low *0.95

High *0.95, Low *1.03

Provincetown

Boston

Woods Hole

Newport

High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min.,

High *0.40, Low *0.40

New London

High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min.,

High *1.02, Low *1.00

Marion

Rhode Island Westerly

Point Judith

East Greenwich

Bristol

Connecticut Stamford

New Haven Branford

Saybrook Jetty

Saybrook Point

Mystic

Westport

Newport

Newport

Newport

Newport

Bridgeport

Bridgeport

Bridgeport

New London

High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min.,

High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min.,

High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min.,

High *1.16, Low *1.14

High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min.,

High *1.07, Low *1.08

High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min.,

High *0.87, Low *0.96

High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min.,

High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min.,

High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min.,

Newport

High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min.,

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High *0.87, Low *0.54

High *1.14, Low *1.14

High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min.,

New London

Boston

High *1.13, Low *1.29

High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min.,

High *0.91, Low *0.96

High *1.36, Low *1.35

High *1.24, Low *1.25

High *1.01, Low *0.97

High *0.85, Low *0.85

Bar Harbor, Maine -0.2 0.1 11.0 10.9 11.0 11.0 11.0 10.9 10.8 10.5 -0.2 0.1 0.5 0.8 1.1 1.3 1.4 1.4 9.7 9.8 10.1 10.4 10.7 11.0 11.2 -1.5 -1.4 -1.2 -0.9 -0.5 -0.1

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Eastport, Maine 0.0 0.4 18.5 18.5 18.7 18.9 19.0 19.0 18.8 -0.5 -0.2 0.3 0.9 1.4 1.8 2.1 2.3 16.7 16.9 17.2 17.7 18.3 18.9 19.3 19.6 -2.1 -2.0 -1.7 -1.2 -0.6 0.0

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10.4 10.5 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.7 0.9 10.3 10.0 9.7 9.5 9.4 9.4 9.5 9.8 1.4 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.4 0.2 0.1 11.2 11.2 11.2 11.1 11.1 11.1

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18.0 18.0 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.4 0.7 18.5 18.1 17.6 17.2 16.8 16.6 16.5 16.6 2.3 2.2 1.8 1.3 0.8 0.4 0.0 -0.2 19.7 19.6 19.4 19.1 18.9 18.9

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10.8 11.2 11.5 11.8 11.9 11.9 11.8

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MAINE Arundel:The Landing School.

Augusta: Mr. Paperback.

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

Bar Harbor: Associated Hardware, Bar Harbor Yacht Club.

Bass Harbor: Morris Yachts.

Bath: Kennebec Tavern & Marina, Maine Maritime Museum.

Belfast: Belfast Boatyard, Belfast Chamber of Commerce visitors’ center, Coastwise Realty, Fertile Mind Books, Harbormaster’s office.

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

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

Boothbay: Boothbay Mechanics, Boothbay Resort.

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, 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 Y.C., French & Brawn, Harbormaster, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, Sherman’s Bookstore, Waterfront Restaurant, Wayfarer Marine.

Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer.

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

Chebeague Island: Chebeague Island Boat Yard, Chebeague Is. Y.C. Cherryfield: EBS Hardware.

Columbia: Crossroads Ace Hardware.

Cundyʼs Harbor: Watson’s General Store.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Farmingdale: Foggy Bottom Marine.

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

Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s.

Georgetown: Robinhood Marine.

Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware.

Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, Watefront Marine.

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

Harrington: Tri-Town Marine.

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

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

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

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

Lewiston: Mr. Paperback.

Machias: EBS Hardware, H.F. Pinkham & Son. Milbridge: H.F. Pinkham & Son. Monhegan Is: Carina House, Island Inn. Mt. Desert Island: Acadia Information Center, Acadia Sails, Bar Harbor Y.C., Double J, F.T. Brown Co., Full Belli Deli, Great Harbor Marina, Hamilton Marine, Kimball Shop, Lake and Sea Boatworks, MDI Community Sailing Center, Mt. Desert CofC, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pettegrow’s, Pine Tree Market, Port in a Storm Bookstore, Sawyer’s Market, Seal Harbor Yacht Club, Southwest Harbor-Tremont CofC, Wilbur Yachts.

North Haven: Calderwood Hall, Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop.

Northport: Northport Marine Service.

Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum.

Peakʼs Island: Hannigan’s Island Market.

Penobscot: Northern Bay Market.

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Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store.

Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine.

Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina.

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

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

Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market.

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

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

Sorrento: Sorrento Yacht Club.

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, Moe’s Country Store South Portland: Aspasia Marina, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s Boathouse Restaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grill, South Port Marine, Sunset Marina.

Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine.

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

Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats.

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

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

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

Turner: Youly’s Restaurant.

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

Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham.

Wells: Lighthouse Depot, Webhannet River Boat Yard.

West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard.

West Southport: Boothbay Region Boatyard, Southport General Store.

Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard.

Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10.

Winterport: Winterport Marine.

Wiscasset: Ames Hardware, Wiscasset Yacht Club.

Woolwich: Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute.

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

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

NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Dover Marine.

Dover Point: Little Bay Marina.

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

Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems.

Hampton: Hampton River Boat Club.

Milton: Ray’s Marina & RV Sales.

New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-TheSea Marina.

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

Seabrook: West Marine.

Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store.

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

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

Boston: Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Yacht Haven, Columbia Yacht Club, Mirabito Marine, 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.

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

East Dennis: Dennis Yacht Club, North Side Marina.

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

Fairhaven: Fairhaven Shipyard, West Marine.

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

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

Green Harbor: Green Harbor Marina, Taylor Marine.

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

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

Hyannis: Hyannis Marina, West Marine.

Ipswich: Ipswich Bay Yacht Club.

Manchester: Manchester Marine, Manchester Yacht Club.

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

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

Marshfield: Bullock’s Boat Yard.

Marston Mills: Prince’s Cove Marina.

Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard.

Medford: Russo Marine.

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

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

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

North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina.

North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina.

Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace.

Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club.

Orleans: Nauset Marine.

Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service.

Peabody: West Marine.

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

Provincetown: Harbormaster.

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

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

Salisbury: Bridge Marina.

Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply.

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

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

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

Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club.

Wareham: Zecco Marine.

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

West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store.

West Dennis: Bass River Marina.

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

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

Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina.

Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking.

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

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

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

Central Falls: Twin City Marine.

Charlestown: Ocean House Marina.

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

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

East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club.

Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Dutch Harbor Boatyard..

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Narraganset: West Marine.

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

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

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

Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina.

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

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

Warren: West Marine.

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

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

CONNECTICUT

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

Byram: Byram Town Marina.

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

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

Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina.

Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club.

Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina.

East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine.

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

Fairfield: West Marine.

Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club.

Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club.

Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club.

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

Lyme: Cove Landing Marine.

Madison: East River Marine.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf.

Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina.

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

Portland: Yankee Boat Yard & Marina.

Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club.

Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina.

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

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

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

Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina.

Waterford: Defender Industries, Niantic Bay Marina.

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

West Haven: West Cove Marina.

Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club.

NEW YORK Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club.

West Islip: West Marine.

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$47,500 $19,900 $35,000 $139,900 $73,500 $67,900 $325,000 $219,500

22’ North Shore – New boat representatives 23’ Hydrasport 2002 $35,900 28’ Cape Dory HT – Completey Refirbished 33’ Cruisers Ultra Vee 1986 $29,000 33’ Robinhood DE FB 4 from $229,500 36’ Nothern Bay Trawler 1999 $285,000 40’ Hatteras Double Cabin 1987 $198,500 40’ Eagle Trawler 1999 $279,000

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Mercury engines and Mercury Inflatables in stock.

Certified Mercury technicians. Storage, Dockage, Ship’s Store Kayak Rental, & a full service marina.

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

In stock 14'-23' models.

150 HP Honda 4 stroke

Honda 4 Stroke

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

Woolwich, Maine

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75 HP Yanmar Diesel

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

Draft 2' 0" • Weight 2,400 lbs.

(207) 443-9781

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WESMAC 42' Twin 420hp Yanmar diesels w/less than 600 hours, Twin HJ322 Hamilton jets w/Aqua drives, Full electronics, two state rooms, complete head with enclosed shower.

$460,000

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

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

Classic Downeast-style cruiser.

Beautiful lines, repowered in 1999 with a 170 hp Perkins diesel $44,750 2006 1989 2007 1979 1998 1992 2002 1988

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

AB Inflatable/Navigo 3.20VS Boston Whaler 13 Sport w/25 hp Mariner 130 Sport BW w/40 hp Merc BW 15 Sport w/Honda 50 4-S BW 18 Ventura w/150 hp Evinrude Grady White 205 Overnighter w/175 hp Johnson BW Conquest 255 w/twin 200 hp Hondas Carver/28 Riviera w/twin gas IBs

$ 4,750 $4,500 $13,299 $11,900 $16,250 $10,350 $57,750 $24,999

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

42' SABRE 426 SLOOP 2006, nearly new vessel, Yanmar 55 diesel and generator. $419,000

Specializing in Downeast Vessels, Trawlers and Cruising Sailboats.

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Fitting out, harmony and the soul of man here is always work to be done on a boat, but the most intensive work period is in the spring when the boat is awakened from its winter slumber on the cradle and made ready for the water again. This is a period of joy for the yachtsman, even if he grumbles about the amount of work to be done.

He is back with his love, attending her, mending her, making her beautiful with fresh paint, reviving the engine, checking the sails. (Did you ever wonder why boats are always called “her?”) This period of work is called “fitting out.” First mates (like me) are allowed to help, provided they have been well instructed and show proper respect. Back when my husband Jack and I sailed out of Marblehead, Mass., on our 36-foot Alden Zephyr, I did a lot of sanding, and gradually learned to varnish without runs.

The first think Jack always did after taking the winter cover off was tackle the bottom. It was the messiest and hardest job, and the one to get done and over with. Bottom paint is special stuff, containing poisonous ingredients to inhibit marine growth. The previous year’s paint must be heavily sanded before a new coat is applied.

We always used blue bottom paint, and when Jack finished a few hours of sanding, he would be blue. The stuff is somewhat toxic to people as well as marine growth, so he wore a paper mask over his nose and mouth, and that was the only area not blue. It was like a Halloween mask. But even this laborious task was entered into without rancor because it was for the boat, and also because that’s the way men are.

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Fitting-out time is not all unrequited labor.

Springtime in New England is a period of great awakening. Nature shakes off her winter wraps just as the boats shed their winter covers. Being outdoors working on the boat means being close to all this other renewal – greening grass and trees, and flowers and shrubs coming into bloom.

It is both peaceful and stimulating. And nobody says you can’t relax between stints with the varnish brush and just sit there and watch a pair of birds flying back and forth with twigs, straw, and other nestbuilding material, while you listen to their songs and breathe in the sweet scent of lilacs.

When our boat was finally all done, she’d be bright with new paint and varnish. The cabin would then be cleaned and its furnishings brought back from their home storage. Jack would bring aboard his Nautical Almanac, Bowditch’s “Practical Navigator,” and his sextant in its polished mahogany box. A new “Eldridge Tide and Pilot Book” would have been purchased. This little paperback, always with a yellow cover, has to be bought yearly so the information will be properly updated. It will tell you, for instance, which way the current will be going in the Cape Cod Canal at any given date and time, tide heights everywhere, and all sorts of useful data. It is indispensable, and every proper yacht has a new “Eldridge” on board every season.

How versatile is “Eldridge?” Well, it’s probably handier than you ever imagined. I recall the story of

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1988 75' DMR Whale Watch boat $290,000 1987 40' Silverton Aft Cabin $61,000 1988 36' Marine Trader Sundeck $79,500 1986 36' Mainship Aft Cabin $63,000 1997 30' Pro-Line Walkaround $34,500 1998 27' Maxum Suncruiser $25,500 2001 26' Boston Whaler Outrage $57,500 1987 25' General Marine Downeast $23,500 1998 22' Mako 223 Walkaround $16,000

’08 Southport Boatworks 28’ Express $189K New boat, last of ’08. Twin Yamaha 250’s 2008 22' Scout 222 Abaco 2004 22' Castine Cruiser 1998 21' Maxum 2100 SC 2008 20' Scout 205 Sportfish 2008 17' Scout 175 Sportfish 2003 17' Scout 175 Dorado 1977 30' Bristol Sloop 1778 30' Pearson 1988 27' Catalina Sloop

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the yachtsman who was the perfect host. He had some guests aboard for cocktails, and one man asked for a martini. Our yachtsman had all the ingredients except for a twist of lemon.

“Eldridge” to the rescue. He tore off a corner of the yellow cover, twisted it, popped it in the glass, and triumphantly served the martini.

One more reference that was always brought on board was “The Ashley Book of Knots,” which contains every kind of knot ever dreamed up, nautical and otherwise. This reference was valuable to me when I was new to the game and needed to know the most basic and useful knots for sailing.

But it is interesting to peruse at anytime. A spare piece of rope and “Ashley” can happily fill an empty hour. Jack was master of many knots and splices, but he found others to practice, and he enjoyed working with some of the ornamental knots, making a bracelet for one of the daughters, and a doormat out of old rope.

The sails, in their bags, would brought on board, the electronic equipment reinstalled, and the main batteries for the boat engine put in and hooked up and the engine tested. She would then be ready for the water.

Every year this event retained its excitement.

Sometimes there would be frustrating delays – bad weather, or a wait for high tide, or an equipment breakdown. We watched anxiously as big slings were put under the boat, and she was lifted from the boat-hauler and lowered to the water. It was a moment of triumph, which was complete when the engine was turned over, caught, and she went to her mooring, ready to begin the new season.

Carthryn Rothery and her husband Jack cruised in Maine, Florida and the Bahamas for many years. This coming season, she plans to sail with her daughter’s family on their boat out of Marblehead.

It is both peaceful and stimulating. And nobody says you can’t relax between stints with the varnish brush and just sit there and watch a pair of birds flying back and forth with twigs, straw, and other nest-building material, while you listen to their songs and breathe in the sweet scent of lilacs.

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17ʼ Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat. Classic style.

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

23ʼ Herreshoff Marlin, 1962 Classic Herreshoff daysailer built

by Cape Cod Shipbuilding, 1962 hull #2. New Johnson outboard. $11,500. Located in Kennebunk, Maine. Call 802-933-6648 or email jmpfour@aol.com

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

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

the money., $5000. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773 or email www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

28ʼ OʼDay Sailboat, 1980 10’ beam, 4’6 draft. 10,000 lb. displacement. Sleeps 5. 4 sails.

Power, Yanmar diesel saildrive.

Head with shower. Alcohol stove.

Asking $15,000. Call Joe at 978372-6505.

28ʼ Shannon Sloop, 1980 Yanmar diesel, roller furling main & genoa. New electronics, windlass. $54,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com graygray@gwi.net

28ʼ Albin Cumulus, 1982 Race/cruise. Good. New cruising sails, systems, paint; 10 racing sails, many extras. Dinghy and kicker available. On hard, Georgetown, ME. $13,000. timbuckley@earthlink.net

29ʼ Hughes, 1970 29’ Hughes for sale. Great boat for

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'AMAGE 3HIPYARD 26ʼ Kaiser Mk II, 1972 Full keel sloop. LOA 27’6, LOD 26’, beam 7’10, draft 4’, disp. 6200 lbs., ballast 2700 lbs. Sleeps 4 with 6’ headroom. Boat and sails in good condition. Solidly built by John Kaiser, Sr. of Wilmington, Deleware. Lovely, quick and comfortable sailor. $10,000.

Brooksville, ME. 207-326-9676.

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

This is a well found yacht ready to go. $45,000. 207-244-7854. billw@jwboatco.com

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

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

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

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

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

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

Reduced to $89,900. 603-5691034 starsail@metrocast.net 34ʼ Irwin Citation Sloop, 1980 $10,000. Contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

34ʼ Tartan Sloop New Westerbeke 30B & exhaust system. $29,500 or best offer.

Jonesport Shipyard, 207-4972701.shipyard@mgemaine.com

Southern Cross 35 Southern Cross 35 bluewater cruiser, canoe stern, cutter rigged classic. Dry, extremely sturdy airex cored hull, fast, spacious teak interior. $65,000. 508-548-8436. bobbell33@netzero.com

35ʼ Tartan 3500, 1998 Fully equipped with many extras.

Meticulously maintained. Full batten main, 135% jib and asymmetrical spinnaker all by Pope Sails.

Black AwlGrip. Recent survey. $180,000. Call Gary 207-5949435.

36ʼ Sabre 362, 1996 The Sabre 362 is a sought after racer/cruiser in today’s market.

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

36ʼ Gaff Headed Yawl, 1946 Emily Marshall, a 36’ gaff headed yawl commissioned in 1946 by naval historian Rear Adm. Samuel Eliot Morrison; completely rebuilt as new in 2002. A rare opportunity to own a new yacht with a provenance and sea kindliness that only Sam Crocker could provide. $195,000. Email or call 207359-2384 for more information. springtides8@gmail.com

36ʼ Hinckley Standard Sloop 1953. 2004 Westerbeke 30 diesel.

2001 sails, new wiring, new electronics. Special $59,000 Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com graygray@gwi.net

36ʼ Pearson Pilothouse 36.5 1980. Equipped and ready for

• Expert Repair & Restoration • Moorings • Showers-Laundry • Boat Storage •Peapods, Prams & Work Skiffs Thalassa after Refirb Explore the St. John River & Nova Scotia then

37ʼ Fisher Pilothouse Ketch 1978. Recent re-fit including dark green Awlgrip, new sails, cushions.

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

40ʼ Baba Cutter, 1984 Heavily built, comfortable, ocean or live-aboard vessel built by Ta Shing. Much upgraded equipment including Yanmar turbo diesel, new fuel tank, Furuno 1832 radar,

Jay Michaud

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

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cruising or live aboard. Full instruments, main with Dutchman, roller furl genoa, freezer, fridge, A/C heater, and much more. 36.5’L x 11.5’ beam x 4.5’ draft.

RCR3PH@aol.com or 401-8643222. Price reduced to $59,500.

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www.curtisyachtbrokerage.com PO Box 313 Yarmouth, ME 04096 207.415.6973 Peter F. Curtis, CPYB, Representing Buyers or Sellers Featured Boat:

1987 Bertram 38 Convertible Mark III Twin 375 hp Caterpillar 3208 Diesels; 8 kw Onan Genset; Reverse Cycle Heat & A/C; Fully Equipped for Cruising or Fishing. $149,500 Boothbay, ME

Leave Your Boat With Us (207) 497-2701 info@jonesportshipyard.com PO Box 214 285 Main St. Jonesport, ME 04649

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1990 Trojan/Bertram 12m Express 1978 Allied Princess Ketch 1979 Pearson 35 Yawl 1983 Sabre 34 Mk I 1995 Albin 28 TE

$99,500 $19,500 $29,500 $49,900 $79,500

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dodger. Also equipped with Robertson LD autopilot, SSB, GPS, Grunert refrigerator/freezer, solar panels, sounder, roller furling, Avon raft, dinghy. Has made passages to Europe and Caribbean. Located in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For sale by original owner. $150,000. 207-633-0964.

42ʼ Tartan Sloop 1982 West. diesel, updated S&S design.

New bottom, new mast, rigging, sails, & much more. Reduced to $105,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com graygray@gwi.net

49ʼ Hinckley 49, 1978 Center cockpit. Perfect for around the world cruising, chartering, or live aboard. Excellent condition.

Located in Boston. $229,000. Call 781-760-0285. pbkress@gmail.com POWER 13ʼ Boston Whaler 13 Sport All ready to go fishing. 1989

Mariner 25hp 2-stroke. Ritchie compass and Eagle fishfinder.

Bimini top and bilge pump. On a new LoadRite trailer. $4,475. Call York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602.

15ʼ Sunbird With 40hp Johnson. $3,000.

Contact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

17ʼ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an outboard and a little cosmetic work for a great little runabout. $1,100.

207-223-8885.

17ʼ Eastporter, 1989 Many improvements by yard 2006.

Must see to appreciate. $3,900.

1988 40hp Evinrude add $600.

Jonesport Shipyard, 207-4972701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

17ʼ Scout Boats Dorado, 2002 Only 100 hours on great fuel-efficient family/fish boat, 100hp Yamaha four stroke, trailer. $14,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

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16ʼ9: Boston Whaler Nauset 1968. All new varnished mahogany rebuilt to Whaler specs 2006. Drysailed lake boat. First bottom paint 2006. New Morse controls and cables. Original wheel powder coated. Original wheel hub rechromed.

Stainless rails (bow not on). White Sunbrella full console cover, no snaps. 1998 88hp Johnson professionally maintained. Trailer. Asking $9,500. sntubbs@verizon.net

18ʼ Redwing 18 Camper Cruiser. Wood/epoxy construction, completed 2007. In new condition. Perfect for lakes, rivers, estuaries. Boat, 10hp 4stroke motor and trailer, $19,900. email for complete details. dstover@ime.net

19ʼ Boston Whaler Outrage 1991. New Honda 135hp engine w/25 hours, full 5-yr factory warranty. New control cables, wiring harness and control box. Blue bimini top, 2008 Karavan trailer.

New Raymarine A65 chartplotter with East Coast chip, Uniden Solara DSC VHF radio. Yard maintained. $21,880. York Harbor Marine. 207-363-3602.

19ʼ Eastern, 2003 Center console, 90hp Evinrude, power tilt, professionally mainhood.qxd 9/19/00 8:01 PM

tained and stored indoors. Low operating hours. $20,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

21ʼ Duffy Electric Launch 2001/ Fully electric, full weather enclosure. Quiet, stable, the perfect platform for picnics or cocktails on the bay. $22,000. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com

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

22ʼ Eastern 2006 Lobster Fisherman. Flag blue hull, 115hp Honda with less than 30 hrs., tandem axle trailer, hydraulic steering, dual batteries w/switch, ext. roof, hard cabin sides w/sliding windows, center opening windshield, full canvas, vberth, Garmin GPS, Icom UHF, deck seat w/cover, bow rail, flush rod holders and more. Bought new in 09/07. $39,500. Call 207283-3279. eac@portlandmaine.gov

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Furuno radar and many extras.

Call Joel Flather - 401 635 9990 or email compasscanoe@cox.net

22ʼ C-Dory, 1999 90hp Honda with Permatrim 2005.

Loadrite trailer. VHF, GPS, auto-pilot, compass. Factory swimstep and floorboards. Cockpit cover. $29,500 or best offer. 401-2749118. witbeck1@cox.net 23ʼ Palmer Scott, 1954 Located in Mt. Desert, Maine.

Fiberglass hull, gas engine. $16,800. Call 207-255-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com

24ʼ Ellis Fisherman, 1984 Classic Downeast-style cruiser, repowered in 1999 with a 170hp Perkins diesel. Roomy cuddycabin for weekend getaway. If you know the Ellis quality, enough said. $44,750. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com 24ʼ Eastern, 2003 Eastern Center Console w/130hp 4-stroke Honda outboard. Comes with trailer. $31,500. Call Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

25ʼ Surfhunter, 1967 For immediate sale, $15,000.

Famous Ray Hunt design built by Mattapoisett Boat Yard (MA) hull #3 using cold molded mahogany for light weight and strength. Five hours only on complete rebuild Volvo Penta 265 gasoline engine.

Delivers 6 miles a gallon cruising at 22 MPH . Top end is 29 MPH.

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

This boat is loaded. $39,900.

Carousel Marina, 207-633-2922.

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

Cuddy V-berth cabin w/ heat, in top condition. $23,000. 207-7993600. www.theyachtconnection.com

25ʼ Angler Walk-Around, 2000 Yamaha 225hp, 2001. 9.9 4-stroke 2001. All low hours, serviced regularly. T-top, full enclosure, deluxe captain chairs. Raymarine GPS, radar, fishfinder, all integrated.

VHF, electronics box. Electric head. Tuna outriggers and heavyduty swivel rod holders. Beautiful boat. Lots of extras. Excellent condition. Books for $30K. Will sell for $22,500. Freeport, Maine. Call 207-735-5344. Email for more pics.

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26ʼ Boston Whaler 255 Conquest. Twin Honda 200hp engines, 350 hours. Hardtop w/weather curtain set. Anchor windlass, deluxe ladder-back helm seats, v-berth filler. Porta-potti w/pumpout, macerator/overboard discharge. Stereo, VHF radio, Simrad integrated electronics, chartplotter/radar & echosounder. $57,750. York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. sales@yorkharbormarine.com

26ʼ Back Cove Open, 2005 This model is powered with common-rail Volvo 260hp diesel (only 220 hours). Sporting claret hull, she is equipped with a bow thruster and a stern thruster, electric anchor windlass, oil changer, 1800W inverter w/ third battery in bank, Raymarine electronics, bimini top with enclosure (excellent condition), aft cockpit bench seats, swim platform, helm deck jump seats, electrically operated engine hatch, electric head & toilet system, three-wiper windshield system and more. Asking $119,000.

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

26ʼ Back Cove Pipe Hardtop 2008. Just traded for a Back Cove 33 and options like no other on the market. Her galley includes a 120V AC/12 VDC fridge, stainless steel sink, microwave oven and cooktop for meal preparation. A vberth with drop-down, inlaid table, sleeps two comfortably; and her fully enclosed head provides a spacious layout for maneuverability. Asking $149,900. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-7737632 or email info@dimillos.com

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26ʼ wooden boat Classic downeast boat with lobster fishing history ready for fishing or family cruising. Designed and built ca 1960 by Nelson of Rockport, Mass. 8’beam 3’draft. V-8 gas engine, VHF, GPS, video sounder, safety gear and portable head.

Canvas and Plexiglas addition (not fitted in photo) for enlarged, weather-protected wheel house. All reasonable offers for sale or trade considered. Contact C. Gollrad, 978-281-4104, Gloucester, Mass. cgollrad@verizon.net

26ʼ Sisu, 1980 1980 Sisu. Gas powered. New fuel tanks, fresh Flag Blue AwlGrip hull paint job, new electronics, much much more. Have two year old son, not much time for boat. Boat is on Cape Cod Mass. $25,000.

Call Matt at 508-367-9999 or email mjcarstensen@yahoo.com

26ʼ Boston Whaler 255 Conquest, 2002. Well-maintained 2002 for a spring launch. Hardtop, weather curtains, wellequipped for overnights. Yamaha 300hp Z300TURC w/extended warranty to 08/09. $53,900. Call York Harbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602.

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

Evinrude Etec 250hp with great fuel economy, Fortune canvas, Garmin electronics, and loaded with options, and less than 50 hours. Venture tandem axle trailer, with 4-wheel brakes. Reduced for fall sale. $64,900. 207-266-2018.

29ʼ Back Cove 2007 Hardtop Express. Powered with the Yamnar 315hp (112 hours) and cruises up to 25 knots.

Equipped with air conditioning & heat, bow thruster, helm deck trim package, anchor windlass, Raymarine E120, 2kW radar, aft canvas enclosure, aft bench seats w/ filler cushion, Ultrasuede interior, composite hardtop, oil changing system, cockpit Sunbrella awning, fitted sheets, fitted mattress pad, fitted comforter and all wrapped up in a beautiful flag blue hull. Asking $188,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

30ʼ Albin Aft Cabin, 2004 This family cruiser is in Bristol condition and has been professionally maintained since purchased by her original owner. She has a great electronics package and a reliable Yanmar deisel. Perfect coastal cruiser with a full canvas enlosure that allows for plenty of room for entertaining or just enjoying your privacy. Owner is motivated, so bring reasonable offers. Located in New Castle, New Hampshire. $139,900. Call Kyle, 207-4399582.kpyy.net

30ʼ Searay, 1978 Galley, head, sleeps 4. GPS, radar, depth/fish finder, radio, inverter.

Mooring cover, swimdeck. Well maintained, many extras. $15,000 or best offer. Call 207-594-5188.

30ʼ Tug Boat, 1984 Very good condition, fuel-efficient, stable cruiser. Electronics: chartplotter, radar, depth, compass and VHF. 85hp diesel Sundowner. $59,950. Call Larry at 207-9675610.

30ʼ Pro-Line Walkaround, 1997 Fishing/family layout, fish box, bait well, transom door. Cabin w/ galley and head, sleeps 4. $39,500. 207799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

32ʼ BHM Downeast Cruiser 1994. Finished by Bruce A. Farrin & Sons. John Deere 225hp single diesel, bow thruster, heat/ac, new electronics, extremely well equipped and in excellent condition. $125,000. 860-638-8082 or email ranjr13@att.net

32ʼ Morris Flybridge, 1998 BHM hull and deck. Finished by Morris Yachts. Proven Downeast hull. Design and construction first class. Professionally maintained, stored indoors. $235,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

32ʼ Holland Downeast, 1989 There is nothing out there like Sally G. She has undergone extensive restoration over the past 4 years. Since the work was completed, state of the art Simrad electronics, 23’ Pulpit, and custom tuna tower have all been added.

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

33ʼ Robinhood Flybridge Poweryacht, 2001.

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

33ʼ Carver Aft Cabin, 1992 Excellent family boat, very clean, twin 350 FWC gas Crusaders, 650 hours, excellent maintenance records. Loaded with extras, full electronics, inflatable dinghy and 3hp OB. New price: $69,900. In South Portland, Maine. Call Chuck, 207-799-2310. wilsoncape@aol.com

33ʼ Pearson True North , 2004 True North 33 is one of the most popular 33’ downeast style boats on the brokerage market. With a helm deck that has easy access to the large open cockpit and opening transom door for boarding from a dinghy, swimming or just carrying recreational toys. This TN 33 is equipped with the upgraded 440 Yanmar diesel, Mastervolt generator, air conditioning, bow thruster and Espar heater. Asking $215,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

34ʼ American Tug Trawler 2001. This popular American Tug has been well maintained by her knowledgable owners who have truly enjoyed her. She is well equipped and ready to go. Please check out her pictures and full specs and dont miss the opportu-

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nity to own this fantastic coastal cruiser. $235,000. Call Kyle, 207439-9582. www.kpyy.net mckenna@kpyy.net

36ʼ Marine Trader Sedan, 1978 120hp Lehman, radar, GPS, bow thruster, Monitor heater. Great liveaboard. All new windows, upgrades. Portland, Maine. $49,900.

207-318-2911 36ʼ Grand Banks, 1979 Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellent condition. Fully equipped for cruising. $115,000. Call 781-461-2692 or email. RGN98@aol.com

37ʼ Egg Harbor Classic, 1966 True soul and authenticity. Engines are well maintained and run strong. Interior is pristine, Captain owned, mechanic maintained.

Cruise 14 knts; 19 top end.

Contact Kenny in Rockport at 207236-2846. $29,900. harbormaster@town.rockport.me.us 42ʼ Duffy, 1997 Heavy-duty, commercial pilot and tow boat converted to pleasure.

CAT 3406E 800hp. Meticulous maintenance. First-rate construction and mechanical systems. $250,000. Atlantic Boat Company, 207-359-4658. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com

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

43ʼ Marine Trader, 1984 Priced to sell at $69,999. FMI contact Ocean Point Marina at 207633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com

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

Cummins 670hp QSM-11 diesel, 100 hours. Shorepower, inverter, generator, full electronics. Three staterooms, two heads, great liveaboard. $595,000. Atlantic Boat

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47ʼ Novi Dragger, 1985 Fiberglass Atkinson Novi Dragger.43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition. $135,000. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

47ʼ Sabre Motoryacht, 2003 Custom appointments are noticed throughout. She was built and outfitted with some of the best equipment in mind, maintained by the great service yards and cared for by wonderful owners. Her topsides are perfect, thanks to the new Awlgrip in late 2007. Her interior is absolutely amazing and once you step inside, you will surely agree.

Asking $587,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email info@dimillos.com

50ʼ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge 2005. Shegavin shows as new and is in absolute Bristol condition.

Powered by 730hp Man diesels she has plenty of power and reliability. Her well thought out interior is done in dark cherry and there were numerous option upgrades.

The Man engine upgrade was a $100K upgrade itself and should be an indication of the rest of this boats condition. No expense was spared to make this vessel the best one of its kind. This boat is loaded and ready for her new owner. She was finished with digital gauges at the helm station and is the only one of her kind. Please view her full specs and call if interested in a showing. This should be the next one to sell. Don’t miss out. $630,000. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582 or email www.kpyy.net kmckenna@kpyy.net OTHER Moorings & Slips Small marina on beautiful Great Bay. 16’ to 30’ boats. Bay View Marina, 19 Boston Harbor Road, Dover Point, NH. 603-749-1800.

18ʼ Echo Rowing The most advanced recreational rowing shell on the market today.

This is a demo boat - one available. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

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

Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot. Primer paint. $1,100 and $1,400. Maxwell’s Boat Shop.

Rockland, Maine. 207-594-5492.

Peapod Rowboat/Sailboat/Tender, 13’ Excellent condition, complete with trailer and oars. $2,200. Call 401295-4683.

Commission a Tender Get a great boat while helping a great cause. Custom-built for you by the Compass Project. Come on in and meet your build team. 12’ Bevins Skiff $850 12’ Echo Bay Dory $1950 16’ Gloucester Light Dory $1,600 Call Clint at 207-7740682 www.compassproject.org compassinfo@maine.rr.com

40ʼ Slip for Rent Portsmouth, New Hampshire area.

Deep water and well protected. $4000. 2009 season. Days: 603344-4090. Nights: 603-783-4090.

Motherʼs Day Gift A perfect Mother’s Day gift – a set of fitted sheets for her bunk. FMI www.fleetsheets.com

Boat Building Vacation Build your dream boat in 9 days while vacationing at a peaceful lake side cottage in Maine. www.boatbuildingvacation.com

Repower Special New Westerbeke 30B 3 Diesel in crate. 27hp, 3 cyl., 2.47:1 gear, flexible mts., 272 lb. List $9,979, asking $8,000. Perfect Atomic 4 replacement. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. jshipyard@mgemaine.com

Ocean Master, Motor 40 years in big boats and small ships, Boatwise instructor.

Deliveries, training, management.

Slips & Moorings in N.H. Limited dockside slips and protected moorings available in pristine Great Bay, New Hampshire. Leave trailering behind and chase the big stripers more often. Reasonable rates. Great Bay Marine 603-4365299 or email@greatbaymarine.com

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

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

Offshore Passage Opportunities # 1 Crew Networking Service since 1993. Sail for free on OPB’s.

Call 1-800-4-PASSAGe for free brochure/membership application.

Need Crew? Call. www.sailopo.com

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

Only $1,300. Call 1-800-4PASSAGe or visit www.sailopo.com

Marina For Sale For Sale: Wotton’s Wharf Marina in Boothbay Harbor, Maine. For more information call Bruce Tindal at 207-633-6711. www.wottonswharf.com

Coastal Navigation Course Held at Auburn High School, 7849220 on 2/26, 0700 to 0900 for 12 weeks. Plotting tools and charts included. FMI: www.navigation4u.info sailabob@aol.com

Chartplotter Wanted Wanted: Raymarine Radar/Chartplotter. RL-70-CRC Plus, or RL-80-CRC Plus. Call Jack at 603-772-7138 or email johnjbeaton@comcast.net

Captain Wanted Wanted: Captain to operate 30 passenger lobster/coastal tour boat from Kennebunkport.

Responsible for providing information to passengers and all daily boat operations. Paid per trip basis. Contact John Martin, 207-4687262.

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