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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 18 Number 2 May 2015 F E AT U R E S
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Log of Aloft “Left harbor at 8:45 bound for . . . could be Naskeag Harbor at WoodenBoat, maybe Carvers Harbor on Vinalhaven . . . .” That’s the way it went on this joyful walkabout in a Little Harbor 40. By Jack Farrell
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Downwind to Maine We delivered our Banjer 37 motorsailer 2,525 miles, from Puerto Rico to Peaks Island, discovering new levels of confidence in our ability to meet sailing challenges as a team By Albert Presgraves & Jenny Yasi
Portland Yacht Club racing, Racing Pages. 48
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Fishing action heats up, Fishing reports. 60
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The Real Boatyard & Cycle of Life Do you remember old-fashioned boatyards? Steve Lee
14 boats in Grand Manan With skill and patience, it can be done. W.R. Cheney
Things that come in the night They are surprises, and they can be bad. D E PA R T M E N T S
Letters..........................................7 More Duxbury Ducks and Pilgrims; Marine Operator identity theft; Is boating the Fountain of Youth?
Mystery Harbor ............................8 Boy, do readers have memories! New Mystery Harbor on page 11.
News..........................................20 Oliver Hazard Perry summer camps; Tall Ship crew rescued off Gloucester; Camden, Maine couple win OCC award. The Racing Pages ........................48 Portland Y.C. racing schedule; Frosty Nationals at Kittery Point; The skinny on ’15 Marblehead-Halifax.
Fetching Along ............................56 Sheltering in knee-deep tide pools.
Final passages ............................58 Raymond Butterfield II; Peter Quinn, Jr.; Dr. Douglas Leonard Roy; Richard Anthony Bioty. Fishing reports............................60 R.I./L.I. Sound: stripers flounders and fluke.
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Memory book with a mission am old enough to vividly recall the summer day in on Aug. 15, and departing for Europe Aug. 26: “Slowly 1945 on which WWII ended: My town, and the sur- the Atlantic swallowed up the island . . . . and now rounding villages, erupted with honking car horns there is only the ocean and the sky both lighted by a and joyful church bells. brilliant moon. So bright And I sensed, then, in a that I do not need my flashchild’s way, the jubilation light to write,” writes Stan. with which peace was reOn Sept. 15, within 300 ceived in America, and the miles of the Azores, a storm exuberance with which overtook Seven Seas, and soldiers, sailors, airmen, Stanley broke his arm when Merchant Mariners, and a wind shift caused a vioCoast Guardsmen relent jibe. “. . . Joe cut one of turned to their homes. our oars to size and padded Some went to college one end to fit under my under the Servicemen’s arm. . . . We were ready to Readjustment Act of 1944 pull the arm straight. . . . It – the GI Bill – and started wasn’t a bad job for amabusinesses, married their teurs . . . . the entry in the sweethearts, had chillogbook reads: ‘Slight delay dren, and bought homes. Photo courtesy Bangor Daily News for one broken arm!’” Others went off the clock, Army Air Force vet Stanley Cressey makes light of a broken After 10 days as tourists spread their wings, and arm -- caused by a crash-jibe -- splinted with part of an oar. in the Azores, Stan and Joe shed the memories of set sail for Portugal, arrivwar. Stanley Cressey and ing there Sept. 8, surviving Joe Petterson were two such veterans, and 70 years af- serious visa difficulties, but greeted by a newspaper ter that war’s end, we thought we’d tell you about a headline: “The Adventurous Voyage of the Seven Seas book published in 2013, “The Voyages of the Seven or the Story of the Two Americans Who Came to Help Seas,” that relates their post-war transatlantic adven- Celebrate the Centennial Festival of Lisbon,” which tures. quickly ended all problems with anything in Portugal. Stanley was valedictorian of his class at Morse High The men left Seven Seas in Portugal and took a train in Bath, Maine, and had graduated from Bowdoin in to Paris, where Joe studied painting and Stan taught three years to be able to serve as an officer in the U.S. at the American School. In March, Stan decided to stay Army Air Force. Joe, a University of Maine engineer- in Europe (“A second attempt seemed to me both fooling graduate, hailed from Bangor, where his father hardy and dangerous. It was tempting fate a bit too was a railroad engineer. Joe spent his summers sailing much.”), while Joe chose to sail Seven Seas home solo. out of Northeast Harbor; Stanley, a wartime Merchant After a refit, on May 16, Joe and Seven Seas deMariner, had sailed nothing larger than a small cat- parted Portugal, bound for the Azores and America. boat. When the two were mustered out, Joe had a plan: “Man, is that sail rotten,” he wrote off Cape Sable. Buy a small boat and sail to Europe. “Half the seams are ready to go. I’m glad I haven’t got In April 1947, after scouring the Maine coast for a far to go.” On July 10, he arrived in Northeast Harbor: boat they could afford, capable of an ocean crossing, “So ends, the long trick is over,” was his log entry. His they found, in Blue Hill, the 38-foot gaff-rigged yawl Atlantic crossing set three transatlantic records: Seven Seas, built in 1912. “With a few new planks, re- youngest to solo east to west, fastest passage, and oldcaulking, and three coats of paint, Joe figured we’d est boat. have something sound beneath us,” Stanley writes. “As Compiled and edited by Robertson Brown and Jay I stood there while Joe jabbed his knife into seams and Doggett, from the logs of Cressey and Petterson, this volplanks, I tried to form a mental picture of what she’d ume also has a special mission: All profits from royalties look like minus the broken planks and rust streaks. I will go to the scholarship fund at Maine Maritime didn’t have much luck.” Academy in Castine. This marvelous book is available on After a shakedown cruise to New York City, on Aug. Amazon for $9.75. FMI: www.amazon.com/Voyages4, Stan and Joe headed for Bermuda, making landfall Seven-Seas-Robertson-Browne.
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Letters saluted good-bye in your Final Passages column have managed to survive to a very ripe old age. I haven’t actually compiled the stats, but my guess is the average age of those recently setting sail for the next chapter must be 80 or older? Can one infer, I wonder, that a life spent Messing About in Boats almost invariably leads to extending ones life? As an inveterate boater, who at age 68 has owned twice as many boats as cars, I certainly hope so. I just hope my life insurance agent doesn’t get wind of this as my rates might go up. Capt. Winston Shaw Sea Venture Custom Boat Tours Bar Harbor, Maine Photo courtesy David P. Corey
The Pilgrim MyToy, careened here on the Duxbury flats, was owned by the photographer's uncle, and raced until 1950.
About Duxbury Ducks and Pilgrims Just got around to reading the October/November issue of Points East and your article about sailing in Duxbury Bay, and Duxbury Ducks and Pilgrims, which brought back great memories. I sailed for several years in Duxbury, from 1940 to 1947, starting with a Duxbury Bug (Beetle Cat) and then a Duck, Whiffler. Whiffler was built by Bill Taylor and not as well built as a Shiverick or Chaisson boat, but, nonetheless, a great boat to sail. The racing was very good and timed to the tides given the “shoal-ridden” bay. The Pilgrims were beautiful boats to watch, and fast, but I never had a chance to sail one. The Palmer Scott boatyard [in Buzzards Bay] built some Ducks after the war, and they were fast, maybe because they were new. Even with the brutal war underway, my Duxbury years were super and a foundation for a love of sailing that exists to this day. My recollections of Duxbury in the 1940s is messing about in boats daily, bicycling everywhere with a large group of friends who sailed and raced in Ducks, and, of course, the beach and Peterson’s soda fountain – that was the good life! I now sail out of Round Pond in an Ericson 39 that I have owned since 1973. I love the Maine coast! Gerry Merser Round Pond, Maine
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Marine Operator identity theft Beyond the entertainment found by eavesdropping on the ship-to-shore chatter as described by David Roper (“The Marine Operator: The Real Story,” Midwinter 2015), there was a genuine communication link provided by the Marine Operator. It allowed boaters to call home and announce changes – arrival time, for example. But there was another facet that was known by only those who used the service. And that was, we had to pay for each call. One option was to charge the fee to the number called; that is, a collect call. This was not always practical, depending on whom you were calling. Then along came a charge card issued by the phone company. One could simply read the card number to the Operator, who would debit your account whenever you made a call. We never considered that unscrupulous listeners might capture our card number for their own use or to share with their friends. So, guess what? Early in the boating season, I was shocked to receive a phone bill of well over $2,000. The list of calls was revealing, with the date, place and number itemized. My card number had been passed overseas, and then fanned out to about a dozen fraudulent users. Fortunately, the charges were forgiven by the phone company, which expressed confidence that the bad guys would be identified and dealt with accordingly. After that, we managed to register with the Marine Operator and then identify ourselves by boat name when making a call. For some reason, it worked well, and we never again were bothered by evil listeners. Jon Young s/v Youngblood Gouldsboro, Maine
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of room just outside the mooring fields in about 30 feet of water. The bottom is sandy mud with good holding. Protection is excellent as the hook of Long Point curls around the harbor with just a southeast exposure. If you really want a treat, sail over to the southwest corner of the harbor and anchor up close to the National Seashore, halfway between the Long Point and Wood End lighthouses. There is excellent swimming, great birding, and a herd of Grey Seals that call this area home. It’s my preferred overnight anchorage. You may be the only boat there at night. There’s a dinghy dock on the east side of MacMillan Wharf where you can tie up. If you’ve never been to Provincetown, you’re in for an experience. It can seem like a carnival in the summer, but after the initial shock wears off, you’ll find a great little town rich in maritime history, outstanding restaurants, nightly entertainment, and excellent provisioning for your vessel.
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If you’ve never been to Provincetown, you’re in for an experience. It can seem like a carnival in the summer, but after the initial shock wears off, you’ll find a great little town rich in maritime history, outstanding restaurants, nightly entertainment, and excellent provisioning for your vessel.
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Be sure to check out the Provincetown Museum and Monument (the view from the top is outstanding), the Center for Coastal Studies, Marine Specialties (kind of a nautical army-navy store), Napi’s Restaurant, the Lobster Pot, and enjoy a coffee or ice cream from the benches in front of Town Hall as the Commercial Street spectacle flows by. By the way, the images on the side of the building on the wharf seen in the picture are wives of the local fishermen. There is a strong Portuguese influence among the tight-knit local fishing community. Provincetown Harbor is a treasure. Stu Fyfe s/v Redwing Brewster, Mass.
Ken’s not one to waste words Provincetown, Mass., MacMillan Wharf. Ken Jones s/v Sea Quest Durham, N.H.
April cover model knows P-Town Thanks for the nod on this month’s cover! The Mystery Harbor is Provincetown. The photo on the building is a dead giveaway, as is the Whydah Pirate
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Museum pirate, which is just peeking out. It’s always been a favorite summer harbor for Tall Ships, which is where most of my sailing has been done. It’s close to whales, the harbormaster is friendly, and the facilities are fantastic – plus it’s just a fun town. Graham McKay Lowell’s Boat Shop Amesbury, Mass. Graham, master boatbuilder/education at Lowell’s, graced the cover, plane in hand, of the April Boatbuilders Show issue.
Good to hear from you anyway It’s probably a bit late, but I wanted to write in about your March/April Mystery Harbor. It’s Provincetown, with the photo installation on the side of the building on Fisherman’s Wharf featuring large images of fishermen’s wives, entitled “They Also Faced the Sea.” Our family spends at least a week there on board our home-built lugsail yawl Sea Fever every summer. The harbor is a wonderful combination of “empty and wild” out on the National Seashore-protected Long Point, and then, on the other side, all the wild and crazy cosmopolitan delights of the town. One of our favorite places on earth. Garth Battista Halcottsville, N.Y.
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Mama mia! I’ve got memories?
I know I’m a little late in responding, but life keeps getting in the way of these important things. The Mystery Harbor in the March/April issue is Provincetown Harbor. It’s easy to spot the four elderly Portuguese ladies’ portraits on the wall of the large dock house next to the public dock. P-Town is a great stopover on the way to or from Buzzards Bay or the “islands.” Wellprotected, loads of good eateries, and plenty of entertainment. Mike Pothier s/v Dragonfly
It’s Cabral’s Wharf, Provincetown, taken from McMillan’s Wharf, where the schooners Olad and Hindu have had their float at sometime throughout the long memory list in my mind’s file. The building at Cabral’s is where I had one beautiful office space when I opened my first own corporation (last window, 2nd floor, right side). What memories! Mama Mia, I’ve got ’em! Nils Berg New York, N.Y.
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Perspectives The Real Boatyard and the Cycle-of-Life ime marches on, realities change, and like the bygone days of so many things –all that’s left are the memories. For a while, some of those memories are wistfully shared with others who remember that time and place, and then slowly and imperceptibly, like footprints in the sand during an incoming tide, all is washed away. Do you remember the old-fashioned boatyard? You know, the one that was actually on the water, unlike today’s inland parking-lot storage facilities. “Boat-storage facility” doesn’t have quite the same ring to it, especially to those of us who can remember back several decades. The old-fashioned boatyard was, like so much that time has erased, a special, unique place. It was an event just to go there because what was found each time was a place that seemed frozen in time, its grounds littered with remnants of past puttering, repairing, and building by generations of boatyard owners and boat owners. A place of industry, history and camaraderie. A place where elbow grease was in abundance. A place where everyone pitched in, sometimes laughing and sometimes grunting along together, maybe telling a story or two while carrying a 40-foot long mast from the storage shed down to the crane by the water.
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That boatyard of bygone days had many things I loved, even as a little boy. It came with all the associated sights, sounds and organic smells of nature: waves breaking on the beach with the incoming tide, the pungent odor of emerging tidal flats on the ebb, the excitement of discovering prehistoriclooking horseshoe crabs as long as my arm, the chill of a burgeoning sea breeze carrying the plaintive cries of seagulls searching for and fighting over broken muscle shells. And all of this was surrounded by a “yard,” which was wonderfully littered with almost anything you needed if you scavenged around long enough. And no boatyard would be complete without a crusty curmudgeon owner who, with an ever-soslight twinkle in his eye, would say such things to a boat owner as, “Put plenty of paint on her, ’cause that’s all that’s holding her together.” Hauling and launching were participatory events for both the owner and yard workers, unlike today’s email or phone scheduling of dates and directions to and from the mooring or marina slip. Hauling was from either an ex-Army boom truck or a hiccupping, snorting donkey motor (most likely named for having replaced the donkey) housed in a wooden shack at the head of the yard and serving as the pulling power at hauling time. Then big buckets of grease would be slathered
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onto the railroad ties that crisscrossed the yard, and the boat and its cradle, with the help of large pry bars, would be skidded into place for its winter rest. Like the hauling, the launching was on a marine railway, really just a couple of railroad tracks which, at high tide, looked like something out of a Jules Verne novel, disappearing mysteriously into the sea, and, at low tide, deadending in plain sight under the tidal flats. Launching of the old wooden boats was like a birth, really, timed with the cycles of the tide, the boat slowly pushed, prodded, guided, lowered and released into the hands of the welcoming sea, and then, just before floating, held in the cradle to allow for acclimation to the new environment, the seams swelling enough for the newly-launched vessel to float on her own. And life would go on for another season, no doubt bringing differences from the last one, as time marched on and realities changed, until, like the bygone days of so many things, all that was left would be the memories. Dave Roper’s book, “Watching for Mermaids,” which climbed to No. 4 on the “Boston Globe” Best-Sellers List, is available through www.amazon.com.
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14 boats in Grand Manan and other drills Knowing that the harbors would be crowded after ou will never get 14 boats into Grand Manan. It’s too crowded. I just got back from we arrived, we wanted to give the harbormasters there,” said my friend Russ. Well, with a lot plenty of advance warning. All the harbormasters of pre-planning, it is possible to get 14 boats in Grand were notified in January about the cruise arriving in August. They were Manan, be greeted at surprised to get calls St. Andrews, and enabout a cruise in Janjoy a pleasant visit uary, but grateful just with Customs in Eastthe same. Yacht clubs port. where we were visitIt all started at the ing were contacted to end of the summer make arrangements sailing in 2013, when for getting together. my wife commented Customs in both counthat we hadn’t been tries were contacted up to Grand Manan or to find out what they St. Andrews in over a needed. decade. Well, with a In March, a seminar challenge like that, it was held for all who was time to go again. were planning on goSo I volunteered, ing, or thinking about along with Roy Mayne, to run the going. Preparation in advance is crucial. All cruise for the Blue Water Sailing Club. Photo by Steve Lee vessels carried fendYou can’t plan on Grand Manan's North Head Harbour had been dredged, and a shelf was erboards, extra-long docklines, spare diesel sailing around Grand left near the dock. It looks scarier than it is. cans, Canadian courManan without contesy flag, and the yelsidering the currents in the Grand Manan Channel. They can be challeng- low “Q” flag for clearing customs. This fleet was ready. When sign-up for the cruise started, a host of inforing, reaching four knots. Carefully pick the time to go up and come back. For our group, that defined when mation was gathered. For the harbormasters, the list contained the following: boat name, length, draft, color we would be cruising.
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had people along who were not going on the cruise but wanted to be there for the start. Somehow, we did not sink the dock with a crowd of 40-plus people. Next, off to Roque Island. For some, this was their first time east of Schoodic. At Roque, boats anchored at the beach and in Lakeman’s. It was a pleasant day to walk the beach. The following day saw a threepoint-nine-knot current pushing along the western shore of Grand
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sory look at our passports and we were done. The harbormaster gave a quick rundown of what to do on the island and let us settle in. The area had been dredged, and a shelf was left very near the dock. The photo shows the harbor was still usable by the locals. It looks scarier than it really is. Still, we waited until high tide to leave. Reports heard later were that the harbormaster (or wharfinger) in St. Andrews was telling people that they would have to leave because a large cruise was coming in. He met every boat at its mooring and passed the mooring lines. What service! The St. Andrews Yacht Club hosted the fleet the first night for lobster rolls. At Eastport, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection staff had to drive from their office to cover a ferry landing at one end of town. Then they would drive by the docks where the fleet was coming in. If they saw a “Q” flag up, they stopped. With their copy of the list of boats and crew, they had all the information and had verified it earlier. Clearing in was a breeze: Just check off the boat, look at passports and that customs decal and they were done. And so it went: a relatively trouble-free cruise across the border and back. Pay attention to the rules, notify people in advance, fly the appropriate courtesy flag or “Q” flag, pay your decal fee, and you, too, can get 14 boats into Grand Manan. For detailed coverage of these harbors, see the article “This is cruising” by Russ Roth in the September 2014 issue of Points East. Stephen has been sailing the Northeast coast from Digby, Nova Scotia, to Block Island for more than three decades. Like many, he learned to sail at Community Boating in Boston. He currently owns a Freedom 35 and is treasurer of the Blue Water Sailing Club. He holds a USCG 50-ton Master License. editor@pointseast.com
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My mood had not been improved by daylong battles with the nasty, small flies that always show up in this kind of weather to bite your ankles, and generally make life miserable. In short, I’d developed a serious case of the nautical version of cabin fever. Well, at least the nights were calm, tranquil and undisturbed. I enjoyed a rather undistinguished dinner (supplies in that department were running low, too) and went to bed. Lying in my bunk with the hatch open, it was pleasant to watch a spectacular array of stars wheel overhead until sleep came. Somewhere around 2 a.m., I was awakened by a strange noise. It sounded like there was a freight train off in the distance, running fast and coming my way. Closer and closer it came, and louder and louder its rushing, roaring sound became. Could I be dreaming this? A little disoriented, I was still pretty sure I wasn’t anchored on railroad tracks somewhere, but that’s sure what it sounded like. The squall hit, and suddenly I was the inhabitant of a paint mixer. Penelope was standing on end and crashing down in wild, mean seas that had come from nowhere. At times she would veer sideways to the onslaught and roll until her high cockpit combings were nearly under. I could only lie in my bunk and prevent myself from being thrown out of it by pushing with all my might against the cabin-top overhead. This went on for 15 minutes and then stopped as
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gether and betrayed me totally. We lay drifting aimlessly on a mirror-like sea. I rowed into the closest part of the anchorage, a little bowl-like depression in the southwest corner. The bowl is formed by a steep, smooth rock shore that rises to the beginning of vegetation about 30 feet above the water. It’s a snug little spot, with the shore rising like an amphitheater on three sides. Weather for the night ahead was forecast as light and variable becoming five knots from the southwest. It looked like I was in a fine spot – the most perfectly sheltered in the anchorage, – so I dropped the hook then and there, unconcerned that, contrary to my usual practice, I was anchored quite close to shore. Soon enough the breeze came, not out of the southwest as predicted but from the northeast with a vast stretch of water to windward. And not at five knots, but at 10, then 15, then 25. Now I found myself pinned in my snug little amphitheater, and, to my consternation, I noted that the growing waves were crashing on a rocky shore that was only around 20 yards behind my rudder. By 10 o’clock that evening, the wind had risen to an estimated 30 to 35 knots, accompanied by driving rain and heavy seas. This was a repeat of the paint-mixer experience, only now I was on a lee shore with rocks almost at spitting distance astern. I had my same heavy ground tackle down, and now I could only hope that it would hold. It was far too rough
to try to row another anchor out, and deploying one from the boat would be useless because, if we dragged, it would have no chance to set before we hit the rocks. The big fisherman-type anchors that I carry for just such emergencies weren’t going to help me here. I thought about my situation and realized that if we went up, it would be more than the boat that I lost. The slimy surface and slope of the little amphitheater behind me were such that I would have no chance to climb up to safety. It seemed somehow unfair that this popular anchorage, a place for lighthearted summer adventures, could suddenly become so dangerous. It blew all night, and, once again, I spent most of it pushing against the cabin roof to keep from being thrown out of my bunk. Lying in the bunk was somehow preferable to watching the seas breaking on the nearby shore – and wondering when we would join them. I resolved then and there that, if I got out of this, I would never again, under any circumstances, anchor close to shore. In the morning the wind moderated and changed direction. Now I had a breeze that would get me home, and I was very happy to take advantage of it. W. R. “Bill” Cheney, who moved to Lady’s Island, S.C., from Vermont in 2011, sails the engineless Marshall 22 Penelope out of Swans Island, Maine, in summer, and his Marshall Sanderling Shorebird out of Lady’s Island, S.C., in the winter.
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News Summer camps aboard Oliver Hazard Perry This spring, the first oceangoing full-rigged ship to be built in America in over a century will begin sailing, and teens from around the country and the world will board in July and August for one- and two-week Education at Sea camps. The 200-foot Sailing School Vessel (SSV) Oliver Hazard Perry, hailing from Newport, R.I., has a 500-ton steel hull and a 130-foot tall rig with squaresails on all three masts. She will have a captain, officers, a cook, an engineer and a dozen other professional crewmembers, but the balance of her crew will be none other than the students themselves – after all, she is a Sailing School Vessel. Registration for camp is now open. The seven weeks of camp will allow teens to become part of the exciting and highly structured environment of a sailing ship. For the OHP, continued on Page 25 Vincent Tavani, crew member on SSV Oliver Hazard Perry, teaches essential knot-tying skills to students (right). Photo by Carol Hill
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The nine passengers were transferred from Liana’s Ransom to the Coast Guard motor lifeboats. One man suffered a head injury when leaping from Liana’s Ransom and was airlifted to Massachusetts General Hospital by the Jayhawk helicopter crew. FMI: www.coastguardnews.com.
Coast Guard search and rescue crews from Station Gloucester, Air Station Cape Cod and the Coast Guard Cutter Ocracoke rescued nine crewmembers from the Canadian tall ship Liana’s Ransom 58 miles east of Gloucester on March 30. Sector Boston Command Center received notification at 12:35 a.m. that the vessel’s engines were disabled and its sails were wrapped around the mast. As the weather deteriorated, and seas reached nearly 10 feet, two 47foot motor lifeboat crews from Station Gloucester were deployed to tow the vessel back to Gloucester. Once on scene, the boat crews connected the tow, but the rough sea conditions caused the towline to break. The lifeboat crews directed the crew of Liana’s Ransom to don immersion suits and prepare to abandon ship, Photo courtesy U.S. Coast Guard and a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk Helicopter from Air Station Cape Bad timing: This Coast Guard photo captures one of the nine sailors of Liana's Ransom making a jump for the CG motor lifeboat, right as the vessels are rolling apart. Cod was diverted to assist.
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Skip Novak receives 2014 CCA Blue Water Medal The Cruising Club of America has awarded Skip Novak the 2014 Blue Water Medal for his continuous high-latitude cruising in the Antarctic and long-distance racing over the last 27 years, which includes four Whitbread Round-the-World Races. The award was presented at the Club’s annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club in New York on March 6. The prestigious Blue Water Medal is awarded only when a series of significant exploratory achievements are accomplished, and is the oceangoing equivalent of winning the America’s Cup. In 1987, wishing to combine his interest in high-latitude sailing with mountaineering, he built the expedition sailing vessel Pelagic and has been in Antarctic waters every season since. In 2002/2003, Novak managed the construction and out-
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Serenity tops 2015 list of boat names Big and small, power or sail, there are many different kinds of boats and so many different kinds of boat owners. But the one thing they seem to agree on is how boating makes them feel, at least if your looking at a boat’s name on the transom. Serenity has been named the No. 1 boat name for the second year in a row with the release of the 2015 list of Top Ten Boat Names from BoatUS. It is also the name’s tenth appearance on the popular list of boat names issued annually since 1992 by the recreational boat advocacy, service and safety group. “Calm, peaceful and untroubled is what boating is all about for so many boaters,” said BoatUS spokesman Scott Croft. FMI: www.BoatUS.com/boatnames. The BoatUS 2015 list of Top Ten Boat Names: 1. Serenity 2. Seas the Day 3. Andiamo 4. Aquaholic 5. Second Wind
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Interim Casco Baykeeper named The Board of Friends of Casco Bay has given executive director Cathy Ramsdell another title: Interim Casco Baykeeper. She will serve as both executive director and Casco Baykeeper pro tem until a new Baykeeper is hired. Joe Payne, the previous Casco Baykeeper, retired in January after nearly 24 years on the job. Courtesy Friends of Casco Bay Keeping the Baykeeper position intact provides the Cathy Ramsdell is Baypublic with an identified keeper pro tem until this person they can contact with summer. any concerns about Casco Bay, who will continue to confront environmental issues that had been addressed by the now retired Baykeeper. Plans are to hire a new Baykeeper over the summer. Anyone who may be interested in the position should email keeper@cascobay.org to be notified when the job description is posted at www.cascobay.org.
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Camden, Maine, couple wins Ocean Cruising Club award Doug and Dale Bruce of Camden, Maine, have won an Ocean Cruising Club (OCC) Award for exceptional service as regional rear commodores for NE USA and many years of dedicated service to the OCC. Doug and Dale have been sailing much of their lives, having met at a junior sailing program in 1961. Married in 1966, they have three daughters and seven energetic grandchildren. Doug worked in New York City in the advertising agency business and retired in 1994, when they left home and went cruising. After completing their qualifying
passage in 1998 (Beaufort, North Carolina to Tortola, BVI) aboard Bluewater, a Tayana 55 cutter, they received their OCC burgee and started making new cruising friends from all over the globe. After moving ashore in Camden, Maine, in 2000, they became port officers, a job held somewhat “in absentia” for several years while cruising in Newfoundland. They won the Rambler Medal in 2005 and the Geoff Pack Memorial Award in 2010 for their production of “The Cruising Guide to Newfoundland.” FMI: www.oceancruisingclub.org.
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Ocean Cruising Club award winners Doug and Dale Bruce met at a junior sailing program in 1961, and are still sailing together today.
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Sept. 4: Motored out to the sea buoy at Kitts Rocks at around 1 p.m. to take a look. Seas well spread out and pretty Author Jack (right) heads out smooth, but big surf on the Sisters. Unon his Maine cruise (above). derwater ledges extending south from Opposite: Aloft was built Whaleback also showing themselves. from Ted Hood's original West wind must be settling the big waves 1957 Little Harbor 40 design. down a little, though. Wind high teens to 20. Set genoa, with three rolls still in, on port tack, and headed toward York Ledge buoy, with wind almost dead astern. Jibed at “24YL” buoy and set course for Biddeford Pool, with wind on the port quarter. Speed around 5 knots until wind piped up. Then made steady speed at 6plus with spikes to 7.5. On a mooring outside the Pool at 7 p.m. Got a cell call from wife Jules in the middle of a big gust and found it a little difficult to steer with left hand, but happy to hear from her. This new world Photos courtesy Jack Farrell of high-tech communication continues to Towed the new Joel White dinghy for the first time amaze. The image of me driving the boat before the dy- today. What a well-designed little vessel! She planed ing hurricane on the Maine coast while talking to most of the day, riding over the big swells and taking Julie, on the patio at her parents’ house in Sonoma, the breaking ones without incident. The bow never sipping Chardonnay and waiting for a late lunch…. dropped on the downhill surfing. Not a drop of water pretty wild. taken. Distance sailed today: about 33 miles. www.pointseast.com
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Sept: 5: Dropped the pendant at 9 a.m. Wind west-southwest around 15. Set the jib on starboard tack and ran with the diesel until 10 a.m. to charge the batteries. Course 90 degrees magnetic. Wind became mostly west, and the course was dead downwind, although it was the rhumb line for Monhegan. Great visibility. Could see outline of the big hills beyond Portland. But not clear enough to tell if I could see Mount Washington. Speed without the engine was below five knots. Jibed to the port tack and headed toward Casco Bay islands until offshore of Halfway Rock. Speed picked up to six on the GPS. The storm and the time of year have apparently kept most of the rest of the sailing world at home. I saw only three Photo by Jack Farrell sailboats, a trawler and a tanker headed to the west, probably for “Towed my Joel White dinghy for the first time. She planed most of the day, ridPortsmouth. A few miles before Cape ing over the big swells and taking the breaking ones without incident.� Small, jibed again and headed back to the east on starboard tack. ence of the Kennebec River. Three whale sightings Passed two miles or so offshore of Seguin Island. As within a few miles. Rough water made it impossible to usual, the seas got pretty big and steep with the influ- determine species. Probably Minke. Lots of birds:
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gulls, petrels and big gannets. Made Monhegan Harbor at 6:15 p.m., and found the nice, cozy mooring closest to Manana Island available. Calmest place in the harbor, but it leaves one’s stern rather tight to the rocks. Have to keep an eye on that. Distance sailed today: about 60 miles. Sept. 6: Went ashore for breakfast and to watch Port Clyde ferry Laura B unload and depart. Just a spring and a stern line keep her hard to the wharf with the prop turning moderately hard ahead. Talked with the young captain a bit. She has a Coast Guard COI (Certificate of Inspection) for 92 passengers. “I don’t know where the heck we’d put them all, though,” said the skipper. Displacement just under 50 tons. Built by the army in 1942, oak and Douglas fir, and saw duty in South Pacific. His only complaint was that the aft head needs work. Fun to watch him turn her around with the single screw in the narrow cut in front of the dock before heading back out. I just love that boat. First saw her in 1963 on the same run she’s doing now. Slipped the pendant at 9:45 for Matinicus. Wind was light from the west-southwest. Course to Matinicus was 94 degrees. Set mainsail at the mooring. Must have made quite a spectacle sailing past the wharf through the narrow gut. Motorsailed again for about an hour to charge batteries. Rigged a preventer
on the main, shut the engine down, and enjoyed quiet sailing at 4.5 knots with just the main, after trying the jib, which was blanketed by the main. Nice easy offshore rolling swells. But may be investing in a whisker pole and a cruising chute. About two miles out of Monhegan, spotted a series of big, fast breaks in the water about 40 feet off the port quarter. Tuna? They were too small and fast for whales. Then a small pod of white-sided dolphins appeared. They followed in the wake for a mile or so. Dolphins mean good luck. Thanked the heavens for that. By about 1 p.m., the wind had gone into the south enough to set the genoa. Speed picked up to high fives and up to six knots. Still smooth enough for the autopilot without feeling guilty. Heading for Criehaven for a first-ever visit before going in to Matinicus. Played some music on my guitar to celebrate the dolphins. “Sugar Mountain.” The two big green O’Hara purse seiners from Rockland were standing out to the southeast, and I passed them about a half-mile away. I think one is called the Western Sea. They are high-bowed, western-rigged steel boats, 80 feet or more, and they each carry a seine boat on the stern. They looked majestic, booms deployed port and starboard, about an eighth of a mile between them, proudly heading out to sea. Could see Matinicus Rock ahead and well to starboard. A godforsaken place, the last outpost before the
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full-blown Atlantic. From a distance it looks like an ancient Greek ruin: white bleached rock and a handful of stone towers that seemed to lean to the west. Just rocks and big breakers. Was there once on a cruise long ago. It would be fun to go back on a calm afternoon. Made Criehaven breakwater at 2 p.m. Poked into the harbor to have a look. It is awfully tight, seems pretty well used up, and didn’t have the look of welcome I was hoping for. But what a pretty little village, all clustered around the cove with fields and woodlands beyond. May never get there after all, but we had a good close look. Went around the corner to Matinicus and passed the bell buoy at 2:40 p.m. Matinicus Island delivered once again with welcome and good fortune. Entering the tight harbor, I was greeted by Rick Ames in the lobsterboat Lori Ellen, who guided me to a mooring and offered crab for dinner. Not only that, three interesting vessels were in the harbor: the restored Jacob Pike, the iconic Mainebuilt former sardine carrier; the steel-hulled Duchess, a Maine-built former mussel dragger; and the old Bijupa from Tenants Harbor. Rick Ames came alongside in the Lori Ellen with a bag of crab legs (no charge). Turns out he is friends with Rick and Carl from IBH (International Boat Haulers) in Eliot. Crab picking took more than an hour and a half, but left enough for two dinners and two lunches, maybe three pounds of crabmeat. Tasted
great, but missed a few pieces of shell in the picking. Walked on the island of about two miles on a lovely Maine late summer afternoon. Went to the art gallery, the cemetery, poked my head into the church (Congregational, with a free telephone in the entryway), but everything else was closed for the Labor Day holiday. Distance sailed today: About 25 miles (lazy bum). Sept. 7: A little rain shower overnight, and a bit of a breeze shaking the rig before dawn. Nice to hear the rain patter on the deck above my head. Fishermen on the way out before first light. Morning, calm sea, light wind from southwest. Clouds looking like they might be breaking up. Left the harbor at 8:45 bound for . . . could be Naskeag Harbor at WoodenBoat, maybe Carver’s Harbor on Vinalhaven. Thinking about getting back by Sunday already. Hope to hit Luke’s (P.E. Luke in East Boothbay) on Friday for centerboard check-up. So Mount Desert seems a little ambitious after all. The wind piped right up as I left, blowing from the west, right out of the harbor. Set the main, no jib, engine idling for charging, and just in case. Could see Isle au Haut, the high ground of Hurricane Island, and Vinalhaven with its three wind-generator towers. Cut the diesel and sailed on starboard tack at about 4.5 knots, still wondering about going around the east side of Isle au Haut to Frenchboro, and maybe on to
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Sept. 8: Rain and fog this morning, but the weather radio gives promise of a brighter afternoon. Dropped the mooring line at 10:15. Fog lifting nicely, with visibility about three miles. Light southwest wind means motoring down the reach. Headed for Buck’s Harbor. Just about high tide. Passed a big canoe-sterned yawl named Aquilon about halfway down. About 45 feet, looks English. The quiet passage on a flat-water Eggemoggin was a real contrast with my first trip through here in 1986, beating against a screaming northwest wind with Julie and almost year-old Jake. A wonder she didn’t kill me. Bucks Harbor at around noon. A nice, varied fleet moored in here. Notable are the 50-foot canoe-sterned sardine carrier Penobscot, the 42-foot Hinckley yawl Night Wind (the last wooden Hinckley), and the tired, rotting wooden sardine carrier Ida Mae, working for “Bingo Bait, a Division of Nancy’s Shellfish.” Got some fuel and headed out for Rockland via Sprucehead Island. Motorsailed as far as the end of Little Sprucehead, where the wind shifted to the west and got very blustery as a cold front came through. Dropped the sails and pounded ahead under engine for about two hours, around Robinson Rock in West Penobscot Bay to the Rockland breakwater. This must be where the term “shiver me timbers” comes from. Arrived Rockland inner harbor at 5:30 and found a moor-
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A short history of the cruising boat Aloft Aloft was built from Ted Hood’s original Little Harbor 40 design from 1957. She was built in Japan in 1962. She has sailed the East Coast from the Bahamas to Canada, and was sailed before me by Peter Willauer, founder of the Hurricane Island Outward Bound School. This design was Ted Hood’s favorite in his later years, and his original version, Robin, was repurchased by him as his personal yacht. Under our ownership, Aloft has done well in classic-yacht regattas, including placing first in class in WoodenBoat’s Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. She was largely rebuilt in 200203 by Bob Eger of Warren Pond Boatworks, in South Berwick, Maine. Jack Farrell
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We delivered our Banjer 37 motorsailer 2,525 miles, from Puerto Rico to Peaks Island, at the same time discovering new levels of confidence in our ability to meet sailing challenges as a team. By Albert Presgraves & Jenny Yasi For Points East n 2008, we found our dreamboat, a Banjer 37 motorsailer built in Holland in 1971. In our starry eyes, there were only two things wrong: The boat was in-
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feet. We found her in a slightly chewed condition while on vacation in Salinas, Puerto Rico, in 2008. Our youngest daughter, Echo, took one wary look at Magus’ dusty interior and warned her parents, “If you buy this boat, you will never have a minute of free time. This will be your entire life.” But we were approaching the empty nest phase of life, and had a feeling that we could find time for this project. Magus’ owners, Patricia and Vern Morey, had lived and voyaged on her for 22 years. Now Vern was in his 90s, and they’d moved off Magus onto a trawler. Patricia didn’t really want to be watching over Magus for much longer. We promised to fix her up and sail her home to Maine as soon as we could. They sold her to us for a song. For the next three years, we had the perfect excuse to fly to Puerto Rico in February. We’d work for two weeks, ripping the boat apart, painting undersides with BoraCare, putting it back together again, among many other things. And then we’d sail for two weeks or more, each week becoming better acquainted with Magus and each other. The memory of all the grungy, often complicated work is maybe like the memory of childbirth: We’d forgotten the pain; we’d do it all again. It was fun, solving problems – just the two of us, with our dog Tigerlily. Jenny is a dog trainer with a hearing disability. So she wears hearing aids, but not when she is swimming
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and not often on the boat. So our Tigerlily is trained to perform hearing alerts as well as many other practical boat-dog behaviors. Jenny was training Tigerlily along the way, gathering little crowds as Tiger performed stunts to the Latin and reggae music that seemed to be a feature of every village waterfront. We enjoyed meeting people and feeling part of a community by giving “dog safety/dog smarts” performances in Culebra, Tortola, St. Thomas, St. John and Jost Van Dyke. But it was nerve-wracking to leave Magus behind each year, and, in 2012, she finally seemed ready to sail home to Maine. We wanted eight weeks for the delivery, but neither one of us could get eight weeks of vacation in a row, so we broke the trip into three legs. For the first leg, Jenny, Albert and Tigerlily would do the “shakedown sail” from Salinas to Nassau (four weeks). Then we’d leave Magus, and fly back to Maine for three weeks of work. Jenny would give her spot on the three-week second leg, including the Gulf Stream crossing, to our son-in-law Travis, who was collecting sailing hours toward his Coast Guard certification. Leg three would start with a family rendezvous in Maryland, in time for our daughter Echo’s graduation from St. Mary’s College. Jenny and Albert would sail Magus to Peaks Island as fast and directly as possible. We planned on one week for this leg, so good weather was critical. Our start in Salinas was busy: We provisioned, made repairs, and checked again for signs of new insect damage. But when we unrolled our new inflatable dinghy, which had just 30 days of wear and had been carefully maintained and put away each year, the entire bottom unpeeled. Fortunately, our friend Fred Long, in Salinas, helped us borrow a dinghy. And he bought most of our hurricane mooring – three 85-pound Danforth anchors and chain. Our load was lightened, editor@pointseast.com
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Summary of engine hours and fuel usage In reviewing the ship’s log, I was a surprised to see how little we were under sails only on the leg from Nassau to Maine – about 16 hours (out of 294) – mostly between Nassau and Marsh Harbor, and some in the Chesapeake. The sails were often set, so we were mostly motorsailing, except in the waterways and such. This compares to being under only sails for over 37 percent of the time between Puerto Rico and Nassau, when there were good trade winds, and we were not in such a big hurry. Not shown in the table below, the leg between Marsh Harbor (Bahamas) and Beaufort was the fastest, but not by much considering the Gulf Stream help. GPS nautical miles Total traveling hours (approx.) Engine hours (approx.) Fuel used (gallons) GPH, engine time GPH, travel time Average speed, knots
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Sophi and Travis drove home. To cover those 650 miles in seven days (so Albert could work on the following Monday), we had to make an average of 93 miles per day. We had planned on going straight from Cape May to the Cape Cod Canal, but the forecast called for strong northwesterlies. Instead, we rode the flood tide up New York City’s East River, and made 10 knots over the bottom. We were thrilled with this route as we’d never seen the Statue of Liberty, and the view of city bridges from this vantage point was incredible. Our nonstop run up the length of Long Island Sound got us to the Cape Cod Canal before dark. We stopped at the Sandwich Marina/East Boat Basin for a treat of fried take-out from Seafood Sam’s, and then continued overnight again. The sunrise on Stellwagen Bank was breathtaking. We became more excited the closer we got to home, and our hearts were soaring as we sailed into our homeport of Peaks Island. We arrived right on our hoped-for schedule. Our total distance by GPS was 2,525 nautical miles from Salinas, and we were already planning Magus’ next adventures. Jenny and Albert will be sailing Magus in Casco Bay this summer, and plan a cruise to “uncertain destinations.” They will be preparing to go cruising for a few years starting in 2016. See more about their adventures and plans at www.alpeaks.blogspot.com.
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THERACIN Serious fun, serious racing at Portland Y.C. By Chris Morin For Points East The Portland Yacht Club (PYC) would like to announce the race schedule for the 2015 season. Tradition runs strong through the country’s third-oldest yacht club, and this season reflects a “back-tothe-future” approach to racing.
June 20: PYC Pilot Race The origin of the name stems from one-design races established for the Hinckley Pilot 35. Believe it or not, at one time Pilot 35s were so abundant in the anchorage that their numbers warranted a regatta just for them. However, as the seasons have passed, the majority of the Pilots have disappeared from the bay – but the race continues, albeit with a variety of boats. Typically, there will be two races on that Saturday of varying length depending on the current conditions and types of boats in each class. All boats – big, little, and one-design – are welcome to register (PHRF certificates are not required
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J/24s in the Downeast Regatta, hosted last year by Portland Y.C. in September, looking very weatherly against a serene-looking sky.
to race). With a minimal entry fee, great racing, and fun post-race festivities, a great time will be had by all. As always, there will be spinnaker and non-spinnaker classes. The Pilot Regatta is one of the
early Gulf of Maine Ocean Racing Association races in Casco Bay, and proves to be a good early season tune-up for the season and an opPYC, continued on Page 52
Mix of youth and experience In the Marblehead to Halifax
One of the boats in this year's race will be a Navy 44. Longdistance racers on the East Coast have learned to never count the midshipmen out, despite their boat's heavy displacement. Photo by U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Chad Runge
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David Stanfield, the co-chair of the 2015 edition of the Marblehead to Halifax Ocean Race (MHOR), likes to call it “the Granddaddy of them all.” Stanfield is referring to the fact that the MHOR goes all the way back to 1905, a year before the Newport Bermuda Race started, and several decades before races like the Fastnet or Sydney-Hobart were conceived. “When I talk to people about ocean racing it always seems like it comes down to the classics,” says Stanfield. “Those other races have their MARBLEHEAD, continued on Page 51 editor@pointseast.com
NGPAGES A downwind start (the boat sails better when the bow is low) during a Frosty Fleet 9 regatta.
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Kittery Point Y.C. hosting Frosty Nationals Frosty Fleet 9 of New Castle, N.H. will be celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Cape Cod Frosty Class Championship by hosting this year’s Class Championship at the Kittery Point Yacht Club, 328 Portsmouth Ave, New Castle, N.H., May 2-3. The racing will be in the
back channel of Goat Island in New Castle. Registration begins at 9 a.m. on Saturday with weigh-ins starting at 10 a.m. Saturday’s first gun is scheduled at 11:30 a.m.; Sunday’s at 12 p.m. Find the Notice of Race posted on FROSTY, continued on Page 54
12-Meter Class making a comeback by James Gubelmann For Points East The heyday of 12-Meter racing in the U.S. ended in 1983 when we lost the America’s Cup to Australia in Newport. The “second coming” for the fleet took place in 2001 when the Queen of England attended the Jubilee Regatta at Cowes, U.K. Thirtynine 12-Meter yachts were at the starting line for that weeklong celewww.pointseast.com
bration of America’s Cup boats, beginning with the original (1851) racecourse around the Isle of Wight. In recent years, our fleet of 12s has dropped from the 17 yachts assembled for the Jubilee to a present-day fleet of 10 boats. The mission of the 12 Metre Yacht Club, Newport Station, is “To provide and facilitate discussion and a 12M, continued on Page 54
The 12-Meter yacht Freedom looking regal in Narragansett Bay.
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ISAF committee flies to Brazil to discuss trash On March 6, ISAF President Carlo Croce and ISAF Vice-President Scott Perry visited the International Olympic Committee (IOC) where they met with IOC President Thomas Bach and members of the IOC staff to discuss the shared concern about pollution in Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition is due to be held. The concern of both the IOC and ISAF centers mainly on the physical objects in the water that can affect the outcome of competition, and the contamination of the water that can affect the health of the competitors. Both the IOC and ISAF are determined that no effort should be spared in adPhoto courtesy Rio 2016 dressing both these problems. RepresenWindsurfers at the upcoming Rio 2016 Olympics may have it worst: A tatives of ISAF spent a week determining missed jibe and they're swimming in an often-toxic stew. what steps need to be taken by the relevant Brazilian authorities to deal with this urgent and will feature 380 athletes competing across ten events. Racing is scheduled to take place from August matter. The Rio 2016 Olympic Sailing Competition will take 8-18, 2016 and the competition format for all events is place at the Marina da Glória, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, fleet racing.
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MARBLEHEAD, continued from Page 48 IRC 2 start, 2013. Fog and extreme tides are just two of challenges – the weather between Sydney the elements that add layers of intrigue to the race. and Hobart, the Gulf Stream in the Bermuda race.” But Stanfield points out that the 363-mile Marblehead to Halifax course has its challenges, too. “The Bay of Fundy has the highest tides in the world, and you have to be able to get across the Gulf of Maine to Brazil Rock without being sucked up into the Bay,” he explains. “Then there’s a whole different kind of coastal racing that goes on up the coast of Nova Scotia. You can almost always count on the fog appearing somewhere along the way.” This year’s race will start on July 5. Since Photo courtesy Marblehead to Halifax Race registration opened in January, two of the a third on their Class 40. The U.S. Naval Academy’s many notable entrants include Spirit of Adventure, a co-ed Varsity Offshore Sailing Team will enter the race Volvo 60 skippered by Canadian sailor Derek Hatfield, with Gallant and Tenacious, both MK II Navy 44s. and Actaea, a modified Bermuda 40 cruising yawl that Both organizations regularly field teams in the Marwon its division in the Newport to Bermuda race last blehead to Halifax race, and have had excellent results year, and was a class winner in MHOR 2013. over the years, including 5th to the finish line in the Joining them crossing the Bay of Fundy in July will last edition of the race for one of the Oakcliff yachts. be a host of young sailors. Oakcliff Sailing, a non-profit The 36th edition of the Marblehead to Halifax race organization dedicated to putting American sailors will be scored under IRC, ORR, PHRF Racing, PHRF back on top of the international leaderboard, has en- Cruising and HPR, and is an ISAF Category 2 event. tered three youth teams: two on modified Farr 40s, and FMI: www.marbleheadtohalifax.com.
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PYC, continued from Page 48 portunity for old crews to work out the cobwebs (and new crews to begin working as a team).
July 4: PYC Schooner Trophy Race
after the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Regatta – and before the MS Regatta. Portland Yacht Club will be offering a limited number of free moorings for boats joining the flotilla from Boothbay Harbor to PYC to race in the Monhegan, and also for boats racing in just the Monhegan and MS Regatta.
This race has been a fixture at PYC for a long time, and in recent years it’s been sailed on Independence Day, making it a major part of that day’s festivities at Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10: PYC Fall Series and Sept. 26: Lightship Race PYC. Nights turn frosty, leaves begin to show their true What makes the Schooner Trophy Race unusual is colors – it must be time for the PYC Fall Series. The that it has a fixed course with up to 10 legs. Thus, the series consists of four Saturday races, three of which start may take place upwind, downwind, or – worstbegin at 1300 (Sept. 19, Oct. 3 and Oct. 10), with case scenario – with no wind. Whatever the state of courses dethe wind, this race signed to last is a wonderful way two to three to spend the afterhours. noon before watchSaturday, ing the fireworks Sept. 26, is the off the Eastern Lightship Race, Prom. A cookout which starts and social activiearlier and sails ties follow the to the former loevent. While the cation of the official Schooner Portland LightTrophy will be ship, which is presented to the now the location top PYC member, of the Large there will be Navigation awards for each Buoy (LNB) off class’s top finishCape Elizabeth. ers. The winner’s All boats – PYC name is enmembers and nongraved on the PYC members – Photo by Ann-e Blanchard Stanley Moore are welcome to register (PHRF Tuesday night is Etchells night at Portland Yacht Club; Wednesday night is for the Trophy. Traditional “Chili ’n certificates are not local J/24 fleet. Chowda” are required to race), provided after each day’s sailing. there is a minimal entry fee, and lots of great racing As with all PYC races, all boats are welcome to regand fun. As always, please leave your spinnakers at ister (PHRF certificates are not required, nor is PYC home – main and genoa only. membership), and there’s a minimal entry fee – as well as lots of fun and great racing. Register your boat for Aug. 8-9: Monhegan Island Race The trademark event for PYC is the annual Mon- one, two, three, or all four races. There’s a PYC Race hegan Island Race. This offshore classic moves toward Series Championship for those who compete in at least its earlier format with an August date and a start/fin- two of PYC-hosted races. Portland Yacht Club will ish in Casco Bay. However, since the Coast Guard has even provide free moorings for Friday and Saturday removed the original turning mark off the waters of nights if you register for one or two races; if you regisMonhegan Island, the course will be changing. The ter for the entire Fall Series you get a free mooring for race will feature a variety of shortened ocean courses, the duration. with class descriptions and requirements affording the broadest possible opportunities for participation. If you haven’t done the race in a while because it was too long, and finishing Sunday afternoon or Monday morning got to you, this is the year to get back in. The new date of the Monhegan Race is the weekend 52 Points East May 2015
May 21-Sept. 10: Thursday Night Racing Along with the formal weekend regattas, Portland Yacht Club welcomes everyone, from America’s Cup skippers to “which-end-is-the-bow” skippers, big boat or little boat, full crew or single-handed, spinnaker or editor@pointseast.com
non-spinnaker, to join the fun of Thursday Night Racing. Racing starts on May 21 and runs to Sept. 10 with the first gun fired at 1800. If you’d like to compete for one of the Thursday Night Racing Trophies you need to register for the series. Registration is linked through PYC website. If you just want to sail then just show up on any given Thursday. The starting line is set up between Clapboard and the PYC anchorage. One-design fleets are welcome! Throughout the summer there will be a variety of themes for the races, as well as weekly awards. Non-PYC members can enjoy the cookout by purchasing dinner after racing on Thursdays.
One-design racing in J/24s and Etchells If you like tight, close, competitive one-design racing then you need to be at PYC on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. The local J/24 Fleet 43 and Etchells Fleet 27 hosts weekly races. If you want to join a crew aboard a J/24, Wednesday is the night for you. If you would like to sail on Tuesdays, than an Etchells is the boat for you. Links for both fleets are on the PYC website under the Racing tab. If you would like more information about any of the racing opportunities, or think you may like to volunteer to help out with some of the race-management activities, please email us at race@pycme.net. FMI: www.portlandyachtclub.com.
Dongfeng team breaks its mast near Cape Horn in Volvo Race Dongfeng Race Team broke its mast early on Monday (GMT, March 30), but fortunately nobody was injured. The incident happened 240 nautical miles west of Cape Horn at 0315 UTC, in the final hours of the night onboard Dongfeng. The crew rePhoto courtesy Volvo Ocean Race ported that the mast broke A break up high meant above the third spreader. Reached via Inmarsat, a conceding the leg, and disappointed Charles Cau- scrambling to obtain a drelier, the boat’s French new mast. skipper, said, “I’m gutted. As you’ve seen from the position reports we have been, on purpose, backed off a bit, not attacking in any way. The mast broke without warning, in about 30 knots of wind. We are unable to sail safely on starboard tack, but we are able to make reasonable speed on port tack. We will head towards Ushuaia and assess our options for getting to Itajai.” Itajai is the fleet’s Brazilian destination, in Brazil. FMI: www.volvooceanrace.com.
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boats from the Baltic, and six boats from the Mediterranean. Our modern rules allow each boat to carry 14 crew; the boats are typically between 62 and 70 feet. This will be a spectacular series of regattas, as we are planning to invite the 12 Meters from around the world to put aside two-and-a-half months in May, June, and July with races planned in four or five venues in New England, preceded by an inaugural regatta in the Caribbean. Of interest in 2014 was the 12 Meter U.S. Nationals in Newport,R.I., where we had a dinner for 100 at the Clarke Cooke House, our “12-Meter Yacht Club.” Over 55 people from the original crews who raced for the America’s Cup in 1964 and 1974 attended an additional event held at the New York Yacht Club’s Harbour Court. Believe you-me, the 12 Meter Class is coming back strong, and the heroes of yesteryear are back to support our mission. May the force (winds and tides) be with us. FMI: www.12metreyachtclub.org.
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Newly formed Rhode Island Offshore Challenge Trophy The Bristol Yacht Club and the Ida Lewis Yacht Club have joined forces to create the Rhode Island Offshore Challenge Trophy to be crafted and donated by GMT Composites. This perpetual trophy will be presented to the boat with the best-combined score in the Sid Clark Offshore and Ida Lewis Distance races. The Sid Clark Offshore Race dates back to 1904 and may well be the oldest distance race in the country. The July 10 race will feature a variety of courses ranging in length from 75 to 160 miles. The start will be just outside Bristol Harbor. The race will take you down Narragansett Bay and into the waters around Block Island and the Elizabethan Islands, with the finish just outside Newport Harbor. There will be classes Photo courtesy Ida Lewis Distance Race for IRC, PHRF, one-design, multihull, and douGood results in two of R.I.'s signature offshore races (Ida Lewis Disble-handed boats. tance Race start above) might just net you the first-ever R.I. OffThe Ida Lewis Distance Race, on Aug. 14, is shore Challenge Trophy. the perfectly designed overnighter for IRC, PHRF, one-design, multihull and double-handed boats includes turning marks at Castle Hill, Brenton Reef, of 28 feet or longer. It features four coastal round-trip Block Island, Montauk Point, Martha’s Vineyard and race courses between 104 and 177 miles, with starts Buzzards Tower. FMI: www.bristolyc.com, www.ilyc.org. and finishes off the historic Ida Lewis Yacht Club and
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The Leight rests easy in a little backwater off the north shore of Maple Juice Cove off Maine's St. George River.
Of backwaters and bean sandwiches aving been introduced to coasting aboard an 18foot centerboard sloop, in which we sheltered in the most remote of knee-deep tide pools, I still catch myself scanning the charts for off-the-beaten-path eel ruts that can accommodate the current Leight’s four feet of draft. I keep finding them, too – places that never made the pages of a cruising guide, but are possessed of a particular wildness, solitude and compelling sense of discovery. If the unlocking of such secrets requires a bit of dodging and parrying, one threading of the needle reveals another. Though I’ve caught wife Leigh rolling her eyes at my gunkholing ambitions on occasion, they are decidedly deliberate affairs, and taking to the mud once in a while has proved instructive, if little more than a momentary inconvenience. Pottering our way up Maine’s St. George River in search of just such treasure, – tide, current and whispering northerly on the Leight’s nose – it seemed all the
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more civil for the promise of discovery in the air as we made for the backwaters of Maple Juice Cove, where my eyes had been drawn to a ribbon of single-digit soundings snaking its way along the north shore. Laying a cross-stitch of tacks across the stream, we worked past the nodding can off Henderson Point and the anchorage off the south shore. Giving wide berth to the little ball of an island being kicked off the toe of Burton Point, the last of the ebb chortled past the rudder, lending a crispness to the helm as we slanted past ledges and bold shore, soundings in the teens. Short tacking, some boards little more than a minute long, it was over easy on the tiller, for a sharp jab slows her. The mate let the jib go the second it fluttered. Leaving a single wrap around the leeward winch, to keep the sheet from flailing and catching on all of the places a flying line can tangle, she snubbed the sail home as we filled away on the next slant. By such stealth, we clawed our way through thick and editor@pointseast.com
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thin. Keeping clear of a cove on the north shore that dries, the anchor was let go in depths of eight feet. Except for an old farmhouse a few hundred yards to the north, we were alone and aloof. To starboard was but granite and greenery, while, off to port, a straggle of ledges closed around the 26-foot sloop protectively. Mere ripples of the retreating tide scurried past as we raked shore with binoculars to make what we could of it. Crows squabbled among themselves, while a skein of swallows pirouetted, tracing sweeping gestures above field, forest and shore. Stretched out across the cockpit, under blue sky and nurturing sun, bean sandwiches seemed near nectar of the gods. Seals came a-fishing on the flood, and coupled dragonflies winged past. Salt, spruce and varnish scented the air as we boarded the dinghy to gather a few mussels for dinner. I couldn’t keep focused on the pages of a book as we watched shadows lengthen and schooners of clouds sail the sky. By evening, the water looked thick as oil, crickets struck up their chorus, and we were soothed. Watching a silver crescent of moon rise, there’d been poetry to the day that Byron might have had in mind when he wrote, “There is a pleasure in the pathless woods, There is rapture in the lonely shore, There is society where none intrudes, By the deep sea, and music in its roar: I love not man less, but nature more.”
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Raymond Butterfield II 70, Cranston, R.I.
Ray passed away Jan. 25. He loved spending time on the water cruising or fishing, both inshore and offshore with his family and friends on his boats Wake and Wake II. For over 35 years he participated in the Rhode Island Tuna Tournament and U.S. Atlantic Tuna Tournaments as well as the Block Island Billfish Tournament, for which he served on the tournament organizational committee and as the tournament weighmaster. After high school, Ray served in the U.S. Navy as a Machinist Mate on the USS Brownson for four years until 1968. Upon returning home from his military service, he attended the New England Institute of Anatomy and Mortuary Science in Boston, where he successfully completed his degree and National Board Examinations in Funeral Service to begin his career in his family’s business, The Butterfield Home and Chapel.
Peter Quinn, Jr. 91, Redding, Conn.
Peter died on Jan. 29. A lifelong sailor, he was also a member of the New York Yacht Club for more than 50 years. He maintained a summer home in Rhode Island where he was a member of the Dunes Club in Narra-
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Dr. Douglas Leonard Roy 91, Halifax, N.S.
Dr. Roy, a cardiologist, died on Feb. 2. Founding president of The Nova Scotia Sailing Association, commodore of the Royal Nova Scotia Yacht Squadron, vice president of the Canadian Yachting Association, he also was a member of the Nova Scotia Bird Society and served as a board member for several years. He enjoyed a great love of the outdoors and music, and was a dedicated salmon fisherman. “Dugger first sailed in Cape Breton Island where he raced his Snipe, John Roy was quoted in Scuttlebutt. “A wooden Tancook schooner called Jeto was his first yacht, and she was followed by many more yachts named after the Tall Ships built by his forefathers in Maitland, N.S.: Trust, Tryst and Snow Queen. “He completed at least 20 Marblehead to Halifax races starting in the ’60s. The 1979 race featured a 2nd in class on an Ericson 46, Rocket Rochelle, with eight family
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Dick died March 9. His final love was sailing, and his Beneteau 42 Panama Red was well known throughout Narragansett Bay as a fast boat with the best and most fun-loving crew. Certainly this was because of its great captain. Dick had an uncanny way of putting together the most eclectic crew that quickly became his loving Rhode Island family. Dick raced Panama Red twice to Bermuda, and, in 1993, won his class in the Marion Bermuda race. While in Bermuda, Dick and Becky were married just before receiving their trophies for an outstanding performance. Dick suffered many illnesses throughout his life but always kept his great sense of humor through it all.
After numerous heart attacks, strokes, hip replacement and heart transplant, Dick still remained positive and happy. He was famous for his jokes, his stories, and his happy and loving attitude wherever he went. His life was extended when he received a new heart in September 2012. Without that transplant, this would have been written a long time before now. Dick had a full and wonderful life and enjoyed and excelled at everything he undertook. He skied Killington when all they had was a rope pull to get up the mountain. Dick quickly became an active and agile skier, landing a place as an alternate on the U.S. Ski jumping team. He was considered the Mayor of Killington, where he made many friends. Dick also raced SEC cars, and was a back-up driver for Dan Gurney. He loved his Corvettes and collected many in his younger years. The celebration of Dick’s life was held at the East Greenwich (R.I.) Yacht Club. Hawaiian shirts were deemed a must for the remembrance.
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As the water heats up, so does the fishing By Richard DeMarte For Points East With spring upon us, the water along the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts shorelines continues to warm up from their frigid 31 degree temps in early April. As hard and cold as this past winter was, it seems like life in the water is rebounding, with herring having made an early and strong appearance following by glass shrimp, sand eels and every type of small crab imaginable. In Long Island Sound, the water clarity is astounding, especially compared to what we all remember from just a decade or two ago when murky, oxygen-depleted waters caused a nearly devastating ecosystem crash throughout the sound. With cleaner waters, it’s refreshing to see the impact of the many conservation efforts to mitigate sewage overflows and fertilizer flows being a thing of the past. The results will serve this amazing 100 mile-long estuary and its inhabitants well for generations to come – as long as these conservation efforts continue. So what’s in store for those of us wetting a line this month? Lots of exciting action.
These schoolies are still quite fun to catch as they pounce on top water and swimming lures like the hot new Rapala Shadow Rap, which are a surefire favorite to attract stripers. With water temps still a bit cool that means the fish are also a big lethargic, so keep your retrieve on the slow side. And mix in some twitches, and even let the lure lie still for a few seconds between twitches, which often brings strikes. Shallow, sandy and muddy bottoms along shorelines will produce, as fish sun themselves in areas where the water heats up fastest. Stripers position themselves at the mouths and along the shorelines of coves and harbors, like Greenwich (Conn.) Cove, to gulp down crabs, shrimp and small fish hiding around the sea grass. Stripers also lurk in spots where the tide washes crabs and baitfish by, so cast your lures along these areas. This month will also also produce bigger stripers, in the 20-, 30- and even into the 40-pound categories. Seeking out schools of bunker as they move into the sound, snagging and livelining a few – or even trolling bunker spoons – will give you a solid shot and getting into some of these big boys.
Stripers: 2015 recreational regulations for New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island allow one striper of 28-inch minimum length per angler per day, so any landed that don’t reach the 28-inch minimum should be immediately released. This is especially significant in spring when there is a proliferation of schoolies in the 10- to 20-inch range.
Fluke: Minimum length for New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island is 18 inches. This year’s fluke season opens May 17 in New York and Connecticut (five fish per angler per day) and opens May 1 in Rhode Island (eight fish per angler per day). Our local fluke populations have also rebounded quite well (also due to our cleaner waters and abun-
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dant baitfish), which results in a solid bite all spring and summer. If you like to drift for these tasty critters, May is a good month to pull a few up for the table. Don’t skimp on the size of your offering: Big bucktails tipped with squid or a scented Trigger-X Hammerworms or m0innows are sure to have hungry fluke come over for a closer look. Tip the scales even more in your favor by adding a 5/0 teaser hook 12 to 18 inches above the bucktail on a 20- to 24-inch trailing line; you’ll be surprised at how many of the bites you get will be on the teaser. Spend your time this month in waters no more than 20 feet deep, since, early in the season, crabs, shrimp, squid – and fluke – tend to hang out in warmer water. Bluefish: Don’t forget chopper bluefish: May is always an interesting month when it comes to these marauders. They can make a strong showing at any time,
and when they do, it’s often the eight- to 15-pounders that arrive first. Carry some wire leaders with you, and let those lures and baits fly when these hard fighting fish come to your area. Look for birds as well as schools of bunker, and keep your fingers away from those toothsome mouths. I wish you all well, and hope this is the year you land that “fish of a lifetime.” Next fall, highliner Richard DeMarte will be a senior at Binghamton University, where he’s majoring in biology with a minor in environmental studies. His fishing, boating, birding, photography, environmental activities, and outdoor writing will continue full-steam ahead, so you can count on seeing more of his articles and forecasts in upcoming issues of Points East. Contact him at Richard@nyctfishing.com, www.nyctfishing.com.
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A new boatbuilding/restoration shop in Bristol Block & Becket Shipwrights, at Tupelo Cove in Bristol, R.I., opened its doors in late January. As its name suggests, the shop offers construction and restoration services for classic wooden boats. Block & Becket is a traditional, plank-on-frame builder with a focus on classic sail and powerboat designs. Additional services include maintenance and repairs, custom
cabinetry, and specialty woodworking. The company is the creation of Keith Brown, a sailor and professional shipwright, and his business partner, Katie Tuttle, an avid sailor and successful marketing and business executive with longstanding ties to the marine BLOCK, continued on Page 64
Front Street yard, Tripp Design team up to create superyachts The in-house design team of Front Street Shipyard has collaborated with yacht designer Bill Tripp to develop a new line of modern sloops now available for construction. The line includes 84-, 102- and 112-foot performance-oriented yachts with a range of interior options. The new composite sailboat line is positioned as a competitive option for new construction at Front Street. The concepts, interior designs, and exterior styling of the new line were developed at Front Street, with naval architecture provided by Tripp Design Naval Architecture of Connecticut and Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The collaboration between the yard and design firm grew out of a shared desire to generate more new construction opportunities in America. The 84- and 102-foot designs have flush decks, yet have low-profile deckhouses. This concept adds additional light in the spacious main living areas. The 112-foot sloop 62 Points East May 2015
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The 84- and 102-footers (top and middle) have flush decks with low-profile houses. The 112-footer (bottom) is a more a true pilothouse boat.
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GMT crafts boarding system for 126-footer GMT Composites, in Bristol, R.I., is building the boarding system for Claasen Shipyards’ Hoek Design Truly Classic 126-foot sloop. GMT traveled to Claasen Shipyards, just outside of the port city of Amsterdam, to check out the vessel that will incorporate the boarding system. The system includes a custom-designed SeaStairs and a vertical, carbon swim ladder. The hull has an innovative side platform that folds out. The SeaStairs will ride on the platform and have a top landing platform that attaches directly to the deck using a new cantilevered design. This will eliminate the need for a hull stand-off brace under the top platform, GMT says. The SeaStairs will also split apart in two pieces in order to fit inside the lazarette storage Other current projects include several for non-marine BLOCK, continued from Page 62 industry. Keith has worked on vessels from designers and builders such as Herreshoff, Sparkman & Stephens, Burgess, Hacker, and Concordia. Brown, a graduate of the Boatbuilding & Restoration program at IYRS in Newport, R.I., said that Block & Becket bases its work on research into the history of each yacht it restores, recreates, or repairs. “We are committed to carrying on the boat’s legacy, while working collaboratively with clients to make decisions that are correct for both their lifestyle and budget. FRONT STREET, continued from Page 62 sailing cockpit. Multiple interior layouts are offered, depending on owners’ expectations. Sailing systems are fully hydraulic, with carbon-fiberrig packages. Twin headstay furlers provide a working jib on the inner stay and a reaching sail on the outer stay. A bowsprit handles a Code Zero or Alpha sail, and the
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A Wilbur 34 gets makeover at Kittery Point Yacht Yard Kittery Point Yacht Yard in Eliot and Kittery, Maine, has kept busy this past winter, and will have the nose to the grindstone right through the spring. The main project this winter has been on a Wilbur 34. The crew removed the flybridge and reconfiguring the aft end of the house. They repainted the interior, rewired as needed,
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yard for the Gloucester fishing fleet. Under Capt. Bob Bartlett, she sailed to within 600 miles of the North Pole, and later brought immigrants to the U.S. under the power of sail. Returned to the U.S. in 1982, as a gift from the newly independent Cape Verdean people, she sailed as a sail-training vessel until 2005. FMI: www. boothbayharborshipyard.com.
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The harsh winter just ended retarded Boothbay Harbor Shipyard's efforts to start a complete rebuild of the schooner Ernestina-Morrissey. Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, in Boothbay, Maine, was waiting for the arrival of the schooner Ernestina-Morrissey (ex-Effie M. Morrissey) from New Bedford for a complete rebuild. With the harsh winter they had not been able to find a weather window in which to move her. This is a huge project and will take three to four years to complete. The scope of the rebuild is to replace almost everything from the keel up. The schooner was built in 1894 at the James and Tarr Ship-
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Soundown Engine Isolation Mounts have been installed in this venerable beauty. They reduce structure-borne noise from propulsion engines. Six River Marine, in North Yarmouth, Maine, is continuing work on the 46-foot wooden commuter. So far they have replaced all the framing, rebuilt the transom, installed the horn timber and
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shaft log, and replaced the stem. They plan to install Soundown Engine Isolation Mounts and the exhaust system. Following that, they were to start replanking the hull. FMI: www.sixrivermarine.com.
Artisan Boatworks, in Rockport, Maine, a builder of classic wood boats, has launched Foxfire, a 25-foot, full-keel Buzzards Bay 15, which will make her home in Marion, Mass., this spring. The major project now under way is the refit of a 33-foot Beals Island lobsterboat, which has a new owner. She was built by Vinal Beal in 1963, and was used for many years as a lobsterboat. Her new owner will be using her for pleasure in the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest. FMI: www.artisanboatworks.com.
Maine Maritime Academy, in Castine, Maine, designed a trimaran hull for lobster fishing, and a seven-foot model was tested at the MShip Company, in San Diego, where tests can be done at sea, in real waves. The trimaran lobsterboat hull was designed by naval architect Doug Read, who is also a teacher at the academy. The project was developed and funded through the Penobscot East Resource Center in Stonington, Maine. Data gathered from the model’s instrumentation will predict the performance of a 38-foot boat. MShip compared the tri hull with a conventional seven-foot model, both models attached to double-yardarm like apparatus. The trimaran hull is expected to reduce fuel use by 25 percent, while retaining the above the waterline appearance of the traditional lobsterboat. The final 38-foot vessel is being designed to
operate at 20 knots, top-end. At speeds above 22 knots monohulls plane and are more efficient than the trimaran. The next phase of the project is to build a full-size 38-foot model, powered by a John Deere 200-horse inline 6. MShip’s intellectual property and assets are now for sale by Global Capital Markets, Mark Wilser, principal for the firm. FMI: www.mainemaritime.edu, www.mshipco.com. Finestkind Boat Yard, in Harpswell, Maine, has been finishing up a new build, and getting several other projects and their storage customers ready for the upcoming season. Lizzie, a Willis Beal wooden 38-footer, was repowered this winter with a new 400-horse FPT diesel engine with a ZF 2:1 gear with a hydraulic clutch. In one shop is a 34-foot Luhrs, which is having her pilothouse top core replaced. In another shop is an Albin 28, which is having her keel repaired after a grounding last summer. FMI: www. fkby.com. West Bay Boats, in Steuben, Maine, is finishing up one of their 31-footers for a customer from Connecticut. She will be finished out as a pleasure/tuna boat. Some of the work needing to be done includes installing a bow thruster and windlass, putting in the fuel tanks and exhaust system, and putting in an enclosed head. This boat will be done this spring. A Duffy 35 from Alabama was stored at the yard this winter. She will be coming in shortly for her annual maintenance. Ginny Ann, a Calvin 38, was also stored at the yard, and she will be coming in for her annual maintenance soon. This will be followed by a 28-foot Bunker & Ellis, which needs to have her topsides refastened. FMI: www. westbayboats.com.
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Find Points East at more than 700 locations in New England MAINE Arundel:The Landing School, Southern Maine Marine Services. Bailey Island: Bailey Island Motel, Cook’s Lobster House Bangor: Harbormaster, Young’s Canvas. Bar Harbor: Acadia Information Center, Bar Harbor Savings & Loan, Bar Harbor Yacht Club, College of the Atlantic, Lake and Sea Boatworks. Bath: Kennebec Tavern & Marina, Maine Maritime Museum. Belfast: Belfast Boatyard, Belfast Chamber of Commerce visitors’ Center, Coastwise Realty, Front Street Shipyard, Harbormaster’s office, Nautical Scribe Bookstore. Biddeford: Biddeford Pool Y.C., Buffleheads, Rumery’s Boatyard. Blue Hill:, Bar Harbor Bank, Blue Hill Books, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Compass Point Realty, EBS, Kollegewidgwok Y.C., Mill Stream Deli, Rackliffe Pottery. Boothbay: Boothbay Mechanics, Boothbay Resort, Cottage Connection. Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor Inn, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, Brown’s Motel, Cap’n Fish’s Inn, Carousel Marina, Gold/Smith Gallery, Grover’s Hardware, Hammonds, 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, New Meadows Marina, Paul’s Marina. Bucksport: Bookstacks, Bucksport Bay Area Chamber of Commerce, EBS Hardware. Calais: EBS Hardware. Camden: Camden Chamber of Commerce, Camden Y.C., French & Brawn, Harbormaster, High Tide Motel, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, Waterfront Restaurant, Wayfarer Marine. Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer. Castine: Castine Realty, Castine Y.C., Four Flags Gift Shop, Maine Maritime Academy, Saltmeadow Properties, The Compass Rose Bookstore and Café. Chebeague Island: Chebeague Island Boat Yard. Cherryfield: EBS Hardware. Columbia: Crossroads Ace Hardware. Cundy’s Harbor: Holbrook’s General Store, Watson’s General Store. Damariscotta: Maine Coast Book Shop, Poole Bros. Hardware, Schooner Landing Restaurant. East Boothbay: East Boothbay General Store, Lobsterman’s Wharf Restaurant, Ocean Point Marina, Paul E. Luke Inc., Spar Shed Marina. Eastport: East Motel, Eastport Chowder House, Moose Island Marine, The Boat School - Husson. Eliot: Great Cove Boat Club, Independent Boat Haulers, Kittery Point Yacht Yard. Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Riverside Café.
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Falmouth: Falmouth Ace Hardware, Hallett Canvas & Sails, Handy Boat, Portland Yacht Club, The Boathouse, Town Landing Market. Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Reny’s. Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware. Gardiner: Kennebec Yacht Services Georgetown: Robinhood Marine. Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware. Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, McLaughlin Seafood, Watefront Marine. Hancock Pt.: Crocker House Country Inn. Harpswell: Dolphin Restaurant, Finestkind Boatyard, Great Island Boat Yard. Harrington: Tri-Town Marine. Holden: McKay’s RV. Islesboro: Dark Harbor Boat Yard, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor. Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard. Kennebunk: Landing Store, Seaside Motor Inn. Kennebunkport: Arundel Yacht Club, Bradbury’s Market, Chick’s Marina, Kennebunkport Marina, Maine Yacht Sales. Kittery: Badger’s Island Marina, Cajun Lobster, Frisbee’s Store, Jackson’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine. Lewiston: Al’s Sports. Livermore Falls: Lunch Pad Café. Machias: EBS Hardware, Helen’s Restaurant, Viking Lumber. Milbridge: Viking Lumber. Monhegan Is: Carina House. Mount Desert: John Williams Boat Company North Haven: Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop. Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Kimball Shop, Mt. Desert CofC,, McGraths, Morris Yachts, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market. Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club. Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum. Peak’s Island: Hannigan’s Island Market. Penobscot: Northern Bay Market. Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store. Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine. Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina. Rockland: Back Cove Yachts, E.L.Spear, Eric Hopkins Gallery, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, Journey’s End Marina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Museum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer & Whitten, The Apprenticeshop. Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club. Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market. Saco: Lobster Claw Restaurant, Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco Yacht Club. Sargentville: Eggemoggin Country Store, El El Frijoles. St. George: Harbormaster Scarborough: Seal Harbor Y.C.
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Seal Harbor: Seal Harbor Yacht Club Searsport: Hamilton Marine. South Bristol: Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, Coveside Marine, Gamage Shipyard, Harborside Café, Osier’s Wharf. South Freeport: Brewer’s South Freeport Marine, Casco Bay Yacht Exchange, DiMillo’s South Freeport, Harraseeket Y.C., Strouts Point Wharf Co., Waterman Marine. South Harpswell: Dolphin Marina, Finestkind Boatyard, Ship to Shore Store South Portland: Aspasia Marina, Bluenose Yacht Sales, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s Boathouse Restaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grille, South Port Marine, Sunset Marina. Southwest Harbor: Acadia Sails, Great Harbor Marina, Hamilton Marine, Hinckley Yacht Charters, MDI Community Sailing Center, Pettegrow’s, Sawyer’s Market, Southwest Harbor-Tremont CofC, West Marine, Wilbur Yachts. Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine. Stockton Springs: Russell’s Marine. Stonington: Billings Diesel & Marine, Fisherman’s Friend, Inn on the Harbor, Island Fishing Gear & Auto Parts, Shepard’s Select Properties. Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats. Sunset: Deer Isle Y.C. Surry: Wesmac. Swan’s Island: The Island Market & Supply Tenants Harbor: East Wind Inn, Pond House Gallery and Framing, Tenants Harbor General Store. Thomaston: Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Slipway. Turner: Pompodora’s Italian Bistro. Vinalhaven: Vinal’s Newsstand, Vinalhaven Store. Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham. Wayne: Androscoggin Yacht Club, Wayne General Store. Wells: Webhannet River Boat Yard. West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard. West Southport: Hodgdon Yacht Services, Southport General Store. Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard. Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10. Winterport: Winterport Marine. Wiscasset: Market Place Café, Wiscasset Yacht Club. Woolwich: BFC Marine, Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute. Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing Boat Supply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse, Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard. York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Stage Neck Inn, York Harbor Marine Service. NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Dover Marine. Dover Point: Little Bay Marina. East Rochester: Surfside Boats. Gilford: Fay’s Boat Yard, Winnipesaukee Yacht Club. Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems. Hampton: Hampton Harbor State Marina, Hampton River Boat Club. Manchester: Massabesic Yacht Club, Sandy’s Variety. New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-The-Sea Marina. Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: Gundalow Company, New England Marine and
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New Bedford: Bayline Boatyard and Transportation, C.E. Beckman, Cutty Hunk Launch, Hercules Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Niemiec Marine, New Bedford Visitors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, SK Marine Electronics, Skip’s Marine. Newburyport: Merri-Mar Yacht Basin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, Newburyport Yacht Club, North End Boat Club, Riverside Café, The Boatworks, Windward Yacht Yard. North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina. North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina. Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace. Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club. Orleans: Nauset Marine. Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service. Plymouth: Brewer’s Plymouth Marine, Plymouth Yacht Club, West Marine. Pocasset: Little Bay Boatworks Provincetown: Harbormaster. Quincy: Captain’s Cove Marina, Marina Bay, Nonna’s Kitchen, POSH, Squantum Yacht Club, Wollaston Yacht Club. Revere: Point of Pines Yacht Club Rockport: Sandy Bay Yacht Club. Salem: Brewer’s Hawthorne Cove Marina, Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, H&H Propeller Shop, J&W Marine, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi, Winter Island Yacht Yard. Salisbury: Bridge Marina, Cross Roads Bait & Tackle, Harbormaster, Riverfront Marine Sports, Withum Sailmakers. Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply. Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front Street Book Shop, J-Way Enterprises, Satuit Boat Club, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scituate Harbor Y.C. Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine. Somerset: Auclair’s Market. South Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, New Bedford Y.C. Vineyard Haven: Owen Park Town Dock, Vineyard Haven Marina. Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club. Wareham: Zecco Marine. Wellfleet: Bay Sails Marine, Town of Wellfleet Marina, Wellfleet Marine Corp. West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store. West Dennis: Bass River Marina. Westport: F.L.Tripp & Sons, Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, Westport Marine, Westport Y.C. Weymouth: Monahan’s Marine, Tern Harbor Marina. Winthrop: Belle Isle Boat Yard, Captain’s Quarters Coffee Shop, Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina, Pleasant Park Y.C., Ward Marine, Winthrop Harbormaster’s Office, Winthrop Lodge of Elks, Winthrop Y.C., Woodside Ace Hardware. Woburn: E&B Marine, West Marine. Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina. Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking. RHODE ISLAND Barrington: Barrington Y.C., Brewer Cove Haven Marina, Lavin’s Marina, Stanley’s Boat Yard, Striper Marina. Block Island: Ballard’s Inn, Block Island Boat Basin, Block Island Marina, Champlin’s, Payne’s New Harbor Dock. Bristol: All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine, Bristol
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Yacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum, Jamestown Distributors, New England Yacht Partners, Quantum Thurston Sails, Superior Marine. Central Falls: Twin City Marine. Charlestown: Ocean House Marina. Cranston: 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, Clark Boat Yard, Dutch Harbor Boatyard. Middletown: West Marine Narragansett: Buster Krabs, West Marine. Newport: Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina, IYRS, Long Wharf Marina, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Maritime Center, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Visitor Information Center, Newport Yacht Club, NV-Charts, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, Team One, The Newport Shipyard, West Wind Marina. North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI Mooring Services. Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill. Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina. Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ocean Options, Standish Boat Yard. Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club, Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Marine, Stone Cove Marina. Warren: Country Club Laundry, Warren River Boatworks. Warwick: Apponaug Harbor Marina, Bay Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Greenwich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ray’s Bait Shop, Warwick Cove Marina. Wickford: Brewer Wickford Cove Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, Marine Consignment of Wickford, Pleasant Street Wharf, Wickford Marina, Wickford Shipyard, Wickford Yacht Club. CONNECTICUT Branford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club, Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck Yacht Club, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine. Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Point Marina, Hays Haven Marina, Middlesex Yacht Club. Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Connecticut Marine One, Harborside Marina, Old Harbor Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside Basin Marina. Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina. Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club. Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina. East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine. Essex: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Boatique, Conn. River Marine Museum, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club. Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery. Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club. Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine. Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club, Thames View Marina.
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Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster. Lyme: Cove Landing Marine. Milford: Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, Milford Yacht Club, Port Milford. 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., Hannah Macs Bait and Tackle, Hellier Yacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, Thamesport Marina. Niantic: Boats Inc., Harbor Hill Marina, Marine Consignment of Mystic, Port Niantic Marina, Three Belles Marina. Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, Palmers Cove Marina, Ram Island Yacht Club, Spicer’s. Norwalk: Norwest Marine, Rex Marine, Total Marine, West Marine. Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf. Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina. Old Saybrook: Brewer’s Ferry Point Marina, Harbor Hill Marina & Inn, Harbor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Maritime Education Network, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, West Marine. Portland: J & S Marine Services, Yankee Boat Yard & Marina. Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club. Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina. South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina. Stamford: Czescik Marina, Halloween Yacht Club, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Marine. Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club. Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina, Brown’s Boat Works, West Marine. Waterford: Defender Industries. Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Bill’s Seafood, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Duck Island Yacht Club, Pier 76 Marina, Sound Boatworks. West Haven: West Cove Marina. Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club. NEW YORK City Island: Harlem Yacht Club Halesite: Ketewomoke Yacht Club Mamaroneck: McMichael Yacht Brokers New Rochelle: Huguenot Yacht Club New York: New York Nautical Ossining: Shattemuc Yacht Club Rockaway: Hewlett Point Yacht Club Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club. West Islip: West Marine. FLORIDA Key West: Key West Community Sailing Center.
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through a maze of twisting, turning, many branched Louisiana bayous to Delcombre. We were looking for a place to spend the night. Somewhere interesting. Somewhere we had not been on previous Gulf Coast cruises. Maybe somewhere with shore power for the AC? It’s hot in Louisiana in early October. Definitely somewhere better than where we had been the previous night – up an oil company cut, sidetied to a half-sunken barge. Although it was an interesting night, there are some seriously large alligators down in those marshes. Between New Orleans and Galveston Bay the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway (GIWW) is a commercial waterway. The only waterway in North America that carries more commercial tonnage is the main stem of the Mississippi River. On this part of the GIWW, what the Corps of Engineers calls “private pleasure vessels” are tolerated, not loved as on the Atlantic ICW. There are few places on the waterway to anchor or tie up for the night and even fewer places to refuel. We knew we could go up to Delcombre; “The Waterway Guide” rather casually mentioned it was a major shrimping and fishing port. But “The Guide” was a little short on the critical details regarding access. Our chartplotter data – I had downloaded the freshest data from Navionics – ended a half-mile up the Bayou Petit Anse, at the north edge of NOAA Chart 11350. And zooming-in produced…the north edge of 11350. On the print version of 11350, right next to where the Bayou Petit Anse ran off the chart, NOAA had a helpful little note: “Continued on Chart 11345.” Unfortunately, our sometimes-embarrassing library of printed charts did not include 11345. No problem: The navigation app on my cell phone did; it had coverage, and knew right where we were. In fact, when I zoomed in instead of 11345’s thin, blue lines that vaguely resembled Bayou Carlin and the Delcombre Canal, all of the open water had been rendered accurately and with a fair level of detail. We went up through the bayous, enjoyed a fine night in Delcombre and came back down without incident. A review of the Google, Apple, Windows and Amazon Appstore yielded a fair number of marine navigation/charting apps for both cell phones and tablets. Google Play had the most, the iStore was a close second, Amazon was a distant third, and the Windows Store had the fewest. I wasted a lot of time and a bit of money downloading and desk-driving a number of the Android apps (both our cell phones and our tablet are Android). Among the ones I desk-cruised, the top four, in order of personal preference, were: Navionics, C-Map, Marine Navigation and Marine Navigator. None are free. In all four, the charts/chart data are resident on your device (large files). Unless you need to download additional
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May 11th Bristol’s favorite son, Charlie Enright, is taking time out from his lap around the planet to provide some perspective on the 2014-15 Volvo Ocean Race. While Charlie’s Team Alvimedica is sponsored by a Turkish company, it is the only American-flagged boat in the race, and the only boat with multiple Yanks on board including Charlie, fellow Ocean Staters Amory Ross and Nick Dana, plus Mark Towill and Matt Noble. Charlie was bitten by the ocean racing bug when he and Mark Towill were part of Roy Disney’s Morning Light crew of young rock stars, and Team Alvimedica and the VOR represent the culmination of a dream that started on that boat. Charlie’s also a good friend and neighbor of the Herreshoff Marine Museum, and his presentation promises to be an SRO affair.
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
04:19 AM 05:00 AM 05:39 AM 06:18 AM 12:33 AM 01:11 AM 01:52 AM 02:37 AM 03:27 AM 04:22 AM 05:23 AM 12:23 AM 01:27 AM 02:30 AM 03:28 AM 04:24 AM 05:16 AM 06:06 AM 12:23 AM 01:11 AM 01:59 AM 02:47 AM 03:37 AM 04:29 AM 05:23 AM 12:15 AM 01:11 AM 02:05 AM 02:55 AM 03:42 AM 04:27 AM
12:15 AM 12:55 AM 01:35 AM 02:15 AM 02:54 AM 03:31 AM 04:07 AM 04:46 AM 05:31 AM 12:54 AM 01:52 AM 02:51 AM 03:54 AM 04:59 AM 06:00 AM 12:39 AM 01:31 AM 02:21 AM 03:08 AM 03:49 AM 04:27 AM 05:04 AM 12:17 AM 01:07 AM 01:56 AM 02:43 AM 03:32 AM 04:25 AM 05:18 AM 06:06 AM 12:28 AM
M O O N
0.36 0.16 -0.01 -0.13 7.57 7.58 7.55 7.48 7.37 7.23 7.11 0.55 0.3 -0.03 -0.37 -0.65 -0.83 -0.87 8.36 8.13 7.8 7.42 7.03 6.67 6.38 1.18 1.12 0.97 0.77 0.53 0.28
0.23 0.07 -0.05 -0.12 -0.15 -0.13 -0.07 0.02 0.12 3.69 3.66 3.64 3.66 3.75 3.9 -0.17 -0.26 -0.27 -0.21 -0.09 0.07 0.27 3.61 3.31 3.07 2.89 2.78 2.75 2.81 2.95 0.22
Day May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May May May May May May May May May May
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Bridgeport, Conn.
10:25 AM 11:06 AM 11:46 AM 12:25 PM 06:58 AM 07:38 AM 08:21 AM 09:08 AM 09:59 AM 10:54 AM 11:53 AM 06:27 AM 07:31 AM 08:33 AM 09:31 AM 10:27 AM 11:19 AM 12:09 PM 06:54 AM 07:41 AM 08:28 AM 09:16 AM 10:04 AM 10:54 AM 11:45 AM 06:19 AM 07:15 AM 08:09 AM 09:00 AM 09:48 AM 10:33 AM
6.57 6.7 6.81 6.87 -0.2 -0.22 -0.18 -0.09 0.01 0.11 0.16 7.05 7.09 7.2 7.34 7.47 7.55 7.55 -0.78 -0.57 -0.28 0.05 0.37 0.65 0.86 6.18 6.1 6.12 6.22 6.37 6.54
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04:29 PM 05:09 PM 05:47 PM 06:26 PM 01:04 PM 01:45 PM 02:28 PM 03:15 PM 04:07 PM 05:03 PM 06:03 PM 12:53 PM 01:52 PM 02:49 PM 03:43 PM 04:36 PM 05:26 PM 06:15 PM 12:58 PM 01:46 PM 02:34 PM 03:23 PM 04:14 PM 05:05 PM 05:58 PM 12:36 PM 01:27 PM 02:16 PM 03:04 PM 03:49 PM 04:33 PM
Newport, R.I.
06:51 AM 07:27 AM 08:03 AM 08:41 AM 09:20 AM 10:02 AM 10:48 AM 11:39 AM 12:33 PM 06:24 AM 07:29 AM 08:42 AM 09:49 AM 10:44 AM 11:32 AM 06:55 AM 07:47 AM 08:37 AM 09:26 AM 10:15 AM 11:05 AM 11:56 AM 05:45 AM 06:34 AM 07:33 AM 08:34 AM 09:27 AM 10:13 AM 10:55 AM 11:35 AM 06:49 AM
Moonrise ---5:26 PM ---6:25 PM ---7:24 PM ---8:24 PM ---9:22 PM ---10:19 PM ---11:13 PM ---12:02 AM 12:47 AM 1:28 AM 2:06 AM 2:42 AM 3:17 AM 3:53 AM 4:31 AM 5:12 AM
3.09 3.22 3.32 3.39 3.42 3.4 3.37 3.34 3.36 0.23 0.28 0.23 0.11 -0.04 -0.19 4.05 4.15 4.18 4.11 3.97 3.78 3.58 0.45 0.61 0.7 0.7 0.64 0.53 0.39 0.25 3.12
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Moonset 4:28 AM 4:58 AM 5:29 AM 6:04 AM 6:44 AM 7:29 AM
12:17 PM 12:53 PM 01:29 PM 02:05 PM 02:43 PM 03:21 PM 04:01 PM 04:45 PM 05:35 PM 01:29 PM 02:26 PM 03:26 PM 04:29 PM 05:32 PM 06:29 PM 12:18 PM 01:04 PM 01:50 PM 02:36 PM 03:22 PM 04:07 PM 04:52 PM 12:48 PM 01:39 PM 02:29 PM 03:18 PM 04:10 PM 05:02 PM 05:49 PM 06:31 PM 12:15 PM
74 Points East May 2015
0.16 0.04 -0.03 -0.07 -0.06 -0.03 0.03 0.13 0.26 3.44 3.57 3.76 4.01 4.31 4.6 -0.28 -0.32 -0.28 -0.18 -0.03 0.16 0.38 3.4 3.27 3.19 3.16 3.2 3.3 3.47 3.66 0.12
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10:40 PM 11:18 PM 11:56 PM
07:06 PM 07:47 PM 08:32 PM 09:22 PM 10:18 PM 11:19 PM
07:03 PM 08:03 PM 09:00 PM 09:54 PM 10:45 PM 11:35 PM
7.31 7.44 7.53
0.46 0.51 0.58 0.65 0.69 0.67
7.26 7.58 7.93 8.23 8.41 8.46
07:04 PM -0.06 07:52 PM 0.18 08:41 PM 0.46 09:31 PM 0.73 10:24 PM 0.97 11:19 PM 1.12
06:51 PM 07:43 PM 08:32 PM 09:18 PM 10:02 PM 10:44 PM
07:10 PM 07:45 PM 08:20 PM 08:57 PM 09:36 PM 10:19 PM 11:06 PM 11:58 PM
6.67 6.79 6.95 7.13 7.31 7.47
3.66 3.8 3.9 3.95 3.95 3.9 3.83 3.75
06:36 PM 0.39 07:54 PM 0.45 09:26 PM 0.37 10:46 PM 0.18 11:47 PM -0.02
07:21 PM 08:12 PM 09:00 PM 09:49 PM 10:37 PM 11:27 PM
05:40 PM 06:37 PM 07:47 PM 09:04 PM 10:09 PM 11:01 PM 11:46 PM 07:11 PM
4.8 4.87 4.79 4.59 4.29 3.95
0.6 0.79 0.88 0.86 0.74 0.57 0.39
3.85
Day May 18 May 19
Moonrise 5:56 AM 6:45 AM
Moonset 8:35 PM 9:35 PM
May 20 May 21 May 22
7:38 AM 8:34 AM 9:31 AM
10:28 PM 11:15 PM 11:56 PM
May 23 May 24
10:29 AM ---11:27 AM ---12:24 PM ---1:21 PM ---2:18 PM ---3:15 PM ---4:13 PM ---5:12 PM ---6:12 PM
---12:31 AM
8:19 AM 9:15 AM 10:17 AM 11:22 AM 12:29 PM 1:39 PM 2:49 PM 4:00 PM 5:11 PM 6:22 PM 7:30 PM
0.57 0.48 0.44 0.43 6.9 6.9 6.87 6.83 6.81 6.86 7.01 0.13 0.03 -0.11 -0.24 -0.32 -0.33 -0.24 7.47 7.33 7.14 6.95 6.78 6.66 6.63 0.98 1.01 0.97 0.89 0.79 0.68
May 25 May 26 May 27 May 28 May 29 May 30 May 31
1:04 AM 1:33 AM 2:02 AM 2:30 AM 2:58 AM 3:29 AM 4:03 AM
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01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
02:41 AM 03:21 AM 03:59 AM 04:39 AM 05:19 AM 06:02 AM 12:00 AM 12:44 AM 01:33 AM 02:28 AM 03:30 AM 04:36 AM 05:40 AM 12:52 AM 01:49 AM 02:44 AM 03:36 AM 04:25 AM 05:14 AM 06:02 AM 12:04 AM 12:55 AM 01:47 AM 02:41 AM 03:38 AM 04:38 AM 05:36 AM 12:34 AM 01:22 AM 02:07 AM 02:50 AM
04:08 AM 04:51 AM 05:32 AM 06:12 AM 12:34 AM 01:12 AM 01:53 AM 02:37 AM 03:25 AM 04:17 AM 05:15 AM 12:06 AM 01:08 AM 02:09 AM 03:09 AM 04:06 AM 05:00 AM 05:51 AM 12:20 AM 01:08 AM 01:56 AM 02:44 AM 03:34 AM 04:25 AM 05:18 AM 12:00 AM 12:55 AM 01:50 AM 02:42 AM 03:31 AM 04:16 AM
0.31 0.19 0.08 0.0 -0.05 -0.06 3.15 3.11 3.05 2.96 2.88 2.82 2.81 0.02 -0.16 -0.31 -0.41 -0.44 -0.39 -0.28 3.32 3.12 2.9 2.69 2.51 2.39 2.33 0.65 0.54 0.41 0.26
0.86 0.51 0.2 -0.04 10.47 10.57 10.61 10.59 10.52 10.4 10.29 0.68 0.39 -0.04 -0.54 -1.01 -1.35 -1.51 11.83 11.61 11.23 10.76 10.25 9.75 9.33 1.77 1.77 1.61 1.33 0.98 0.59
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New London, Conn.
08:33 AM 09:13 AM 09:53 AM 10:33 AM 11:14 AM 11:55 AM 06:49 AM 07:39 AM 08:33 AM 09:28 AM 10:23 AM 11:17 AM 12:12 PM 06:38 AM 07:32 AM 08:22 AM 09:12 AM 10:02 AM 10:53 AM 11:44 AM 06:51 AM 07:42 AM 08:34 AM 09:25 AM 10:15 AM 11:03 AM 11:50 AM 06:28 AM 07:16 AM 07:59 AM 08:41 AM
2.47 2.5 2.53 2.53 2.53 2.52 -0.03 0.01 0.06 0.08 0.08 0.06 0.02 2.82 2.85 2.87 2.87 2.85 2.82 2.78 -0.12 0.05 0.22 0.36 0.47 0.54 0.58 2.32 2.34 2.39 2.43
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Boston, Mass.
10:23 AM 11:06 AM 11:46 AM 12:26 PM 06:52 AM 07:33 AM 08:17 AM 09:02 AM 09:51 AM 10:44 AM 11:40 AM 06:16 AM 07:18 AM 08:21 AM 09:22 AM 10:19 AM 11:14 AM 12:07 PM 06:41 AM 07:30 AM 08:18 AM 09:06 AM 09:55 AM 10:45 AM 11:36 AM 06:12 AM 07:08 AM 08:02 AM 08:54 AM 09:44 AM 10:30 AM
9.34 9.48 9.59 9.65 -0.21 -0.31 -0.33 -0.29 -0.2 -0.11 -0.04 10.23 10.25 10.37 10.53 10.69 10.77 10.74 -1.45 -1.2 -0.81 -0.32 0.19 0.67 1.06 9.02 8.84 8.8 8.86 8.99 9.16
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May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May
Sunrise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
5:40 5:38 5:37 5:36 5:35 5:33 5:32 5:31 5:30 5:29 5:27 5:26 5:25 5:24 5:23
AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM AM
04:24 PM 05:05 PM 05:44 PM 06:24 PM 01:05 PM 01:46 PM 02:29 PM 03:15 PM 04:05 PM 04:59 PM 05:57 PM 12:39 PM 01:37 PM 02:35 PM 03:31 PM 04:25 PM 05:16 PM 06:06 PM 12:57 PM 01:47 PM 02:35 PM 03:25 PM 04:14 PM 05:05 PM 05:57 PM 12:28 PM 01:19 PM 02:09 PM 02:57 PM 03:43 PM 04:27 PM
0.41 0.37 0.36 0.36 0.38 0.43 2.5 2.5 2.52 2.58 2.7 2.9 3.13 -0.03 -0.07 -0.1 -0.09 -0.02 0.09 0.24 2.74 2.69 2.64 2.63 2.65 2.72 2.82 0.59 0.58 0.54 0.49
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08:47 PM 09:26 PM 10:04 PM 10:42 PM 11:20 PM
1.0 0.85 0.73 0.66 9.67 9.65 9.6 9.55 9.54 9.6 9.76 -0.05 -0.15 -0.31 -0.48 -0.6 -0.63 -0.52 10.59 10.34 10.02 9.68 9.36 9.12 9.0 1.32 1.46 1.47 1.39 1.25 1.07
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3.05 3.12 3.15 3.17 3.17
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3.36 3.54 3.64 3.67 3.61 3.49
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2.93 3.04 3.13 3.21
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10:40 PM 9.83 11:18 PM 10.1 11:56 PM 10.31
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06:55 PM 07:54 PM 08:52 PM 09:47 PM 10:40 PM 11:30 PM
10.07 10.48 10.94 11.38 11.71 11.86
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06:49 PM 9.0 07:40 PM 9.13 08:28 PM 9.35 09:15 PM 9.63 09:59 PM 9.94 10:41 PM 10.24
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06:51 PM 07:46 PM 08:46 PM 09:48 PM 10:50 PM 11:52 PM
07:08 PM 07:57 PM 08:46 PM 09:34 PM 10:23 PM 11:13 PM
07:00 PM 07:55 PM 08:53 PM 09:52 PM 10:48 PM 11:42 PM
06:52 PM 07:35 PM 08:15 PM 08:54 PM
07:04 PM 07:46 PM 08:30 PM 09:17 PM 10:09 PM 11:06 PM
0.48 0.51 0.51 0.45 0.34 0.19
0.41 0.57 0.68 0.75 0.76 0.73
0.63 0.65 0.7 0.77 0.82 0.81
06:55 PM -0.29 07:43 PM 0.05 08:32 PM 0.47 09:21 PM 0.9 10:12 PM 1.3 11:05 PM 1.6
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Times for Boston, MA
MAY 2015 Day
02:44 PM 03:22 PM 04:00 PM 04:39 PM 05:19 PM 06:03 PM 12:38 PM 01:25 PM 02:16 PM 03:13 PM 04:16 PM 05:18 PM 06:15 PM 01:05 PM 01:58 PM 02:50 PM 03:40 PM 04:29 PM 05:18 PM 06:08 PM 12:36 PM 01:28 PM 02:21 PM 03:17 PM 04:15 PM 05:12 PM 06:05 PM 12:36 PM 01:20 PM 02:04 PM 02:47 PM
Sunset 7:44 7:45 7:46 7:47 7:48 7:49 7:50 7:51 7:52 7:53 7:54 7:56 7:57 7:58 7:59
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May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May May
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5:22 5:21 5:20 5:19 5:18 5:17 5:17 5:16 5:15 5:14 5:14 5:13 5:12 5:12 5:11 5:11
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May Tides 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
04:10 AM 04:50 AM 05:27 AM 06:03 AM 12:20 AM 12:56 AM 01:34 AM 02:17 AM 03:05 AM 03:58 AM 04:56 AM 06:00 AM 12:53 AM 01:59 AM 03:01 AM 04:00 AM 04:54 AM 05:46 AM 12:12 AM 01:00 AM 01:48 AM 02:36 AM 03:26 AM 04:17 AM 05:11 AM 06:07 AM 12:57 AM 01:52 AM 02:44 AM 03:31 AM 04:14 AM
0.8 0.5 0.25 0.06 10.05 10.15 10.2 10.19 10.12 10.0 9.87 9.78 0.51 0.1 -0.41 -0.89 -1.26 -1.43 11.43 11.2 10.82 10.34 9.83 9.34 8.93 8.61 1.74 1.59 1.33 1.01 0.66
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Portland, Maine
10:20 AM 11:00 AM 11:38 AM 12:15 PM 06:39 AM 07:17 AM 07:57 AM 08:42 AM 09:30 AM 10:24 AM 11:21 AM 12:22 PM 07:06 AM 08:12 AM 09:14 AM 10:13 AM 11:08 AM 12:00 PM 06:36 AM 07:25 AM 08:13 AM 09:02 AM 09:52 AM 10:42 AM 11:34 AM 12:27 PM 07:04 AM 07:59 AM 08:51 AM 09:39 AM 10:24 AM
8.91 9.03 9.11 9.15 -0.09 -0.19 -0.23 -0.23 -0.18 -0.11 -0.05 -0.04 9.78 9.9 10.08 10.25 10.35 10.33 -1.38 -1.15 -0.77 -0.32 0.15 0.59 0.95 1.2 8.42 8.36 8.41 8.53 8.68
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04:23 PM 04:59 PM 05:34 PM 06:08 PM 12:52 PM 01:31 PM 02:12 PM 02:58 PM 03:48 PM 04:43 PM 05:42 PM 06:44 PM 01:24 PM 02:24 PM 03:22 PM 04:16 PM 05:08 PM 05:58 PM 12:51 PM 01:41 PM 02:30 PM 03:20 PM 04:11 PM 05:02 PM 05:55 PM 06:47 PM 01:18 PM 02:07 PM 02:53 PM 03:37 PM 04:17 PM
0.93 0.84 0.78 0.74 9.15 9.14 9.12 9.1 9.11 9.17 9.33 9.62 -0.12 -0.27 -0.43 -0.54 -0.56 -0.43 10.17 9.92 9.6 9.26 8.97 8.75 8.64 8.64 1.35 1.39 1.35 1.25 1.11
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10:36 PM 11:11 PM 11:45 PM
06:45 PM 07:24 PM 08:06 PM 08:53 PM 09:46 PM 10:44 PM 11:47 PM
07:45 PM 08:44 PM 09:40 PM 10:33 PM 11:23 PM
9.47 9.71 9.91
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10.03 10.51 10.96 11.31 11.47
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0.73 0.75 0.78 0.83 0.88 0.88 0.77
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06:47 PM -0.18 07:35 PM 0.17 08:25 PM 0.58 09:15 PM 0.99 10:08 PM 1.35 11:03 PM 1.62 11:59 PM 1.75
07:38 PM 08:26 PM 09:11 PM 09:53 PM 10:32 PM
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8.76 8.97 9.24 9.54 9.84
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Corrections for other ports
Port Reference Maine/ New Hampshire Bar Harbor Stonington Rockland Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor Portland Portland Kennebunkport Portsmouth Portland
Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole
Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol
Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport
Time Corrections
High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min.,
Height Corrections
High *0.91, Low *0.90 High *0.93, Low *1.03 High *0.97, Low *0.97 High *0.97, Low *1.00 High *0.86, Low *0.86
Boston Boston Boston Boston Newport Newport
High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min.,
High *0.93, Low *0.97 High *1.03, Low *1.00 High *0.95, Low *1.03 High *0.95, Low *0.95 High *1.13, Low *1.29 High *0.40, Low *0.40
New London Newport Newport Newport
High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min.,
High *1.02, Low *1.00 High *0.87, Low *0.54 High *1.14, Low *1.14 High *1.16, Low *1.14
Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport New London New London Boston Newport
High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min.,
High *1.07, Low *1.08 High *0.91, Low *0.96 High *0.87, Low *0.96 High *1.36, Low *1.35 High *1.24, Low *1.25 High *1.01, Low *0.97 High *0.85, Low *0.85
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Bar Harbor, Maine
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
03:52 AM 04:33 AM 05:11 AM 05:47 AM 12:02 AM 12:38 AM 01:17 AM 02:00 AM 02:48 AM 03:41 AM 04:40 AM 05:43 AM 12:39 AM 01:44 AM 02:45 AM 03:43 AM 04:37 AM 05:28 AM 06:18 AM 12:42 AM 01:30 AM 02:18 AM 03:08 AM 04:00 AM 04:53 AM 05:49 AM 12:39 AM 01:34 AM 02:25 AM 03:13 AM 03:57 AM
0.71 0.39 0.12 -0.07 11.51 11.59 11.62 11.59 11.51 11.38 11.25 11.18 0.45 -0.03 -0.6 -1.14 -1.54 -1.73 -1.67 12.76 12.31 11.76 11.19 10.65 10.19 9.86 1.71 1.54 1.26 0.91 0.53
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09:59 AM 10:40 AM 11:18 AM 11:55 AM 06:24 AM 07:01 AM 07:41 AM 08:25 AM 09:13 AM 10:07 AM 11:05 AM 12:06 PM 06:49 AM 07:54 AM 08:55 AM 09:53 AM 10:47 AM 11:39 AM 12:29 PM 07:06 AM 07:55 AM 08:43 AM 09:33 AM 10:24 AM 11:16 AM 12:08 PM 06:45 AM 07:39 AM 08:31 AM 09:19 AM 10:03 AM
01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31
03:54 AM 04:37 AM 05:18 AM 05:58 AM 12:13 AM 12:52 AM 01:33 AM 02:16 AM 03:03 AM 03:56 AM 04:53 AM 05:54 AM 12:53 AM 01:55 AM 02:55 AM 03:52 AM 04:46 AM 05:38 AM 06:27 AM 12:45 AM 01:33 AM 02:21 AM 03:11 AM 04:02 AM 04:54 AM 05:49 AM 12:38 AM 01:33 AM 02:25 AM 03:14 AM 04:01 AM
1.12 0.53 0.05 -0.29 19.69 19.79 19.79 19.7 19.53 19.3 19.1 19.03 0.56 -0.11 -0.93 -1.73 -2.32 -2.6 -2.5 21.41 20.76 19.94 19.08 18.26 17.58 17.11 2.65 2.42 1.98 1.4 0.77
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09:59 AM 10:41 AM 11:21 AM 12:00 PM 06:38 AM 07:18 AM 08:01 AM 08:45 AM 09:34 AM 10:27 AM 11:23 AM 12:23 PM 06:57 AM 07:59 AM 08:58 AM 09:54 AM 10:48 AM 11:39 AM 12:28 PM 07:15 AM 08:02 AM 08:50 AM 09:38 AM 10:27 AM 11:18 AM 12:10 PM 06:44 AM 07:39 AM 08:30 AM 09:19 AM 10:05 AM
M o o n
10.35 10.51 10.61 10.67 -0.2 -0.28 -0.3 -0.27 -0.21 -0.12 -0.06 -0.07 11.23 11.4 11.65 11.89 12.02 12.0 11.82 -1.39 -0.96 -0.44 0.08 0.56 0.95 1.22 9.67 9.63 9.71 9.87 10.07
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04:06 PM 04:45 PM 05:21 PM 05:56 PM 12:31 PM 01:10 PM 01:51 PM 02:36 PM 03:27 PM 04:22 PM 05:21 PM 06:23 PM 01:08 PM 02:09 PM 03:07 PM 04:01 PM 04:53 PM 05:43 PM 06:32 PM 01:18 PM 02:07 PM 02:57 PM 03:47 PM 04:39 PM 05:31 PM 06:24 PM 01:00 PM 01:51 PM 02:38 PM 03:23 PM 04:05 PM
0.86 0.76 0.7 0.69 10.68 10.67 10.63 10.6 10.58 10.62 10.77 11.07 -0.17 -0.37 -0.58 -0.74 -0.78 -0.66 -0.39 11.51 11.11 10.7 10.33 10.05 9.91 9.89 1.37 1.4 1.34 1.22 1.07
Eastport, Maine 18.05 18.39 18.64 18.78 -0.5 -0.58 -0.56 -0.44 -0.26 -0.07 0.06 0.05 19.17 19.52 19.98 20.4 20.67 20.68 20.43 -2.08 -1.41 -0.6 0.24 1.01 1.63 2.04 16.89 16.91 17.13 17.47 17.86
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If multiple charts of increasing detail cover a given area, the better raster systems can “zoom in” by seamcharts/data, all four function well offline. and smoothly shifting from a general chart to a lessly To download anything you need a cell-phone-data conmore detailed chart of the same area. And point-of-internection, preferably 4G – or instructions from the vendor est symbols, when clicked on, can, for example, bring up on how to copy charts/data in from a PC. All but Marine a tide table or marina photograph, and can be superimNavigator include the option of in-app purchases of adposed on the RNC. NOAA’s ditional charts/data. RNCs can be updated by As with chartplotters, the raster patches that NOAA ismobile chart apps are divided sues, through private contracbetween vector and raster systors, on a periodic basis. In tems. Navionics and C-Map are raster systems, chart coverboth vector systems, and with age is a library of individual both you get the exact same raster charts that can be charts that are used on chartdownloaded, purchased on a plotters, and additional and/or CD, etc. It’s an electronic verupdated charts are purchased sion of a drawer full of paper in exactly the same way. charts. Navionics – at this time farVector chart: A vector and-away the leader in mobilechart, or electronic navigadevice navigation apps – seems tional chart (ENC), is a digito have a lot of apps on the tal chart composed of discrete market, but they are all basipoints stored in a data base. cally the same; they’re just Each point is identified by packaged with a different inilatitude, longitude and attial chart region, and the celltribute(s) (type of data). For phone and tablet (HD) versions example, a specific coordinate show up separately. point may be tagged with the C-Map has only one app, tiattributes: 10-meter depth, tled Plan2Nav, but it’s a good isobath (a line on a chart conone available in phone and necting points of equal tablet versions. It is a base app depth), linear feature, display into which any of the C-Map color, line width, etc. If a sinchart-data files (NT+, MAX, gle point happens to mark the etc.) can be loaded. Marine location of a flashing red buoy Navigation and Marine Navithat sits on the 10-meter isogator are raster systems, and bath at the edge of a navigaboth use the free and readily tion fairway, a whole lot of available raster charts from stuff can be associated with NOAA and other national that point. charting agencies. ENCs do not have the look Below are a few notes about of paper charts. Types of data, raster and vector charts. Images by Bill Hezlep such as supplemental depth Raster navigational chart: The east end of the Cape Cod Canal as displayed by contours, can be suppressed A Raster Navigational Chart Navionics’ mobile navigation app, running on a Droid or displayed by the ECDIS (RNC) is basically just a high- Maxx cell phone (Android 4.4.4) and a Verizon tablet (Electronic Chart Display and resolution scan of a chart; a dig- (Android 4.1.2), compared with NOAA’s Harbor Chart Information System) softital picture similar to a large No. 13236. ware. Zooming in can show JPG. RNCs contain and display only the data present on the scanned chart. Chart-data denser data. The text and symbols can remain upright elements – such as supplemental depth contours – can- when the chart is rotated. ENCs can issue warnings of not be suppressed by the system software; everything is impending danger ahead. In vector systems, the displayed data comes from a digdisplayed. Text and chart symbols, because they are ital database downloaded, purchased on some sort of imbedded in the image, cannot be rotated by the system memory media (i.e. secure digital, or SD, card), or presoftware. Zooming in on a particular chart does not show loaded in the system. This data can be as large and rich additional data. Zoom in far enough, and you get a large, in detail and supplemental material as desired, or which pixelated version of exactly what you started with. 78 Points East May 2015
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your system will support. Because an RNC is a picture of a chart, an image of a moment in time, RNCs and, by extension, raster-chart display systems, are sometimes said to be “less accurate” than ENC systems. After all, if the scanned chart contained lead line hydrographic survey data and astronomical locational data obtained by sextant in 1881…well, that’s what you get. But ENCs and vector systems can also have accuracy problems. When the vector databases were being developed, grunts in a cartographic shop (often contractors) hand-digitized existing charts. Yes, the same charts that were scanned to make RNCs were traced, line by line, with an electronic stylus. And because ENCs are not pictures of charts – because the displayed data can, to a limited extent, be manipulated by the ECDIS software, and because of a mystical faith in technology, data and databases – flaws in the source data tend to be overlooked. ENCs can create a false impression of inerrant accuracy. In early November 2014, a yacht in the Volvo Ocean Race hit a poorly charted reef, in the middle of the night, in the middle of the Indian Ocean, while sailing at 20 knots. Unfortunately, it was not an isolated occurrence. Despite the paragraph above, vector is the future in marine navigation systems and in all other mapping systems. Large amounts of digital charting/mapping data are constantly being collected: in hydrographic surveys, by the recording depth sounders carried by all government vessels and many private ones, by recording GPSes in motor vehicles, and from other sources. Much of that data is added to the vector data base(s), where it is available for use in a wide variety of applications. This year m/v Nauset will get a new chartplotter, a high-capacity vector system, and it will have a built in Class B Automatic Identification System (AIS). The terms Raster Navigation Chart (RNC) and Electronic Navigation Chart (ENC) specifically refer only to
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official electronic charts. The NOAA Office of Coast Survey, the United States Hydrographic Office, is exclusively responsible for producing and Authorizing ENC data in U.S. territorial waters. An ECDIS must, by law and international treaty, use authorized ENC data. However, ENC data may be used by any system that can interpret the International Hydrographic Organization’s S-57 format. And the federal government has authorized private electronic-chart vendors to produce vector navigational products using NOAA ENC data, converted from the S57 format to their proprietary formats. And these firms generally add unofficial, sometimes proprietary, data to their products. The federal government also authorizes private firms to scan NOAA paper charts and to download NOAA raster files for use in a variety of navigational products. Note that NOAA’s official RNCs are not scanned paper charts; they are, rather, produced by scanning the dimensionally stable Mylar overlays and/or negatives that were used in printing the paper chart. Finally, the public – all of us – can download NOAA raster and electronic charts and PDF versions of NOAA publications, such as the coast pilots, for free. For more information, visit www.nauticalcharts. noaa.gov and International Hydrographic Organization Publication S-66, “Facts about Electronic Charts and Carriage Requirements,” Edition 1.0.0, January 2010. A professional cartographer, Bill’s infatuation with the sea, ships and boats began in 1961 when, at 17, he went to sea on a square-rigged Norwegian school ship. He met his wife Betty – an aerospace engineer, mathematician, pilot and experienced sailor – in a sailing club in Annapolis in 1993. A year later, they left the Chesapeake on a cruise to the Florida Keys and the Bahamas, and they never returned to their former lives. They spend half the year cruising the East and Gulf coasts and the Bahamas aboard their Nauset 28, Nauset.
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26’ Landing School 26 Weekender. Cold molded auxiliary sloop, listed at $40,000. Built in 2002. 12hp Westerbeke diesel. Excellent condition. Can be seen at Rumery’s Boat Yard. www.rumerys.com sean@rumerys.com
26’ Pearson, 1973 Enjoy your time on the water at a reasonable price. Offered at only $7,000. Call 207 831-3168 Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
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spinnaker. Radio, compass, electronics, Edson wheel, furler, jiffy reefing. Many extras. $8,995. Contact Roger @ 401-465-6242 rogerchauvette@cox.net 28’ Islander, 1977 Excellent condition. New Yanmar. $19,900. 207-799-3600 theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
27’ Catalina 27, 1982 Excellent condition. New 15hp diesel, 2011; new main, 2008; roller reefing; spray dodger; 5 bunks; well equipped for day sailing and cruising. $10,500. Beverly, MA. 978-927-3168. jimbev241@aol.com
27’ Catalina, 1986 This is probably the best condition, standard Catalina 27 cruiserracing sailboat available in the area: yard maintained, updated, winter stored inside. She has raced well with recent Pope racing sails. Over $40,000 spent on her by present owner. Located: Camden, ME can be seen in winter storage. Reduced to $15,000 OBO. 207-230-0347. Prefer email ahoyther@roadrunner.com
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29’ Vineyard Vixen Yawl, 1973 Classic double-ender with Volvo diesel. Makes the perfect pocket cruiser. $9,000. 207-963-7800 btredwell@myfairpoint.net
207-358-8028. island_light@yahoo.com 30’ Dufour Arpege, 1970 Built in 1970, depth sounder, Icom VHF radio, knot meter, new Ritchie Compass(2009), fiberglass hull, new awlgrip (2003). Furlex roller furling (2002), spinnaker, genoa, working jib and main. Chemical waste treatment holding tank. Comes with framing for winter cover. Great condition, well maintained. Price $12,000. For more information please call 603-6425056. evanspt@comcast.net 30’ Cape Dory, 1981 Full batten main, roller furling genoa, roller furling genoa jib, Dutchman for main, staysail. Dodger and sun awning. Aluminum mast and spars, stainless steel standing rigging. Oven/stove, ice box, sink, pressurized water. Marine head with holding tank, shower. Depthsounder, radar, wind/speed/direction, compass, GPS, VHF. Shorepower. Sleeps 5. 12’ fiberglass dinghy. Maine. $24,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-326-4411. www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com
29’ Columbia 8.7 1977, Restored 29 feet/10 foot beam, Universal M-18 diesel, Harken furling, electric head and holding tank, dripless shaft seal with new shaft & prop. All new teak wood inside, new companionway (Lexan), perch seats, new Sunbrella cushions, new dodger and sail covers, new stove, pressure water, new aluminum water tank, new port lights (lexan) Sobstad main, 150% Genoa (good condition) new main and jib halyards, all interior coverings are new. AGM batteries, all new LED interior lights. This boat is completely refurbished and ready to sail. See website for pictures and history of restoration asking $17,900. 860-841-8442 www.joebednarz.com jbednarz2@gmail.com
30’ Cape Dory 300 Motorsailer, 1989. This boat has benefited from continuous upgrading and exceptional care. Our Little Cape is well equipped with redundant systems for cruising and or living aboard. The boat will include new sails (spring 2014). $62,000. 207-799-3600 www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
30’ Alberg 30, 1969 Classic lines, seaworthy cruiser, sleeps four. Mostly original equipment. Six sails, dinghy included. Needs some work. Stored Brooksville, ME. Pictures available. Motivated seller $5,500.
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31’ Grampian, 1967 Full keel sloop, made in Canada, Atomic 4 engine. Auto helm, roller furling, sleeps 4, GPS, plotter, radar, depth sounder, propane stove. $10,900 OBO. 207-4972701 info@jonesportshipyard.com 32’ Able Marine Whistler, 1986 Madeline Rose is a well built blue water cruiser with classic lines and beautiful interior. The Whistler 32 is regarded as one of the worlds best built sailboats and made to cross the worlds oceans.$39,900. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
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33’ J/100, 2005 Asking $125k. Major upgrades including 2013 Awlgrip job in Downeast red. Sail inventory includes 2013 carbon racing sails and 2008 North Marathon cruising sails. Available in Stonington; contact Todd Williams at McMichael, 203-610-1215 or email www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m, toddw@mcmyacht.com 34’ Sea Sprite 34, 1982 Classic Luders design, Universal diesel, Harken roller furling, sleeps 5. Includes winter frame, 5 jack stands. Good shape. $25,500. Call Bob 508-221-5649. myelayna@aol.com 35’ Pearson (2) From $19,900, well maintained vessels with good ownership & anxiously for sale. Call for details. Gray & Gray 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
35’ Cheoy Lee Robb, 1963 Professionally maintained and stored indoor. New Yanmar diesel, electric windlass, new ribs, new prop. $39,500. Metinic Yacht Brokers 204-326-4411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com
35’ Alberg, 1960 Excellent condition, $17,500. 207497-2701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
36’ Pearson (2) From $28,500. Well maintained vessels with good ownership & anxiously for sale. Call for details. Gray & Gray 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 36’ Swanson, 1976 $39,500. Call David Perry CPYB, Robinhood Marine Center 800255-5206 robinhoodyachts.com 36’ Sabre Spirit, 2008 A luxury daysailer that is perfect for a sailor who wants traditional style with modern amenities. She is beautiful down below, complimented with ultra-suede upholstery and high-gloss varnish. Sailing is a breeze with the Leisure Furl Boom and Doyle carbon sails. For a personal inspection please contact John Fallon at McMichael, 914-714-2682 or email www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m johnf@mcmyacht.com 36’ C&C 110, 2005 Asking $139,900. Modern epoxybuilt racer/cruiser with deluxe cherry interior and carbon fiber mast. North 3DL inventory and full Raymarine electronics. Stored indoors for winter, now in Stonington. Contact Rick Fleig at McMichael, 401-743-6318 www.mcmyacht.com rickf@mcmyacht.com 38’ Catalina 387 Sloop, 2003 Outstanding condition, roller furling main & genoa, $114,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 38’ Bristol 38.8 Sloop, 1986 44hp diesel, new epoxy bottom, many upgrades, a true classic, $79,500. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
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40’ Concordia Motorsailer, 1964 Bud Mcintosh built. Forespar furling main, Profurl furling jib. Wind generator, CPT autopilot, Raymarine radar/plotter, Force 10 propane stove, davits, Ideal windlass. Perkins 85hp. Email for additional information, equipment too numerous to list. $29,995 OBO. 727-365-0943 skip1shep@gmail.com 40’ Herreshoff R Boat, 1925 Nat Herreshoff designed and built. She is an excellent example of the Herreshoff genius for beauty, function and quality. Restored in 2001 by Wooden Tangent Yachts using original plans and construction notes. Gamecock is an elegant day sailor that has been well cared for. $125,000. Call 207-2447854 or email jwboatco.com billw@jwboatco.com 40’ Beneteau First 40.7, 2001 An immaculate racer/cruiser meticulously maintained and upgraded. Roomy cockpit and ele-
44’ J/44, 1989 Irreplaceable sailing yacht, with numerous upgrades that could be yours for the next blue water passage, a family weekend home, and/or a racing machine. Call John Fallon, McMichael Yacht Brokers 914-714-2682 www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m 46’ Moody 46, 2000 Asking $260k. Turnkey cruiser with generator, air, elec winches, tender and more. Single owner boat with low hours. Center cockpit layout with full canvas enclosure. Contact Tom Bobbin at McMichael Yacht Brokers, 203554-8309 or email www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m tomb@mcmyacht.com
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gant interior with 3 cabins. A perfect dual purpose boat. You must see this boat. Located in Wickford, RI. $139,500. Call Rick Fleig, McMichael Yacht Brokers 401743-6318 www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m Rickf@mcmyacht.com
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14’ Penn Yan Runabout, 1950 LITTLE DIPPER was rescued in 2007 and restored. Powered by a 15hp Johnson outboard and trailered on a 2007 Load Rite. Brooksville, Maine. $6,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-326-4411. www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com
21’ Padebco Center Console 2004. Many upgrades, great condition and ready for the water. $36,000. FMI & photos visit website, or call Padebco, 207-5295106 www.Padebco.com/?p=1145
17’ Rossiter, 2014 CD Classic Runabout. 7’ beam, 115hp Yamaha 4-stroke, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com 17’ Tidewater, 2014 170CC Adventure. 7’2 beam, 70hp 4-stroke Yamaha, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
21’6 Tidewater 216CC Beam 8’6, draft 14, fuel capacity 70 gal., max. HP 225. A smooth, dry ride with big fish features; dual livewells, large fish boxes, gunwale rod storage and large console for electronics. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
22’ Banks Cove, 2003 Day Boat model with Honda 200hp 4-stroke. $55,000 including trailer. Also 2002 Cabin model $53,000. See website for details. 207-677-2024 www.pemaquidmarine.com info@pemaquidmarine.com 18’ Runabout, 1996 Glass over marine plywood. All plywood coated with epoxy. Two 40hp Honda outboards with 145 hours. Radar, GPS, depth sounder, full mooring cover, trailer. $7,500. Islesboro Marine, 207-734-6433. 22’ Pulsifer Hampton, 2001 Bristol condition, low hours on
Yanmar 27hp. Custom trailer, complete full canvas set like new. Fully equipped, a must see at $24,500. Call Mike 860-304-5151
22’ SISU SISU bass boat with cuddy cabin with eve berths; 2012 115hp Evinrude E-TECH; new hydraulic steering, new Standard Horizon GPS; So. Bristol. Price reduced, now asking $24,500. 207-563-6331 loon@tidewater.net
22’ Norwegian Snekke, 1961 2003 Yanmar diesel. Rides the waves like a leaf. $19,550. Call 207-831-3168 Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales. www.boatinginmaine.com 23’ Rossiter, 2014 Classic Day Boat. 8’5 beam, 250hp Yamaha XCA, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com 23’ Tidewater 230CC LOA 23’, beam 8’10, draft 15, fuel capacity 103 gal., a big 23 footer designed to be a great offshore
fishing machine. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
24’ Frank Day Jr & Benjamin River, 2001. Arno Day-designed motor launch with center console. Hull is cedar on oak. Powered by a Yanmar 4JH diesel. Equipment includes a depth sounder, compass, VHF radio, and two anchors. $44,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-3264411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com 24’ Grady White, 1997 w/twin 2008 Yamaha 150’s, w/trailer. $49,999. 207-633-0773 oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com 24’ Mahogany Runabout, 1974 Bass Harbor Boat Company built mahogany runabout, reconstructed 2006-2008. Recently repowered with 350hp Mercruiser. $65,000. 207-244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 25’ Padebco, New Design the boat of your dreams. Padebco Custom Boats offers fiberglass 21 to 32 foot custom cruisers. Down East style, great lines, no two alike. Padebco 207529-5106 Padebco.com
& 19’ Boston Whaler Montauk, 2009. Mercury EFI 115 Four Stroke. Less than 100 hours of use. Two tops (Bimini and Tee Top). Rod holders. Garmin GPS/Charts. Marine Radio. Cooler. Full boat cover. Deck chairs. Swim ladder. Many extras. Located in
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25’ Acadia, 1996 Yanmar 170hp 600 hrs. 24 kts top. V-berth, galley, head. Asking $32,000. Contact John Morin 207691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com 25’ Ranger Tugs R25 Classic, 2008. $104,500. Great condition, well-maintained, one owner. Cummins diesel engine, 150hp, 59 hours. Raymarine C-120 Nav Pkg, A/C with reverse cycle heat, marine head, electric stove, refrigerator, bimini. 2GPH at 7.5 knots, range 250 knots. Located in Salem, MA, at Winter Island Yacht Yard. www.wiyy.net/ranger-tugs/35ranger-tug-models/53-pre-ownedranger.html rangertugs@wiyy.net 25’ Maritime Skiff Challenger 2009. Cuddy cabin w/double berth, marine head w/holding tank. Pilot house has galley unit, helm & companion seating, stowage. 2 aft-facing cockpit seats, transom bench seating, stowage. 83 gallons/fuel, 225 Honda 4-stroke outboard, 20hp Honda 4-stroke auxiliary. Plotter/radar, sonar, weather, depth. Located in Maine, $69,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com
250 Mercruiser I/O, Bimini top, enclosure, GPS, fish finder, radar. Clean, well maintained. Inquire for specs, full details. timbmacort@gmail.com
25’ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004 With twin 150hp Merc salt water series - less than 100 hours, 2013 Load Rite tandem trailer, full electronics. Well equipped for tournament fishing: battle station, down riggers, center rigger, out riggers, air horn etc. Too much to list. Vessel has been well maintained Great fishing and cruising. $73,800 207-633-2922 jackcogswell41@yahoo.com
26’ Lyman Offshore, 1970 Fully restored in excellent condition. FWC V/8, 350 hours, Garmin GPS & depth, VHF, trailer. 2011 Marine Survey. $29,000. Maine 207-725-8126 or email kaligor@comcast.net
26’ Grady White, 2000 265 Express with twin 200hp Yamaha HPDI outboards. Professionally maintained yearly. Low hours. Basic electronics. Very clean. Brunswick, ME. $48,900. Call 207-729-3303 www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.com 26’ Mako 621, 1987 MAKAYLA’S WAY is ready for fishing. Engines used only one season since installation results in very low hours. Dual axle bunk trailer included. $29,500. 207-244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 26’ Fortier, 1997 The Fortier 26, an Eldredge-McInnis design, is a proven design for the serious bass fisherman, picnic boat or weekend cruiser. Single diesel, $68,500. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com
27’ Eastern Lobster-style, 2005 Popular Eastern 27 Lobster model with open sides and large cockpit. Navy blue hull, 275hp Bravo III Mercruiser I/O. Radar, chartplotter, Depth and speed via Raymarine C80 network. $49,500. Call David Perry, 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 27’ Launch, 1908 3-cylinder Universal 26hp diesel w/37 hrs. In water, ready to enjoy. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com 27’ Eastern Lobster-style, 2005 $52,500. Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-2555206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 27’ Picnic Launch, 1908 Raised forward deck, open cockpit picnic launch, two berths, head, with a new 3 cylinder Universal diesel. Farrin’s Boatshop, 207563-5510. www.FarrinsBoatshop.com
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platform, 300 turbo diesel, 1000 hours. $46,500 OBO. 508-5489418 or email bluechip7676@hotmail.com 29’ Boston Whaler Outrage, 2002 with twin Yamaha 225 4S engines. Includes full head, stove, refrigerator, microwave, radar, GPS and many more great features. A real fishing boat that will sleep two. Holds 300 gallons of fuel and 100 gallons of water. Currently stored on Cape Cod. This 2002 boat is in great shape with a complete service and storage history. Call John at 617-835-6100 for more details. Listed for $55,000. johnbetz9@outlook.com 29’ Dyer Cruiser, 1978 315hp Yanmar 210 hours. New aluminum fuel tanks. Asking $69,000. Rockland, ME. Contact John Morin, Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com 30’ Mainship Pilot, 1999 This is a great boat. Well laid out and lots of features. Priced to sell. $69,500. 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
31’ Blue Seas, 1989 Cummins diesel. $74,000. Went to Aventura Florida in 2013. Meet boat there and cruise North in Spring. Call 207-831-3168, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
860-550-3682. lesserlight1941@gmail.com 32’ Newman Hard Top Cruiser New Yanmar 6BY2-260 (220HP), upgraded electronics, bull varnish work (high end), in the water, ready to go. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com 32’ Down East New 32’ Carroll Lowell Down East design, cedar on white oak, silicon bronze fastenings, hull, trunk, deck, done, fuel tanks, shaft, rudder installed, will finish to your custom design, work or pleasure. 508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/ jmkarbott@aol.com
34’ Silverton Convertible, 1987 Twin 350 Crusaders - fresh water cooled. Yard maintained. This boat is in excellent condition. Asking $14,900. Located in Yarmouth, Maine. Call 207-415-3342 robert.l.daggett@gmail.com 34’ Wilbur FB Cruiser CAT. Galley up, sleeps 4. High output solar charging. Dinette, A/C. Asking $119,000. Contact John Morin, 207 691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com jmorin@wilburyachts.com
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34’ Mainship Pilot, 2003 Green hull, 900 hrs., Gen, AC, bow thruster, Garmin GPS and radar. 370hp Yanmar. In the water, Boothbay Harbor. $109,000. 207462-5660 / 5661 ernestine@jmcamper.com 34.5’ Avanti Flybridge, 1996 Dual control stations, twin 454 gas engines, fresh water cooled, w/many options included, yacht condition. Asking $33,500. Located at Carousel Marina, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 207-633-2922 jackcogswell41@yahoo.com 36’ Stanley, 1998 Great example of the classic Stanley 36. Comfortable cruiser for four and roomy day boat. Nice details including teak pilot house & cockpit sole. Brand new Awlgrip and Cummins repower (2012). $320,000. Call 207-244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com jwboatco.com 36’ Wilbur/Newman FB Classic CAT. V-berth, dinette, bronze hardware. Asking $125,000. Contact John Morin, Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com 38’ Bayliner 3818 Motoryacht 1988. Well maintained boat with lots of room. Great for cruising or cottage on the water. $59,900. 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
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38’ Fisher Fairways Trawler 1978. Twin Ford Sabre diesels, roomy, comfortable, economical, stable. Many upgrades 20102013. New price, $74,500. Illness forces sale. Call 207-497-2701 or email info@jonesportshipyard.com
38’ Chris Craft Catalina 381 1986. Spacious interior with king and queen staterooms, extensive upgrades for live-aboard and cruising comfort. Don’t miss this opportunity! $47,000. 207-4972701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
38’ Waterfront Property Our H&H Osmond Beal makes a great live-aboard. Check out our website. $170,000. Call Tim for more info. 603-770-8378. www.sites.google.com/site/dotgale38/ dotgaleforsale@comcast.net Accredited Marine Surveyor
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38’ Stanley, 1984 Stanley 38 Fishwife. First Stanley 38 built in 1984 and owned by the same family since her launch. She is in excellent condition. $255,000. 207-244-7854 or billw@jwboatco.com 41’ Maxum 4100 SCB, 1999 Well maintained, clean and offers a very functional layout. She is powered by efficient Cummins diesel engines, and is comfortably equipped for cruising or living aboard. $89,900. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
hull, genset, many upgrades. Asking $133,700. Contact John Morin 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com jmorin@wilburyachts.com
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42’ Duffy Flybridge, 1986 Built in 1986 for the current owner. Very well maintained and stored inside most winters. Power - Cat 3208 350hp, bow thruster, generator. Upper and lower helm stations. Beautiful mahogany interior finish. Two dinettes, large queen berth. Full head, big galley up, fridge, micro. A wonderful proven cruiser. Could be an excellent charter boat. Under cover near Bangor, Maine. $175,000. rickcastino@comcast.net 42’ Marine Trader, 1984 Twin diesels. $75,000. 207-6330773 oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com 47’ Novi Flybridge Cruiser, 2003 CAT diesel. Composite overbuilt
10 1/2’ & 12’ Skiffs Maine style and quality. Epoxy bonded plywood/oak, S/S screws. Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot. Primer paint. $1,150 and $1,500. Maxwell’s Boat Shop. Rockland, Maine. 207-390-0300. jerrymax@roadrunner.com
9’ Columbia Rowing/Sailing Dinghy A very nice fiberglass dinghy. Varnished mahogany rudder & centerboard; fir/oak mast & boom. Sail is in like-new condition. A boat cover too. $1,750/OBO. Call/text Carl at 603-548-2949 or email carlrstevens@gmail.com
Quality Listings Wanted Contact Eric at South Port Marine if you’re interested in getting your boat sold. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 12’ Fast Whitehall Pulling Boat Spanish cedar lapstrake, copper riveted. Spritsail, daggerboard, spoon oars, many extras. Very good condition. $1,500. Call Frank: 508-295-9655. (Please leave phone number if you get the answering machine.)
14’ Wheelbarrow Boat Lowell built. Designed by Pete Culler, 1978. Lapstrake skiff, cedar on oak. Professionally maintained, in excellent condition. Sprit rig and sail complete. Includes oars and trailer. A very versatile, and seaworthy craft. Row, sail, and launch from a beach. See the ‘Complete Design Catalog-Pete Cullers Boats’ by John Burke, for complete article and plans. $5000. Email for pictures and more info: oggci@yahoo.com
15’6 Old Wharf Dory The Old Wharf Dory is a cross between a Grand Banks Dory and a Gloucester Gull. Wider and more stable than a Gull, a lot lighter than a Banks Dory. More info at http://www.oldwharf.com/boatsforsale/blog.pl . Asking $4,800. Call 508-349-2383 www.oldwharf.com walter@oldwharf.com
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16hp Beta Marine Diesel with 3.5 hrs; transmission and all the installation gear; new controls, exhaust muffler and riser, fuel and raw water filters...direct replace for the Atomic 4. $6,500 firm. 603343-6299 afternoons. allenstorms44@gmail.com Handicap Captain Needs Crew In Casco Bay. Motorcycle accident left me unable to work, so I need some help. Sail on my Catalina 30 Casco Bay out of Portland, Maine. All crew must work on spring maintenance & cleaning, March (weather permitting) April & May. Now on the hard @ South Port Marina, So. Portland, Maine. Experience is not necessary but a bonus. I will consider any age, but must be reasonably fit, male or female, between 18 - 70+ I will teach anyone who is interested maintenance and how to sail if needed. I have 45 years of experience. Launch day will be the last week of May. Give me a short bio and phone#. saberlin@yahoo.com
Boatyard Job Brown’s Boatyard is seeking summer help, May - September. We have several positions available some skilled, some beginner. We offer competitive pay and help with summer housing. www.brownsboatyard.com jobs@brownsboatyard.com Launch Driver Wanted Kittery Point Yacht Club, in New Castle, NH, has an opening for launch driver. May to mid-October. Full or part time. Schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons and evenings as well as
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weekends and holidays. Primary Duty will be running water shuttle service for members to moorings. Duties while not driving include light upkeep of club and grounds. Requires Coast Guard limited launch driver credentials and associated drug testing. Contact: Andy Nolet – 603-702-0880 andynolet@gmail.com Captain Bill Deliveries and Training. Motor vessel deliveries anywhere, on board training, management. Retired professional motorvessel master, marine educator, operating engineer. Short or long term assignments. 401-5277913 motorvessel.org capt_bill@cox.net Adult Sailing Director Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is seeking an adult sailing director. The ideal candidate will have extensive sailing experience, coaching ability, experience teaching adults, race management skills and appropriate certifications. References required. Contact Bob Scribner 843-364-7332 www.bhyc.net scri7087@bellsouth.net Rigger Needed out West Sailboat Rigger Needed - Full Time, Experience ONLY need apply. Call Tom at 415-331-3400. Come out to Sausalito, CA where it’s sunny and warm year around. Moving expenses not included. southbeachriggers@gmail.com Boat Dock for Sale Eliot, ME, prime Great Cove Boat Club slip for sale. Perfect location, 40 x 15 slip with the best views & deep water access. Center of the marina - B Dock. Plenty of parking, club house, FT manager, picnic area, haul out & fuel onsite. $75,000. Please email www.greatcove.org debbie@necaptains.com Veterinary Emergency/Specialty Maine Veterinary Referral Emergency Center specializing in canine and feline internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, surgery, CT scanning and MR imaging and
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walk-in emergency services. 24/7/365. 1500 Technology Way in Scarborough off Route One. www.maineveterinaryreferralcenter.com 14’ Wooden Rowboat Two rowing stations, fiberglass outside of hull. Two sets of oars. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com Mechanics Needed Year-round work. 100 year old business storing 80 boats inside. Training and schooling available, experience a plus. Health, 401K and competitive rates. F. J. Dion Yacht Yard - Salem, MA. 978-7440844 ext 203 fjdions@msn.com Repower, Refit & Repairs Experienced full-service boat yard - wood, fiberglass, power & sail. Carpentry, hull maintenance, painting, brightwork, electrical, engine work, rigging & tuning, un/stepping masts. Padebco Custom Boats at 207-529-5106 Padebco.com Storage - Inside & Outdoor Reserve 2014-2015 inside and outdoor storage space now. Full service boat yard, winterizing, spring commissioning, mast un/stepping, spar storage. Competitive rates, professional work. Padebco Custom Boats 207-5295106 Padebco.com
V8 350 Block Fresh water cooled, wet exhaust, B/W gear running well when replaced with a diesel engine. Farrin’s Boatshop, 207-563-5510. www.farrinsBoatshop.com Delivery Captain Your power or sail boat delivered wherever you need it. Owners welcome on deliveries. Also available for instruction. Captain Tim. 603770-8378. dotgale38.googlepages.com tphsails@comcast.net
Canvas Cleaning This year, have Gemini Canvas service your bimini or dodger. Professionally cleaned w/ waterrepellent treatment. No dip-dunk tanks, only industry approved cleaners that work. We ship UPS, call us at 207-596-7705. www.geminicanvas.com
Fiberglass Repair Position Permanent, year-round position available for Fiberglass/Composite Structure Repair Technician. Yankee Marina is a full-service marina and boatyard. Please send resume with cover letter summarizing work experience to www.yankeemarina.com deborah@yankeemarina.com
More Heated Storage at Gamage Shipyard. Worry-free heated storage, conscientious care in new building. South Bristol offers ideal location amid Midcoast Maine’s spectacular cruising grounds. Competitive rates. Fine repair services, too. Reserve now: 207-644-8181. gamageshipyard.com gamage@tidewater.net
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Moorings - Round Pond ME Seasonal and transient moorings available in well-protected Round Pond Harbor; gateway to the Penobscot Bay cruising grounds. Max 65’. Walk to restaurants. Padebco Custom Boats at 207529-5106. Padebco.com
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Handyman Service Besides residential and commercial construction, Maine Coast Construction also offers a Handyman Service to take care of those maintenance jobs on your list so you’re free to pursue your passion - boats & boating. Contact us with your to-do list today. Serving Mid
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Advertiser index Apprenticeshop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Hallett Canvas & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
Ocean Point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Arborvitae . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Hamilton Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2
Ocean Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Atlantic Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Handy Boat Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Oldport Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Atlantic Outboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Hansen Marine Engineering . . . . . . . .20, 85, 92
Parker’s Boat Yard, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Atomix Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Herreshoff Marine Museum . . . . . . . . . . . .73,76
PE Luke . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Bayview Rigging & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12,77
Hinckley Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 59
Penobscot Marine Museum . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Beta Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Hodgdon Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . .43, 59, 92
Pickering Wharf Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Black Rock Sailing School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
International Chrome Plating Co. . . . . . . . . . .58
Pierce Yacht Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Bluenose Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8
Island Mooring Supplies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Pope Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Boat U.S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
J & W Marine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
PortBook . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
Boatwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
J-Way Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Portland Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19,92
Bohndell Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
J.R. Overseas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Reo Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Bowden Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Jackson’s Hardware & Marine . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Robinhood Marine Center .22, 43, 63, 77,81,92
Brewer Plymouth Marine . . . . . . . . . .43, 59, 92
John Williams Boat Company . . . . . . . . . .44,80
Royal River Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . .45, 51, 92
Brewer Yacht Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77,91
Jonesport Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53
Rumery's Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Brooklin Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Journey's End Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22,59
SailMaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72, 76
Burr Brothers Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 92
Kennebunkport Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Sailmaking Support Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Capt. Jay Michaud Marine Surveys . . . . . . . .84
Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor . . . . . . . . . . .87
Salty Boats of Maine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Chase, Leavitt & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58,85
Kingman Yacht Center 34, 43, 55, 59, 63, 67, 92
Scandia YS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Chebeague Island Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . .45
Kittery Point Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 92
Scanmar International, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Conanicut Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Lock One Marina & Shipyard, LLC . . . . . . . . .65
Seal Cove Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23, 43
CPT Autopilot . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Maine Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Shape Fabrication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Crew Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .66
Maine Coast Construction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Snug Harbor Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Crocker's Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 92
Maine Sailing Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29, 76
Sound Marine Diesel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Crosby Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Maine Veterinary Referral Center . . . . . . . . . .58
South Port Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30, 43, 61
Custom Float Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
Maine Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21,51
Southern Maine Marine Services . . . . . . . . . .44
Dark Harbor Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Manchester Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 63, 65
SturDee Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
DiMillo's Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
Marblehead Trading Company . . . . . . . . .63, 92
Sunset Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
DockHop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10
Marine Museum at Fall River . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
The Yacht Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Dolphin Marina & Restaurant . . . . . . . . . .47,77
Marston's Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Theriault Marine Consulting . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Duchak Maritime Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
McMichael’s Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28
Traditional Boat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Eastern Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Merri-Mar Yacht Basin . . . . . . . . .43, 55, 59, 92
Wayfarer Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 63, 67, 92
Everglades Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Metinic YB/Seal Cove . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Webhannett River Boat Yard . . . . . . . .24, 61,76
Farrin’s Boat Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Mid-Coast School of Technology . . . . . . .57, 83
Whiting Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65, 92
Fatty Knees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Midcoast Marine Electronics . . . . . . . . . . . . .67
Wilbur Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 59
Moose Island Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Winter Island Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32, 43
Front Street Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Mystic Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16, 92
Winterport Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60
Gamage Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Nantucket Bag . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76
Women Under Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Gemini Marine Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
Nauset Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Wooden Boat Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Gray & Gray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Navtronics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63, 67
Yacht North Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Great Bay Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . .25, 43, 55, 92
New England Boatworks . . . . . . . . . .31, 43, 92
Yankee Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . . .43, 63, 92
Great Water, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33
New England Marine & Industrial . . . . . . . . . .24
Yarmouth Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9
Gulf of Maine Boat Surveyors . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Newburyport Harbor Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51
YMCA Auction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Gulf of Maine YS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Niemiec Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43, 59, 92
90 Points East May 2015
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