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40 The wrong-way PilgrimsUnless the 1624 contingent had an Atomic 4in the Mayflower, they had a less eventful sailthan these Plymouth mariners, who, with de-light, circled Cape Cod clockwise.

By Charles Dulany

32 Trailering MaineWe’d kayaked Maine for years, but wanted tospread our wings and increase our daily range.A 21-foot Sea Ray was our answer, and here’swhat we’ve learned.

By Tim Plouff

52 Winging it at Jewell IslandWhen you’re newbies, it’s funny how sail-boats move so slowly, but “things” happen sofast. Despite rookie mistakes and much anxi-ety, our first Casco Bay cruise still was sweet.

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48 The Westport sloopThis lovely, engineless vessel, so masterfullyhandled by her young captain, reminded usoften over the years of why we fell in love withsailing in the first place.

By John Bergstrom

COLUMNS

18 David Roper

Countdown to meltdownYes, even cookies can cause meltdowns.Greg Coppa

OrionThoughts of The Hunter from a boat’s deck.Bob Brown

Just Louise and me, together on the seaAt first, it wasn’t just the two of us.

Letters..........................................7Why not a seagoing Porta-Jon?Foley Engines offers engine swap advice.

Mystery Harbor...........................12It’s a positive ID from the harbormaster.New Mystery Harbor on page 16.

News..........................................26Nonsuch Rendezvous July 15-21;Rockland wants port-of-entry change.

Yardwork ...................................5235-foot Atkin Vixen launched;Old Friendship sloop finds a home.

The Racing Pages ........................56J/24 sailors race in Mexico;Castine Classic set for Aug. 2.

Media ........................................62Blogs, website and a book.

Yardwork ...................................64First Maine-built NorseBoat;Lyman-Morse yard is hopping;GMT makes parts for flying car.

Fetching along ............................70Buckman and Thoreau at Buckle Island.

Final Passages ............................72John W. Forbes, Jr.; Stuart H. Cowan, Jr.; NielsRorholm.

Calendar.....................................72Classes, seminars, fundraisers, regattas

Fish reports ................................78South: Early stripers.North: Sea-run brown trout.

Tides......................................80-81

Last word ...................................87Bantam: A most decent proposal.

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Volume 15, Number 2

Publisher Joseph Burke

Editor Nim Marsh

Marketing directorBernard Wideman

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Art DirectorCustom Communications/John Gold

ContributorsDavid Roper, David Buckman,

Randy Randall, Roger Long, Mike Martel

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EDITOR’S PAGE/Nim Marsh

The swordbill-hat connection

In this “three-P” – polarized,paranoid and politically cor-rect (I can say this: I’m as

paranoid as the next person) –era of the New Millennium, towear a swordfisherman’s, orswordbill, hat into a suburbanmarket might be akin to shop-ping there with a Nasty Disasterbaseball cap on backwards – thebearer deemed as some freak-oGeneration-Y rebel against theEstablishment. My father, whilea free spirit in every sense of thephrase, was no rebel – he wasjust living his life – and, were healive today, he’d still be topplinggrocery-store orange pyramidswith the tip of his long-billedcap, because he wore his every-where, including on a swordfishing “stick boat” and atmore than one dinner party.One day in 1972, Dad ventured into a seafood store

wearing his signature swordfisherman’s hat, and . . .I’ll let him tell his story, typed in one of his journalson his vintage Remington: “In the fall of 1972, awoman approached me in regard to my swordfisher-man’s hat, asking where I bought it because shewanted to give one to her father. I asked her for heraddress, which she gave me, and secured two of them,which I mailed to her, with a letter to her father.”A few weeks later, just after Christmas, a package

arrived at Dad’s house, shipped from “Bylandorsea,”Essex, Conn., its sender not ringing a bell. Now, mys-terious packages were in no way unknown at hishome. One day during Prohibition, the local postmas-ter called Dad, saying, “Franny, we have a crate herefor you marked “Rare, Old Books.” Dad said he’d pickit up as soon as he could, and with an odd mix ofamusement and panic in his voice, the postmaster re-sponded,” Well, you better get down here fast; yourrare, old books are leaking.”But back to this new mystery package, which ap-

peared to be a large book with a three-page lettertaped to the inside wrapping. “Dear Mr. Marsh,” itread. “It was grand receiving such a wonderful letterfrom you. Thanks a lot. The Christmas caps fit per-fectly. . . . We’ve had some fine motor cruising, fromsmall boats to a Matthews 38, living aboard at Man-hasset Bay, Long Island, for many years during ourpre-old-age. . . .

“The boats in your photos arejust the kind I wish I owned rightnow, but, at 92, the old eyes arenot too good, and there are toomany high-powered outboardsnavigating these waters on week-ends to make them safe or apleasure sometimes. Perhaps youare in our parts once in a while.Whenever you are, please give usa hail.”The volume – eight and five-

sixteenths by 10 and seven-eighths inches trim size, twoinches thick, 640 pages, and fourpounds in weight – was the 50th

Anniversary Edition of “Piloting,Seamanship and Small Boat Han-dling.” The inscription on the titlepage read, “To Francis Marsh II,

with the author’s best wishes, C. F. Chapman, Essex,Conn., 12 December 1972.” On the rear flyleaf was aphoto of Charles F. Chapman, wearing one of the long-bills Dad had sent him. My father would later inscribe,in his fine hand, “My Hat!” with an arrow pointing tothe salty headwear.So what’s the point of all this? Perhaps this simple

tale suggests that people who go to sea in small boatsaspire to be thoughtful and generous, with a stronggrasp of the concept of “paying forward,” in the knowl-edge that good thoughts and actions always reap theirown rewards. But there’s more: Four decades later, this fine re-

source, now called “Chapman Piloting and Seaman-ship”, is in its 66th edition, has 928 pages, and has beenthoroughly updated to modern standards by the lateChuck Husick. During WWI, Chapman was commissioned by

Franklin D. Roosevelt, then Assistant Secretary of theNavy, to write a training manual for Navy, CoastGuard and Merchant Marine small-vessel operators.In three days, he produced “Practical Boat Handling,”the 144-page first edition of which was published in1917. The new edition has just 773 less pages than theManhattan phone book.Charles F. Chapman died four years after his warm

exchange with Dad, but his legacy of seamanship, pi-loting and navigation – and graciousness – is thrivingthrough the volume that bears his name during its 90th

anniversary year and the sweet letter he wrote to astranger who sent him a pair of swordbill hats.

The hat my father gave Charles F. Chapman ap-peared in this photo on the flyleaf of the 50th an-niversary edition of his legendary tome.

Photo courtesy Nim Marsh

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Letters

Points East May 2012

Why didn’t we think of this?Selecting an MSD for an open boat can present a

problem (See “No Flies on This Idea” by Rodney Myr-vaagnes, April). Leave the solution to Maine ingenuity.But is it Coast Guard-approved?

Philip H. LeePortland, Maine

Has double-foreraker Sanderling I just finished the new edition of Points East: Nice

job! Very interesting stuff. By the way, I do have a Mar-shall Sanderling with a double foreraker if anyone isstill interested.

Capt. Robert BrownHampton, N.H.

Charles River cruise on June 2Over the past few years many Watertown Yacht

Club members have told me they were interested intaking a trip up the Charles River, but were reluctantto do so due to the lack of navigational markings andchart info. I am also a member of the Newton YachtClub; I grew up in Newton and have been running theCharles River for over 30 years. Needless to say, thereisn’t a rock, sandbar, or shopping carriage in the riverI haven’t hit!

Newton Yacht Club is the farthest navigable locationheading upriver from Boston before coming to the Wa-tertown dam. I’ve checked both club calendars, andSaturday, June 2, appears to be open. I will take myboat and anyone else who is interested from the WYCat 9 a.m., and we will cruise through the inner harbor,through the locks and train bridge, and head up theriver past the esplanade to the NYC, where a cookoutwill be waiting for us from noon to 2p.m. Then we willhead back.I will tell everyone all I know about the river and an-

swer any questions if I’m able. If we get more than adozen, maybe other members will offer to take theirboats as well. The lowest bridge clearance is around12 feet, depending on the height of the river. Let meknow, and let’s hope for beautiful weather!

Dave Amicangioli Boston, Mass.

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Foley’s engine-swap game plansI liked Bill Bowman’s article, “Out with the Old; in

with the New,” in the April issue. There were lots ofthoughtful details about the swap out of the 18-horseengine with a rebuilt 28-horse model, which should behelpful to anyone contemplating a similar effort.We have three suggestions though for the future: 1.

Rather than hiring a crane to remove the old engine,boaters on a budget should consider borrowing a localutility’s bucket truck or having the neighborhoodgarage come by with their tow truck. 2. With the money you save by not employing a crane

service, consider building a wooden engine stand. Witha good stand, you can remove parts from the enginewhile it is in an upright position and you won’t haveto reskid the engine when you ship the core back tothe rebuilder. See our “Shop Kink # 29: “How to Shipan Engine,” at www.foleyengines.com for plans for asimple but rugged engine stand. 3. Finally, we also publish a detailed check list for

anyone installing an engine and performing the initialstart-up. Such a check list can be very helpful becauseserious problems can happen during the installationand start up. Engines can be run without lube oil orcoolant; fires can occur, etc. See “Installing a Replace-ment Engine,” which is #17 in the Handy Forms Sec-tion of foleyengines.com.

Jay W. Foley, president Foley Engines

Worcester, Mass.

Well, we have to say, this is one heck of an idea, but thelines on the house are not compatible with the sheer of theboat, and the windage . . oh, the windage.

Photo by Philip H. Lee


Points East mag is so addictive!I am a new subscriber as of Midwinter 2012 and

have to say that Points East is like a drug: As soon asyou finish one issue, you’re dying to get the next one.I subscribed, even though both my Points East winterand summer distributors carry the magazine. Another“hooked” fan.

Kimber DeglingGranby, Conn.

The evening show is always free I think we can all agree most aspects of boating are

very expensive, but sometimes the entertainment weencounter is absolutely free and extremely enjoyable.Case in point: We have encountered many humorousepisodes of anchoring and mooring over the years. There must be a disclaimer here before I start de-

scribing them to you. I have been the performer insome of these comedies many times over the years. Thelearning curve was steep, and some of my dock mateswill be quick to point out, still continues to this day. Soneedless to say, I am not picking on people, just point-ing out the entertainment value involved.After a long day of sailing, when we have finally se-

cured the boat for the afternoon or evening – whetherit’s in a secluded cove Downeast or in a busy harborwith mooring balls galore, we love to relax with a bev-

erage and watch the other arriving boats. We all do it. Some do it surreptitiously, and some are

blatant about it. We tend to fall into the blatant cate-gory on my boat, depending on how many beverageshave been consumed, of course. We’ve provided enoughhysterical performances to people over the years thatwe figure it’s now our turn to watch and enjoy. One memorable day in Oak Bluffs we heard the un-

mistakable roar of a sizable Cigarette-type boat enter-ing the harbor. The captain was alone and obviouslydid not have a boat hook aboard. I might mention thatmuscle boats do not handle very well at the slowspeeds needed for this maneuver. He made several at-tempts to pick up a mooring line with his bare hands,but his arms were not long enough to reach from thedeck, even after he extended himself so far I thoughtfor sure he was going in the water. After watching the performance for awhile, I pro-

ceeded to jump in my dinghy and went over to help thegentleman pick up the pendant and get secured. Hegraciously offered me a cold one, and, while we werechatting, casually mentioned, “I think I’ll run over toFalmouth harbor and pick up a boat hook.” Being a sailor, and accustomed to traveling five to

seven knots on a good day, I went back to my boat smil-ing and smugly thinking I wouldn’t see him againsoon. The round trip would consume several hours atbest, for me. Before I could finish another cold bever-

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age, and much to my surprise, I heard the familiarroar, and he was back with a brand-new boat hook.However, he also neglected a way to get to shore, so wevolunteered to ferry him in the dinghy, and made agreat acquaintance that afternoon.Some people just have a unique style of picking up

mooring balls. One small runabout entered SebascoHarbor several years ago, husband at the controls andwife/partner on the bow holding the boat hook likeCapt. Ahab harpooning Moby Dick. She did eventuallyfigure it out, and a mooring was secured after a fewtries. No whales or mooring balls were injured duringthis maneuver.We also witnessed a near disaster while moored in

Gosport Harbor at the Isles of Shoals. A gentleman,singlehanding on a large power cruiser, was moorednot too far from us on a pleasant but breezy afternoon.For some reason he decided to change mooring balls,to move to another. I was observing as usual. He madeseveral attempts to pick up the pendant, but by thetime he got off the fly-bridge and down to the bow, theboat had been blown off by the wind. On his last attempt he got the boat hook into the

line, but the wind was so strong and he was so stub-born, he held on a bit too long and ended up in thedrink with a large splash. Now his boat is being blownquickly toward the nearby rocks and he is in the water. Before I could get to him in the dinghy, he made it

to his swim ladder, which was fortunately in the water,climbed aboard, and saved his own boat. The onlything we had to rescue was his boathook. I’ll give himcredit for being a great swimmer, and keeping his witseven in the chilly water. Like most experienced sailors, my first mate and I

have developed hand signals for mooring or anchoringover the years. Ours aren’t perfect, but they work forus. Most people do not understand that the helmsper-son and the bow-person will not be able to hear eachother clearly during this procedure. The irony, of course, lies in the fact that everybody

else in the anchorage can hear both of them. It makesfor some great floating soap operas! I’m sometimesamazed after all the screaming and cursing; they canstay on a small boat together for the evening. Is thisproof that the human being has a very forgiving na-ture, or proof of the healing powers of alcohol?

Mike Pothiers/v DragonflyEliot, Maine

Surveyor’s ineptitude stuns proI’m an Accredited Marine Surveyor from Marble-

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structure is as old as the science of marine surveying.Indeed, when vessels were primarily constructed ofwood, tapping out a hull and testing for “punky spots”with an ice-pick were the norms. That said, I amstunned that anyone would hit the side of a laminatedstructure with a steel ball-peen hammer. Steel ball-peen hammers are made for metal work, period.Today, we use a variety of testing equipment includ-

ing moisture meters and, in my practice, thermal-imaging cameras to detect core degradation caused bymoisture intrusion and other delamination issues.

However, when it comes down to basics, tapping out ahull, when done by a trained professional surveyor, isstill as important and relevant today as it was yester-day.Like all marine surveyors, I audibly test vessels in

conjunction with the use of the sophisticated electronicgadgets at my command. Audible testing should bedone in the same manner one plays a musical instru-ment. By gently tapping – never hitting – the boat, atrained ear finds all is either in or out of “tune.”I use both a phenolic (resin-impregnated, cloth-rein-

forced tip) hammer for the topsides and a nylon ham-mer for the bottoms. Since bottom paint is softer thangelcoat and topside paint, a slightly firmer instrumentdoes a better job below the waterline, and the phenolicinstrument’s head is not contaminated with bottompaint residue, which could be deposited on the topside.Andrew Schoenberg’s advice of “always be present

at the survey of your boat . . . .” should, if possible, be


MYSTERY HARBOR/And the winner i s . . .

Breakwater is a great place to wait out blows

followed. Don’t hesitate to ask questions, and, if indoubt, abort the inspection before any damage is done.

Capt. Jay Michaud, SAMS, AMSMarblehead, Mass.

Ancient woods in Great lakes, tooBob Booth mentioned that “sinker wood” is available

in the U.S., in New England and the Southeast (“Pre-historic Wood,” April). He may be aware that it is also

found in the Great Lakes, where the water is deep andcold. Nine-hundred-hundred-year-old wood is beinglifted from the lake floor by using divers, cables andair bags. The logs fell off barges, or sank while beingfloated out, in the late 1800s. The wood has aboutthree times the number of rings per inch than thewood currently felled. Permits to raise the wood havebeen granted since the late 1990s.

Lew MartenWestwood, Mass.

Finally, a photo I can positively identify! Harbor-masters don’t often get to visit other beautiful har-bors shown in Points East, at least not during thebusy boating seasons. This one is clearly of Pada-naram Harbor, looking into Buzzards Bay towardthe Elizabeth Islands as seen from the New BedfordYacht Club docks. The photo also predates the winter storm demise

of the breakwater light shown. The navaid structureshown in this photo was obliterated by wind andseas in a late winter 2010 southerly. It has been re-placed to assist visitors into our picturesque harbor. Padanaram Harbor, Mass., also known as Appon-

agansett Bay, opens to the eastern end of BuzzardsBay between New Bedford to the east and Westportto our west. We have a breakwater that protects usfrom most of the southeast fetch across BuzzardsBay. This is a great place to ride out weather, or justenjoy a quiet sunset. Several rock outcroppings lay outside Padanaram

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become available through the Harbormaster Office(Dartmouth Harbormaster on VHF Ch. 09 or 508-999-0759) for the 2012 boating season. Anchorage isallowed only with prior communication to the Har-bormaster Office in areas outside of the mooringfield and channels.Historic and picturesque Padanaram Village is ex-

periencing a renaissance of transient hospitality. Allwithin a short walk from the harbor, we offer a newprovision supplier geared for boaters (Kordia Provi-sions), and a new eatery with libations (Sail LoftRestaurant) will be added to the Black Bass andBeach Plum restaurants overlooking PadanaramHarbor. A third restaurant and market café is promised

for the 2012 season in the heart of the village. Nu-merous village businesses offer everything fromlocal art, real estate, and jewelry vendors to hair,skin care and massage day spa options within a two-block walk of the Harbor. Upper Apponagansett Bay is home to Marshall

Marine, famous for the traditional Marshall Cat-boats and now the beautiful Joel White-designedSakonnet 23 sailboat. The Town of Dartmouth ParkDepartment offers Tuesday night community bandconcerts and a Wednesday night pops concert seriesunder the Apponagansett Point open-air band shellon the harbor. Nearby hiking trails, swimmingbeaches and historic walks offer transients ampleopportunity to stretch their legs and work the saltout of their boating bones. This is looking like a good year to re-discover all

that Padanaram Harbor and village can offerboaters transiting Buzzards Bay. Thanks for sharingmy view of the world and our little corner of Buz-zards Bay with your readers.

Steve Melo, Harbormaster

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That’s the Dartmouth High fleetThe April Mystery Harbor is an easy one for me,

being a longtime member of New Bedford Yacht Club.It is Padanaram Harbor, South Dartmouth, Mass. Theview is from the NBYC docks looking south into Buz-zards Bay, with the Elizabeth Islands in the distance.If it were summer, both my Angler 18 center-consolewould be visible in her slip and my Bristol 35.5 on hermooring in the distance. What you see is the Dart-mouth High School Sailing Team fleet awaiting thestudents to get out on the water and become winningsailors under the tutelage of Coach Hathaway. A fineshot indeed!

Jim MunroSouth Dartmouth, Mass.

A nice harbor, open to southwestApril’s Mystery Harbor is Padanaram Harbor. The

picture looks like it was taken from what was once theConcordia Yard. It has been approximately 15 yearssince I was in that area, so I am not sure what is therenow. I remember that it is a beautiful little harboropen to the southwest, hence the breakwater, which iswhat helps identify this month’s Mystery Harbor.

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Great fishing outside the harborThe Mystery Harbor in the April issue is Padanaram

Harbor in South Dartmouth, Mass. The photo wastaken from the New Bedford Yacht Club property, look-ing southwest. The land in the distance is the Eliza-

beth Islands, across Buzzards Bay. This was easy for me to recognize. I grew up about a

mile up the road and spent many hours as a youthhanging around the docks of the yacht club as well asat the Concordia Boatyard, which was next door. Ihave sailed, raced and fished the area my whole life.With rising fuel costs, it is getting rather expensive tofish the islands on a regular basis, but great fishingcan be found around the many rocks and ledges justoutside the harbor. Love your publication; have a greatseason.

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Be the first to identify this mystery harbor and you’ll win a designer Points East yachting cap that willmake you the envy of every boater. Tell us a bit about how you know the spot. Your experiences there,moorings available, anchorages in the area, holding ground, depths, protection from what directions,hazards at the approach, historical and personal anecdotes, whether or not your boat is moored there,any local characters, wildlife, nearby provisioning, things to do nearby, etc. Send your answers to [email protected] or mail them to editor, Points East Magazine, P.O. Box1077, Portsmouth, NH, 03802-1077.

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Had mooring there for decadesThe mystery harbor in the April edition is South

Dartmouth, Mass., commonly called Padanaram. Thephoto was taken most probably from the New BedfordYacht Club property. I had a mooring for decades formy sailboats in the harbor. Peace.

James Schweidenback New Bedford, Mass.

Photo taken from Y.C. main dockThe Mystery Harbor in the April issue is Padanaram

Harbor. The picture was taken from the main dock ofthe New Bedford Yacht Club, looking south.

John HayesSouth Dartmouth, Mass.

I coached students on those 420sThe mystery harbor is an off-season shot of Pada-

naram taken from the New Bedford Yacht Club pier.Dartmouth High School uses those 420s for their sail-ing season, and I’ve coached/practiced with them be-fore. I grew up across Buzzards Bay, and one of my first

distance sails was across to Padanaram for the LeoTelesmanick (Beetle Cat) Championships in 1996. Mywife grew up sailing in South Dartmouth. In the morerecent past, we’ve cruised to Marshall Marine’s annualCatboat Association rendezvous held in Padanaram atthe end of July each year. This year will be their 50thanniversary. Love your magazine; keep it up.

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Human meltdowns can occur any-where, on land or at sea, and rangefrom trite to profound. I’m not cer-

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of time, something brewing in the psychelong before the triggering event. And theevent can be most anything. I’ve seen theweakest-appearing types become real sturdyheroes in natural crises, and the most macho-appearing types melt down. I’ve had a ‘tough’ delivery crewmember get

down on his knees and plead to me to “pull into port”while 100 miles at sea because he ran out of smokes.I’ve had a crewmember begin to calmly sing, “Oh,Mama, Can This Really Be the End” when it really didlook like “the end.” But when things are calm, whenthings are seemingly fine, the human meltdown is the

most surprising.I witnessed perhaps the king of the trite

meltdowns on an absolutely idyllic cruisingday off Merchant’s Row on the coast ofMaine. There were four of us headed eastaboard a beautiful 38-foot cruising sloop I’dchartered. Everything had been going swim-mingly with both couples. We’d docked inNorth Haven to reprovision at the quaintcountry store, and all four of us wandered inwith our individual purchasing assign-ments. The husband of the other couple wasin charge of sweets, and he placed five pack-ages of Pepperidge Farm cookies on the

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Harry) of the other couple had become very quiet. Isuspected seasickness – which I’d learned begins withbecoming quiet – but it wasn’t. “I’m not sick,” hequipped, and turned to look away from us. We all shrugged, then went on to enjoy this won-

drous sail. That’s when the countdown to meltdownbegan. A few minutes later, Harry turned to us, sternand white-faced, like a schoolmaster who had been hitin the back by an eraser. “I can’t believe you put thosePepperidge Farm cookies back without asking me,” hesaid. The absurdity of the statement, especially in the

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then, as reality set in, the count-down to meltdown began. Clearlynow cognizant of his fate, he frozeand stared straight ahead, turnedas white as an Easter bunny, andbegan to twitch. His manly voiceturned to a whine: “But I … I can’tgo home … I just can’t go home without them.”Many years have passed; another Easter has just

gone by. On the Friday of this Easter weekend, my wifeand I drove to the bus station in Boston to pick up ourson, home for Easter break from school. Amid thecatch-up chatter, and at a stop light in front of SouthStation, I glanced to my left at a woman holding asmall cardboard sign. “Please help me,” it read.

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with his faithful dogs,Canis Major and CanisMinor. For godly reasons,they placed the scorpion inthe sky, too, but made surethat it was in the summersky. Perhaps they did thisso that Orion would not beparanoid about scorpionbites for all eternity.I first detected old Orion

creeping up on me as ateenager. I was aboard avenerable wooden sloop,Houqua, which was an-chored in a place calledTarpaulin Cove in the Eliz-abeth Islands of Massa-

chusetts. The air was very cool that night as itsometimes can be in August, and the visibility wasspectacular. The Milky Way and assorted stars wereso brilliant as to be almost unreal. The heavens looked

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of the morning to do what generations of men and boyshad done before me, I was shocked to see Orion loom-ing there before me in the eastern sky. I hoped that itwasn’t him, but it is a pretty hard constellation to mis-take, with that big, three-star belt and that sword dan-gling from it. For a moment, though, I thought I mustbe dreaming because I knew that Orion was a winterconstellation and figured he shouldn’t be where he wasjust yet. But I wasn’t dreaming, and, of course, Orionwas exactly where he was supposed to be.Over the years the first sight of Orion has taken on

special significance for me. It has served as a bitter-sweet reminder that summer is nearly over and that

my sailing days for the season are numbered. I mustplan that last cruise and I must take advantage ofbeach, bay and ocean every chance I get. I never doseem to be ready for the transition to autumn though.Given a choice, I guess I would always prefer to takemy chances with the scorpion.

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Just Louise and me, together on the sea

It seems like yesterday we took our first boatingvoyage. We left the dock at Larry’s Marina inAmesbury, Mass., on the Merrimack River, and

traveled 500 yards to the red marker. That “yester-day” for Louise and me was the summer of 1996; thevessel was our newly purchased, formerly repos-sessed, powerboat. She was a 1989, 22-foot FourWinns cuddy, 350 V8 inboard/outboard, and she wasvery quick. We named her HalfMine – half Louise’sand half mine.What Louise & I try to remember today, 14 years

later, is the patience and guidance (guidance only ifsolicited) of our new, first-time boating friends atour marina. Our first year was demanding and frus-trating to say the least. We got laughed at a lot. Wemade a lot of stupid mistakes. We looked up to ournew friends and depended on them for counsel (es-pecially Frank and Cheryl, who had 12 years of ex-perience!) What we did find, however, was anover-abundance of guidance, recommendations, di-rections – help of every nature that did not need tobe solicited. Everyone had an answer, usually differ-

ent from everyone else’s, and everyone was willingto help.What Louise and I also discovered that first year

of boating, other than boat handling, was that whatwe thought was going to be our serene, getaway pas-time – a just-for-the–two-of-us adventure – in factcame with a whole lot of new friends who were notonly there for us when we needed them, but were al-ways there with us even when we didn’t need them.There were very few serene moments aboardHalfMine, but it was an exhilarating summer andwe truly enjoyed it. Louise and I spent a lot of time in heated debate

(fighting) about who should do this or that, andwhen it should be done. Usually this happened aswe were coming into docks, moorings, or other boats;usually when the boat was going that way, the windwas blowing this way, and the current – don’t forgetthe current – was taking us somewhere else alto-gether. One of our friends (Morrison probably) told me,

“The captain is the person in charge of the vessel;


everyone must listen to the captain.” I mistakenlytook that advice to heart. This was a mistake be-cause for this so-called pastime to survive and pos-sibly become enjoyable, a partnership needed to benegotiated between the captain and the first mate,and some distance needed to be put between us andour new friends.By the end of that first season of boating, our new

hobby could have gone either way: north or south.Luckily, we figured it out – the balance between cap-tain and mate and the balance between us and ourfriends. We figured out that our kids enjoyed boatingexcursions (luckily no one got seasick) and liked tospend time with us on the boat. We figured out thatour parents also enjoyed boating and looked forwardto short trips. We enjoyed life at the marina as wellas life onboard and on the water, and we liked trav-eling. We started our second season of boating at Cove

Marina in Salisbury, Mass. We maintained ourfriendships from Larry’s Marina while making newfriends at Cove. Cove was much closer to the ocean,“out there,” which is where we wanted to be ratherthan spending so much time getting “out there.” Wealso started our second season with “The Carver,” a27-foot Montego with a real galley, head, aft-cabinand V-berth, and a GPS. We kept the nameHalfMine.

All the skills Louise and I had developed the pre-vious year seemed to disappear; what reappearedwere the heated debates. Our discussions, though,did not last long as we learned our way with our newvessel, except for the time the GPS failed to findBoston for us. We spent lots of time “out there,” traveling from

Kennebunk and York to Boston, and through theCape Cod Canal. We spent time drifting, out severalmiles, on calm, warm summer days; sometimesLouise would fish (I don’t fish). We spent time fol-lowing thousands of dolphins in mid-October as theyappeared to be migrating south; we lost them as weturned around beyond Cape Ann. We spent timewatching Old Ironsides under full sail go fromBoston to Salem and back. We spent time lazing inPortsmouth, N.H., and on Great Bay.We also spent time traveling with our friends to

new ports in the Northeast. By cruising with thoseexperienced friends, we were forced to learn boatingskills and boat control we never would have at-tempted on our own: “Guided discovery” is what wecalled it. Those adventures pushed us beyond whatwe thought we could do, and added valuable skillsto our expanding marine skill set. Together, Louiseand I were more comfortable with our abilities totravel and navigate in the water, a pastime that wasstill blossoming and so new to us.

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Since that second season, we’ve had two more and,of course, bigger vessels: a 34-foot Sea Ray and a 46-foot Post. We’ve been from Bar Harbor to New Jer-sey and most places in between. We’ve been withfriends and by ourselves. We’ve kissed the ground atsome ports after truly bad seas, and we’ve survivedencounters with rogue waves. We’ve sung karaokein Castine and seen misfits in Montauk. We have apicture of us docked at Liberty Landing, N.J., withthe Twin Towers in the background. We had the kids visit for a night in Kenneb-

unkport and then stay for the week. We dinghied toHaverhill, Mass., one year with two other couplesand now go each year with 50 other dinghies. We’vechartered bareboats in the British Virgin Islandsthree times and one time in the south of France onthe Canal du Midi. We party at the docks and themoorings, and we spend summer days on the sandsomewhere, anywhere. We’ve followed dolphins andwhales, and we’ve seen the Emerald City. We’ve answered a casting call for a proposed PBS

series “Boat Across America,” and made a shortvideo for it (we obviously didn’t get the part). We’vebeen to the Charles River for the Fourth of July –before 9/11 when boats could still tie up to the shoreand dinghies could still travel on the small water-ways of the river. We’ve been to New York City, andhave crossed the Hudson River, at night, by dinghy.

And we’ve done it all, together.Our boating has become our mutual interest; our

experiences now are usually mutually entertaining.We have a really good time, together by ourselvesand together with our friends. We are looking for-ward to the new adventures our next boating seasonwill bring; we know there are many waiting for us.But we’ve also found that boating, truly enjoyable

boating is a two-person sport. I can’t imagine Iwould still be involved if she were not onboard withthe idea, and I know she feels the same way. Andnow we’ve found that the grandchildren really likeit, too. It’s nice knowing there are such great com-mon interests among us all –a love of boats, a loveof the water, and our love for each other.We are also thinking about taking our retirement

condo (The Post) to Lighthouse Point in Florida latenext year. From there, who knows? We know we canmake it from Lauderdale to the Bahamas, the Turksand Caicos, the Virgin Islands, and beyond. We’ll dowhat we always do: take one step at a time, together.

Captain Robert (Bob) Brown and his wife and firstmate, Louise, continue their boating adventures outof Cove Marina on the Merrimack River in Salis-bury, Mass. They live in the off-season by the sea, atNorth Beach in Hampton, N.H. Visit them atwww.nauticalchronicles.com.


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since these cats like water I’llguess, Greenport, N.Y., becausethe 2012 International NonsuchRendezvous will be held July 15 -21 in Greenport, near the easternend of the North Fork of Long Is-land. Besides liking water, the Non-

such is not your typical cat. Thismodern iteration of the tradi-tional catboat features an un-stayed mast, wishbone boom, finkeel and spade rudder. The boatwas designed by Mark Ellis and,since production started in 1978,about 1,000 were built in Canadaunder the uncompromising eye of

George Hinterhoeller. Today, these much-loved ves-

sels are actively raced andcruised, and their rendezvous isan international affair, with thesite alternating between theUnited States and Canada everytwo years. Boats journey over athousand miles to participate inthe weeklong event that show-cases the Nonsuch’s strengths,the rendezvous having both acruising and a racing program.People fly in from the West Coastand Europe, too, for the cama-raderie. FMI: http://ina.mem-berclicks.net.


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Rockland, Maine, can be a cruise ship destination,but without the authority to process passengersthrough U.S. Customs, some boats will just bypass thisdeepwater port. A group of local officials hopes tochange that by upgrading the city’s status with the De-partment of Homeland Security. An upgrade couldmean more visits from passenger vessels and a poten-tial economic boon for Rockland.In 2009, Seabourn, a Seattle-based cruise line, re-

portedly canceled three visits to Rockland because oneof its ships could not clear customs there. It all has todo with the federal government’s classification ofRockland as a port of entry for vessels that have beento foreign countries such as Canada. Foreign-ownedcruise ships are required to visit non-U.S. ports annu-ally and must clear customs on returning to this coun-try.Post 9-11 security regulations that would require

massive city expense have been a roadblock to chang-ing Rockland’s port of entry status. But local officialsare hoping something can be worked out followingPresident Obama’s executive order, earlier this year,calling on federal agencies such as Homeland Security

and the Department of Commerce to help boost inter-national tourism.With that in mind, a group of civic and business

leaders met recently with a representative from theoffice of U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine 1st Dis-trict, herself a North Haven resident. “We made ourbest case for why it [the status upgrade] was needed,the economic benefit to Rockland, and how we couldhandle the change,” said Rockland harbormaster EdGlaser, in a memo to the city council.“For little or no money invested, it could make a big

difference to Rockland,” said Glaser, former owner/cap-tain of the local windjammer Isaac H. Evans. He cau-tioned that previous efforts with other members of theMaine Congressional delegation “have been fruitlessso far,” but “maybe with the President’s directive it willget some serious attention.”Bar Harbor and Belfast both have the ability to clear

ships through customs. But those communities havenot had to make any expensive changes under Home-land Security rules, and it rankles Rockland officialsthat they are denied the same status.Dan Bookham, executive director at Penobscot Bay

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BrieflyNewport Boat Show Sept. 13-16 includes free party for attendeesThe 42nd annual Newport International Boat Show will be held

Sept. 13-16, along the Newport waterfront in Newport R.I. Tensof thousands are expected to attend, to talk with almost 750 ex-hibitors and view some 600 boats ranging in size from 15 to 85feet, plus kayaks, inflatables, services, equipment, electronicsand accessories of all types. Featured will be the annual New-port For New Products competition that recognizes the best newpowerboats, sailboats and product introductions for the 2013model year, selected by both industry experts. A “Lats & AttsCruisers Party” will be offered free to attendees on Saturdayevening. Hours: Thursday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; Sunday, 10a.m. to 5 p.m. FMI: www.newportboatshow.com.

New England Science and Sailingis name of SHYC marine studiesNew England Science & Sailing (NESS) is the name for ambi-

tious development plans of the Stonington Harbor Yacht ClubSailing Foundation, in Stonington, Conn., a non-profit known forits sailing and kayaking, windsurfing, surfing and paddle board-ing, and marine-sciences programs. Its curriculum is designednot to simply teach sailing, but also to have students learn aboutthe sea and experience the self-discovery that imposes self-re-liance, dependability, and respect for teamwork, whether on thewater or not. President Spike Lobdell announced that NESS wasrecently awarded a landmark $250,000 scholarship grant by theNational Recreation Foundation, to make on-water programs ac-cessible regardless of applicants’ financial means. The Founda-tion has hired a new sailing director, Mark Zagol, a two-timecollegiate All-American sailor who, for the last seven years, hascoached at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Marine Sciencesstaff has also been bolstered with the recent addition of MaryAnn Horrigan, who has taught at California’s Catalina Island Ma-rine Research Institute and Rhode Island’s Save the Bay pro-gram. FMI: www.shyc-sf.org

New Bedford hurricane-barrier is downThe New England District-Corps of Engineers will be performing

required maintenance work on the New Bedford Hurricane Barrieruntil July 8. The work includes replacement of wheels on the sec-tor gates, steel repair, fender replacement and miscellaneouspainting. Work began April 11. Be advised: the hurricane barrierwill be out of service and not functional to control tide levels andstorm surge in New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbors. FMI:www.usace.army.mil.

New ferry to ply the Vinalhaven routeIf, on your daily Penobscot Bay cruises, you see a new ferry-

boat cleaving the waters between Rockland and Vinalhaven, it’sthe 494-ton E. Frank Thompson, the first new Maine State Ferryvessel in 19 years. It replaces the 1968-built Governor Curtis,which also plied the Vinalhaven route.The 154-foot vessel can carry 22 motor vehicles and 250 pas-

sengers. The Governor Curtis and the Captain Charles Philbrook,which now serve Vinalhaven, carry 17 vehicles and the same

number of passengers. The Philbrook will continue the same trip,and the ferries will make three runs a day between Vinalhavenand Rockland. FMI: www.maine.gov/mdot/msfs/.

West Marine Woburn’s Spring FlingWest Marine flagship store in Woburn, Mass. is celebrating

its first anniversary with a Spring Fling event April 26-29. ThisWest Marine is at 299 Mishawum Road in Woburn (across thestreet from the Woburn Mall), at the intersection of routes 93and 95, accessible to local residents and those traveling toNew Hampshire and the coast of Maine. FMI: 781-939-0000,www.westmarine.com.

SeaPlan seeks boater-survey helpYou may remember Kim Starbuck from her work conducting

the 2010 Massachusetts Recreational Boater Survey. Thisspring, she reports that SeaPlan (formerly known as the Massa-chusetts Ocean Partnership) is repeating the survey, but on amuch larger scale. This year, SeaPlan is partnering with the boat-ing community, coastal planners and scientists to survey morethan 60,000 boaters from New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island,

Pen Bay Rendezvous is Aug. 16-19The second annual Penobscot Bay Rendezvous will be

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for skippers to enter their boats,crew/participants, yacht-club andcorporate sponsors, and donationsfrom those who wish to fight cancerand support cancer research. Cur-rently the Blue Water Sailing Club(www.bluewatersc.org) and the Ju-bilee Yacht Club, in Beverly, Mass.,(www.jubileeyc.net) have signed onas supporting yacht clubs. Cruise for Life was founded by

Mike Handler of Walpole, Mass., “Wewant to raise these funds while doingwhat we love, boating and being onthe water,” said Mike.Captains can register boats and

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A youth boatbuilding program is offered by GreenFleet, Inc. (www.greenfleetonline.org) of New Bedford.GreenFleet, Inc. was incorporated in 2009, in New Bed-ford, “to promote growth, empowerment, education, self-esteem, personal responsibility, and environmentalstewardship in urban, at-risk youth and the communityat large through boatbuilding and on-the-water experi-ences.”

Regional Chamber of Commerce, is wholeheartedly be-hind the effort to upgrade port of entry status. He be-lieves cruise ships are part of an economic mix thatcan benefit the Rockland area. “It’s the gravy, not thesteak,” he said.Bookham reassures critics of cruise-ship visits, by

saying: “We have a set of values here that we protectin our mission statement,” and he is committed to pre-serving the quality of life in the Midcoast region.Bookham, said he favors a “right-sized ship” for Rock-land, perhaps 1,400 to 2,000 passengers, as well asmuch smaller vessels. He does not envision Rocklandhosting mega-cruise ships that accommodate up to6,000 passengers.Amy Powers, director of the Cruise Maine Coalition,

said Rockland has experienced “a huge loss” through

its inability to clear ship’s passengers through cus-toms. “It’s very unfortunate, because the communityhas turned away seven ships” in recent years. “This isVacationland,” she said. “What are we turning downvacationers for?”Cruise ships are welcome, said city councilor Larry

Pritchett. “It’s something we’re glad to explore.” Hesaid only one of his constituents has expressed oppo-sition to the idea. Pritchett believes scheduling is crit-ical: “We’re not bringing 4,000 people to Rockland ona July weekend.”Frank Isganitis, a Rockland innkeeper and presi-

dent of the chamber of commerce, agrees that cruise-ship crowds are something the city can manage.Rockland’s character, with its art studios, commercialfishery, schooners, museums and restaurants can cre-ate a compelling experience for a visitor, one that in-spires visitors to return, Isganitis said. “We don’t wantto become a Bar Harbor or Key West.”

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Features

Story and photos by Tim PlouffFor Points East

For the better part of two decades, my faithfulnavigator, wife Kathryn, and I paddled our wayup and down the Maine coast. While we thor-

oughly enjoyed these adventures, there was alwaysthe nagging feeling that we should see more, go far-ther, and experience more of the bountiful coast ofMaine.To satisfy those urges, I reasoned, we needed a

Trailering

We’d kayaked Maine for years, but wanted to spread our wings and increase ourdaily range. A 21-foot Sea Ray was our answer, and here’s what we’ve learned.

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powerboat large enough to venture out of the smallbays and reach the countless islands to which wewere reluctant to paddle. Finally, on Easter week-end 2005, we took the plunge. We attended a Port-land boat show, and intermingled with thegleaming new boats were slightly “experienced”boats waiting for new owners. A certain Sea Ray EC215 called to me. The 21-

footer had a camper-canvas kit and a bimini top, asmall swim platform at the stern, plus a V-berthbelow for overnighters. After visiting Spring PointMarina, and cutting through the winter plasticand clamoring aboard with my in-laws – all in ourSunday best – the tidy Sea Ray Express Cruiserwas soon headed north to its new home in Otis,Maine. Lesson No. 1: Having paddled from so many

great boat ramps, I was anxious to leave fromthese same locations for longer, faster, greater ex-cursions. However, a boat and trailer weighing ap-proximately three tons can’t necessarily use thesame boat ramps that a minivan and a utilitytrailer can. Well, you can use the same ramp, butyou might not re-use it to, say, re-capture your boatafter the sands have trapped your tow vehicle. For-tunately, we never made that mistake, like we didonce with the van.In retrospect, the whole idea of towing a

medium-sized boat over narrow, winding, undulat-ing coastal roads, on a wide tandem-axle galva-nized trailer, plus launching and retrieving thissame boat, is what gave Kathryn so many reserva-tions about the trailer-boat experience. Eventhough she has seldom had to drive the truck, herfears have generally been unfounded as getting toramps and launching and retrieving the boat hasbeen one of our strengths as a team.I was never nervous about backing the boat

trailer or maneuvering around tight spaces; yearsof plowing snow and driving with other trailerstaught me the pickup truck’s capabilities as wellas how to jockey a long trailer into the right spots.And Kathy immediately mastered our boat’s han-dling while leaving the trailer and while retriev-ing. In seven years, she has never missed hittingthe trailer dead-on on the first attempt, givingshoreside spectators a comprehensive show on howto do this correctly. She is slow, steady and ex-tremely patient, virtues I have had to learn tomatch her performance. Lesson No. 2: Boat ramps with docks are much

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Seven years of towing our Sea Ray EC215 (inset, in Ston-ington), replete with camper canvas kit, has allowed usto see more of coastal Maine than all but the hardiestfishermen.


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eral launching sites from which to startour adventures. At the risk of exposingthese “secluded” and low-volume locationsto greater traffic, here are ramps thatshine above others. At least two or three times a season, we

trailer our boat south to theBath/Brunswick area. Several ramps thataccess the narrow peninsulas that makeup this part of the coast exist here. Thebest facility has to be the new ramp at theend of Mere Point in Brunswick. This sitehas a steep, any-tide ramp with a centerdock making multiple launches and re-trievals possible at the same time. Ample parking and good spacing provide

great-weekend access, while this point onthe coast makes Harpswell, Eagle Island,the Goslings, Jewell Island, or a cruise intoPortland or Falmouth, all very possible.The only things missing are a pump-outstation and a fresh-water wash-down foryour trailer and boat. Closer to Route 1, the ramp for the New

Meadows River provides good all-tide ac-cess from the Cook’s Corner area. Again,ample parking and a steep ramp give rea-sonable access, with a small dock parallelto your efforts. No pump-out or fresh waterare here either. However, the shallowheadwaters of the river lead to therenowned Basin for overnight gunk-hol-ing, plus visits at Cundy’s Harbor, Sebascoand Small Point as well as, westward, over

Boating areas like Stonington, above and below, Deer Isle and Isle auHaut, all Maine coast treasures, are made more quickly accessible bysmaller ramps at South Blue Hill and Sedgwick.


Island additions to the Maine Island Trail and access via Maine Coast Heritage Trust have made areas in the Blue Hill Bay,Jericho Bay and Eggemoggin Reach region accessible to trailer-boaters.

to Quahog Bay and multiple an-chorages on the Maine Island Trail,with gems like Little Snow Island. From Bath, boaters have three

paved ramps to choose from: NorthBath heading up the KennebecRiver, South Bath below the BathIron Works facility, and, a few milesfarther south, a new ramp on theReach Road in Phippsburg. Mostconvenient for us has been theSouth Bath ramp – another two-lane affair with a center dock – aswe can then take one of severalcourse options from here. Heading north up the Kennebec

River, through Day’s Ferry andChop Point, offers wildlife sightingsgalore. If you continue up throughMerrymeeting Bay and around thegame preserve at Swan Island intoRichmond, you’ll encounter fisher-men and pleasure-boaters, includ-ing numerous personal watercraft.As with all of the coast of Maine,this ride gives you vantage pointsunimaginable from a car. Head south from the South Bath

ramp – a launch subject to ex-tremely strong tides – and you canrun the Kennebec River to FortPopham, out to Seguin Island,which has the highest-elevationlighthouse on the Maine coast.Then you can head Downeast toThe Cuckolds and the entrance toLinekin Bay and the Boothbay Re-

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Damariscotta, where a nice ramp offers the amenitiesof a Maine village, but with a shortage of boat trailerparking. After making your way down the

Damariscotta River, East Boothbay, South Bristol andPemaquid serve up great island stops, ports to explore,and restaurants to quench one’s appetite. Plan yourefforts carefully here around the tides lest you find allof the parking spaces occupied by the wormers andclam diggers that make their living from this ramp. The same holds true at Thomaston, at the navigable

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points from the west side, just offRoute 1. Downtown Belfast offers acozy all-tide ramp with docking,pump-out station, and the conven-ience of a shopping district withinwalking distance. There are alsoregular bathrooms (as opposed tothe portable johns at many ramps),plus a dockside harbormaster to as-sist. Parking can get tight on busydays, but other than the absence ofa fresh-water wash-down, this isone of the nicer setups along thecoast. Searsport’s ramp is just a few

miles north, and while wide it ismore open to southeast winds. Andyou must be mindful of the floatingdocks that curve into your pathfrom the west side. This is one ofthe few ramps in Maine to offer thefresh-water wash-downs essentialto preserving the working parts ofyour trailer. Lesson No. 3: Take care of your

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carry a spare tire for the trailer as well as a floor jackand plenty of wood blocks that would aid in any tire-changing efforts. That preparedness has paid off twice.Once we lost an air stem, and a tire went flat in a citysetting. My pit crew whipped into action, and wequickly changed the tire. Our last tire experience was less convenient: a 70-

mph blow-out on the highway with Labor Day Week-end traffic. Fortunately, it was the rear passenger-sidetire that disintegrated, taking the hard plastic fenderwith it. We barely exchanged a word as we worked onthe grassy side of the highway to replace that tire,heavy traffic speeding past within mere feet of us. Just north of Searsport is another great ramp at

Stockton Springs. Off the beaten path, this ramp iswind-protected, great at all tides, and has plenty ofparking. As with other ramps with parallel docks, asingle operator can more readily launch and retrievetheir own boat without assistance and usually withoutgetting wet at all. We have had several memorabletrips that started from Stockton Springs, including oneto the state park on Warren Island.Several of our trips have started from Bucksport and

Castine, with less favorable memories. Kathy detestslaunching at Castine unless we have assistance. Thetidal currents and the combination of pier pilings andnearby rocks make this a very challenging launch.Parking is an issue, too. If no one is around, you can

leave your truck and trailer in the downtown lot. Oth-erwise, you must park uphill a quarter-mile away atthe Maine Maritime campus. Bucksport lacks a dockof any type, as well as any amenities. Add the rivercurrents to the equation, and this ramp is low on ourlist.The downtown Ellsworth ramp is nearest to home.

Good for all but the lowest of tides, this expanding fa-cility is making upgrades that will lend itself togreater future use. The caveat: The ride down theUnion River is interesting yet the harbor in town andat the mouth of the river is shallow at low tide, withnumerous obstacles.Lesson No. 4: Invest in a good chart-plotter. Our

Garmin unit has saved us on numerous occasions andgreatly eased our fears as a fog bank creeps into what-ever bay we are exploring. Combined with papercharts, we have found that we don’t always need per-fect weather to enjoy our planned trips. Boaters have known for decades the beauty of ex-

ploring Blue Hill Bay, Jericho Bay and EggemogginReach. Island additions to the Maine Island Trail andaccess via Maine Coast Heritage Trust have made pre-viously inaccessible vistas in this area part of thecoastal scene for more people.Smaller ramps at South Blue Hill and Sedgwick are

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areas like Stonington, DeerIsle and Isle au Haut, allMaine coast treasures. On Mount Desert Island,

we have regularly usedthree or four ramps withsuccess. Northeast Harboris a popular jumping-offspot for Somes Sound,while Southwest Harbor’sManset public ramp is per-fect for heading to BakerIsland in Acadia NationalPark, Black Island, and theCranberry Islands. Mansetis more of a “workingman’s” dock, while North-east Harbor is the tourist’sfavorite.Our favorite launch, however, is the hidden ramp in

West Tremont. Facing due west, we have used this sitefor some spectacular trips to Marshall Island, Stoning-ton, Brooklin and Hog Island, and Pond Island. Ameni-ties are few, and there isn’t much ramp at mean-lowtide, yet we’ve met some of the greatest people in boat-ing here as well as ended some of our best trips withfriends with the sun setting over our shoulders inTremont.

Seven years of seeing thatSea Ray in my rear viewmirror has been a blast.We’ve seen more of coastalMaine than all but thehardiest fishermen whilerecognizing our limitationsand the capabilities of ourboat. The Kodak momentsfill albums (and lots ofhard-drives), while the des-tination list never lacks fornew places to explore. Hav-ing a capable truck, a will-ing boat, and that faithfulnavigator have made forsome great summers inMaine.

Tim went to sea under power with his water-addictedUncle Brian in the late 1980s, and discovered there’s alot more of Maine to enjoy when you can get therefaster. For 18 years, he has written a weekly automotivecolumn for “The Ellsworth (Maine) American,” whilehis day job is as a wholesale heating oil rep and ShellGasoline sales manager for Dead River Company.

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By Charles DulanyFor Points East

Tom and I had talked for years about sailingaround Cape Cod from our Plymouth, Mass.,port, some day, and finally we decided we’d do it,

by God. We’d sailed for years around Cape Cod Bayand Buzzards Bay in Revolution, Tom’s 32-foot Pear-son 323, a well-found 1979 cruiser that used to bemine. We’d been to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucketseveral times, but neither of us had ever sailed the

The

Unless the 1624 contingent had an Atomic 4 in the Mayflower, they had a lesseventful sail than these Plymouth mariners, who circled Cape Cod clockwise.

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“backside” of the Cape, fabled graveyard of the Atlanticin the days of sail.We knew that it would be a long day going around.

It is 70 miles from Hyannis to Provincetown on the tipof the Cape, a 14-hour trip if you can average five knots(not a sure bet in this boat), or 15 hours (75 miles) fromNantucket harbor. Either way, you have to go throughPollock Rip, which has fierce rip currents at full floodor ebb, and dangerous shoals on either side. I had

never been through the rip; Tom had done so only ina fast powerboat.We had been advised that a counterclockwise tran-

sit was much safer than going clockwise, because ifyou leave Hyannis or Nantucket early, you’ll bethrough Pollock Rip at midday and can try to sched-ule your trip around slack tide. The other way, start-ing from P-Town, you would arrive at the rip after atiring 10- to 12-hour sail, maybe approaching sun-down, with four or five hours yet to go. Also, we hadno qualms about entering P-Town harbor after darksince we both had sailed there many times. This wasnot the case with Hyannis or Nantucket, where thereis ferry traffic to contend with.Then there was Chatham, the fabled town on the

elbow of the Cape. Tom really wanted to stop there ifwe could swing it. He’d prefer to go there from P-Town and spend the night there. Chatham was in the news a few years ago when

the Atlantic broke through the beach making a newinlet and swallowing a score of homes. Furthermore,all the cruising guides warn against trying to enterChatham harbor, despite there being an active CoastGuard station there. The Chatham harbormasterwasn’t much more encouraging, although we did

Charley Dulany (left) and Tom Marquis, the intrepid crew ofRevolution, the latter’s well-found Pearson 323, reveledthrough thick and thin in the challenge of circling CapeCod (inset) in the reverse of the conventional wisdom.

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learn that the new inlet was impassable; the only wayin was the notorious channel over the bar.Our problem was solved when friends Roger and

Ray decided they would join our adventure in Roger’s

Pearson 323 of similar vintage.With two boats traveling together,we would have fewer qualmsabout going the wrong wayaround. We scheduled the tripafter consulting the “Eldridge Tideand Pilot Book” to be sure we’d beapproaching Pollock Rip aroundslack water.On the appointed day, both boats

motored out of Plymouth Harboraround noon, sails up, but motor-sailing in a light breeze. Wecruised past Gurnet Point intoCape Cod Bay, course 105 Mag-netic to the P-Town outer mark 18miles ahead.Suddenly at 1330, off the Gur-

net, our engine quit. We had noluck restarting it, but luckily Tom

has a Sea Tow contract. We started sailing back withthe flood tide helping, heading for Long Point Marine(LPM) in Duxbury. Sea Tow caught up with us offClarks Island and expertly took us to LPM, whereLarry, their top mechanic, awaited us. We docked at 1455, a half-hour before high tide. You

only have a two-hour window around high water to getin or out of LPM; less on neap tides. Larry quickly de-

Revolution eases to windward past an anchored center-con-sole boat in Plymouth Bay. Are those flags celebratory or toward off cormorants?

Photo courtesy Tom Marquis


termined “no spark,” but power was good through thecoil to the distributor (she still has her trusty Atomic-4 engine). Points were changed, and we were out ofthere at 1520, well before the tide dropped too far; wehave 10-foot average tides. Sails went up at Saquish in 16-knot wind, and we

passed the Gurnet again at 1625. Roger and Ray werethree hours ahead of us, but we’d see them in P-Town.We were sailing on a beam reach at 6 knots with alovely breeze. This is what we came for.At 1900, still three miles from Wood End, with sun-

set at 1933, we started the engine and motor-sailedinto Provincetown harbor, arriving at dusk. Roger andRay were on the launch, returning to their boat on itsmooring, well relaxed from their three hours on shore.We rafted successfully for the night.The next morning, at 0530, Tom and I were up and

eager to go. We started the engine and cast off thelines, but the engine died when the choke was put in.Having no luck restarting, we drifted to a mooring,picked it up, and Roger rafted with us so he and Raycould help figure out our new problem. They quickly determined it was a fuel problem, and

we removed and cleaned the fuel filter and sedimenttrap, but to no avail. At 0630 we called Long Point Ma-rine, expecting to leave a message, but the owner an-swered. He promised to have Larry call, which he didat 0800. After a brief discussion, he told Tom to tap the

carburetor with a hammer, and, by God, the enginestarted and ran smoothly, even with the choke in. Itwas a stuck carburetor float. Off we went at 0830, onehour behind Roger and Ray, under clear-blue skieswith a light southwest breeze.It takes three hours just to get around Race Point.

You sail one and a half miles east from the mooringsto Long Point; two miles southwest around Wood End;four miles northwest to Race Point Light, then gradu-ally northeast, east, southeast and, eventually, south-southeast along the Highlands and Nauset Beach. It’sa lonely stretch, even on a lovely day. The other 323 was out of sight ahead of us, but in

radio contact. With a light southerly breeze, we mo-tored almost all the way.At 1600 we called C.G. Station Chatham, as previ-

ously arranged. The OOD advised us that there was a42-foot patrol boat about two miles ahead of us, aboutto end its patrol. We could follow them in through thechannel, which we did. Chatham Bar is uncharted be-cause it shifts with each storm. The current channelis marked only with some orange flags, which are hardto see from any distance, especially with the loweringsun behind them. We entered each flag into our GPSfor the next morning.Chatham Harbor clearly doesn’t expect transients.

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tie up to huge pilings after maneu-vering in against a strong current.Fortunately, they did have gaso-line, and we filled our tank. Wereached the harbormaster, who di-rected us to some large mooringballs for barges in the east chan-nel, about two miles away. No lineswere on the moorings, so one of ushad to lie down on the deck at theshrouds and reach down to threada line through the ring on the bigball, while the other held the boatsteady against the current to pre-vent a man-overboard. After thatexertion, enjoyed some cold drinksand a beautiful sunset, miles fromany signs of civilization. A wake from a passing fishing

boat woke us at dawn, and wewere under way again at 0600,heading for Pollock Rip and Nan-tucket. The channels out past theCoast Guard station and acrossthe bar seemed much less daunt-ing going out in the still, clearearly morning light, especiallywith the GPS track to follow. Thelight southerly breeze was on thenose, so we motored.Our timing turned out to be per-

fect for an easy passage thoughPollock Rip. “Eldridge” called forthe current to turn northeast at0816, and we entered the east endat 0750. Even at slack tide, it wasthrilling to sail through the rip,watching the huge flocks ofseabirds around Monomoy Islandto starboard. Then we had aleisurely port tack straight to theNantucket entrance buoy, sailingmost of the way.We anchored in Nantucket har-

bor, next to Roger’s boat, at 1115.He and Ray met us at the launchdock, and we enjoyed leisurelyshowers, a great lunch at a water-front restaurant, and severalhours at the whaling museum, aplace no visitor to Nantucketshould miss.While we were all ashore, the

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fore dinner and heard that a possibly severe squallwas headed our way during the night. We decided toput out the second anchor, a heavy Danforth, both an-chors with a seven-to-one scope. I let out the trusty

plow rode all the way and carefully put the loop overthe cleat. Then I wrestled the Danforth out and overthe bow while Tom motored to a good spot to drop it.Suddenly I heard a splash. Looking over the starboardside, I saw the anchor rode drifting away and sinkinginto the black water. Apparently, I had kicked the loopoff the cleat while working with the other anchor, andI had lost Tom’s main anchor overboard. Nothing couldbe done about it in the dark, so we went to bed.

The author (above, right) and his frequent shipmate, Tom Marquis, had been to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket severaltimes, but neither of them had ever sailed the “backside” of the Cape, fabled graveyard of the Atlantic in the days of sail.

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tor, but this time it didn’t work. We reached LPM, butnothing they suggested worked. Finally, it was agreedthat we would sail up Vineyard Sound, past WoodsHole to Falmouth Harbor, where LPM’s mechanicwould meet us. This meant sailing downwind in 20 to25 knots, wind working against an opposing flood tidethat reaches four and a half knots in places. This wasa risky proposition in my book, given the big chop andthe risk of a catastrophic jibe. But leaving the maindown and secured, and sailing on the genny alone,would eliminate the worst risk, so we weighed anchorand sailed off.As we cleared the lighthouse on starboard tack, the

full force of the wind hit us, and we were glad to havethe main down. To avoid accidental jibes of the jib, wesailed all the way across the sound before tacking;then we were able to safely continue toward WoodsHole on a port broad reach. We considered putting upthe whisker pole, but it was too dangerous for either

of us to go to the foredeck. Also, it would have to be re-moved before we entered Falmouth Harbor. So we juststeered carefully through the slalom course created bythe big chop.About a mile from Woods Hole, Tom tried the engine

again. Hallelujah! It started and seemed to be runningsmoothly and normally, but we decided to leave thegenny out just in case. With a quick change of plansand a call back to LPM (the mechanic had not left), wemotored through Woods Hole ahead of a ferry. The restof the trip home was uneventful, as we sailed up Buz-zards Bay with a favorable current speeding usthrough the canal. When we emerged into Cape Cod Bay, we found

lighter breezes and a nice sail home to our mooring inPlymouth. But you better believe we will never forgetour trip the wrong way around Cape Cod.

Charley Dulany, 78, is a longtime member of theCoast Guard Auxiliary and the Plymouth Yacht Club.He and his wife (also an Auxiliarist) cruised on theirPearson 323 for 15 years before retiring to Florida,where they are still active teaching coastal piloting andother courses. He sold the boat to his good friend andPYC member Marquis, and now has the privilege ofcruising with him whenever possible. This is the ac-count of one of their more memorable voyages.


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The advantage of having a boat as a summer placerather than a cottage is that you can move it aboutwhen you want a change of scenery. We had owned ourdoubled-ended cutter, Nepenthe,for 23 years and had moved herseven times. This night, we weremoored in Westport Harbor atthe mouth of the Westport River,which forms the boundary be-tween Massachusetts and RhodeIsland. We had just finished thefirst leg of a cruise that wouldtake Nepenthe from Red BrookHarbor on Buzzards Bay to thetown of Essex on the ConnecticutRiver, her new homeport. Sitting in the cockpit with my

wife, Mary, enjoying glasses ofwine, I watched a gaff-rigged

sloop approach a mooring next to us. A young man onits bow was about to end a day of sailing by retrievinga mooring line and securing the boat for the night.These days, grabbing a mooring line is not the all-or-nothing effort it used to be because most sailboats

have a motor. This sloop, how-ever, was a throwback to a moredemanding time because shehad no engine. If the young man couldn’t

lasso the line with the boathook, the sloop would have tocome out of irons, fill her mainwith wind, and try again. Thecaptain did not have the luxuryof starting an engine to erasethe crew’s mistake. The rivercurrent, which runs four knotson a spring tide, could carry theboat into thin water before thewind could provide enough mo-

The Westport sloop was a throwback to a moredemanding time because she had no engine andwas sailed so well.

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mentum for another pass at themooring. Instead of heading home for cock-

tails and cherrystones on the halfshell, most of the evening could bespent fighting no-see-ums andwaiting for the tide to give themenough water for another try. Thiscaptain was not worried, however;he would probably welcome a mis-take. He had been sailing this sloopup and down the Westport River forat least 20 years, and I had seenhim accomplish some challengingmaneuvers against both tide andwind. Mary and I kept Nepenthe in the

Westport River for six years duringthe 1980s. On many an evening, wewould sit in the cockpit watchingthe captain of what we dubbed “theWesptort Sloop,” tack through F. L.Tripp and Sons’ crowded mooringfield. Watching him was more excit-ing than most spectator sports be-cause at any second you and yourboat could become an unwillingparticipant. If he tacked too late, heand his boat could be sitting in ourcockpit, but he never did join us fordrinks. Seconds before an impend-ing collision, the boat would gohard to lee, giving us a view of itsfull sails and sweet transom. Therewas no ugly outboard hanging off itto ruin the view. I wondered, as he sailed by Ne-

penthe this night, if he rememberedus, because Nepenthe, like his boat,was of a traditional design, made tosail, not motor. Plus, Nepenthe’scaptain, yours truly, was alwaysrunning around her deck takingpictures of his sloop as he workedhis magic tacking up and down themooring field. In choosing a new home for Ne-

penthe, I had always considered theharbor’s boats as an important se-lection factor. Having beautiful andinteresting boats to look at is not asessential as a reliable boatyard anda short fetch, but a harbor’s resi-dent fleet can add considerably tothe joy of sailing. Although I enjoylooking at the new shiny Sabres,

Tartans, and Hallberg-Rassys, andsometimes I wish that I had themoney to afford such luxury, Ifound that boats like this simplewooden sloop appealed to my aes-thetic sense, and emotionallymoved me. When Westport was our home-

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fishermen needed boatsthat were seakindly.When they were taking in nets and lobster pots, theboats had to sail themselves and provide a solid andsteady work platform in confused seas. They had tomake good progress toward port no matter what direc-tion the wind and current. I believe that these practi-cal requirements produced the designs that today weconsider graceful and timeless. It is not an exaggera-tion to say that the currents, winds and fogs of New

England helped sculptthese masterpieces. I have never talked to

the captain of the sloop.Our relationship consistssolely of me waving tohim as he sails by, so Ihave not been able to askhim who designed andbuilt his boat. My guess,however, is that it is oneof Nathanael Her-reshoff ’s designs. I havevisited the HerreshoffMarine Museum in Bris-tol, R.I., and have seenthe 25-foot Aria. Also, Ihave Benjamin Mend-lowitz’s picture of LadyM, one of Captain Nat’s

Buzzard Bay 30s, hanging in my office. There seemsto be a strong family resemblance between them andthe Westport Sloop. If they are not sisters, they are atleast cousins. Although early in his career Herreshoff was famous

for designing America’s Cup contenders, I have readthat in his later years, he spent most of his time draw-ing smaller and simpler boats that the ordinary sailor

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could use to compete in his club’s Wednesday nightraces and take his family on weekend cruises, withoutthe help of a professional crew. In fact, it is said thatlater in life, his favorite boat was the 26-foot sloop Ale-rion, which he sailed solo into Bristol Harbor and theadjacent Narragansett Bay well into his 70s. I can understand why Old Captain Nat enjoyed sail-

ing his smaller creations. As a boat increases in sizeand complexity, I believe that the true essence of sail-ing is lost. At 34 feet, my Nepenthe is right on the bor-derline between a sailboat and a ship. If she were anylarger, I would lose much of the sensation of sailing. I have a simple rule that tells me when a vessel is

too large for real sailing. A sailboat crosses the lineand becomes a ship when you cannot hang your legsover the side and wet your bare feet in the seaway. OnNepenthe, I can sit on the side deck, hang my legs overthe rail, and let my feet trail in the water. However, on my first Nepenthe, a 28-foot Bill Tripp-

designed sloop, I was even closer to the water and sail-ing. While at the tiller, I could reach over and put myhand in the boat’s wake, letting the water flow throughmy fingers. I cannot do that on the present Nepentheunless I hang over the side headfirst and risk fallinginto the drink. Do not misunderstand me. I am in love with the

present Nepenthe. She is a sound and beautiful vesselthat can safely take me anywhere in the world, but

there are times when I miss the feel of her smallerpredecessor. When I was going to windward on the oldNepenthe, I would get her into a groove and then letgo of the tiller. When I was sure that she was trackingtrue, I would go forward. With the boat heeled over, and her big Genoa jib

pulled tight inside the lifelines, I could lay backwardson the sail as if it were a large hammock. Staring upat the sky and stretching out my arms and legs like achild making a snow angel, I became one with theboat. I felt as if I were flying. I became a character inan Arabian tale, moving through sky and sea on myown magic carpet. Today I am too reserved, old and heavy for such

childish acrobatics. However, the next morning, watch-ing the Westport Sloop gracefully tack out of the har-bor for another day-sail, I think maybe it’s time for meto start thinking of getting a smaller and simpler boat.It might not be able to take me to far away places, butit could help me rediscover why I fell in love with sail-ing.

John Bergstrom sails out of Red Brook Harbor, at thehead of Buzzards Bay. Most summers, on his 34-footO’Day Adagio, he visits all the bay’s harbors and coves.However, this summer, he’s leaving his home waters toexplore New York City and the Hudson.


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The warm weather we have had early this winterhas me remembering past sails on my first boatpurchased with my lovely girlfriend. The boat

was a Catalina 27, and we were just learning to sail.It was fixing to be a great summer weekend to sail,

and we had just launched our baby a few weeks before,which for us meant the boat was floating but needed

lots of love. We decided to just sail and worry aboutprojects somewhere else. Our destination was JewellIsland, in Casco Bay, Maine; I had been there as a childand remembered it was great. Saturday morning, I listened to the weather, to find

lots of sun, light and variable winds from the south inour future, and our course (of course) was south. Theonly saving grace was the tide. On our way south, I letthe ocean pull Neptune, and tacked only when I

When you’re newbies, it’s funny how sailboats move so slowly, but ‘things’ happen so fast.Despite rookie mistakes and much anxiety, our first Casco Bay cruise still was sweet.

Winging itat Jewell Island

Franky, Sophi and Travis,three-quarters of the crewof the Catalina 27 Neptune(seadog Bella missed thephoto-op) were thrilled withtheir first cruise in CascoBay.

Photo courtesy Travis Swaim


wanted some sun or to stay away fromwater that was 10 feet or less. This sailwas so easy and flat you could reallysoak it all in. I was at the helm, watching the red

nuns gently float by, and Sophi wasbeing handy, scraping nasty varnishoff our toerails. Little did she know it,but she was also busy knocking over-board our back-up boat hook (a.k.a.,the boat brush on a stick).A few hours of lazy sailing and we

were ready to approach Jewell fromthe north. Enter the headwind. It notonly denied us an easy approach to theisland but also pushed us toward CliffIsland. On our second tack, I was get-ting mildly agitated, but after thinkingabout where I was, who I was with,and what I was doing, I decided that Iwouldn’t mind tacking to this islandall day. When we got close enough, I fired up our outboard

and got to talking some strategy on what we wereabout to do. Neither of us had anchored a sailboat byourselves, and it was at this time I realized we shouldhave been talking about this a long time ago. Jewell is very well protected, very narrow, and very

popular. We were getting close now, and our CQR hadrisen from below and was, at least, on deck, but we still

When you’re on your first overnight aboard your dreamship, and the butterflies still flutter in your stomach, even acormorant on a mooring ball is something special.

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hadn’t solidified a plan. For lack of a better phrase, wewere winging it. Sophi was at the helm, and she did a good job ma-

neuvering around a packed harbor to find us a spot.She slowed, then stopped, which was my cue to dropanchor and count the feet in tens as the rode went intothe 12-foot deep water. My chest was filled with heart-beats and heavy breathing, so I for-got how much scope I let out or ifI’d snubbed the line. I’m quite sureI didn’t count or snub anything. Needless to say, after 10 minutes

of “seeing what happens,” I was un-comfortable with where we were . .. well, actually, where the hugeboat-crushing rocks were. It was atthis moment that the stars musthave aligned and a leprechaungiven away his treasure: A massiveboat was leaving his sweet anchor-age to raft up with a buddy whowas also a millionaire. Yes!Sophi and I looked at each other

with the same thought: I must be aNegative Norman because I wasthinking, “Is something wrong withthat spot?” We were about to findout.For this try, I was at the helm,

and I directed our bow to a sweet-looking spot in the very middle ofthe cove. When we got close, Ididn’t want to let Sophi repeat mymistakes, so I reminded her of my negligence and men-tioned the basics about anchoring; i.e., count the feetyou let out until the anchor hits bottom, then countthe scope you let out as the helmsman backs up. Exe-cution was flawless. When we had about a 5:1 ratio, Iasked her to cleat off the line while I continued back-ing slowly. I didn’t feel like we were moving, which waswhat I was looking for; then, since the area was clear,we let out more scope to be somewhere around 7:1.

I should mention again that neither of us had an-chored a boat before, and all this seemed to happen inthe blink of an eye. It’s funny how sailboats moveslowly, but “things” seem to happen so fast. I was stillbreathing hard, but at least we were not staring downsome rocks. After 20 minutes of probably-not-dragging anchor, I

wanted even more peace of mind,so I hooked up a weight to a lineand to our anchor rode letting itslide underwater, just out of sight.Our bow gently moved to the leftand the right, but our oversized30-something-pound CQR heldher ground. I even looked up an-choring in “Chapman’s” just toease my mind. In the section onanchoring, it mentions placingtwo anchors at 45-degree anglesto help reduce bow swing. I didn’tthink it would be a problem, butthanked the book and placed thatbit-o-knowledge on the backburner. Now it was time to be produc-

tive. To quote our mast-stepper,Carter Becker of Falls Point Ma-rine, “You’re a sailor; you’re in nohurry. We go to distant ports to doour maintenance.” I tackled ourregistration numbers: put themon ... hey, it was only a month late.Sophi got a notion to paint on our

ship’s name, and did an excellent job of it while dodg-ing wakes. The sun was trending downward, so I was thinking

of how we would be seen late at night. We had zero out-side lights, and I wanted at least one. I figured my bestchance was to try to repair our spreader light; at leastit had a bulb, a socket and wires leading to it – as op-posed to our tricolor light, which looked like someonehad hit it with a baseball bat.

I should mention againthat neither of us hadanchored a boat before,and all this seemed tohappen in the blink ofan eye. It’s funny howsailboats move slowly,but “things” seem tohappen so fast. I wasstill breathing hard,but at least we were notstaring down somerocks.


I went belowdecks and threw the breaker on inhopes that I’d be able to use my voltmeter to findwhich wires were hot. For some reason, I couldn’t findany voltage on any of the broken wires above deck. Mynext step was to bring battery voltage by way ofjumper cables to the wires on the mast. Once I hadthat rigged up, I hoped I’d look up and see the light.Little did I know the light was already on: magical.That light had not worked last time we’d checked it. We wanted to explore a little of Jewell before dark.

Back in WWII, Jewell was used by the military to helptriangulate enemy subs, and I wanted to see the viewfrom the lookout tower. At the top you can see for milesin three directions, and rumor has it that a real-lifeGerman submarine was wrecked somewhere nearhere. We spent a few minutes at the summit and meta couple who’d sailed from Saco on Last Mango; theman seemed really knowledgeable, and I felt I neededto explain how we anchored. Even he was confidentthat we wouldn’t move an inch. We swapped sailing stories, then went on our way to

the punchbowl, a shallow area where the ocean getsleft by the tide, leaving nice warm, calm water that’sgreat for swimming. The punchbowl also had lots ofdriftwood; driftwood is free and makes a perfect boathook for a boat that loses one on every voyage. I founda suitable specimen and brought it back to Neptune asit started to rain.

On Sunday, we needed to venture back to Freeport.The only problem was the rain and lack of wind. “Lightand variable from the south with light rain expectedall day,” said the radio. Have you ever noticed how theweather woman always says “cloudy” in her almostmachine-like voice? She makes me laugh every time.We were in for a slow, long, wet day ... sweet! With no wind, we left at the onset of high tide, hop-

ing to be pushed like driftwood all the way home. A lit-tle breeze carried us to Eagle Island, where we turneddue north toward the Harraseeket, and we stayed onone tack the entire way, just missing Whaleboat Islandand a few others. Along the way, Sophi made it a pointto stay below deck “cooking.” It was really an excuseto stay dry, but I enjoyed the food, so I forgave her. When we were abeam of Mosher Island, I was sick

of going nowhere slowly and being wet, so I pulled thecord on the outboard, and Neptune lunged ahead atfive-plus knots. After a great Saturday and a wet slowsail home, it was still hard to leave our boat all aloneon her mooring, but leave her we did to do it all againnext week.Sophi and I live and sail on our Downeaster 32,

berthed at DiMillo’s with our furry friends Franky andBella, who fight like cats and dogs should. We look for-ward to sailing weekends on Casco Bay, with a trip ortwo Downeast.


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By Carter WhiteFor Points East

The invasion of Mexico began for me at 4 a.m. onMarch 2, when 10 J/24 sailors from Maine, includingmyself, boarded a flight for Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.Our Goal, to race in the “2012 RegataCopa Mexico Edition Olympica,” looselytranslated as the 2012 Mexican CupRegatta – Olympic Edition. In all, approximately 17 sailors from

New England attended the event, sail-ing on four different J/24s. The Mexicangovernment, local one-design classes,local tourism divisions, and many dif-

ferent sponsors have created an event that is heldevery two years in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. This re-gatta hosts J/24s, PHRF and IRC boats, Windsurfers,Lasers, 420s, and much more over four weeks inMarch.

The event committee rolls out the redcarpet, and this event is second to noneon the international circuit of racing.Our portion of the event lasted 10 days,with racing taking up five days, Mondaythrough Friday: two days traveling, twodays preparing our chartered boat, andone day of relaxation and fun.

New England J/24 sailors invade Mexico

These 10 Maine J/24 sailors, with Carter left holding the bag, have gathered in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, to race in the2012 Regata Copa Mexico Edition Olympica.” Below: One of the Maine contingent sets the spinnaker on a downwind leg.

Photos courtesy Carter White

MEXICO, continued on Page 58


The 13th annual Castine Classic Yacht Race to Cam-den, sponsored by the Castine Yacht Club, will set sailfrom the Castine harbor bell at 11:30 a.m. on Aug. 2.The 20-mile race feeds into the Camden to Brooklinrace and the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. This year’s re-gatta, will celebrate the beauty, design and speed of theearly-20th-century yachts of the famed Scottish de-signer and builder, William Fife III. On August 1, a rendezvous of Fife yachts will be ex-

hibited at the Castine Town Dock, including the 94-foot

ketch Belle Aventure (built in 1929), 94-footketch Sumurun (1914), 83-foot topsail schoonerAdventuress (1924), 40-foot sloop Fifi (1921),and 36-foot 6-meter sloop Alana (1930). Thisevent follows last year’s celebration ofNathanael Herreshoff yachts, which was hailedby Halsey Herreshoff as “the greatest collectionof Herreshoff yachts in modern history.” TheHerreshoff yachts from Bristol, R.I, and the Fifeyachts from the small town of Fairlie on theFirth of Clyde, Scotland, were fierce competi-tors on both sides of the Atlantic. Racenotice/entry form and sailing instructions areavailable on www.castineyachtclub.org.

13th annual CastineClassic Yacht Regattascheduled for Aug. 2

The 94-foot ketch Sumurun (above), built in 1914, and the36-foot 6-meter sloop Alana (below), built in 1930, will joinother Fife vessels at the Castine Town Dock.

Photo courtesy Capt. Armin Fischer

Photo courtesy Dana Olson

The Royal Yacht Squadron and theNew York Yacht Club, in conjunctionwith the Royal Ocean Racing Cluband the Storm Trysail Club, reportthat the Transatlantic Race 2015will start in mid-May 2015 fromNewport, R.I., the home of theNYYC. The TR 2015 is scheduled tocoincide with the 200th Anniversaryof the Royal Yacht Squadron (RYS)in early June. New this time will be two finish

lines, allowing the race to be scoredas two separate races. The first fin-ish, at Lizard Point in West Corn-

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The 2012 Clagett Clinic and Re-gatta is scheduled for July 6-9, andapplications are available atwww.clagettregatta.org. As NorthAmerica’s premier event for sailorswith disabilities, “The Clagett” isopen to both U.S. and foreign com-petitors and will, this year espe-cially, be vital in preparing athletesfor the 2012 Paralympic Gameswhen this event takes place at SailNewport, Rhode Island’s commu-nity sailing center. Traditionallyheld in late-August, the move toJuly will facilitate additional ath-

TRANSATLANTIC, on Page 59

The 2012 Gulf of Maine Solo-Twin, a shorthanded race spon-sored by the Rockland (Maine)Yacht Club, is scheduled for July28-29. This newest version of therace will build upon the short-handed race first sailed in the mid-1980s from Provincetown, Mass., toTenants Harbor, Maine. RYC or-ganizers are running this point-to-point race with a minimal amountof support staff participation;hence, this event will be run by thecompetitors, for the competitors.With that in mind the entry fee will

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This event is not free to attend, but it certainly feelsthat way once you get to Mexico. The organizers takethe term “all-inclusive” to the next level. All we neededto bring was our sails and some run-ning rigging as well as our clothes.We stayed at the official regattalodging spot, the wonderful, all-in-clusive Marival Resort and Suites,which provided an unbeatable re-gatta rate. Every day we were pro-vided free transportation to andfrom the resort and the regatta site.Every night after racing we werepresented with a first-rate regattaparty with full dinner, drinks andentertainment, or, if you were tootired from racing and wanted to re-turn to the resort for some rest, thatwas great, too. On multiple occa-sions, we returned to the resort for a crew dinner partyat one of the many all-inclusive restaurants. The racing was exceptional, with 50 boats from all

over the world, including Sweden, Italy, Brazil, Ger-many, Monaco, Chile and, of course, the United Statesand Mexico. Our team included all sailors from Maine:skipper Nicholas Dambrie, trimmer Michael Willet,

tactics myself, mast Hadley Johnson, and bow BrentSullivan. We finished a respectable 14th overall with our best

day on the final day of racing where we finally put to-gether two good races of a 9th and 6th places. In all,

there were 10 races, two each day,with conditions ranging from 5knots to 25 knots. The weather waspicture-perfect, with sun and 80degrees each day, which meant aton of sun-block for us pasty peoplefrom Maine. Also from Maine was a team that

usually sails their boat Pit Party inJ/24 Fleet 43 (Casco Bay). Thisteam included skipper RichardKetchum, Benjamin Donahue,Daphne Hallett, Stephen Fernaldand Jess Harris. They finished justbetter than mid-fleet at 23rd. Another boat hailing from New

England was 11th Hour Racing skippered by TimHealy from Newport, R.I., with crew Gordon Borges(bow) from Providence, R.I.; Geoff Becker (tactics) fromAnnapolis, Md.; and Chris Morgan (trimmer) andMonica Trejo (mast) from the Burlington, Vt. The 11th

Hour Racing team put on a great show and finished2nd overall in the regatta.

The 11th Hour Racing Team, skippered byNewport’s Tim Healy, put on a great showand finished 2nd overall in the regatta.

Photo courtesy Carter White

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lete training before the Paralympic Regatta,which takes place the first week of Septemberin Weymouth, England. FMI: www.clagettre-gatta.com.

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Anything is possible at the start of the 2,975-mile race betweenNewport, R.I., and The Lizard on the south coast of England. This isthe start of last year’s event.

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be kept to an absolute minimum while itemslike mooring/dockage, launch service, andshore side meals will be Dutch treat. RYC or-ganizers will provide registrants with a packetof useful information concerning amenitiesavailable in Provincetown and Rockland.There will be two divisions, one for singlehan-ders and one for doublehanders. Singlehandedsailors are required to submit a sailing resumeto include at least one singlehanded passage,entirely under sail, of at least 50 miles, in theboat they enter in the race. The start will beoutside of Provincetown Harbor and the finishwill be off the breakwater lighthouse in Rock-land harbor. The rhumb-line distance is 146miles. Auto pilots and wind vane self steeringdevices are allowed and their prudent use isencouraged. FMI: Email Doug Pope [email protected].

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an open invitation to all the other frostbite racers around Nar-ragansett Bay for the NBYA/Edgewood “FRAC” regatta, forFrostbite Racing in All Classes, March 4. Everyone enjoyedthe astounding light air tactics displayed in this special finaleof the 2011-2012 Frostbite season. Ray W. took 1st place,Dave S. was 2nd, and Catherine walked away with silver byscoring a 3rd. Chili, good food, hot chocolate, short speeches,and a “Thank you sponsors, and thank you race committee!”Sunfish and Laser racing will continue Wednesdays in June.FMI: www.edgewoodyc.org.

Berringer Bowl 2012 set for July 20As in the past, there will be two starting times for this

year’s Berringer Bowl, a 44-mile overnight race from Marble-head to Provincetown across Massachusetts Bay: 12 p.m. forthose who want to sail down in the daylight hours and partyunder the tent at the awards ceremony, and the actualovernight race that starts at 7 p.m. A skipper’s meeting willbe held at 5 p.m. at the Boston Yacht club with complimentaryfood for the crews. The Provincetown marina has requestedthat all reservations be made no later than April 23, 2012.The Provincetown Inn (508-487-9500) has set aside a fixedamount of rooms available at the discounted rate so make

The 2011 Points East/Gulf ofMaine Ocean Racing Association(GMORA) Yachtsman of the Yearaward has been presented toCarter White. A major rationalefor his receiving this honor is hisongoing effort to assist regattasall over New England throughhis Regatta Promotions business,which the judges felt is furthertestament to his passionate com-mitment to racing.Carter had a fantastic year of

racing in 2011. Among his manyon-the-water accomplishments,he was regular mainsail trimmeraboard Apparition, Ken Colburn’sClub Swan NYYC 42 that wonthe Swan 42 U.S. Nationals,sailed July 14-17 at the New YorkYacht Club’s Harbour Court inNewport, R.I. Apparition scoredfive first-place finishes. WithCarter in the cockpit, Apparition

also finished 2nd in the interna-tional NYYC Invitational re-gatta. As skipper, he won the J/24

Downeast Regatta, and finished3rd out of 49 boats in the J/24U.S. Nationals in Marbleheadlast September. He was beatenonly by winner Will Welles and2nd place finisher Jens Hookan-son, both of Newport. Wellessailed the J/80 Rascal to 3rd

place at Key West 2010, and whowas with him? Chuck Allen,Steve Frazier, and, yes, CarterWhite. Carter is a frequentcrewmember aboard ScottSmithwick’s Kaos. So Congratulations, Carter, fora year of accomplishment thatwas also rewarding for all thosewho you influenced along theway.

Carter White is 2011 Yachtsman of the Year

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any boat observed dischargingtrash into the water, providing recy-cling containers on shore and en-couraging their use, including a listof nontoxic cleaning products ineach skipper’s packet, the use ofbiodegradable place settings, andkeeping the shore clean of debris.The Mudheads will decrease theuse of plastic water bottles.

Drawing more than 50 boats and300 world-class sailors, the 2012 At-lantic Nationals will be held in BlueHill, Maine, this August. In its 84thyear, the regatta includes four days ofintense, spirited racing and fiveevenings of camaraderie, sumptuousMaine feasts, and nightly entertain-ment. Designed by the legendary W.Starling Burgess, the 30-foot At-lantics are fast, nimble and challeng-ing. They are owned by some of thegreatest sailors in the world, who willbe traveling from around the worldand across the country to attend.This year marks two historical

events. This regatta will be thelargest one-design keel-boat regattain Maine’s long sailing history. Also,the 2012 Atlantic Nationals Commit-tee is introducing the inaugural W.Starling Burgess Cup, a race dedi-cated to the designer with a courseall the way around Long Island in

Blue Hill Bay. The event is beinghosted by the Kollegewidgwok YachtClub with event headquarters at theJohn Peters Estate.The 2012 Atlantic Nationals Com-

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This month I’m going to catch up bits and pieces thathave been piling up over the last six months. The sum-mer boating season always brings in a raft of new booksand websites, so I want to be ready for them.Clearly, one could surf for hours on the Web and ex-

plore great boating sites and cruisers’ blogs. But withthe boating season hard upon us, and summer weatheralready tempting us, who has the time for that? So let’scheck out a few sites that were passed on to me andmay be of interest to you.“Sailing Spoken Here” (www.sailingspoken-

here.com) is a relatively new site by those guys withthe treasured red regatta caps, Mount Gay Rum. Cer-tainly this is a site for the sailing crowd, but not justthe hard-core racers. It is a cleanly designed site withmajor sections on Cruising Life, Barfinder (hey, we’resailors, and this is Mount Gay’s site, remember?), CrewFinder, Events, and Blogs.The Cruising Life section is a photo gallery of cruis-

ing, racing and boat photos with some really good obvi-ously professional stuff and lots of amateurisn’t-boating-fun snapshots. The galleries are well de-signed and easy to navigate and will whet your appetitefor getting out on the water (as if you needed any en-couragement).Barfinder is just what it sounds like — a way to find

local bars where you might find sailors hanging out. Inmy neighborhood of Portland, Maine, there were twobars. Nobody will argue with J’s Oyster Bar on the wa-terfront in Portland. This was world-famous Points Eastcolumnist Dodge Morgan’s favorite hangout. The Fal-mouth Sea Grill at Handy Boat Marina is the other inSouthern Maine. My other hangout is the Virgin Islands, so I checked

there, and, of course, Foxy’s and the Bitter End Yacht

Club were featured. There’s a nice interactive map tohelp you find a bar wherever you are going.Points East has been offering a crew-match service

since 1998, when we stole the idea from our friends at“SpinSheet” magazine in the Chesapeake. This site’screw match isn’t nearly as helpful as the magazine-based ones (which also have online components) sincethere is no geographical locator despite a fancy menufor narrowing your search.The Events tab is for the racing crowd and is very

limited.My favorite is the Blog section. Racing writer Gary

Jobson is the primary contributor, and his blog entriesprimarily address racing topics. But scroll down andyou will find lots of other writers writing about “Top 10Things To Do on Martha’s Vineyard” and some great ex-planatory blogs like, “The Real Story Behind Lee Helmand Weather Helm” or “Docking into the Wind,” or myfavorite, “What’s Up With This?” with a really interest-ing discussion of why we shouldn’t be frustrated whenour boats won’t tack through 60 degrees.There are a lot of blog entries here that I would like

to spend more time on if only I didn’t have to finish thisreview for yesterday’s deadline. Of course they call the Web a web because it is all in-

terconnected and one thing leads to another, and thissite took me to NauticEd (www.nauticed.org), whichbills itself as offering “The World’s Most Advanced On-line Sailing Education.” Here you can take a free sailingcourse and buy others.Mount Gay’s site actually also led me to a book I was

going to mention here, “A Sail of Two Idiots,” inwhich Renee Petrillo recounts the journey she and herhusband made from utter novices to Caribbean live-aboards. I was going to mention it later, but I’ll just sayhere that it may be a good read for beginners, but any-one with an ounce of experience will be doing a lot of

Boating websites and blogs, and one lame book


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head shaking and eye rolling. (Memo to book editors:Just because writers use a lot of exclamation marks,doesn’t mean you have to leave them in. You have adelete key! I see this all the time in sailing books andit’s really annoying! Every situation isn’t incredibly dra-matic! Good writing achieves emphasis by the cleveruse of words!) Sample passage from the Petrillo book, where she

talks about how she doesn’t like the Virgin Islands be-cause all the anchorages are so close (huh?): “After twodays of rain and ferry wakes that sent our cooking potsflying (kind of like on a monohull — hee hee; I couldn’tresist), we decided to take advantage of the niceweather and steady abeam wind (sic) by heading toSandy Cay, a five-mile jaunt to the north. Wahoo! Wewere sailing! Wait a minute — we’re here already. Dropthe sails!”So much for books. Back to the Internet. “The Inquisitive Sailor” (www.inquisitive-

sailor.com) was started a couple of years ago byStephen Wedlock, also known as The Boat Prof, andCarl Herzog. The site is an elegantly designed onlinejournal that is steeped deeply in nautical history.The latest issue focuses on “the legacy of shipwreck,

what is left behind and life after.” Herzog offers whatpromises to be a fascinating account (I couldn’t read itbecause I’m not a subscriber) of “The Wreck of theVasa,” about a 17th-Century Swedish warship that

sank less than a mile into her maiden voyage on a niceAugust day in 1628.Also in this issue are some audio features including

Rudyard Kipling’s “The Wreck of the Visigoth” and Adri-enne Rich’s “Diving into the Wreck.” An ongoing projectof the site is building an online library of the classic sail-ing magazines “The Rudder” and “Yachting Monthly.”In the blog section of the site, I enjoyed listening to

an audio essay by the Boat Prof on his first sailingrig. “The Inquisitive Sailor” is a thoughtful, literary sitethat immerses its subscribers in the culture of tradi-tional boating. I would like to explore it more. Exceptfor this deadline thing.A new site on the Internet scene is “Maine Island

Living,” (www.maineislandliving.net). Since thereis no “About Us” section, it’s tough to know what thegoals of this site are, though, of course, the idea is to cel-ebrate island living. Where “The Inquisitive Sailor” isliterary this one is visual. A slideshow of a few gorgeousfull-width photos graces the home page. There are on-line galleries by well-known artist Eric Hopkins andphotographer Peter Ralston.The rest of the site is a collection of newsy blogs about

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GMT Composites, in Bristol, R.I, a forward-thinking company that has diver-sified into medical and industrial fields, has added another feather to its capby entering the aeronautical business. GMT recently received a call from Ter-rafugia, of Woburn, Mass., looking for a part for a car that can also fly. Theyneeded some hi-modulus carbon tubes in a hurry, they said, and GMY camethrough for The Transition, a vehicle that can fold its wings to drive on the roadin a personal-airplane platform. Stowing the wings for road use and deployingthem for flight at the airport is activated from inside the cockpit. FMI:www.gmtcomposites.com, www.terrafugia.com.

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Construction of Kiwi Spirit,Hull No. 1 of the Farr-de-signed Paris 63, Lyman-Morse’s new 63-foot performanceoffshore family cruiser, is well under way at Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding. The Paris 63 is a multi-phase proj-ect and the dream of 76-year-old Stanley Paris, whose

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New England Boatworks, in Portsmouth, R.I. will build thenew Summit Yachts 45 designed by Mark Mills. The design-ers say the Summit 45 is aimed at serious competitors onlywho wish to approach ORC, ORR, IRC and PHRF races withall guns blazing. The Summit 45 deck and interior are de-signed for maximum efficiency either around the buoys oroffshore. The fixed sprit, runnerless carbon rig is relativelyeasy to handle by an amateur crew, but it will reward tal-ented crews with incredible performance. With a downwindsail-area-to-weight-ratio over 78, the Summit 45 will be arocket in offshore classics like the Hobart, Transpac or New-port-Bermuda. The Summit 45 continues Mills’ design trend toward pow-

er ful upwind boats with a very low VCG and high initial stabil-ity. Fortunately, all the major rating systems are moving in

the same direction. The principals in Summit Yachts, BarryCarroll and George Carabetta, have a combined total of morethan 40 years business experience including building, sellingand sailing high performance sailboats. FMI: www.neboat-works.com, www.summit-yachts.com.

Morris Yachts, selected by the U.S. Coast Guard to buildeight 44-foot sailboats for the Coast Guard Academy’s cadet-leadership training program, has unveiled their civilian modelof the David Pedrick design. The Leadership 44 civilian mod-els, Morris says, are a blend of advanced naval architecture,high-quality engineering, and reliability that translates to arobust, responsive, and progressive vessel. Two of the newyachts are currently available. “This boat will forgive mistakes, but its very lively nature

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The Boat School, in Eastport, Maine, has announced thatHusson University will end its relationship with The BoatSchool at the end of the 2012 school year, which will allowcurrent students to complete their studies. While Husson no


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Ralph W. Stanley, renowned wood-boat builder, is sellinghis boatyard on Southwest Harbor, Maine. Mr. Stanley, whoretired in 2009, has been building boats on this propertysince 1951, and moved into the family home on the lot in1959. Ralph Stanley’s name is synonymous with traditionalMaine wooden boats, including working lobster boats, lob-ster-style family cruising boats, Friendship sloops, and a vari-ety of other wood boats. Mr. Stanley was named a Fellow ofthe National Endowment for the Arts in 1999. He is Maine’sfirst and only Boatbuilder Laureate. The property is zoned fora variety of marine-related uses, including boatbuilding, boatstorage and more. The Margo Stanley Real Estate Agency ishandling the sale.

West Marine, in Old Saybrook, Conn., is the newest store,a 25,000 square-foot facility, to be opened by this nationalchain of marine-supply retailers based in Watsonville, Calif.The West Marine Old Saybrook will have a staff with back-grounds in fishing, sailing, powerboating, maintenance, andelectronics and all other boating related categories. The ad-dress of the new retail outlet is 1667 Boston Post Road, OldSaybrook, Conn. FMI: 860-399-3170, www.westmarine.com.

International Yacht Restoration School (IYRS), has short-ened its Marine Systems and Composites Technology pro-grams to a six-month curriculum. IYRS is a marine-tradesand technology school based at its Bristol, R.I., campus. Theschool worked with industry input to intensify both programsand focus on the skills that are in demand in today’s market-place. The goal of the move is to preserve the high standardof training that makes IYRS graduates valued by industrywhile giving students a quicker route into the job market.FMI: www.iyrs.org.

Yarmouth Boat Yard, on the Royal River in Yarmouth,Maine, has received the necessary permitting for a new 100-

by 65-foot indoor-storage building. Owner Steve Arnold saidthat customer requests played a big role in the decision tooffer heated, indoor storage with year-round service. The ex-isting building will continue to serve as a sales area with thenew additional space extending to the water, with three workbays for service and storage to accommodate boats from 35to 55 feet LOA. FMI: Contact Steve at 207-846-9050,www.yarmouthboatyard.com.

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Atlantic Boat Company in Brooklin, Maine, is building anew club launch for the Portland Yacht Club, a Mid-Harbor26, built exclusively by Atlantic. The 24-passenger boat,which is already certified and approved at the new USCG#185 weight requirement, is designed and built for continu-ous commercial use, easily maintained, and is extremely reli-able. The Mid-Harbor 26 hull is molded in solid FRP with avinylester-skin layer and full-length longitudinal foam-coredstringers. The interior deck and seating are a single mold inFRP with balsa coring. All deck, step and seating areas aremolded nonskid surfaces. Specifications: Length: 26’ 3”;LWL: 24’ 8”; Beam: 9’ 6”; Draft: 2’ 9”; Displacement: 5,500pounds.


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On April 12, the exhibit, “Honingthe Edge: The Apprenticeshop at40,” opened to the public. The exhibittells the story of The Appren-ticeshop’s 1972 genesis on thegrounds of the Maine Maritime Mu-seum in Bath. The display includes early docu-

ments and photographs, and chroni-cles the first boatbuilding projectssuch as the Benedict Arnold Expedi-tion re-enactment’s bateaux and thepinky schooner Maine. Visitors en-joyed refreshments as they viewedthe installation, then joined executive director EricStockinger for a tour of the school’s current traditionalwooden boat projects.

Curated by the Museum’s curator ofexhibits and Apprenticeshop alumnusChris Hall, the exhibit is part of ayearlong series of collaborations cele-brating the 40th/50th anniversaries ofThe Apprenticeshop and museum, re-spectively. A twin installation wasscheduled to open at the museum’sCarriage House in Bath on Saturday,April 28, as part of its 40th AnnualMaritime Symposium. The opening was April’s program in

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Perhaps I’ve read too much of Thoreau, but as theLeight swanned across Maine’s Jericho Bay be-fore an amiable breeze seasoned of sea, spruce

and saltings, the counsel of “Walden” and his otherbooks came to mind. The practical sentiments of them,the flowery prose, observations on the cant and craftof life, and exhortations to cultivate the art of a quietobserver.At length, Buckle Island, a knot of granite and

greenery off the northwest shore of Swans Island,loomed large – exposed and secure, tenuous and beck-oning by turns. I treasure islands, their epic strugglesagainst the great ocean, their solitude, wildness, mys-tery, and my own inner islandness. Henry David Thoreau did too. He wrote, “An island

always pleases my imagination, even the smallest, asa small continent and integral portion of the globe. Ihave a fancy for building a hut on one.”

Landing the dinghy on a tiny slash of half-tide beachlet into the rocks, my footprints in the sand were theonly sign of human occupation. Taking to smooth slabsof granite along the north shore, I was drawn to a clus-ter of tiny blue Harebells occupying a crack in the im-pregnable granite fortress that had weatheredmillions of years of storms, but yielded to the energyof ice and seed. From a furrow of wrack and seaweedcast up by the tide, came the tang of primordial oozeand the industry of insect kind, as thousands of tinyeggs nurtured by the heat of its decomposition,hatched, and a great throng of gossamer-winged crea-tures flew about with no apparent design, other thanthe joy of being alive.A float of eider ducks paddled by, clucking and mum-

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28 Tuning Hand Tools Apprenticeshop, Rockland,Maine. A workshop on what to look for whenbuying vintage (or new) edge tools and how torefurbish, set, and use them. Participants areencouraged to bring a few old hand tools suchas planes or chisels that might need cleaning ortuning. Registration required. www.appren-

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28-29 Brewer Yacht Sales Spring Boat Shows Twofree shows, at Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina,Warwick, R.I., and Brewer Pilots Point Marina,Westbrook, Conn., designed for the used-boatseller and buyer (no charge for admission, park-ing or a slip). With an early sign up of over 80boats the Brewer Spring Boat Show is New Eng-land’s largest in-water, used-boat show.www.breweryacht.com 866-399-6214 (CT),401-884-1690 (RI)

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28 Nor’easter Days Craft Classes Penobscot Ma-rine Museum, 40 E. Main Street, Searsport,Maine. A series of arts and crafts classes foradults, led by locally-known experts. Held on thelast Saturday of the month, January throughApril, the classes run 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 28:Creating a Bound Journal with book artist AbbieRead. Capture your thoughts, poetry, musingsand art of the day the way Maine’s Summer Folkdid in years past. Contact Susan Henkel.http://penobscotmarinemuseum.org/pressre-leases.html#[email protected]

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MAY5 Hand Tools & Basic Joinery Apprenticeshop,

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12 Basic Coastal Navigation Seminar 2.5 seminarpresented by Buzzards Bay Sail & PowerSquadron. Learn practical techniques to plan,navigate and check your progress on the water.Be able to point to your position on the chartand use backup techniques if your electronicsbecome suspect. Prepares you to naviagatesafely and comfortably on the water. Saturday9:15-11:45 a.m. Woods Hole. Email or call AlanMcCoy. 617-943-1253 [email protected]

12 Using GPS Seminar 2.5 hour United States Sail& Power Squadron seminar covering how to op-erate your GPS and the principles of waypointnavigation: how to store, activate and use way-points for safe, pre-qualified navigation. Satur-day, 1:00-3:30PM Woods Hole. Email or callAlan McCoy. [email protected]

17 A Star to Steer Her By: Fundraising Auction &Reception Castle Hill Inn, 590 Ocean Drive,Newport, R.I., 6:30 p.m., to benefit the con-struction of the SSV Oliver Hazard Perry. Formore information on ticket pricing and sponsor-ship opportunities contact OHPRI developmentassociate Lesley Bunnell at 401.841.0080.www.ohpri.org [email protected]

25 2nd Annual Falmouth to Hyannis Race Fal-mouth Yacht Club, starting at 10 a.m. A finaltune up for the annual Figawi Race to Nan-tucket. Enjoy the company of fellow sailors the

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26 Rose Island LighthouseOpening Newport Harbor,Newport, R.I., Opening DaySaturday. Open weekendsonly until June 11; thenopen daily from 10-4. ViewAmerica’s Cup 6/26/12-7/1/12; Tall Ships ParadeMonday 7/9/12. www.ro-seislandlighthouse.org

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5 Fundraising party forFriends of Casco Bay andour Baykeeper Boats FundDiMillo’s On the Water,Portland, Maine, 5-8 p.m.Complementary horsd’oeuvres and dessert,cash bar. RSVP appreci-ated but not required. Call207-799-8574 [email protected]@cascobay.org

8-10 New York Yacht Club158th Annual RegattaPresented by Rolex, Har-



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9 Paddle Smart Seminar 2.5 hr seminar pre-sented by Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron.Covers paddlesport terminology, minimum & op-tional equipment, using kayaks & canoes, safetypractices including video clips, day -tripping andtouring considerations,and some statistics. Sat-urday 9-11:45 2.m. Bourne Public library. Emailor call Alan McCoy. [email protected]

9 3rd annual Gosport Regatta Piscataqua Riverbasin, Portsmouth, N.H., 11:00 a.m. Classes in-clude cruising, racing, and J/24, as well as ateam cup for yacht clubs entering three or moreboats. Race to Star Island in the Isles of Shoals,to an island suspended in the 19th century. Theregatta is a re-enactment of a race first held in1874 and first won in 1875 by the yacht Amer-ica. www.starisland.org 603-430-6272

16 Tides & Currents Seminar Buzzards Bay Sail &Power Squadron, Bourne Public Library,Bourne,Mass. Explanation of how sun and mooncreate tidal patterns, sources of informationabout tidal currents, and simple ways to predictheight of tides and speed of current flow. Alsohow to use both print and electronic tide tables.1-3 p.m. Email or call Alan McCoy. 617-943-1253 [email protected]

16 Using VHF & VHF/DSC Marine Radio 2.5 hrseminar presented by Buzzards Bay Sail &Power Squadron. Overview of the operation of

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6-7 25th Maine Ericson Owners Association Ren-dezvous Cabbage Island Clambakes, LinekinBay, East Boothbay, Maine. Join what is believedto be the longest running annual manufacturersrendezvous in the country or maybe in the world.All past members are invited to join the celebra-tion. Contact Jim Keefer. [email protected]

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14-22 Transat Quebec Saint-Malo Old Port of QuebecCity, Quebec, Canada. An 2,950 n.m. race fromQuebec City to Saint-Malo, France that everyfour years attarcts the best professional multi-hull and monohull ocean sailors. The only contin-uous west-to-east offshore crewed race in world.An open event, a number of boat classes canenter, including Class 40s, Multi 50s, and Eco60s. www.transatquebecstmalo.com



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27 Stonington (Conn.) to Boothbay Harbor (Maine)Race The so-called Lobster Run, a 332-milecourse, tracks around theNantucket Shoals, finishingin Boothay Harbor. It is aU.S. Sailing-sanctioned Cat-egory 2 event, with ORR,PHRF spinnaker and non-spinnaker divisions, as wellas doublehanded and Swanclasses. Each yacht carriesa transponder that willshow its position, whichcan be followed at iBoattrac.com. Held everyeven year, the race appeals to those who alsodo the Marion-Bermuda Race, or wish to preparefor it. Additionally, the timing is ideal for yachtsreturning from the Newport-Bermuda Racewhose owners want to cruise in Maine in Au-gust. Contact Race Chairman Tom Lane.www.stoningtontoboothbayharbor.org 615-804-0500

28 Cruise for Life MacMillan Pier - Provincetown,Mass. Share your passion for boating and beingon the water while raising money for The JimmyFund and the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.Cruisers will take over MacMillan Pier for a nightfilled with amazing music, delicious food, greatfriends, tremendous fun, and passionatefundraising. Captains can register boats andcrews online. http://[email protected]

28 74th Around Edgartown Race Edgartown YachtClub, Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass. ANew England Lighthouse Series Race. IRC,PHRF, Doublehanded and Cruising divisuions.Free Buoy Race Tune-Up, July 27. Mount GayJump-Up Party, Friday night. [email protected]

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May Tides

01 05:48 AM 2.58 H 12:13 PM 0.22 L 06:18 PM 2.92 H02 12:48 AM 0.22 L 06:41 AM 2.65 H 01:03 PM 0.12 L 07:05 PM 3.21 H03 01:43 AM -0.03 L 07:30 AM 2.73 H 01:53 PM 0.01 L 07:51 PM 3.49 H04 02:37 AM -0.27 L 08:18 AM 2.8 H 02:43 PM -0.1 L 08:38 PM 3.7 H05 03:29 AM -0.46 L 09:07 AM 2.84 H 03:33 PM -0.17 L 09:27 PM 3.83 H06 04:20 AM -0.57 L 09:58 AM 2.86 H 04:24 PM -0.2 L 10:19 PM 3.85 H07 05:11 AM -0.58 L 10:51 AM 2.86 H 05:16 PM -0.16 L 11:13 PM 3.77 H08 06:03 AM -0.5 L 11:46 AM 2.84 H 06:11 PM -0.05 L09 12:09 AM 3.6 H 06:57 AM -0.36 L 12:43 PM 2.8 H 07:09 PM 0.1 L10 01:06 AM 3.38 H 07:54 AM -0.19 L 01:41 PM 2.76 H 08:12 PM 0.25 L11 02:04 AM 3.12 H 08:51 AM -0.02 L 02:42 PM 2.72 H 09:17 PM 0.37 L12 03:05 AM 2.85 H 09:49 AM 0.13 L 03:46 PM 2.71 H 10:22 PM 0.44 L13 04:09 AM 2.63 H 10:44 AM 0.26 L 04:50 PM 2.75 H 11:24 PM 0.45 L14 05:12 AM 2.48 H 11:38 AM 0.37 L 05:49 PM 2.83 H15 12:24 AM 0.43 L 06:11 AM 2.39 H 12:28 PM 0.46 L 06:40 PM 2.93 H16 01:19 AM 0.38 L 07:02 AM 2.34 H 01:16 PM 0.52 L 07:24 PM 3.02 H17 02:08 AM 0.31 L 07:46 AM 2.34 H 02:01 PM 0.56 L 08:05 PM 3.09 H18 02:52 AM 0.24 L 08:29 AM 2.36 H 02:43 PM 0.58 L 08:45 PM 3.13 H19 03:32 AM 0.18 L 09:10 AM 2.39 H 03:22 PM 0.58 L 09:25 PM 3.15 H20 04:10 AM 0.14 L 09:52 AM 2.43 H 04:00 PM 0.58 L 10:05 PM 3.13 H21 04:47 AM 0.11 L 10:35 AM 2.46 H 04:39 PM 0.59 L 10:47 PM 3.09 H22 05:25 AM 0.11 L 11:20 AM 2.48 H 05:18 PM 0.62 L 11:28 PM 3.04 H23 06:06 AM 0.12 L 12:04 PM 2.49 H 05:59 PM 0.66 L24 12:09 AM 2.97 H 06:48 AM 0.16 L 12:48 PM 2.5 H 06:45 PM 0.7 L25 12:50 AM 2.89 H 07:33 AM 0.21 L 01:32 PM 2.5 H 07:36 PM 0.73 L26 01:31 AM 2.81 H 08:21 AM 0.25 L 02:17 PM 2.54 H 08:32 PM 0.73 L27 02:16 AM 2.72 H 09:09 AM 0.27 L 03:05 PM 2.61 H 09:30 PM 0.66 L28 03:07 AM 2.63 H 09:58 AM 0.28 L 03:57 PM 2.75 H 10:28 PM 0.55 L29 04:06 AM 2.56 H 10:47 AM 0.27 L 04:51 PM 2.94 H 11:26 PM 0.39 L30 05:08 AM 2.54 H 11:38 AM 0.23 L 05:45 PM 3.18 H31 12:24 AM 0.19 L 06:07 AM 2.56 H 12:30 PM 0.17 L 06:36 PM 3.43 H

New London, Conn.

01 03:44 AM 3.26 H 09:53 AM 0.28 L 04:26 PM 3.69 H 10:27 PM 0.21 L02 04:49 AM 3.44 H 10:43 AM 0.01 L 05:25 PM 4.1 H 11:25 PM -0.1 L03 05:49 AM 3.67 H 11:30 AM -0.26 L 06:20 PM 4.52 H04 12:19 AM -0.37 L 06:45 AM 3.9 H 12:18 PM -0.48 L 07:12 PM 4.87 H05 01:12 AM -0.57 L 07:38 AM 4.1 H 01:06 PM -0.63 L 08:04 PM 5.09 H06 02:06 AM -0.66 L 08:29 AM 4.2 H 01:56 PM -0.68 L 08:55 PM 5.15 H07 02:58 AM -0.66 L 09:21 AM 4.21 H 02:46 PM -0.63 L 09:47 PM 5.04 H08 03:50 AM -0.55 L 10:15 AM 4.13 H 03:37 PM -0.46 L 10:41 PM 4.8 H09 04:41 AM -0.37 L 11:10 AM 4.01 H 04:28 PM -0.2 L 11:37 PM 4.47 H10 05:34 AM -0.13 L 12:07 PM 3.86 H 05:22 PM 0.12 L11 12:34 AM 4.12 H 06:32 AM 0.12 L 01:04 PM 3.73 H 06:26 PM 0.44 L12 01:31 AM 3.77 H 07:45 AM 0.32 L 02:02 PM 3.62 H 08:19 PM 0.66 L13 02:29 AM 3.46 H 08:57 AM 0.44 L 03:00 PM 3.57 H 09:57 PM 0.67 L14 03:28 AM 3.23 H 09:46 AM 0.49 L 03:59 PM 3.57 H 10:52 PM 0.61 L15 04:28 AM 3.1 H 10:19 AM 0.48 L 04:55 PM 3.62 H 11:32 PM 0.54 L16 05:23 AM 3.07 H 10:50 AM 0.43 L 05:47 PM 3.72 H17 12:05 AM 0.46 L 06:13 AM 3.1 H 11:23 AM 0.34 L 06:32 PM 3.81 H18 12:35 AM 0.37 L 06:56 AM 3.17 H 12:00 PM 0.24 L 07:13 PM 3.89 H19 01:09 AM 0.28 L 07:36 AM 3.24 H 12:39 PM 0.16 L 07:50 PM 3.92 H20 01:45 AM 0.21 L 08:14 AM 3.29 H 01:20 PM 0.12 L 08:25 PM 3.91 H21 02:24 AM 0.17 L 08:51 AM 3.31 H 02:01 PM 0.13 L 08:59 PM 3.86 H22 03:02 AM 0.17 L 09:29 AM 3.29 H 02:42 PM 0.17 L 09:34 PM 3.78 H23 03:39 AM 0.2 L 10:09 AM 3.25 H 03:22 PM 0.25 L 10:12 PM 3.69 H24 04:14 AM 0.25 L 10:51 AM 3.2 H 04:02 PM 0.34 L 10:53 PM 3.6 H25 04:49 AM 0.32 L 11:35 AM 3.19 H 04:43 PM 0.44 L 11:38 PM 3.51 H26 05:26 AM 0.38 L 12:22 PM 3.22 H 05:28 PM 0.53 L27 12:27 AM 3.43 H 06:08 AM 0.41 L 01:10 PM 3.32 H 06:23 PM 0.59 L28 01:19 AM 3.38 H 07:00 AM 0.41 L 02:02 PM 3.48 H 07:30 PM 0.6 L29 02:15 AM 3.34 H 08:01 AM 0.34 L 02:57 PM 3.7 H 08:49 PM 0.5 L30 03:14 AM 3.35 H 09:04 AM 0.18 L 03:56 PM 3.98 H 10:02 PM 0.28 L31 04:18 AM 3.43 H 10:02 AM -0.03 L 04:57 PM 4.3 H 11:04 PM 0.03 L

Newport, R.I.01 01:11 AM 1.13 L 07:20 AM 9.61 H 01:40 PM 0.55 L 07:54 PM 9.78 H02 02:09 AM 0.56 L 08:18 AM 9.89 H 02:34 PM 0.21 L 08:47 PM10.42 H03 03:05 AM -0.13 L 09:15 AM 10.24 H 03:27 PM -0.17 L 09:39 PM11.09 H04 04:00 AM -0.84 L 10:11 AM 10.58 H 04:19 PM -0.52 L 10:30 PM11.69 H05 04:53 AM -1.46 L 11:05 AM 10.85 H 05:10 PM -0.78 L 11:21 PM12.14 H06 05:46 AM -1.89 L 11:58 AM 11.0 H 06:01 PM -0.89 L07 12:13 AM 12.37 H 06:38 AM -2.07 L 12:52 PM 10.99 H 06:53 PM -0.84 L08 01:05 AM 12.35 H 07:30 AM -1.98 L 01:46 PM 10.83 H 07:45 PM -0.62 L09 01:58 AM 12.08 H 08:24 AM -1.65 L 02:41 PM 10.56 H 08:39 PM -0.27 L10 02:54 AM 11.62 H 09:18 AM -1.15 L 03:37 PM 10.23 H 09:35 PM 0.17 L11 03:51 AM 11.03 H 10:14 AM -0.57 L 04:36 PM 9.91 H 10:34 PM 0.61 L12 04:51 AM 10.42 H 11:12 AM 0.01 L 05:35 PM 9.67 H 11:35 PM 0.96 L13 05:53 AM 9.88 H 12:11 PM 0.49 L 06:35 PM 9.54 H14 12:38 AM 1.14 L 06:56 AM 9.48 H 01:09 PM 0.85 L 07:33 PM 9.54 H15 01:41 AM 1.15 L 07:57 AM 9.23 H 02:05 PM 1.07 L 08:27 PM 9.62 H16 02:39 AM 1.03 L 08:54 AM 9.12 H 02:56 PM 1.19 L 09:16 PM 9.75 H17 03:31 AM 0.83 L 09:46 AM 9.09 H 03:43 PM 1.25 L 10:00 PM 9.89 H18 04:18 AM 0.62 L 10:32 AM 9.11 H 04:25 PM 1.26 L 10:41 PM10.03 H19 05:00 AM 0.44 L 11:15 AM 9.13 H 05:06 PM 1.25 L 11:20 PM10.14 H20 05:40 AM 0.31 L 11:55 AM 9.15 H 05:46 PM 1.24 L 11:58 PM10.21 H21 06:19 AM 0.23 L 12:34 PM 9.15 H 06:25 PM 1.24 L22 12:36 AM 10.23 H 06:58 AM 0.2 L 01:13 PM 9.13 H 07:05 PM 1.26 L23 01:15 AM 10.21 H 07:37 AM 0.23 L 01:52 PM 9.09 H 07:45 PM 1.3 L24 01:54 AM 10.14 H 08:17 AM 0.28 L 02:32 PM 9.06 H 08:27 PM 1.35 L25 02:35 AM 10.04 H 08:59 AM 0.35 L 03:13 PM 9.06 H 09:11 PM 1.38 L26 03:19 AM 9.92 H 09:42 AM 0.42 L 03:58 PM 9.13 H 09:59 PM 1.37 L27 04:06 AM 9.81 H 10:29 AM 0.47 L 04:44 PM 9.28 H 10:50 PM 1.28 L28 04:57 AM 9.71 H 11:18 AM 0.49 L 05:34 PM 9.54 H 11:45 PM 1.07 L29 05:52 AM 9.66 H 12:11 PM 0.46 L 06:26 PM 9.91 H30 12:42 AM 0.73 L 06:50 AM 9.68 H 01:05 PM 0.36 L 07:20 PM10.37 H31 01:41 AM 0.25 L 07:49 AM 9.79 H 02:01 PM 0.2 L 08:15 PM10.89 H

Boston, Mass.

May Tides

01 01:24 AM 0.7 L 07:28 AM 6.65 H 01:49 PM 0.42 L 08:00 PM 7.17 H02 02:23 AM 0.3 L 08:27 AM 6.84 H 02:43 PM 0.2 L 08:54 PM 7.63 H03 03:20 AM -0.16 L 09:24 AM 7.08 H 03:36 PM -0.04 L 09:46 PM 8.07 H04 04:14 AM -0.58 L 10:18 AM 7.31 H 04:27 PM -0.25 L 10:37 PM 8.44 H05 05:07 AM -0.9 L 11:11 AM 7.49 H 05:18 PM -0.4 L 11:28 PM 8.67 H06 05:59 AM -1.08 L 12:03 PM 7.59 H 06:10 PM -0.46 L07 12:20 AM 8.72 H 06:51 AM -1.1 L 12:55 PM 7.6 H 07:03 PM -0.4 L08 01:12 AM 8.59 H 07:43 AM -0.96 L 01:48 PM 7.53 H 07:57 PM -0.23 L09 02:06 AM 8.29 H 08:37 AM -0.7 L 02:43 PM 7.39 H 08:53 PM 0.02 L10 03:01 AM 7.89 H 09:32 AM -0.38 L 03:39 PM 7.22 H 09:52 PM 0.3 L11 03:59 AM 7.45 H 10:29 AM -0.05 L 04:37 PM 7.07 H 10:54 PM 0.54 L12 05:00 AM 7.04 H 11:26 AM 0.25 L 05:37 PM 6.98 H 11:58 PM 0.7 L13 06:02 AM 6.71 H 12:24 PM 0.47 L 06:36 PM 6.96 H14 01:01 AM 0.73 L 07:03 AM 6.51 H 01:20 PM 0.61 L 07:33 PM 7.02 H15 02:00 AM 0.66 L 08:01 AM 6.42 H 02:13 PM 0.7 L 08:26 PM 7.12 H16 02:54 AM 0.53 L 08:55 AM 6.41 H 03:02 PM 0.74 L 09:14 PM 7.23 H17 03:43 AM 0.38 L 09:45 AM 6.46 H 03:47 PM 0.76 L 09:58 PM 7.31 H18 04:27 AM 0.25 L 10:30 AM 6.52 H 04:29 PM 0.76 L 10:40 PM 7.37 H19 05:08 AM 0.16 L 11:12 AM 6.59 H 05:10 PM 0.76 L 11:19 PM 7.39 H20 05:47 AM 0.11 L 11:52 AM 6.64 H 05:49 PM 0.77 L 11:58 PM 7.36 H21 06:24 AM 0.09 L 12:31 PM 6.68 H 06:27 PM 0.79 L22 12:35 AM 7.32 H 07:02 AM 0.11 L 01:10 PM 6.69 H 07:06 PM 0.82 L23 01:13 AM 7.25 H 07:40 AM 0.14 L 01:49 PM 6.68 H 07:46 PM 0.87 L24 01:51 AM 7.17 H 08:19 AM 0.2 L 02:29 PM 6.66 H 08:28 PM 0.92 L25 02:32 AM 7.07 H 09:00 AM 0.26 L 03:11 PM 6.67 H 09:13 PM 0.95 L26 03:16 AM 6.97 H 09:44 AM 0.33 L 03:55 PM 6.71 H 10:02 PM 0.95 L27 04:04 AM 6.86 H 10:32 AM 0.39 L 04:44 PM 6.81 H 10:57 PM 0.9 L28 04:58 AM 6.76 H 11:23 AM 0.44 L 05:36 PM 6.98 H 11:55 PM 0.76 L29 05:56 AM 6.68 H 12:17 PM 0.44 L 06:30 PM 7.23 H30 12:56 AM 0.52 L 06:57 AM 6.68 H 01:13 PM 0.39 L 07:27 PM 7.54 H31 01:56 AM 0.21 L 07:58 AM 6.75 H 02:10 PM 0.27 L 08:23 PM 7.88 H

MAY 2012

MOON

SUN

Times for Boston, MA

Day Sunrise Sunset

May 1 5:39 AM 7:44 PMMay 2 5:38 AM 7:45 PMMay 3 5:36 AM 7:47 PMMay 4 5:35 AM 7:48 PMMay 5 5:34 AM 7:49 PMMay 6 5:32 AM 7:50 PMMay 7 5:31 AM 7:51 PMMay 8 5:30 AM 7:52 PMMay 9 5:29 AM 7:53 PMMay 10 5:28 AM 7:54 PMMay 11 5:27 AM 7:55 PMMay 12 5:25 AM 7:56 PMMay 13 5:24 AM 7:57 PMMay 14 5:23 AM 7:58 PMMay 15 5:22 AM 7:59 PMMay 16 5:21 AM 8:00 PM

Day Sunrise SunsetMay 17 5:20 AM 8:01 PMMay 18 5:19 AM 8:02 PMMay 19 5:19 AM 8:03 PMMay 20 5:18 AM 8:04 PMMay 21 5:17 AM 8:05 PMMay 22 5:16 AM 8:06 PMMay 23 5:15 AM 8:07 PMMay 24 5:15 AM 8:08 PMMay 25 5:14 AM 8:09 PMMay 26 5:13 AM 8:10 PMMay 27 5:13 AM 8:11 PMMay 28 5:12 AM 8:12 PMMay 29 5:11 AM 8:13 PMMay 30 5:11 AM 8:13 PMMay 31 5:10 AM 8:14 PM

Day Moonrise MoonsetMay 1 ---- 2:41 AM

2:38 PMMay 2 ---- 3:10 AM

3:50 PMMay 3 ---- 3:42 AM

5:04 PMMay 4 ---- 4:15 AM

6:21 PMMay 5 ---- 4:54 AM

7:38 PMMay 6 ---- 5:39 AM

8:53 PMMay 7 ---- 6:32 AM

10:02 PMMay 8 ---- 7:33 AM

11:01 PMMay 9 ---- 8:40 AM

11:51 PMMay 10 9:49 AMMay 11 12:32 AM 10:57 AMMay 12 1:06 AM 12:04 PMMay 13 1:36 AM 1:08 PMMay 14 2:03 AM 2:09 PMMay 15 2:29 AM 3:10 PM

Day Moonrise MoonsetMay 16 2:55 AM 4:09 PMMay 17 3:21 AM 5:08 PMMay 18 3:49 AM 6:07 PMMay 19 4:21 AM 7:05 PMMay 20 4:57 AM 8:01 PMMay 21 5:37 AM 8:54 PMMay 22 6:24 AM 9:42 PMMay 23 7:15 AM 10:26 PMMay 24 8:12 AM 11:06 PMMay 25 9:12 AM 11:41 PMMay 26 10:14 AM ----May 27 ---- 12:12 AM

11:18 AMMay 28 ---- 12:42 AM

12:24 PMMay 29 ---- 1:11 AM

1:32 PMMay 30 ---- 1:40 AM

2:43PMMay 31 ---- 2:11 AM

3:55 PM

Bridgeport, Conn.


Port Reference Time Corrections Height Corrections

Maine/ New Hampshire

Stonington Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.91, Low *0.90

Rockland Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.93, Low *1.03

Boothbay Harbor Portland High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High *0.97, Low *0.97

Kennebunkport Portland High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High *0.97, Low *1.00

Portsmouth Portland High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min., High *0.86, Low *0.86

Massachusetts

Gloucester Boston High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High *0.93, Low *0.97

Plymouth Boston High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High *1.03, Low *1.00

Scituate Boston High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High *0.95, Low *1.03

Provincetown Boston High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High *0.95, Low *0.95

Marion Newport High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High *1.13, Low *1.29

Woods Hole Newport High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min., High *0.40, Low *0.40

Rhode Island

Westerly New London High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High *1.02, Low *1.00

Point Judith Newport High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High *0.87, Low *0.54

East Greenwich Newport High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High *1.14, Low *1.14

Bristol Newport High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min., High *1.16, Low *1.14

Connecticut

Stamford Bridgeport High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High *1.07, Low *1.08

New Haven Bridgeport High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High *0.91, Low *0.96

Branford Bridgeport High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High *0.87, Low *0.96

Saybrook Jetty New London High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High *1.36, Low *1.35

Saybrook Point New London High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High *1.24, Low *1.25

Mystic Boston High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High *1.01, Low *0.97

Westport Newport High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min., High *0.85, Low *0.85

Corrections for other ports

01 12:51 AM 1.2 L 07:02 AM 9.14 H 01:20 PM 0.53 L 07:39 PM 9.33 H02 01:51 AM 0.67 L 08:03 AM 9.4 H 02:16 PM 0.22 L 08:34 PM 9.96 H03 02:50 AM 0.01 L 09:02 AM 9.74 H 03:10 PM -0.13 L 09:26 PM10.64 H04 03:46 AM -0.69 L 09:58 AM 10.09 H 04:02 PM -0.46 L 10:18 PM11.24 H05 04:40 AM -1.3 L 10:53 AM 10.36 H 04:54 PM -0.69 L 11:09 PM11.69 H06 05:33 AM -1.73 L 11:47 AM 10.51 H 05:45 PM -0.77 L07 12:00 AM 11.92 H 06:26 AM -1.91 L 12:41 PM 10.5 H 06:38 PM -0.69 L08 12:53 AM 11.89 H 07:19 AM -1.83 L 01:36 PM 10.35 H 07:32 PM -0.46 L09 01:47 AM 11.61 H 08:14 AM -1.54 L 02:32 PM 10.1 H 08:28 PM -0.1 L10 02:43 AM 11.15 H 09:11 AM -1.09 L 03:30 PM 9.8 H 09:27 PM 0.3 L11 03:42 AM 10.59 H 10:09 AM -0.58 L 04:31 PM 9.52 H 10:30 PM 0.68 L12 04:45 AM 10.01 H 11:10 AM -0.08 L 05:32 PM 9.32 H 11:35 PM 0.95 L13 05:49 AM 9.51 H 12:11 PM 0.34 L 06:33 PM 9.24 H14 12:41 AM 1.07 L 06:53 AM 9.14 H 01:10 PM 0.65 L 07:32 PM 9.25 H15 01:44 AM 1.03 L 07:55 AM 8.91 H 02:06 PM 0.87 L 08:26 PM 9.35 H16 02:41 AM 0.88 L 08:52 AM 8.8 H 02:57 PM 1.0 L 09:15 PM 9.48 H17 03:33 AM 0.68 L 09:44 AM 8.77 H 03:43 PM 1.08 L 09:59 PM 9.61 H18 04:19 AM 0.49 L 10:30 AM 8.77 H 04:25 PM 1.14 L 10:39 PM 9.73 H19 05:01 AM 0.34 L 11:12 AM 8.78 H 05:04 PM 1.19 L 11:16 PM 9.81 H20 05:40 AM 0.25 L 11:51 AM 8.76 H 05:40 PM 1.23 L 11:51 PM 9.85 H21 06:16 AM 0.21 L 12:28 PM 8.73 H 06:15 PM 1.28 L22 12:26 AM 9.85 H 06:51 AM 0.23 L 01:04 PM 8.68 H 06:51 PM 1.33 L23 01:01 AM 9.81 H 07:26 AM 0.27 L 01:41 PM 8.63 H 07:27 PM 1.39 L24 01:38 AM 9.74 H 08:03 AM 0.33 L 02:18 PM 8.6 H 08:06 PM 1.43 L25 02:17 AM 9.65 H 08:41 AM 0.37 L 02:58 PM 8.62 H 08:49 PM 1.44 L26 02:59 AM 9.55 H 09:22 AM 0.41 L 03:40 PM 8.71 H 09:35 PM 1.41 L27 03:45 AM 9.45 H 10:07 AM 0.43 L 04:26 PM 8.88 H 10:26 PM 1.32 L28 04:36 AM 9.35 H 10:56 AM 0.43 L 05:16 PM 9.13 H 11:22 PM 1.13 L29 05:31 AM 9.27 H 11:48 AM 0.4 L 06:09 PM 9.49 H30 12:21 AM 0.83 L 06:31 AM 9.25 H 12:44 PM 0.33 L 07:05 PM 9.93 H31 01:23 AM 0.4 L 07:33 AM 9.33 H 01:41 PM 0.2 L 08:01 PM10.43 H

Portland, Maine01 12:36 AM 1.27 L 06:45 AM 10.5 H 01:04 PM 0.6 L 07:19 PM10.72 H02 01:35 AM 0.68 L 07:45 AM 10.83 H 02:00 PM 0.25 L 08:14 PM11.41 H03 02:33 AM -0.06 L 08:43 AM 11.25 H 02:54 PM -0.16 L 09:07 PM12.15 H04 03:29 AM -0.84 L 09:39 AM 11.68 H 03:47 PM -0.54 L 09:59 PM12.82 H05 04:22 AM -1.51 L 10:33 AM 12.02 H 04:38 PM -0.82 L 10:50 PM13.32 H06 05:15 AM -1.98 L 11:26 AM 12.21 H 05:30 PM -0.94 L 11:42 PM13.56 H07 06:08 AM -2.17 L 12:19 PM 12.2 H 06:23 PM -0.87 L08 12:34 AM 13.51 H 07:01 AM -2.08 L 01:13 PM 12.02 H 07:17 PM -0.61 L09 01:28 AM 13.19 H 07:56 AM -1.74 L 02:09 PM 11.7 H 08:13 PM -0.23 L10 02:25 AM 12.66 H 08:52 AM -1.23 L 03:07 PM 11.32 H 09:13 PM 0.21 L11 03:24 AM 12.03 H 09:51 AM -0.67 L 04:07 PM 10.97 H 10:15 PM 0.6 L12 04:26 AM 11.4 H 10:51 AM -0.14 L 05:08 PM 10.72 H 11:19 PM 0.88 L13 05:29 AM 10.87 H 11:52 AM 0.3 L 06:09 PM 10.59 H14 12:23 AM 0.99 L 06:33 AM 10.49 H 12:51 PM 0.62 L 07:08 PM10.59 H15 01:25 AM 0.95 L 07:33 AM 10.27 H 01:47 PM 0.82 L 08:02 PM10.69 H16 02:21 AM 0.78 L 08:30 AM 10.18 H 02:39 PM 0.94 L 08:52 PM10.84 H17 03:12 AM 0.56 L 09:21 AM 10.18 H 03:26 PM 0.99 L 09:37 PM 11.0 H18 03:59 AM 0.34 L 10:07 AM 10.22 H 04:09 PM 1.03 L 10:19 PM11.14 H19 04:41 AM 0.16 L 10:49 AM 10.24 H 04:49 PM 1.06 L 10:57 PM11.23 H20 05:21 AM 0.06 L 11:29 AM 10.24 H 05:27 PM 1.11 L 11:34 PM11.26 H21 05:58 AM 0.03 L 12:06 PM 10.2 H 06:04 PM 1.19 L22 12:09 AM 11.23 H 06:34 AM 0.06 L 12:43 PM 10.14 H 06:40 PM 1.29 L23 12:45 AM 11.16 H 07:10 AM 0.14 L 01:19 PM 10.07 H 07:16 PM 1.38 L24 01:22 AM 11.06 H 07:47 AM 0.23 L 01:56 PM 10.03 H 07:54 PM 1.46 L25 02:00 AM 10.95 H 08:25 AM 0.32 L 02:36 PM 10.03 H 08:36 PM 1.49 L26 02:42 AM 10.85 H 09:06 AM 0.38 L 03:18 PM 10.1 H 09:21 PM 1.46 L27 03:28 AM 10.74 H 09:51 AM 0.42 L 04:05 PM 10.26 H 10:11 PM 1.35 L28 04:18 AM 10.65 H 10:39 AM 0.44 L 04:55 PM 10.51 H 11:06 PM 1.13 L29 05:14 AM 10.6 H 11:32 AM 0.42 L 05:48 PM 10.86 H30 12:05 AM 0.78 L 06:13 AM 10.62 H 12:28 PM 0.35 L 06:45 PM11.31 H31 01:06 AM 0.31 L 07:15 AM 10.74 H 01:25 PM 0.21 L 07:42 PM11.84 H

Bar Harbor, Maine

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MAINEArundel:The Landing School, Southern Maine Marine Services.Augusta: Mr. Paperback.Baileyville: Stony CreekBangor: Borders, Book Marc’s, Harbormaster, Young’s Canvas.Bar Harbor: Acadia Information Center, Bar Harbor Yacht Club, Lake and SeaBoatworks.Bass Harbor: Morris Yachts.Bath: Kennebec Tavern & Marina, Maine Maritime Museum.Belfast: Belfast Boatyard, Belfast Chamber of Commerce visitors’ center,Coastwise Realty, Crosby Manor Estates, Harbormaster’s office.Biddeford: Biddeford Pool Y.C., Buffleheads, Rumery’s Boatyard. Blue Hill:, Bar Harbor Bank, Blue Hill Farm Country Inn, Blue Hill Food Co-op, Blue Hill Peninsula Chamber of Commerce, Compass Point Realty,Downeast Properties, EBS, Kollegewidgwok Y.C., North Light Books, RackliffePottery, Slaven Realty.Boothbay: Boothbay Mechanics, Boothbay Resort, Cottage Connection.Boothbay Harbor: Boothbay Harbor Inn, Boothbay Harbor Shipyard,Brown’s Motel, Cap’n Fish’s Inn, Carousel Marina, Gold/Smith Gallery,Grover’s Hardware, Municipal Office, Poole Bros. Hardware, Rocktide Inn,Sherman’s Bookstore, Signal Point Marina, Tugboat Inn.Bremen: Broad Cove Marine.Brewer: B&D Marine, Port Harbor Marine.Bristol: Hanley’s Market.Brooklin: Atlantic Boat Co., Brooklin General Store, Brooklin Boat Yard,Brooklin Inn, Center Harbor Sails, Eric Dow Boatbuilder, Eggemoggin Ocean-front Lodge, WoodenBoat School. Brooksville: Bucks Harbor Market, Bucks Harbor Marine, Bucks Harbor Y.C.,Seal Cove Boatyard.Brunswick: Bamforth Automotive, Coastal Marine, H&H Propeller, NewMeadows Marina, Paul’s Marina.Bucksport: Bookstacks, EBS Hardware.Calais: EBS Hardware.Camden: Camden Chamber of Commerce, Camden Y.C., French & Brawn,Harbormaster, Owl & Turtle, PJ Willeys, Port Harbor Marine, WaterfrontRestaurant, Wayfarer Marine.Cape Porpoise: The Wayfarer.Castine: Castine Realty, Castine Y.C., Four Flags Gift Shop, Maine MaritimeAcademy, 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, SchoonerLanding Restaurant.Deer Isle: Harbor Farm.East Boothbay: East Boothbay General Store, Lobsterman’s Wharf Restau-rant, Ocean Point Marina, Paul E. Luke Inc., Spar Shed Marina.Eastport: East Motel, Eastport Chowder House, Moose Island Marine, TheBoat School - Husson.Eliot: Great Cove Boat Club, Independent Boat Haulers, Patten’s Yacht Yard.

Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Riverside Café.Falmouth: Hallett Canvas & Sails, Portland Yacht Club, Sea Grill at HandyBoat, The Boathouse, Town Landing Market.Farmingdale: Foggy Bottom Marine.Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Mr. Paperback, Reny’s.Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware.Georgetown: Robinhood Marine.Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware.Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, Watefront Marine.Hancock Pt.: Crocker House Country Inn.Harpswell: Dolphin Restaurant, Finestkind Boatyard, Great Island Boat Yard.Harrington: Tri-Town Marine.Holden: McKay’s RV.Islesboro: Dark Harbor Boat Yard, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor. Islesford: Little Cranberry Y.C.Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard.Kennebunk: Kennebunk Beach Improvement Assoc., Landing Store, SeasideMotor Inn.Kennebunkport: Arundel Yacht Club, Bradbury’s Market, Chick’s Marina,Kennebunkport Marina, Maine Yacht Sales.Kittery: Badger’s Island Marina, Cap’n Simeon’s Galley, Frisbee’s Store, Jack-son’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine.Lewiston: Mr. Paperback.Machias: EBS Hardware, H.F. Pinkham & Son.Milbridge: H.F. Pinkham & Son.Monhegan Is: Carina House.Mount Desert: John Williams Boat CompanyNorth Haven: Calderwood Hall, Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons,North Haven Giftshop.Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Full Belli Deli, Kimball Shop, Mt. DesertCofC,, McGraths, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market. Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club.Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum.Peak’s Island: Hannigan’s Island Market.Penobscot: Northern Bay Market.Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store.Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Cus-tom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Fortune, Inc., Gilbert’s Chowder House,Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Port-land 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 MarineCanvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, Journey’s EndMarina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Mu-seum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, ReadingCorner, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer & Whitten, The Apprenticeshop.Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket,Rockport Boat Club, Rockport Corner Shop.Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market.Saco: Lobster Claw Restaurant, Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco

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Yacht Club.St. George: HarbormasterScarborough: Seal Harbor Y.C.Seal Harbor: Seal Harbor Yacht ClubSearsport: Hamilton Marine.South Bristol: Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, Coveside Marine, GamageShipyard, Harborside Café, Osier’s Wharf. South Freeport: Brewer’s South Freeport Marine, Casco Bay Yacht Ex-change, DiMillo’s South Freeport, Harraseeket Y.C., Strouts Point Wharf Co.,Waterman Marine.South Harpswell: Dolphin Marina, Finestkind Boatyard, Ship to Shore StoreSouth Portland: Aspasia Marina, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s BoathouseRestaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grille, South Port Ma-rine, 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, WilburYachts.Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine.Stockton Springs: Russell’s Marine.Stonington: Billings Diesel & Marine, Fisherman’s Friend, Inn on the Harbor,Lily’s Café, Shepard’s Select Properties.Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats.Sunset: Deer Isle Y.C.Surry: Wesmac.Swan’s Island: Carrying Place MarketTenants Harbor: Cod End Store and Marina, East Wind Inn, Pond HouseGallery and Framing, Tenants Harbor General Store.Thomaston: Harbor View Tavern, Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding.Turner: Youly’s Restaurant.Vinalhaven: Jaret & Cohn Island Group, Vinal’s Newsstand, VinalhavenStore.Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham.Wells: Lighthouse Depot, Webhannet River Boat Yard.West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard.West Southport: Boothbay Region Boatyard, Southport General Store.Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard.Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10.Winterport: Winterport Marine.Wiscasset: Market Place Café, Wiscasset Yacht Club.Woolwich: BFC Marine, Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute.Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing BoatSupply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse,Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard.York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Stage Neck Inn, Woods to Goods, York Har-bor Marine Service.

NEW HAMPSHIREDover: Dover Marine.Dover Point: Little Bay Marina.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.Milton: Ray’s Marina & RV Sales.New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-The-Sea Marina.Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: New England Marine and Industrial, West Marine. Seabrook: West Marine.Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store.

MASSACHUSETTSBarnstable: Coast Guard Heritage Museum at the Trayser, Millway Marina.Beverly: Bartlett Boat Service, Beverly Point Marina, Jubilee Yacht Club.Boston: Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Sailing Center, BostonYacht Haven, Columbia Yacht Club, The Marina at Rowes Wharf, WaterboatMarina.Bourne: Taylor’s Point MarinaBraintree: West Marine.Buzzards Bay: Dick’s Marine, Onset Bay Marina.Cataumet: Kingman Marine, Parker’s Boat Yard.Charlestown: Constitution Marina, Shipyard Quarters Marina.Chatham: Ryders Cove Marina, Stage Harbor Marine.Chelsea: The Marina at Admiral’s Hill. Cohasset: Cohasset Y.C.Cotuit: Peck’s Boats.Cuttyhunk: Cuttyhunk Town Marina.Danvers: Danversport Yacht Club, Liberty Marina, West Marine.Dedham: West Marine.Dighton: Shaw’s Boat Yard.Dorchester: Savin Hill Yacht Club.East Boston: Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, Jeffries Yacht Club, OrientHeights Yacht Club, Quarterdeck Marina.East Dennis: Dennis Yacht Club, North Side Marina.Edgartown: Boat Safe Martha’s Vineyard, Edgartown Moorings, EdgartownYacht Club, Harborside Inn.Essex: Flying Dragon Antiques, Perkins Marine.Fairhaven: Fairhaven Shipyard, West Marine.Falmouth: East Marine, Falmouth Harbor Town Marina, Falmouth Marine,MacDougall’s Cape Cod Marine Service, West Marine.Gloucester: Beacon Marine Basin, Brown’s Yacht Yard, Cape Ann’s MarinaResort, Enos Marine, Three Lanterns Ship Supply.Green Harbor: Green Harbor Marina, Taylor Marine.Harwich Port: Allen Harbor Marine Service, Cranberry Liquors, SaquatucketMunicipal Marina.Hingham: 3A Marine Sales, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hingham Shipyard Marinas,Hingham Yacht Club.Hyannis: Hyannis Marina, West Marine.Ipswich: Ipswich Bay Yacht Club.Manchester: Manchester Marine, Manchester Yacht Club.Marblehead: Boston Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, , Dolphin Y.C.,Eastern Yacht Club, Lynn Marine Supply Co., Marblehead Yacht Club, TheForepeak, West Marine.Marion: Barden’s Boat Yard, Beverly Yacht Club, Burr Bros. Boats, HardingSails, West Marine.


Marston Mills: Prince’s Cove Marina.Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard.Nantucket: Glyns Marine, Nantucket Boat Basin, Nantucket Y.C., Town PierMarina.New Bedford: Bayline Boatyard and Transportation, C.E. Beckman, CuttyHunk Launch, IMP Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Neimic Marine, New Bedford Visi-tors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, Skip’s Marine, West Marine.Newburyport: American Boat Sales, American Yacht Club, Merri-Mar YachtBasin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, NewburyportYacht Club, North End Boat Club, The Boatworks, Windward Yacht Yard.North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina.North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina.Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace.Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club.Orleans: Nauset Marine.Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service.Plymouth: Brewer’s Plymouth Marine, Plymouth Yacht Club, West Marine.Provincetown: Harbormaster.Quincy: Captain’s Cove Marina, Marina Bay, Nonna’s Kitchen, POSH, Squan-tum Yacht Club, Wollaston Yacht Club. Salem: , Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, Hawthorne Cove Marina, H&H PropellerShop, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi,Winter Island Yacht Yard.Salisbury: Bridge Marina.Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply.Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front StreetBook Shop, J-Way Enterprises, Satuit Boat Club, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scit-uate Harbor Y.C.Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine.Somerset: Auclair’s Market, J&J Marine FabricatorsSouth Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, NewBedford Y.C., New Wave Yachts.Vineyard Haven: Owen Park Town Dock, Vineyard Haven Marina.Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club.Wareham: Zecco Marine.Wellfleet: Bay Sails Marine, Town of Wellfleet Marina, Wellfleet MarineCorp.West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store.West Dennis: Bass River Marina.Westport: F.L.Tripp & Sons, Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, Westport Marine,Westport Y.C.Weymouth: Monahan’s Marine.Winthrop: Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina,Pleasant Point Y.C., Winthrop Book Depot, Winthrop Lodge of Elks, WinthropY.C.Woburn: E&B Marine, West Marine.Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina.Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking.

RHODE ISLANDBarrington: 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: Aidan’s Irish Pub, All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine,Bristol Yacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum,Jamestown Distributors, Quantum Thurston Sails, Superior Marine.Central Falls: Twin City Marine.Charlestown: Ocean House Marina.Cranston: Edgewood Yacht Club, Port Edgewood Marina, Rhode Island YachtClub.East Greenwich: Anderson’s Ski & Dive Center, East Greenwich Yacht Club,Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, West Marine.East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club.Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Dutch Harbor Boatyard..Middletown: West MarineNarragansett: Buster Krabs, West Marine.Newport: Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina,IYRS, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel &Marina, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Visitor Information Center, NewportYacht Club, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Insti-tute, Starbucks, The Newport Shipyard, West Wind Marina.North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI MooringServices.Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, EasternYacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The MelvilleGrill.Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina.Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ocean Options,Quality Yacht Services, Standish Boat Yard.Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club,Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Ma-rine, Stone Cove Marina.Warren: Country Club Laundry, Warren River Boatworks.Warwick: Appanoag Harbor Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Green-wich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ponaug Marina, Warwick Cove Marina.Wickford: Brewer Wickford Cove Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, Marine Con-signment of Wickford, Pleasant Street Wharf, Wickford Marina, Wickford Ship-yard, Wickford Yacht Club.

CONNECTICUTBranford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club,Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck YachtClub, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine.Byram: Byram Town Marina.Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Marina, Hays Haven Marina, MiddlesexYacht Club.Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Connecticut Marine One, Harborside Marina,Old Harbor Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside Basin Marina, West Ma-rine.Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina.Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club.Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina.East Haddam: Andrews MarinaEast Norwalk: Rex Marine.Essex: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Boatique, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club,


Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club.Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery, West Marine.Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club.Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club.Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club, Thames View Marina.Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster.Lyme: Cove Landing Marine.Madison: East River Marine.Milford: Flagship Marina, Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, MilfordYacht Club, Port Milford, Spencer’s Marina, West Marine.Mystic: Brewer Yacht Yard, Fort Rachel Marina, Gwenmor Marina, Mason Is-land Yacht Club, Mystic Point Marina, Mystic River Yacht Club, Mystic Sea-port 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., HellierYacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, ThamesportMarina, West Marine.Niantic: Boats Inc., Mago Pt. Marina, Port Niantic Marina, Three Belles Ma-rina.Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, PalmersCove 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, Har-bor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance,Ragged Rock Marina, Saybrook Point Marina, West Marine.Portland: J & S Marine Services, Yankee Boat Yard & Marina.Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club.Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina.South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina. Stamford: Brewer Yacht Haven Marina, Czescik Marina, Halloween YachtClub, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Pres-tige Yacht Sales, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Ma-rine, Z Sails. Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club,Stonington Harbor Yacht Club.Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina.Waterford: Defender Industries.Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Pier 76 Marina,Sound Boatworks.West Haven: West Cove Marina.Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club.

NEW YORKNew York: New York NauticalOssining: Shattemuc Yacht ClubSag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club.West Islip: West Marine.

For 218 years Lowell’s BoatShop has successfully car-ried on the tradition ofbuilding dories and skiffs.Now operating as Lowell’sBoat Shop Museum, youcan experience the historyof fine craftsmanship with avisit to the museum locatedon the shore of MerrimackRiver in Amesbury, MA.While there, you can pickup a copy of Points EastMagazine.

Seven generations ofLowell’s have participatedin the rich history of the

Boat Shop. According to Lowell family history, SimeonLowell originated what is now known as the Surf Dory orSwampscott dory. His radical innovations in boat buildingincluded the replacement of the complex keel of small boatswith a simple, flat, football-shaped bottom. He reduced theframing from dozens to four or five rugged “timbers” and theplanking from ten or more to a few wide, lapped Perhaps moreimportantly, he designed a high, narrow, steeply raked, wedge-shaped “tombstone transom” that could split a following seaand propel a boat up and through the surf.

A further iteration of the design is the Banks Dory, a straightsided version of the surf dory, used widely in the fishing industry from about 1850 to 1950. Lowell’s Boat Shop was soprolific that it alone turned out more than 2000 boats in 1911.

Today, Lowell’s continues to build its full line of dories andskiffs for customers and educational purposes. The museumholds youth and adult classes and workshops. Currently,the shop is fundraising to build a whaleboat for the Charles W. Morgan, the world’s last remaining whale ship,at Mystic Seaport.

Visit www.lowellsboatshop.com to learn more.

Lowell’s Boat ShopAmesbury, MA


3 PYC Monhegan Moonlight Regatta New! Dou-ble couple racing class. Are you planning an es-cape to the Maine coast this summer? Orlooking for a fun-filled event that will add fun toyour cruising activities? If so, join us for the newDouble Couple class designed to ìlevel the play-ing fieldî for cruising couples and eliminate allthe seriousness found in sailboat racing.www.gmora.org, www.portlandyachtclub.com

16-19 Second Annual Penobscot Bay RendezvousCamden, Rockland and Thomaston, Maine. Pre-sented by Wayfarer Marine and Lyman-MorseBoatbuilding. Both racing and power boatevents, a fantastic mix of sail and power boats,and three nights of fabulous parties. Pre-regis-tration is now open. www.penobscotbayren-dezvous.com 207-266-9381

17 8th Ida Lewis Distance Race Ida Lewis YachtClub, Newport, R.I. Turning marks at Castle Hill,Brenton Reef, Block Island, Montauk Point,Martha’s Vineyard and Buzzards Tower, finishoff Ida Lewis. Open to IRC, PHRF (includingCruising Spinnaker and a Youth Challenge divi-sion), one-design and double-handed boats 28feet or longer. http://ildistancerace.org

25-26 30th Annual Antique & Classic Boat FestivalBrewer Hawthorne Cove Marina, 10 White St.,

Salem, Mass., Sat. 11 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun. 10a.m.-3 p.m. See vintage motor yachts and sail-boats, board vessels, meet skippers and crewsand vote for your favorite boat. A crafts market,artists, old-time band music, childrenπs activi-ties, the Blessing of the Fleet and more. Thefestival is a 501(c)3 non-profit association. Con-tact Pat Wells. [email protected] 617-666-8530

SEPTEMBER1-7 11th Annual Great Provincetown Schooner Re-

gatta Provincetown (Mass.) Harbor, hosted byThe Great Provincetown Schooner Regatta,Provincetown Public Pier Corporation, Province-town Yacht Club, the Catboat Association andProvincetown Harbor Rhodes 19 Class Associa-tion Fleet 50. Classes: Schooner Classes A(rated length of 50 feet and over) and B (ratedlength under 50 feet), PHRF Handicap YachtClasses C and D (19 to 42 feet and above), allCatboats and One Design Rhodes 19 (Keel andCenterboard R19s sail as one class). All racesnon-spinnaker. An eight-day event that honorsmaritime history and natural resources of our re-gion. www.provincetownschoonerrace.com

8 Around Islesboro Race Northport Yacht Club,Northport, Maine, on Penobscot Bay. www.north-portyachtclub.org

For some early spring fishing in Saco Bay and the SacoRiver, try fishing for shad with a shad dart and WooSpoons. These gamesters are lots of fun to catch and re-lease.In the meantime, we’ve received lots of reports of great

spring fishing in the local ponds, lakes, streams andrivers. We had very little ice this past winter; most pondsand lakes did not get fished as much as they have in thepast. With that being said, the fishing has been very ac-tive with lots of trout, bass and salmon being caught inplaces such as Sebago Lake, Ossipee Lake , Deep Brook

, Nonesuch River, Lake Arrowhead , Kennebunk Pond,and the Saco River. The old-school worm and a hook hasbeen working best, and it’s great time to take a kid fish-ing when the fresh water species are this active. Staytuned for the June fishing report, which should be excit-ing.

Craig Bergeron has been a manager at Saco Bay Tacklein Saco, Maine for 19 years. He’s an avid saltwater fish-erman who loves to teach people the art of serious offshorefishing techniques, from custom line splicing to riggingsquid rigs for bluefin tuna.

glers had hit-an- miss codfishing all winter fishing southof Block Island out to Cox’s Ledge. Clams seem to havebest results. The first tautog fishing of the year shouldstart along the rocky bottom areas along the East andWest walls of the Harbor of Refuge. Anglers are allowedthree fish, 16 inches minimum, from April 15 to May 31.The fishery closes for June and July and reopens Aug. 1,three fish per day. Sandworms seem to work best for theearly season black fish.Fluke fishers are very eager with the warmer temper-

atures, so reports of the first summer flounder should besoon. Areas around the East Gap of the Harbor of Refugeand south of Carpenters Beach in shallow waters are lo-cations to try first. Many other species will start showingup such as mackerel, squid, and scup, more likely soonerthan later, keep your fingers crossed.

Elisa Jackman, a Point Judith Pond native, has man-aged the tackle shop at Wakefield, R.I.’s Snug Harbor Ma-rina (www.snugharbormarina.com) for over 17 years andhas spent her life fishing the waters of Block IslandSound.

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In the April issue, Richard Dixon told how he foundand acquired Bantam, a 1932, 32-foot John Alden cut-ter. And he alluded to an alarming moon tide in thebilge at the start of her shakedown to Connecticut. Therest of this story, crafted by Richard and Anne-MarieFoster, his partner of 16 years, follows:

So there we were, on our maiden voyage aboardBantam, sailing from Stonington, Maine, toStonington, Conn. with provisions for at least

five days. We set off on Columbus Day, Oct. 13, 2010,at about 12:30 pm, and chose to motor through the FoxIsland Thorofare rather than taking a more directroute farther from shore. The Volvo puttered us alongat an easy five knots. It seemed like it still had life. A little while after entering Western Penobscot Bay,

we hoisted sails, and she lay over not quite to the railunder main, fore and jib in a 15-knot breeze. We sailedfor about 45 minutes until Richard went below to get

fresh batteries for the GPS and saw water over thefloorboards next to the mast. He figured this was fromheeling and dry planks were getting wet. No problem,he thought, they’d swell shortly. Fifteen minutes later,water was still rising.We changed course and let the boat sail on her bot-

tom. The water continued to rise. The bilge pump wasworking nonstop, and Richard pumped with the bighand-pump until it sucked in some loose matting inthe bilge. Without a word to me, at 4:27 p.m., he pickedup the hand held VHF and called on Channel 16: “Thisis sailing vessel Bantam calling U.S. Coast Guard. Weare taking on water faster than our pumps can handleand would appreciate some assistance.” By the timewe told them our position close to the mouth of Penob-scot Bay and donned our PFDs, I was considering put-ting my laptop in a plastic bag and in the skiff, whichwas close behind us high and dry. But since I wassteering while Richard now bailed with a pail, that

LAST WORD/Anne-Marie Fos t er and Richard Dixon

Bantam: A most decent proposalMy not-yet, but soon-to-be, fiancée Anne-Marie, is making Bantam pretty in so many ways in August of 2010.

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didn’t happen.Coast Guard Station Rockland was training on their

47-foot utility boat, #447228, not far away. When theUSCG arrived about 30 minutes later, the water waseight inches over the floorboards, and the flywheel ofthe engine had starting acting like a water geyser, sowe had to shut it down. We’d kept her running to couldget closer to shore in case our favorite “uncle” was late.We had already dropped the main and jib, so we sailedunder the fore as the Coast Guard came alongside. Theseas were no more than two feet, and they were ableto transfer a large gas pump and personnel withouthitting us. The pump was suitable for the Queen Mary and

pumped us out in about 30 seconds. The water wasclearly flowing in from the portside garboard, near themast-step. The Volvo restarted, the Coast Guard lentus the pump and its operator, and then escorted us toport in Rockland, pump-ing for about 18 secondsevery 10 minutes to stayahead of the influx. Later that evening,

Richard lit a fire in theLittle Tot wood stove todry out the cabin, and Imade a spaghetti dinnerwith salad and freshlybaked Pillsbury crescentrolls. Then the most ex-citing thing happened:Richard decided that if Icould go through all thatand still be smiling andcook a great meal, includ-ing fresh hot rolls, he’d bea fool not to marry me. Sohe proposed – sort of.After he saw me pull thehot rolls from the ovenhe said, “OK I’ll do it!” “Do what,” I asked? “Marry you.” Now we all know I’ve been waiting for a proposal for

years, so when I didn’t respond he said, “I didn’t hearan answer.” To which I replied, “I haven’t heard a ques-tion!”“OK, will you marry me?” “Yes.”But back to Bantam.

***

It was now spring 2011. An independent shipwrightfrom Warren, Maine, named Mike Rogers, had helpedus remedy the port-garboard leak. The real problem,however, continued to be the old engine, which, with a

replacement starter and a reconditioned water pump,finally gave us faint optimism that it would get us toConnecticut.On June 6, we had a 3 p.m. launch on the rising tide,

and the regular bilge pump kept up nicely for a while,but she still leaked more than we would have liked,especially at the starboard garboard near the mast.The engine started, so I put her in reverse and backedout of the ways. Then put her in forward to head overto the floating dock. No go; she stuck in reverse. I knewa new engine was the only fix. The problem was, howto get a new engine in and get Bantam down to Con-necticut for our July 15 wedding.One of Richard’s friends thought Ed Glasser, the

harbormaster, might have a used engine about theright size as our Volvo. He did, and it was a Volvo MD11, freshwater-cooled. We hauled her again for the en-gine replacement and to reef out the starboard upper

garboard seam to seewhat was there. Therewas no cotton on thestarboard side next tothe mast-step. Long storycut misleadingly short,just three weeks later, onJune 29 we were back inthe water with a new en-gine and no leaks. On July 4, 2011, we de-

parted Rockland in thickfog, bound for our firststop, Orr’s-Bailey YachtClub, in Harpswell. Here,after a beautiful sunsetand a leisurely dinner,we were treated to fire-works displays in nearlyevery direction. Fromour log entries:July 5: After fuel and

ice, we left Harpswell behind and continued southalong the long coast of Maine. With the wind con-stantly on our nose and a deadline looming, we re-mained under power, and after dark were treated tothe sight of fireworks up and down the coast, still cel-ebrating our nation’s birthday – or perhaps our voyagehome. After more than 12 hours under way, we sightedsomething even better: the lights of Portsmouth. Wewere zeroing in on our destination, the Isles of Shoals.I don’t know which side of the Maine/New Hampshireline Richard dropped the hook; I’m just glad we didn’tend up on one of the Isles, as we anchored in the darkat 10 p.m.July 6: We made it to Cape Ann in calm seas, and by

noon, Captain Dick had been able to end-splice thepainter while at the helm. As the forecast was for two-

Bantam, in the slings, and the author/owner/skipper, on the hard,are ready for launch at Knight's Marine in Rockland last June 11.

Photo by Richard Dixon


foot seas and 10-knot winds, we elected to cross Stell-wagen Bank and motor the 43 miles to Provincetown.But the seas became a bit livelier, and while Richardstudied charts, I did my best to stay on course andkeep our nose into the waves. Richard took over, and, of course, things soon calmed

down a bit. The whitecaps and seas subsided, and thewind moderated to only 15 knots – on the nose. All thatmotoring into head seas really slowed us down, whichresulted in a 16-plus-hour day on the water. Wedropped anchor in Provincetown about 1:30 a.m. afteran incredible 12-plus hours of up to 25-knot winds andfour- to six-foot waves. Good Volvo!July 7: Leaving P-Town behind and heading across

Cape Cod Bay, our goal was to catch the perfecttide/current at the Cape Cod Canal at about 2 p.m.This day’s crossing was flat, calm and sunny. Insteadof foul-weather gear and white knuckles (mine), weneeded sunblock a’plenty and double hats to protectthe bride-to-be from sunburn on her face. We made itto the canal with time to spare for the current, butmissed the web cam at both ends by about three min-utes. After an uneventful passage, we arrived at Mat-

tapoisett, Mass., our next port of call, in time for abeautiful sunset. Richard rowed ashore for ice while Iattempted to recreate the famous spaghetti dinnerunder less arduous conditions. With crescent rolls inthe oven, Richard returned with ice and a bouquet ofbeautiful flowers. Isn’t life grand?July 8: Richard had the anchor up and was under

way by 6 a.m., just as I woke up. We ate an earlybreakfast under way: coffee, juice, “scromelettes” withCanadian bacon, and leftover crescent rolls withstrawberry jam. Too bad the weather was mist to lightrain. With any luck it would clear in time for our longawaited arrival in Mystic this evening. No such luck; socked in passing Point Judith, R.I.;

thank heavens for our hand-held GPS. Mystic River“red right returning” never felt so good. The railroadbridge opened like magic just as we rounded the bend,and the famous Bascule Bridge shortly followed suit.The bridge operator seemed pleased to see a new boatas he asked our name. And then, we were there:Schooner Wharf, Mystic, Conn., home, sweet home.July 15: After one short week to finalize prepara-

tions – on the boat for the impending nuptials, at thehouse for the incoming family, and at the yachting cen-ter for the upcoming party – all systems were a go. Theweather was beautiful – not too hot, not too humid,and the moon was full. The wedding went off withouta hitch . . . oh, wait, I guess there was a good hitch ofsorts. We motored to the Mystic River Yacht Club onBantam to a share a fabulous evening with family andfriends, dancing to amazing music by the Rock andSoul Review and The Cartells (the two best bands inConnecticut), and eating delicious food. The next weekend, we joined the Mystic Seaport An-

tique Boat Rendezvous and Parade, wearing our nup-tial garb and with our best men (my two sons) as crew.Two of the Judges remembered Bantam when shelived here 35 years ago as Bali Hai, and they decidedshe deserved a prize.Our hull work has kept her tight, and I spend hours

on her without the pump going on. With her cutter rigand three headsails and classic Alden hull, she is be-coming well known again in Fishers Island Sound.

Anne-Marie says it only took 16 years and a sinkingboat to finally tie him fast. They live in Old Mystic,Conn., and have four grown children between them. Heand Anne-Marie were regular crew on the America'sCup yacht, Easterner, in the WoodenBoat Regatta seriesin Southern New England, she in charge of backstays,and he as navigator.

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26’ Ericson, 1984E26 III. $13,900. Moving up to ordown from. It is a good move. Call207-899-0909. www.boatinginmaine.com

26’ Ranger 26, 1974In very good condition with 5 sails,roller furler. No outboard. $2000firm. 207-223-8885 or [email protected]

26’ Muscongus Bay Sloop1983. Completely re-built by At-lantic Challenge Maine in 2003. Ex-cellent condition. Gamble & Huntersails. Spruce spars, fiberglass overstrip 1 cedar hull. Yanmar 2 cylin-der diesel. Breakers, 5 compass,GPS. VHF & depthsounder. Sink,water, porta potti. Excellent 2011

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27’ Catalina Sloop, 1985Nice example of this popular smallcruiser. Well equiped and cared for.$14,900. 207-799-3600.www.theyachtconnection.com

27’ Cape Dory, 1979Carl Alberg design. Yanmar1GM10, roller furling. Located inBrooklin, Maine. Asking $17,[email protected]

Trimaran WantedCorsair F27 or F24. $20K-$30K.Contact Wes at 207-482-9569 oremail [email protected]

28’ Mariner 28Roller furling, wheel, cockpit cush-ions, selftailing winches. Genoa,jib, main all good. Sleeps 5. Yan-mar diesel needs work. $5000.207-832-5543, Waldoboro, [email protected]

28’ Sabre, 1974Well built, clean, comfortable, easyto sail. Full-battened main, 135%,150%, 165%, and spinnaker.Radio, compass, electronics,Edson wheel, furler, jiffy reefing.Many extras. $14,900. 401-465-6242 [email protected]

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28’ LM 28, 1985Pilothouse sloop from Denmark.Two steer stations. Volvo sail drive.$37,600. Call 207-899-0909www.boatinginmaine.com

30’Pearson, 1974Older boat in great shape withnewer engine. 2005 20hp Universalwith about 150hrs. Given the pricethis is a great value. $11,900. Call207-633-0773. www.oceanpoint-marina.com [email protected]

30’ Island Packet 27, 1988Cutter, 30’x10.5’x3.67’, full keel, 6’2 headroom. Easy single handler.Engine hours 554. Selling Price:$35,[email protected]

30’ Mystic 30 Cutter, 1980Good sailing coastal cruiser de-signed and built by Legnos Boat-building. Large cockpit, wheelsteering, 14hp diesel, new sails2011, rigged for easy single-hand-ing. Accommodations: large V-berth, 2 hanging lockers, setteeberths with table between, galleyand enclosed head aft, 6’+ head-room. Asking $17,900. LocatedPhippsburg, ME. 617-484-0075 oremail. [email protected]

30’ Sabre 30 MKlll 1986Very clean, well maintained, com-fortable cruiser / racer, excellentrigging, low engine time, respondfor details, photos & survey.$48,000. [email protected]

30’ Pearson 30, 1979Hull #1123. Atomic 4 rebuilt, lowhours. Recent rigging, standingand running. All new hoses andseacocks. 5 Sails. Wheel helm.Asking $11,500. Call 508-662-2235 or 978-774-8591. [email protected]

30’ PearsonWith diesel power. Sellers wereaboard 39 nights last year. A sum-mer cottage for only $9,900. Call207-899-0909 www.boatinginmaine.com

30’ Olsen 911, 1989Designer Carl Schumacher. LOA:29’ 11”. 18hp diesel; New starter‘09; New fuel tank ‘07. Furlex

Furler, hydraulic backstay, Auto-helm depth/speed, Furuno GPS,Eclipse VHF, Jensen Stereo, Plas-timo Contest compasses, stove,sail inventory, Danforth Anchors,safety equipment. Price $16,[email protected]

30’ Vineyard Vixen 1975Solid glass, lead keel; main, genoa,Harken furler, diesel, Lifesling,Mystic boarding ladder, 4 berths. 5boatstands. $15,000. Rockland,Maine. 207-594-8129. [email protected]

30’ Catalina, 1980Great performing family cruiser,with plenty of space and 6’4 ofheadroom. Atomic 4 FWC gas en-gine. Wheel steering and self-tail-ing winches. 2 jibs and stackpackmain. $12,500 OBO. [email protected]

30’ EtchellsHull #523, complete plus trailer.Casco Bay, Maine. One designfleet-raced weekly, past five yrs.Good condition. Race ready.$5,500. [email protected]

31’ Southern Cross, 1977High quailty, versatile crusing yachtdesigned by naval architectThomas Gillmer & built to tradi-tional specs by CE Ryder. Wellmaintained above and below.$38,500. Call 617-908-2048. [email protected]

32’ Rhodes Chesapeake, 1961Built by Danboats of Denmark. Ex-cellent condition. Solid fiberglasshull, solid teak trim, aluminummast and stainless rigging. Ownedby same family since 1983, com-pletely professionally rebuilt andmaintained. Hull painted 8 yrs ago,new main in 2010, working jib, 150genoa. Interior cushions, dodger,sail cover, Raymarine chart plotter,propane stove two burner, Lewmarbronze self tailing winches new2003, BBQ, swim ladder, stereow/cd player, custom fitted canvascover and frame. $29,000. Call508-563-3719 or [email protected]

32’ Whistler 32, 1981Designed by CW Paine and built bythe highly regarded Able Marine.Deep bulwarks and a cat ketch rigmake her an easily driven, comfort-able vessel. 55,000 207-244-7854or email [email protected]

33’ Beneteau 331 Oceanis2004. Fully equipped, $89,500. Call207 899-0909www.boatinginmaine.com

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34’ Jeanneau Sloop, 1985Sunrise. 2 cabins in largest interior.$38,000. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com

34’ Sea Sprite, 1979Custom sloop/cutter. SEA POPPYhas been well-maintained by an ex-cellent Maine boatyard. This is theoriginal prototype with a higherquality construction than the laterproduction models. She’s a veryclean, well-maintained Sloop/Cutteroffered now at a very attractivevalue. $39,500. Gray & Gray, 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com

34’ Tartan, 1971With diesel engine. $29,000. Call207-633-0773. www.oceanpoint-marina.com [email protected]

35’ Sloop, 1936Pleiades Built in 1936 at the A.H.Kin yard in Hong Kong to a Rossdesign. Beam 8’6, draught 6’2, dis-placement 8 tons. Teak planking oniroco frames, teak decks, varnishedmahogany deck joinery and var-nished spars. New Beta diesel. Asailor’s cruising boat. ContactIslesboro Marine Enterprises, Isles-boro, Maine. 207-734-6433.

36’ Sam Crocker Yawl1946/2005. Emily Marshall wascommissioned by Adm. Samuel E.Morison. She has been completelyrestored and upgraded below deck.She is sea kindly and fast and wellequiped for coastal cruising.$124,000 [email protected]

36’ Cape Dory, 1981$49,500. Call David Perry, Robin-hood Marine Center, 800-255-5206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

38’ Catboat Yawl, 19321932 Alden/Fenwick Williams Cat-boat Yawl. 28’ x12” 6’x3” 8’ - 38”LOA Built by Bigelow, MonumentBeach, Mass. Cedar on oak, bronzefastened, extensively rebuilt. Stand-ing head room, sleeps 5, largecockpit. Kenyon stove w/oven,Adler-Barbour, B&G instruments,Garmin GPS, Autohelm autopilot.Kermath Sea Jeep engine remanu-factured spring 2011. Excellentcruising boat. Located - Branford,Conn. Asking $25,000. 203-214-7300 or email [email protected]

38’ Sabre, 1983Excellent condition, new electron-ics at helm, recent canvas & sails,windlass, S.S. dorades. JohansonBoatworks, Rockland, Maine. 207-

596-7060. $79,000.00/OBOwww.jboatworks.com [email protected]

38’ Hunter 380 Sloop, 2001Mouse Trap is a very well cared for,turn key, Hunter 380. She has beenmaintained by her professionalmariner owner in like new condi-tion. Fully equipped with electron-ics, and she has reverse cycle heatand air conditioning. $119,000.Call David Perry Robinhood MarineCenter 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

40’ Nordic Sloop, 1984Designed by Robert Perry to be along range cruising vessel with anemphasis on performance. She isrugged in her construction with asolid glass hull, skeg hung rudderand rod rigging. $119,500. CallDavid Perry Robinhood MarineCenter 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

40’ Transpac Eagle Trawler,1999259,000. Call David Perry,Robinhood Marine Center, 800-255-5206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

46’ Custom Ketch, 1950Enlarged version of JoshuaSlocum’s “Spray”. $375,000. CallDavid Perry Robinhood MarineCenter, 800-255-5206. www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

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17’ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an out-board and a little cosmetic work fora great little runabout. $1100. 207-223-8885.

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18’ Duffy Electric, 2009With solar panels. $18,500. 207-799-3600. [email protected]

18’ Seaway Sportsman, 2011Seaway 18 Sportsman, Suzuki70hp 4-stroke & Trailer. Claret Red,varnished teak. Contact Lake & SeaBoatworks, Bar Harbor, Maine 207-288-8961 [email protected]

18’ Tidewater 180CCLOA 17’8, beam 7’9, draft 10, fuelcap. 40 gal, Max HP 115. An 18footer that feels much bigger with avery dry ride running 40 mph. Forfurther details, stop by ScandiaYacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich,Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com

18’ Seaway Sportsman, 2011Seaway 18 Sportsman, Yamaha75hp 4 Stroke & EZ Loader galv.roller trailer. Green hull, varnishedtrim. Swim platform. Contact Guil-ford Boat Yards, 230 Water St.Guilford, CT, 203 [email protected]

18’ Mini TugboatFiberglass over two layers of 1/4marine plywood. 3GM30 Yanmar,Garmin chartplotter/sonar combo,VHF radio. Cushions, cover, groundtackle, etc. 207-832-0321. $25,000or best [email protected] More pho-tos are available onYachtWorld.com, keyword search:mini-tugboat.

18’ Seaway Sportsman, 2008Suzuki 70hp 4-stroke with Loadritetrailer and many extras. Motor has207 hrs. and 2 years left on war-ranty. Asking $25,500. 207-729-4459. [email protected]

18.5’ Sea Ray Bowrider, 2002Only 50 hrs. in service. Trailer, can-vases, Bimini included. $10,000.Excellent condition. Pics on Marinawebsite. 207-677-2024. pemaquid-marine.com [email protected]

19’4 Skiff, 20102010 Dealer Demo 19’ 4’ X 8” 4’.2010 Suzuki 60hp four stroke,under 50 hrs., large center console,leaning post w/4 flush mount rodholders, casting platform, rearseats, nav. lights, compass, trimtabs, SS destroyer wheel, plexi-glass door frames, Trex rails, trimand spray rails. All original war-ranties. $22,895. Call Gene: [email protected]

19’ Roth Bilt, 1999w/trailer and 2000 70hp Suzuki.$22,000. [email protected]

20’ Modified Skiff, 20102010 Dealer Demo - Modified skiff,20’ x 8” 10’. 2010 Evenrude E-Tec90hp, under 30 hrs., large centerconsole, casting platform, rearseats, nav. lights, compass, trimtabs and heavy duty rub rails. Alloriginal warranties. $21,995. CallGene: 207-418-0387. [email protected]

20’ Shamrock, 1996With trailer. $15,000. Call 207-633-0773. [email protected]

21’6 Tidewater 216CCBeam 8’6, draft 14, fuel capacity 70gal., max. HP 225. A smooth, dryride with big fish features; duallivewells, large fish boxes, gunwalerod storage and large console forelectronics. For further details, stopby Scandia Yacht Sales at BathSubaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1),Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781www.scandiayachts.com

21’ Boston Whaler Conquest2000 With a 2000 225hp Evinrude.Has new Garmin GPS Chart Plotterand Fish Finder too. $23,500 Con-tact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. [email protected]

21’ Seaway Seafarer, 2011New Seaway 21 Seafarer, Suzuki115 4-stroke & Trailer. Dark Blue,GPS/Fishfinder, Bimini top, sternseat. Contact Lake & Sea Boat-works 207-288-8961 www.lakeandsea.com [email protected]

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Trailer, T-Top, GPS/Fishfinder andlots more. Contact Lake & SeaBoatworks, Bar Harbor, Maine 207-288-8961 [email protected]

21’ Sea Ray 21 Cussy, 1999Motivated seller. Powered by a2006 Mercruiser 220hp. Wellmaintained. Cuddy cabin for a dayon the water. $19,900. Call John atYork Harbor Marine Service, 207-363-3602 or email . [email protected]

21’ Bristol HarborCenter console. LOA 21’3-5/8,beam 8’5, draft 14. The 21CC hasclassic lines and is great for fishingand family cruising. For further de-tails, stop by Scandia Yacht Salesat Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street(Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com

21’ Seaway Seafarer, 2010New Seaway 21’ Seafarer, 115hpMercury 4-Stroke. Dark blue hullwith bow roller. EZ Loader tandemgalv. roller trailer available.Downeast hull design with cuddy.Contact Guilford Boat Yards, 230Water St. Guilford, CT 203 453-5031 www.guilfordboat.com [email protected]

21’ Handy Billy, 20032003 Handy Bill 21. If you’re look-ing for a quiet, efficient powerboatcapable of seating up to eight peo-ple to explore islands and inlets,this classically styled motor launch

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22’ PYY 22Maine designed and built PYY 22models for sale. Closed molded,full liner, fast, fuel efficient, incredi-bly stable, and beautifully finished.Fisherman base price $41,900. Pic-nic-style base price $69,900. 207-439-3967. Ask for George or Tom.www.kpbb.net [email protected].

22’ Sisu, 1986Royal Lowell designed downeastcruiser, OMC 150hp OB, sleeps 2in fwd. vee berth, incl. canvas, tan-dem axle trailer, and electronics.$17,000. Call Jonesport Shipyard,207-497-2701. [email protected]

22’ Eastern, 2003Lobster Picnic Boat. Barely used.135 Mercury Optimax, sleeps 2,electronics, trailer and safetyequipment included. $27,500, [email protected]

22’ Sisu with TrailerFiberglass, 2001 Yamaha V4 130.Asking $34,500. Call or stop in tosee boat at Wesmac in Surry,Maine. 207-667-4822 or visit ourwebsite. [email protected]

22’ Century Raven, 1960-6122’ x 7.5’ x2’ , antique hard toprunabout, mahogany planked,roomy, comfortable, 1990 Merc-Cruiser 233hp, top speed is 50mph. Cruises at 10-30mph. Allsafety equip. and 2 axel trailer in-cluded, ready to go. $12,000.Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. www.jonesportshipyard.com

22’ Eastern Lobster, 2008Known for quality & handlingrough seas, planes easily & sipsfuel. Boat, 115hp E-TEC, KaravanTrailer, electronics new in 2010w/transferable warranties. Likenew, 60hrs on motor. $39,900.Info/pics: [email protected]

23’ Seaway Coastal 21, 2008Hardtop. Boat and Engine are prac-tically brand new. Less than 100hours. Easy to handle seaworthyboat great for exploring the coast.

$39,900. Call [email protected]

23’ Tidewater 230CCLOA 23’, beam 8’10, draft 15, fuelcapacity 103 gal., a big 23 footerdesigned to be a great offshorefishing machine. For further details,stop by Scandia Yacht Sales atBath Subaru. 116 Main Street(Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com

23’ North Coast 23, 2004Built in Bristol RI by C&C Marine.This sought after North Coast 23 isin great shape and ready for fishingor a picnic. $35,000. 207-244-7854. [email protected]

24’ Hydra-Sports 2390, 2000Center Console with T-Top. With a225hp DFI Evinrude, electronicsand a tandem trailer. $29,900 Con-tact Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. www.bamforthmarine.comsalesandservice@bamforthma-rine,com

24’ Robalo’s, R240 and R245Both with twin Yamaha 150’s.Great boats for fresh or salt water.Stop in at Wesmac in Surry, Maine,or call 207-667-4822 for details.See on our website [email protected]

24’ Pursuit, 1998with Evinrude 150. Both 1998 with400 hours. Also, 2005 tandemtrailer. Loaded electronics. Cuddywith V-berth and head. Twin tabs,anchor, and swim ladder. VeryClean and dealer maintained. Sur-vey available from October 2011.Asking $15,000. Call Jim, 207-865-0565. [email protected]

24.5’ Rosborough RF 246, 1999Nice Solid boat. Engine Just re-built. Only 10 hours. $37,750. Call207-633-0773. [email protected]

25’ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004W/twin Mercury 150hp. SaltwaterSeries. Demo boat. Full warranty.This boat is loaded. $39,900.Carousel Marina, 207-633-2922.

25’ Hydra-Sports 2450, 1997Walk-around, with a 2007 225hpEvinrude E-Tec. $37,000 ContactBamforth Marine at 207-729-3303.www.bamforthmarine.com [email protected]

25’ Grady White 254, 1980Kingfish, Marina’s owner’s boat forsale. Repowered in ‘08 w/7.4 Mer-cury IO. ‘09 Hardtop, ClarionStereo w/remote & Boise speakers.‘11 installed bow pulpit w/anchorplow. $19,000. [email protected]

25’ BHM DieselWith 290 hours on Westerbeke 82-B four, and aux. 4-stroke JohnsonOB. New top/side curtains. Marinehead. Jackstands. S. Bristol,Maine. [email protected]

26’ Somes Sound 26Open launch “Salt Ponds”. Classiclaunch look with plenty of teak andbronze. $70,000. Call 207-255-7854 or email [email protected]

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26’ General Marine, 2003Hard top cruiser. Yanmar diesel,A/C, and much more. $79,000.Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.www.grayandgrayyachts.com

26’ Duffy, 1994Built-down hull, repowered in 2005with 212hp Steyr diesel. Loadmas-ter dual axle bunk trailer built forCAROLYN B in 2008. $89,950. Lo-cated in Vermont. 207-359-4658.www.atlanticboat.com [email protected]

28’ Carver Montego, 1989With trailer. $12,500. [email protected]

28’ Wellcraft 2800, 1987Coastal Offshore Fisherman withtwin MerCruiser inboards (fairlynew) loaded with extras. $10,000.Call Bamforth Marine at 207-729-3303. [email protected]

28’ Albin, 2004This Albin 28 TE flush deck isloaded with extras and maintainedwith an open checkbook. Her Yan-mar Diesel has 316 hours and herVetus bow thruster takes the stressout of docking. $105,000. Call TheYacht Connection, [email protected]

28’ Grady White 282 Sailfish2005. $89,900. 207-799-3600.

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28’ Albin 28, 2003Flush Deck Gatsby Edition, Tran-som Bench Seat, Raymarine Plot-ter/Radar, Yanmar Diesel, newAwlgrip paint job 2011. $96,900,Belfast, ME 207-415-6973www.curtisyachtbrokerage.com

28’ Albin 28 TE, 2003Very light use. 315hp Yanmar,400hrs. Bow thruster. Sleeps 3-4.Enclosed head. Standard equip-ment plus: Garmin Chart Plotter,radar, depth-speed etc., auto-pilot,dingy davits, helm station rear can-vas, custom cabinets, new propplus reworked spare, transom seatwith locker, safety equipment. Re-cent boat and engine surveys. Propin skeg with shoe. Cruise 18 + kts;top 23-24 kts. Will accept 23-26 ftW/A or C/C with head in trade. In-side stored Rockland Maine$89,500. 207-372-8288 [email protected]

28’ Shannon Brendan, 1988Good clean example of traditional

and rugged design. A great ride for$29,900. Call 207 899-0909www.boatinginmaine.com

30’ Grady White Bimini 3062007. Powered with twin 2009Yamahas. Complete electronicswith this one to find all the fish youcan, close or off shore. $129,500.Call John for details at York HarborMarine Service, [email protected]

31’ Duffy, 2003225hp Deere 550 hours. FullGarmin 3200 electronics. Queenberth, head with shower. 1 burnerpropane stove, hot/cold pressurewater. 1700w inverter. Fall 2009survey available. Price reduced to$75,000. Call Ed [email protected]

31’ Duffy, 2006BILDA was custom-built for sportfishing and has been impecablymaintained over the years.$245,000. Located in MA. www.at-lanticboat.com [email protected]

32’ Down EastNew 32’ Carroll Lowell Down Eastdesign, cedar on white oak, siliconbronze fastenings, hull, trunk,deck, done, fuel tanks, shaft, rud-der installed, will finish to yourcustom design, work or pleasure.508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/[email protected]

32’ Clinton Beal Lobster Boat1968. Cedar on oak, Chevy 235,new house, overall good condition.$10,000. Jonesport Shipyard, 207-497-2701. [email protected]

32’ Grand Banks, 1972TORTUGA had extensive hull anddeck restoration in 2001 and nu-merous upgrades in 2009.$63,000. Located in Mainewww.atlanticboat.com [email protected]

33’ Crosby Cabin Cruiser, 1929165hp Perkins Turbo Diesel, lowhours. Radar, GPS, depth finder,canvas. Sleeps two, new cushions,stand-up head. After 27 year own-ership this boat needs nothing.Spent winters indoors, solid, readyto go. Real eye catcher. $20,000.Call Geoff, 508-509-4073.

34’ Lobster Boat, 195234’ Jonesport style lobster boatXanna II. Built 1952 of cedar onoak. New 160hp Yanmar diesel.Nicely refurbished wheelhouse andcabin and many other improve-ments. Goes great. Contact Isles-boro Marine Enterprises, Islesboro,Maine. 207-734-6433.

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34’ Mainship Pilot, 2000Cummins 1050 hrs. Sound reduc-tions, 6 ft. headroom. Immaculate.Asking $119,000. This boat is inMaine. Call John Morin at 207-691-1637 or [email protected]

34’ Jason 34, 1993Small passenger vessel. Docu-mented. USCG stability tested at185lb per person: 18 persons inpartially protected waters and 26persons in protected waters (2crew, 24 passenger). Full electron-ics and safety gear. Yanmar 300hpturbo. $70,000. Located in Mainewww.atlanticboat.com [email protected]

36’ Shannon Voyager, 1991Downeast flybridge cruiser. TwinDetroit diesels, duplicate helm sta-tions w/recent electronics, headw/separate shower, master cabinisland queen, guest cabin, spa-cious saloon, galley up, 2 zone a/c,diesel furnace, Westerbeke genset.Bristol condition. Located Green-wich, Conn. $149,500. Call PeterThorsby 203-353-0373 [email protected] [email protected]

36’ Newman 1974 Classic Weekender. Total Refit done bybuilder, CAT, Asking $166,000.Contact John Morin Wilbur Yachts207 691-1637www.wilburyachts.com

36’ JMW Lobster boat, 1976John Deere 6 cyl. 2004, fbg,rugged, ready to go. New platform

1997, electronics and equip. in-cluded. $55,000. Offshore lobsterpermit - $10,000. Jonesport Ship-yard, 207-497-2701.www,jonesportshipyard.com

36’ Egg HarborSedan Sportfisherman, 1976. TwinCummins diesels w/2200hrs, goodshape. Located in Belfast, Maine.Capt Ron @ 207-949-3435 formore info. [email protected]

37’ Bertram Convertible, 1987Flying bridge. Bristol condition.CATs 1800 hrs. Constantly up-graded. Asking $179,500. CallJohn Morin at 207-691-1637 oremail [email protected]

37’ Tayana Cutter, 1978WANDERLUST is well thought-outfor off-shore cruising. VHF,wind/speed/depth, cockpit repeater,GPS, stereo. Main, genoa, rollerfurling, staysail furler, yankee, stay-sail, cruising spinnaker, whiskerpole. Lazy jack. $45,000. Locatedin Maine. 207-359-4658. www.at-lanticboat.com [email protected]

38’ Stanley, 1984Stanley 38 “Fishwife”. First Stanley38 built in 1984 and owned by thesame family since her launch. Sheis in excellent condition. $285,000.207-244-7854 [email protected]

38’ Jarvis Newman Sedan1996. Cummins 350 hp - new in2006. 600 gal. fuel, 185 gal. water.3.8 gph @ cruise, Live aboard, ex-

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MARINA LOCATION TEL WEBSITE SLIPS LOA MOORINGS LOAMAX MAX

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SEASONAL SLIPS & MOORINGS AVAILABILITYCall these marinas to reserve your Spot for the 2012 Season!

CONNECTICUTBrewer Yacht Haven Marina Stamford 203-359-4500 www.byy.com/Stamford Yes 120’ __ __

Brewer Stratford Marina Stratford 203-377-4477 www.byy.com/Stratford Yes 90’ __ __

Brewer Bruce & Johnson's Marina Branford 203-488-8329 www.byy.com/Branford Yes 60’ Yes 30’Brewer Pilots Point Marina Westbrook 860-399-7906 www.byy.com/Westbrook Yes 100’Brewer Dauntless Shipyard Essex 860-767-0001 www.byy.com/Essex Yes 60’ Yes 50’Brewer Ferry Point Marina Old Saybrook 860-388-3260 www.byy.com/oldsaybrook Yes 60’ __ __

Brewer Deep River Marina Deep River 860-526-5560 www.byy.com/deepriver Yes 50’ Yes 50’Yankee Boat Yard & Marina, Inc. Portland 860-342-4735 www.yankeeboatyard.com Yes 45’ Yes 36’Brewer Yacht Yard at Mystic Mystic 860-536-2293 www.byy.com/Mystic Yes 65’ __ __Mystic Shipyard Mystic 860-536-6588 www.mysticshipyard.com Yes 65’ __ __

RHODE ISLANDBrewer Wickford Cove Marina Wickford 401-884-7014 www.byy.com/Wickford Yes 100’ __ __

Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett Warwick 401-884-0544 www.byy.com/Warwick Yes 50’ Yes 40’Brewer Greenwich Bay Marina Warwick 401-884-1810 www.byy.com/Warwick Yes 125’ __ __

Brewer Cove Haven Marina Barrington 401-246-1600 www.byy.com/Barrington Yes 60’ __ __

Brewer Sakonnet Portsmouth 401-683-3551 www.byy.com/Portsmouth Yes 40’ __ __New England Boatworks Portsmouth 401-683-4000 www.NEBoatworks.com Yes 70’ __ __

MASSACHUSETTS Niemiec Marine New Bedford 508-997-7390 www.niemiecmarine.com Yes 120’ Yes 70’Mattapoisett Mattapoisett 508-758-3812 www.mattapoisettboatyard.com Yes __ Yes __

Kingman Yacht Center Bourne 508-563-7136 www.kingmanyachtcenter.com Yes 60’ Yes 60’Parker’s Boat Yard Cataumet 508-563-9366 www.parkersboatyard.com __ __ Yes 50’Nauset Marine Orleans 508-255-0777 www.nausetmarine.com Yes 42’ Yes 42’Crosby Yacht Yard Osterville 877-491-9759 www.crosbyyacht.com Yes 100’ Yes 40’Brewer Fiddler's Cove Marina North Falmouth 508-564-6327 www.byy.com Yes 65’ __ __

Burr Brothers Boats Marion 508-748-0541 www.burrbros.com Yes 65’ Yes 65’Brewer Plymouth Marine Plymouth 508-746-4500 www.byy.com/plymouth Yes 150’ __ __

Brewer Hawthorne Cove Marina Salem 978-740-9890 www.byy.com/salem Yes 65’ Yes __

Pickering Wharf Marina Salem 978-744-2727 www.pickeringwharf.com Yes 65’ __ __

Enos Gloucester 978-281-1935 www.enosmarine.com Yes 65’ Yes 40’Cape Ann Marina and Resort Gloucester 978-283-3293 www.capeannmarina.com Yes 110’ __ __

Merri-Mar Yacht Basin Newburyport 978-465-3022 www.merri-maryachtbasin.com Yes __ Yes 60’

NEW HAMPSHIREGreat Bay Marine Newington 603-436-5299 www.greatbaymarine.com Yes 50’ Yes 50’Hampton River Marina Hampton 603-929-1422 www.hamptonrivermarina.com Yes __ Yes __

MAINEKittery Point Yacht Yard Kittery 207-439-9582 www.kpyy.net Yes 42’ Yes 70’ Marston’s Marina Saco 207-283-3727 www.marstonsmarina.com Yes 25’ Yes 45’South Port Marine South Portland 207-799-8191 www.southportmarine.com Yes 150' __ __

Portland Yacht Services Portland 207-774-1067 www.portlandyacht.com Yes 200’ Yes 60’


tensive parts inventory, turn-key.Asking $188,000. Call John Morinat 207-691-1637 or [email protected]

38’ Fisher Fairways Trawler1978. Twin Ford Sabre diesels,roomy, comfortable, economical,stable. Many upgrades 2010 and2011. $87,500. call 207-497-2701or [email protected]

40’ Grand Banks Eastbay FB Sedan, 1997. Twin Cat 3208 375hp engines; 5KW Genset; ReverseCycle AC & Heat; Bow Thruster;Autopilot; Two New Raymarine E-120 Chartplotter/Radars, New Can-vas, Seating, Upholstery, &Propane Stove. Mint Condition.$295,000 Yarmouth, ME 207-415-6973www.curtisyachtbrokerage.com

40’ Dyer Flybridge Cruiser, 19711971. A robust, solid fiberglassDyer 40 which has had only oneowner since new. She is in out-standing condition, so please donot let her 1971 age put you off.

$89,500. Gray & Gray, 207-363-7997.www.grayandgrayyachts.com

40’ Transpac Eagle Trawler1999. A one-owner Eagle Pilot-house Trawler, rare to the markettoday. She is a Pacific Northwestdesign with a no roll hard chine.She has been kept extremely wellby notable New England yacht-yards. $259,000. Call David PerryRobinhood Marine Center 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

42’ Wesmac Custom Cruiser800hp Cat, Freedom lift, many ex-

tras. Have to see at Wesmac shopin Surry, Maine. Asking $690,000.Call for details 207-667-4822 orsee on web [email protected]

42’ Wesmac Custom CruiserTwin Yanmar 420hp, twin Hamiltonjets, bow thruster, lots of extras.Must see at Wesmac shop inSurry, Maine. Asking $460,000.Call for details 207-667-4822 orvisit our [email protected]

MARINA LOCATION TEL WEBSITE SLIPS LOA MOORINGS LOAlisted geographically

MAINEMaine Yacht Center Portland 207-842-9000 www.maineyacht.com Yes 35'/46' __ __

Handy Boat Falmouth 207-781-5110 www.handyboat.com __ __ Yes 65’Yarmouth Boat Yard Yarmouth 207-846-9050 www.yarmouthboatyard.com Yes 45’ Yes 40’Yankee Marina & Boatyard Yarmouth 207-846-4326 www.yankeemarina.com Yes 65' __ __

Brewer South Freeport South Freeport 207-865-3181 www.byy.com/South Freeport Yes 55’ Yes 42' Dolphin Marina Harpswell 207-833-5343 www.dolphinmarinaandrestaurant.com Yes 65' Yes 65'Great Island Boat Yard Harpswell 207-729-1639 www.greatislandboatyard.com Yes 70' Yes 70’ Robinhood Marine Center Georgetown 207-371-2525 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com Yes 65' Yes 65'Boothbay Region Boatyard Boothbay Harbor 207-633-2970 www.brby.com Yes 25'/50' Yes 50’Carousel Marina Boothbay Harbor 207-633-2922 www.carouselmarina.com Yes 75' Yes 45’Ocean Point Marina East Boothbay 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com Yes 140’ Yes 50’Port Clyde General Store Port Clyde 207-372-6543 www.LindaBeansPerfectMaine.com __ __ Yes 50'Landings Marina Rockland 207-596-6573 www.rocklandlandingsmarina.com Yes 54' Yes 60'Journeys End Rockland 207-594-4444 www.journeysendmarina.com Yes 45' Yes 45’ Knight Marine Service Rockland 207-594-4068 www.knightmarineservice.com __ __ Yes 50'Apprenticeshop Rockland 207-283-3727 www.apprenticeshop.org __ __ Yes 30'Ocean Pursuits Rockland 207-596-7357 www.oceanpursuits.com __ __ Yes 70'Front Street Shipyard Belfast 207-930-3740 www.frontstreetshipyard.com Yes 95’ Yes 160’Winterport Marine Winterport 207-223-8885 www.winterportmarine.com Yes 50’ Yes 50’Bucksport Marina Bucksport 207-469-5902 www.portharbormarine.com Yes 40' __ __

Hamlin’s Marina Hampden 207-941-8619 www.hamlinsmarina.com Yes 38' Yes 40'Atlantic Boat Brooklin 207-359-4658 www.atlanticboat.com __ __ Yes 50'John Williams Boat Company Mount Desert 207-244-5600 www.jwboatco.com __ __ Yes 60'Morris Service North East Harbor 207-276-5300 www.morrisyachts.com Yes 80’ __ __

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42’ Wesmac Flybridge CruiserCustom finished. 800hp Cat, Onangenset, live aboard, lots of extras.Must see at Wesmac shop in SurryMaine. Asking $500,000. Call fordetails 207-667-4822 or see at ourwebsite [email protected]

42’ Duffy, 2006Designed and built for all-out sportfishing, LADY DIANA is the perfectfishing machine. Fuel capacity,cruising speed, navigational andfish-finding equipment, and fivehelm control stations. Seaworthy,safe, all the creature comforts. Pro-fessionally captained and main-tained since new. $595,000.Located in Maine. 207-359-4658.www.atlanticboat.com [email protected]

42’ Duffy, 1987The ‘work horse’ of commercialfishermen, sport fishermen, andyachters alike. SIRENA has a chart-plotter/radar, depth sounder/ com-pass, autopilot, VHF. Airconditioner, generator, bowthruster, dinghy, and davit system.$349,000. Located in Mainewww.atlanticboat.com [email protected]

43” Albin Pleasure Trawler1989. Twin Cummins diesel en-gines. Master cabin with privatehead and tub shower. Great cruis-ing or live aboard boat. $79,000.Call John at York Harbor MarineService, [email protected]

44’ Defever Trawler, 1981Defever Flybridge Trawler (hull #1)with twin Ford Lehman 120 hpdiesels, FWC, 6 cylinder. $105,000.Call Gray & Gray, 207-363-7997.www.grayandgrayyachts.com

47’ Maine Cat, 2009Maine Cat P-47, hull#2, launchedJune ‘09. Twin 180 Yanmar, live-aboard equipped, low fuel burn, 3’draft, located in Maine. $110kbelow list. 1-888-832-2287.www.mecat.com [email protected]

50’ WesmacTwin Cummins QSM-11 580hp,twin Hamilton jets, lots of extras.Have to see at Wesmac shop inSurry, Maine. Asking $950,000.Call 207-667-4822 or check atwebsite [email protected]

Seaway and Key West, NewNew Seaway & Key West Boats inStock. Suzuki & Tohatsu Out-boards From 2.5hp to 300hp. Con-tact Lake & Sea Boatworks, BarHarbor, Maine 207-288-8961.www.lakeandsea.com [email protected]

OTHER

10 1/2’ & 12’ SkiffsMaine style and quality. Epoxybonded plywood/oak, S/S screws.Easy rowing and towing, steadyunderfoot. Primer paint. $1,150and $1,500. Maxwell’s Boat Shop.Rockland, Maine. [email protected]

Engine Building ClassThis is a Special 2 Day Seminar.You will completely assemble andtest run a diesel engine. It will runSat, 9-5 through Sun, 11-5. Call fordates and details. There will be alimit of 6 for this [email protected]

Boat RentalTriumph Boats 17’ & 19’ CenterConsole available for half day, fullday and extended rental. GuilfordBoat Yards, View Details www.guil-fordboat.com, Guilford, Connecti-cut 203-453-5031

Delivery CaptainYour power or sail boat deliveredwherever you need it. Owners wel-come on deliveries. Also availablefor instruction. Captain Tim. 603-770-8378.dotgale38.googlepages.com [email protected]

Canvas CleaningThis year, have Gemini Canvasservice your bimini or dodger. Pro-fessionally cleaned w/ water-repel-lent treatment. No dip-dunk tanks,

only industry approved cleanersthat work. We ship UPS, call us at207-596-7705. www.geminicanvas.com

Winterization Diesel Seminar Includes instruction on oil system,electrical system, fuel systems,cooling systems, basic trou-bleshooting with discussion periodand question & answer period.September 25, October 16. Price$175. [email protected]

Offshore Passage Opportunities#1 Crew Networking Service. Fur-ther your horizons. Sail free. Since1993. Call for brochure and mem-bership application. 1-800-4-PAS-SAGe. Join online atwww.sailopo.com

Repower & RefitConsidering repower or refit up-grades to your boat? Our two loca-tions offer you in-house, factorytrained technicians ready to ad-dress your upgrades to the higheststandards. Stop by or give us acall, we’d be happy to talk aboutyour options. Kittery Point YachtYard. 207-439-9582, Eliot yard207-439-3967. www.kpyy.net [email protected].

Fiberglass Repair PositionPermanent, year-round positionavailable for Fiberglass/CompositeStructure Repair Technician. Yan-kee Marina is a full-service marinaand boatyard. Please send resumewith cover letter summarizing workexperience towww.yankeemarina.com [email protected]

Slips & Moorings in N.H.Limited dockside slips and pro-tected moorings available in pris-tine Great Bay, New Hampshire.Leave trailering behind and chasethe big stripers more often. Rea-sonable rates. Great Bay Marine603-436-5299 or [email protected]

[email protected] 617-834-7560

Capt. N. LeBlanc, Inc 106 Liberty Street

Danvers, MA 01923Fax 978-774-5190SAMS,® AMS®

Burials at Sea“...And when you look at the water, you will always see me.”

www.NewEnglandBurialsAtSea.com (877) 897.7700

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Rental MooringsSail beautiful Penobscot Bay. Sea-sonal moorings in protected Rock-land harbor with an expansive floatand pier facility for dinghy tie-upsand provisioning. On-site parking.207-594-1800. [email protected]

Maine CharteringConsider chartering your boat(s) tohelp with those yard bills. Give us acall to talk about options. NPYC207-557-1872 [email protected]

Inside StorageEric Dow Boat Shop offers insidestorage for lovely boats, reason-able rates, exceptional care. CallEric to discuss your project needs.Brooklin, Maine 207-359-2277.www.dowboats.com

Moorings AvailableKittery Point Yacht Yard has moor-ings available for the 2012 summerseason. Very well protected andjust inside the mouth of the Pis-cataqua River. Don’t Wait - call nowfor information: 207-439-9582 oremail [email protected].

Boat StorageKittery Point Yacht Yard has twowaterfront locations with plenty ofoff-season storage space available.Store with KPYY and our full serv-ice yard and factory trained techni-cians are available if you need us.Call to join our family of cus-tomers: 207-439-9582 or [email protected].

Mast, Misc. HardwareMast, Isomet 39’10 with boom andsails. Mast $695. 3 S/S keel bolts 11/4 by 38, 29 and 50, $175 for all 3rods. 10lb Danforth 100’ 1/2 rode$30. Heavy chain 3 by .882 by 100’about 1000lbs $350. Signal Flagset $80 and more [email protected]

Moorings AvailableBoothbay Region Boatyard hasseasonal moorings available, $950.We are located in well protectedEbenecook Harbor, with free launchservice, parking, showers, laundryand a well stocked ship store.Email Amy or call us at 207-633-

6788. www.brby.com [email protected]

Mobile Repair ServiceCoastal Marine Care, specializing infiberglass repair, carpet installation,dockside detailing, polish/wax, andmarine upholstery services. Experi-enced, efficient, and fully insured.Offering affordable rates. We cometo you. 207-756-5244.www.coastalmarinecare.com

Mercury, Yamaha ServiceKennebunkport Marina has theonly factory trained Mercury andYamaha technicians located on thewater in Kennebunkport to serviceall of your mechnical [email protected]

Docking AvailableKennebunkport Marina has thenewest docks on the river with allnew power pedestals and waterhook ups. Call today to reserve aslip 207-967-3411. [email protected]

Power Boat RentalKennebunkport Marina now offersa power boat rental program.Come pick out your boat and gofishing for the big one. Call 207-967-3411.www.kennebunkportmarina.commanagerkport@roadrunner.com

Kennebunkport Boat ClubKennebunkport Marina is unveilingThe Kennebunkport Boat Club. Call967-3411 for details. Become acharter member of The Kenneb-unkport Boat Club. [email protected]

Seasonal MooringsHandy Boat as one of Maine’s pre-mier boat yards, located in theheart of Casco Bay, has seasonalmoorings available for up to 65’.Enjoy all our new restaurant andmarine facilities have to offer. Call

now for this great opportunity.207-781-5110http://handyboat.com/

Kennebunkport MarinaKennebunkport Marina is a fullservice marina with the staff tomeet all of your boating needs.Limited transient slips available.Call 967-3411 for [email protected]

Todd Helm SeatsTwo brand new Todd ladderbackhelm seats with mahogany slatsand swivel pedestals. Retail $500.Asking $375 Each. [email protected]

East Coast DeliveriesDeliveries made along east coastby experienced Master 100 toncaptain near coastal with sail orpower. References available. CaptPaul McDonough, [email protected]

Maine Coast Waterfront Home 400 feet deep tidal waterfront withtown moorings, 2.5 acres, gravelbeach on Cobscook Bay. 3 bed 2bath renovated 1839 farmhouse,large 3 level barn, outbuildings.Pembroke, Maine, close to East-port, Lubec, Machias, Calais, Cam-pobello and Canada. $259,000.www.oldsmithfarm.net [email protected]

Captain For HireMaster 1600T/Master towing.Semi-retired full-time professionalmariner will do motor vessel deliv-eries, on-board training, overseeprojects. Captain Bill Madison,401-527-7913. [email protected][email protected]

Captains WantedBoston Harbor. 25 ton masters orgreater for traditional sailing ves-sel. 2012 season and beyond.Room and board available for relo-cation. Also, limited masters forlaunch operators. Call Captain Don;617-828-9005. [email protected]

Boat TransportBest rates, fully insured. Nation-wide and ocean freight. Reliableservice. Rob Lee, Maritime. 508-758-9409. [email protected]

Launch Operators WantedThe Portsmouth Yacht Club islooking for qualified dock hands forthe 2012 season. Duties would in-clude the operation of our twolaunches which shuttle our mem-bers and visiting yachtsmen to andfrom their vessels. A generalknowledge of all things nauticalwould be required. Other duties in-clude the refueling of boats, helpmaintain a clean clubhouse and as-sist and support the Steward in allsocial functions. Send your resumeand boating history to Jerry athttp://www.facebook.com/pages/Portsmouth-Yacht-Club/122634691082096 [email protected]

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Affordable Marine 67Allied Boat Works 62Apprenticeshop 18Atlantic Boat Company 43Atlantic Outboard 19Bamforth Marine 37.78Bayview Rigging & Sails 65Beta Marine 20Blue Nose Yacht Sales 12Boatwise 22Bohndell Sails 73Boothbay Region Boatyard 11, 69, 108Boothbay Region Chamber of Commerce 69Borealis Press 100Boston Harbor Shipyard and Marina 21Boston Yacht Haven 3Bowden Marine Service 64Brewer Plymouth Marine 11, 108Brewer Yacht Yards 107Broad Cove Marine Center 71Brooklin Inn 74Burr Brothers Boats 11, 108Capt. Jay Michaud Marine Surveys 99Carousel Marina 17, 21, 78Casco Bay Dining 66Casey Yacht Enterprises 100Cay Electronics 15Charter Phoenix 101Chase, Leavitt & Co. 48Chebeague Island Boat Yard 64Cisco Beer 91Coastal Marine Care 94CPT Autopilot, Inc 94Crew Match 59Crocker's Boatyard 11, 108Curtis Yacht Brokerage, LLC 97Custom Communications 74Custom Float Services 31Dark Harbor Boat Yard 73DiMillo's Yacht Sales 21Duchak Maritime Services 99, 105Earl's Marina 21East Coast Yacht Sales 48East Marine 21Eastern Yacht Sales 19Enos Marine 37Farrin’s Boatshop 60Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard 11, 108Friends of Casco Bay 48Front Street Shipyard 53Gamage Shipyard 95Gannon and Benjamin, Inc. 20Gemini Marine Canvas 44Gray and Gray, Inc. 92Great Bay Marine 11,34,108

Grundy Insurance 61Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales 93Hallett Canvas & Sails 29Hamilton Marine 2Hamlin's Marina 11, 19Handy Boat Service 51,108Hansen Marine Engineering 42, 105, 108Herreshoff Museum Speaker Series 77Hinckley Yacht Charters 75, 101Hinckley Yacht Services 11,50IMP fishing gear Ltd. 46Ipswich Bay Yacht Sales 19Island Mooring Supplies 27Islesboro Marine Enterprises 20J-Way Enterprises 11, 108J.R. Overseas 96Jackson’s Hardware & Marine 18,79John Williams Boat Company 8John Williams Yacht Brokerage 92Jonesport Shipyard 9Journey’s End Marina 11,38Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor 95Kingman Yacht Center 11, 15, 23, 108Kittery Point Yacht Yard 11, 52, 108Lake & Sea Boatworks 45Landfall Navigation 47Landing Boat Supply 37Lobster Run 58MacDougalls Cape Cod Marine 11, 23Maine Sailing Partners 55Maine Yacht Center 21,25Marblehead Trading Company 15, 108Marina Bay Boston 21Marina, Kennebunkport 79Marine Engines 48Marston’s Marina 78Mattapoisett Boatyard, Inc. 35, 108McShane Yacht Sales 45Merri-Mar Yacht Basin 11, 108Miliner Marine Services 97Milton Cat 22Mobile Marine Canvas 14Moose Island Marine 11, 37Mystic Shipyard 49, 108Mystic Shipyard Kayak Rentals 101Mystic Yacht Charters 67Nauset Marine 19, 21Navtronics 15, 23,37New England Boatworks 11, 26, 108New England Burials at Sea 104New Meadows Marina 78Niemiec Marine 11, 108Noank Village Boatyard 20Norm Leblanc 104North East Rigging Systems 15

North Sails Direct 8nv-Charts 27Ocean Point Marina 92Ocean Pursuits 73Off Center Harbor 9Padebco Custom Yachts 42Parker’s Boat Yard, Inc. 75Parker Ridge Residential Community 30Paul's Marina 21Pickering Wharf Marina 67Pierce Yacht Co. 29Plastic Supply Inc. of Maine 46Pope Sails 45Port Clyde General Store 73Portland Yacht Club 16Portland Yacht Svces 108Robinhood Island 40 50Robinhood Marine Center 11,15,30,93,108Rolls Battery of New England 39Royal River Boatyard 21,65Rumery’s Boat Yard 11Saco Bay Tackle 79Sail Maine 61Sawyer & Whitten 15, 23Scandia Yacht Sales 93Sea Clear Watermakers 44Seal Cove Boatyard 11, 63SK Marine Electronics 37Smith Yacht Sales 44Snug Harbor Marina 79South Port Marine 11, 37.38,78Standout Yacht Fittings Inc. 71The Yacht Connection at South Port Marine 93Theriault Marine Consulting 98Turnstone Marine Survey, LLC 98URLs 88, 89Waterline Services 96Wayfarer Marine 11, 23Webhannett River Boat Yard 54Wesmac 78West Marine 13Whiting Marine 20, 108Wilbur Yachts 75Winter Island Yacht Yard 11, 18Winterport Marine 68Withum Sailmakers 75Women Under Sail 44, 101Wooden Boat Show 24Y-Landing Marine Services 45Yacht North Charters 68,101Yankee Marina & Boatyard 11, 15, 108Yanmar 10Yarmouth Boatyard 15, 19, 36YMCA Auction 71York Harbor Marine Service 24

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New YorkGreenport (631) 477-9594

Stirling Harbor (631) 477-0828

Glen Cove (516) 671-5563

Port Washington (516) 883-7800

Mamaroneck (914) 698-0295

ConnecticutStamford (203) 359-4500

Stratford (203) 377-4477

Branford (203) 488-8329

Westbrook (860) 399-7906

Old Saybrook (860) 388-3260

Essex (860) 767-0001

Deep River (860) 526-5560

Mystic (860) 536-2293

Rhode IslandWickford (401) 884-7014

Warwick (401) 884-0544

Greenwich Bay (401) 884-1810

Barrington (401) 246-1600

Portsmouth (401) 683-3551

MassachusettsN. Falmouth (508) 564-6327

Plymouth (508) 746-4500

Salem (978) 740-9890

MaineSouth Freeport (207) 865-3181

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more from a marinamore from a marinaBoat Captain WantedThis is a full-time, seasonal, super-visory position involving responsi-bility for the day-to-day operationand maintenance of SIC vessels.The Boat Captain is responsible forthe implementation and oversightof projects and day-to-day opera-tions so that maximum operationalefficiency is achieved. Part-timeresidency on Star Island is requiredThere is some flexibility in Startand End dates. Compensationstarts at $15 an hour. Employmentperiod is May 14, 2012 - October

15, 2012. More information aboutStar Island Corporation can befound at www.starisland.org. Anyquestions about the position canbe emailed to [email protected]. To apply please email aletter indicating your interest andqualifications along with your re-sume and two professional refer-ences to [email protected]. Theapplication deadline is May 4,2012. [email protected]

Looking for a CaptainTall 50-60yrs. Belfast to Bath. I’mfit, 50ish, easy on eyes. Daycruises/Power/sail. Goodcrew/company. Luv to fish in-shore/rivers/deepsea. [email protected]

Bee’s Knees Zipper WaxGet’s stuff un-stuck. 100% naturalboat lubricant for zippers, snaps,tracks and flaps. $6.95 & $7.95plus S & H. You won’t Bee disap-pointed. Created BY Boaters FORBoaters. [email protected]

Westerbeke DieselWesterbeake 44 hp, w/zdrive andwiring harness. Rebuilt 8 yearsago, has not been run. $5,500.207-542-0740. Harpswell, [email protected]

Compass AdjustmentsCompass Adjuster for jobs fromKittery to Castine. Call Capt. DaveWitherill at 207-829-3046 (H) or207-318-0345 (C)[email protected]

Secure a slip at Brewer for 2012 and experience the finest facilities, amenities and services available. Only Brewer offersfree transient dockage, discounted fuel & a 24-hour help line, all accessible while cruising 22 beautiful New England locations.

Consider the value of a Brewer slip. Enjoy the exclusive benefits of a Brewer Preferred member.

Experience ‘more’, sign up for your slip today! Call, visit, or log on to byy.com.

New YorkGreenport (631) 477-9594

Stirling Harbor (631) 477-0828

Glen Cove (516) 671-5563

Port Washington (516) 883-7800

Mamaroneck (914) 698-0295

ConnecticutStamford (203) 359-4500

Stratford (203) 377-4477

Branford (203) 488-8329

Westbrook (860) 399-7906

Old Saybrook (860) 388-3260

Essex (860) 767-0001

Deep River (860) 526-5560

Mystic (860) 536-2293

Rhode IslandWickford (401) 884-7014

Warwick (401) 884-0544

Greenwich Bay (401) 884-1810

Barrington (401) 246-1600

Portsmouth (401) 683-3551

MassachusettsN. Falmouth (508) 564-6327

Plymouth (508) 746-4500

Salem (978) 740-9890

MaineSouth Freeport (207) 865-3181

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MAINEBoothbay Region BoatyardW. Southport, ME 207-633-2970www.brby.com

Handy Boat ServiceFalmouth, ME 207-781-5110www.handyboat.com

Kittery Point Yacht YardKittery, ME 207-439-9582www.kpyy.net

Portland Yacht ServicesPortland, ME 207-774-1067www.portlandyacht.com

Robinhood Marine CenterGeorgetown, ME 800-443-3625www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

Whiting Marine ServicesSouth Berwick, ME 207) [email protected]

Yankee Marina & BoatyardYarmouth, ME 207-846-4326www.yankeemarina.com

NEW HAMPSHIREGreat Bay MarineNewington, NH 603-436-5299www.greatbaymarine.com

MASSACHUSETTSBrewer Plymouth Marine Plymouth, MA 508-746-4500 www.byy.com/plymouth

Burr Brothers BoatsMarion, MA 508-748-0541www.burrbros.com

Crocker's Boat YardManchester, MA 978-526-1971www.crockersboatyard.com

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

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

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

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

Mattapoisett BoatyardMA 508-758-3812 www.mattapoisettboatyard.com

Merri-Mar Yacht BasinNewburyport, MA 978-465-3022www.merri-maryachtbasin.com

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

RHODE ISLANDNew England BoatworksPortsmouth RI 401-683-4000www.neboatworks.com

CONNECTICUTMystic ShipyardMystic, CT 860-536-6588www.mysticshipyard.com

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Hansen Marine Engineering, IncMarblehead, MA 781-631-3282 www.hansenmarine.com

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Points East May 2012