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Volume 12 Number 7 October/November 2009

FEATURES

20 The South Shore alternativeWhether coming from the north or the south,by power or sail, the rich and diverse cruisinggrounds between Boston and Cape Cod Bayawait you.

By Bob White

30 Summer wrapupDespite the miserable weather, we still man-aged to get together to enjoy each other’scompany in a variety of rendezvous, gamsand other more personal events.

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67 Zen and the art of diesel repairLast year, I found myself tired of being intimi-dated by my power plant, so I finally bit thebullet and enrolled in the diesel school co-sponsored by Points East and Brewers.

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COLUMNS

16 David Roper

Kissing the brideFortified by rum, Peter made his move.Dodge Morgan

The two sides of old-style cruisingEagle’s a very pretty taskmaster.Guest columnist: Nina Scott

Rain on the roofThis year’s rain is significant on many levels.

Letters..........................................7Bill Cheney and the Barred Islands;Buckman’s State of North Coast message.

Mystery Harbor...........................15Columnist Morgan lives nearby!New Mystery Harbor is on page 48.

The Racing Pages........................40Monhegan Race;Buzzards Bay Regatta;Herreshoff Classic Regatta;MS Regatta;Ida Lewis Distance Race

Dispatches ..................................46State efforts to keep water clean.

Yardwork ...................................49Doormats made from banned rope;Tiverton, R.I. yard sold to BVI firm.

Fishing reports ...........................52South: 50-pound tuna caught on fly rod;North: Stripers and sharks in October.

Media ........................................56“The Motion of the Ocean” by Janna Cawrse Esarey.

Fetching Along ............................58Marshall Island treasure.

Advertisers .................................78

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Photo galleryTake a look at recent postings in the Points Eastphoto gallery from Bernie Wideman, JohnHolmes and Tom Mulstay.

OOnn tthhee ccoovveerr::A pair of small motorboats explores The Basin in Newburyport (Mass.) Harbor.

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Editor Nim Marsh

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ContributorsDodge Morgan, David Roper,

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EDITOR’S PAGE/Nim Marsh

The spirit of possibilitiesThe little windship ghosted ethereally down an air-

less waterway between floats at Salem’s HawthorneCove Marina. Her planking and ribs were bleachedgray, and rust stains bled wherever there were fas-tenings and fittings, as though she’d been stuck insome estuarine vortex the past four decades sinceshe’d first kissed the salt. Had a skeleton wearing atattered peaked hat been draped over the tiller, we’dhave been no less surprised.And “ghosted” was the operative word as the 18-foot

sharpie Whitney’s Beach swung delicately into aberth, for she appeared to have sailed out of a distantpast to make a quiet statement to judges and show-goers alike at the Antique and Classic Boat Festivalin August. But what statement? What was her point?What category did she fall in, if any, the judges won-dered? Best Sailboat? Hardly. Best Restoration by Owner?

No. Best in Original Condition? In answer to thatquery, one judge offered that she’d hardly beentouched by human hands in decades: How much moreoriginal can a boat get?At first glance, she was a seamanlike bucket lines

roughly coiled, ends whipped; traditional woodenbailer at the ready; fenders hand-crafted of three-strand rope; fisherman’s anchor neatly catted be-neath the bowsprit; leg-of-mutton rig well cut and setbut the boards of her outboard well were separating,fastenings were weeping, and water sloshed in herbilge. But man did she cast a spell! Owned by Stephen Mack of Ashaway, R.I., for near-

ly 25 years, Whitney’s Beach was built in Mystic,

Conn., in 1970, to a commercial oyster-fishing model.Her home is in a Rhode island salt marsh, and she’smade pilgrimages to other estuaries from Sag Harbor,N.Y., to Essex, Mass. In the past quarter-century,she’s capsized eight times and incurred three brokenmasts and four fractured booms but nothing too un-expected: Mack bought her on Friday the 13th, 1984. The judges put their heads together, trying to cap-

ture her significance in a day when, by all conven-tional wisdom, she was more likely to have been dis-dained or ignored. Terms like “relic,” “artifact,” “time-capsule” and “throwback” were offered as possiblehooks for a new award, but judge Lance Lee wouldhave none of that. The founder and director of theApprenticeshops of Maine and Russia, AtlanticChallenge, and Tremolino youth-training programsdeclared: “These terms suggest a ‘judgment of respect’for our past, but we must encourage ourselves, andyoung people particularly, to tend to the future – touse as distinct from value, as in collections to look in-to the heads of marshes, dilapidated barns, and to seethe magic in the decaying artifact. Whitney’s Beachand her like are documents, often precious. The activeas distinct from the passive role assures us of livingand cherishing our artifacts and, so, the evolution ofour folk or material culture.”Thus was created a special citation called the Lance

Lee Look Again Award, which, of course, was present-ed to Whitney’s Beach. When Stephen Mack took asecond look at her those many years ago, the possibil-ities must have seemed endless. Apparently they stillare.

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Letters

Points East October/November 2009

Can the Seymours check in?We took photos of this boat today as we returned

from one of our jaunts to the Five Islands LobsterShack. If you have their e-mail address, could you for-ward them on to Joe and Susan Seymour? We thoughtthey might like to have them, and they aren’t listed inthe phone book at an East Boothbay address. We tookthe photos from my m-i-l’s Lyman as they roared pastMouse Island. We also hope to get an Eldridge-McGinnis just like theirs someday. You may remem-ber that I grew up on Nantucket Sound, and as far aspowerboats are concerned, I think they are just thebest.

Dave TewWest Boothbay Harbor, Maine

State of Northern Coast messageThough a good deal of June and July proved a rain

and fogfest in Maine and the Maritimes, we enjoyed apleasant cruise and a much improved August.Big doings at Seal Cove on Grand Manan (New

Brunswick) Island: A new breakwater is being built,the harbor is going to be more than doubled in size,and it will reportedly have a few places for visitingboats to tie up and land their dinghies. At the otherend of the island, the North Head Bakery still offerssome of the best artisanal bread, rolls and pastries onthe coast, a high point for cruisers tired of blandstore-bought offerings.Visiting Eastport is still well worth the effort. There

is a feeling of a genuine old Maine seaport to it, thepeople are finestkind, U.S. Customs officials are ac-commodating to those coming in from the provinces,and stores easily accessible. A hot-dog stand at the

docks is good for a quick snack and there is a newrestaurant, Pickled Herring, for a dinner ashore, aswell as the popular Waco Diner and Happy Crab.Jonesport still gets our vote for the friendliest vil-

lage on the coast. The folks at the Jonesport Shipyardare most accommodating and offer a spotless laundry,shower facilities and handy moorings. There’s a newsupermarket in town, Manaford’s. It’s a bit of a walkfrom the dock (about a mile and a half), but we’ve hadpeople stop and give us a ride, and it has an adequatewine selection, which is no inconsequential asset tothose who kept their stocks low heading east to avoidCanadian import duties. The friendly old IGA is stillin business and much closer to the docks.In Penobscot Bay, we noticed increasing numbers of

cruisers with hermetically sealed cockpit enclosures,push-button anchor puller-uppers and putter-down-ers, and inflatables with powerful outboards churn-ing up anchorages and No-Wake zones on their 50-yard errands.The village of North Haven is one of the most hitch-

hiker friendly ports anywhere. The well stockedNorth Haven Grocery (homemade bread on Tuesdayand Thursday’s, if you get there early) is a couple ofmiles from the docks and the sight of a thumb willbring traffic to a halt. The store staff will even ar-range a ride back to the waterfront for you. We’ve metsome very interesting people this way.Again, we were the only boat in The Basin, which

offers some of the most beautiful and protected an-chorages on Vinalhaven Island and an easy en-trance/exit at high slack water.

David Buckman Gilford, N.H.

Pronoun freak takes umbrageAs a personal pronoun fanatic, I couldn’t help but

notice that my Osprey column (“Watching the Nest,September 2009) when published was changed.As you can see from the file I sent back on Aug. 5,

in the third sentence of the piece, I had written: “We were all alone, my daughter and I, anchored

under this great nest of small branches and twigs.” The published piece is: “We were all alone, my

daughter and me, anchored under this great nest ofsmall branches and twigs.”I’ve gotten a lot of ribbing the last few days from

Missives from an odd but most rewarding summer


readers I know. Have I been wrong about my person-al pronouns all these years?

David Roper Marblehead, Mass.

Editor’s note: No, Dave, you’ve been correct allthese years. We hope you’re happy now; we may have tolet our proofreader go.

Should be ‘Virginal Aboard’The heading “Clavichord Aboard” on my September

guest perspective was a mistake. Better would havebeen “Virginal Aboard” or “Spinetto Aboard.” Thosewords would apply to the instrument in the picture,which has a harpsichord action. A clavichord is also astrung keyboard instrument, but it is more closely re-lated to a square piano than it is to a plucked instru-ment of any kind. Barbara did take a clavichord onShenandoah in 1976 because it was the only instru-ment she had that was small enough to carry. And wedid bring it to Maine in the early 1990s for a couple ofshort cruises.

Rodney MyrvaagnesNew York, N.Y.

Robin raced in the MS RegattaI happen to be sitting at my computer on this

stormiest of mornings, and just last night I picked upthe latest edition of Points East at the Cottage ParkYacht Club in Winthrop, Mass. I forgot (sorry, the MS)that you are the best promoter of the MS Regatta inMaine next month; this year multiple pages werededicated to the event. Bravo! I participated the summer of 2005 with my daugh-

ter, and the weather was not the best, thus we did notfinish in our class. Our boat was totally dead in thewater, with fog and rain. I had a friend who was ea-ger to help me be part of the event with his Bristol 35.I was so impressed by this fundraiser (wondering whyMassachusetts does not have anything close), that Iam determined to sometime (hopefully next year)participate once again. I will be away celebrating my

50th birthday, otherwise, it would have been thisyear.

Robin M.Winthrop, Mass.

Editors note: Robin wrote the poignant letter, “IWalk in the Shoes of Joey Potter,” which was publishedin the September 2009 issue.

Aitken has bittersweet returnYes, I’m finally home after nine months of boating.

I got back in the harbor Tuesday, June 9, only to findmy house had been broken into, some guns stolen,and then trashed. Wednesday, July 1, I discoveredthat my dinghy outboard motor had been stolen. Well,welcome home Jim! Between trying to pick up the pieces and get going

again I’ve been busy. Dave the harbormaster has setup a dock-watch to discourage any more thefts, andI’m trying to do my part along with organizing someovernight cruises this summer (if we ever have oneand the rain stops).

Jim AitkenCorinth, Maine

Diatribe from sooty-transom guyW.R. Cheney is now back to sea sans an engine in

Penelope. Am I missing something here? His articlerefers to “his trusty Universal, which came to knowthe fullness of his love” obviously because it saved hisbutt. But I think his passion must have been but abrief infatuation.Now he’s gone and ripped the engine out! That’s

sort of like saying, “My bilge pump (or fire extin-guisher or life jacket or whatever) saved me and myboat and my dog, so I guess I’ll do without it from nowon.” I think if I’d had his close call, I’d treat my “mis-treated and mistrusted” engine with newfound re-spect and meticulous care instead of leaving it ashore.My comments may be colored by the fact I’m a

sooty-transom driver who thinks rag-hangers disdainus only until they’re in a jam. Then they always turnto the trusty old engine.

Andy OsborneVia email

Was it a bad show at the Barreds? Now I can see why W.R. Cheney sails solo! Alone

overnight off the Maine coast in a small sail boat lateNovember, bottle of wine before turning in, an auxil-iary engine not run in a month. Need I go on? The au-thor has lots of technical skill but lacks safety aware-ness.

Bill WeirBass Harbor, Maine


Bill Cheney responds: “Alone off the coast ofMaine in a small sailboat in late November….” Mr.Weir writes these words as though they represent theheight of folly. If Mr. Weir regards the nature of mysmall adventure with such horror, I wonder what hethinks of the feats of real singlehanded adventurerslike Slocum, Vito Dumas or Jean Gau. Alone off thecoast of Maine? How about alone off Cape Horn?Perhaps he thinks they shouldn’t have gone.I might point out that I would have been better off if

the engine, which had not been run for a month, hadnot run at all. Being able to use it only got me intomore trouble than I was already in. The idea of en-gines in sailboats as a safety factor is vastly overrat-ed, and most likely wrong. Too often a dependence onmotors is a poor substitute for real seamanship. Peoplewho rely on motors are not forced to learn many use-ful things about their boats and the waters they sailon.As for the wine, Mr. Weir is entitled to his opinion.

I’m sure the legions of the politically correct will lovehim for it.

Tom Cabot’s bad night in Barreds I wonder if W.R. Cheney (Bad Night at the Barred

Islands, August 2009) realized, when he found him-self in peril, that the late Tom Cabot had experienced

his own bad night in those same islands some 75years earlier. In his short memoir, “Avelinda,” Cabot recalled

seeking shelter there in the summer of 1933 whenhigh winds were forecast. “It was low tide and twi-light,” he recalled. “On entering the harbor, we hit asunken ledge halfway between the northernmost is-land of the archipelago then called Peak Island by thefishermen, but now called by the family Escargot andthe Western Barred Island.”Cabot got his chartered boat off and anchored safe-

ly. But because he had more family aboard thanbunks, young Tom Jr. was designated to sleep on deckin a sleeping bag. He was only eight.“About 2:00 a.m. I was awakened by a call …[and] a

moment later I heard splashing,” Cabot continued. “Irushed up on deck. The rising tide was streaming bythe vessel, and in the wake I could see astern some-thing on the water. I dove for it; when I came up, I hadonly an empty sleeping bag. In a panic I startedyelling hysterically. While the rest of the crewswarmed on deck, I splashed around trying to find myson. After what seemed like hours, someone heard afaint cry from the bow of the vessel, and there wasTom Jr. hanging onto the bobstay, the only part of thevessel that he could get a hold of from the water….“In the beautiful dawn, I was near weeping with

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this day. H.D.S. Greenway

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Bill Cheney responds: What a wonderful letterfrom Hugh Greenway! I had the good fortune to meetTom Cabot several times here on Swan’s Island wherehe had a summer residence. You had to be impressedwith his efforts to preserve our island heritage and hisgenerosity in allowing public access to his widespreadisland domains (at that time, he owned more islandsthan any other living person). I’ve read his very inter-esting memoir, “Avelinda,” with its chilling account ofhis difficulties there, but, if I remember correctly, thatwas some time after my own bad night in that place.Needless to say, my own experience pales in compari-son to his.It should be mentioned that, terrors of the night

notwithstanding, the Barred Islands are one of themost beautiful places on earth. Nature has sculpted akind of vast Japanese garden of beautifully curvinggravel and stone bars that have to be seen to be be-lieved.

Nesting patterns, ground tackleThanks for running the story by Dave Roper

“Watching the Nest,” Sept. 2009); that’s interesting!Here are a couple of comments on W.R. Cheney’s

Barred Island adventure: Try using chain with theCQR. Roger F. Duncan noted the depth as about threefathoms, so a shackle (15 fathoms) of appropriate gal-vanized chain should do it with your nylon rode.Forget the 13-pound Danforth that comes with theMarshall 22 because that boat displaces almost threetons.Also noted by Roger is that the bottom consists of

clay, mud and gravel, good holding ground if you have,say, a 35-pound CQR or a nice Luke Herreshoff-styleanchor. The Luke holds great in rocks, I found out;wouldn’t be without it here in PenBay.I’ll be checking out the Barred islands on an

overnight later this season as it is only 12 miles away.There is no large scale chart of that anchorage andChart No. 13305 doesn’t show the gravel bar. If you goto Maptech on the web, there is a good aerial photothat does show the bar. Roger Duncan has a lot ofgood horse sense; still writing copy for some of the pe-riodicals.

Jon BahrtRockport, Maine

Maine kids under 10: lifejackets!I expect you’ll receive a few notes about this. But

you know me: I’m a life-jacket evangelist, so the com-ment in the August letter (“Hell Hath No Fury Like aPig Scorned”) that said “Maine kids are not requiredto wear PFDs...” caught my attention. According tothe Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife(IFW), children 10 years and younger are required towear a PFD when on the water. Here’s a clip from thelaw book:“Mandatory Wearing of Your PFD: While wear-

ing your PFD is not normally required by law, thereare some exceptions to this. Children 10 years of ageand under must wear a Type I, II, or III PFD while onboard all watercraft.” You can verify this by going tothe Maine IFW website at www.maine.gov.

Randy RandallMarston’s Marina

Saco, MaineEditors note: Yes, Piggy Sue is wrong. Author

Susan Cornell had it right in her July 2009 article,“Safety for Young Salts,” when she wrote: “While wear-ing a PFD is not normally required by law [in Maine],there are some exceptions: Children 10 years of ageand under on board all watercraft must wear a TypeI, II, or III PFD. According to Michael Sawyer of Maine’s

Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife, ‘The on-ly avenues that we have for kids to take a class isthrough our conservation schools, We don’t have muchdemand for boating safety. It’s not mandatory. A lot oftimes, we don’t even get enough [applicants] to hold acourse.’“Course information is posted on

www.state.me.us/ifw/ under ‘Education’ courses asthe department is notified by instructors and sponsorsof upcoming programs.”

Cheney’s in thick of it this issueReally liked your editorial on safety at sea (“How

We Prefer to Communicate Safety at Sea,” September2009). Bet the P.C. folks and PFDophiles will be allover you in the mail this month. “Nimmy boy, we don’tgo to sea to be safe” belongs in “Bartlett’s Quotations.”

W.R. Cheney Burnt Coat Harbor, Maine

A letter to Roper on raptorsDavid, life is full of coincidences, and your article

describing the ospreys at Quahog Bay is another ex-cellent, well-written example. I’ve just taken onfundraising for the Kestrel Educational Adventures,a 501c3 non-profit active throughout Cape Ann.These outdoor educators supplement in-school cur-riculum studies with localized place-based outdoor


educational experiences. Such non-traditional learning appears to signifi-

cantly improve thought processes, promote moreholistic understanding, and encourage kids to havefun. There is a highly skilled staff that operatesthroughout Cape Ann with both public and privateschools. To date, students, teachers and administra-tors are unanimous in their praise of the Kestrel op-erations. For seven years, Kestrel EducationalAdventures has brought K-8 graders out of the class-room into the natural settings of their communities. Working with public and private schools of

Massachusetts North Shore towns (Rockport,Gloucester, Essex, Manchester, Ipswich, Beverly, andSalem), Kestrel’s trained educators explore borealand coastal habitats in ways that open young mindsto creative thought and understanding. Led byJessica Kagle (M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School ofEducation), Kestrel practices “in-place learning,”

making environmental education part of children’severyday lives and expanding in-school curricula on-to publicly accessible land that children can visitagain and again with their families. This encouragesthinking about nature as a part of normal life ratherthan an exotic destination.A recent summer program located all known os-

prey’s nesting sites in this region, and photographedand computer-mapped them using GPS, identified thespecies, and explored their interactive eco-system.Having explored all the other nests, the young natu-ralists then designed, built and raised their own nest-ing platform at a site deemed suitable for anotherpair of these magnificent creatures.I’m volunteering to help stabilize their important

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tion.org for further info. If you are interested, I wouldalso suggest you contact Ms. Kagle ([email protected]) for a presentation of the osprey map-ping and design/construction project. I would makemyself available to join you. It’s cool and I think it’sthe way “schooling” should be.

Rich HerseyManchester Marine Corp.

Manchester, Mass.

Harbormaster should know betterThe Dispatches column in the August 2009 issue

features a story describing how the Coast Guard pre-pares for hurricanes that threaten northern NewEngland. In response to the question of how Maine’slargest port prepares for a hurricane, reporter CarolStandish quotes Portland’s harbormaster, Jeffrey Liikthis way: “That’s a funny question. There hasn’t beenone in my lifetime.” Interesting, since NOAA records indicate that there

have been at least two Hurricanes Bob (1991) andGloria (1985) that have hit Maine in the last 25 years.Although not categorized as a hurricane, theHalloween storm in 1991 (a.k.a., The Perfect Storm)was responsible for loss of life plus millions of dollarsof damage along the New England coast. Additionallyseveral tropical and extra-tropical storms, not tomention the Patriot’s Day Storm (April 2007), causedsignificant damage in southern Maine and inPortland harbor.Even if Mr. Liik is under 25, his apparent lack of

weather knowledge is alarming, especially in Mr.Liik’s capacity as Portland’s Harbormaster.

John NooneScarborough, Maine

More source material for lifeboatsA fine, detailed, minute-by-minute account of Coast

Guard bravery during the February 1952 storm whentwo oil tankers broke in two off Cape Cod is “TheFinest Hours: The True Story of the Coast Guard’sMost Daring Sea Rescue” by Michael Tougias.Another fine work by the same author is “FatalForecast,” about three days and nights in the lives ofeight Cape Cod lobstermen during a November 1980storm of major proportions that the U.S. WeatherService failed to forecast. A third book by Tougias:“Ten Hours Until Dawn: The True Story of Tragedyand Heroism Aboard the Can Do.” These books mademe almost feel I was there and very thankful that Iwasn’t.

Palmer PayneBoothbay Harbor

No fuel dock at Bristol Y.C.We enjoy your publication and look forward to read-

ing it every month. We especially enjoyed the articleon cruising Narragansett Bay (“One Man¹s Guide toNarragansett Bay,” August 2009). We at the BristolYacht Club of course agree that we have a very niceplace with very nice people as mentioned.There is one thing we cannot agree with, however,

and we thought you should know about it beforecruisers enter Bristol Harbor running on fumes.There is no fuel dock at the Bristol Yacht Club or any-where in Bristol Harbor. The nearest fuel I am famil-iar with would be at Melville on the East Passage andalso at the top of the Sakonnet River. Please keep upthe good work.

Eliot McCormack,BYC member

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Nice hello from Parker’s BoatyardWe are a small family owned boatyard in Cataumet,

Mass., located near the western end of the Cape CodCanal. We have been distributing Points East for afew years now, and I can say that its arrival on ourshelves is eagerly anticipated by both our employeesand our customers. I noted that a letter from one of our customers with

some nice things to say about Points East was pub-lished in the August issue. The articles are exception-ally entertaining and well written, often with refer-ences to places many of us have sailed to and experi-ences we’ve shared with the authors. Keep up thegreat work.

Al CookParker’s Boat YardCataumet, Mass.

Thom’s photo might be RocklandI just got your September issue which contained

Thom Perkins’ letter and photo (“A Mystery HarborSubmission”) taken during June in Camden, or possi-bly in Stonington. I could swear that it was taken inRockland on July 26, or was it Tenants Harbor onAug. 4, or then again possibly Boothbay on the 5th.Funny how these harbors look so similar, especiallythis summer.

Doug Meyers/v Whistler crewMarblehead, Mass.

Another ‘fave’ rave for DaveYou’ve got a great magazine! Dave Roper is my fa-

vorite contributor to Points East (which I read coverto cover), and it is his article to which I always turn


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first. Incidentally, 10 years or so ago I bought Dave’sCape Dory 25, Chang Ho, from him and was delight-ed to own (or rather be the temporary caretaker of)this “famous” boat that had been featured so manytimes in your magazine in Dave’s articles. My wife Sophie and I have recently moved inland

from Marblehead to Amherst, and now must sadlysell this wonderful sailing boat, which is listed in yourclassified section. While we didn’t sail overnight fromMarblehead to Maine, as Dave often did, we did takeChang Ho from Marblehead through the Cape CodCanal as far as Cuttyhunk Island, and to most portsin between, and we were regularly complimented onwhat a beauty she is. Since I can no longer pick up a copy of Points East

as easily as I once did, I’m grateful the full issue is on-line. Keep up the good work.

Pete RogersAmherst, Mass.

Memories of ’Gansett picnickingI just read the article on picnicking (Dispatches,

Augusts 2009) with great interest. We too, would goon a picnic in Narragansett Bay. When Rocky Pointwas there, we would go from Barrington (where wekept our boat) to the point, tie up at the dock, get adozen or two clam cakes and some clam chowder, andmake a beeline for Patience Island.

Patience island is on the west side of PrudenceIsland, and it is uninhabited, except on weekends,when people arrive on Friday night and stay tillSunday night. Rough camping was the norm.After Rocky Point closed, we just brought food from

home, and stayed at Patience Island for the day.There is a nice sandy beach in the cut between the is-lands, and it is shallow enough, and out of the currentdue to a small sand bar at the north entrance. Thewater in the cove was nice and warm, and just rightfor the kids to play in. Being uninhabited, the islandwas only reachable with private boats. There were nofacilities or ferry service to the island.

Kenneth D. Tait, Sr. Seekonk, Mass.

Simple pickle-jar diagnostics workWe keep an empty one gallon pickle jug here in the

tool shed. We use it to analyze gasoline, and believeme, the pickle jar has seen a lot of use in the past fewdays. After one of the wettest Junes on record, people are

discovering their outboards don’t run so good. Not on-ly has water mysteriously found its way into boat fu-el tanks, but the new E-10 gasoline does not take wellto sitting for 60 and 90 days. Talk about a perfectstorm for fuel problems to arise. The pickle jar helps figure out the problem.


Customers with fuel/water separa-tors or portable fuel tanks canpour off most of the good gas andthen carefully decant the last gal-lon into the pickle jar. The problemshows up right away when we cansee the water gather at the bottomof the jug. Sometimes it takes many itera-

tions and a long afternoon to purgean outboard’s fuel system of theuninvited water. When the picklejar shows no water or gas and wa-

ter separation we know they’ve gotthe problem mostly solved. By the way, boaters should re-

member to also empty the fuellines and the carburetor bowls andany in-line filters to make surethey’ve got rid of all the water.Spilling fuel in the local waterwayis frowned upon, and is usually il-legal, so boaters need to be pru-dent and use good proceduresalong with absorbent pads to con-trol the spillage from their watereradication efforts. Any clear jarwill help show up the problem butour pickle jug works pretty good.

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P.E. still a constantin a changing world Where did that year go? Since

last I wrote, my son and sailingbuddy has gone off to college 2,000miles away, my house value has de-clined by 20 percent, and I’ve puton another 10 pounds. Not a lot inlife stays constant.But, thankfully, Points East does.

I flip quickly through the “NewYorker,” gaze for a moment or twoat the pictures in “Down East,” andtoss the “New York Times” Sundaymagazine without even a look waytoo pretentious for me. Yet I findmyself reading Points East cover tocover every month. I distribute ar-ticles to my friends. I read extractsto the family. And I always place iton the top of the stack of readingmaterial on the coffee table, appro-priately above the aforementionedmagazines and my wife’s “HarvardQuarterly.”

Peter M. WinterAtlanta, Ga.

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MYSTERY HARBOR/and the winner i s . . .

Mystery winner writes while anchored nearbyThe harbor is Orrs Cove

in Harpswell, Maine andhome of the Great IslandBoat Yard. It is a beauti-ful protected cove, andthe pinkish mooring ballsstand out. Our home portis Marblehead, but mywife and I kept our boat,Amigo VI, here this sum-mer for the first time andhave enjoyed the greatservice from the boatyardand wonderful sunsets atnearby Snow Island.Orr’s Cove is well pro-

tected from every wind di-rection except from very strong southerlies, and eventhen the swells do not come up this far. Holding isgood in a mud bottom in 12 to 15 feet at low water.Transient moorings may be available from GreatIsland Boat Yard, which is on the west side of the covenear the northern tip. GIBY is a friendly, full-service yard providing

diesel, gas, water, pump-out, and ice, and they canhaul boats for cleaning, repairs or storage. A fire inlate 2008 destroyed their chandlery, but they have re-built a brand-new facility that includes the bestshowers and restrooms ever. There are no provision-ing stores close by, but a short 10-minute taxi ride toCook’s Corner in Brunswick brings you to a Shaw’s,Staples, Walmart, Starbucks, Borders, CVS, etc.…Snow Island is also the home of Dodge Morgan, who

we have not yet had thepleasure to meet. We of-ten escape there for a lateFriday night dinner and atranquil night’s sleepamong the sweet-smellingcedar trees that line theshores there. In fact, weare writing this piece on-board Amigo VI, our J/42,while anchored for theevening.

Bernie Coyne/Lynn Squires/v Amigo VI

Marblehead, Mass.

A nice blast from the recent pastI just opened up the August issue and the Mystery

Harbor photo caught my eye. And while I am sure youhave had many responses identifying it as BrentonCove, I bet you have not had many from the owner ofthe catamaran, Indigo. The shot must have been tak-en late May or early June of 2008. We were in thearea for College Nationals: Our daughter sailed inthem for Georgetown. Can you email me the photo?Love Points East; I just need to pick it up sooner.

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PerspectivesKissing the bride

She lay languidly between the arms ofHarbor and Hall islands in the midst ofledge-strewn Muscongus Bay and, de-

spite the disheveled condition of her captainand two mates who had not seen the likes ofsoap, razors or toothbrushes in days she heldher head high. Elsa, my beautiful 30-year-oldsilk purse of a sloop, was demurely holdingup three old sows’ ears. But even in the freshening southwest

breeze, the air was getting ripe around us.“Hey, you guys, ah, maybe we should find aharbor with a shower tonight,” I timidly sug-gested to my crusty crew. Bryan looked at measkance, as if I’d requested newly-launderedembroidered doilies for under our rum cupsat tonight’s meal. “You know, Dave,” said my old pal Peter with a linger-

ing tinge of southern drawl. “It’s not what you look likeor even smell like; it’s only how you act that matters.” Icocked my head. He continued: “Ladies have never beenbothered by me in this condition, ’cause it’s all about at-titude; it’s all about approach. Always remember that.”“Well, I’m no lady,” I said. “But not even a Big Foot

beast would approach you right now and I’m speaking ofan ugly desperate female one.”Just then the cell phone rang. It was my son, Nick,

who had the weekend off and wanted to drive up andjoin us somewhere for a couple of days. We were flat-tered that a good-looking, well-dressed 20-somethingwould want to spend time with the likes of this crew. Butthen he hadn’t smelled us yet. So we settled on meeting him at one of my favorite lit-

tle harbors on the tip of Southport Island. An inn wasthere with two moorings for rent, which was all thespace there was for guest boats in this tiny harbor. Wecalled and reserved a spot. But the lady on the phone atthe inn was tentative. “I hope it’s OK,” she said, “but wewon’t be able to serve you in the dining room tonight.You see, we’re hosting a big fancy wedding,” That’s OK, we said. We don’t do dining rooms. The

statement brought me back to the old cruising days intiny Chang Ho, my Cape Dory 25. She took us offshoremany times and east as far as Cutler. It got ripe aboardChang Ho, too, but for some reason, in those days, wedared to venture ashore and put ourselves in close quar-ters with the general public, such as it was in quaintharbors Downeast. We even tried entering dining roomsin the chic small inns we’d find here and there, but we

never quite gained entry due to our condi-tion. On two occasions, what they gave us (and

I’m not kidding) was a small table in thekitchen, where we were “seated” away fromthe real guests. But both times, this occurredafter we had regaled the patrons with talesof our adventures, while sitting on the inn’sporch or at the small bar just outside thedining room. It was clear these folks weregetting pretty bored with all this quietMaine inn charm, and we, in our weather-beaten state, with our ratty foul weathergear and salt-stained cut off jeans were andexcuse the mixed metaphor actually abreath of fresh air. In fact, at two inns, a few guests even

came into the kitchen to talk with us about our adven-tures in “that tiny little sailboat we saw you get off.” Thecooks and the kitchen help jumped into the conversa-tion, too, and we all had a grand time amidst the dirtydishes and pots and pans.But back to this story. So we headed off in Elsa to ren-

dezvous with Nick in a place that seemed to be a goodharbor, though probably showerless. After an uneventfultrip, we negotiated the extremely narrow entrance,where local knowledge tells you to squeeze through be-tween a spindle capped by an osprey nest on your star-board and a bold rocky shore just on your port. A hugewhite tent came into view, set on a large manicuredlawn by the harbor. Hors d’oeuvres were being served onsilver trays to ladies in hats and long summer dressesand to men in white-coated wedding finery. At the foot of all this elegance was a small pier, gang-

way and dock. Our mooring was just off of it. I looked atmy crew, the way a veteran drill sergeant looks at hisfresh recruits just off the bus from their home towns.Then I looked back at the pristine picture of that sepa-rate world that lay a hundred feet away, but might aswell have been a hundred miles off. “This is hopeless,” Isaid, as we drifted up to the mooring. A smile grew on Peter’s sunburned, newly whiskered

face, as he turned to address his fellow bilge scum of acrew. “A hundred bucks to the first one of us to kiss thebride,” he said.Fortified by a bit of rum, but none the cleaner, we

rowed ashore to meet Nick, who was soon to arrive bycar. The wedding reception was in full swing. Baskets offlowers hung from the posts of the elegant seawall that

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graciously met the sloping lawn. Soft flute music em-anated from the tent. Small groups of wedding guestschatted here and there on the grass, sipping from cham-pagne flutes. It was a splendid scene. I lost track of my crew as I slumped a bit, slinking up

the hill, trying to look like a man on a mission, maybe abusy, anonymous maintenance worker. Nick arrived on time, and now my whole crew was to-

gether on shore, halfway up the hill by the inn’s pool. Thearoma from the catered meal being prepared behind thetent almost eclipsed our own distinct odor, and, like fourstray cats in the wrong part of town, we headed back toElsa for our own form of shipboard cuisine. What we hadn’t counted on was the pre-planned wed-

ding party photography on the tiny dock where we hadtied our dinghy. Fortunately, they were about finishedwhen we came down the hill. My first thought was tomelt into the bushes to my right until the wedding par-ty climbed the gangway and made its way back to thetent. I slowed my pace. Peter, however, moved forwardfaster, descending the hill and on a collision course withthe wedding party, which was now at the top of the gang-way. I slowed a bit more. Peter kept moving, into the throng

of tuxedos and gowns. It was an incongruous confluence.I watched as the groom, and then the bride, looked upwith increasing anxiety as Peter approached. In theirfaces, I could sense an emerging awareness that some-thing was wrong with this picture, as if this wedding of

theirs had been a magical movie that suddenly, in itsmiddle, contained a misplaced splice from the cutting-room floor. Then Peter’s right hand came out of his ragged pocket

as he moved into the midst of the wedding party andstood face-to-face with the groom, who was clearly con-fused by his approach. Peter, on the other hand, wasgrinning. Joyous. He put his left hand on the groom’sshoulder and reached out and heartily shook the groom’shand with his outstretched right. “Congratulations,” hesaid. And that’s when Peter made his move. Graciouslyturning to the perplexed new wife in white lace, he didwhat is proper and should rightly follow in such a case.He stepped forward and kissed the bride.The rest of the wedding party passed, and we headed

down the gangway.“You owe me a hundred bucks,” Peter said, as we

reached the small dock. Then he looked back at the fes-tivities and smiled confidently, casually brushing aside abuzzing fly who clearly found his fragrance more allur-ing than that of the bride.“And remember Dave: It’s not what you look like. Or

even smell like. It’s all about the approach.”

Dave Roper sails Elsa, a Bruce King-designedIndependence 31, out of Marblehead, Mass., where helives and works. This is Elsa’s 30th year, he says, “and isstill, despite her age, quite lovely and never lets medown.”


Rain on the roofGUEST PERSPECTIVE/Nina M. Scot t

The rain in Maine (and maybe Spain) doesn’t neces-sarily stay on the plain. A lot of it falls on the coast,and it is one of the sounds I love the best when we

are in our rustic summer cottage in Friendship. We are soclose to the ocean that I admit to being concerned aboutglobal warming and the rising of the seas. When the tideis in and laps at the seawall at the foot of the porch, it islike being on board a ship.Being by the side of the sea in all its moods is spiritual

to me. Mostly we are protected from the prevailing windby the slight rise at the center of the point, but sometimeswe are not, and then, when there is a certain confluenceof tide and wind, sharp waves smash against the sea wall,and the foam can fleck the upstairs bedroom windows.Then I’m always glad when the wind shifts or the tidegoes out and things quiet down some.Rain on the roof is different. The cottage has no insula-

tion, so the sound of rain on the wooden roof is entirelydifferent from that of our winter home. Some days, a sol-id bank of gray clouds moves in, and you know that soon-er or later it will begin to rain, softly at first, and thensteadily. Lying upstairs in bed is best, especially withwarm Labrador Kate snuggled up to your side. The hus-band is pretty good, too, and so is a book, which you canput down to listen to the first tic, tic, tic as the raindropsfall. If the rain is heavy, it drums, and you feel snug andsecure in the old bedstead, covered by quilts from GrannyTompkins’ time.Thunderstorms are especially exciting in the cottage,

when you can see the lightning flash out in the bay andjudge how close it is by the thunder which follows. Wehave had lightning storms that came from two directionsat once, cracking and booming and unleashing torrents ofwater. As our front porch the one which faces seaward al-so has a wooden roof over it, you can stand outside andget the same acoustic treat you can in the bedroom. We’vehad incredible rainbows build when the sun comes outsome double and even triple and two summers ago, oneend of the glorious arc landed right over our sailboat,

which we took for a good omen.Last September was different. We were about to haul

our boat, the only summer one still left on her mooringoutside in the bay, and Jim had to motor her alone toRound Pond, an hour away. Because the boat-haulershave tight schedules at the end of the summer, you haveto be where they want you at the hour they tell you, andthis meant that Jim would have to set out before day-break. We love staying on in September, but you do getnervous when the hurricane season comes and yours isthe only boat still out there. That night a storm came up which lashed the house

with rain. The wind literally shrieked around the cornersof the cottage, and I was so anxious and restless that I letJim sleep alone and crept into his mother’s former bed-room. I read until my eyes felt like sandpaper, for sleepwas impossible. Several times, I padded down onto theporch with the powerful flashlight to see if the boat wasstill there. She was, but pitching and bucking at her moor-ing. Dear God, let the hawser hold, I prayed.

When the alarm went off at five o’clock, it was stillblowing like stink as well as pitch-black dark out, so I de-cided to put down my conjugal foot. The hell with mascu-line pride: I preferred to have him around for a few moreyears, dammit! “Jim,” I said, “I don’t want you going out there all alone

in this kind of weather. What on earth would you do if themotor failed you? Call me chicken, but humor me and callthe boat-hauler.”“I’d already decided that myself,” he said quietly.“You had? Oh, thank God.” No battle: He was being sen-

sible without any prodding on my part. I suddenly real-ized that my feet were very cold.“Have you and Kate got a little room for me in that bed?

You know how much I like to listen to the rain on theroof.”Nina is a retired professor of Spanish-American litera-

ture from UMass Amherst, who’s sailed out of Friendship,Maine, with her husband, Jim, since 1961.


The two sides of cruising the old-fashioned way

“It must feel good to know youhave the prettiest boat in theharbor,” said the silver-haired

gentleman from his dinghy.“We just wanted to get a real close look

at your boat,” said the captain of theMonhegan Island Ferry as he swung off-course to round close astern.“Wow, that’s the topmast, and those

are deadeyes, and those are gaffs, and Ireally like to look at old schooners,” saidthe pre-teen kid with his father in awooden outboard.“Jeez, what a gorgeous boat,” was a re-

frain from so many in a 10-day cruisewith Eagle Christmas Cove, Port Clyde,Rockland, Pulpit Harbor, Camden, Boothbay Harbor,and back to Snow Island. In Rockland, we joined the crowd for the Maine

Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, an amazing and largeeclectic collection of Downeast believers, boat-builders, home architects, harbor-marina operators,Maine gimmick inventors, hotdog and lobster-rollvenders, marine-equipment providers,marine engineers, alluplifted by artists,jewelry makers, furni-ture creators, and foothealers. I don’t know if the

hordes of visitors injeans and clogs and inkhakis and socklessboat shoes boughtanything; item pricesranged from 50 centsto a million bucks.There was an impres-sive array of power-boats that I looked at more carefully than usual, a re-flection of Eagle as a taskmaster, me as a codgernearly ready for the drooling cup, and both of usgrowing less pleased by wind dead ahead and deadastern. Setting and weighing anchor on Eagle is an exam-

ple of her overall demands on one’s time and effort.The hook is a kedge or yachtsman you know, the tra-ditional style you find on navy emblems and women’sjewelry. The anchor weighs 30 pounds, hangs on thebowsprit, and is lashed to the whisker stays in threeplaces. There is no windlass. You get the drift here,

don’t you. Another Eagle given is that the process of

each sail just the getting under way and an-choring parts will take a combined hour oftime, wrestling a couple of dozen sail stopson and off, four halyards, peak on starboardand throat on port up and down, toppinglifts on lazy jacks for main and fore to beloosened, halyard, sheet downhaul hoistingand trimming the topsail. But this year, thejib spins out with her new roller furling rigrather than risking me out on the six-footbowsprit to hank it on. But we are sayingthat each sail is a project that gives the oldfashioned satisfaction of being earned.After the cruise, Eagle slatted her way

from Snow Island to Falmouth for the 2009 MSRegatta. We carried the only gaffs and four-sidedsails and deadeyes and lanyards and mast hoops inthe fleet, and were one of just two boats made only ofwood. We carried the only topsail and the only fisher-man staysail. We were the only vessel with twomasts, the after one taller than the forward one.

The fleet in the MSwas about half the pastaverage size 60 boatsthis year. Becausethere were only twoboats in the “classic”class, we were lumpedwith several classes fora race course that hap-pily and unusually con-sisted of one long broadreach and one longclose reach instead ofthe normal beat andrun.It was a gorgeous day,

with the parade and therace persisting much as

in past years, just a few bellowing, arrogant nitwitsin the chorus of happy faces, good feeds ashore atHandy Boat, and Merle Hallett again a winner afterscrewing up his start. This is an event that takes upa full weekend and is even more of a joy for Casco Baysailors than it is a boon for the Maine MS Society, andMS certainly does benefit.

Dodge Morgan and Eagle hang out at Snow Island,Maine, a couple of miles northwest of Cundy’s Harboras the eagle flies.

DodgeMorgan

The prettiest boat in the harbor, July 25, 2009.

Photo by Nim Marsh

Whether coming from the north or the south, by power or sail, the rich and di-verse cruising grounds between Boston and Cape Cod Bay await you.

Features

By Bob WhiteFor Points East

My wife and I sail Preamble, our Island Packet37, from our home in Hull, Mass. Most sum-mers, we get as far south as Newport and

Block Island, or as far east as Mount Desert. Both are

great cruising grounds, but both require an extendedwindow of time for us. Luckily, we have equally greatwaters right here in our own backyard.The waters of Boston’s South Shore and Cape Cod

Bay offer a variety of harbors large and small, deepand shoal, crowded and quiet, and all just a few hour’s


Photo by Bob White

South Shore

Boston Light, on LittleBrewster Island, is the old-est light station in theUnited States, and it marksthe entrance to a treasuretrove of South Shore sightsand harbors.

The

a l t e r n a t i v e

sail apart. As you head souththrough these waters, rocks giveway to sand, and the water tem-perature rises into a more swim-mer-friendly range. In summertime, the waters teem

with stripers, bluefish, mackerel,and often tuna. Whales are a com-mon sight just a few miles out. Thenavigation is simple and straight-forward, mostly line-of-sight, andthe whole area can be crossed eas-ily in one day. Unfortunately, thislast fact leads many to pass rightthrough on their way east or south.Slow down, I say, and learn whatthe area has to offer.The east end of the Cape Cod

Canal empties into Cape Cod Bay’ssouthwest corner. This is a greatplace to start a virtual cruise thatmight be undertaken by a boat outfor a week or so. Typical summerwinds are from the southwest,making for an easy, circuitousroute around the area, without toomuch windward work. Keepingtrack of the tides is also wise, asthe current can run a knot or twoin some places. Its direction shouldbe obvious.

The canal to ProvincetownLeaving the canal and heading

east, off to starboard you will seethe north side of the Cape. CapeCod is basically a big sand bar,made of all of the material pushedsouth by glaciers during the lastIce Age. There are two harborsalong this shore: Barnstable andSesuit. If your draft permits, youmay want to explore one or theother. Both have shifting channels,and entering can be tricky. Barnstable was once a large and

important harbor, complete with aU.S. Custom House, but shoalinghas taken its toll, choking thechannel. A fleet of sportfishingcharterboats operates from the in-ner basin. Both Barnstable andSesuit are pretty harbors, but youmay be hard pressed finding aberth for the night, and neither

has much room for anchoring.Continuing east, our first stop

will be Wellfleet. Leave green bell

number one (G “1”) to port, whichputs you south of BillingsgateShoal. Make your course for green

Allerton Harbor in Hull Bay is home to the hospitable Hull Yacht Club. Hail it fora mooring or anchor on the fringes of the large mooring field. Moorings areavailable for a donation to the Sail Nantasket program that gets kids out on thewater.

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number three, and then carefully follow the markedchannel north into the outer harbor. If the tide is low,you will see what is left of Billingsgate Island, once athriving fishing community and now a half-tide sandbar, off to port. If you want quiet, you can anchor anywhere off

Great Island to the west. It can be a bit rolly, espe-cially at high water, so the farther up you go, the bet-ter you will ride. Let your draft be your guide, andkeep in mind the roughly 10-foot tidal range. Alternately, you can make your way to the inner

harbor in the northeast corner. Contact the harbor-master (508-349-0320 or VHF Channel 9) for a moor-ing. Ashore, you will find a quiet little town, but don’tbe fooled: A variety of restaurants, shops and gal-leries are all within walking distance. Don’t miss outon the local oysters.Provincetown, at the far end of Cape Cod, has a tru-

ly magnificent harbor. It is protected from all direc-tions, contains no real hazards, and is easy to enter inall conditions. You can anchor anywhere, though it isquite deep in the middle. Again, be mindful of thetidal range. A favorite spot of mine is off the beach onLong Point, across from town. Of course, this is a fa-vorite of everybody else, too, so it can be crowded.Most of the boats will leave in the evening, though.Long Point is part of the National Seashore(www.nps.gov/caco), and you may go ashore. Erosionis a problem, so stick to the trails when crossing thedunes.And don’t neglect the town. Its constant carnival at-

mosphere never fails to entertain. Every walk downCommercial Street is different. The shopping is eclec-tic, and there are restaurants geared to all tastes andbudgets. Frequent ferries to Boston make it a greatstop for crew changes. Anchor off the town or get amooring for the night (Provincetown Moorings 508-

487-0571, VHF 9; or Flyer’s Rentals 508-487-0898.)While ashore, make time to visit the ProvincetownMuseum and climb the Pilgrim Monument. The viewfrom 252 feet is amazing.

Provincetown to Boston HarborThe longest leg of our cruise takes us northwest

across the bay and up the coast to Nantasket Roads.Keep an eye out for whales, as this is where they aremost likely to be seen. Boston Light, on LittleBrewster Island, marks the entrance to our next area.It is the oldest light in the U.S., and the only one stillmanned. The light itself is automated, but the posi-tion of keeper has been assigned to historian SallySnowman, who is often in residence and keeps thetradition alive. Visits can be arranged by calling 617-223-8666.Leave the light to starboard and sail down the wide

channel. Notice the drastic change from sand spitsand dunes to granite and drumlins. This landscape isa result of those same glaciers that gave us the Cape.Here, what we see is what was left after they scrapedacross the surface on their way south, leaving behindhills of rock.About a mile and a half along, off to port, you will

see Windmill Point, site of one of two large wind-pow-er turbines in the town of Hull. This marks the en-trance to Hull and Hingham bays. The tide runs hardthrough narrow Hull Gut, which is often busy withvessels ranging from small pleasure craft to ferries,on up to the occasional tanker accompanied by tugs.If the wind is up and opposite the current, standingwaves may form, but the run is short, and caution,along with judicious use of the auxiliary, should seeyou through.Once in Hull Bay, the choices are many. To the

northeast, past inner and outer Seal Rocks, lies


Allerton Harbor. Hail the Hull Yacht Club (781-925-9739, VHF 71) for a mooring, or anchor on either edgeof the extensive mooring field. The club, to which I be-long, is very welcoming, with moorings available at nocharge to members of reciprocating clubs, and open toall others for a voluntary donation to Sail Nantasket,a local non-profit geared toward getting kids out onthe water. There is water at the dock, a launch, headsand showers, and the best waterfront porch for milesaround.To the southeast, around Bumpkin Island, is the en-

trance to the Weir River. The two well-manicuredhills to the south are World’s End, a Frederick LawOlmsted landscape. This spot was Eleanor Roosevelt’sfirst choice for the headquarters of the UnitedNations. It also escaped both private developmentand the construction of a nuclear power plant over

the years. The park is now owned and administeredby the Trustees of Reservations(www.thetrustees.org): Please respect their rules andguidelines if going ashore. A little further up the river, on Nantasket Pier, is

Steamboat Wharf Marina. (781-925-0044, VHF 7).Andy and Justin can provide or arrange for any ma-rine service you may require, from a slip or mooringto haul out and repairs of all kinds. Ashore here isworld famous Nantasket Beach, with its shops,restaurants, antique carousel, and, of course, miles ofsand. Farther south and west in the bay are Hingham

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Minots Light to PlymouthLeaving Nantasket Roads, we

head southeast towards MinotsLight. This gorgeous granite towersits on a ledge about a mile outsideof Cohasset Harbor. Minots is fa-mous for its distinctive flash pat-tern, 1-4-3. Legend has it that thelonesome keeper used the patternas a signal to his wife, ashore: I-love-you.Make your way to green bell

number one about a half-mile westof the light and follow the channelsouthwest into Cohasset Harbor.The inner harbor is well protectedand quite snug, but space is at apremium. Hail the harbormaster(781-383-0863, VHF 10) to inquireabout available moorings. There isalso room to anchor in the outerharbor, which should be fine intypical westerly conditions. Ashort walk gets you to the village,with plenty of shopping andrestaurants. French Memories, abakery on Main Street, is not to bemissed.Around Minot’s Light, and a few

miles down the coast, lies ScituateHarbor. A red and white gong,about a half-mile out, marks theentrance. Head west, between thebreakwaters, and follow the chan-nel into the basin. There is noroom for anchoring here, so hailScituate Launch (781-545-4254,VHF 9) for mooring arrangements.On summer weekends, it may bewise to call ahead for a reserva-tion. Ashore, Front Street providesa complete downtown with any-thing you may require.The New Inlet, about two and a

half miles south of Scituate, pro-

The North River, which runs through Scituate and Marshfield, is an impressiveestuary that’s navigable until the markers on either side end. The ones on thenorth side of the river are maintained by Scituate; the ones on the south, byMarshfield.

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River is that, while now narrowand shoal, its banks were oncehome to dozens of shipyards, ex-tending miles upriver. Theseyards, in operation until the 1870s,built more than 1,000 ships, somequite large. If you look closely youcan see old pilings and other evi-dence of their past.

Plymouth to the canalOur last area to explore is

Plymouth Harbor and DuxburyBay. Plymouth, of course, is famousas the place where the Pilgrimssettled in 1620, after landfall anda brief stop in ProvincetownHarbor. It is a busy town with alively waterfront and much to seeand do. Duxbury, to the north, is acontrast: quiet, peaceful, almostserene.The area is approached by mak-

ing Gurnet Point bell (“GP”) andcarefully following the markedchannel to the west. Duxbury PierLight is the proverbial fork in theroad, with Duxbury Bay to thenorth and Plymouth Harbor to thesouth. This entire area is rife withsandbars, and careful attentionshould be given to the markedchannels.Heading north into the bay, the

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How I spent mysummer vacationOr, our annual wraup up of gams,rendezvous and other events thathappened over the season.

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It had been an uncharacteristically cold, rainy andgloomy June for New England; the clouds seemed likethey were never going to let the sun shine throughagain. This worried me because my fiancée, Natalie,and I had made plans to drive up to Marblehead andspend that Saturday on Muscobe, my father’s 33-footlobsterboat cruiser which is moored in theHarbor. Unbeknown to Natalie, I had an elaborateplan laid out to propose to her.Natalie’s suspicions were raised, however, due to

my incessant questioning the week before on whethershe was excited about the upcoming weekend on theboat. “We’ve been on the boat a thousand times be-fore,“ Natalie wondered. “What’s so special about thisweekend?” On Saturday, the weather could not have been bet-

ter: It was a beautiful, hot, sunny day a perfect day tobe on the water. We drove up to Marblehead with all

of our provisions for the night on the boat. After cast-ing off from the mooring, I pulled the boat into theCorinthian Yacht Club float where we met Joel, mydad. I didn’t have any champagne on the boat, so weneeded to sneak it on board. Dad mentioned that heneeded to “put a few things on the boat for later,” andthe champagne and glasses were discreetly slippedinto one of the coolers.During this commotion I was scrambling down be-

low to find a good place to hide the ring, which Iplaced in the back of one of the forward compart-ments. The problem now was that, once my father ison his beloved Muscobe, it’s very hard to get him off.After a quick harbor cruise, we finally dropped himoff at the Corinthian float.Then we headed out past Marblehead Light and

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cervezas, and swimming in the frigid waters. Back inMarblehead Harbor, we put Muscobe back on hermooring. The wind was out of the east, so the cockpitfaced west, toward picturesque downtownMarblehead and the sunset.We grabbed two canvas chairs, a couple of cold “sil-

ver bullets,” and put our feet up to take in the scenery.While sitting there, I began to notice some peculiarbehavior among the boats in the harbor. SeveralCorinthian members and family friends repeatedlydrove by on their boats, and it seemed as if they wereespecially interested in being friendly. Apparently mydad, the proud father, had spilled the beans and toldeveryone he knew about what was taking place onMuscobe. I said to Natalie that I’d like to move back to

Marblehead someday, and Natalie she said she’dmove to Marblehead if we could live on Peach’s Point,one of the more exclusive areas in Marblehead. Ilaughed and jokingly agreed.Then the acting began. I reminded her that we

weren’t even married yet. “We’re getting ahead of our-

selves, and I’m feeling very pressured,” I said, pre-tending to storm below in frustration. I grabbed thering and came back to my seat.I pulled out the ring and said, “We might as well

take the pressure off,” and asked her to marry me.Natalie looked at the ring and said, “What’s that?”

with a big grin on her face, knowing full well what itwas. To which I replied “Natalie, you know what it is;now what’s your answer?” I was really nervous nowbecause she hadn’t said “Yes!” yet. Natalie jumped outof her seat, gave me the answer I wanted to hear, andwe toasted our engagement with the champagne.Somebody somewhere must have seen the cham-

pagne get popped, because no sooner had she said,“Yes,” than someone announced on the radio, to any-one within a 10-mile radius: “You can tell Mr. Gleasonthat Randy said to tell him she said yes!”A bit later, as we brought the Muscobe into the

Corinthian float for some celebratory drinks, every-body on the Corinthian porch waved and congratulat-ed us. Apparently word travels very fast by way of thechampagne-cork Telegraph.

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After Natalie said,“Yes,” she and Randybrought Muscobe backto the yacht club forhandshakes and toasts.

By Nina M. ScottFor Points East

After the deluges of June and July, we sailors couldhardly believe our eyes when, in Friendship, Maine,Aug. 1 dawned a perfect day, with clear skies andbrisk winds. This was ostensibly the 30th anniversaryof the race (it actually began in the 1930s), a fact cel-ebrated by the bright-green T-shirts designed bySusan Beebe. They were such a hit that all sold outbefore the evening’s potluck.Most of the A and B class boats (18 feet and over)

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often than anyone else,and always with humorand grace. Sons Johnand Tim, Jr. have nowestablished the TimothyPickering LBI Award, apewter bowl that willbear the names of theunwilling recipients.You can run, but youcan’t hide.Two other 30-year ac-

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TONE Rendezvous is history in many waysBy Leo CorsettiFor Points East

Why was this the case for the 2009 Tartan Ownersof New England (TONE)Rendezvous? 1. It was atthe best venue for boaterson the East Coast, TheHerreshoff MarineMuseum in Bristol, R.I. 2.Two of the best speakers Ihave ever heard at a boat-ing event: Onne van derWal, world-renowned ma-rine photographer, andHalsey Herreshoff, grand-son of the famous yacht de-signer Capt Nat andnephew of L. Francis. 3.Guided tours of the muse-um by Halsey. 4. Food byLeo’s Restaurante ofBristol. 5. Seminars by TimJackett, Bill Gladstone of North Sails, and JayJohnstone of Gowrey Group. 6. One of the more mag-

nificent gatherings of Tartans (38 Total) from 30 to 53feet LOA. If you did not attend, you really missed thebig show.

Tartan owners fromSouthern California,Florida, and Maryland toMaine gathered at theHerreshoff MarineMuseum in Bristol July24-26 to celebrate, educatethemselves, and enjoyeach other’s company.After a fine dinner in thetent Friday night, Tartanowners had the immensepleasure of listening toOnne van der Wal andwatching his wonderfulpicture presentation. On Saturday, attendees

had tours of the museum,including the famous half-

hull room with more than 500 Herreshoff half-hullmodels. Fellow TONE member Skip King showed us

Mike Musen and Skip King hash it out in the cockpit ofElan, Mike’s T-3700, docked at the Herreshoff MarineMuseum, in Bristol, R.I.

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Herreshoff gave a wonderful pre-sentation on the museum and histwo-year sailing adventure toEurope. After breakfast, TONE held their

annual meeting and elected theirnew president, Sam Swoyer. Theboard added Evelyn Gard and LeeAndrews to the board and reaf-firmed all other board members. Everyone had a great time, and

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From June 26 to the 28th,Greenport, N.Y., hosted TrawlerFest, a much anticipated annualevent for the cruising-under-power community. With tents,flags, and a small flotilla oftrawlers and cruising motorboats,“PassageMaker Magazine,” theorganizer of Trawler Fest events,transformed the quaint LongIsland seaport village into a fes-tive hub for those who enjoy lifeon the water under power.The 800 attendees whether ar-

riving by car, yacht, or ferry weretreated daily to educational semi-nars and activities. Seminars in-cluded “Getting to Know YourCharging and Electrical Systems”with Steve D’Antonio, “GreatLoop Cruising” with Bob Duthie,and “Seven Steps to Successful

Docking” with KatherineRedmond. Hands-on afternoonactivities ranged from onboardtechnical demonstrations to adrill in an inflated Revere life raftfrom Landfall Navigation. Though the weather was wild

at times, attendees got the chanceto tour boats and view displaysfrom a variety of exhibiting ma-rine companies. After touring theboats, visitors voted the NordicTug 54 from Wilde Yacht SalesGreenport’s Best in Show.One of the highlights of the

event was Friday evening’s chari-ty auction. The event raised over$13,000 for the Navy-MarineCorps Relief Society, bringing thedonation total from all TrawlerFest events over two years to

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By Richard and Kathleen de Grasse For Points East

The 19th annual Seven Seas Cruising Association(SSCA) Gam was held on Aug. 1 at the De Grasse cot-tage on Broad Cove, Gilkey Harbor, Islesboro, Maine.Even though the gam was designated as an SSCAevent, 151 cruising sailors from all walks of life at-tended. A number of potential new members attend-ed their first gam and several joined on site. SSCA is an international cruising organization

whose members represent some of the more accom-plished sailors in the world. It was a treat lookingeast, out over Broad Cove from the De Grasse cottage,then looking south over at the Warren Island anchor-age from the Islesboro ferry dock, and seeing close to70 sail and power cruising boats from all over thecountry, including Hawaii, at anchor for the event.Fortunately, the sun shone all day to make up for theunusually wet summer. Cruisers tied their dinghies at the ferry dock and

walked the short distance to the event or landed themon the shore in front on the cottage. Sailors especial-ly love potluck affairs since each boat brings some-thing different for the table. Providentially, the food

held out just long enough. To offset expenses, com-memorative Islesboro, SSCA T-shirts and hats weresold as each boat registered for the event. As the sailors were finishing lunch, it was noted

that some accomplished mariners were in the harbor.

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Yes, 37 tenders congregated around Herb and RuthWeiss’s 40-foot ketch Windpower for an afternoon party,and hors d’oeuvres were passed from dinghy to dinghy.

August 14-28, 2010The 2010 Fundy Flotilla will start at Northeast Harbor, Maine, andhave as its destination the St. John River in New Brunswick, Canada.It's a different world on that river, which is why this particularroute has been the most popular of all the Flotilla routes since 1999.On the way to the river, the 2010 Fundy Flotilla willvisit the lovely fishing village of Cutler for alobster dinner at the Methodist Church.We'll enter Canada at Grand Manan for ataste of life on an offshore island. Then it's off to Saint John and five glorious days onthe river. (You can actually swimwithout going numb!) Whenwe leave the river we'll headfor St. Andrews, a picture-postcardtown of gardens, inns and wonderfulrestaurants. We'll re-enterthe U.S. at Eastport,the easternmostcity in theUnited States.

The Fundy Flotilla is open to sailboats andpowerboats and is led by an experiencedflotilla veteran. Participants enjoy com-muncal meals and cocktail parties. Theyreceive flotilla burgees and T-shirts, plusgifts from Flotilla sponsors (A.G.A. Correa& Son, Gritty McDuff's, Anson Sailmakersand the Canadian Hydrographic Office).They also get assistance with CanadianCustoms and U.S. Customs and BorderProtection. Participants also get customized weather forecasts, talks from local boating experts, and

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New Bedford Yacht Club in South Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 7-9, completed its third and final day of competition with asteady southwesterly breeze and plenty of close and excitingcompetition. With 16 separate racing classes competing infive circles, the regatta registered over 400 boats for thisyear’s event. Standout performances in PHRF handicap classes includ-

ed overall PHRF Boat of the Regatta, Bronco, a Melges 32owned by Michael Dominguez of Barrington R.I., winner ofPHRF Racing 1. Other winners include Joey Mello andImpression, a Concordia 37 from Dartmouth, Mass., in

PHRF Racing 2; Ron Noonan’s Wildflower, a Sabre 402 fromthe Beverly Yacht Club, won PHRF Cruising 1, and In Deep,a Dufour 38 sailed by Bob Warren of Mattapoisett YachtClub won PHRF Cruise 2.IRC winner was Dr. Ted Herlihy on Gut Feeling, a J/109

out of New Bedford Yacht Club. In Multihull classes, the twoperson F-18, a new class to the BBR, was won by Tripp Burdof Boston representing the Eastern Yacht Club. The multi-hull handicap class champion was Jay Spaulding of the NewEngland Multihull Association on Blue Moon. In the 132-boat Club 420 class, Diedre Lambert and Tracy Doherty of

The 75th Annual Monhegan Island Race,hosted by Portland Yacht Club in Falmouth,Maine Aug. 6-9, had a new format: The regat-ta party was held after a fun evening race onThursday, the start of the Monhegan race wason Friday, and the awards and pancake break-fast on Sunday. Perfect sailing conditions ar-rived, after some scattered thunderstorms onFriday afternoon, with strong northerly windsallowing many of the boats to finish early inthe morning on Saturday.Winners of the 129-mile Mohegan course

were Ken Colburn from Southport, Maine,sailing Apparition, a Swan 42, in Monhegan ADivision; Tom Crotty from Freeport, Maine,sailing Cailin A Mara, a J/120, in MonheganB Division; and Jesse Duepree sailing Sorn, aCorsair Trimaran from Portland, Maine, inthe Mulithull Division.Don Logan from Falmouth won the 70-mile

Double Handed Racing Division sailingKeemah, a J/105. Kris Jennings from Freeportwon the 84 mile Manana Division sailing hisSabre 34 Milady. Another Sabre, Indian

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The Club 420 class in the Buzzards Bay Regattawas 132 boats strong. A Virginia boat took homethe honors, never finishing out of the top 10 in nineraces.

The third and finalday of competition inthe Buzzards BayRegatta saw asteady southwesterlybreeze and plenty ofclose competition.

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Tom Hill’s Titan 15, a 75-foot Reichel-Pughdesign launched this year at New EnglandBoatworks, won the IRC Division at the fifthIda Lewis Distance Race, which started andended off Newport, R.I. Starting at 3 p.m. onFriday, Aug. 21, with a fleet of 39 others IRC,PHRF, PHRF Double-Handed and PHRFCruising Spinnaker classes, Titan 15 finishedits 150-mile course at 4:42 a.m. on Saturday,covering the distance in just over 13 hours and42 minutes. Though Titan’s time was the fastest ever

logged in this race, it did not qualify as arecord, since race officials shortened bothMontauk and Block Island courses because ofHurricane Bill’s approach. The IRC boatssailed the shorter Block Island course used byPHRF boats, while PHRF boats sailed a new,103-mile Buzzards Bay Tower course. Mechanical failures dashed hopes for George

David’s (Hartford, Conn.) 90-foot sloopRambler and Irvine Laidlaw’s (Monaco) 82-

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New Bedford Yacht Club in South Dartmouth, Mass., Aug. 7-9, completed its third and final day of competition with asteady southwesterly breeze and plenty of close and excitingcompetition. With 16 separate racing classes competing infive circles, the regatta registered over 400 boats for thisyear’s event. Standout performances in PHRF handicap classes includ-

ed overall PHRF Boat of the Regatta, Bronco, a Melges 32owned by Michael Dominguez of Barrington R.I., winner ofPHRF Racing 1. Other winners include Joey Mello andImpression, a Concordia 37 from Dartmouth, Mass., in

PHRF Racing 2; Ron Noonan’s Wildflower, a Sabre 402 fromthe Beverly Yacht Club, won PHRF Cruising 1, and In Deep,a Dufour 38 sailed by Bob Warren of Mattapoisett YachtClub won PHRF Cruise 2.IRC winner was Dr. Ted Herlihy on Gut Feeling, a J/109

out of New Bedford Yacht Club. In Multihull classes, the twoperson F-18, a new class to the BBR, was won by Tripp Burdof Boston representing the Eastern Yacht Club. The multi-hull handicap class champion was Jay Spaulding of the NewEngland Multihull Association on Blue Moon. In the 132-boat Club 420 class, Diedre Lambert and Tracy Doherty of

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Summer, skippered by SheridanCarey from Westwood, Mass., wonthe 70-mile Seguin Island Race forcruising class as well as the SabreYachts trophy for best performanceby a Sabre. Greyhawk, a Peterson34’ from Keene, N. H., won theDouble Handed Cruising Division.FMI: http://gmora.org.

Virginia took home the honors,never finishing out of the top 10over nine races.One Design Keel Boat Classes

were also on tap featuring J/80,J/105, Rhodes 19, Etchells and J24classes as well as dinghy classesfor Vanguard 15, Laser, LaserRadial, Laser Masters, and 29erSkiffs. For complete results go towww.buzzardsbayregatta.com.The 38th Annual Buzzards BayRegatta will be hosted by theBeverly Yacht Club in Marion,Mass., Aug. 6-8, 2010.

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Class A (Classic)Rogue, Seville Simonds Kestrel, Angus Davis Fortune, Don Glassie

Class B (Spirit of Tradition)Streaker, Jake Parris October, Colby Smith Kathleen, Tim Fallon

Small Spirit of TraditionPat, Bruce Cresser Skylark, Michele Foster Radiant Rae, Maureen Barnitt

6 MeterArunga, Bob Cadranell Flapper, Jacob Vargish Ranger, Tony Widmann W ClassWhite Wings, Donald Tofias Wild Horses, Donald Tofias

S-Boat Aquila, Geoff DavisVindex, Paul Delnero Osprey, Sheldon Whitehouse

Sea SpriteRaven, Jonathon GoffWahtawah, David McGhie Scot Free, Herb Browne

Herreshoff 12 1/2, Bulleseye, & DoughdishQuetenis, Irving Sheldon Rhode Island, W. DeWolf Fulton Pooka, Seamanship Program

Catboat ClassEmmalina, Charley Appleton Mugsy, Jay Kolyer Shannon, Marie & Kevin O’Driscoll

Bill Swan Memorial RaceStreaker, Jake Parris Rogue, Seville Simonds Kathleen, Tim Fallon

6 Meter Race to NewportRanger, Tony Widmann Flapper, Jacob Vargish Jill, Martha Coolidge

This year’s Herreshoff Classic Regatta, held Aug. 21-23, was a tremendous suc-cess, bringing 60 yachts and hundreds of participants to Bristol, R.I., to celebratea weekend of Corinthian racing and the 90th anniversary of the S Class. Top threeresults are listed below. FMI: www.herreshoff.org.

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2009 Ida Lewis results

Class 1 IRC (10 Boats)1. Titan 15, RP Custom 75, Tom Hill, San Juan, P.R.2. Rambler, water-ballasted sloop, George David, Hartford,Conn.3. Privateer, Cookson 50, Ron O’Hanley, Boston, Mass.

Class 2 PHRF (17 Boats)1. Cutlass, Class 40, Nick/Alex Halmos- Mehran, Newport,R.I.2. Jest, Rodger Martin 32, Anson Stookey / Phip Hallowell,Middletown, R.I.3. True, J/42, Howard Hodgson, Ipswich, Mass.

Class 3 PHRF Double Handed (6 Boats)1. Jeroboam, Beneteau 351, Jonathan Green, Wakefield,Mass.2. Paladin, J/35, Jason Richter, Mt Sinai, N.Y.3. Ceol Mor, J/42, James Wilson, Washington, D.C.

Class 4 PHRF Cruising Spinnaker (7 Boats)1. Lolita, Swan 56.4, Frank Savage, Jamestown, R.I.2. Vixen, Swan 44, John Wayt, Jamestown, R.I.3. Perseverance, Swan 56, Tom Puett, Atlanta, Ga.

foot Wally yacht Highland Fling. Rambler’s run-ning backstay broke 25 miles into the race, andwhen the boat crash-tacked to save the mast fromfalling, the clew ring pulled out of the mainsail.Only minutes before, Highland Fling’s jib cunning-ham had broken, causing the sail to blow out of theheadfoil. A second jib was set, only to have the samething happen again. While Rambler was able to con-tinue (two crewmen successfully changed out therunner while up the 130-foot rig), Highland Flingwas forced to retire. Rambler was 2nd, while RonO’Hanley’s (Boston, Mass.) Cookson 40 Privateertook 3rd. The PHRF class’s scratch boat Cutlass, a Class 40

owned by Nick Halmos and Alex Mehran (both ofNewport, R.I.) knocked out their 103-mile race injust under 14 hours and 20 minutes. Mehran andHalmos recently won the Bermuda One-Two raceboth in class and overall.Another Bermuda One-Two class winner,

Jonathan Green (Wakefield, Mass.) and hisBeneteau 351 Jeroboam, won the Double-Handedclass. Winning PHRF Cruising Spinnaker class wasFrank Savage’s (Jamestown, R.I.) Lolita, whichcompleted the course in 16 hours and change. FMI:www.ildistancerace.org.

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Racing got started right on time, with PRO BillNewbery and his seasoned staff aboard the impres-sive Race Committee boat, the 63-foot Concept cata-maran, Heron, skippered by Cameron McLellan. Thestart saw temperatures in the high 70s and a nicefive- to 10-knot sea breeze from the southwest. Many of the racing boats were able to fly spin-

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Rank Boat Name Owner/Skipper Boat Design

Racing Division 11 Scaramouche Merle Hallett NM 392 Family Wagon Richard Hallett Hallett 333 Wiley Bruce Cumback J-354 Revolution Doyle Marchant Soverel 335 Charsar Charlie Fox Flying Tiger6 Beausoleil Richard Parent Beneteau 456 SD7 For Sale Win Fowler LS-30

Racing Division 2/31 Seven Thomas Hall Elliott 7702 Black Sheep Todd Lalumiere Etchells3 Tamarack Bob Kellogg J-294 Greyhound John Milburn Etchells5 Joy Robber Matthew Lalumiere Etchells6 t’kela Gregg Carville S2 7.97 Peregrine Erik Pedersen Soverel 338 Sunshine David Jones J-299 Honalee Richard Stevens Sabre 32 MK II10 Knot a Clew Lynn Tukey Wavelength 24

J 241 Second Chance Jeff Smith J-242 Flying Chicken Richard Carlson J-243 Mr. Hankey Andrew Carey J-244 Draco Andrew Stern J-245 Pit Party Steve Fernald J-24

Cruising Division 11 Resolute Fred Madeira J-442 Orinoco Tom Mahoney C&C 38-33 C-C-Courage Greggus Yahr J-1104 Altercation Ron Cole Hobie 335 Eastern Exposure Anthony Armstrong Frers 38DNS Sonny Bob Manheimer Custom 70DNS Abracadabra Jon Knowles J/46

Cruising Division 21 White Hawk Timothy Tolford J-272 Happy Ours Doug Coyle 1982 Erickson 33

3 Cordelia Timothy Reilley Ericson 35-34 Enterprise Neal Weinstein Ericson 385 Dreams II Dave Merrill Ericson 356 Endeavor Mark Balles J-327 Southern Cross Christopher Loader Hunter 41 DSDNF Shadow Robert Steeves Sabre 362

Cruising Division 31 Rita P Randy Rice Pearson 302 Patience Daniel Marston Catalina 303 MacLir Sean O’Malley Pearson 364 Gaelic Pat Ryan Tartan 305 KOKOMO William Hill Catalina 346 Anie O’Dea William Babbitt Catalina 3107 Whisper Rolfe Bryant Ericson 418 Catherine John Hall C&C 309 Soleil James Hall Beneteau First 31010 Northern Muse Christopher Moore Pearson 3311 Wasabi Charles Baird Hunter 34DNS Wicked Robert Winchell O’Day 322DNS Osprey Brian Champion J22

Cruising Division 41 Athais John Dunning Pearson 282 Fiddler’s Green Jim Cullum Pearson Commander3 Nimbus Troy Scott Alden Sloop4 Phalarope Alex Agnew Sea Sprite 235 Dolce Seb Milardo Ensign (red)6 Got Sales Mike Beaudette Sabre 287 Bodacious Ken Marsh Catalina Capri 228 Trilateration Matthew Gillam Rhodes 199 Eagle Dodge Morgan Custom Schooner

DNF Crazy Horse Paul Leddy 1951 Pilot Sloop

MS Regatta Challenge Cup:Service Club DivisionPortland Rotary Club

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2009 MS Regatta results

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By Carol StandishFor Points East

As recreational boaters, the majority of us take forgranted that the waters we play on and in are cleanand healthy. We shouldn’t. Huge progress has beenmade since towns, whole cities, and summer cottagesstraight-piped sewage directly into the ocean in frontof them, but that work is ongoing. Since the 1970s, a tremendous amount of money and

hard work by dedicated scientists, citizen volunteers,researchers and fundraisers has gone into the moni-toring, nursing and ultimately bringing back ourcoastal waters from near collapse. In Connecticut, for instance, Soundkeeper

(www.soundkeeper.org) monitors and takes legal andlegislative action to protect Long Island Sound’s fish-eries, marine life and wetlands from myriad sources ofpollution and to increase water-quality standards. Theimpetus for establishing such an organization came in1987 when a severe algae bloom caused the lowest dis-solved-oxygen levels ever recorded in the westernSound: zero. The Connecticut Coastal Fishermen’sAssociation was formed to fight the pollution.Municipalities were sued for violations of the CleanWater Act, and some of the proceeds of the suit wereused to hire the first “Soundkeeper.”Today, the Soundkeeper organization is engaged in

multiple projects that continue to improve the healthof Long Island Sound. “We have three pump-out boats:one in Norwalk, one in Stanford, and one in NewRochelle, New York. The service is free but we ask fora donation,” says Jason Garnet, development coordina-tor. “It’s been a tough funding year though. State sup-port is down due to budget cuts, and member dona-tions are down. Even the donations for the pump-outboats are down.” The progress the organization has made is impres-

sive, despite the funding shortage. The most recent bigproject is installing a vault filter on the single drainpipe that collects storm water from 275 storm drains inSouth Norwalk and filters sediments and E-coli. Theyhave reached a settlement with Millstone Power Plantin Waterford to install closed-cycle cooling. They havechallenged the EPA rule exempting pesticides frompollutant discharge requirements and they won. A cer-tification program has been initiated to educate andeventually prevent property owners abutting thesound from using fertilizer and pesticides to groomtheir lawn and gardens. “Remember,” says Jason,“What goes in the ground, goes in the sound.” And bythe way, when you take your boat out of the water thisfall, please check the Department of Environmental

Protection website for power washing regs.Narragansett Bay is dear to the hearts of all Rhode

Island boating enthusiasts (and plenty of other peo-ple, too), and it has its own Save the Bay (www.save-bay.org) organization possibly the oldest in theNortheast. Established in 1970, the first audit of thewatershed was completed in 1982. In 1996, Save theBay acquired a patrol vessel and organized 1,200 vol-unteers for a massive coastal clean-up. Rachel Calabro, community organizer and advocacy

coordinator, wears many hats. She monitors policywork affecting the bay; she tracks legislation and lob-bies; she works with local groups who are involved inprotecting specific bodies of water, like local streams,helping them get grants for projects such as dam re-moval and fish runs. And she helps with fundraiserslike the 33rd annual 1.7-mile swim from Newport toJamestown. This past summer 411 swimmers partici-pated. “Save the Bay has over 5,000 members and sup-porters. Several thousand volunteers donate thou-sands of hours on projects like coastal clean-up andstorm-drain stenciling, which publicizes the fact thatwhat goes down the drain ends up in the Bay,” shesays. Beach closings are still prevalent in Rhode Island be-

cause of polluted water. “We’re trying to upgrade wastewater, but the whole infrastructure is crumbling. Asewer main burst in Newport recently,” says Calabro.“Nobody has any money.”On the positive side, Save the Bay is expanding eel-

grass restoration, thanks to NOAA which funds habi-tat restoration. “We’re hoping that if we can restoreeel-grass habitat in the bay, scallops will come back.It’s a long shot but, maybe . . . .” says Calabro.Providence recently completed building a combinedstorm and sewer overflow tunnel which funnels thewater to a treatment plant. “We can see a big improve-ment since that system went on line,” she says.“Swansea, Massachusetts [on the upper bay] openedtheir shellfish beds for the first time in 30 years.”Massachusetts’s Save the Harbor/Save the Bay

(www.savetheharbor.org) was founded in 1986 by, theorganization says, the “attorney who initiated the law-suit that forced the cleanup of Boston Harbor, thejudge who heard the case in state court, the reporterwho covered the story for the “Boston Globe,” and ayoung mother from Brookline who believed her chil-dren should be able to swim safely on Boston’s beach-es.” From that righteous beginning, the organization has

evolved through many successes. “We’ve come such along way. I’d say we’re about 90 percent clean,” says

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vice president of operations Matt Wolfe. “At the end of2010, the massive tunnel in South Boston will be com-pleted that will capture all storm-water run-off thatused to end up on the beaches. The only place wherewe’re currently monitoring water quality is Fort PointChannel, near the Children’s Museum.” There’s not so much volunteering anymore, but more

behind-the-scenes advocacy. “We’re trying to tell busi-ness that there’s an advantage to clean water. We’re adifferent organization now,” says Wolfe. “We’re tryingto get the public back to the harbor and the beaches.We are now focused on sharing.”One of the major ways Save the Harbor accomplish-

es these goals is by running lots of youth programs.While the office runs most of the year with six staffersand four to six student interns, during the summer 15high school and college students and adults are hiredto lead two free summer youth programs, “. . . each tar-geted toward urban youth who have historically beenexcluded from the environmental and recreationalbenefits of our enormous public investment in BostonHarbor and the Harbor Islands,” the website says.“Our programs combine recreation and hands-on envi-ronmental education to bring the harbor alive foryoung people and to encourage them to become stew-ards of the future.” “With those summer programs over, we’re coming in-

to the fall grant-writing season,” says Wolfe. “So far ourcurrent foundation funders are standing by us.”In New Hampshire, there is such a variety of envi-

ronmental groups that it is hard to sort them out. Itappears, however, that the initial source of most ofthem is the University of New Hampshire. Great BayCoast Watch (www.gbcw.unh.edu) is a joint venture ofUNH’s Cooperative Extension Service and NewHampshire Sea Grant. Dari Ward, interim coordinator (and the person to

contact if you wish to volunteer), coordinates water-quality sampling. Nineteen sites in and around GreatBay and up into the rivers are monitored by volunteersmonthly for coliform count. Boaters can volunteer tosample in the bay and off shore. Local school groups al-so help. Additional samples are taken via satellitesand ocean buoys, which measure density and temper-ature among other conditions. Eelgrass habitats arealso planted and monitored.The UNH Docents coordinate educational programs

for both adults and school groups. During July andAugust and, sometimes, September, “citizen-awarenesscruises” around Great Bay and to the Isles of Shoalsare offered. Occasionally, the UNH research vessel,Gulf Challenger (docked at the new UNH pier in NewCastle) is used. More often, commercial boats likeEastman’s fishing fleet out of Seabrook, Granite StateWhale Watch out of Rye, or Heritage Sightseeing out ofPortsmouth are used. The boats become floating labs. Water chemistry,

tides and currents, plankton trolls in the bay and ottertrolls of the ocean bottom demonstrate food chains andbring up sea weeds, algae and other denizens of theocean floor. When the boats land on Appledore Island,a tour of the marine lab is offered and colonial plantsand other evidentiary history are discussed. Dari is the booking agent for these great education-

al cruises. Although there will probably be only one ortwo going this fall, they will start up again early nextsummer so file her contact info: [email protected] is home to some pretty impressive bays and

backwaters, several of which have their own advocacyorganizations. Casco Bay has Friends of Casco Bay,home of Casco Baykeeper (www.cascobay.org).Penobscot Bay has Penobscot Bay Watch (http://pen-bay.org). Maine Rivers has Maine River Watch(http://mainerivers.org), but by now you’re probablypretty familiar with the activities of these essential or-ganizations. Maine has another organization that takes the eco-

logical health of the coast seriously in a way unusualamong environmental-advocacy groups. Every mem-ber of Maine Island Trail (www.mita.org) takes an un-official pledge to be a good steward. Based on trust andlong evidence, permission has been granted by private,corporate and governmental owners of 182 islandsalong the coast for members to MITA members to en-joy these jewels for their recreational use. “It’s all about leverage,” says Brian Marcaurelle,

stewardship manager. “Six people in Portland keep aneye on the 375-mile waterway and 182 islands. Thestaff measures impact through the adopt an islandprogram in which local volunteers, in their own boats,visit a couple of times a summer and, if necessary,neaten up by removing trash, dismantling fire rings,checking wildlife, talking to campers, and reportingback. Another group of volunteers, specially trained, use

their own boats to check multiple islands. Work crewswill tackle larger maintenance like blow downs andthe recent accumulation of derelict lobster traps onBar Island (special permission required). We estimatethat about 50 to 80 percent of visitors sign in on thelogbooks on each island. Last year, more than 4,500comments were left.“Our work is often called ‘the invisible hand of stew-

ardship,’” says Marcaurelle. “There are no rangers ex-cept in the case of the two most heavily trafficked is-lands which have summer caretakers. The evidence isclear. If the last person to use the island leaves it wellcared for, then it is more likely that the next personwill follow that example. The behavior of the previousvisitor persuades, perhaps even obliges, the next visi-tor to leave the island the way he found it.” And slow-ly, slowly…we all get civilized.



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Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales, is now based in Yarmouth, Maine,having moved from Handy Boat Service in Falmouth, Maine, toYarmouth, Maine. The new address is 322 Bayview St.,Yarmouth, ME 04096, across from Royal River Boat Yard. Allcontact numbers remain the same: office: 207-899-0909, cell207-831-3168, email: [email protected], www.gomys.com.

Sailmaking Support Systems of Greenland, N.H., has a newsystem, Vacu-Wash, that, they say, virtually eliminates mildewfrom sails, especially if they have sail made from laminatedmaterials. The system penetrates multiple layers of sails, asopposed to just their surfaces, effectively removing mildewfrom deep in the fibers, the company claims, result in cleanersails and longer life spans. The process involves placing sailsin a vacuum chamber, removing air and water from the voidsbetween layers, slowly introducing a cleaning agent that pene-trates every layer, and then rinsing the sail. Sails are cleanedin three to four days. FMI: www.sailkote.com.

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Laura Burgess Marketing, LLC, of Portsmouth, N.H., public re-lations and marketing communications for the shooting andoutdoor sports, law-enforcement and now boating and fishingmarkets, announced in July the addition of Eric Burgess, co-owner and partner, and Ashley Burgess, senior MARCOMManager, to its team. Eric and Ashley will be responsible fordriving Laura Burgess Marketing, LLC’s revenue growth, marketexpansion into the boating and fishing markets and new ser-vice offerings for all markets. FMI: www.lauraburgess.com.

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Downeast Doormats crafts these attractive and durablerugs out of banned floating rope that’s swapped for sinkingcordage that will pose less of a threat to Atlantic rightwhales.

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With the threats of hurricanes almost every week-end, the fishing seems to improve. Whether or not thisscenario continues will be the question. Inshore andoffshore fishing off the coast of Rhode Island has beenspectacular.Anglers fishing off Point Judith Light to Green Hill

have had awesome striped bass, seabass, bonito,and scup fishing. Eels from dusk to dawn and trollingumbrellas during the day are the best means to catchtrophies linesides. Junior angler Matthew Jarbeaulanded 44.8-pound striper fishing, while Captain JoelLizza aboard the Sea Otter reported catching twostripers over 50 pounds and one 49-pounder on onetrip fishing the North Rip of Block Island with livescup. The south side of Block Island and the Southwest

Ledge have also been great fishing grounds. Bluefishand bonito have are becoming frequent along thesouth shore. Rebel Fast-Tracks and Deadly Dicks arekey lures for the bonito run. Kastmasters and CreakChub popper plugs work great for the blues.Yellowfin tuna anglers fishing the Dump are hav-

ing the best fishing in 10 years. Fish have been follow-ing the temperature breaks from the Fingers to thecenter of the Dump quite consistently. Multiple hook-ups were common while trolling spreader bars, HexHeads, Zuckers, and squid chains. If the fish settledown, bait fishing will become an option. High flyers are great places to check out for mahi-

mahi. Roy Lasky aboard the Pole Star landed several20-pound mahi on the north Side of the Dump. Manyanglers had reports of wahoo in these areas, so be pre-

pared with wire leaders. Also frequenting these waterswere smaller sized mako shark on the troll. By farthe Dump is the place for some great action. The bluefin tuna fishing has had its ups and downs

from the Mud Hole to the Fairway Buoy and Coxes.Paul Hooper battled a 50-pound bluefin with a 12-weight fly rod with 40-pound floro tippet, on a 8-inchmackerel flatwing while fishing the Mud Hole. Helanded the fish in Coxes Ledge in more than five hours. As long as the weather cooperates, we are in for a

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North: Striped bass fishing hot in the riverBy Craig BergeronFor Points East

The striped bass fishing is heating up in the rivers.The chilly mornings the past week have cooled the wa-ters. and the bait is here again. Tube and worm angler’sare catching plenty of bass in the Saco River, and thefish are all between 26 and 30 inches long. Employee Nate Wescott said the Kennebunk River is

full silversides a few days ago, and we also had reportsof peanut bunker in Saco Bay. Mike Lorello of SouthPortland said the night fishing was slow during the fullmoon, and that the fishing would be steadily improving.We’ve had reports of bluefish around Richmond is-

land and also at the mouth of the Kennebunk river.They have been feeding heavily on the small peanuts.Try using a Gag’s Grabber five-inch popper when yousee surfacing blues, or the larger Bomber seven-inchswimming plugs to locate schools.The mackerel were still here in early September.

George Andrews of Lovell filled the livewell up in frontof Wood island using small Sabiki rigs and a quart ofour secret chum. With the bluefish reappearing, theywere sure to move offshore. Groundfish are still plenti-ful on Tantas and Jeffreys ledges. Dan Kelley ofKennebunk fished on the Bunny Clark last week andboated many codfish weighing over 30 pounds.September and October are great months to load thefreezer with fresh cod and haddock fillets, which aregreat in a chowder, deep fried, or baked with crackercrumbs in the oven.The shark fishing is in full swing now, and

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The boat and the journey are the catalyst. The subjectis the relationship.Their “B-HAG” (Big Hairy Audacious Goal) is what

she calls the mutual decision to quit the nine-to-fiveroutine, get married, buy a boat, and sail to HongKong (with which they are both familiar she throughvisits, he through business activities). They will im-merse themselves in each other and the big scary andbeautiful watery world.The first job at hand is to go shopping for the right,

affordable boat. This task deftly delineates the maleand female points of view: He’s looking for hull mate-rial (preferably aluminum). She checks the cabin for“luxuries” like refrigerators, ovens, heaters, showers.He’s examining the rig. She’s testing the comfy-nessof the bunks. He’s checking the keel construction andhull shape. She’s calculating the number of peoplewho can fit around the table for cards. “Warm andfuzzy” is not in his vocabulary. With such gaping dif-ferences in their priorities, can this B-HAG bereached? Under way, the differences between the two sailors

become clearer. He is methodical and mechanical, aperfectionist always adjusting sail trim according tothe laws of physics. She doesn’t get it, thinks he’s be-ing fussy. She does her boat duties indifferently, retir-ing to the cabin to read and write a few articles forboating magazines. (Several are accepted.) She starts

a novel and embraces the definition of cruising: “do-ing boat repairs in exotic places.” They drift apart,crankily.One day as they are bicycling around the island of

Kosrae (an island in the Federated States ofMicronesia), she’s thinking about her novel so intent-ly that she rolls right into the figurative barking, po-tentially biting dog. He says, “We’re not on vacation atsome gated resort here, Janna. You might want to payattention…you might want to focus on being heresometimes. We’re in a pretty amazing place.” She says, “I’m getting bored writing for men…it’s

mostly men who read those sailing magazines. I wantto write about something I care about,” aka “the rela-tionship.”In the end, the novel is put aside, and this memoir

is completed and the “being-there” part of the experi-ence of the journey gets short shrift. However, CawrseEsarey is such a forthright, peppy and funny writerthat the reader only occasionally wishes for more ofthe exotic physical scenery the couple is sailingthrough. And in case you’re wondering, gentlemen, whether

to sign on for this particular cruise, I am happy to re-port that the book has passed the “guy test.” Twoweathered (male) sailors and one weathered husbandwho read the book at my request have given it threeenthusiastic “thumbs-ups.”



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Those of us who cruise Downeast in search of ad-venture, drama and nature untouched byman’s ambitions are in no small way indebted

to those who have protected the wildness and beautyof the coast for the greater good. Among the manysuch treasures held in safekeeping forever isMarshall Island on the eastern flank of Maine’sJericho Bay. Marshall is one of the largest undeveloped islands

in New England, and the Maine Coast HeritageTrust (MCHT) launched a campaign to take posses-sion of the 981-acre parcel when plans for a 14-lotsubdivision, complete with airstrip, were announced.With help from The Land For Maine’s FutureProgram, the MCHT acquired the island in 2004. Crafting a management plan that protects the

primitive essence of the spruce crowned jolt of landand encourages responsible public access, MarshallIsland offers breathtaking beauty, miles of trails, acampsite (by reservation only), sandy beaches, at-tractive coves, soaring eagles and the feeling of beingcenturies removed from the moment.The primary avenues of access are an anchorage

west of Ringtown Island and from Sand Cove on theeast shore. The former anchorage offers good holdingground in settled weather, as well as a dock to land adinghy (tie up on the south side) and access to a welland paths that skirt most of the island’s west and

south shore, offering dramatic prospects at everyturn. Sand Cove, more of an open roadstead than snug

shelter, features a crescent of sandy beach, a rarecommodity along this coast. We anchored securely in14 feet of water in the south quarter of the bight. Abit of a lop can curl into this emerald alcove, makingfor an uneasy overnight berth, but with a watchfuleye and quiet weather, it is tenable. A small surf of-ten breaks along the strand and after watching thecurl for a few minutes, Leigh and I landed the dingystern-first, the ruffle of breakers parted harmlesslyby the bow as we hopped ashore barefooted. A trail runs past Sand Cove, and a short hike to

Boxam Cove reveals another inviting sandy swardyou are likely to have to yourself and a few pipingplovers. Also worth visiting is a beach seaward ofLong Point, which at low tide offers an invitingsweep of sand, shingle and solitude. The usual prudent practices apply. Carry out what

you pack in, no pets, no fires above the high-tidemark, and if you find more than a few boats at an-chor (which seems rare), save it for another day.Lastly, support the good work of MCHT and otherpreservation groups. More information on MarshallIsland and other holdings is available atwww.mcht.org. David Buckman sails out of Round Pond, Maine.

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October Tides

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October Tides


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Port Reference Time Corrections Height CorrectionsMaine/ New Hampshire Stonington Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.91, Low *0.90Rockland Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.93, Low *1.03Boothbay Harbor Portland High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High *0.97, Low *0.97Kennebunkport Portland High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High *0.97, Low *1.00Portsmouth 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 *0.97Plymouth 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 *1.03Provincetown 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 *1.00Point 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 *0.96Saybrook Jetty New London High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High *1.36, Low *1.35Saybrook 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 *0.97Westport Newport High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min., High *0.85, Low *0.85

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Special guests included Jim Melcher, who had single-handed his homebuilt 34-foot leeboard Sharpie Alertto Europe. Later, he and Diane de Grasse-Melchersailed Alert around the Mediterranean and back tothe Caribbean, where Jim celebrated his 80th birth-day. Diane Allmayer-Beck, Ariel III out of Belfast,Maine, read the list of attendees acknowledging theirmany extraordinary cruising adventures. We heardfrom two SSCA members and attendees at last year’sdowneast gam, Katherine and Lael Easterling; theyare sailing their 40-foot sloop Painted Skies, aroundthe world. Currently, they are somewhere betweenAmerican Samoa and Australia. Guest speaker Peter McCrea, sailing his 35-foot

Freedom sloop Panacea, out of Thomaston, Maine,talked about participating in the Bermuda 1-2, theunusual Newport Island to Bermuda sailing race: sin-glehanded to Bermuda, doublehanded back toNewport. Peter has won the event several times anddescribed this year’s weather and sea conditions, nec-essary preparations, failures, and the various humor-ous events among the participants including a flat-calm-induced mutiny on another entrant’s boat whenwithin sight of the Newport finish line.The weather held for the last event of the busy day.

Later Saturday afternoon, 37 dinghies rafted up be-hind Herb and Ruth Weiss’s 40-foot ketch Windpower,

out of Marion, Mass. Hors d’oeurvres were passedfrom dinghy to dinghy. Many future rendezvous werescheduled as most of the fleet planned to move southfor the winter.Sailors heading north during the summer of 2010

should mark their calendars and plan to attend the20th annual Downeast Gam scheduled for Aug. 7,2010, in Gilkey Harbor, Islesboro, Maine. More infor-mation will be forthcoming as the date approaches.For details about SSCA, visit www.ssca.org.

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night visit, this “tour group”took in the local sights, maderepairs to their ship, held a lob-ster feast, caught “great” codand halibut, mingled with thenatives, restocked supplies,picked up some souvenirs, andthen sailed off to visit otherdestinations.Isn’t this description typical

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Whitehall skiffEquipment for rowing and sailing.Includes Ez loader galvanizedtrailer included. $11,995 Call Al207-890-2693. [email protected]

17ʼ Herreshoff Buzzards Bay Boat Classic style.Built by the Wooden Boat Schoolin Eastport, Maine. Marconi-riggedwith a 3hp Yamaha outboard.$14,000. [email protected]

19ʼ Cornish Shrimper, 1986Classic British gaff rig pocketcruiser; tan bark sails; fiberglasshull shoal draft with retractablecenterboard; wood mast and spars(tabernacle rig); sleeps two; 5hpNissan outboard; new E-Z Loadertrailer. Boothbay, ME $22,000.207-633-5341 [email protected]

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25ʼ Cape Dory 25CHANG HO Very good condition.9.9hp Yamaha 4-stroke. Many up-grades. Swim ladder, dodger,cockpit sun shade, jack stands.Main cabin bunks convert toqueen bed. Chang Ho was lastowned by Points East contributingwriter Dave Roper. Marblehead,MA. $7,000. Pete Rogers 413-230-3233. [email protected]

27ʼ Island Packet, 1988Cutter, full keel, 6’ 2 headroom.Easy single handler. Selling Price:$43,[email protected]

27ʼ Pacific Seacraft Orion, 1982Fully equipped & professionallymaintained. Hand laid solid fiber-glass hull. Bronze portlights. Thisis a well found yacht ready to go.$45,000. 207-244-7854. [email protected]

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30ʼ Bristol 30, 1971Awl-gripped fiberglass. Mainsailand Genoa jib, Cruising Designroller furler. 2002 Universal 18hpdiesel, 120 hours. 2009 recondi-tioned transmission. New sea-cocks. Steering wheel, teak cock-pit table. Sleeps six, new cushionsand upholstery 2001. Electronics.Excellent condition. $25,000. 207-563-3040 or email [email protected]

30ʼ Haven, 1977Wonderful double-ender, full gal-ley, head, sleeps four comfortably.$35,000. Atlantic Boat Company,[email protected]

30ʼ Dufour Arpege, 1970Beautifully maintained, blueAwlgrip hull, recent sails anddodger. Teak cabin sole. 10hpVolvo diesel. $19,900. RobinhoodMarine Center, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

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

32ʼ Jenneau 32, 1985This is a clean and wonderfullyspirited boat ready for a new own-er. Canvas, electronics, and nicesails are all well maintained. Sheis a great starter yacht or good fordownsizing. Tiller steering for thetrue sailor. Recent price drop to$25,000. Contact Cape-Yachts,866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

32ʼ Freedom, 1984Very roomy and simple to sail.Enclosed aft stateroom, rare onboats of this size. 22hp Yanmar.$35,000. Robinhood MarineCenter, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

34ʼ Irwin Citation Sloop,198010,000. Contact Ocean PointMarina at [email protected]

34ʼ Tartan SloopNew Westerbeke 30B & exhaustsystem. $24,000 or best offer.Jonesport Shipyard, [email protected]

34ʼ Tartan, 2006This Tartan 3400 is equipped witha 27hp Yanmar. She is extremelyclean and very well cared for; afresh water boat with an equip-ment list worthy of a closer look.Please call today for a showing.Asking $179,000. ContactDiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

35ʼ Hinckley Pilot Sloop, 1970Black hull, outstanding condition.$127,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

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36ʼ Sabre 362, 1996The Sabre 362 is a sought afterracer/cruiser in today’s market.Windfield has been yard main-tained and professionally cared forand it shows. With her reliableYanmar diesel and Sabre qualitybuild you need look no further fora preowned cruiser/racer to suiteyour needs. $165,000. NewCastle, NH. Call Kyle at 207-439-9582. [email protected]

37ʼ Hunter, 1998Fully equipped including Genset,heat/AC, Radar, autopilot. 38hpYanmar diesel. Superb condition.$109,500. Robinhood MarineCenter, 207-371-2342.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

37ʼ Fisher Pilothouse Ketch1978. Recent re-fit including darkgreen Awlgrip, new sails, cush-ions. Espar heating, radar, inverterincluded. $90,000. Located inEastport, Maine. Call RobinhoodMarine Center, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

38ʼ Ericson 38, 1988Phoenix is Pacific Seacraft builtand one of the best maintainedyachts of her kind on the market.

Hailing from Maine and only re-cently sailed down to SW for sail,look at her specs and pictures.She truly is immaculate. If a turnkey yacht for a reasonable price iswhat you are looking for thenPhoenix is your boat. Pricedagressively at $79,600. ContactCape Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

42ʼ Catalina 42 MKII, 20023 staterooms, wing keel, doylestack, 140 genoa, CDI furlingspinnaker, etc. Bailey Is. Maine.$169,000. Frank Jones, 603-726-3112. [email protected]

49ʼ Hinckley 49, 1978Center cockpit. Perfect for aroundthe world cruising, chartering, orlive aboard. Excellent condition.Located in Boston. $229,000. [email protected]

POWER13ʼ Dauntless, 1998Always garaged, professionallymaintained. Repowered in 2003only 3 hours on the new 40hpMerc. Includes Bimini top w/boot,two padded folding helm seats, re-movable bow-pedestal seat andpoling platform. On heavy-dutytrailer w/spare. $8,900. YorkHarbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602. [email protected] 15ʼ Sunbird

with 40hp Johnson. $3,000.Contact Ocean Point Marina [email protected]

17ʼ Boston Whaler Sport GLS1991. A Montauk hull with com-fortable molded no-maintenancefiberglass interior, vinyl seats.1991 Yamaha 90hp outboard,Pacific trailer w/spare. VHF, Bimini,mooring cover. Great value.$7,300. York Harbor MarineService at [email protected]

17ʼ Boston Whaler Montauk1989. Well-equipped, meticulouslymaintained 1989 17-Montauk with2002 90-hp Mercury 2-stroke anda 2008 Venture trailer. IncludesHumminbird PMAX 220, StandardHorizons Eclipse radio w/antenna,Ritchie compass, bimini top andconsole cover new in 2008, plusmooring cover, cushions, anchor,docklines, fenders, etc. $10,900.York Harbor Marine Service [email protected]

17ʼ Sunbird Corsair, 1994 with very nice trailer. Add an out-board and a little cosmetic workfor a great little runabout. $1100.207-223-8885.

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18ʼ Sea Pro 180 CC, 200318-foot center console fishingboat. With clean Yamaha 90hp 2-stroke. On Venture trailer withspare tire. Ready to go. $10,900.York Harbor Marine Service at207-363-3602. [email protected] 19ʼ Eastern, 2003Center console, 90hp Evenrude,power tilt, professionally main-tained and stored indoors. Lowoperating hours. $20,000. AtlanticBoat Company, [email protected]

21ʼ Duffy Electric Launch, 2001Fully electric, full weather enclo-sure. Quiet, stable, the perfectplatform for picnics or cocktails onthe bay. $22,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

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22ʼ Pro-Line, 2003Center console with trailer, 200hpMercury, very clean, low hours, t-top, cover, bow cushion and more.$25,[email protected]

23ʼ Mako Sport Fisherman, 1996Motor needs work. Selling Price:$6,[email protected]

23ʼ Palmer Scott, 1954Located in Mt. Desert, Maine.Fiberglass hull, gas engine.$16,800. Call 207-255-7854 oremail [email protected]

24ʼ Eastern, 2003Eastern Center Console w/130hp4-stroke Honda outboard. Comeswith trailer. $31,500. Call OceanPoint Marina at 207-633-0773 [email protected]

24ʼ Ellis Fisherman, 1984An Ellis classic with Downeastlobster-yacht lines. Repowered in1999 with a Perkins 170hp diesel.Comfortable, with cuddy cabin, v-berth and head. $42,900. York

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

25ʼ General Marine Downeast1987. Great small lobster boat,351Cleveland/Windsor V8 inboard.Cuddy V-berth cabin w/ heat, intop condition. $23,000. 207-799-3600.www.theyachtconnection.com

26ʼ Back Cove Pipe Hardtop2008. Just traded for a Back Cove33 and options like no other onthe market. Her galley includes a120V AC/12 VDC fridge, stainlesssteel sink, microwave oven andcooktop for meal preparation. A v-berth with drop-down, inlaid table,sleeps two comfortably; and herfully enclosed head provides aspacious layout for maneuverabili-ty. Asking $149,900. ContactDiMillo’s Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

27ʼ Eastern, 2006In flag blue with white cushions.Evinrude Etec 250hp with greatfuel economy, Fortune canvas,Garmin Electronics, and loadedwith options, and less than 50hours. Venture tandem axle trailer,with 4 wheel brakes. Reduced to

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28ʼ Cape Dory Flybridge28’ 30’ & 36’ Cape Dory FB, newYanmar diesel in 28’ & 36’. Threevery clean examples, From$75,000-$199,000. Gray & Gray,Inc. 207-363-7997

28ʼ Albin Tournament Expess2003. This 2003 Albin is poweredwith the popular 315 Yanmardiesel with only 277 hours. She isfully equipped and also has theoptional cockpit bench seating fac-ing forward. The Albin 28 has thereputation of being tough anddurable, and combined with hercleanliness, you won’t be disap-pointed. Please call today for ashowing. Asking $109,000.Contact DiMillo’s Yacht Sales,207-773-7632 or [email protected]

28ʼ Albin HT (2), 2002Yanmar diesel, very clean from$99,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

30ʼ Albin Aft Cabin, 2004This family cruiser is in Bristolcondition and has been profes-sionally maintained since pur-chased by her original owner. Shehas a great electronics packageand a reliable Yanmar deisel.Perfect coastal cruiser with a fullcanvas enlosure that allows forplenty of room for entertaining orjust enjoying your privacy. Owneris motivated, so bring reasonableoffers. Located in New Castle,New Hampshire. $139,900. CallKyle, 207-439-9582.kpyy.net

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ley and head, sleeps 4. $39,500.207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

31ʼ McLain Lobsterboat 194331’ x 8’ cedar-on-oak Maine lob-sterboat built 1943 by NewellMcLain in Thomaston. Presentlyoutfitted for basic cruising, withhead, woodstove, food locker, andV-berth for two. Large cockpit.Westerbeke 4-107 diesel.Charlena is located in Brooklin.Call 207-359-8593 or e-mail formore photos and info. Useablecondition; $15,000. [email protected]

32ʼ 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/karbottboat-building/[email protected]

32ʼ Grand Banks, 1974Fiberglass hull. Ford Lehman, ex-cellent condition, surveyor owned$63,900. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997

32ʼ Morris Flybridge, 1998BHM hull and deck. Finished byMorris Yachts. Proven Downeasthull. Design and construction firstclass. Professionally maintained,stored indoors. $235,000. AtlanticBoat Company, [email protected]

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33ʼ RobinhoodFlybridge Poweryacht, 2001.Yanmar 420hp diesel, 5kw genset,Raymarine radar, GPS, autopilotupgraded ‘06. Dark green hull.$275,000. Others available from$229,500-$475,000. RobinhoodMarine Center, 207-371-2343.

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33ʼ Pearson True North , 2004True North 33 is one of the mostpopular 33’ downeast style boatson the brokerage market. With ahelm deck that has easy accessto the large open cockpit andopening transom door for boardingfrom a dinghy, swimming or justcarrying recreational toys. This TN33 is equipped with the upgraded440 Yanmar diesel, Mastervoltgenerator, air conditioning, bowthruster and Espar heater. Asking$215,000. Contact DiMillo’s Yacht

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34ʼ American PH Tug Trawler2001. Cummins diesel, immacu-late and lowest one on market.$229,500. Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997.

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36ʼ Carver Mariner, 2007Full electronics, bow thruster, gen-erator, many extras. Priced tomove, $225,000. Owner gettingbigger boat. [email protected]

36ʼ Grand Banks, 1979Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellent con-dition. Fully equipped for cruising.$99,000. Call 781-461-2692 oremail. [email protected]

38ʼ H&H Osmond Beal, 2002EcoFriendly custom Downeastliveaboard cruiser. Solar panels.Composting head. Fully insulated.Hurricane diesel heater. Yanmar370, low hours. Spacious salon.Galley up. Island Queen.$225,000. [email protected]

38ʼ True North 38, 2003Just traded. This True North 38represents the best True North onthe market today. Replacementcost is nearly double as this fineyacht includes: Generator, A/C,Espar heater, full electronics withcolor display, hard back enclosure,central vac and so much more.Priced to sell at $318,500. ContactCape Yachts, 866-657-9929. www.Cape-Yachts.com

42ʼ Matthews Classic, 1956Double Cabin Flying Bridge(DCFB) Cruiser. Beautifully re-stored cruiser, a sea-going sum-mer home. Repowered with 2 twinGM V6 220hp delivering 4.5gph@9knots. Complete new plumb-ing, electrical including Lewmaranchoring system, Garmin chart-plotter/GPS and Ritchie binnacle.$65,000. More information andpictures available. Contact: [email protected]

42ʼ Duffy, 1997Heavy-duty, commercial pilot andtow boat converted to pleasure.CAT 3406E 800hp. Meticulousmaintenance. First-rate construc-tion and mechanical systems.$250,000. Atlantic Boat Company,[email protected]

42ʼ Bunker & Ellis,1958ALERIA is prime for restoration.$134,900. Call 207-255-7854, oremail [email protected]

43ʼ Marine Trader, 1984Priced to sell at $69,999. FMI con-tact Ocean Point Marina at 207-633-0773. [email protected]

46ʼ Duffy, 2007Exceptionally able off-shore boat.Cummins 670hp QSM-11 diesel,100 hours. Shorepower, inverter,generator, full electronics. Threestaterooms, two heads, great live-aboard. $595,000. Atlantic BoatCompany, [email protected]

47ʼ Novi Dragger, 1985Fiberglass Atkinson NoviDragger.43.8’ + 4’ extension. 15.5’beam, 6’ draft. Good Condition.

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50ʼ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge, 2005SHEGAVIN shows as new and isin absolute Bristol condition.Powered by 730hp Mann’s shehas plenty of power and reliability.Her well thought out interior isdone in dark cherry and therewere numerous option upgrades.The Mann engine upgrade was a$100K upgrade itself and shouldbe an indication of the rest of thisboats condition. No expense wasspared to make this vessel thebest one of its kind. This boat isloaded and ready for her newowner. She was finished with digi-tal guagesat the helm station andis the only one of her kind. Pleaseview her full specs and call if inter-ested in a showing. This should bethe next one to sell. Dont miss out.$630,000. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582or email [email protected]

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Free Rally 10th Annual NARC RallyNorth American Rally to theCaribbean. Departure fromNewport, R.I., Nov. 1, 2009 (orbest weather window thereafter)for Bermuda and Caribbean. Call1-800-4-PASSAGe for info orwww.sailopo.com

Marina For SaleFor Sale: Wotton’s Wharf Marinain Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Formore information call Bruce Tindalat 207-633-6711. www.wottonswharf.com

Captain WantedWanted: Captain to operate 30passenger lobster/coastal tourboat from Kennebunkport.Responsible for providing informa-tion to passengers and all dailyboat operations. Paid per trip ba-sis. Contact John Martin, 207-468-7262.

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Ocean Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51North Gear . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Padebco Custom Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Pierce Yacht Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21Points East Fundy Flotilla . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Pope Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Portland Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . .66,80Questus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Quality Yacht Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64PYC Race Series . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Robinhood Marine Center . . . . . . . . . .33,69Royal River Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Rumery’s Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9,35Russell’s Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71Saco Bay Tackle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49Samoset Boatworks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Sea Bags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26Sea Hag Soaps . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Scandia Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70Seal Cove Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34SeaTech Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74Snug Harbor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49South Port Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44South Port Marine Yacht Connection . . . . .69South Shore Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Spruce Head Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Stanley Scooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57Star Distributing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62URLS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60,61U.S. Bells . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28Webhannet River Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . .52White Instruments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9Winter Island . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Winterport Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .62Women Under Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28,77Wooden Boat School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77Woods to Goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Yacht North Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Yankee Boat Yard & Marina . . . . . . . . . . . .80Yankee Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . .80York Harbor Marine Service . . . . . . . . .48,69

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WINTER

B R E W E R S T O R A G EWinter storage is more than simply hauling and storing your boat; it is, in fact,the beginning of next season. The performance of your boat depends upon winter maintenance. As Winter approaches, contact a Brewer Yacht Yard tomake plans for service and storage at a location convenient to you. A Breweryard will ensure that your boat is safely tucked away for the winter, and getsproper care and service during the down time. A Brewer yard will give you peace of mind that your boat will be ready for the next cruising season.

Y A C H T S E R V I C EBrewer boasts over 350 talented service staff, some with up to 45 years ofexperience. This crew is capable of handling all your yacht’s needs - frommechanical and electrical, to rigging, carpentry and painting. Brewer facilitiesare top-notch, with equipment upgrades being made regularly, ensuring youryacht receives the best care in the industry!

Call a Brewer Yacht Yard today to arrange winter storage and service, or send an e-mail to [email protected]. And don’tforget to ask how you can earn free transient dockage.

...choose Brewer this winter New YorkGreenport (631) 477-9594Stirling Harbor (631) 477-0828Glen Cove (516) 671-5563Port Washington (516) 883-7800Mamaroneck (914) 698-0295

ConnecticutStamford (203) 359-4500Stratford (203) 377-4477Branford (203) 488-8329Westbrook (860) 399-7906Old Saybrook (860) 388-3260Essex (860) 767-0001Deep River (860) 526-5560Mystic (860) 536-2293

Rhode IslandWickford (401) 884-7014Warwick (401) 884-0544Greenwich Bay (401) 884-1810Barrington (401) 246-1600Portsmouth (401) 683-3551

MassachusettsN. Falmouth (508) 564-6327Plymouth (508) 746-4500

MaineSouth Freeport (207) 865-3181

storage & service...storage & service...

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Photo by Patrice Conklin of Brewer Stirling Harbor Marina.


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