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The Boating Magazine for Coastal New England Volume 18 Number 3 June 2015 F E AT U R E S
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Boats, bikes & beachcombing
The marina’s open, Letters.
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A perfect summer day on the outer Cranberry Isles – with boat and bicycles -- confirmed to us that this combination is ideal for scratching the surface of these islands. By Tim Plouff
New Coast Guard boathouse, News.
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New Bermuda record, Racing Pages.
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An ode to the mate, Fetching Along.
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From old to bold When you own an ancient wood motorboat for cruising, and you’re afraid to leave port without life vests poised and your dink in tow, it's time to replace her. Here’s the skinny. By Paul Joslin
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Mixing retsina with even worse spirits Wrong people and booze can ruin a cruise. Hank Haskell
Pushing too hard
The quiet drama before departing. D E PA R T M E N T S
News..........................................20 New Vineyard USCG station; A close look at Casco Bay’s health; Landing School scholarships available. Island Dispatch ...........................50 An introduction to the Isles of Shoals.
The Racing Pages ........................52 Lending Club breaks Bermuda record; Dauphin Island Race storm interview; 2015 Round Island Regatta heads-up.
Fishing reports............................60 Long Island Sound: stripers, bluefish and fluke; Rhode Island: Fluke, stripers and sharks; Maine: Sea-run browns, shad and stripers.
Fetching Along ............................66 Ode to an unparalleled mate.
Media ........................................68 “Dead Wake” by Erik Larson. Yardwork ...................................70 Hunt Yachts’ cabin center-console; A pilot gig for “Old Ironsides;” Neat Maine Island Trail app.
Final passages ............................74 Ben Cashen.
Distribution............................76-79 Tides .....................................82-84 Our hat is off to... Kingman Yacht Center as this month’s featured Points East distribution point. See page 79 for more information.
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Volume 18, Number 3 Publisher Joseph Burke
Associate Editor Bob Muggleston
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Mystery Harbor...........................10 Home of the famed Round Island Regatta. New Mystery Harbor on page 37.
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Can you say “dismasted?” Charles Loan
Letters..........................................7 The marina springtime happy dance; The joys of cruising in company; Early start for Piers Park Sailing.
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Beauty (above) and the beast: Shamrock's old deckhouse and the Sealegs amphibious RIB impressed at the R.I. Boat Show on Conanicut Island.
Just another day in Jamestown espite the late spring, it seemed a typical May morning in Jamestown, R.I. A few boats were out on their moorings; others – on the hard and on the floats – were being put in commission. I cracked the windows as I drove into the village. A handful of boat owners bustled along the waterfront, carrying tools, buckets and tote bags. Gulls cried, a southwest breeze was rallying in fits and starts, the dank yet pleasing scent of kelp, salt and sand wafted into the car, and a three-wheeled rigid inflatable drove down Narragansett Avenue as I approached the intersection near Conanicut Marine. What!? I was bound for the Rhode Island Boat Show at Conanicut Marine, to meet David Stewart, Points East’s Rhode Island/Connecticut sales rep, who had set up a display on the seawall there. I followed the amphibious RIB into the parking lot, to discover that this wondrous vehicle was a 23-foot, five-inch Sealegs Amphibious Marine Craft. Sealegs has a showroom and customer-service center in Bristol, R.I. The amphibian is powered on land by an inboard engine that drives hydraulic, motorized wheels that can be steered. The wheels are retractable or extendable with the push of a button, “similar to an airplane carriage,” the brochure says. This model, the 7.1m RIB, reportedly with a $125,000 price tag, had a 150horse outboard that, the technical specs say, can drive the vehicle over 40 knots on the water. The amphib has a top end of five mph on land. There are four other models, from 20 to 25 feet, five inches long, including a cabin version (the 7.7m Cabin) of the larger
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size. As I walked farther into the show area, I did a double take: Was that the 1930 America’s Cup J-boat Shamrock’s old deckhouse that sold day-cruise tickets and T-shirts on Newport’s Bannisters Wharf? Yes it was, and the elegant, deeply varnished structure is now known as The Newport J-House (www.newportjhouse.com). It’s mounted on wheels, and it’s available for weddings, beach parties and clambakes, yacht club receptions, and other social gatherings “. . . adding a touch of vintage charm to any memorable affair.” Read: a cozy, classy spot to take a load off, relax, and knock back a few. The deckhouse left Bannister’s in 1999, said JHouse owner and America’s Cup veteran (America3 1992, Young America 1995, Stars & Stripes 1999, USA 76 2000-03) George J. “Geordie” Shaver. Then it was moved to a carpenter’s shop in North Kingston, R.I., for a refit before serving as a promotional tool for IYRS, the Rhode Island boatbuilding school. Long story short, Geordy said, “The house was left for dead” until it was discovered by the buyer of the structure in which it was stored. Geordie bought the museum piece in 2010, and it’s a regular on the Newport Polo circuit. The J-House was awarded the Alex & Ani Best Tailgate Award at a 2013 Newport Polo Match. Feeling like I’d once again stepped through the looking-glass (Jamestown can do that to you), I climbed into my car and headed for the barn. It had been just another day in Jamestown. editor@pointseast.com
Letters Marston's three-man wrecking crew (left to right): Jeremy, Todd and Logan.
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Doing the marina happy dance It’s April 20, and we’re about two weeks late this year getting our docks in the river. Considering the inordinate amount of snow we got during the winter, it’s no wonder. At the last, we had to shovel the huge snowbank that was blocking the driveway to the marina. Since then, we’ve been building new docks. Last week we finally got the gangwalk overboard. That’s always a watershed moment for us and marks the beginning of marina season. This year, we managed it with only three guys. We had a bigger crew this past weekend and were able to launch all the main docks. We remarked about all the various things that have to get done to put the marina together and be ready for boats to arrive, and I said it’s just like how you’d eat an elephant – one bite at a time. But, of course, you don’t have to worry about the tide, the raging river current, the rain, and all the river cultch that comes floating down while you’re munching on the pachyderm. So we’re a little behind, but things are looking good. Enough so that I’m doing my marina happy dance. Randy Randall Marston’s Marina Saco, Maine
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sail or power. But it also helps take some of the anxiety out of being out on the water, or venturing to new ports of call. At SHYC, on each of our cruises, be it an overnighter to a local harbor or an extended cruise, there is a Harbor Captain to arrange and oversee all aspects of the trip. Arrangements are made for moorings and slips as well as dining and entertainment events. In many instances, skippers are given a printed Cruise Guide containing the daily destination, a harbor chart, tide and current information, VHF contact information, planned events of the day and points of local interest. It’s nice to know that, at the end of the day, your mooring will be waiting for you or that you have an experienced club member you can follow into an unfamiliar anchorage. Another major advantage is that our members often have something special to offer their fellow cruise participants. Someone in the fleet always has the spare part, the mechanical knowledge to help fix your boat, or the secret to picking up that different type of mooring in Cuttyhunk. Other participants have that great story in the cockpit during sundowners, or knowledge of that special cheese or gourmet shop or a local place for breakfast. The SHYC cruise committee always tries to have something special included in their itineraries. Last season, the fleet anchored in beautiful Eatons Neck in western Long Island Sound. Arrangements were made to visit the Eatons Neck Coast Guard Station, where club members were given a tour of the rescue boats, the communications center, and the oldest lighthouse on Long Island Sound. The cruise participants then treated the on-duty Coast Guard personnel to a catered dinner in the station’s mess hall. It was a great way to get to know these young Coasties, who keep us safe on the water, and to thank them for their service. Cruising isn’t strictly an on-the-water activity. The Stonington Harbor Yacht Club also offers many, yearround educational events in its clubhouse. Commodore Gary de Simone points to classes in marine weather, first-aid and CPR, and discussion groups lead by members who have sailed or raced to Bermuda. “We’ve offered seminars in the use of radar, held Man Overboard retrieval practice sessions and have held hands-on demonstrations on how to fire a flare,” he says. Other nautical events included a class in decorative knot-tying and that nautical favorite, a rum tasting. Points East June 2015
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The 2015 Cruise schedule for the club offers eight events and 23 days on the water. The itinerary includes a Wine Cruise to the North Fork of Long Island over the Memorial Day Weekend, and a cruise to Essex, Conn., in conjunction with the Ram Island Yacht Club. The highlight of the season will be a two-week cruise, which includes stops in Cuttyhunk, New Bedford, Hadley Harbor and Red Brook Harbor. The cruise will continue through the Cape Cod Canal to Scituate, Mass. Then the fleet will land in Boston for the July 34 festivities and fireworks on the Boston Esplanade. From Boston, the fleet will sail to Marblehead, across Stellwagen Bank to Provincetown. Then back through the canal with stops in Padanaram, Mass., and Newport. There is an afternoon rendezvous and picnic scheduled for Flat Hammock in Fishers Island Sound, and an overnighter to the Taylor Island Cabin in Coecles Harbor scheduled for August. The season ends in October with a Chili Cruise up the colorful Connecticut River to Hamburg Cove. For more information about Stonington Harbor Yacht Club’s cruises and the benefits of membership, visit the Club’s website www.shyc.us. Scott Craft Co-chair, Cruise Committee Stonington Harbor Yacht Club Stonington, Conn.
Piers Park is open for sailing Piers Park Sailing Center, in East Boston, Mass., opened for the sailing season on April 15, making it the first sailing center open for the season along Boston Harbor. PPSC, with the longest sailing season on Boston Harbor, will be running until Nov. 15. PPSC has prepared for the season by introducing a new fleet of boats to use in its community, youth, and adaptive sailing programs. As a non-profit organization, PPSC values its community program sailors, whose contributions directly support the youth and adaptive sailing programs. The youth program provides free, fully inclusive educational programs for underserved youth from lowincome neighborhoods. PPSC is a national leader in adaptive sailing, and the program empowers disabled individuals to learn the sport despite the challenges they face. A veterans’ program is included within adaptive sailing. PPSC is committed to maintaining positive, cooperative relationships with its sailors and the East Boston community at large. Special rates are available for East Boston residents, and PPSC works to collaborate with other local businesses to contribute to the community effort. Lisa Kenny Piers Point Sailing Association East Boston, Mass.
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MH winner launched his first sailboat there I’m probably not the first to answer correctly, but here goes: It’s Portsmouth, N. H., just beyond the Peirce Island bridge, which is seen in the background. Beyond that is the brand new Memorial Bridge. The boat launch (hopefully now snowfree) is just to the right, and the old fisherman’s co-op is just on other side of bridge. Portsmouth Harbor and the Piscataqua River are just beyond the fixed bridge in the foreground, as well as the old fisherman’s co-op, now defunct, I believe. The bridge leads to Peirce Island, which is a Portsmouth public park, with swimming pool and boat launch. I launched my first sailboat there years ago (sans mast). We used
to sail our dinghy fleet there (mimosas involved) years ago. Kind of an annual and informal New Years day event among friends. To the left in the photo is Portsmouth’s south end, built partially upon the old puddledock neighborhood. One can find shops selling fish, wine and lobsters, as well as Geno’s coffee shop for chowder, burgers, and a dose of conservative politics. Beyond the fixed bridge is the brand-new Memorial Bridge, with Prescott Park nestled in between. Slip space can be found at Prescott park, about a block from downtown Portsmouth. Behind the photographer
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is a stretch of water which makes Newcastle an island, with two yacht clubs and Wentworth by the Sea hotel. Josh Stevens s/v Crackerjack Kittery Point, Maine
lisher – and, thus, a shameless, scurrilous ringer – you do not win the hat (even though you were first to ID the Mystery Harbor correctly).
Photo was taken from my boat
The May issue mystery harbor is Portsmouth (N.H.) Harbor, but the picture is taken from southeast beyond the Peirce Island bridge, over by Gino’s chowder house. I don’t even know if that cove has a name! We go on dinghy trips through there all the time on the way to Little Harbor and Sagamore Creek. Mike Pothier s/v Dragonfly Eliot, Maine
I recognize the Mystery Harbor by the gunwales of the boat from which the shot was taken, Scallywag. The harbor is Portsmouth, N.H., looking up the Piscataqua River at the Route 1 bridge, from behind Peirce Island. The small bridge in the foreground connects Strawbery Banke to Peirce Island. The little backwater from which the picture is taken is the site of the famous Round Island Regatta. Here’s a shot of Scallywag. Ah, Spring in New England! Joe Burke Newmarket, N.H. Editor’s note: Nice try, Joe, but as Points East pub-
Over by Gino’s Chowder House
He ran the Gundalow near there That appears to be a picture of the 2014 Round Island Regatta in Portsmouth, just inside Peirce Island. I ran the Gundalow out of Portsmouth last summer, and worked for a while with the School of Marine Science and Ocean Engineering, so know the area well. It’s pretty dry in there at low tide, but has great access to Little Harbor, and it’s one of the prettiest little neighborhoods you’re likely to see. Graham McKay Lowell’s Boat Shop Amesbury, Mass.
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Perspectives Mixing retsina with even worse spirits henever it’s time to sail to Maine each summer, I ruminate on the value of inviting a crewmember or two, or just sailing alone. I think of the power that the wrong people can have to spoil a precious environment, and I’m always judicious about choosing my sailing buddies. But I wasn’t, many years ago, on the magical Greek island of Hydra (pronounced edra). After debarking the ferry with nothing but backpacks, wine and cheese, Mary Kay and I hiked up from the crescent-shaped harbor, climbing the steep stone streets that led toward the rural farmland above. Other than a few braying donkeys (Hydra allowed no motor vehicles), all was quiet. We came upon a small outdoor “restaurant” – really just two picnic tables amid a sheep and chicken farm – and sat down at the empty table. A woman in a long peasant-type dress emerged from the ramshackle farmhouse and headed our way. “I think the options will be either lamb and eggs, or eggs and lamb,” I joked to Mary Kay, as the woman got closer. “You want omelet?” she asked, pointing at the basket of eggs under one arm. “Ah, sure, we’ll go with that,” I said, “ordering” for both of us. That seemed to be enough for our waitress, cook and proprietor, and away she went. Outbound from Hydra. Just then we began to notice the group at the other table, their arguing and harsh words a grating mixture of English, Greek and German. The gist of it was something about a boat, an inept captain, Minnesota, oil wells, and money. When Mary Kay heard the word “Minnesota,” she decided to
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venture over, talk about the strange coincidence of (a) she being from Minnesota and (b) her boyfriend Dave being a licensed captain. This led to an invitation for a drink on board later that day. As things became a bit clearer, it seemed they’d chartered a fairly large sailing yacht, and the “captain” – who appeared tyrannical by nature, and was some kind of oil consultant in the Middle East – had misled his non-sailor crew about his ability to sail. Prior misadventures had badly damaged morale of this group, which consisted of a handsome, mild-mannered hairdresser from Minnesota (who was earning his living walking doorto-door in Athens, blow dryer tucked in his belt, drumming up a private clientele); the German girlfriend of the tyrannical captain (who was no shrinking violet herself); and a very large, bilingual (English and Greek) harsh-looking school teacher, who seemed out of place without a caning stick. It was all pretty tense. Who would choose to sail with this crew? The next morning, we were all five miles out from Hydra in the Aegean headed for Spetses off the coast of Peloponnese. The weather was an absolute “10,” the “Greek light” better than I’d ever imagined, and we ghosted Photo by Mary Kay Roper along under full sail. But the gods would not abide, delivering us, in lieu of lunch or wind, a very large reed-covered bottle of retsina. Due in no small part to its evil powers, the already tense undercurrent of the crew surfaced as a torrent of raw emotions. Here, perhaps, I should insert a few words about this
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“Here, charts,” said the ex-captain, jamming them into my arms. Greek charts. As in “written in Greek.” Never had something brought more meaning to the phrase “It’s all Greek to me.” most deadly and disgusting fluid called retsina. Popular anecdotes about its evolution stem from the Roman conquest of Greece. Stories claim that the Romans plundered the wines of Greece, angering the citizens, who turned to mixing in pine resin as a way of extending their store of wine, and as a deterrent to their thirsty conquerors. The harsh flavor put off the Romans, who refused to drink the bitter ferment. Not us, though. Soon, the ex-captain pretty much left me, the new captain, alone, choosing to pour both too much Retsina into his mouth, and his general wrath in the direction of his lady friend. The mild mannered hairdresser and even the discipline-wielding teacher recoiled into the far corners of the cockpit. It was going to be a long way to Spetses, and I soon realized we’d be arriving after dark. “Here, charts,” said the ex-captain, jamming them into my arms. Greek charts. As in “written in Greek.” Never had something brought more meaning to the phrase “It’s all Greek to me.”
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Somehow, we made it in, rafting up to a caique. Somehow, we all made it ashore in the boat’s tiny Zodiac. And, somehow, we ended up dancing at a Greek wedding reception until the wee hours. Later, somehow we made it back to the boat. Amid heavy bickering, the ex-captain and his girlfriend headed to the forward cabin. The rest of us lay still in our bunks in the main saloon. Then the bickering turned explosive; we heard the words “gun” and “I should shoot you.” That got Mary Kay to move quickly from her bunk to the cockpit. Soon I joined her. And soon after that, in the midst of the most glorious dawn I’ve ever seen, we climbed into their Zodiac and rowed ashore, never to return, leaving behind the staggered snores of four strange creatures. Dave Roper’s book, “Watching for Mermaids,” which climbed to No. 4 on the “Boston Globe” Best-Sellers List, is available through www.amazon.com.
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Pushing too hard n Sept. 14, 1956 my Tabor Academy roommate, Jackson Sumner, asked me to skipper Apollo – his beautiful, 34-foot, wooden Hinckley Sou’wester – in the Off Soundings Race off Fishers Island. Jack and I had raced and sailed together, and had both just graduated from college (he, from Tufts; I, from Bowdoin). Since he was on active duty with the U. S. Navy, he couldn’t get away for the first day of the race and asked me to sign on. For crewmates, I started out with his father, Stanley Sumner, a quiet, successful insurance company executive, and his friend, Dr. Robert Rafferty, a dentist. Jack planned to join us later that evening on Long Island. The day was gray and blustery, with small-craft warnings posted, but the race began as scheduled, the boats lined up and ready to go despite the inclement weather. The first few minutes of a race are important, and I was determined to get a good start. I had always thought, the more wind, the better, so, for me, conditions were great. We started off well, one of the first in our class over the starting line. I was at the helm, and controlled the cleated main sheet as we moved out in front of the other boats. Even though the wind was blowing hard, necessitating caution, my competitive side took over. Being in the lead, and wanting to stay there, I pushed the boat. I thought of the days when my twin sister Mercy and I raced Beetlecats on Cape Cod, and the great feeling when we got a strong start and were looking back at the rest of the fleet behind us. My adrenaline was pumping.
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I looked up into our mainsail and watched as our wooden mast broke in half and crashed down onto the deck and into the water. For a few seconds, I didn’t know what to do. I was the skipper. The two men looking at me with shocked expressions had depended on me to race this boat, and here we were, broken down with no chance of even finishing the race. Photos courtesy Hank Haskell
about the wonderful sailing days we’d had over the years, mostly on Jack’s handsome 31-foot Concordia sloop, Stardust. Both of us had perfected our sailing at Tabor Academy, in Marion, Mass., on Sippican Harbor, and we’d maintained a love of sailing all our lives. Jane – herself a Tabor graduate, as is her brother, Rob – shared some newspaper clippings from the New London newspaper along with the attached photographs about our Apollo mishap: “The 20- to 30-mile winds were not without their toll, as many, if not most, of the boats lost some rigging. Small-craft warnings were up yesterday afternoon over Long Island Sound. “Worst mishap of the day was suffered by the 34-foot sloop Apollo, owned by S. J. Sumner of Willimantic. The boat is based in Stonington. While passing through The Race, a stay broke and her mast crashed down into the water. “Sumner towed the broken mast behind him all the way from The Race to the Lifeboat Station, to Thomas
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Abruptly, the atmosphere detonated. Casper became tranquil, but Mama cowered, wrapped in my arms. For a brief period, the thunderstorm blustered overhead, then sailed off to enliven lawns and gardens ashore. Our shipmates climbed into the cockpit to refresh themselves companionably with rainwater. We breathed relief as they touched noses – a camaraderie born from shared insults to their catnesses. Their acceptance of the dining and sanitary accoutrements became evident as they searched out their individual spaces for dreaming up trouble. In a 24-foot sailboat, a contented crew is a priceless thing. Our cruise had begun, even though we were still anchored in Little Bay, at Knollmere, in Fairhaven, Mass. Dropping our mooring represented independence from the shore. Our wonderful going-away party, hosted by friend Jane Woodbridge, was not only a celebration of change of place, but also an opportunity to thank our friends who helped us unplug from the social order. Our plants were cared for, and our mail collected, to be forwarded if necessary. The last favor was transporting our feline companions to the beach in comfort for the dinghy ride out to Mökki, their new home. We were ready to haul anchor, but the weather had other ideas. A series of vigorous cold fronts, along with a tropical storm spinning north along the East Coast, kept us on our anchor behind Girl Scout Island.
We awoke to wind whining out of a low gray sky. NOAA weather gave us names, descriptions and arrival times of a succession of deep lows traveling southwest towards Buzzards Bay. This left us a day for contemplation and re-stowing. Found wanting was a spare fuel canister for the Origo cooking stove, pot holders, thermos bottle and a belt. This lack was the perfect time to put our folding bike to use. Helen and I discovered it was easy to transfer the bagged bike to the dinghy and quickly assemble it ashore. Alas, both tires were flat, which meant escorting the bike to an air pump. At home, I called my friend Pee Wee to let him know I was in the house. “Yeah, I know,” he laughed. “I saw you pushing that bike along the highway. Thought it was some guy from the woods.” Folding bicycles look different; they stand out. They are frequently ridden by folks who also look conspicuous. Away from marinas, yellow boots, zinc-smudged noses, curious hats and unusually inappropriate clothing are suspect. Rucksacks or wire cages towed astern of the bike are deal-breakers: Children are routinely shooed indoors as we pedal by. Should you be asked if that tom-fool contraption is comfortable or fun to ride, we tell the truth: “Hell no!” As I propelled my knapsack of necessaries toward the leading edge of a powerful weather system, I began to wonder about cosmic timing. The tide was low,
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and acres of goopy, shell-strewn mud stretched between Buzzards Bay proper and my outfit. Prompted by a rising wind, I stowed the bike under a blueberry bush, dragged our ancient 10-foot Avon Redcrest to water’s edge, and rowed like a madman. Kum had barely settled on her painter when the deck was swept with rock-sized raindrops. Sipping hot coffee under the awning, Helen and I surveyed the maelstrom. Cosmic timing is what it is. For the next two days we enjoyed a sequence of thunderstorms strung together with humid dreariness. During these lulls, we rowed ashore for treats, ice and catfood, each item a powerful motivator. Our cats – I believe, all cats – know when their provisions are running low. Our cruise came to revolve around catfood and block ice. I imagine voyages have been undertaken with lesser goals preeminent. During the wee hours of Wednesday, we saw stars appearing in the west, and dawn followed sunny and
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still. I rowed ashore and topped off our water supply. We carried 14 gallons in the forward tank, two six-gallon jugs lashed on deck, and eight one-gallon Clorox bottles stashed in various lockers to bring our total to 34 gallons of water. We pried our anchor out with help from the motor. And, in company with Dick Peppin’s beautiful Marshall 15 catboat, sailed into Buzzards Bay. We waved good-bye off West Island and stood on for Hadley’s Harbor, on Naushon in the Elizabeth Isles. The trip was bumpy, and both cats were logy, but, after paying tribute to Poseidon, they relaxed and went to sleep in the cockpit. Our cruise had begun. Chuck and Helen have a cottage in Fairhaven, Mass. They’ve sailed from Buzzards Bay to Florida via the ICW, and to the Bahamas in their Corsair 24. They shoved off from Oriental, N.C., in March slowly heading south, bound for . . . maybe Cuba?
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News CG celebrates new boathouse at the Vineyard In early April the U.S. Coast Guard held a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Chilmark, Mass., to celebrate the unveiling of Coast Guard Station Menemsha, the CG’s new boathouse on Martha’s Vineyard. The new boathouse replaces the one that burned down on July 12, 2010. Attendees included U.S. Rep. Bill Keating, Coast Guard 1st District Commander Rear Adm. Linda Fagan, and Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Commander Capt. John Kondratowicz. Station Menemsha has two 47-foot Motor Life Boats and one 25-foot Response Boat Small. The station is comprised of 22 active duty members. Minnesota-based M. A. Mortenson Company designed the new boathouse, which replaces the original 1941 structure that burned down in 2010.
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Too acidic: a clam prior to deployment in Casco Bay mud (left); after one week (middle); and a close-up of the same clam showing marked pitting (right).
What does the future hold for Casco Bay? the very mud in which juvenile clams, mussels, and oysters are attempting to establish a foothold. Clammers say that green crabs are overrunning our clamflats, devouring juvenile clams, and devastating many formerly productive clam flats in Casco Bay and beyond. Green crabs from Europe invaded our coastal waters in the early 1900s. Now, a species of green crab from Scandinavia is beginning to show up in Maine waters, probably well-equipped to adapt to our cold winters. In the mid-1990s, Casco Bay had approximately 8,700 CASCO BAY, continued on Page 25
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Scholarships available at The Landing School The Landing School, in Arundel, Maine, has announced the development of five scholarships for students who wish to have a career in the marine industry. To apply, students are asked to answer several questions via a medium of their choice – video, essay, or virtually any other form of communication.
The Imagination, Initiative, Invention Scholarship This is a competitive scholarship that’s awarded based on an applicant’s ability to illustrate their creative skill by building an object of their choice. Applicants can literally build anything they want. Their submissions should be in the form of a 3- to 5-minute video where the student describes three things: what they built, how they built it, and why they built it. Award amount: Three scholarships, $5,000 each. Submission deadline: June 22. Award date: July 17.
The Women in the Marine Industry Scholarship The scholarship requires applicants to answer three questions: 1. What was the most challenging task you have overcome? 2. Why are you passionate about being part of the marine industry? 3. What would you like to do once you complete your time at The Landing School? Award amount: Three scholarships, $10,000 each. Submission deadline: June 22. Award date: July 17.
The Southern Maine Coastal Community Scholarship This supports applicants who reside in the southern coastal region of Maine. The scholarship requires applicants to answer three questions: 1. What’s your favorite thing about working with your hands? 2. How would you mix technology with construction to create a better product? 3. If you could pick your job, where would you live
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The Scholarship Endorsed by Alums This is awarded to an applicant who is referred by an alumnus of The Landing School. The submission should include a letter of recommendation from a Landing School alumnus. The scholarship requires applicants to answer three questions: 1. How did you meet the alum who referred you and how has that person impacted your life? 2. What made you decide that you wanted a life focused on boats? 3. Who is your hero and why? Award amount: Three scholarships, $5,000 each. Submission deadline: June 22. Award date: July 17.
The Landing School Family Scholarship This is awarded to an applicant who was referred by a Landing School faculty or staff member. The scholarship requires applicants to answer three questions: 1. What is the coolest project you’ve ever built or worked on? 2. Would you prefer to have a career where you’re building or fixing things, or one where you’re dreaming of what might be possible in the future? 3. If you could build or design anything, what would it be and why? Award amount: One scholarship, $5,000. Submission deadline: June 22. Award date: July 17. Prospective students may apply for as many of these scholarships as they choose, but can only win one. Only first-year students may apply. If the eligibility requirements for the scholarship are not met, the scholarship will not be awarded. Submissions or inquiries should be sent to Susan Gross at susangross@landingschool.edu, 207-985-7976. FMI: www.landingschool.edu.
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Cruising Boat Expo launched by a pair of boating magazines The publishers of “PassageMaker” and “SAIL” magazines are launching a new event for New England in the tradition of TrawlerFest, “PassageMaker’s” signature combination of educational seminars, cruising boat show and social gathering. The name of the new event is International Cruising Boat Expo (ICBE), and it will be held June 2-7 at Brewer Essex Island Marina in Essex, Conn. Active Interest Media (AIM) Marine Group, the magazines’ parent company, decided on the new name to broaden the event’s appeal. Defining a trawler has
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Although sailing seasons vary wildly across the United States, the summer solstice weekend is an ideal time to celebrate sailing. School’s out, and the peak sailing season is about to begin with summer camps, community sailing programs, yacht clubs, cruising clubs and numerous other sailing entities opening their doors to both new and experienced sailors. FMI: www.summersailstice.com. a nearly 60 percent decline, in eelgrass beds since 2001, primarily in Maquoit and Middle bays. What does this mean for those of those who live, work and play around the Bay? There’s a lot of work to do. FMI: www.cascobay.org.
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Boats, Bikes, Beaches A perfect summer day on the outer Cranberry Isles – with boat and bicycles – confirmed to us that this combination is ideal for scratching the surface of these islands. By Tim Plouff For Points East he weekend forecast for Midcoast Maine was splendid, again. My wife Kathy and I had already enjoyed three great boating weekends early in the summer, island-hopping with our close friends Nat and Diane Smith and Nat’s two sisters and families. Visiting the fine sand beaches at Marshall Island, and then viewing the ongoing quarrying operations at Crotch Island in Stonington had been memorable trips for all. Yet my preference for the upcoming weekend leaned toward some different activity. Kathy certainly enjoyed making our maritime excursions, especially with friends and to new destinations. However, she did not savor “repeats” – visits to islands or harbors already the logbook – as much as I did. There had to be a new reward, a new component, to the stop to make it worthy of the effort. She threw out hiking or biking as an endeavor to pursue, seeing as how we live 30 minutes from Acadia National Park and there are still places to explore there. Good point.
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Our Sea Ray lies at the Great Cranberry dock, with Mount Desert Island and Acadia Park looming in the background.
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festival, the second Saturday in July, should mark Southwest as your destination if you like pink flamingos, lots of food options, and apparently a very good time. We instead headed for the launch ramp at Manset, across the harbor and near the Hinckley Yachts facility. The previous week, my brother Jeffrey and I had traveled to Baker Island, the third of the five Cranberry Isles. The other two are Bear Island, right at the exit to Northeast Harbor, with the much larger Sutton Island lying between Bear and Little Cranberry, or, as the locals know it, Islesford. With no roads, Bear and Sutton are not casual-visitor friendly, while the other Cranberry Isles welcome visitors with open arms. The day after that trip, we returned to Manset to relaunch my boat, so our Uncle Brian could take his wife Sandy, daughter Kim, son-in-law Tim, and two of his grandsons out to Baker Island to revisit memories past. Brian has been instrumental in all things boating for me; this would be the first time that anyone other than me would be piloting my boat without me aboard. It was a little strange watching them slow-mo-
tor out of the harbor. Before launching, we had moved off the ramp to allow one of the working motor barges, the Neptune, space to approach, load, and return to ferrying vehicles, equipment and building supplies to the Cranberry Isles. Jeff Berzinis, owner of Southwest Marine Boat Services, and his daughter Nicole make a clever team. Jeff skillfully pilots the Neptune around the various ramps, offering instructions and witty comments from the pilothouse above deck, while Nicole calms anxious drivers, nervous about backing up the ramps and going for their first seafaring ride in their work truck. Boom trucks laden with lumber, treated pilings, and even hay, join the FairPoint Communications repairman and crews from the local paving company with multiple dump truck loads of pavement. Jeff and Nicole scurry back and forth from Islesford and Great Cranberry several times a day, keeping the working islands working, during a very short summer season. For our trip, the Manset launch is quiet, despite the
With the truck’s exhaust pipe burbling away, it dawned on me that, in my haste to get organized, one crucial step has not been completed; I hadn’t released the trailer strap from the bow of the boat.
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festivities in Southwest Harbor. My work companion, Scott, had beaten us to sea today: His light-blue 30foot C&C sailboat has slipped its mooring, and he was enjoying a nice five-knot breeze somewhere in the Eastern Way at the southern end of Mount Desert Island. It was halfway to the super-moon high tide, so we needn’t have worried about slipping the Sea Ray off the trailer. With the bimini in place, the gear stowed and the inflatable attached, I pushed the boat trailer under the clear seawater. Kathy fired the engine and gave the thumbs-up to push back farther and let her float off the trailer – except she’s not floating away from the trailer, no matter how much deeper I slide down the ramp. With the truck’s exhaust pipe burbling away, it dawned on me that, in my haste to get organized, one 32 Points East June 2015
crucial step has not been completed; I hadn’t released the trailer strap from the bow of the boat. As we idled out of Southwest, the chartplotter was once again reluctant to lock onto the satellites. Stonereliable for eight seasons, our Garmin was starting to have some momentary lapses in execution – something else to add to the fall list of boating repairs, replacements and parts. Boat traffic is negligible, so we soak in the glorious day and slow-ride the two-mile crossing from Manset to Spurling Cove at the north end of Great Cranberry Island. The town dock offers space for temporary tieups, plus there are three free guest moorings at the outer edge of the field. Visitors need to be mindful of the three mailboat/ferryboat companies that visit this dock throughout the day and not block their access. editor@pointseast.com
After a quick snack, the bikes on the dock, we head out to travel the island’s newly paved roads as well as the various dirt roads that finger off the main street running down this fish-hook-shaped island. Public restrooms are right off the dock, plus a small general store that is open seasonally. During the winter, roughly 40 to 50 hardy souls live on Great Cranberry Island; during the summer, the population swells to around 400. Most of the traffic we encounter is either on a bicycle, riding in the eight-passenger golf-cart shuttle (small donation), or driving an older car that has not been registered for years. From Spurling Cove to Deadman Point, at the southeast end, it was approximately two and two-tenths miles, with gently rolling terrain and several interesting vantage points. We turned left onto Dog Point Road to look at the old shipyard. There was evidence of new construction, plus several sailboats are in various states of repair.
Looking into the oldest storage building, we saw evidence of decades of maritime life on the island: rusty tools, bent shafts, a wooden powerboat minus its engine, plus a wide assortment of sailing gear, both current and ancient. You could sense the strong hands and heavy banter of men not here today, but whose presence we felt in the discarded boats or the projects still in progress. An old wooden dock jutting into the protected cove abutted two rail-ramps. Several bait sheds were strung together along the wharf. It appeared that someone is living in one shed as flowers adorn the windows and a flag slowly flaps in the gentle breeze. An elderly woman told us she was originally from Sweden, but now winters in the Bahamas and summers on Great Cranberry. Her hands were huge, but her fingers were bent and twisted as she gestured to her boat, tied to the float below us. She explained how her
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After many years of searching for the hidden treasures of Acadia and greater Mount Desert Island, spending a perfect summer day on the outer Cranberry Isles – with boat and bicycles – only cemented our belief that there really is too much to see and do in a few visits to this region. Boating and bicycles is a good way to begin to scratch the surface. eastern end of Islesford. A shaped path led to Bar Point, where it is rumored that the Gilley mothers once crossed from Baker at low tide to deliver their babies with Islesford midwives. The rolling surf serves up hearty images of the ruggedness of those early island settlers. Islesford is clustered with neat homes, fishermen’s dooryards filled with gear, and yards clustered with the dated remnants of days gone by. About half of the homes have small gardens plus piles of firewood, aging or waiting to be stacked. Self-reliance seems to be the byword for island folks. After riding each of the island’s streets, taking in the character of the island and surveying, across the bay, the breathtaking views of Mount Desert Island and the Acadia mountains, we gathered at the dock and agreed that Islesford offered the visitor a colorful and
varied selection of sights and activities. Yet each of the Cranberry Isles has its own character for the traveler to seek out. After many years of searching for the hidden treasures of Acadia and greater Mount Desert Island, spending a perfect summer day on the outer Cranberry Isles – with boat and bicycles – only cemented our belief that there really is too much to see and do in a few visits to this region. Boating and bicycles is a good way to begin to scratch the surface. Tim has been trailer-boating with a 2000 Sea Ray 215 Express Cruiser, inboard V-8 power, since 2005, after spending the previous two decades paddling Maine’s coast. He also writes the “On the Road Review” automotive column each week in “The Ellsworth American,” while his primary day job is as wholesale oil and Shell gasoline sales manager for Dead River Company.
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The White Whale owners (left to right): my partner Ken, my mother and father, and me. Photo courtesy Paul Joslin
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She came back into the family fold in 1989 for the low, low price of $1, when the friend called my old college buddy Ken and cried uncle. After 17 years, he had had enough of the wood-boat work, but he knew that Ken loved the boat and would relieve him of the responsibility for her care. Photo by Paul Joslin
My father was a night owl and loved to cruise under the stars. He was a master of dead-reckoning with a compass and a crotchety old depthfinder whose rotating red blip would indicate the depth on those occasions when it decided to work. He kept her at Rudy’s Barge in New Rochelle, N.Y., and would make frequent evening visits to Louie’s in Port Washington and vari-
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Able to pass under the bridges of the Harlem River, the White Whale circumnavigated Manhattan several times. Her last New York voyage, two months before 9/11 was when I snapped my wife Sharon’s picture with the twin towers in the background. Photo by Paul Joslin
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fond memories of romantic evenings, and more than a few parties, hosted by a young man growing up in the ’60s, whose father owned a boat with beds. But in 1974, my father decided to get out of boating, and I decided to embark on a corporate career that would entail several years traveling the globe, so we sold our beloved White Whale to Steve Ippolito, a family friend. She came back into the family fold in 1989 for the low, low price of $1, when the friend called my old college buddy Ken and cried uncle. After 17 years, he had had enough of the wood-boat work, but he knew that Ken loved the boat and would relieve him of the responsibility for her care. Ken also knew that caring for an old wood boat was not a task you took on by yourself unless you were crazy or a gazillionaire. So, after shelling out the buck, he called me and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. For 50 cents we became partners in a labor of love. For the next 25 years, Ken and I – along with an assortment of friends, relatives, wives, girlfriends, sons and daughters and anyone else crazy enough to work on an old wood boat – labored vigorously each spring (and over a few winters) to keep her in Bristol fashion (well, almost). We learned quickly, however, that no matter how much TLC we put into her, there was always more work to be done. An executive decision was made: If we were ever to enjoy any fishing and cruising aboard
the White Whale, no matter what her condition, when the Fourth of July rolled around, all work stopped and we simply enjoyed life on Long Island Sound. Later on, the White Whale provided opportunities to teach our kids about boating, navigation, and how to have fun on the water. It was also a way to discipline an unruly child and teach valuable lessons on life, the process. One such event occurred when my daughter Karen committed an unspeakable act, long since forgotten. The punishment, however, scraping the peeling paint off of the chain locker in the forepeak and repainting it, has never been forgotten. Able to pass under the bridges of the Harlem River, the White Whale circumnavigated Manhattan several times. Her last New York voyage, two months before 9/11 (see “A 9/11 Retrospective,” September 2011), was when I snapped my wife Sharon’s picture with the twin towers in the background. Then, of course, there was the infamous “so move your feet” story that occurred on one of our summer cruising vacations aboard the White Whale. My wife Sharon and I and daughter Suzie had set out for a weeklong holiday before shipping Suzie off to college. Heading west from Bridgeport, Conn., we stopped at Sprite Island Yacht Club, in Norwalk, where I had previously been a member. The next day we moved on to Zieglers Cove in Darien, where we noticed that the bilge pump was discharging more frequently than
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ter, all hell broke loose. We awoke in the morning to a rapidly falling barometer and increasing winds out of the northeast. It’s an ill wind that blows out of the northeast on Long Island Sound, and Eatons Neck is not a friendly place in a nor’easter. We quickly weighed anchor and headed to our next port of call, hoping to arrive before the worst of it. No sooner did we round the can off of Eatons Neck, however, that we found ourselves pointed directly into the teeth of a full-blown nor’easter. My daughter Suzie was at the helm, and although my wife and I were white-knuckling it, she was having the time of her life. The White Whale didn’t have windshield wipers so, for the sake of visibility, we always cruised with the windshield open. We were chugging up the side of each wave and pounding down the backside. As the bow hit the trough, a wall of water would come spewing through the windshield. “Wheee, what fun!”
For a 17-year-old, maybe. We bypassed Port Jefferson in favor of a more secure berth at Mt. Sinai Yacht Club, in Mt. Sinai Harbor. My wife and I had stayed at the club many times and found the members to be friendly and welcoming. The food is great, and the harbor is one of the most picturesque on the sound. To our dismay, however, there were no slips available at the club. It seemed that none of the members were crazy enough to be out in a nor’easter. Fortunately, after visiting several marinas, we were able to find a slip at the town-owned marina farther inside the bay. After a long and tiring day, we finally settled down to a hot meal and a good night’s rest – we hoped. Then the rains came. It did not rain for 40 days and 40 nights: The Biblical rains simply came over the next 24 hours. I awoke in the morning to the drumbeat of torrential rains hitting the canvas top of the
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White Whale’s cabin. After a long and restless night, my wife began to stir. “My feet are getting wet,” she mumbled with a slight barb to her voice. “So move your feet” I replied. Not the right answer. Trust me, fellow mariners, “Move your feet” is not the correct response to your significant other if her feet are getting wet on your GD boat. “Sweetie, I promise to make it up to you; why don’t we visit your mother next weekend?” or “I’ll buy you dinner Saturday night at your favorite restaurant,” or “You know that tennis bracelet you were admiring . . .?” Anything but “So move your feet.” In desperation, I called my cousin Beth, who lived 45 minutes away, in Riverhead. “Please, please, you’re my favorite cousin; I need your help.” Fortunately, blood is thicker than rainwater, and she plowed through the deluge to pick up three very cold, very wet water rats. I had always worried about the White Whale sinking from the bottom up, but now I had another worry, would we get enough rain to sink her from the top down? Fortunately, no, but it did give me pause. With all these wonderful memories, it was a sad day when I finally came to the realization that time and too many tides had flowed under the White Whale’s keel. It didn’t happen overnight. In fact, it took almost five years to realize that it was time to let go. When you own a boat for weekend and vacation cruising, and you are afraid to leave port without your dink in tow and life vests at the ready, it’s time. In recent years, my wife Sharon and I chatted frequently about what we would do if we ever sold the White Whale. Since I was a cruising sailor at heart, and had owned a few sailboats, we started looking around for sailboats that might fit our desire to retire and cruise off to exotic, distant ports. My partner, Ken, was still in love with the White Whale and said that editor@pointseast.com
he would keep her as a “boys’ club” – fishing, a few beers, and short trips out of the harbor and back. One doesn’t sell a 75-year-old wood boat. You simply exchange a bunch of war stories with the new owner, shake hands, and turn over the keys. This was not necessary with Ken: He had not only heard all of the old stories, he was part of them. So, we simply shook hands. I didn’t abandon her completely, however. I told Ken that I would help with the maintenance until I had found the boat of my dreams. Ken was very gracious and said he only would like me to varnish the transom and give him a hand painting the bottom before she went in the water in the spring. He and our mutual friend David would do the prep work. Several days before the scheduled launch, I went to the club where the White Whale was on the hard and began to apply several coats of varnish while Ken and David worked on refastening planks, caulking leaks and stuffing boxes, starting engines and, of course, prepping the bottom. The day before the launch I went to the club to help paint the bottom. I noticed that many of the seams had not been filled with Slick Seam, which was our usual practice. Ken’s comment was, “I just ran out of time; it should be OK; we never had a leaking problem before.” “Have plenty of pumps ready just in case,” I responded with much trepidation. On the following day, the contractor our club uses to launch boats picked the White Whale up with his trailer and towed her to the launch ramp. He indicated that he would back her into the water and hold her on the trailer before letting her go completely “just in case.” Something must have affected his shortterm memory, because he let her go off the trailer like a rocket, and she drifted the 20 feet from the ramp to the work dock. By the time we put www.pointseast.com
a line on her, the water was already up to the floorboards in the cabin. All three 1,500-gph pumps were going full bore. We also put a 3,000gph shore pump on board, which did little to stem the flow. After a quick appraisal of the situation, I jumped in my car and sped to a rental store to rent two more 5,000-gph pumps. Forty-five minutes later, when I returned, the water was sloshing over the three-and-a-half-foot-high gunwale. David was still bailing furiously, to no avail, with a five-gallon bucket. The irony is, that by 8 o’clock that night, after we got her pumped out, she was tight as a drum. Ah, sweet Slick Seam. But we were all devastated. Ken felt the worst, realizing the maintenance on a 75-year-old boat was too much for one person, even if it was simply a boys’ club. I took it a little better since I’d already said goodbye when I shook hands with Ken and had begun my search for a new vessel.
Ken finally decided to donate the boat to charity. The White Whale was purchased at a charity auction for $800. The lucky new owner, after sinking $5,000 into repairs, gave up and sold her again to a salty old mariner. Thankfully, she still sits on a mooring on the Connecticut River, where we can periodically visit the old girl at her nursing home. It’s a truly sad, sad day when a happy, memorable era in one’s life comes to an end. When one hatch closes, however, another one opens. Sharon and I are now the proud owners of The Rose, a 38-foot Nauticat motorsailer. But that’s another story for Points East. Paul and Sharon Joslin live in Milford, Conn. Paul is a licensed USCG Master, 50 Tons. As a hobby, and, to put food on the table, he is also a financial consultant. Sharon is a family nurse practitioner in Bridgeport.
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Welcome to the historic Isles of Shoals history and lore, and a latter-day Transcendentalist, who read Hawthorne and recited Longfellow and Whittier (19th-century regulars at the Isles of Shoals). With ties to the Unitarian Universalist Church, the Congregational Church, and the United Church of Christ, these islands were at one time the seasonal epicenter of New England art and philosophy. The stories and legends of the Isles of Shoals were woven into my early childhood imagination as retold by my father on summer nights I first came to the Isles of Shoals in along the New Hampshire shore. 1959 when I was four years old. The trip from the Ceres Street Dock in Photo by Sean D. Elliot On the warm sand, with the far-off flash of the lighthouse at White IsPortsmouth, N.H., on the old wooden The Isles of Shoals (clockwise from top): Viking was my first time ever on a Appledore (with Duck above), Smuttynose, land as a backdrop, he reinvented tales of mysterious island murders, boat. The image of the Oceanic Hotel Cedar, Gosport, White and Lunging. seagoing adventure, smugglers, from Gosport Harbor is one of my shipwrecks, buried treasure and pirates. earliest memories. When I returned to Star Island in 2009 – as part-time I clearly remember holding my father’s hand as we walked along the pier toward the old village in the bril- captain of the island supply boat, Pamela J. Thayer – the liant summer sunshine. My father was a lover of local view from the pier was nearly the same as it had been In this column, over the coming months, I hope to share stories and observations from the Isles of Shoals. Some six miles south-southeast of the mouth of the Piscataqua River, this amazing and historic place is host to a variety of interesting vessels, wildlife and people – a rest stop on the East Coast maritime highway. The weather is ever-changing and ever-challenging. The holding ground is poor, but the sunsets are unsurpassed. I hope you enjoy the stories.
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on my first visit 50 years before. I think this is part of the magic of the Isles of Shoals: The place seems to be frozen in time. As with many Piscataqua Region sailors, the Isles of Shoals had become a regular destination for my family over the 30 years since we purchased our first sailboat. That O’Day 17 was our first little yacht, and it carried us offshore as far as Portland. It was soon followed by a succession of larger and more capable boats, including the wooden Hinckley Pilot Hopestill and our present vessel, the 40-foot Ted Hood sloop, Aloft. We cruised to Gosport, and circumnavigated the Isles many times over the ensuing years. We enjoyed weekend overnights in the crowded harbor. On a few occasions, we had also gone ashore at Star Island, despite the less than welcoming reception we nearly always received. Today, cruisers are welcomed. Memories were forged in those Gosport waters: the moonlight cruise to a Smuttynose mooring with a 3-yearold son and a serious inquiry of his about whether dolphins have a home (they sometimes live near Gosport, I told him); the August wedding of close friends in a raftup in 40 knots of wind, with the ceremony interrupted by the rescue of a boat from the Cedar Island breakwater; swimming with family friends off the rocks at the eastern end of Smuttynose on the hottest day of the year; and the Fourth of July spinnaker flying on Aloft, when, anchored by the stern, she began to drag through the
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THERACIN Lending Club smashes Bermuda record On April 20, Renaud Laplanche, CEO of Lending Club, co-skipper Ryan Breymaier, and the crew of the 105foot trimaran Lending Club 2 established a new world sailing speed record for the 635nautical mile course from Castle Hill Lighthouse, in Newport, R.I., to Kitchen Shoal Beacon off Bermuda. The new record, subject to ratification by the World Sailing Speed Record Council (WSSRC), is 23 hours, 9 minutes, 52 seconds at an average BERMUDA, see Page 55
Registration open for Round Island Regatta event The fifth Round Island Regatta in Portsmouth, N.H., will be held on Saturday, Aug. 1, with sign-in for the regatta beginning at 9:15 at Peirce Island. The regatta is a gathering of friends and families who come to spend a day on the back channel waters of Portsmouth’s South End. The regatta is open to a variety of small craft and racing can be as informal, or as
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Clash of the titans In the nautical version of Mayweather vs. Pacquiao, the 100-foot Comanche squared off with the 88-foot Rambler 88 at Les Voiles de St. Barth, in April. Comanche took line honors in two of their four races, but Rambler 88 did what she was designed to do – win the class on corrected time. To be continued . . . .
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NGPAGES Dauphin Island Race: ‘The Bay just exploded’
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One of the small boats caught with canvas up during the storm was Sweet Louise, a Cape Dory Typhoon Senior that appears briefly in Josh's video before sinking.
By Bob Muggleston For Points East By now nearly 95,000 people have watched the footage posted on YouTube by 32-year-old sailor Josh Edwards, who, with a GoPro camera strapped to his head, caught the horrifying first 16 minutes of the storm on Mobile Bay in Alabama that killed three and left three others unaccounted for in the Dauphin Island Race. In the video, he is calm as first lightning, and then a wall of wind, descends on him. Josh’s mom is at the helm for a sleigh ride that no one aboard their boat will ever forget. Bigger boats (like Josh’s), with sails down, were headed home from the race, but smaller boats were still finishing, and the speed of the storm (estimated at 50 mph) caught many of them still canvased. One of these small boats appears, eerily, to starboard, and then vanishes. While this occurred far from New England, the emotions, techniques and lessons inherent apply to all waters. Points East caught up with Josh in the days following the event. Points East: Talk about the amazing job your mom BAY, continued on Page 56
Women’s one-design racing is set for Long Island Sound By Karen Lau For Points East There aren’t many women’s one-design events that draw from a regional and national level. We have our one-day Ideal 18 regattas locally around Long Island Sound, but there’s not much more for us out there. To address this, the Indian Harbor Yacht Club, in www.pointseast.com
Greenwich, Conn., last year inaugurated the two-day Lorna Whittelsey Women’s Regatta, which ran in the name of our most formidable and accomplished lifelong sailor: Lorna Whittelsey. Lorna Whittelsey won the US Sailing Championship for the Adams Cup in 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931 and 1934 sailing under the ONE DESIGN, continued on Page 58 Points East June 2015
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Lending Club made use of an ideal weather window to annihilate (by averaging 27 knots) the old passage record set by Playstation in 2000.
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BERMUDA, from Page 52 speed of 27 knots. The Lending Club Sailing team had been on standby at Newport Shipyard for a week while the crew prepared the boat and waited for suitable conditions: a moderate reaching breeze and manageable sea conditions which allow Lending Club 2 to reach speeds over 40 knots. They crossed the starting line at Castle Hill Light at 05 34 40 UTC (1:34:40 EDT), making roughly 5.5 knots. Three and a half hours into the passage, they had
reached speeds of 30 knots, and by the 12-hour mark were halfway to their destination. At 04 44 32 UTC (1:44:32 EDT), the new record was set, an electrifying 15 hours faster than the old record, by virtue of Lending Club 2 averaging 27 knots over the 635 nautical miles. The previous record belonged to the late adventurer Steve Fossett, who held the record for 15 years. His time of 38 hours, 35 minutes and 53 seconds was achieved on the 125’ catamaran Playstation in 2000 at an average speed of 16 knots.
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The Cape Dory Sweet Louise caught with her main up at the beginning of the storm (left; from Josh's YouTube video), and the same boat a few days later, after she'd been re-floated (above). The painted "X" at the top of the sail is the portion of the mast that stuck out of the shallow bay. Photo courtesy Josh Edwards
BAY, continued from Page 53 did at the helm . . . how experienced a sailor is she? Josh: My mom is very experienced: She’s been sailing all her life and taught me to sail. Aboard the boat, we all have our points of sail we’re good at, I take the
upwind legs and she takes the downwind. She does really well downwind, surfs like nobody’s business. She would have let me know if she was in trouble. You know, she’s a person of faith, so she knew where she was going to end up no matter what the outcome. I did ask her if she was okay, and she always said she
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was. I told her, “Just go with it, just go with it!” To be honest, the time I was most nervous was when the lightning came through. We put the Autohelm on so she didn’t have to touch the wheel, but very quickly it was overwhelmed so she had to go back to driving. PE: You’re so calm in the video. What was going on in your head those first 16 minutes? You know, there were times I got nervous . . . I was just fortunate to be on the boat I was on (St. Somewhere, a 2000 Catalina 36 MkII). My main thought was, “Oh my Lord, those small boats.” Between the five of us (Josh, his parents, and two friends from their yacht club), there was 300 years of experience. PE: What were you expecting when you first saw the black cloud on the horizon? Josh: Just another thunderstorm on Mobile Bay . . . it’s something we deal with all the time in April, and you can usually sail through them without dropping sail. They usually blow through quickly, and we never see more than 30 knots. You know, we talked about the possibility of storms before the race, and all the weather buffs said they’d go north. The race committee got on the radio to tell us something was coming, but no one expected what we got. The Bay just exploded. After it subsided the Bay went calm just as quickly. We towed a Catalina 22 in on flat water in four knots of breeze.
PE: What kind of speeds did you see surfing those waves? Josh: 12.1. I don’t know what the hull speed is, but, with the chute up, the fastest I’ve ever seen before is 8.2. [In the early first few minutes of the video, Josh’s mom is calling out wind speeds. The highest she calls out is 58!] PE: There’s an eerie scene in your footage in which a small boat with it’s main still up appears to starboard, and then quickly disappears. Any idea who that was? Josh: Yes, actually. The daughter of the man who owns that boat saw the footage and contacted me to tell me she thought it was her dad. She gave me the sail number, and I went back and looked frame by frame, and sure enough it was him. It was a Cape Dory – I don’t know the length – named Sweet Louise. PE: Any idea what happened to them? Josh: They sank. Fortunately, they were rescued. PE: How has this experience changed you in terms of race preparation? Do you still love racing? Josh: I’m racing this afternoon! Unfortunately, it’s going to be light winds, though, and we don’t do well in light air. And I’m racing this weekend. What happened is not going to deter me, but we’ll prepare a bit differently moving forward in terms of keeping a closer eye on the weather [while out there], and in terms of what gear we’ll have on board.
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Plea from C. Thomas Clagett Memorial Clinic and Regatta On Jan. 31, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced that sailing would not be included as a sport for the 2020 Paralympic Games. This announcement sent shockwaves through the sailing community. Currently the International Sailing Federation (ISAF) is working toward the reinstatement of sailing as a sport in the Paralympic Games. To assist in this effort, sailors across the world are being asked to unite on behalf of all disabled sailors and submit letters of support. These letters can be sent to ISAF at this ad-
dress: disabled@isaf.com. Paralympic sailing has provided an opportunity for so many to represent their country on a truly level playing field. Sailing is one of the few sports that can have both able-bodied and disabled sailors compete on a playing field that is level in every sense and the end result is determined by the sailor’s skill. Many sailors have already sent letters voicing their support. Please join them if you’d like to see sailing back in the Paralympic Games for 2020. FMI: www.clagettregatta.org.
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land. Car parking for vehicles and trailers is free and launch fees are waived for all registered competitors displaying bracelets. After racing, limited dock space is available at the Southend Yacht Club, or boats can be left on Peirce Island, and competitors can walk over to the Wentworth Lear grounds for the prize-giving picnic. Proceeds from this year’s event will again go to benefit the Wentworth Lear House Association (a nonprofit 501c3 organization). FMI: www.roundislandregatta.com and www.wentworthgardnerandlear.org.
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Stripers, bluefish, fluke: June fishing is hot By Richard DeMarte For Points East With an especially cold winter and a late spring warm up, June should be awesome for fishermen of all types. From shore anglers, to the party boat crowds to those on their own boats, fish will be on the feed. Stripers will be making another strong showing this month, with a mix of small schoolies in the 14- to 20-inch range aggressively attacking Rapala Shadow Rap lures in and around the mouths of harbors in shallow waters. At the same time, larger stripers in the 10- to 30-plus-pound class will be gorging themselves on the massive schools of bunker in western Long Island Sound, along the New York/Connecticut border. Snag up a dozen or two bunker, and fish them chunked and livelined around and under these large pods of bait – and hold onto your rod, for stripers are likely to gulp them down. Adherence to the new New York and Connecticut striper regulations means each fisherman can take only one striper of 28 inches or larger per day for the table. Trolling with wire or lead-core line and pulling bunker spoons also will produce consistent results. So give this a try when pods of bait are not showing, and also when you’re marking scattered stripers in deeper waters. Areas to target include from buoy “32A” outside Stamford Harbor, west along the south side of Great Captain’s Island and also as far as Manursing Island and Playland, in Rye, N.Y. Trolling one mile south of those areas – west to east and east to west – in 40 to 55 feet of water may get you into the action. Bluefish will also make a solid showing, with most of them in the eight- to 10-pound range, with a few 15-pound “gorillas” in the mix. Find the bait and you’ll find the bluefish. They, too, respond well to chunked and livelined bait, but for some heartthumping top-water action, break out your six- to seven-foot spinning rod and toss top-water lures around the pods of bait. Fluke fishing will also start strong, with shallow-water sandy areas (where water is warmer and the small baitfish hang out), producing best. The areas inside Great Captain’s Island, and on the outside of Tod’s Point in Greenwich, in 12 to 25 feet of water will produce, as will the sandy shoreline of Long Island from Bayville east all the way out to Port Jefferson. Focus on moving water an hour or two before and after high and low tides where the drift is one to three knots, and bounce a SPRO Bucktail Jig tipped with squid, along with a teaser 5/0 VMC circle hook trailing 12 to 18 inches above the bucktail to double your odds for hook-ups. 60 Points East June 2015
Photo courtesy Richard DeMarte
Richard DeMarte with the biggest (36 pounds) of the 1,300 stripers he’s hooked, landed, measured, weighed, tagged and released.
Next fall, highliner Richard DeMarte will be a senior at Binghamton University, where he’s majoring in biology with a minor in environmental studies. His fishing, boating, birding, photography, environmental activities, and outdoor writing will continue full-steam ahead, so you can count on seeing more of his articles and forecasts in upcoming issues of Points East. Contact him at Richard@nyctfishing.com, www.nyctfishing.com. editor@pointseast.com
Rhode Island
June brings the Fluke-Til-Ya-Puke Tournament By Elisa Cahill For Points East Striper fishing along the south shore was very late to start; however, herring runs started the end of April, and anglers started landing their first fish. Back ponds, Potters, Green Hill, and Quonnie, along with Narrow River, presented the best preseason action and will remain popular hot spots throughout the fishing season. Block Island’s North Rip and South Side, Point Judith to Green Hill, and Narragansett Bay all should be improving daily as the month progresses. Early season anglers trolling wire seem to have best results with umbrellas, tube and worm or parachutes. Snug Harbor Marina, in Point Judith Pond, will be hosting a one day Midnight Madness Striper Shoot Out on June
28 for the competitive angler. Summer flounder/fluke fishing is underway, with anglers jigging SPRO bucktails, Flippin’ Out or Thom Cat Fluke rigs, or custom-made rigs with Tsumani squids that they’d made over the long winter. Sandy bottom areas Outside Center Wall of the Harbor of Refuge, Nebraska Shoals, Matunuck, and Green Hill are all great locations. Best action is usually in shallow waters at the beginning of the month, moving deeper as temps increase. Remember to cast into your drift so your bait is straight up and down. The Fluke-Til-Ya-Puke Tournament is scheduled for June 20, and this is a one-day event you won’t want to miss. Buy a package of Gulp at Snug Harbor Marina and be entered to win $500 of Pure Fishing Products (Penn, Abu Garcia,
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Berkley, Gulp, Fenwick). The south shore rocky bottom areas from the Harbor of Refuge, Nebraska Shoals, Carpenter’s Bar, and Green Hill are great grounds to fish for scup (porgies) and black seabass. Unfortunately, the new 2015 RI seabass regulation restricts catches to one, 14-inch fish until Sept. 1, when it will increase to seven fish per person. High/low rigs work great for both these species. With the water temps cooperating, shark fishing is underway in the areas of Jenny’s and Ryan’s Horns, along with the Suffix wreck. As the season progresses, the Mud Hole, Fairway Buoy and Sharks Ledge are also great chumming spots. Also, on July 11 and 12, Snug Harbor Marina will be hosting the 34th Annual Shark Tournament. Please contact 401-783-7766 for tournament information.
Fingers-crossed for another awesome tuna year. School bluefin tuna usually make first appearance south of Block around Fourth of July. We are hoping that the south side of the Dump will provide some closer yellowfin tuna fishing this year. Weather permitting, anglers will be heading to warm water eddies off the Continental Shelf to Fish Tales, Hudson, Atlantis, and Veatch Canyons in search of yellowfin, big-eye tuna, albacore and mahi. Take advantage of these awesome days: Get out there to have some fun. Elisa Cahill, a Point Judith Pond native, has managed the tackle shop at Wakefield, R.I.’s, Snug Harbor Marina (www.snugharbormarina.com) for over 20 years and has spent her life fishing the waters of Block Island Sound.
Maine
Sea-run brown trout, shad and stripers reign By Capt. Lou Tirado For Points East The three top species inshore anglers can catch in June are the sea-run brown trout, shad, and striped bass. Sea-runs and shad are usually caught by anglers fishing for early stripers. The American shad, known as “the poor man’s tarpon,” range from two to six pounds, and are found in tidal rivers and marshes with a moderate current. Shad darts, spoons and small flies are the best bets. Target calm eddies adjacent to rip currents; here, shad ambush prey as it gets kicked out of turbulent water. Light lines and light drags are important. Shads’ paper-thin mouths don’t hold up to heavy drag, so take your time. Color preference changes from day to day, so have a variety of colors and sizes of darts and spoons. As June progresses, striped bass fishing gets better. With each passing day, more hungry migrating bass take up residence in Maine waters. Primary prey for the stripers will be alewives, herring, sand eels, sea
worms, small crabs and lobsters, and clams. Perennial favorite lures include soft plastics like the Slug-go, Ron-Z, and Wildeye Shad. The single hook on these lures allow for solid hook-ups and quick releases. Small swimming lures like the SP Minnow, and YoZuri Mag Minnow are great alewife and herring imitators. Be sure to crush the barbs on both treble hooks for easier releases, causing less damage to the fish. Top-water plugs like Spooks or “walk the dog” lures will draw aggressive strikes; pencil poppers mimic the action of a struggling alewife or herring. Top striper spots will be the Mousam, Saco, Scarborough, Presumpscot and Kennebec rivers. Tidal marshes will hold stripers as well. Later in the month, bass will begin to move out to beachfronts and surrounding islands. Captain Lou Tirado work and fishes with Diamond Pass Outfitters – Maine saltwater fishing charters – and Saco Bay Tackle, in Saco Maine. FMI: 207-8995985, email: info@diamondpassoutfitters.com; www.diamondpassoutfitters.com.
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Leigh guides the Leight to windward during a long haul from Downeast Jonesport to Swans Island.
The mate f all the columns I’ve written for Points East, I’ve yet to post one about Leigh, the mate of 40-odd years. First off, she’s much nicer than I, but then most people are. Patient, caring, kind, of good humor, a thoroughly competent sailor, she centers me – which is no small job – and has pretty much given up hope of civilizing me. For my part, I’ve introduced her to the margins, some of which she’s seen enough of, but we’ve had a lot of fun along the way. One of my father’s gems of life advice, most of which I ignored, was not to marry a woman who wasn’t a sailor and a skier, which he’d done twice. Leigh did both, having summered at Birch Island on Lake Winnipesaukee from a tender age, and spent a good part of her winters on the slopes of Cannon Mountain. Married on the island 10 months after our first date, Leigh was soon helping me patch up a well-worn 13-foot Old Town Whitecap sloop, which had holes in it you could toss the proverbial cat through. A sistership to Robert Manry’s 13-foot, ocean-crossing Tinkerbelle, we
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hauled her to Portsmouth, N.H., and sailed to the Isles of Shoals, nine miles offshore, which was possessed of a drama we couldn’t get out of our heads. While I’d avoided a real job to work in ski-resort marketing, Leigh was a dental hygienist and mother superior, twice over. So it was we were reduced to the fix-a-wreck school of cruising, and acquired our second boat, an 18-foot sloop for $400. With the children enjoying a stay at Camp Grandma, we took to the Maine coast, the mate rising to challenges that came fast and furious. Possessed of a certain grace amidst the intensity of it, she held it together, which is half the battle, as we navigated by watch and compass, wind, fog, seas and inexperience rocking the faux cruiser. Boat hunting on Chesapeake Bay in 1984, it was Leigh who uttered the fateful phrase, “If we don’t buy it now, we never will, and so it was we acquired a Swedishbuilt, 26-foot International Folkboat, which we’ve been coasting in for the last 30 years. With children Brent and Ainsley aboard, we sailed out of Round Pond, Maine, always east, Leigh balancing the editor@pointseast.com
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prise, entertain and inform. Now he’s done the same with a great sea story. Everyone knows what happened to the great Cunard liner Lusitania in the years building up to World War I. But, in “Dead Wake,” Larson delivers us to the tragic intersection of stupidity, greed, evil and lucklessness. Oh, there are heroes, people who try to do the right thing, and, of course, hundreds of innocent victims. But, in the end, as with most disasters small and large, it is human fallibility that rules the day. Larson tells his story through carefully selected main characters: William Thomas Turner, captain of the Lusitania and arguably the most solid of the cast; Walther Schweiger, the captain of the German sub U-20, apparently not a born killer but rabid be-
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hind the sites of his periscope; U.S. President Woodrow Wilson, timid and hopelessly distracted by love; and passengers Theodore Pope, a pioneering American architect, and her traveling companion Professor Edwin Friend. British First Minister Winston Churchill plays a cameo role since he was traveling in Europe at the time. But that didn’t stop the crafty and aggressive future prime minister from being at the center of future theories about the disaster. For those of us enamored of the sea, Larson provides fascinating detail about life and strategy aboard a German U-boat; about design and construction of the Lusitania and life aboard her for both the two-percenters and everyone else; and about the state of warfare at a time when the U.S. wasn’t officially involved, though others were trying desperately to change that situation. The geography of this tale is broad, stretching from the United States, across the Atlantic, to England and Germany, but as that geography shrinks to a small patch of sea off Ireland, the tension rapidly builds. As with many disasters, if any one of a number of factors had been different, not only might the tragedy not have occurred, but, Larson suggests, World War I, never mind World War II, may never have ever hap-
pened. The intricacy with which Larson builds on these disparate factors, creating in the reader a sense of tension, of knowledge, of empathy, and, though we know the outcome, a huge sense of doom, is masterful. He tells us early, for example, of the way the coal bunkers are built in continuous tubes along the hull, of how explosive coal dust can be. From then on, we can’t forget or ignore this detail – we know it will mean something. Like the U-boat, it is always lurking there. Details. There is a delay at the dock. The ship is slowed at sea. Without long-distance communications, U-boat captains are autonomous at sea. People know things, but, for one reason or another, don’t pass them on. A certain bar can only be crossed at high tide. It is a chain of seemingly inconsequential events that, by themselves, would raise no alarm, but it’s not long before we realize that stuff is starting to conspire against all those poor souls aboard the Lusitania, and there’s nothing they or we can do about it. We want to shout out to them, “Hey! Hey! Look there! Watch out!” Just writing this, my palms are beginning to sweat. Sandy Marsters is co-founder, along with Bernie Wideman, of Points East and the magazine’s media reviewer.
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Hunt Yachts unveils a cabin center-console Hunt Yachts, in Portsmouth, R.I., has added the deep-V-hulled 32cc to their 2015 lineup. The extension of the center-console (reaching from centerline to the port rail), allows for an aft-facing, walk-in companionway leading to the interior. The Hunt 32cc comes standard with two 250hp outboard engines, with options for twin 350s or an inboard. Because it faces aft, getting to the enclosed head, the “gallette,” and bunk/rod storage is convenient and easy. The companionway configuration is family friendly, Hunt says: “Kids can go below in safety, even when the boat is running.” The extension of the console makes room for the microwave, mini fridge, and galley counter space, while the console itself makes for standing headroom in the head, which includes a shower. A single bunk with rod stowage is tucked neatly beneath the forward seating.
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This Midwest gig venture has Maine, Mass., Vermont hooks By Patrick Mahon For Points East The Great Lakes Boatbuilding School (GLBBS), in Cedarville, Mich., has been commissioned by the U.S. Navy to build a 32-foot Cornish Pilot Gig for “Old Ironsides,” the U.S.S. Constitution. In 2014, the school delivered a whaleboat to Mystic Seaport Museum, in Mystic, Conn., for the 38th Voyage of the whaler Charles W. Morgan last summer. During the “voyage,” GBBBS staffer Bud McIntire and alum Ed Greiner attended the July 4 celebrations in Boston, and took part in the yearly sail of the Constitution in Boston Harbor. Bud made contact with Capt. Sean Kearns, and the commissioning process began. The gig GLBBS is building is based on the Cornish Pilot Gig Treffry, built at Saint Mawes on the Cornish coast in 1842. The lines of the original boat were reproduced, and a history of the pilot gigs and their construction well documented in John Gardener’s book “Building Classic Small Craft.” This same design was recently finished for the Come Boating! community rowing and sailing organization (www.comeboating.com) in Belfast Maine, and they supplied a new table of offsets to complement the Gardener book.
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The Treffry gig is 32 feet long, with a beam of four feet, eight inches. The six rowers sit opposite of their oarlocks, each man with a twelve-foot sweep. The original construction employed mostly local wood; narrow leaf elm was used for the backbone, planking and GIG, continued on Page 72
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Briefly Sound Navigation LLC, in Norwalk, Conn., has announced that Capt. Barry Natale has received notification from the Library of Congress that a copyright will be issued for his innovative radar collision avoidance technique. The “Natale Method of Collision Avoidance” is an exercise that utilizes rarely used but common radar functions to determine another vessel’s closest point of approach (CPA), and the time
that this closest point of approach will occur (TCPA). The exercise is intended to combat an over-reliance on automation, which the NTSB cited as a contributing factor in the 2013 Asiana crash at San Francisco International Airport. In 2002, Natale prompted a change to the Bicentennial Edition of Bowditch’s “The American Practical Navigator, Pub. 9.” FMI: www.soundnavigation.com.
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them to safe harbor. The lightly built lapstrake gigs needed to be seaworthy and fast. Six strong rowers and a coxswain were employed to race the boat out in any weather, and the nature of the pilot business soon turned into a competition to be the first crew there and get the pilot aboard. The gigs were also used for rescue and salvage operations, and with their speed and seaworthiness, were used by smugglers, crossing the 170 miles of open waters between England’s south coast and Brittany. To keep in condition, gig crews, waiting for a ship, started rowing against each other in organized competitions. Patrick Mahon is executive director and lead instructor at GLBBS.
frames. Traditional fastenings of clench nails at the plank laps and rivets for the frames were used. For our gig we chose iroko – a strong and rot-resistant African hardwood – for the backbone, Port Orford cedar planking, and white oak for the bent frames. Elm and oak will be used for the thwarts, knees and rails. The color scheme will be determined by the Constitution crew, but I anticipate a bright interior complemented by a painted hull, no doubt Navy blue. This six-man rowing gig has a long and interesting history. Developed in the early 1800s on the coast of Cornwall, England, they were originally used to ferry pilots to the incoming sailing ships in order to guide
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GMT Composites, in Bristol, R.I., reports that Hinckley Yachts is building a Day Sailor 42 that will be rigged with a GMT carbon PowerFurl 215 boom. GMT and Hinckley first collaborated in 1991 when GMT built reportedly the first-ever carbon fiber spar for a cruising class boat, on the Hinckley 59. The DS42 will be the first newly built Hinckley to ever be rigged with GMT’s PowerFurl boom. The PowerFurl 215 boom was designed under the aesthetic eye of the late Niels Helleberg. Attention was paid not only to its furling function and integrated motor (electric or hydraulic), but also to the tapered lines of the exterior. FMI: www.gmtcomposites.com.
Mystic Seaport, in Mystic, Conn., has been awarded a $199,806 grant by the National Park Service, in partnership with the Maritime Administration, to support the restoration of its 1908 steamboat Sabino. Sabino is presently undergoing restoration of her hull and mechanical systems in the Museum’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard and is expected to return to service in 2016. The 57-foot Sabino was built in East Boothbay, Maine, and served for many decades in the state’s coastal waters before coming to Mystic in the early 1970s. The boat, a National Historic Landmark vessel, offers seasonal cruises on the Mystic River. She is the last remaining wooden, coal-fired steamboat in regular operation nationwide today. The grant is part of $2.6 million in Maritime Heritage Program grants for projects that teach about and preserve sites and objects related to our nation’s maritime history. FMI: www.www.mysticseaport.org.
MITA’s smartphone app eases access Maine coast island trails Maine Island Trail Association (MITA) released, in May, a 2015 MITA smartphone app that replaces the 2014 product, but with typical bug fixes, contents updated, and a few improvements. The app features a fully interactive and scalable GPS-enabled chart, compiled from NOAA charts, a listing of trail sites for every region of the trail, localized sunset and tidal information for any given date, a reference library, photo gallery, and pump-out locations. The app also includes events listings, with one-tap RSVP emailing, and features such as user comments, sharing, and MyTrail, which is a “favorites” folder you can use to save your most treasured islands, a checklist of places to go, and so on. The app, which is free to download for iPhone and Droid systems, is unlocked by a member key. While only active MITA members receive full access to the app, non-members receive a sampling of public islands and basic functions, which they can unlock by joining or renewing their membership with MITA. The app was developed for MITA by the Yarmouthbased firm Chimani, a new Maine software and app developer company. FMI: www.mita.org.
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It is with great sadness that the Wayfarer Marine crew heard the news that a member of our family, our friend and colleague, Ben Cashen passed away surrounded by his family on Sunday, April 26 after a brave and courageous fight with cancer. As many of you are aware, Ben had been sick for almost two years, yet to speak to Ben, he was positive and upbeat and focused on his future with his wife Emily. As Ben aptly put it, their wedding in September was the “best day ever.” Our hearts go out to Emily and his family at this difficult time. Camden Harbor will never be the same for many of us without Ben. He was the familiar voice on 71, welcoming you back each year. He remembered your name, your boat’s name, where you liked to be, and even your favorite restaurant. His charming and warm style made Wayfarer feel like a summer home for so many people. He taught some of us how to drive boats, and dock our boats, but none of us will ever do it as effortlessly and gracefully as Ben Cashen. He made it look so damn easy. We will miss his recommendations on where all the hidden coves were and great spots for a day trip or picnic. He knew every nook and cranny of Penobscot Bay. He loved Penobscot Bay and he loved Wayfarer Marine, where he spent the last 14 years of life. He didn’t want to do anything else. He lived his passion and realized his dreams of being on the bay and marrying his best friend. And he did what he wanted to do, and lived the way he wanted to live, with a vibrant spirit right to the very end. We ask that you remember Ben, Emily and his family at this time. – Wayfarer Marine, Camden, Maine. From Susan Swanton, executive director, Maine Marine Trades Association: For me, Ben was one of those truly amazing people our industry needs a lot more of. He was young, but wise beyond his years. He was grateful for the education and training that he had received to further his career, and he believed in paying it forward. Ben was a real champion of the Marine Systems Training Center, and served as a member, and then as chair, of its advisory board. He was an absolute pleasure to work with, and I suspect that all of you who had that experience can agree. Ben was a truly kind soul, and I was always amazed to receive an uplifting (or funny) email from him just when I needed it the most. I know that you will join me in expressing our most sincere condolences to Ben’s wife Emily, his parents and family, and his extended family at Wayfarer Marine. editor@pointseast.com
DISPATCH, continued from Page 51 years of convention and mores that were often out of synch with 21st-century expectations. But tradition has always run strongly in this tight offshore community. The original Shoalers were said to have had their own unique culture with peculiar customs, superstitions, and even a local dialect. The early Islanders were such an isolated and inward-looking community that a trip to Portsmouth was said to be a return to America. The women were known to smoke tobacco in clay pipes. The independent community was considered an almost lawless place where the Islanders lived by their own rules. I joined the Star Island management team in 2011, at a time of great change and uncertainty. While initially in charge of facilities, the title of “island manager” was added in 2012. I was drawn to the job, in part by my long history and fascination with the Isles of Shoals, and, in part, by the challenge of the Island’s vision: “…. to explore matters of consequence and imagine the world as it might ideally be.” As I joined, Star Island Corporation was about to begin its second hundred years of operation, and there was much about which to be concerned. The island had been abruptly closed by authorities in 2007 and required to catch up with fire and life safety improvements before being allowed to reopen later that year. This event was a
wake-up call that brought the operation’s long-term viability into question, and forced some deep soul-searching. Since 2007, the island has made great strides: Day-visitor numbers and services are steadily increasing, community outreach is growing (including new programs and services for visiting recreational mariners), and our Green Gosport Initiative for environmental sustainability is helping the Island achieve its vision with responsible new approaches to resources and energy. Gosport Harbor – protected by Star, Cedar, Smuttynose and Appledore islands – is a waypoint for cruisers from around the world bound Downeast and south. The coastline is harsh and unforgiving, and the weather is constantly changing. There’s a new tale to tell almost every day. I invite you to come across the water from America to visit these islands and experience their magic. In the meantime, my advice is to keep to the westward of Halfway Rocks, and to heed the Old Shoalers’ warning, that if you sing before your breakfast you’ll cry before your supper. Jack is a USCG 100-ton master and the island manager at Star Island at the Isles of Shoals, where his boat, Aloft, lives most of the summer. His “Island Dispatch” will continue in each issue into the fall. “I will share my personal stories and observations of life on these waters in this magazine in the issues to come,” he says.
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Ellsworth: Branch Pond Marine, EBS Hardware, Riverside Café. Falmouth: Falmouth Ace Hardware, Hallett Canvas & Sails, Handy Boat, Portland Yacht Club, Town Landing Market. Farmington: Irving’s Restaurant, Reny’s. Freeport: Gritty McDuff’s, True Value Hardware. Gardiner: Kennebec Yacht Services Georgetown: Robinhood Marine. Gouldsboro: Anderson Marine & Hardware. Hampden: Hamlin’s Marina, McLaughlin Seafood, Watefront Marine. Hancock Pt.: Crocker House Country Inn. Harpswell: Dolphin Restaurant, Finestkind Boatyard, Great Island Boat Yard. Harrington: Tri-Town Marine. Holden: McKay’s RV. Islesboro: Dark Harbor Boat Yard, Tarratine Club of Dark Harbor. Jonesport: Jonesport Shipyard. Kennebunk: Landing Store, Seaside Motor Inn. Kennebunkport: Arundel Yacht Club, Bradbury’s Market, Chick’s Marina, Kennebunkport Marina, Maine Yacht Sales. Kittery: Badger’s Island Marina, Cajun Lobster, Frisbee’s Store, Jackson’s Hardware and Marine, Kittery Point Yacht Yard, Port Harbor Marine. Lewiston: Al’s Sports. Livermore Falls: Lunch Pad Café. Machias: EBS Hardware, Helen’s Restaurant, Viking Lumber. Milbridge: Viking Lumber. Monhegan Is: Carina House. Mount Desert: John Williams Boat Company North Haven: Eric Hopkins Gallery, JO Brown & Sons, North Haven Giftshop. Northeast Harbor: F.T. Brown Co., Kimball Shop, Mt. Desert CofC,, McGraths, Morris Yachts, Northeast Harbor Fleet, Pine Tree Market. Northport: Northport Marine Service, Northport Yacht Club. Owls Head: Owls Head Transportation Museum. Peak’s Island: Hannigan’s Island Market. Penobscot: Northern Bay Market. Port Clyde: Port Clyde General Store. Portland: Becky’s Restaurant, Casco Bay Ferry Terminal, Chase Leavitt, Custom Float Services, DiMillo’s Marina, Gilbert’s Chowder House, Gowen Marine, Gritty McDuff’s, Hamilton Marine, Maine Yacht Center, Portland Yacht Services, Ports of Call, Sawyer & Whitten, Vessel Services Inc., West Marine. Raymond: Jordan Bay Marina, Panther Run Marina. Rockland: Back Cove Yachts, E.L.Spear, Eric Hopkins Gallery, Gemini Marine Canvas, Hamilton Marine, Harbormaster, Johanson Boatworks, Journey’s End Marina, Knight Marine Service, Landings Restaurant, Maine Lighthouse Museum, North End Shipyard Schooners, Ocean Pursuits, Pope Sails, Rockland Ferry, Sawyer & Whitten, The Apprenticeshop. Rockport: Bohndell Sails, Cottage Connection, Harbormaster, Market Basket, Rockport Boat Club. Round Pond: Cabadetis Boat Club, King Row Market. Saco: Lobster Claw Restaurant, Marston’s Marina, Saco Bay Tackle, Saco Yacht Club. Sargentville: Eggemoggin Country Store, El El Frijoles.
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St. George: Harbormaster Scarborough: Seal Harbor Y.C. Seal Harbor: Seal Harbor Yacht Club Searsport: Hamilton Marine. South Bristol: Bittersweet Landing Boatyard, Coveside Marine, Gamage Shipyard, Harborside Café, Osier’s Wharf. South Freeport: Brewer’s South Freeport Marine, Casco Bay Yacht Exchange, DiMillo’s South Freeport, Harraseeket Y.C., Strouts Point Wharf Co., Waterman Marine. South Harpswell: Dolphin Marina, Finestkind Boatyard, Ship to Shore Store South Portland: Aspasia Marina, Bluenose Yacht Sales, Centerboard Yacht Club, Joe’s Boathouse Restaurant, Port Harbor Marine, Reo Marine, Salt Water Grille, South Port Marine, Sunset Marina. Southwest Harbor: Acadia Sails, Great Harbor Marina, Hamilton Marine, Hinckley Yacht Charters, MDI Community Sailing Center, Pettegrow’s, Sawyer’s Market, Southwest Harbor-Tremont CofC, West Marine, Wilbur Yachts. Spruce Head: Spruce Head Marine. Stockton Springs: Russell’s Marine. Stonington: Billings Diesel & Marine, Fisherman’s Friend, Inn on the Harbor, Island Fishing Gear & Auto Parts, Shepard’s Select Properties. Sullivan: Flanders Bay Boats. Sunset: Deer Isle Y.C. Surry: Wesmac. Swan’s Island: The Island Market & Supply Tenants Harbor: East Wind Inn, Pond House Gallery and Framing, Tenants Harbor General Store. Thomaston: Jeff’s Marine, Lyman-Morse Boatbuilding, Slipway. Turner: Pompodora’s Italian Bistro. Vinalhaven: Vinal’s Newsstand, Vinalhaven Store. Waldoboro: Stetson & Pinkham. Wayne: Androscoggin Yacht Club, Wayne General Store. Wells: Webhannet River Boat Yard. West Boothbay Harbor: Blake’s Boatyard. West Southport: Hodgdon Yacht Services, Southport General Store. Windham: Richardson’s Boat Yard. Winter Harbor: Winter Harbor 5 & 10. Winterport: Winterport Marine. Wiscasset: Market Place Café, Wiscasset Yacht Club. Woolwich: BFC Marine, Scandia Yacht Sales, Shelter Institute. Yarmouth: Bayview Rigging & Sails, East Coast Yacht Sales, Landing Boat Supply, Maine Sailing Partners, Royal River Boatyard, Royal River Grillehouse, Yankee Marina & Boatyard, Yarmouth Boatyard. York: Agamenticus Yacht Club, Stage Neck Inn, York Harbor Marine Service. NEW HAMPSHIRE Dover: Dover Marine. Dover Point: Little Bay Marina. East Rochester: Surfside Boats. Gilford: Fay’s Boat Yard, Winnipesaukee Yacht Club. Greenland: Sailmaking Support Systems. Hampton: Hampton Harbor State Marina, Hampton River Boat Club. Manchester: Massabesic Yacht Club, Sandy’s Variety.
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New Castle: Kittery Point Yacht Club, Portsmouth Yacht Club, Wentworth-By-The-Sea Marina. Newington: Great Bay Marine, Portsmouth: Gundalow Company, New England Marine and Industrial, West Marine. Seabrook: West Marine. Tuftonboro: Tuftonboro General Store.
MASSACHUSETTS Amesbury: Larry’s Marina, Lowell’s Boat Shop. Barnstable: Coast Guard Heritage Museum at the Trayser, Millway Marina. Beverly: Al’s Bait & Tackle, Bartlett Boat Service, Beverly Point Marina, Jubilee Yacht Club. Boston: Black Rock Sailing School, Boston Harbor Islands Moorings, Boston Sailing Center, Boston Yacht Haven, Columbia Yacht Club, The Marina at Rowes Wharf, Waterboat Marina. Bourne: Taylor’s Point Marina Braintree: West Marine. Buzzards Bay: Dick’s Marine, Onset Bay Marina. Cataumet: Kingman Marine, Parker’s Boat Yard. Charlestown: Constitution Marina, Shipyard Quarters Marina. Chatham: Chatham Boat Company, Ryders Cove Marina, Stage Harbor Marine. Chelsea: The Marina at Admiral’s Hill. Cohasset: Cohasset Y.C. Cotuit: Peck’s Boats. Cuttyhunk: Cuttyhunk Town Marina. Danvers: Danversport Yacht Club, Liberty Marina, West Marine. Dedham: West Marine. Dighton: Shaw’s Boat Yard. Dorchester: Port Norfolk Yacht Club, Savin Hill Yacht Club. Duxbury: Bayside Marine. East Boston: Boston Harbor Shipyard & Marina, Orient Heights Yacht Club. East Dennis: Dennis Yacht Club, North Side Marina. Edgartown: Edgartown Moorings, Harborside Inn. Essex: Flying Dragon Antiques, Perkins Marine. Fairhaven: Fairhaven Shipyard, West Marine. Fall River: Marine Consignment and Supply Falmouth: East Marine, Falmouth Ace Hardware, Falmouth Harbor Town Marina, Falmouth Marine, MacDougall’s Cape Cod Marine Service, West Marine. Gloucester: Beacon Marine Basin, Brown’s Yacht Yard, Cape Ann’s Marina Resort, Enos Marine, Three Lanterns Ship Supply. Green Harbor: Green Harbor Bait & Tackle, Green Harbor Marina. Harwich Port: Allen Harbor Marine Service, Cranberry Liquors, Saquatucket Municipal Marina. Hingham: 3A Marine Sales, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hingham Shipyard Marinas, Hingham Yacht Club. Hyannis: Hyannis Marina, West Marine. Ipswich: Ipswich Bay Yacht Club. Manchester: Manchester Marine, Manchester Yacht Club. Marblehead: Boston Yacht Club, Corinthian Yacht Club, Eastern Yacht Club, Marblehead Yacht Club, The Forepeak, West Marine. Marion: Barden’s Boat Yard, Beverly Yacht Club, Burr Bros. Boats, Harding Sails, New Wave Yachts. Marshfield: Marshfield Y.C. Marston’s Mills: Peck’s Boats. Mattapoisett: Mattapoisett Boatyard.
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Nantucket: Glyns Marine, Nantucket Boat Basin, Town Pier Marina. New Bedford: Bayline Boatyard and Transportation, C.E. Beckman, Cutty Hunk Launch, Hercules Fishing Gear, Lyndon’s, Niemiec Marine, New Bedford Visitors Center, Pope’s Island Marina, SK Marine Electronics, Skip’s Marine. Newburyport: Merri-Mar Yacht Basin, Newburyport Boat Basin, Newburyport Harbor Marina, Newburyport Yacht Club, North End Boat Club, Riverside Café, The Boatworks, Windward Yacht Yard. North Falmouth: Brewer Fiddler’s Cove Marina. North Weymouth: Tern Harbor Marina. Oak Bluffs: Dockside Marketplace. Onset: Point Independence Yacht Club. Orleans: Nauset Marine. Osterville: Crosby Yacht Yard, Oyster Harbors Marine Service. Plymouth: Brewer’s Plymouth Marine, Plymouth Yacht Club, West Marine. Pocasset: Little Bay Boatworks Provincetown: Harbormaster. Quincy: Captain’s Cove Marina, Marina Bay, Nonna’s Kitchen, POSH, Squantum Yacht Club, Wollaston Yacht Club. Revere: Point of Pines Yacht Club Rockport: Sandy Bay Yacht Club. Salem: Brewer’s Hawthorne Cove Marina, Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard, H&H Propeller Shop, J&W Marine, Palmer’s Cove Yacht Club, Pickering Wharf Marina, Salem Water Taxi, Winter Island Yacht Yard. Salisbury: Bridge Marina, Cross Roads Bait & Tackle, Harbormaster, Riverfront Marine Sports, Withum Sailmakers. Sandwich: Sandwich Marina, Sandwich Ship Supply. Scituate: A to Z Boatworks, Cole Parkway Municipal Marina, Front Street Book Shop, J-Way Enterprises, Satuit Boat Club, Scituate Harbor Marina, Scituate Harbor Y.C. Seekonk: E&B Marine, West Marine. Somerset: Auclair’s Market. South Dartmouth: Cape Yachts, Davis & Tripp Boatyard, Doyle Sails, New Bedford Y.C. Vineyard Haven: Owen Park Town Dock, Vineyard Haven Marina. Watertown: Watertown Yacht Club. Wareham: Zecco Marine. Wellfleet: Bay Sails Marine, Town of Wellfleet Marina, Wellfleet Marine Corp. West Barnstable: Northside Village Liquor Store. West Dennis: Bass River Marina. Westport: F.L.Tripp & Sons, Osprey Sea Kayak Adventures, Westport Marine, Westport Y.C. Weymouth: Monahan’s Marine, Tern Harbor Marina. Winthrop: Belle Isle Boat Yard, Captain’s Quarters Coffee Shop, Cottage Park Y.C., Cove Convenience, Crystal Cove Marina, Pleasant Park Y.C., Ward Marine, Winthrop Harbormaster’s Office, Winthrop Lodge of Elks, Winthrop Y.C., Woodside Ace Hardware. Woburn: E&B Marine, West Marine. Woods Hole: Woods Hole Marina. Yarmouth: Arborvitae Woodworking. RHODE ISLAND Barrington: Barrington Y.C., Brewer Cove Haven Marina, Lavin’s Marina, Stanley’s Boat Yard, Striper Marina. Block Island: Ballard’s Inn, Block Island Boat Basin, Block Island Marina, Champlin’s, Payne’s New Harbor Dock.
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Bristol: All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine, Bristol Yacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum, Jamestown Distributors, New England Yacht Partners, Quantum Thurston Sails, Superior Marine. Central Falls: Twin City Marine. Charlestown: Ocean House Marina. Cranston: Rhode Island Yacht Club. East Greenwich: Anderson’s Ski & Dive Center, East Greenwich Yacht Club, Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, West Marine. East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club. Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Clark Boat Yard, Dutch Harbor Boatyard. Middletown: West Marine Narragansett: Buster Krabs, West Marine. Newport: Brewer Street Boatworks, Casey’s Marina, Goat Island Marina, IYRS, Long Wharf Marina, Museum of Yachting, New York Yacht Club, Newport Harbor Hotel & Marina, Newport Maritime Center, Newport Nautical Supply, Newport Visitor Information Center, Newport Yacht Club, NV-Charts, Old Port Marine Services, Sail Newport, Seamen’s Church Institute, Team One, The Newport Shipyard, West Wind Marina. North Kingstown: Allen Harbor Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, RI Mooring Services. Portsmouth: Brewer Sakonnet Marina, East Passage Yachting Center, Eastern Yacht Sales, Hinckley Yacht Services, Ship’s Store and Rigging, The Melville Grill. Riverside: Bullock’s Cove Marina. Tiverton: Don’s Marine, Life Raft & Survival Equipment, Ocean Options, Standish Boat Yard. Wakefield: Point Jude Boats, Point Judith Marina, Point Judith Yacht Club, Point View Marina, Ram Point Marina, Silver Spring Marine, Snug Harbor Marine, Stone Cove Marina. Warren: Country Club Laundry, Warren River Boatworks. Warwick: Apponaug Harbor Marina, Bay Marina, Brewer Yacht Yard at Cowesett, Greenwich Bay Marina, Pettis Boat Yard, Ray’s Bait Shop, Warwick Cove Marina. Wickford: Brewer Wickford Cove Marina, Johnson’s Boatyard, Marine Consignment of Wickford, Pleasant Street Wharf, Wickford Marina, Wickford Shipyard, Wickford Yacht Club. CONNECTICUT Branford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club, Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck Yacht Club, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine. Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Point Marina, Hays Haven Marina, Middlesex Yacht Club. Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Connecticut Marine One, Harborside Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside Basin Marina. Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina. Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club. Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina. East Haddam: Andrews Marina East Norwalk: Rex Marine. Essex: Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Conn. River Marine Museum, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club, Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club. Fairfield: J. Russell Jinishian Gallery. Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club. Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine. Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club, Thames
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View Marina. Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster. Lyme: Cove Landing Marine. Milford: Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, Milford Yacht Club, Port Milford. Mystic: Brewer Yacht Yard, Fort Rachel Marina, Gwenmor Marina, Mason Island Yacht Club, Mystic Point Marina, Mystic River Yacht Club, Mystic Seaport Museum Store, Mystic Shipyard, West Marine. New Haven: City Point Yacht Club, Fairclough Sails, Oyster Point Marina. New London: Crocker’s Boatyard, Ferry Slip Dockominium Assoc., Hannah Macs Bait and Tackle, Hellier Yacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, Thamesport Marina. Niantic: Boats Inc., Harbor Hill Marina, Marine Consignment of Mystic, Port Niantic Marina, Three Belles Marina. Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, Palmers Cove Marina, Ram Island Yacht Club, Spicer’s. Norwalk: Norwest Marine, Rex Marine, Total Marine, West Marine. Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf. Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina. Old Saybrook: Brewer’s Ferry Point Marina, Harbor Hill Marina & Inn, Harbor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Maritime Education Network, Oak Leaf Marina, Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, West Marine. Portland: J & S Marine Services, Yankee Boat Yard & Marina. Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club. Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina. South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina. Stamford: Czescik Marina, Halloween Yacht Club, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, West Marine. Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club, Stonington Harbor Yacht Club. Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina, Brown’s Boat Works, West Marine. Waterford: Defender Industries. Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Bill’s Seafood, Brewer Pilots Point Marina, Duck Island Yacht Club, Pier 76 Marina, Sound Boatworks. West Haven: West Cove Marina. Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club. NEW YORK City Island: Harlem Yacht Club Halesite: Ketewomoke Yacht Club Mamaroneck: McMichael Yacht Brokers New Rochelle: Huguenot Yacht Club New York: New York Nautical Ossining: Shattemuc Yacht Club Rockaway: Hewlett Point Yacht Club Sag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club. West Islip: West Marine.
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Founded in 1932, Kingman Yacht Center has grown from a one-man boatbuilding shop to Cape Cod's largest full-service marina. KYC is now home to some 400 boats, with another 600-700 transient visitors each season. Whether staying for the season or just passing through, boaters enjoy a beautiful, sheltered natural harbor; a location that's central to many favorite cruising destinations; first-class yacht repairs and services; and resort-styled amenities.
KYC offers gas and diesel fuel; marine engine repairs, maintenance and repowering; complete repair and maintenance services; haul out up to 60 tons; marine electronics sales and service; mobile marine services and over-the-road boat hauling. Their dealership, Buzzards Bay Yacht Sales, features new boats by Yellowfin and Ocean Yachts, and an active yacht brokerage. Visitors love to go swimming and exploring on the mile-long white sand beach that's a short dinghy ride away on Bassetts Island. They'll find provisions and discover unique clothing, artwork and gifts in our shops and chandlery, and take in sunsets over drinks and the daily catch at the world-famous Chart Room restaurant. The Kingman Yacht Club is the center of an active boating community which hosts events and activities every weekend, all summer long.
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Capt. Lou: Part II In the December 2014 issue, Gregg Coppa introduced us to East Greenwich, R.I.’s irascible Old Salt Capt. Lou, an octogenarian waterman who’s also a consummate sailor and an innovative problem solver. Gregg thinks we need to know more about this waterfront original. Points East agrees.
passage I had heard when I was a kid: “When in danger, or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.” I glanced down the hatch and noticed that about two inches of water were sloshing around where no water should be. I gulped hard and was about to ask the obvious question when Lou stood on the starboard rail and proceeded to launch himself over the side like a *** torpedo. He disappeared beneath the surface, then s set forth in a previous story, Capt. Lou is in- reappeared on the port side no longer clutching his credibly resourceful. One day we were motoring bikini underpants. “Haul me in fast,” he commanded. to Cuttyhunk Island, off the coast of southern We did, and, when we got him dried off, he told us Massachusetts, because of lack of that the propeller shaft had disenwind. This was not the Captain’s fagaged and slipped out leaving a vorite destination because it did not inch-and-a-half hole in Tiki’s bothave the fan base of his true-fatom, through which water had vorite destination, Block Island. rapidly flowed. “Don’t worry,” he The Atlantic Ocean was glassy said. “I’ve stuffed a rag in the hole smooth, and we had been treated to and we’ll be fine! Boy, that was a the sight of sharks feeding off a close one.” floating whale carcass earlier in the The order was given to change day. As we passed several miles course for Block Island, not the south of the entrance to the Sakonbest decision in my estimation net River, a loud, terrifying, bansince there were no facilities there shee whine came from somewhere at the time for hauling the boat, in Tiki’s bowels. Along with it were and virtually no prospect of geta few erratic thumping noises, ting a new shaft and prop. I voiced which caused the hull to vibrate my concerns, but got that scorchominously. ing “look,” which meant that we I didn’t like the looks of things, were going. and, frankly, I didn’t have a lot of Capt. Lou further explained, as Photo by Gregg Coppa only irascible older sailors can, faith in the crew. There was Jim, who was at least 78 years old. The unsinkable Capt. Lou. that once upon a time people only There was Steve, who was badly got to Block Island under sail. He sunburned and somewhat crippled due to the fact that added that a shaft could be installed – if he didn’t dehe fell off the dock the previous evening and got him- cide to sail home – by grounding Tiki by a dock at high self tangled up badly in some eel traps. And there was tide and quickly inserting and securing the replaceRoger, who had been drinking a little more heavily ment at low tide. By this time, I had accepted that the than usual, especially after we passed the whale car- Captain – this captain, anyway – was always right. cass. “Ready about!” Lou calmly got up and went below to check things A new course was set, the wind picked up only a litout. Suddenly, he sprang bug-eyed out of the hatch tle, and then, as so often happens at sea when things onto the deck and began to strip off all of his clothes, are not going smoothly, something else happens to as fast as he could without so much as a word of ex- make them go less smoothly. An extremely thick fog planation. Then, curiously, he began to put on his rolled in. clothes as fast as he could, minus his dark blue bikini Onward we sailed; Lou occasionally went below to underpants, which he clutched in one hand. check charts and consult the stopwatch worn on a lanI didn’t know what to make of this. Was this some yard around his neck. Then he would come back on ritual that we all had to perform to appease the whin- deck and cock his ears this way and that listening for ing banshee? Had Lou taken leave of his senses after bells and whistles, while encouraging the helmsman seeing some horrible sight? All I could think of was a with the subtle reminder that if he didn’t steer
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straight and true, “We’re all going to die.” I don’t know about the other guys, but this motivated the hell out of me. A few hours went by, and Capt. Lou came up on deck and simply said, “We missed it.” Steve asked, “Lunch?” to which Lou replied a bit harshly, “No, the Block.” Apparently, despite our best efforts, we’d sailed past Block Island – evidenced by the fact that the Block Island to Point Judith ferry was coming up out of the soup behind us. Lou disappeared below again and came up with a dog-eared copy of “Eldridge,” while he cursed the fools that came up with the idea of daylight savings time. Another course was given and again the admonition, “Ready about!” Now, in order to properly regard the quality of this achievement, keep in mind that this all happened in pre-Loran, pre-GPS days. Besides the compass, Lou only consulted an archaic depthsounder, the kind that had a sensitivity knob for a flickering light. We tacked at least 10 times, and damned if we didn’t end up right off the entrance to Old Harbor, where the harbormaster and good friend of Lou came out to tow Tiki in the last few hundred feet. Lou got to the dock space he usually favored, just west of Ballard’s Inn, like a homing pigeon gets to its roost, and he did it without crowing about it, too. Now, in 10 hours, we had already had more of an adventure than most cruising sailors have in a season, but, with Lou, the excitement just never stopped. We secured Tiki, and orders were barked out to set out the charcoal grills and gas-fired burners for dinner later that evening. This, of course, was in violation of every dock regulation and town ordinance. However, nobody ever said anything to the Captain since, over the years, Lou had accumulated abundant good will with the dockmaster, restaurant owners,
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passersby (especially if they were fetching), transient summer help, and so on, by either taking them sailing around the island or doing this “loaves and fishes” thing. Who knows how many people were served, by Lou, anything from clam zuppa, to spagetti and quahogs, to lobsters, to grilled marinated beef (marinated in sealed plastic bags sloshing in the bilge). The latter was always served with Apponaug-roasted potatoes and a salad featuring Block Island wild blackberries. I don’t recall the menu for this particular outing, but hundreds of people certainly do recall that, a few hours after the dinner, a ramshackle truck pulled up to the dock and a bunch of long-haired musicians, probably from the old High View Hotel, decided to show Lou their appreciation for his hospitality. Performing on the bed and tailgate of their truck, they put on a fantastic show. People danced on the dock at sunset, clapped their hands, and sang. When the lone police officer – occasionally detached from somewhere on the mainland to keep the peace on the Island – showed up, he took one look at Capt. Lou, who was laughing and nodding approvingly at the impromptu celebration, and just said to him, “Don’t anybody do anything stupid, and pull the plug at nine o’clock.” Nobody did, and the plug was pulled by Lou himself. I am pretty sure I saw the officer munching on something in Tiki’s cockpit sometime that afternoon, though, of course, I could be mistaken. Yes, there are lots of Old Salts holding court around New England’s harbors. But none can compare to my good friend Captain Lou, who provided his crew with adventure after adventure wherever and whenever he sailed. Greg Coppa is a freelance writer living in Wickford, R.I., who has been sailing for over five decades.
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Newport, R.I.
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Moonrise ---7:13 PM ---8:12 PM ---9:08 PM ---10:00 PM ---10:47 PM ---11:30 PM ---12:09 AM 12:45 AM 1:20 AM 1:54 AM 2:30 AM 3:08 AM 3:50 AM 4:35 AM 5:26 AM 6:20 AM
3.3 3.45 3.57 3.64 3.68 3.71 3.76 0.08 0.16 0.19 0.16 0.1 0.04 3.82 3.93 3.99 3.98 3.89 3.76 3.6 3.45 0.48 0.58 0.63 0.63 0.57 0.46 0.32 0.16 3.33
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82 Points East June 2015
12:54PM 01:35PM 02:18PM 03:02PM 03:48PM 04:35PM 05:27PM 01:13PM 02:10PM 03:08PM 04:10PM 05:12PM 06:11PM 11:54AM 12:39PM 01:26PM 02:13PM 02:59PM 03:44PM 04:29PM 05:14PM 01:02PM 01:47PM 02:31PM 03:15PM 04:05PM 04:58PM 05:49PM 06:37PM 12:24PM
0.58 0.49 6.98 7.07 7.14 7.2 7.25 7.32 7.43 0.05 0.08 0.08 0.05 0.04 0.06 0.12 7.24 7.19 7.1 7.0 6.9 6.82 6.78 6.77 1.04 1.06 1.01 0.91 0.75 0.56
0.02 -0.05 -0.08 -0.07 -0.02 0.08 0.23 3.83 3.93 4.04 4.17 4.33 4.49 -0.01 -0.03 -0.01 0.04 0.13 0.24 0.39 0.55 3.33 3.24 3.2 3.21 3.27 3.41 3.62 3.87 0.02
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06:43PM 07:42PM 08:39PM 09:34PM 10:27PM 11:17PM
06:43PM 07:29PM 08:15PM 09:02PM 09:49PM 10:39PM 11:32PM
06:55PM 07:46PM 08:36PM 09:24PM 10:10PM 10:56PM
07:50PM 08:32PM 09:15PM 10:01PM 10:50PM 11:43PM
06:29PM 07:50PM 09:33PM 10:50PM 11:47PM
07:05PM 07:55PM 08:43PM 09:29PM 10:14PM 10:59PM 11:44PM
06:04PM 07:03PM 08:12PM 09:22PM 10:22PM 11:13PM 11:58PM
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7.61
0.43 0.38 0.37 0.39 0.41 0.41 7.59 7.76 7.94 8.08 8.15 8.13
0.23 0.38 0.55 0.74 0.9 1.04 1.12 6.81 6.91 7.06 7.25 7.46 7.69
4.03 4.15 4.22 4.22 4.17 4.08
0.4 0.5 0.47 0.35 0.22
4.61 4.64 4.56 4.4 4.16 3.88 3.59
0.72 0.84 0.89 0.84 0.71 0.54 0.35
4.12
Day June 18 June 19
Moonrise 7:17 AM 8:15 AM
Moonset 9:51 PM 10:30 PM
June 20 June 21 June 22
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June 23
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03:32AM 04:13AM 04:56AM 05:40AM 06:27AM 12:26AM 01:16AM 02:11AM 03:10AM 04:14AM 05:18AM 12:36AM 01:34AM 02:29AM 03:20AM 04:08AM 04:54AM 05:40AM 06:25AM 12:28AM 01:17AM 02:06AM 02:57AM 03:53AM 04:50AM 05:46AM 12:42AM 01:30AM 02:17AM 03:02AM
05:01AM 05:44AM 12:04AM 12:47AM 01:31AM 02:18AM 03:08AM 04:02AM 04:59AM 05:59AM 12:50AM 01:52AM 02:52AM 03:50AM 04:44AM 05:35AM 12:01AM 12:48AM 01:34AM 02:19AM 03:05AM 03:51AM 04:40AM 05:30AM 12:13AM 01:06AM 01:59AM 02:51AM 03:41AM 04:28AM
0.11 -0.01 -0.1 -0.15 -0.15 3.29 3.19 3.06 2.91 2.77 2.68 0.07 -0.04 -0.15 -0.22 -0.24 -0.21 -0.13 -0.02 3.06 2.88 2.69 2.52 2.37 2.27 2.24 0.59 0.45 0.29 0.11
0.22 -0.13 10.76 10.95 11.05 11.06 10.95 10.76 10.52 10.28 0.14 -0.1 -0.39 -0.67 -0.88 -0.96 11.36 11.17 10.89 10.53 10.14 9.73 9.34 9.0 1.65 1.57 1.36 1.04 0.63 0.18
New London, Conn.
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09:22AM 10:04AM 10:47AM 11:31AM 12:18PM 07:17AM 08:09AM 09:03AM 09:58AM 10:52AM 11:47AM 06:18AM 07:13AM 08:04AM 08:54AM 09:43AM 10:32AM 11:22AM 12:11PM 07:10AM 07:57AM 08:44AM 09:31AM 10:17AM 11:03AM 11:50AM 06:38AM 07:24AM 08:08AM 08:50AM
2.48 2.53 2.57 2.61 2.66 -0.12 -0.07 -0.02 0.02 0.05 0.08 2.65 2.65 2.67 2.7 2.72 2.74 2.76 2.77 0.12 0.26 0.38 0.49 0.57 0.62 0.65 2.26 2.32 2.39 2.48
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Boston, Mass.
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11:14AM 11:57AM 06:27AM 07:11AM 07:56AM 08:43AM 09:33AM 10:25AM 11:20AM 12:17PM 07:01AM 08:04AM 09:05AM 10:04AM 10:59AM 11:51AM 06:24AM 07:10AM 07:55AM 08:39AM 09:23AM 10:09AM 10:55AM 11:43AM 06:23AM 07:17AM 08:10AM 09:02AM 09:52AM 10:41AM
9.34 9.51 -0.42 -0.63 -0.75 -0.77 -0.7 -0.56 -0.38 -0.21 10.1 10.01 10.0 10.05 10.09 10.09 -0.91 -0.74 -0.46 -0.12 0.25 0.62 0.96 1.24 8.76 8.62 8.61 8.72 8.93 9.2
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June June June June June June June June June June June June June June June
Sunrise 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
5:10 5:10 5:09 5:09 5:08 5:08 5:08 5:08 5:07 5:07 5:07 5:07 5:07 5:07 5:07
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05:10PM 05:54PM 12:40PM 01:24PM 02:10PM 02:58PM 03:48PM 04:42PM 05:38PM 06:35PM 01:15PM 02:12PM 03:09PM 04:04PM 04:56PM 05:46PM 12:40PM 01:27PM 02:12PM 02:56PM 03:41PM 04:27PM 05:14PM 06:03PM 12:32PM 01:22PM 02:13PM 03:02PM 03:50PM 04:38PM
0.44 0.39 0.36 0.35 0.36 2.71 2.78 2.86 2.98 3.12 3.28 0.09 0.1 0.11 0.13 0.17 0.25 0.35 0.47 2.77 2.76 2.76 2.76 2.79 2.84 2.93 0.64 0.6 0.52 0.42
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09:33PM 10:12PM 10:54PM 11:38PM
3.27 3.32 3.34 3.34
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3.42 3.52 3.56 3.54 3.47 3.36 3.22
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10.77 11.03 11.25 11.4 11.44
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06:52PM 9.25 07:41PM 9.41 08:30PM 9.65 09:18PM 9.96 10:04PM 10.32 10:50PM 10.69
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07:25PM 08:18PM 09:13PM 10:07PM 11:00PM 11:51PM
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06:37PM 07:22PM 08:10PM 08:59PM 09:53PM 10:49PM 11:49PM
06:34PM 07:21PM 08:07PM 08:53PM 09:41PM 10:29PM 11:20PM
0.37 0.37 0.34 0.27 0.18
0.59 0.69 0.75 0.77 0.75 0.69
0.55 0.44 0.37 0.35 0.36 0.35 0.29
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JUNE 2015 Day
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Sunset 8:14 8:15 8:16 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:19 8:19 8:20 8:20 8:21 8:21 8:22 8:22 8:23
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0.32 0.0 -0.27 10.54 10.64 10.65 10.55 10.36 10.11 9.86 0.28 0.03 -0.29 -0.6 -0.84 -0.95 -0.9 10.81 10.5 10.14 9.73 9.33 8.94 8.59 1.69 1.62 1.43 1.13 0.74 0.31
Portland, Maine
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8.85 9.02 9.17 -0.48 -0.62 -0.67 -0.63 -0.52 -0.36 -0.2 9.66 9.58 9.59 9.66 9.72 9.73 9.66 -0.73 -0.45 -0.12 0.23 0.58 0.9 1.17 8.32 8.16 8.12 8.22 8.43 8.71
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0.96 0.81 0.67 9.31 9.43 9.53 9.64 9.76 9.9 10.09 -0.07 -0.01 0.01 0.01 0.04 0.13 0.29 9.53 9.35 9.16 8.99 8.86 8.78 8.77 1.37 1.48 1.48 1.38 1.17 0.91
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10.34 10.6 10.85 11.03 11.09 11.01
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07:14PM 08:00PM 08:46PM 09:33PM 10:22PM 11:13PM
0.57 0.51 0.48 0.48 0.48 0.43
0.52 0.78 1.05 1.3 1.5 1.64
Corrections for other ports
Port Reference Maine/ New Hampshire Bar Harbor Stonington Rockland Bar Harbor Boothbay Harbor Portland Portland Kennebunkport Portsmouth Portland
Massachusetts Gloucester Plymouth Scituate Provincetown Marion Woods Hole
Rhode Island Westerly Point Judith East Greenwich Bristol
Connecticut Stamford New Haven Branford Saybrook Jetty Saybrook Point Mystic Westport
Time Corrections
High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min.,
Height Corrections
High *0.91, Low *0.90 High *0.93, Low *1.03 High *0.97, Low *0.97 High *0.97, Low *1.00 High *0.86, Low *0.86
Boston Boston Boston Boston Newport Newport
High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min.,
High *0.93, Low *0.97 High *1.03, Low *1.00 High *0.95, Low *1.03 High *0.95, Low *0.95 High *1.13, Low *1.29 High *0.40, Low *0.40
New London Newport Newport Newport
High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min.,
High *1.02, Low *1.00 High *0.87, Low *0.54 High *1.14, Low *1.14 High *1.16, Low *1.14
Bridgeport Bridgeport Bridgeport New London New London Boston Newport
High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min.,
High *1.07, Low *1.08 High *0.91, Low *0.96 High *0.87, Low *0.96 High *1.36, Low *1.35 High *1.24, Low *1.25 High *1.01, Low *0.97 High *0.85, Low *0.85
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Bar Harbor, Maine
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0.17 -0.16 -0.43 11.95 12.06 12.07 11.97 11.78 11.53 11.28 0.13 -0.15 -0.5 -0.85 -1.11 -1.22 -1.17 12.32 11.97 11.55 11.09 10.64 10.21 9.84 9.56 1.61 1.41 1.09 0.67 0.2
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0.17 -0.35 -0.77 20.23 20.38 20.38 20.23 19.96 19.62 19.31 0.07 -0.26 -0.72 -1.2 -1.56 -1.73 -1.65 20.65 20.17 19.58 18.94 18.29 17.69 17.18 16.82 2.36 2.08 1.59 0.95 0.22
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0.91 0.76 0.63 10.84 10.96 11.06 11.15 11.25 11.38 11.56 -0.15 -0.11 -0.13 -0.16 -0.15 -0.06 0.12 11.08 10.85 10.6 10.38 10.2 10.08 10.04 10.09 1.57 1.57 1.46 1.23 0.94
Eastport, Maine 18.24 18.58 18.86 -1.06 -1.21 -1.22 -1.1 -0.88 -0.6 -0.36 19.12 19.1 19.23 19.42 19.57 19.6 19.49 -1.35 -0.89 -0.32 0.28 0.88 1.42 1.87 2.18 16.66 16.73 17.01 17.45 18.0
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0.97 0.68 0.46 19.09 19.24 19.34 19.38 19.42 19.49 19.65 -0.21 -0.2 -0.3 -0.42 -0.48 -0.39 -0.16 19.23 18.89 18.5 18.12 17.79 17.55 17.42 17.44 2.31 2.24 1.96 1.53 1.01
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11.8 12.08 12.36 12.56 12.63 12.55
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07:13PM 08:02PM 08:50PM 09:36PM 10:21PM
10.24 10.49 10.83 11.23 11.66
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11:04PM 19.6 11:45PM 19.97
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19.93 20.29 20.66 20.95 21.06 20.96
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07:18PM 17.64 08:09PM 18.0 08:58PM 18.51 09:46PM 19.1 10:32PM 19.73
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07:00PM 07:46PM 08:32PM 09:19PM 10:08PM 10:59PM 11:51PM
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07:12PM 07:57PM 08:42PM 09:28PM 10:15PM 11:03PM 11:54PM
0.53 0.47 0.44 0.42 0.4 0.31
0.37 0.67 0.97 1.25 1.47 1.62 1.67
0.31 0.22 0.21 0.24 0.27 0.23
0.22 0.68 1.16 1.62 2.01 2.29 2.42
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10.5’ Lakefield Sailing Dinghy Clear cedar planking over ash half ribs. Gaff rigged catboat, clone of Peterborough Pal. Sail, row, or small motor. All original plus new unused sail. Good condition. $2,100. OBO. Old Town, Maine. 207-827-0465. john_alexander@umit.maine.edu
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22’ Herreshoff Eagle, 1978 Classic gaff-rigged sloop, built 1978, restored by Arey’s Pond 2002. Mainsail with eagle emblem, new jib, topsail. Yamaha 9.9hp, well maintained, wintered indoors. $7900. prosenberger@massmed.org 15’ Sandbagger Catboat American Flyer. Lapstraked Occume plywood bonded with West epoxy. Mahogany coamings and spruce spars finished bright - name of boat carved on the mahogany transom & gold leafed. She is a delight to sail, easy to setup. This little jewel won the 1996 WoodenBoat Show Concours d’Elegance and was exhibited for a year at the Newport Museum of Yachting. Sail inventory and running rigging like new. Price $12,000 Firm (trailer, boat plans, etc. included) Call 207807-8231 dgutierrez1287@gmail.com 18’ Cape Dory Typhoon Weekender. Classic, full keel, seaworthy cruiser. Mahogany cockpit seats. Home-built trailer. Needs some work. Stored Brooksville, ME. Pictures available. Motivated seller $3,200. 207-358-8028 ISLAND_LIGHT@YAHOO.COM 19’ Stuart Mariner Sailboat 1988 Stuart Mariner, centerboard model. Very light use. M&J and
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Laser Class Dinghies For recreational or practice sailing. Full or radial rigs, good foils $700 - $1,000. Extra sails $40. Castine, ME 941-284-6785, 941366-3812
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standing rigging all replaced approx 7 years ago but have originals. White hull blue boot top, interior cushions, spring loaded motor mount, new porta potti, galvanized trailer, and more. $5,700. Portsmouth NH area. Call 603 969 9983 or email romay@comcast.net
23’ Herreshoff Cape Cod Marlin 1960. Fibreglass cruising keeled sloop, well maintained, Volvo Penta diesel engine, excellent Dacron sails, roller furling jib, easy to single-hand. Newcastle, ME. Asking $7,500. 207-5638492, 207-563-6237, email alicarv@tidewater.net
23’ Herreshoff Marlin Rebuild 6 years ago. Thurston main sail, genoa 4 seasons. Downs jib 2 seasons. Spinnaker 1990 used once. Engine 4 season.Yanmar 10hp. $9,980. 978-
24’ Dolphin Sloop by Lunn Laminates #200. Centerboard, 6 sails, roller reefing Genoa, Palmer Husky 8hp rebuilt ‘96 & 2006. Includes unused GPS new 2009 and an inflatable dinghy. $4,500 OBO. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com
25’ Dark Harbor, 1921 A beautiful daysailer with a roomy cockpit and low freeboard, putting you close to the water. $14,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-3264411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com
26’ MacGregor 26X, 2002 Motor/Sailer VG condition. Custom Trailer & 50hp (yes 50) Honda. Speed well over 10 knots under power. Roller furling, Doyle
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27’ Catalina 27, 1982 Excellent condition. New 15hp diesel, 2011; new main, 2008; roller reefing; spray dodger; 5 bunks; well equipped for day sailing and cruising. $10,500. Beverly, MA. 978-927-3168. jimbev241@aol.com
26’ Landing School 26 Weekender.Cold molded auxiliary sloop, listed at $40,000. Built in 2002. 12hp Westerbeke diesel. Excellent condition. Can be seen at Rumery’s Boat Yard. www.rumerys.com sean@rumerys.com
26’ Pearson, 1973 Enjoy your time on the water at a reasonable price. Offered at only $7,000. Call 207 831-3168 Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
26’ Pearson Commander Lovingly restored over a four year period - includes new main & genoa sails with new Harken III roller furler, Honda 9.9 four stroke inboard with remote start & control. Many new items too numerous to list - please call 207-232-8820. ttheriault@theriaultmarine.com 28’ Islander, 1977 Excellent condition. New Yanmar. $19,900. 207-799-3600 theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
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28’ Sabre, 1974 Well built, clean, comfortable, easy and fun to sail. Full-battened main, 135%, 150%, 165%, and spinnaker. Radio, compass, electronics, Edson wheel, furler, jiffy reefing. Many extras. $8,995. Contact Roger @ 401-465-6242 rogerchauvette@cox.net
29’ Columbia 8.7 1977 Restored. 29 feet/10 foot beam, Universal M-18 diesel, Harken furling, electric head and holding tank, dripless shaft seal with new shaft & prop. All new teak wood inside, new companionway (Lexan), perch seats, new Sunbrella cushions, new dodger and sail covers, new stove, pressure water, new aluminum water tank, new port lights (lexan) Sobstad main, 150% Genoa (good condition) new main and jib halyards, all interior coverings are new. AGM batteries, all new LED interior lights. This boat is completely refurbished and ready to sail. See website for pictures and history of restoration - asking $14,000. 860841-8442 www.joebednarz.com jbednarz2@gmail.com
29’ Islander 29, 1967 Well maintained in good condition. Bristol bright work. Raised dinette salon with ample storage throughout. New interior and cockpit cushions. New holding tank system. Well-running Atomic 4 engine, fresh water-cooled with electronic ignition. Vapor and high water alarms. Pro-Furl roller furling, 3 anchors, 2 Plastimo cockpit compasses along with Datamarine knot meter and depth sounder, 3 bilge pumps, 2 VHF radios, new stereo, Raymarine GPS. $13,500. www.islander29.tumblr.com/ deangibbons67@gmail.com 30’ Etchells Class Keelboat Hull #597, Ontario Yachts built in 1983 has been a competitive racer in the Casco Bay Maine Fleet 27 for the past 8 years. One year old Doyle main & jib and one year old MSP crosscut spinnaker. North main, jib and spin 2005. New Sparcraft (2005) mast. New (2013) running rigging. Dyform shrouds. Magnetic compass. Smooth VC Offshore bottom. Dual axle trailer, gin pole, lifting strops. Anchor & rode, floating tow-line, paddles, bucket & pumps. $5,000. (South Portland) scott.thomas@mac.com 30’ Alberg 30, 1969 Classic lines, seaworthy cruiser, sleeps four. Mostly original equipment. Six sails, dinghy included. Stored Brooksville, ME. Pictures available. Motivated seller $5,500. 207-358-8028. ISLAND_LIGHT@YAHOO.COM
genoa, roller furling genoa jib, Dutchman for main, staysail. Dodger and sun awning. Aluminum mast and spars, stainless steel standing rigging. Oven/stove, ice box, sink, pressurized water. Marine head with holding tank, shower. Depthsounder, radar, wind/speed/direction, compass, GPS, VHF. Shorepower. Sleeps 5. 12’ fiberglass dinghy. Maine. $24,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-3264411. www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com 30’ Cape Dory 300 Motorsailer 1989. This boat has benefited from continuous upgrading and exceptional care. Our Little Cape is well equipped with redundant systems for cruising and or living aboard. The boat will include new sails (spring 2014). $62,000. 207-799-3600 www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
30’ Alberg, 1970 A real beauty. Well maintained, full keel, 2 anchors, Chartplotter, VHF, depth meter, sleeps 4, main, roller furling jib, spinnaker, 18hp diesel. $13,500. 207-323-1103. bertlafayette@hotmail.com 30’ Pearson 30, 1977 Well maintained. New 20HP Beta Marine recently installed. Very reiable boat. A must see. $14,999. 207-633-0773 oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
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31’ Bill Tripp Seafarer, 1968 TRILOGY of Rockland Maine: Cruise-ready. A Master Cabinetmaker’s boat; classic inside and out. Solent type rig, furler and headstay, inner cutter sail, RW+B spinnaker in sock, red canvas dodger/awning. 200w solar, 400ah batt, inverter, hot showers, microwave, fridge, auto, cabin heater, corian counters. 15hp outboard in lazarette. Asking 25K. Contact DT 603-669-7937 or email dtlewistrilogy@gmail.com
31’ Southern Cross, 1977 C E Ryder Southern Cross Gillmer Design 31’ Cutter Rig. Custom finish, keel step, sitka spruce mast/boom, fresh water cooled Farryman 24hp diesel 4,500 hours, wiring replaced in 199495, all electronics Raymarine, C80/Radar/Depth sounder, Thurston full batten main/staysail/hood, roller furling/jib, crusing spinnaker, Force10 bulkhead mounted LPG heater, gimbaled Force 10 three burner w/oven, Sea Frost ice box built into galley counter, CQR 35/Fortress aluminum FX11. $24,900. Call 617908-2048. sfbailey88@yahoo.com
31’ Grampian, 1967 Full keel sloop, made in Canada, Atomic 4 engine. Auto helm, roller furling, sleeps 4, GPS, plotter, radar, depth sounder, propane stove. $10,900 OBO. 207-4972701 info@jonesportshipyard.com 32’ Able Marine Whistler, 1986 Madeline Rose is a well built blue water cruiser with classic lines and beautiful interior. The Whistler 32 is regarded as one of the worlds best built sailboats and made to cross the worlds oceans.$39,900. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com 35’ Pearson (2) From $19,900, well maintained vessels with good ownership & anxiously for sale. Call for details. Gray & Gray 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
35’ Cheoy Lee Robb, 1963 Professionally maintained and stored indoor. New Yanmar diesel, electric windlass, new ribs, new prop. $39,500. Metinic Yacht Brokers 204-326-4411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com
35’ Alberg, 1960 Excellent condition, $17,500. 207497-2701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 36’ Pearson (2) From $28,500. Well maintained vessels with good ownership & anxiously for sale. Call for details. Gray & Gray 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 36’ Swanson, 1976 $39,500. Call David Perry CPYB, Robinhood Marine Center 800255-5206 robinhoodyachts.com 37’ Dickerson 37, 1982 Lovingly restored classic American yacht featured in “World’s Best Sailboats.” Elegant, highquality build in the tradition of Hinckley, Morris, Bristol etc. Shoal draft for go-anywhere cruising. Asking $95k. Contact Rick Fleig, McMichael Newport, 401-743-6318 www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m Rickf@mcmyacht.com 38’ Catalina 387 Sloop, 2003 Outstanding condition, roller furling main & genoa, $114,900. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com 38’ Bristol 38.8 Sloop, 1986 44hp diesel, new epoxy bottom, many upgrades, a true classic, $79,500. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997 www.grayandgrayyachts.com
39’ Concordia, 1938 Nicely equipped, while retaining the simplicity of the original yawl. Professionally maintained and stored indoor $125,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-326-4411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com 40’ Herreshoff R Boat, 1925 Nat Herreshoff designed and built. She is an excellent example of the Herreshoff genius for beauty, function and quality. Restored in 2001 by Wooden Tangent Yachts using original plans and construction notes. Gamecock is an elegant day sailor that has been well cared for. $125,000. Call 207244-7854 or email jwboatco.com billw@jwboatco.com 40’ Club Swan 42, 2008 No expense or effort has been spared to make this the fastest Swan 42 in the fleet. As a testament to this, she finished the American Yacht Club Fall Series with 5 First Place finishes out of 6 starts against a very competitive Swan 42 group. Contact Kevin Dailey, McMichael Yacht Brokers, 203-434-6060 www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m. kevind@mcmyacht.com 40’ Hanse 400 Asking $179K. Great modern cruiser, 3 cabin 2 head layout, 2013 composite Doyle sails, duel wheel cockpit, self tacking jib, super easy handling with electric winch and stack pack, Contact Todd Williams at McMichael Yacht Brokers, 203-610-1215 or www.mcmyacht.com Toddw@mcmyacht.com
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45’ Formosa-Peterson 46, 1980 $119,000. Successful circumnavigator, lobster-pot-free Maine cruiser, and bareboat charter business. Fulfill your cruising dreams with this great value turnkey offshore classic. Center cockpit, sleeps 8. Many extras. Great condition. Camden, Maine. 207-522-5252. www.sailboatlistings.com/view/35 772 sailredwings@myfairpoint.net
49’ Hinckley Ketch Classic center cockpit ketch. Comfortable live-aboard and ocean cruiser with two private staterooms and fireplace. Equipped for short-handed sailing. Bow thruster. Will not last at just $99,000. 315-323-1905 mahlonclements@aol.com 59’ Hinckley Sou’wester 59 Ketch, 1982. Classic Hinckley professionally maintained to the highest standards, automated furling for main & mizzen enable short-handed sailing and the shoal draft permits access to many harbors not usually accessible to a yacht of this size. Call Lincoln White, McMichael Essex
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10’ Inflatables Odyssey Superlight RIB’s now in stock. A 10’2, 310SLR only 79lbs. The right dinghy at an affordable price. For details, contact Great Bay Marine 603-436-5299 www.greatbaymarine.com store@greatbaymarine.com 14’ Penn Yan Runabout, 1950 LITTLE DIPPER was rescued in 2007 and restored. Powered by a 15hp Johnson outboard and trailered on a 2007 Load Rite. Brooksville, Maine. $6,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-3264411. www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com 17’ Rossiter, 2014 CD Classic Runabout. 7’ beam, 115hp Yamaha 4-stroke, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
17’ LS17 Hand Built Sport Utility Runabout. The LS-17 Sports Utility Runabout is a multifunctional outboard powerboat that can be used for fishing, birding, recreational waterskiing or tubing, gunkholing, picnicking or just day cruising. The LS-17 is partially decked with a laminated coaming which results in a dry ride under almost all conditions. That makes the LS-17 an ideal boat for both lakes and protected coastal waters. www.landingschool.edu/shop/LS 16.html jamiehoutz@landingschool.edu 17’ Tidewater, 2014 170CC Adventure. 7’2 beam, 70hp 4-stroke Yamaha, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
19’ Lyman Runabout, 1969 Beautiful and quick with a 165hp Ford V-8. Completely re-worked with much extra equipment and upgrades to minimize maintenance. Call for more pix and a list of what’s been done. Trailer included for $12,000. sailmates1@gmail.com
19’ Boston Whaler Montauk 2009. Mercury EFI 115 Four Stroke. Less than 100 hours of use. Two tops (Bimini and Tee Top). Rod holders. Garmin GPS/Charts. Marine Radio. Cooler. Full boat cover. Deck chairs. Swim ladder. Many extras. Located in central Vermont. $27,000. 802-476-2074 or e-mail. ColDaveF@aol.com 21’ Padebco Center Console 2004. Many upgrades, great condition and ready for the water. $36,000. FMI & photos visit website, or call Padebco, 207-5295106 www.Padebco.com/?p=1145
22’ Banks Cove, 2003 Day Boat model with Honda 200hp 4-stroke. $55,000 including trailer. Also 2002 Cabin model $45,000. See website for details. 207-677-2024 www.pemaquidmarine.com info@pemaquidmarine.com 21’6 Tidewater 216CC Beam 8’6, draft 14, fuel capacity 70 gal., max. HP 225. A smooth, dry ride with big fish features; dual livewells, large fish boxes, gunwale rod storage and large
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console for electronics. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com 22’ Norwegian Snekke, 1961 2003 Yanmar diesel. Rides the waves like a leaf. $19,550. Call 207-831-3168 Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales. www.boatinginmaine.com 22’ Pulsifer Hampton, 2001 Bristol condition, low hours on Yanmar 27hp. Custom trailer, complete full canvas set like new. Fully equipped, a must see at $24,500. Call Mike 860-304-5151
23’ Rossiter, 2014 Classic Day Boat. 8’5 beam, 250hp Yamaha XCA, custom trailer. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru, 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207-443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com 23’ Tidewater 230CC LOA 23’, beam 8’10, draft 15, fuel capacity 103 gal., a big 23 footer designed to be a great offshore fishing machine. For further details, stop by Scandia Yacht Sales at Bath Subaru. 116 Main Street (Route 1), Woolwich, Maine. 207443-9781 www.scandiayachts.com
22’ SISU SISU bass boat with cuddy cabin with eve berths; 2012 115hp Evinrude E-TECH; new hydraulic steering, new Standard Horizon GPS; So. Bristol. Price reduced, now asking $24,500. 207-5636331 loon@tidewater.net
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24’ Frank Day Jr & Benjamin River, 2001. Arno Day-designed motor launch with center console. Hull is cedar on oak. Powered by a Yanmar 4JH diesel. Equipment includes a depth sounder, compass, VHF radio, and two anchors. $44,000. Metinic Yacht Brokers 207-3264411 www.sealcoveboatyard.com sealcoveboatyard@gmail.com 24’ Grady White, 1997 w/twin 2008 Yamaha 150’s, w/trailer. $49,999. 207-633-0773 oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
A/C with reverse cycle heat, marine head, electric stove, refrigerator, bimini. 2GPH at 7.5 knots, range 250 knots. Located in Salem, MA, at Winter Island Yacht Yard. www.wiyy.net/ranger-tugs/35ranger-tug-models/53-preowned-ranger.html rangertugs@wiyy.net 25’ Maritime Skiff Challenger 2009. Cuddy cabin w/double berth, marine head w/holding tank. Pilot house has galley unit, helm & companion seating, stowage. 2 aft-facing cockpit seats, transom bench seating, stowage. 83 gallons/fuel, 225 Honda 4-stroke outboard, 20hp Honda 4-stroke auxiliary. Plotter/radar, sonar, weather, depth. Located in Maine, $69,000. www.atlanticboat.com brokerage@atlanticboat.com
24’ Mahogany Runabout, 1974 Bass Harbor Boat Company built mahogany runabout, reconstructed 2006-2008. Recently repowered with 350hp Mercruiser. $65,000. 207-244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com 25’ Padebco, New Design the boat of your dreams. Padebco Custom Boats offers fiberglass 21 to 32 foot custom cruisers. Down East style, great lines, no two alike. Padebco 207529-5106 Padebco.com 25’ Ranger Tugs R25 Classic 2008. $104,500. Great condition, well-maintained, one owner. Cummins diesel engine, 150hp, 59 hours. Raymarine C-120 Nav Pkg,
25’ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004 With twin 150hp Merc salt water series - less than 100 hours, 2013 Load Rite tandem trailer, full electronics. Well equipped for tournament fishing: battle station, down riggers, center rigger, out riggers, air horn etc. Too much to list. Vessel has been well maintained Great fishing and cruising. $73,800 207-633-2922 jackcogswell41@yahoo.com
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26’ Grady White, 2000 265 Express with twin 200hp Yamaha HPDI outboards. Professionally maintained yearly. Low hours. Basic electronics. Very clean. Brunswick, ME. $48,900. Call 207-729-3303 www.bamforthmarine.com salesandservice@bamforthmarine.com
27’ Picnic Launch, 1908 Raised forward deck, open cockpit picnic launch, two berths, head, with a new 3 cylinder Universal diesel. Farrin’s Boatshop, 207-563-5510. www.FarrinsBoatshop.com
26’ Mako 621, 1987 MAKAYLA’S WAY is ready for fishing. Engines used only one season since installation results in very low hours. Dual axle bunk trailer included. $29,500. 207244-7854 or email billw@jwboatco.com
28’ Albin 28, 1998 Very clean, yard maintained, blue topsides, radar, 2GPS, fathometer, SS radio, 2 showers, head, swim platform, 300 turbo diesel, 1000 hours. $46,500 OBO. 508-5489418 or email bluechip7676@hotmail.com
26’ Fortier, 1997 The Fortier 26, an Eldredge-McInnis design, is a proven design for the serious bass fisherman, picnic boat or weekend cruiser. Single diesel, $68,500. Call Gray & Gray, Inc. 207-363-7997. www.grayandgrayyachts.com
29’ MJM 29Z, 2009 Stunning downeast 29Z, Volvo Diesel power, Majestic blue alwrip 2 season old. Very nicely maintained by the dealer. Asking $279K. Call Todd Williams, McMichael Yacht Brokers 203610-1215 or email www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m toddw@mcmyacht.com
27’ Eastern Lobster-style, 2005 Popular Eastern 27 Lobster model with open sides and large cockpit. Navy blue hull, 275hp Bravo III Mercruiser I/O. Radar, chartplotter, Depth and speed via Raymarine C-80 network. $49,500. Call David Perry, 800-255-5206 www.robinhoodmarinecenter.com 27’ Launch, 1908 3-cylinder Universal 26hp diesel w/37 hrs. In water, ready to enjoy. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com 27’ Eastern Lobster-style, 2005 $52,500. Call David Perry Robinhood Marine Center 800-255-
29’ Dyer Cruiser, 1978 315hp Yanmar 210 hours. New aluminum fuel tanks. Asking $69,000. Rockland, ME. Contact John Morin, Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com 30’ Mainship Pilot, 1999 This is a great boat. Well laid out and lots of features. Priced to sell. $69,500. 207-633-0773. www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
top, new Cummins QSB-380, new Awlgrip in 2009-2011. Updated electronics. Only 165 hrs. Asking $150k. Contact Michael Beers, McMichael Yacht Brokers, 718764-7215 www.mcmichaelyachtbrokers.co m
31’ Blue Seas, 1989 Cummins diesel. $74,000. Went to Aventura Florida in 2013. Meet boat there and cruise North in Spring. Call 207-831-3168, Gulf of Maine Yacht Sales www.boatinginmaine.com
32’ Nordic Tug, 2006 Cummins 270hp, low hours (610), water purifier, stove/microwave oven, full electronics, Bose, Toshiba TV, 3GPH, Lightly used. Excellent shape. $195,000. 860-550-3682. lesserlight1941@gmail.com 32’ Newman Hard Top Cruiser New Yanmar 6BY2-260 (220HP), upgraded electronics, bull varnish work (high end), in the water, ready to go. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com
32’ Down East New 32’ Carroll Lowell Down East design, cedar on white oak, silicon bronze fastenings, hull, trunk, deck, done, fuel tanks, shaft, rudder installed, will finish to your custom design, work or pleasure. 508-224-3709. www.by-the-sea.com/karbottboatbuilding/ jmkarbott@aol.com
33’ Nauset Sedan, 2000 Single Yanmar 350hp turbo diesel, two state rooms down, stall shower, galley up, great ventilation, cruise equipped. 774553-5342 www.newwaveyachts.com jim@newwaveyachts.com
34’ Marine Trader, 1975 L’Attitude is a classic Marine Trader Europa, efficient single engine trawler. We have enjoyed 8 years of summer cruising in Maine are making plans for new adventures. It has been taken good care of and upgraded with new electronics and other systems. Recent engine work $900, fuel tanks look good, decks are original teak, some delamination in places, decks are coated with a rubber waterproofing, white rubber epoxy. $24,500. 843-4854019 leecpaulc@gmail.com
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31’ Duffy 31, 1989 Fully re-fit including custom hard-
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34’ Wilbur FB Cruiser CAT. Galley up, sleeps 4. High output solar charging. Dinette, A/C. Asking $119,000. Contact John Morin, 207 691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com jmorin@wilburyachts.com
34’ Mainship Pilot, 2003 Green hull, 900 hrs., Gen, AC, bow thruster, Garmin GPS and radar. 370hp Yanmar. In the water, Boothbay Harbor. $109,000. 207462-5660 / 5661 ernestine@jmcamper.com 34.5’ Avanti Flybridge, 1996 Dual control stations, twin 454 gas engines, fresh water cooled, w/many options included, yacht condition. Asking $33,500. Located at Carousel Marina, Boothbay Harbor, Maine. 207-633-2922 jackcogswell41@yahoo.com 36’ Stanley, 1998 Great example of the classic Stanley 36. Comfortable cruiser for four and roomy day boat. Nice details including teak pilot house & cockpit sole. Brand new Awlgrip and Cummins repower (2012). $320,000. Call 207-244-7854 or email jwboatco.com billw@jwboatco.com 36’ Wilbur/Newman FB Classic CAT. V-berth, dinette, bronze hardware. Asking $125,000. Contact John Morin, Wilbur Yachts Brokerage, 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com
36’ Grand Banks Classic Twin Cummins. Loaded, double aft berth w/office. Two thrusters, Avon tender. Asking $150,000. Call 207.691-1637 www.wilburyachts.com
38’ Egg Harbor Sportfisherman 1974. Twin diesels, flybridge sedan. Designer D. Martin. $29,900. 401-573-5189
38’ Bayliner 3818 Motoryacht 1988. Well maintained boat with lots of room. Great for cruising or cottage on the water. $59,900. 207-633-0773 www.oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
38’ Fisher Fairways Trawler 1978. Twin Ford Sabre diesels, roomy, comfortable, economical, stable. Many upgrades 20102013. New price, $74,500. Illness forces sale. Call 207-497-2701 or email info@jonesportshipyard.com 38’ Stanley, 1984 Stanley 38 Fishwife. First Stanley 38 built in 1984 and owned by the same family since her launch. She Accredited Marine Surveyor
is in excellent condition. $255,000. 207-244-7854 or billw@jwboatco.com
42’ Marine Trader, 1984 Twin diesels. $75,000. 207-6330773 oceanpointmarina.com info@oceanpointmarina.com
38’ Chris Craft Catalina 381 1986. Spacious interior with king and queen staterooms, extensive upgrades for live-aboard and cruising comfort. Don’t miss this opportunity! $47,000. 207-4972701. www.jonesportshipyard.com info@jonesportshipyard.com 41’ Maxum 4100 SCB, 1999 Well maintained, clean and offers a very functional layout. She is powered by efficient Cummins diesel engines, and is comfortably equipped for cruising or living aboard. $89,900. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
42’ Duffy Flybridge, 1986 Built in 1986 for the current owner. Very well maintained and stored inside most winters. Power - Cat 3208 350hp, bow thruster, generator. Upper and lower helm stations. Beautiful mahogany interior finish. Two dinettes, large queen berth. Full head, big galley up, fridge, micro. A wonderful
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47’ Novi Flybridge Cruiser 2003. CAT diesel. Composite overbuilt hull, genset, many upgrades. This two-owner boat truly deserves a look if you’re serious about finding a turn-key Downeast trawler .Asking $133,700. Contact John Morin 207-691-1637. www.wilburyachts.com jmorin@wilburyachts.com
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10 1/2’ & 12’ Skiffs Maine style and quality. Epoxy bonded plywood/oak, S/S screws. Easy rowing and towing, steady underfoot. Primer paint. $1,150 and $1,500. Maxwell’s Boat Shop. Rockland, Maine. 207-390-0300. jerrymax@roadrunner.com Quality Listings Wanted Contact Eric at South Port Marine if you’re interested in getting your boat sold. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com tyc@southportmarine.com
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9’ Columbia Rowing/Sailing Dinghy. A very nice fiberglass dinghy. Varnished mahogany rudder & centerboard; fir/oak mast & boom. Sail is in like-new condition. A boat cover too. $1,750/OBO. Call/text Carl at 603-548-2949 or email carlrstevens@gmail.com
12’ Fast Whitehall Pulling Boat Spanish cedar lapstrake, copper riveted. Spritsail, daggerboard, spoon oars, many extras. Very good condition. $1,500. Call Frank: 508-295-9655. (Please leave phone number if you get the answering machine.)
14’ Wooden Rowboat Two rowing stations, fiberglass outside of hull. Two sets of oars. Call for details. Farrin’s Boatshop 207-563-5510 www.farrinsboatshop.com
14’ Wheelbarrow Boat Lowell built. Designed by Pete Culler, 1978. Lapstrake skiff, cedar on oak. Professionally maintained, in excellent condition. Sprit rig and sail complete. Includes oars and trailer. A very versatile, and seaworthy craft. Row, sail, and launch from a beach. See the ‘Complete Design CatalogPete Cullers Boats’ by John Burke, for complete article and plans. $5000. Email for pictures and more info: oggci@yahoo.com
15’6 Old Wharf Dory The Old Wharf Dory is a cross between a Grand Banks Dory and a Gloucester Gull. Wider and more stable than a Gull, a lot lighter than a Banks Dory. More info at http://www.oldwharf.com/boatsforsale/blog.pl . Asking $4,800. Call 508-349-2383 www.oldwharf.com walter@oldwharf.com
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Duties while not driving include light upkeep of club and grounds. Requires Coast Guard limited launch driver credentials and associated drug testing. Contact: Andy Nolet – 603-702-0880 andynolet@gmail.com 17’ Cedar Lapstrake Canoe Mahogany trim, ash ribs, Shaw & Tenney double blade paddle, new Trailex aluminum trailer, beautiful canoe, $5,000. wmccullom@earthlink.net 16hp Beta Marine Diesel with 3.5 hrs; transmission and all the installation gear; new controls, exhaust muffler and riser, fuel and raw water filters...direct replace for the Atomic 4. $6,500 firm. 603343-6299 afternoons. allenstorms44@gmail.com
Boatyard Job Brown’s Boatyard is seeking summer help, May - September. We have several positions available some skilled, some beginner. We offer competitive pay and help with summer housing. www.brownsboatyard.com jobs@brownsboatyard.com Personal Assistant We are looking for responsible Personal Assistant to provide personalised secretarial and administrative support in a well-organised and timely manner. We need someone that can work Monday through Friday. (Salary/Weekly Rate: $400.) Ffor more info: email: karenola84@yahoo.com or brainsteele@yahoo.com karenola84@yahoo.com Launch Driver Wanted Kittery Point Yacht Club, in New Castle, NH, has an opening for launch driver. May to mid-October. Full or part time. Schedule is Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday afternoons and evenings as well as weekends and holidays. Primary Duty will be running water shuttle service for members to moorings.
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Captain Bill Deliveries and Training. Motor vessel deliveries anywhere, on board training, management. Retired professional motorvessel master, marine educator, operating engineer. Short or long term assignments. 401-527-7913 motorvessel.org capt_bill@cox.net Adult Sailing Director Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club is seeking an adult sailing director. The ideal candidate will have extensive sailing experience, coaching ability, experience teaching adults, race management skills and appropriate certifications. References required. Contact Bob Scribner 843-364-7332 www.bhyc.net scri7087@bellsouth.net Boat Dock for Sale Eliot, ME, prime Great Cove Boat Club slip for sale. Perfect location, 40 x 15 slip with the best views & deep water access. Center of the marina - B Dock. Plenty of parking, club house, FT manager, picnic area, haul out & fuel onsite. $75,000. Please email www.greatcove.org debbie@necaptains.com Veterinary Emergency Specialty. Maine Veterinary Referral Emergency Center specializing in canine and feline internal medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, surgery, CT scanning and MR imaging and walk-in emergency services. 24/7/365. 1500 Technology Way in Scarborough off Route One. www.maineveterinaryreferralcenter.com Mechanics Needed Year-round work. 100 year old business storing 80 boats inside. Training and schooling available, experience a plus. Health, 401K and competitive rates. F. J. Dion Yacht Yard - Salem, MA. 978-7440844 ext 203 fjdions@msn.com
Repower, Refit & Repairs Experienced full-service boat yard wood, fiberglass, power & sail. Carpentry, hull maintenance, painting, brightwork, electrical, engine work, rigging & tuning, un/stepping masts. Padebco Custom Boats at 207-529-5106 Padebco.com Storage - Inside & Outdoor Reserve 2014-2015 inside and outdoor storage space now. Full service boat yard, winterizing, spring commissioning, mast un/stepping, spar storage. Competitive rates, professional work. Padebco Custom Boats 207-529-5106 Padebco.com Moorings - Round Pond ME Seasonal and transient moorings available in well-protected Round Pond Harbor; gateway to the Penobscot Bay cruising grounds. Max 65’. Walk to restaurants. Padebco Custom Boats at 207529-5106. Padebco.com
sionally cleaned w/ water-repellent treatment. No dip-dunk tanks, only industry approved cleaners that work. We ship UPS, call us at 207596-7705. www.geminicanvas.com Fiberglass Repair Position Permanent, year-round position available for Fiberglass/Composite Structure Repair Technician. Yankee Marina is a full-service marina and boatyard. Please send resume with cover letter summarizing work experience to www.yankeemarina.com deborah@yankeemarina.com Seasonal Moorings Handy Boat as one of Maine’s premier boat yards, located in the heart of Casco Bay, has seasonal moorings available for up to 65’. Enjoy all our new restaurant and marine facilities have to offer. Call now for this great opportunity. 207-781-5110 http://handyboat.com/
Slips & Moorings Enjoy the NH Seacoast’s only full service marina, limited availability, affordable rates, complete amenities. Great Bay Marine 603-4365299 www.greatbaymarine.com cs@greatbaymarine.com V8 350 Block Fresh water cooled, wet exhaust, B/W gear running well when replaced with a diesel engine. Farrin’s Boatshop, 207-563-5510. www.farrinsBoatshop.com Delivery Captain Your power or sail boat delivered wherever you need it. Owners welcome on deliveries. Also available for instruction. Captain Tim. 603770-8378. dotgale38.googlepages.com tphsails@comcast.net
More Heated Storage At Gamage Shipyard. Worry-free heated storage, conscientious care in new building. South Bristol offers ideal location amid Midcoast Maine’s spectacular cruising grounds. Competitive rates. Fine repair services, too. Reserve now: 207-644-8181. gamageshipyard.com gamage@tidewater.net Handyman Service Besides residential and commercial construction, Maine Coast Construction also offers a Handyman Service to take care of those maintenance jobs on your list so you’re free to pursue your passion - boats & boating. Contact us with your todo list today. Serving Mid Coast Maine since 1968. 207-236-6000. 107 Elm Street, Camden, Maine wwwmainecoastconstruction.com
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Cruise Penobscot Bay 35' Dufour June to September Sail with me for up to a week on Hestia, my 35' Dufour - looking for folks with some sailing experience, who are easy to get along with, adventurous and flexibleI have sailed for over 50 years and on Hestia for more than 25. Hestia's home port is Belfast. call me Maria. 617-784-7522 mariavandusen@gmail.com Join the ENTERPRISE Erikson 38 out of Falmouth, Maine. Cruising and round the buoys racing. Experienced or will train. weinlaw@maine.rr.com Hylas 45 HAIR OF THE DOG Experienced or willing to train. Falmouth, Maine. jncs@roadrunner.com Join 5 SPEED for 'round the buoys racing. Lindenberg 28 out of South Portland. Experienced or will train. pociag-chirurg@yahoo.com J/24 Round the Buoys SUBITO Portland, Maine. Will train. robert.garofol@schwab.com Distance and Round Buoys aboard BEAUSOLEIL, Beneteau 456. Experienced or will train. Falmouth, Maine. rparent@consultox.com SCAPA IMX 40 out of Portland, Maine. Experienced or will train. ryan@fuprovidian.net Cruise aboard Nightwatch C&C 32 out of Falmouth, ME. Experienced or will train. eliza.chapman177@gmail.com Distance and Buoys Racing Aboard Petronella, Finngulf 41. Experienced or will train. Falmouth, ME. omega36wilko@yahoo.com
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40' First Round the buoys racing out of Falmouth, ME. Kycenia. freeheelski@gmail.com Cruising from Portland aboard 27' Hunter Jasper. Willing to train. bailey8512@yahoo.com Mr. Hankey Needs Crew Experience preferred, for 'round the buoys racing on this J24 out of Falmouth, ME. andrewCMD@aol.com J24 in Falmouth Join the crew of Wait For It. Experienced or newbie. Female preferred. charlotte.p.kinkade@gmail.com One Design Racing Falmouth, Maine. Looking for crew interested in week night racing, some weekends and possible travel to major regattas in other parts of the USA or overseas on J24 or Etchells. Experience in the cockpit or foredeck helpful. 2072100-794 andrewcmd@aol.com Seeking Sailing Couple For 1-Week Bareboat Charter in Maine Looking to leisurely cruise areas of Casco Bay or Penobscot Bay with another couple willing to share in the charter costs. Dates and itinerary to be mutually arranged. ravelon@gmail.com Handicap Captain needs Help with spring maintenance and Crew sailing. Motorcycle Accident left me unable to work, so I need some help. Sail on my Catalina 30 Casco Bay out of Portland, Maine. All crew must work on spring maintenance & cleaning, March (weather permitting) April & May. Now on the hard @ South Port Marina, So. Portland, Maine. Experience is not necessary but a bonus. I will consider any age, but must be REASONABLY Fit, Male or Female, between 18 - 70+ I will teach anyone who is interested maintenance and how to sail if
needed! I have 45 years of experience!!! launch day will be the last week of May. Give me a short bio and phone#. 978-462-4900 saberlin@yahoo.com
Retired Naval Officer Former Catalina owner, dinghy sailor. Cruising, distance or buoys racing. Alex. carr.alexander@gmail.com
Crew for PYC Races Looking for crew to join boats racing in Portland Yacht Club events. We can find a boat for you.Thursday Nights, Pilot Race (June 20), Schooner Trophy (July 4), Monhegan Island Race (Aug 8-9), Fall Series Thanks & Happy Sailing. 207-807-9243 etchellsfleet27@gmail.com
Race the Maine Coast Or cruise. I own a 17' O-Day Sailor at Handy Boat. Used to own a Ranger 23. New to the Falmouth area. Sailed San Francisco Bay area in the 90's. Want to get back into it again and meet like-minded people. Susan. sklewis@maine.rr.com
Traditional Wood Gaff Cutter w/Square Rig. Need crew for 4-5 day trips Penobscot Bay summer 2015. 35 feet on deck. Square rig. Good accommodation. Cooking skills a plus.Needs to contribute on a boat that requires attention to sail well. Telephone: 514 484 5543 dgerstel@securenet.net Looking For Cruising Crew Portland Skipper looking for one cruising crew. Week ends, week long and longer. Primarily Maine, possibly beyond. Good boat, recent refit, well equipped. bailey8512@yahoo.com Belfast Harbor Have on mooring in Belfast Harbor a Tanzer 22 and looking for one experienced sailor for 1 to 3 hour daysails during weekdays, maybe weekends as well. 207-342-3161 jalden@aldenet.net
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Casco Bay Round the Buoys racing or cruising. Rob. 216-406-4335 rob.pierson@fibermailer.alsinc.com Ready to cruise or race Jack. sailjack76@yahoo.com SailMaine Lessons Sail Thursday out of Handy. Cruising, distance or buoys racing. Andrea. letitsnowald@yahoo.com
12 Years Racing 16 long distance off-shore runs, ME/FL. Prefer Portland area for distance or buoys racing. Delp. dsanborn@maine.rr.com Great Lakes Experience on Scows (MC, C, E, M20) and Lasers. Prefer Casco Bay region, distance or buoys racing. Al. amg800@gmail.com 28ft. Experience Distance or buoys racing. 3 years experience cruising and daysailing. Portland area. Doug. doug1957@hotmail.com Experienced Racer and 100 ton Captain. Prefer Casco Bay area, distance or buoys racing. Call Albert. 207-846-1066 GMORA Racing Cruising or Round the Buoys. Rich Stevenson's nephew, prior experience. Kane.Stevenson5346@gmail.com
Portland, with Experience for local or distance racing. Have cruised and sailed extensively on 28 footer. Doug. doug1951@hotmail.com Seeking crew opportunities near Boston (NE in general) Experienced female crew member seeks crew opportunities, cruising (no racing experience), Have done
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ocean sailing in Brittany (France), English Channel as well as years on the Chesapeake Bay (Rhodes Overnighter 34"). Day sailing and weekends preferred. Will be in Rockland, ME June 28 - July 3rd. Could do day trips then. Happy to help with maintenance too. Thanks! 201-780-7721 mil.niepold@verizon.net
Looking to Crew near Fairfield CT I'm Alice, late 50's,looking to meet other sailors and crew. Within 45 min. of Fairfield, Ct. 203-952-5423 alicehomesales@gmail.com
Looking to cruise and race. Easy to get along with and dependable. Sailed many years on different boats: Catalina 27, Lippincott 30, Hunter 36, Beneteau 45 and Peason 42. Sailed from Narragansett Bay, Boston Harbor, Marblehead to the Maine coast.
Experienced older crewman I have sailed many years, owned my own 30' sloop for 38 years, but gave it away. Now I want to crew in Maine or Maritimes waters as helpful, friendly crew man for coastal adventure sailing. I live in Brooklin Maine, married, get along
Certified in ASA 101, 103, 104 and 105, ASA Safety at Sea & Red Cross CPR. 781-439-1680 sailjack76@yahoo.com
well with people. 207 359 8934 pooley.alan@gmail.com Looking to crew NYC area Looking to crew for races in/around Long Island Sound (from CT, Westchester or LI). My raced for the past 10 years on Baltic 37 Letting Go in Stamford, but the skipper retired. Dan 917684-8593 daniel.segal@rocketmail.com. 917-684-8593 daniel.segal@rocketmail.com 50 Ton Master/Sail Endorsement USCG licensed Master seeks paid or volunteer opportunities to serve underway in 2015. Also ASA Certified Instructor for 101, 103 and
105. Glad to crew or captain for shakedowns, deliveries, passages and teach sailing to young and old. Prefer sail, but power is fine. Credentials and References available on request. Michael "50-Ton Mike". 207-4746080 or 431-9687. Mph731952@yahoo.com Catboat Grew up sailing Woodpussys. Have always admired the Catboat design. Senior fit woman and petite French Bull dog seeking the opportunity as crew/companion for LEISURELY sailing on a Catboat. 207-939-7784 mdenning72@gmail.com.
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