The Magazine of the Coast
CONTENTS APRIL/MAY 2008
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VOLUME 21
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NUMBER 2
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ISSUE 99
Features 38 A Timber-Framer’s Art,
DEPARTMENTS 5 6
PUBLISHER’S LETTER BOATYARD DOG®
Skipper, From Away
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LETTERS
We welcome your comments, and we print them too! IN THE LEE OF THE BOATHOUSE
Wherever he found himself in the world this artist rendered the local scene with a blend of truth and poetry, painting what he loved. BY CARL LITTLE
58 Fast Boats, Fast Times BY CHARLES J. DOANE
AWANADJO ALMANACK
A POSTCARD IN TIME
66 Around Portland by Canoe Sometimes those things we think we know well are not really known to us at all. BY ZIP KELLOGG, ILLUSTRATIONS BY TED WALSH
72 Wanderbird: Rugged Exterior,
BY PETER H. SPECTRE
Warmly Comfortable Interior
A LETTER FROM AWAY
A tour of this 90' North Sea trawler reveals a stout vessel that runs like a fine watch.
The Growboat, a Progress Report BY LAIRD FUNK
A LETTER FROM MATINICUS
Sidewalk Astronomy Without the Sidewalk BY EVA MURRAY
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46 Stephen Etnier: Painter of Coasts, Sailor of Seas
BY PETER H. SPECTRE
“Tougher Than a Boiled Owl’s Butt”
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BY JANET MENDELSOHN, PHOTOGRAPHS BY TODD CAVERLY
How did the Maine Yacht Center in Portland become an epicenter for high-end ocean racers?
BY ROB MCCALL
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Art, craft, history, tradition, and architectural heritage all rolled into one.
A bridge for flies, an ode to an outhouse, and encircling the Big Blue Marble.
Giving blood that our national bird might live.
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An Artist’s Timber Frame
MY BOAT, MY HARBOR
My Life in Boats:Three Steves and a Certain Inevitability BY DAVID PLATT
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BY AVERY BROTT
78 Alewives: Feast of the Season In the spring, in coastal rivers and streams, the alewives run. It’s a sight to see when they do. BY CATHERINE SCHMITT On the cover: Eagle’s Wings, built by Southport Island Marine. Photograph by Benjamin Mendlowitz.
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