Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS May 2011


Maine Coastal News P.O. Box 710


(207) 223-8846


Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A. E-mail - igmatats@aol.com


Web site: www.mainescoast.com Fax (207) 223-9004 Publisher's Note


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Maine 04496. Publisher Editor-in-Chief


Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward


Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the June issue is 13 May. The deadline for the July issue is 17 June.


Well the snow has finally started to disappear, the ice is out of the rivers and lakes, but I am still waiting for some warmer weather to begin work on SATURN. I would really like to get going on the engine room, which has been neglected for way too long. The first job, and a major one, will be cleaning and painting the engine room and fo’c’sle. Then when my step-son Noah returns from the cruise on board Maine Maritime Academy’s STATE OF MAINE, I am hoping he can get the engine and systems back in shape. We need a professional! The other day I was given a surprise on SATURN when I found 31 inches of water in the bilge. I started the pump and then began looking for where all this water was coming from. The deck has a couple of leaks, but this was way too much water from these sources. I looked around the engine room, in between the frames, but there was no evidence of a problem. I then headed up the starboard side with flashlight in hand, when I spied a ray of sunlight shining in from below the waterline. That is never a good thing. Fortunately, the tide was out and it was an easy fix, with a small amount of epoxy, a thin piece of wood all jammed in place. This is really only a small problem where she had been damaged in years past and never repaired properly. This was only a very minor inconvenience compared to what others have gone through recently. Facebook has brought people closer together, and despite most of us being in our own little worlds, we now know what is going on in other little worlds far removed from ours. Yes, some is just every day life events, but others are


much more to the point that they are life changing.


As we get older it becomes clear that life is finite and as we progress through it, there are changes. When younger we view things like we have time to do everything we would like to. However, as time passes we realize this is not the case. The economy has been a change that has affected us all. Things are better with the stock market, but there are still negative factors such as climbing fuel and food prices. It would be logical to think that most would not be willing to spend, but that does not seem to be the case. This year’s Maine Boatbuilder’s Show was a major surprise to all those that exhibited there. The numbers of those attending was high and equal to 2006. All the exhibitors I talked with said that they were more than pleased. Some obtained jobs, others sold boats and some got excellent leads. Out on the road I am seeing the same thing, people are spending. One may attribute it to the fact that people are tired of not doing what they want and that if they wait for things to change they may never get to enjoy what they want to. My biggest concern is fuel prices, since this affects everything that we do. However, most people are just being smarter and not doing unnecessary travel. Those that own boats should realize that fuel is a minor expense in the scheme of things, especially for those that do not travel great distances, and that they should do what they enjoy. One can only hope that despite the troubled world that we live in that things continue to improve economically. I am not holding my breath!


MCN's Calendar of Coastal Events


On-Going Exhibits: -7 Aug Cold Waters, Cold War: The 21st Century Navy in Maine; Maine Maritime Museum, Bath


APRIL 26-28 New England Fisheries Council Meeting


Hilton Hotel Mystic, CT


30 MMM Symposium – The Navy in Maine


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


0800 – Registration 0900 – Welcome 0905 – Introduction


0910 – Broadsides Down East: USS ENTERPRISE vs. HMS BOXER, the Most Intrguing Naval Battle on the Maine Coast (1813), by James Nelson 0950 – The Inshore Patrol in World War II, The Maine Coast, by Harold Scott 1100 – Huff-Duff: Training in Maine to Hunt U-Boats in the North Atlantic, by Jack Thompson


1145 – Nazi Sabotage Agents Landed in Maine by Submarine in 1944, by Richard Gay


1330 – Bath Iron Works and the U. S. Navy: Building the Fleet, by Andrew Toppan


1410 – OLIVER HAZARD PERRY (FFG-7) Guided Missile Frigate Program in Maine, by Chuck Mull


1450 – Life in a Cold War Diesel Submarine, by Norman Smith


1600 – Bath Tin Can Sees Red: A Personal Account of the Cold War Deployment of USS TAYLOR (DDE-468), BIW Hull #194, by John Briley


1645 – NAS Brunswick and the Defense of the North Atlantic, by Harry Rich.


JUNE 4 SailMaine Shakedown Regatta Portland Yacht Services Portland


11 Centreboard Regatta Centreboard Yacht Club South Portland


18 Boothbay Lobster Boat Races Brown’s Wharf Boothbay, Harbor


Info: M. Farnham (207) 380-5295 N. Page (207) 380-5892


18-19 Pilot Race


Portland Yacht Club Falmouth


19 Rockland Lobster Boat Races O’Hara’s North Facility Rockland, Harbor


Info: S. Brooks (207) 354-8763


21-23 New England Council Meeting Holiday Inn by the Bay Portland


25 Harraseeket Regatta Harraseeket Yacht Club South Freeport


JULY 2 Moosebec Reach Lobster Boat Races U. S. Coast Guard Station Beals Island/Jonesport


Info: E. Blackwood (207) 598-6681


23 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge, middle of harbor Info: Wes Lash (207) 832-7807


23-24 Boothbay Harbor Regatta Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor


23-24 Downeast Challenge Race


24 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Dock off Mitchell Field Harpswell


Info: H. Barnes (207) 725-2567 24 MDI Series III


30-31 Seguin Island Trophy Race Southport Island Yacht Club Southport Island


19-20 Belfast Harbor Fest 2011 National Boatbuilding Challenge


Belfast waterfront


13 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Winter Harbor


Info: C. Byers (207) 963-7139 13-14 Smuttynose Island Regatta


14 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races State Park Restaurant Pemaquid


Info: D. Drisko (207) 677-2432 L. Crane (207) 563-8707


18-21 Penobscot Bay Rendezvous Lyman-Morse/Wayfarer Marine Thomaston and Camden


9 Searsport Lobster Boat Races Searsport Town Dock Searsport


Info: Otis’ (207) 548-6362 9-10 Rockland to Castine


10 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington


Info: N. Wiberg (207) 348-2375 10 MDI Series I


16-17 Camden Yacht Regatta Camden Yacht Club Camden


16-17 MDI Series II 31 Tom Morris Memorial Pursuit Race


AUGUST 1-4 ASMFC Meeting Week Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria, VA


7 MDI Series IV 12-14 Shipyard Cup


Hodgdon Yachts/Wotton’s Wharf East Boothbay/Boothbay Harbor


12-14 Monhegan Regatta Portland Yacht Club Falmouth


12-14 Downeast Race Weekend


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