Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS October 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


Maine Coastal News is dedicated to covering the waterfront of State of Maine. It covers commercial fishing, yachting (power and sail), boat yard and waterfront news and maritime history. Maine Coastal News is published 12 times per year. The distribution of Maine Coastal News is from Eastport to Kittery and is free on the newsstand. It also can be by subscription. A year subscription, 12 issues, is $20.00. A single copy is $2.00, which covers the postage. Foreign rates for subscriptions are $40.00 per year. The Maine Coastal News office is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine. Comments or additional information write: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport,


Maine 04496.


Summer is definitely coming to an end and why does it seem to go faster than the year before? There never is enough time to enjoy what is offered. There are so many events taking place on the Maine coast and I wish I could get to more of them. This year I made a special trip to Moosehead Lake in May. It had been about 20 years since I had been there, but it will not take me that long to go back. I always spend the night in Boothbay before the lobster boat races there and this year headed from there to Rockland and spent the night there before their races, which was very enjoyable. Also did the Eastport Pirate Festival, which was abso- lutely a great time. Next year I will make a weekend out of it. I think in the busy aspects of everyday life we miss out and do not take the time to smell the roses. Some realize, others realize too late and some never realize what they are missing.


Publisher Editor-in-Chief


Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward


Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the November issue is 14 October. The deadline for the December issue is 11 November.


This is also a sad time of the year when all my favourite little eateries are closing down. One of my favourites is Cook’s Cross- ing in Searsport, where I am every Friday noon having two hot dogs or a crabmeat roll. Further down the coast, I also stop when I can at the Polar Freeze in Perry, Madelaine’s on Deer Isle or Josh’s Place in Milbridge. During the summer the oil prices shot up and the stock market took a nose drive. It is certainly worrisome watching the issues that plague this country. If the American people do not wake up soon there will not be any- thing to save. Washington DC needs a com- plete overall, which means all 546 elected officials gets booted out and a new slate of representatives put in their place. They have lost touch with the common person, and the


only thing they care about is your vote. With the downturn in the economy, I have been watching the boat shops as fall approaches and some of them are quiet, while others are pretty busy. Over the last decade there has been a lot of changes, and some have not adapted and this could cost them their business. Buyers no longer walk into a shop and say build me a boat. It is all about marketing, You must market via the Internet and other social media, but that is still no guarantee for survival.


Most of the older boat builders hate going to a boat show, but they are a neces- sary evil. The Maine Boats, Homes & Harbor’s show in August certainly was down. The question was whether this was caused by the economy, the dilution of other items besides boats, or just a total misalign- ment of the planets. Like the Maine Boat Builder’s Show, this is an important event and hopefully it was just normal circum- stances and it will rebound next year. The Newport International Boat Show in Newport in September looked usual when I was there. One person said that they thought that the numbers were down, but added that those that did attend seemed to be serious buyers. One bit of good news is that the Boat School in Eastport looks like it is saved once again. I was involved when the useless com- munity college made their valiant attempt to ruin it. Husson College came in as the savior and was no better than the community col- lege. For a business school they would get a D- for their effort and decisions. From what I have heard the Friends of the Boat School will become the caretakers of the school, but more on that in the next issue.


MCN's Calendar of Coastal Events


On-Going Exhibits: – 27 Nov ’11 Aloft: Wind, Sails & Rigging; Maine Maritime Museum, Bath 17 Dec – 13 May ’12 Port of Portland; Maine Maritime Museum, Bath


SEPTEMBER 22-25 Norwalk Boat Show 36th


Annual Show Welcomes Boating and Sailing Enthusiasts to the Water with Nautical Fun for the Entire Family, Hands-On Education and Super ‘Sails’ on the Newest Boats and Accessories.


Norwalk Cove Marina Norwalk, CT


Info: (718) 707-0711


23 Industry Tour: Nathaniel Wilson Sailmaker


Friday, 1 pm At 15 Lincoln St. East Boothbay


Nonmembers $20, members $15 Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Tour the facilities of what many consider to be the finest traditional sailmaker in the U.S. using manufacturing techniques that have remained unchanged for hundreds of years. Advance registration required. Register online at www.MaineMaritimeme.org or call (207) 443-1316 (daily 9:30 to 5).


24-25 Working Waterfront Festival An award winning, family friendly event celebrating the history and culture of New England’s commercial fishing industry featuring live music, children’s activities, cooking demonstrations, vessel and harbor tours, fisherman’s


contests, author readings, film screenings, local seafood, festival bookstore, maritime artisans marketplace & more. The FREE festival presents all that goes into bringing seafood from the ocean to the table in a way that is hands-on, educational and fun. www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org The theme of the 2011 Festival is Then & Now: Tradition and Innovation in New England’s Working Ports. Festival programming will explore cultural traditions in commercial fishing communities, pay tribute to industry innovators and consider how the industry has changed over time in terms of everything from technology to regulations.


Fisherman’s Pier & Merrill’s Wharf New Bedford, MA Info: 508-993-8894


www.workingwaterfrontfestival.org.


27-29 New England Council Meeting Crowne Plaza Danvers, MA


30 Industry Tour: Maine Sailing Partners


Friday, 1 pm At 24 Noble Dr. Freeport


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Go behind the scenes to see how technology has transformed the manufacturing of sails. Advance registration required. Register online at www.MaineMaritimeme.org or call (207) 443-1316 (daily 9:30 to 5).


OCTOBER 1 PYC Fall Series


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3 Ocean Studies Lecture Series “Big Things come in Small Packages: Lesson Learned from Corals in a Period of Rapid Climate Change,”


by Dr. Jodi Schwartz, Vassar College 1500 hrs., free, open to public Alumni Lecture Room, Leavitt Hall Maine Maritime Academy Castine


8 PYC Fall Series


17 Ocean Studies Lecture Series “The Regulation of Cnidarian- Dinoflagellate Symbioses: In Sickness and In Health,”


Dr. Virginia Weiss, Oregon State University


1500 hrs., free, open to public Alumni Lecture Room, Leavitt Hall Maine Maritime Academy Castine


22 Maine Lobster Boat Racing Award’s Banquet


Trade Winds Motor Inn Rockland


Info/Dinner Reservations: (207) 223- Hotel Reservations: (207) 596-6661


NOVEMBER 7 Ocean Studies Lecture Series “Unassuming Engineers: the Effects of Injury and Nutrition on Sediment Disturbance by a Marine Polychaete, Clymenella Torquata,”


Beth Campbell, University of Maine 1500 hrs., free, open to public Alumni Lecture Room, Leavitt Hall Maine Maritime Academy Castine


7-10 ASMFC Annual Meeting Langham Hotel Boston, MA


15-17 New England Council Meeting Newport Marriott Newport, RI


28 Ocean Studies Lecture Series “Microbes in Coastal Systems: Why We Should Care About Those Always Overlooked, Often Misunderstood, Frequently Maligned, Yet Utterly Indispensable Members of Our Aquatic Habitats,”


Dr. Jennifer Bowen, University Massachusetts, Boston


1500 hrs., free, open to public Alumni Lecture Room, Leavitt Hall Maine Maritime Academy Castine


JUNE 13-14 Commercial Marine Expo State Pier


New Bedford, MA Info: (207) 799-1356


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