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Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
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Maine 04496. Publisher Editor-in-Chief
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MCN's Calendar
On-Going Exhibits: -26 May 2013 50 Years of Collecting at Maine
Maritime Museum
Maine Maritime Museum Bath
-June 2013 Exhibit: The Sea Within Us: Iconi- cally Maritime in Fashion and Design On view until June 2013-Portland
Public Library, 5 Monument Square, Portland Free
The exhibit explores the many inter- sections between maritime history and everyday aspects of our culture. From entertainment, advertising, apparel and tattoos to the language we speak, all are awash with maritime connections, both blatant and hidden. Presented by Maine Maritime Museum.
NOVEMBER 17 Downeast Shipmodelers Guild Maine Maritime Museum Bath
30 Gingerbread Lighthouse 1600 to 1930
Penobscot Marine Museum Main Street Gallery & Store Searsport
Info: (207) 548-6372
DECEMBER 15 Keeping Warm – 19th
6681 century quilts
Penobscot Marine Museum Main Street Gallery & Store Searsport
Info: (207) 548-2529
30 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island, ME
2013
FEBRUARY 28-March 2 Maine Fishermen’s Forum Samoset Resort Rockport
Info: (207) 442-7700
MARCH 16-18 Maine Boatbuilder’s Show 59 Fore Street Portland
Info: (207) 774-1067
JUNE 15 Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races
Boothbay Harbor Info: Marshall Farnham (207) 380- 5892
17-20 Newport Charter Yacht Show Newport Yachting Centre Newport, RI
Info: Lisa Knowles, (401) 846- 1115, ext. 216
22 Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races Bass Harbor Info: Wayne/Colyn Rich (207)
244-9623
29 Moosebec Reach Lobster Boat Races
U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport
Info: E. Blackwood (207) 598-
The news of the loss of HMS BOUNTY during Hurricane Sandy off of the coast of North Carolina caught everyone of us by surprise. She had spent a lot of time here on the coast this summer. I saw her at the Pirate Festival down in Eastport, where she was certainly the star of the weekend. Then she headed to Boothbay Harbor where she underwent some minor work out on the railway at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard. I shot some photographs of her out of the water and then a few others when she was back in the water. Once the news hit there was plenty of second guessing, but no one outside the inner circle will know the true story. It is correct that many skippers like to be out to sea away from shore in a storm. Prudent to go offshore, or should they have found a real safe haven somewhere? I think that is damned if you do damn if you don’t. I have read numerous accounts of ship disasters and what seems to happen a lot of the time is that a vessel twists in the towering seas, which opens seams, and now we have a real big problem. The problem here is that the generator failed and that meant no pumps on-line. Once this happened BOUNTY’s fate was sealed. Fortunately, the U. S. Coast Guard made it on scene in time to rescue 15 of the 16 crew members under very trying conditions. The only missing person was the captain at last report. Truly not the story we wanted to have to write about a fi ne vessel and crew.
Finally the lobster boat racing season has come to an end. We held the fi nal banquet at the Mermaid Inn in Searsport and that was a good time. We changed some gasoline classes, tried to fi gure out a schedule, added a 13th
race for Long Island’s 30th anniversary
and discussed the site of next year’s banquet. The fi lm crew who has been covering us all year gave us a sneak peak and that looked good. All in all it was a great season and next year should be just as good. The only real issue could be if we make it on reality television how to control some possible issues, like who is allowed to race. Discus- sions have already taken place between the executive board and we feel we have this covered.
The Boat School is in another battle with some local residents. Apparently these people are suing the City of Eastport because they feel that the City did not sell the proper- ty for enough. This puts the school in limbo and is causing incredible hardship for them. There are no students, which means there is no income and thus how are the build- ings going to be maintained this winter? They were already dealt a bad hand when Husson University decided not to continue their involvement. The School needs to fi le a multimillion dollar lawsuit for damages and hardship. Is the Boat School the Maine’s educational red headed step child? First it was the useless community college, then Husson and now some clowns from away. My obsession with documenting grave stones in cemeteries with a nautical tie got stepped up this last month. I fi gure I am not going to be able to do much during the winter months so I have tried to photograph as many as I can, even some from out-of-state. I did one in Essex, MA and another in Seabrook,
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NH and neither had a lot of sea captains. I then did one in Kittery, which had a few, but also a number of navy personnel. The one I did in Kennebunkport was good, but the two that netted the most were in Tenant’s Harbor and Deer Isle. It is sad to see how some stones have been damaged by the elements and it is also sad to see how some cemeteries are taken care of.
I know a number of people took the last test, here is another just on boatbuilding. Good luck and the answers are online at
mainescoast.com.
Quiz: Boatbuilders 1) Washburn & Doughty of East Booth- bay originally started their operation in what town? 2) The Macfarland’s are a well known boatbuilding family. Can you name were they are from? 3) The owner of Robinhood Marine in
Robinhood, Andy Vavolotis, also ran what major boatbuilding company in Massachu- setts?
4) Who designed the Bruno Stillman hulls?
5) Osmond Beal’s father built boats for a number of years. What was his name? 6) Even Keel Boat Yard in Yarmouth was originally run by two people, can you name them? 7) Webber’s Cove Boat Yard in East Blue Hill is operated by what family? 8) The Amphibicon was built by what yard on Mount Desert Island? 9) The boatbuilder Herb Baum built in
what town? 10) Who designed the Mitchell Cove
line of boats? 11) How owns Padebco Custom
Yachts? 12) Who designed the models for RP Boats of Steuben? 13) Win Lash of Friendship did a lot of design work for what major boatbuilder? 14) What early fi berglass boatbuilder came from Gouldsboro? 15) Who taught Calvin Beal, Jr. how to
build boats? 16) Who ran Mount Desert Boat Yard? 17) Who designed the models for John
Williams & Co.?
18) Maurice Dow was a well-known Down East boat builder who came from what town originally? 19) Who is the noted boatbuilder of Beals Island who ended his career building fi ve foot models of lobster boats? 20) What type of boats were the RED-
WING and THOROBRED? 21) Newbert and Wallace built in what
town?
22) Chris Page’s ABIGAIL & CARTER is one of the most noticed boats at the lobster boat races. Who built her? 23) Terry Jason of T. Jason Boats of Steuben built at two other Maine towns. Can you name them? 24) The Jarvis Newman 32 was de- signed by who? 25) A number of John Alden’s designs were built by what Thomaston boatbuilder? 26) What was the fi rst fi berglass pro- duction model built at the Hinckley Com- pany?
27) We all knew him as Sonny Hodg- don, but what was his real fi rst name? 28) Almost all the models offered by
Wayne Beal of Jonesport were designed by who?
29) Jim Beal of Beal’s Boat Shop in
Milbridge offered a 31 foot hull designed by what Beals Island designer and builder? 30) Paul Luke of East Boothbay built a number of wooden boats, but what material did he later switch to?
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