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Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
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www.mainescoast.com Publisher's Note
Maine Coastal News is published 12 times a year and is dedicated to covering the news along the entire coast of Maine, Kittery to Eastport. We cover general marine news, commercial fi shing, yachting (power and sail), boat yard and waterfront news and maritime history. Distribution of Maine Coastal News is from Eastport to Marblehead, MA 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 offi ce is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine. Comments or additional information write: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport,
Maine 04496. Publisher Editor-in-Chief
Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward
Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the January issue is 14 December. The deadline for the February issue is 11 January.
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.
DECEMBER 15 Keeping Warm – 19th
Info: (207) 548-2529 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
JULY 13 Searsport Lobster Boat Races Searsport Town Dock Searsport
Info: Keith & Travis Otis (207) 548-6362
14 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info: Nick Wiberg, (207) 348-2375
20 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship
century quilts
Penobscot Marine Museum Main Street Gallery & Store Searsport
30 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island Info:
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- 6681
As we get older we begin to fall apart. Old age is not what it is cracked up to be for some. Some hold together better than others and some are just not dealt a great hand to begin with. Life sometimes just is not fair when you hear of someone snatched away in what should be the prime of their life. Sometimes it is a disease, but it also could be that unforeseen fate of either their or someone else’s negligence. Some of us think we take care of ourselves, working out and watching what we eat. There is one thing that I should have paid better attention to and that was sun damage. We are all out in the sun and from time to time but I have sun burned my forehead repeatedly. I did not think much of it and thought it was not a big problem. Well I burned it once or twice too much. I am one of those that stay away from doctors, but the skin irritation on my forehead just was not going away. So off I went to see a dermatologist. She asked what I thought it was and leprosy sounded good. She said no, you have sun damage and it is not cancerous, but you need to treat it before it is. Okay. She informed me that I needed this cream and it would take away the bad skin and replace it with normal skin. She also said that it would give you the look of a severe rug burn for about a week or two. So you know what I am doing over Christmas vacation. John Brewer told me that this was the Freddy Kruger treatment. Others I know have had to do this, but I will certainly be more careful in the future.
I am sure that some have noticed that the International Maritime Library has taken in a few donated boats from the advertise- ment in this paper. They recently sold the Clinton Beal built lobster boat to a man from Boothbay. He has always wanted a lobster boat and she is going to get a new lease on life. She is now at Edgecomb Boat Works in Edgecomb and will be totally re- built over the winter, which is great news. The other good news is that the funds that we received will now go into designing the initial website for the library. I have been trying to do this on the cheap side and that has failed miserably. I also did not want to sit down and do it, because that would have taken me away from the computerization I have been doing. The cost of a website of this kind is scary and will run $25,000 and more due to the complicity of the databas- es. So in early December, I will meet with Image Works of Portland to start the initial process. Once this is up and running than I will hit the road to raise the rest of the funds so we can complete the website. We have thousands of pages of data and thousands of photographs done. It is a tremendous amount of material, but in reality it is just a beginning to what I envision the capabilities of this library should be. There is so much information that needs to be inputted, but the problem is that it needs to be disseminated so it is useful. For example, when I was working in the “New York Maritime Regis- ter” documenting shipwrecks I noticed that many of the vessels were not registered in the United States. That meant downloading the “Record,” which lists foreign vessels. Well the 1879 volume has over 21,000 ves- sels and they are now being computerized with 5,000 to go. Unfortunately, not all the fi elds are being computerized, that will take place later. However, this will still allow a researcher the basic information on vessels. There are so many facets to this project, but I absolutely love the challenge.
I was asked several times about the quiz in the last issue and was surprised at how much some knew. Wes Lash and Glenn Holland only missed a few. I have found that there are a lot of people enjoying these quizzes so here is another. Answers are at
mainescoast.com. Good Luck! Quiz #3:
1) Marblehead Boats were built in what
town? 2) Who started the Sabre Company? 3) In the 1980s a well-known America’s Cup individual joined what boatbuilding company? 4) Who designed the Jarvis Newman
36? 5) What was Frank Day, Jr.’s of Brook-
lin nickname? 6) John Williams Company is located
where? 7) What type of sailboats was Ralph Stanley known for?
8) In what town did the Boat School begin?
9) Harvey Church designed lobster boat models for what company? 10) Willis Beal fi rst went to work for what Jonesport boatbuilder? 11) Mariner Beal’s nickname was? 12) J. Ervin Jones built where? 13) What type of boats is Walter Greene
of Yarmouth known for building? 14) Where did Gus Skoog build? 15) Who operated Mitchell Cove Boat
in Bernard? 16) Who runs Osmond Beal’s Boat Shop on Beals Island? 17) Who builds lobster boats in Sear-
sport?
18) The South Shore models were de- signed by who? 19) What family operated Rockland
Boat? els?
20) Who builds the Northern Bay mod-
21) Jim Preston of Rogue Bluffs won a number of lobster boat racing titles with MARGUERITE G. Who designed and built her?
DAY?
22) Who built the schooner MARY 23) Where was the replica of the yacht
AMERICA built? 24) The Crowley 36 offered by Beal’s Boat Shop of Milbridge was designed by who?
25) Who builds Hamptons in Bruns- wick?
26) Who was the well-known peapod builder of Brooklin? 27) The Southport 30 was built by who? 28) What type of tugboats do Washburn & Doughty build? 29) The America’s Cup yacht DEFI- ANCE was built at what yard? 30) Joel White joined what well known boatbuilder in Brooklin?
BONUS QUESTION
Can you name this boatbuilder? Hint he is from Mount Desert Island and has worked at many yards, even as far away as Maryland.
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