Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2014
Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
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www.mainescoast.com Publisher's Note
The holidays are over, the New Year is here and I am already behind. Not all my fault, but the holidays can really make a mess of a schedule. In years passed I have gone to press before Christmas and then tried to do distribution only to fi nd many of those I would like to talk to not around. This year this paper was pressed after the fi rst of the year, about a week and a half late, and now I have about three weeks to get them distributed and gather the news for the next issue. However I spent the holidays trying to get the Ts crossed and the Is dotted, sorry but that was not as exciting as compiling information for shipbuilding or those that went to sea.
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Maine 04496. Publisher Editor-in-Chief
Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward
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This year over the holidays, I spent a lot of time crashing a shipbuilding list of the towns on Penobscot Bay and Penobscot River compiled by Lincoln Colcord of Searsport. Years ago Rachel and I, mostly Rachel, computerized a list of Maine built vessels for the towns of Maine compiled by Robert Applebee of Stockton. There were references in Applebee’s list to Colcord’s work so one would think he used Colcord’s list to help defi ne his work. Late this fall two people came to the Penobscot Marine Museum asking about early vessels built at Brooklin and Castine. Just to make sure I crashed Colcord’s list and found that there were some differences. I now have computerized Colcord’s list and will now incorporate that into a master list. Colcord might be more accurate since he lived closer to the shipbuilding era. He also spent a lot of time going over the Custom House re- cords available, which may not have been available to Applebee What is interesting
is the lack of government records. Some were lost when the Custom Houses burned in major fi res, but some because they were probably thought to be unimportant. Fortu- nately where some vessels were built can be chased down by other sources, such as other Custom House records or old newspapers, both of which will be very time consuming to do.
When I fi nished that list, I began ex- panding my sea captain’s lists, actually anyone with a tie to the sea, from two lists of obituaries from Belfast and Rockland so as to have a good baseline. This added a lot of names and fi lled in a lot of blanks. Over the last two years I have shot about 7,000 photographs in cemeteries and these will be added next. I have discovered that having a photograph of the head stone is helpful when the original transcriber made a mis- take. This list only gives name, where they resided, date born, date died and the vessels they were on. What is the hardest aspect of compiling this list is making sure who is who. There are a number of people with the same name, both fi rst and last, and what is worse is that most times just the last name is used. You cannot assume it is the same person. Another problem is that Capt. was also used for those that served in the army and they will need to be weeded out. Next comes the more detailed list, and that means developing a list of fi elds that can adequately document these people.
I am sure I bored 95 percent of my readers with this explanation, but this is all very important. The longer time passes the
Continued on Page 6. MCN's Calendar of Waterfront Events
On-Going Exhibits: - 1 June 2014 Exhibit: Going Coastal: Humor, Parody and Amusement of a Maritime Nature Maine Maritime Museum, Bath General Admission Going Coastal celebrates how we have enjoyed ourselves on, alongside, and at the expense of the maritime world. It traces the transformation of maritime amuse- ments from shipboard traditions to sailor stereotypes and nautical nonsense ashore. FMI visit
www.MaineMaritimeMuseum. org.
2014
JANUARY 16 Ad Hoc Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology (SBRM) Com- mittee Meeting 8:30 AM Agenda: The Committee will review the draft Standardized Bycatch Reporting Methodology Amendment, consider comments received during the public comment period on the amendment (see 78 Federal Register 69391), and pre- pare recommendations for the Council. Recommendations from this group will be brought to the full Counci l for a formal consideration and action, if appropriate. Sheraton Harborside Hotel 250 Market Street Portsmouth, NH 03801 Info: (978) 465-0492
28-30 New England Fishery Manage- ment Council Meeting Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth, NH
FEBRUARY 3-6 ASMFC Winter Meeting Crowne Plaza Old Town
APRIL 22-24 New England Fishery Management Council Meeting
Hilton Hotel Mystic, CT
MAY 12-15 ASMFC Spring Meeting Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria, VA
JUNE 11-12 Commercial Marine Expo State Pier
New Bedford, MA Info: (207) 799-1356
14 Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races
Boothbay Harbor Info: M. Farnham (207) 380-5892
15 Rockland Lobster Boat Races Rockland Harbor @ Breakwater Rockland
17-19 New England Fishery Management Council Meeting
Alexandria, VA
27-1 Mar. Maine Fishermen’s Forum Samoset Resort Rockport
MARCH 9-11 Boston Seafood Show Boston Convention Centre Boston, MA
14-16 Maine Boatbuilder’s Show 58 Fore Street Portland
Info: (207) 774-1067
Holiday Inn by the Bay Portland
23-26 Newport Charter Yacht Show Newport Yachting Centre Newport, RI Info: (401) 846-1115
29 Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races Bass Harbor Info: Wayne Rich (207) 244-9623
JULY 5 Moosebec Reach Lobster Boat Races
U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport
Info: E. Blackwood (207) 598-6681
12 Searsport Lobster Boat Races Searsport Town Dock Searsport
Info: Keith Otis (207) 5486362
13 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info: Nick Wiberg, (207) 348-2375
20 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info: Wes Lash, Jr. (207) 832-7807
27 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Barge off Mitchell Field Harpswell
30 Castine Classic Yacht Symposium The Maine Lobster Boat Maine Maritime Academy Castine
Info: (212) 471-4709
31 Castine Classic Yacht Race Castine to Camden Info: (212) 471-4709
AUGUST 1 Camden to Brooklin Yacht Race
2 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta WoodenBoat Waterfront Brooklin
4-6 ASMFC Summer Meeting Crowne Plaza Old Town Alexandria, VA
9 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor
Info: Chris Byers, (207) 963-7139
10 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races
State Park Restaurant Pemaquid
Info: Don Drisko (207) 677-2432
16 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island
Info: Lisa (207) 332-3968 Amy (207) 317-1576
16 Maine Retired Skipper’s Race Maine Maritime Academy Waterfront Castine
16 MS Regatta Portland Yacht Services 58 Fore Street Portland
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