Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS November 2014
Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
P.O. Box 710 (207) 223-8846 Fax (207) 223-9004 E-mail -
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www.mainescoast.com Publisher's Note By now I was hoping to have the tug
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 obtained 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.
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Maine 04496.
SATURN sitting high and dry at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast. However, the towing company decided not to do the job, but suggested Mid-Coast Marine. They have agreed, but this means she does not get moved until the end of November when they come back from a job out on Matinicus. Once she is out I am going to have a complete underwater survey done to make sure she is sound and get a list of what repairs need to be made to her hull. I also want to get her painted from the rail down, clean the engine room, and make repairs to the engines. The problem all boils down to the level of sup- port. Projects like this survive on support and without it they die a slow and agonizing death. One can understand the issue people have since there are so many good causes to donate to.
For about 10 years I have been involved Publisher Editor-in-Chief
Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward
Advertising Sara MacCorkle To contact Sara directly: (207) 350-7094
mainecoastalnewsads@gmail.com
Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the December issue is November 14 The deadline for the January issue is December 12.
MCN's Calendar
On-Going Exhibits: - November 2 Exhibit: Eye Sweet & Fair: Naval Archi- tecture, Lofting and Modeling John G. Morse, Jr. Gallery, Maine Maritime Museum, Bath
This exhibit traces the evolution of naval architecture and examines a myriad of techniques and technologies used to comprehend the complex of curves and volumes that becomes a vessel. Drafting, lofting, modeling and the extraordinary changes computer aided design processes have wrought will be addressed. FMI visit
www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org.
NOVEMBER 18-20 New England Fishery Manage- ment Council Meeting Newport Marriott Newport, RI
2015 JUNE 13 Boothbay Lobster Boat Races Boothbay Harbor
Info: M. Farnham (207) 380-5892
14 Rockland Lobster Boat Races Rockland Harbor @ Breakwater Rockland
Info: Dot Black
28 Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races Bass Harbor Info: Wayne Rich (207) 244-9623
JULY 4 Moosebec Lobster Boat Races U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport Info: Unknown
11 Searsport Lobster Boat Races Searsport Town Dock Searsport
Info: Keith Otis (207) 548-6362
12 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info: Nick Wiberg, (207) 348-2375
19 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info: Wes Lash, Jr. (207) 832-7807
26 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Harpswell Info: Albert Rose (207) 844-0346
AUGUST 8 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor
9 M. Brackett Lobster Boat Races State Park Restaurant Pemaquid
Info: Don Drisko & Laurie Crane (207) 677-2432
15 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island
Info: Lisa Kimball (207) 332-3968
16 MS Harborfest Lobster Boat Races Portland Yacht Services Portland
Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846
SEPTEMBER 17-20 Newport International Boat Show Newport, RI Info:
www.newportboatshow.com
BlueJacket will be holding a HALF
HULL BUILDING class here in Maine on Monday, January 5th thru Friday, January 9th. Although it is the dead of winter, there is still much to do up here.
Space will be limited to 12 people. The class hours are 9-3 with a lunch break. This gives ample time to do some sightseeing et cetera if you like.
This class will guide you through the construction of our half-hull kit JACOB PIKE, from opening the box to how to hang the fi nished model. You will be gluing up lifts, then using templates to shave away the excess, and fi nal wood shaping. Then there is the primer, fi ller, and preparation for painting. After that, the fi nished model will be mounted on the backboard. Here is a photo of the fi nished model:
Course Syllabus: Use of tools; Kit con-
tents; Terms and defi nitions; Theory of hulls from lifts; Carving techniques; Smoothing curves; Wood fi nish; Painting; and Mount- ing considerations.
Class cost will be $375, which includes all tools and glue, as well as the complete
JACOB PIKE kit (value $125) and shipping of your class items back home. As with our rigging and planking classes this past year, you will start with a full tour of Bluejacket’s facilities including the manufacturing areas, and a 10% discount off everything you buy at BlueJacket all week long.
If you have any of these woodworking tools, you might like to bring them, but are not required to complete the class: Small block plane; Spokeshave; and Spoon goug- es.
The course fee is fully refundable up until two weeks before the start (December 22nd.) Up until 1 week before (December 29th) it is 50% refundable. There are many fi ne hotels in the area, here are links to some of them: http://fi re-
sideinns.com/maine/belfast/;
www.belfast-
bayinn.com (ask for bluejacket rate). Also, Bait’s Motel is 1/2 mile down the road from us.
So call us and reserve your spot. We usually sell out our classes quickly. To sign up either e-mail nic@bluejack-
etinc.com or call (800) 448-5567.
in the Tugboat Enthusiast Society (TES), which is a great organization dedicated to the tugboat community, but faltering due to a lack of support. Many of the members are old and passing on, and getting a younger crowd interested has been elusive. TES publishes “TugBitts,” which is a great pub- lication on the history of tugboating. They have also seen a dropped in those contribut- ing copy, which creates additional problems. This organization is at a cross roads: do you shut the doors and walk away; create a digital magazine; or just update the website? The digital age has really created a lot of changes in how we do things. From a publisher’s stand point it has simplifi ed the job immensely. As a researcher I could never have documented what I do without it. One change that I have noticed, and not fondly, is this generation is not interested in books
or reading. If it cannot be found with a few clicks on the keyboard it is not worth fi nding. Yes, there are those that will go the extra mile, but there seems to be more and more than lack any drive. I am also not sure what kind of society this has created. There is no question that information is available much quicker, but at times you have to wonder about its validity and whether people will do the proper research to see if it is true or not.
Is the decrease of interest related to the digital age? From a maritime point of view this could be partly responsible, but more likely it is the fact that we are not a maritime nation. Boaters today do not cruise like they used to. Most pleasure boats sit in a marina used only as a cottage and at that just a few times during the summer. One marina owner told me the owners come down for a drink and are gone by three in the afternoon. Life is not as simple as it used to be, although that is our own fault. It can be as simple as you would like it to be, but there is so much out there to do it is hard to make choices, especially about keeping it simple. This all makes me wonder about the future as things continue to change. Where is the pleasure boating industry heading? There are of course serious pleasure boaters, but I have even seen a change in the commer- cial fi shermen. They know what they need to do to do the job, but the love or dedication is absent in many of the younger generation. I worry about the preservation of our past as many museums, not only marine related, struggle to stay in existence.
Just like any other time change has occurred there are good and bad aspects to be had. However we need to be careful that our way of life and history is not lost.
BlueJacket to Offer Course on Building Half Hulls
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