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Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2017


Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.


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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


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Maine 04496. Publisher Editor-in-Chief


Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward


cember? Before I knew it, it was time to put another issue together. I made all my runs, albeit at times pushed along faster than I would like, and only got snowed out one day, which forced me to read. I probably should do more book reviews, but I am not sure what I read is that interesting to others. However, I did fi nish a couple of good books recently. One was “A STEAMBOAT NAMED SA- BINO” by George King. She began her life as TOURIST built by the W. Irving Adams & Sons yard in East Boothbay in 1908. A great history of the boat and the companies she worked for early in her career around the Damariscotta River and Boothbay before almost falling victim to neglect. Fortunately a steam lover bought her and gave her a new lease on life. Several years later she would fi nd her way to Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, CT where she is still today taking people out on the Mystic River. The other book was “Trafalgar’s Lost


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MCN's Calendar


On-going Exhibits -2 January 2017 Sea Change: Portland on the Edge of the New North Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: (207) 443-1316


-22 January 1917 Over East, an Artist’s Journal: Painting by Robert Beck of the Contemporary Maritime Community


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: (207) 443-1316


DECEMBER 31 New Years Eve Fireworks 5:00 PM-7:00PM


Free with museum admission Independence Seaport Museum Philadelphia, P A www.phillyseaport.org


JANUARY 24-27 NEFMC Meeting Sheraton Harborside Portsmouth, NH


MARCH 2-4 Maine Fishermen’s Forum Samoset Resort Rockport


Info: (207) 442-7700


24-26 Maine Boatbuilder’s Show Portland Sports Complex 512 Warren Ave. Portland, 04103 Info: (207) 774-1067


APRIL 18-20 NEFMC Meeting Hilton Hotel Mystic, CT


25 Bass Harbor Lobster Boat Races Bass Harbor Info: Wayne Rich (207) 244-9623


JULY 1 Moosabec Lobster Boat Races U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport Info: A. Rittenhouse (207) 598- 6387


9 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington


23 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info: Wes Lash, Jr. (207) 832-7807


AUGUST 12 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor Info: Scott Young, (207) 963-7272


13 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races


State Park Restaurant Pemaquid


JUNE 17 Boothbay Lobster Boat Races Boothbay Harbor Info: A. Lowrey (207) 633-3915


18 Rockland Lobster Boat Races Rockland Harbor @ Breakwater Rockland


Info: Dot Black (207) 975-9690


20-22 NEFMC Meeting Holiday Inn by the Bay Portland


Hero, Admiral Lord Collingwood and the Defeat of Napoleon,” by Max Adams. Those that have read about the French Revolution usually remember Lord Horatio Nelson, but maybe you do not remember Admiral Collingwood. At the Battle of Trafalgar it was Admiral Collingwood in the ROYAL SOVEREIGN (100 guns) who would be the fi rst to break through the line of the Combined Fleet of the French and Spanish on 21 October 1805. Admiral Collingwood did not garner the love and admiration of the English people that Lord Nelson did, but he was equally deserving of it. He, like Lord Nelson, was loved by his crew and they would do anything for him and he loved his country and he did all he could for her. Through life he saw little of his family, but his duty was to his country and keeping her safe from any ambition that Napoleon might have. It was a very interesting time in history as so much was being determined as to the world order. We had the United States just in its infancy; the people in France rose up against their rulers and Napoleon looked to take control of all of Europe; and other countries were looking to expand. Just before this I read two other good


books related to the same period of time. The fi rst was Victor Sharman’s “Nelson’s Hero, The Story of his ‘Sea Daddy’ Captain William Locker.” It was Captain Locker who taught Lord Nelson how to be an great offi cer and how to fi ght, especially against the French. This was a relationship that continued even after Lord Nelson gained fl ag rank and the two continued to cor- responding throughout their careers. The other book was “Nelson’s Yankee Captain, The Life of Boston Loyalist Sir Benja- min Hallowell,” by Bryan Elson. Being a


British sympathizer during the American Revolution was not a great career move. The Hallowells were forced to live Amer- ica and in the process they sent their son, Benjamin, to England. Benjamin seemed to be sort of ostracized, but he would join the Royal Navy and became one of their leading admirals. One great story is that during the Battle of Aboukir Bay, also known as the Battle of the Nile, he was in command of SWIFTSURE. He came in and anchored between the FRANKLIN and L’ORIENT to major French ships of the line. At about 10 PM it was noticed that L’ORIENT was on fi re and Hallowell fi gured that because he was so close that when she blew up all the pieces would be thrown over his vessel. Well that is exactly what happened and in the process he procured a portion of her mainmast which was fabricated into a coffi n for Lord Nelson. Hallowell would go on to a very distinguished career in the Royal Navy, especially in regards to the Mediterranean theater. I did stray a bit from the French Revo-


lution and read the book “Maine on Glass, The Early Twentieth Century in Glass Plate Photographs,” by W. H. Bunting, Kevin Johnson and Earle G. Shettleworth, Jr. A combination of great photographs of the past and the interpretations and writings of Bill Bunting, it is defi nitely worth reading. Someone told me once that he could write on potato farming and all of us who only read about maritime topics would still read it and that is absolutely true. This is a book that has a number of glass plate photographs from the Eastern Illustrated collection of the Penobscot Marine Museum taken around the State that to some will bring back memo- ries and to others the knowledge of what the past was. These photographs are not just of ships, but also farming, quarries, lumbering, buildings, resorts and a few of with people. An excellent book for those that love the history of the State of Maine. Now I am reading Basil Lubbock’s


“BULLY HAYES, South Seas Pirate.” William Henry ‘Bully’ Hayes was born in Cleveland in ~1829 and died in 1877. He had a very questionable career, mostly as a criminal and a blackbirder. He died from a blow to the head and his body was thrown overboard. So far the stories that Lubbock has told in his book are interesting, but as to how true I am not so sure. The big event this month was helping


organize the Conference and Annual Meet- ing for Maine Built Boats, which is held at the Maine Maritime Museum in Bath every year in December. It is a major event and this year went very well, which is always my


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