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


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Jon B. Johansen Rachel Elward


hoping to get much more done than I did. Just before Christmas I fi nished transcribing the New Hampshire Gazette for 1793, which ended up being just over 100 pages long. There are a lot of interesting facts and stories and it gives you a pretty good understanding of what life was like at that period of time. Most people do not know how good we have it. Life at the time in history was all about survival and if war did not get you, a disease would. Most struggled just to sur- vive in squalor under extreme rulers. There were no conveniences and communications took a couple of months to get disseminated around the world. In reading through this newspaper you gain a better understanding of this life and how the confl icts around the world aff ected it. I have already started tran- scribing 1794, but this has taken much more time than I thought it would. I am in June and already have over 130 pages. However, I got side tracked last week and began tran- scribing the Republican Journal for 1878. I was fi nding a number of shipwrecks, and then there was this murder in St. George of a wife of a seaman who was out to sea and it just seemed like a good change for the time being.


Just after Christmas, I headed south for


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MCN's Calendar


On-going Exhibits -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


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


JUNE 17 Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races


Boothbay Harbor Info: Ashley 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


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


JULY 1 Moosabec Reach Lobster Boat Races


U. S. Coast Guard Station Jonesport Info: Adrian Rittenhouse (207) 598-6387


9 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info:


23 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Barge middle of harbor Friendship Info:


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 Info:


19 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island Info: Lisa Kimball (207) 332-3968


Wilbur Yachts Launches 45 Continued from Page 1.


the other items were fabricated by Nautilus here in Trenton. Further back, we have an engine hatch, which is probably 6 x 9. We put a seat on top of that, again with four- inch cushion with a two inch back. In the overhead we have got a couple of speakers. We have six speakers on board plus a 10 inch sub-woofer so the stereo system will defi nitely get the boat rocking. All of the doors in the boat are Diamond Sea Glaze. The cockpit was fi nished off with fi berglass panels so it is nice and smooth. There are 15 rod holders in the deck at diff erent angles depending on what they are being used for. In the cockpit deck we have four 36 x 36- inch Freeman hatches for access below. We have got two large fi sh boxes, both of which are 80 cubic feet. In the centerline we have access to the shaft log, the Racors, the sea chests and steering gear. The fuel tanks are all the way aft in the boat carrying about 400 gallons per side.” Because this hull has not had a C-18


Caterpillar diesel installed before Caterpil- lar came and did an extensive sea trial, which took more than three days to complete. John added, “We got a top speed of 23.9 with an easy 20 knot cruise. The owner came up from St. Thomas. He owns Fish Whistle Sportfi shing in St. Thomas so if anybody wants to go down there and do a little fi shing he would love to have you.” Following sea trials, her owner took


her south on her own bottom and has had a great trip. His fi rst port of call was Portland and from there he headed to New York City. He called John and said that that was one of the best trips he has ever had. He then made


his way to Palm Beach and then over to the Bahamas. As for this winter, John said he has three


major projects in the shop. He explained, “We’ve got a 38 in for a pretty good size refi t. All new varnish work, rub and toe rails are all being removed and re-bedded, putting a new side door in and new windows on that side, new butterfl y hatch and dorades on the cabin top, the bottom is going to be stripped and painted, and the name and hail are being redone. The boat was in pretty good shape when he got it, but he wants to make it his.” Behind her is a Wilbur 34 in for yearly


maintenance. She is getting all new varnish and a new dinghy. There are also a couple of small electrical gremlins they are fi xing. Next to her is another 34, which is a


new boat to the current owner. They found some wet core in the superstructure, which needs to be addressed and then they are go- ing to replace the cutlass bearing, do some electronic work, put some new windows in, and take care of some bedding issues. In front of her, they have a 26 foot Bay-


liner they are putting a bow thruster in and new control on the fl ybridge. Up back they have another 34 that they


are putting a work list together on. She is going to need some varnish work and po- tentially a sliding door on the back of the shelter.


Also up back they have leased one of


their buildings were a steel barge is getting 20 feet added to her. John said, “We have some diff erent


projects we are working on, trying to pull together some newer ideas, potentially do- ing so me rework on at 34.”…so the future is looking good at Wilbur Yachts.


my mother’s birthday. It was also a great excuse to visit antique and used bookstores not on my normal runs. My wife and I made a quick run to Cape Cod and found a great an- tique store in the centre of Sandwich. They had a nice photograph of the fi ve-masted schooner NANCY up on the beach south


of Boston in 1927, which I had to have. I always try to visit Titcomb’s Book Shop, also in Sandwich just further down 6A, to see what they might have and they had a couple of books I could not do without. I made time to visit Debra Charpentier,


the researcher at the Millicent Library in Fairhaven, who has done a lot of research on people lost at sea from the Port of New Bedford. She had contacted me for what information I had on the vessels and for- tunately I was able to help her with the ones built here in the State of Maine. This information she has put together on the In- ternet and if you are interested the website is: lostfi shermen.com. She also showed me a book on the Norwegian fi shermen in the area and that looked very interesting. The day we left, we headed to New Bedford and visited the Whaling Museum to see if they had a copy of the book. Unfortunately they did not, but just down the street is the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Centre, but they did not have it either. They did have the book “Finest Kind: The Lobstermen of Corea, Portrait of a Down East Fishing Village,” by Markham Starr. As for the other book, it is on Amazon, but to buy from them is against my religion. Back to the Whaling Museum, they had


a very interesting exhibit that just opened on C. Raymond Hunt and W. Starling Burgess called “Power, Performance and Speed in the 20th


Century Yacht Design.” I did not


have time to go through the exhibit, but I will when I am back there in May, which is when this exhibit ends.


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