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


P.O. Box 710 (207) 223-8846 E-mail - igmatats@aol.com Website: www.mainescoast.com Publisher's Note I love to collect maritime items and I 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.


T e 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


gu ess it bothers my wife, Ann as she now tells people that I am hoarder. Yes, I do represent that, as those that have visited the offi ce fi nd. To get to my desk there are paths between piles of books and magazines and one better not be too wide as they would have trouble navigating the paths. Beyond the books, are a lot of photographs and ship documents. This collection was formed to keep these items in the public domain. Too many times collectors hoard items and they cannot be seen by those interested. What is worse, is when the collector passes away and does not have a plan for the collection, it can end up in another collection or worse, a dumpster. Over the years, I have collected some


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art works, mostly prints and one of my fa- vourite was a World War I poster of a young boy laying mortally wounded next to a gun on one of the British warships at the Battle of Jutland awaiting orders. The print was in a poor frame and Ann thought it should get reframed. I am not sure how she picked the framer, but during the reframing process the framer got the brilliant idea that she needed to cut the legend at the bottom of the poster and mount it further below the illustration. The framer said my wife had given her permission to do this, but Ann knows never to alter anything historical as it destroys the value. Well, this is what happened to my favourite print, great framing job, but now no value. I was fi t to be tied and Ann was extremely upset as she knew what the print meant. Not her fault, but always be careful who you let do work on historic artifacts, because with one swipe of a razor blade the


MCN's Calendar


On-going Exhibits -24 September 1917: Through These Gates: Maine Shipyard Photography 1858-2016


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: (207) 443-1316


27 May – 22 October 2017: See the Light: The Preservation of Midcoast Maine Lighthouses


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: (207) 443-1316


7 October 2017 – 10 June 2018: Pull To- gether: Maritime Maine in the 1914-1918 Great War


Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: (207) 443-1316


-May 2017: Power, Performance and Speed in 20th


Century Yacht Design


New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA


- May 2017: Inner Light: The World of William Bradford New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA


- September 2017: Famine, Friends & Fenians


New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA


29 Maritime History Conference Maine Maritime Museum Bath


MAY 12 Nautical Antique Show Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA Info: whalingmuseum.org or Call: (508) 997-0046 x 100


13-14 Scrimshaw Weekend Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA Info: whalingmuseum.org or Call: (508) 997-0046 x 100


JUNE 17 Boothbay 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


9 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington Info:


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


27-29 Camden Classic Cup Camden


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:


18-20 Belfast Rotary Club Harbor Fest Belfast


APRIL 8 Penobscot Marine Museum’s His- tory Conference


“The Net Result: Our Evolving Fisheries”


Hutchinson Center Belfast


Info: (207) 548-2529 or PenobecotMarineMuseum.org


18-20 NEFMC Meeting Hilton Hotel Mystic, CT


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: A. Rittenhouse (207) 598-6387


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


20 MS Harborfest Lobster Boat Races Portland Yacht Services Portland Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846


24 Mariner’s Award Presentation Recipient: Maine’s Boatbuilders Maine Maritime Museum Bath


Info: Peggy at schick@maritimeme.org


SEPTEMBER 14-17 Newport International Boat Show Newport, RI


19-21 NEFMC Meeting Beauport Gloucester, MA


OCTOBER 14 Awards Banquet & Dinner Robinson’s Wharf Southport Island Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846


NOVEMBER 14-16 NEFMC Meeting Hotel Viking Providence, RI


29-1 Work Boat Show Ernest N. Morial Conv. Center New Orleans


DECEMBER 7 MBB Global Outreach Conference Maine Maritime Museum Bath


value could be gone. Talking about value being gone, I


would have been smarter to put the money into stocks or bonds, as maritime books and magazines have dropped in value over the last decade. It is not about the dollar value to me, it is the enjoyment and information contained. I have been doing a lot of work in news- papers and when I stay in Portsmouth, NH, I head to the public library to work in the New Hampshire Gazette. I started work in 1793 and over the years I have worked my way up to 1801. With 1801 done, I decided to take a look back as 1793 was not the start of this paper, but 1756. I was not sure what would be in these issues, but found it interesting. There was certainly plenty of ship information, but what captured me were the references to Admiral John Byng of the Royal Navy. He had lost a major battle off Minorca in the Mediterranean and this allowed the French to take the island. Admi- ral Byng was relieved of his command and then underwent a court martial. We at this time were colonies to Great Britain and very dedicated to the motherland as you can see by the colonist’s feelings towards Admiral Byng in these papers. So far, I have accounts of the loss of Minorca and the court martial of Admiral Byng. I have yet to come across the sentence, which found him guilty and sentenced him to death. For those that have read “Candide” by Voltaire remember the passage, if you want to inspire your troops just shoot an admiral once in a while, which is what the British did. The problem was that it was not Admiral Byng’s fault, but you cannot shoot the First Lord of the Admiralty.


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