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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 You know what you do not do, unhitch


a trailer and start moving it away from the truck before you undo the chains. I quickly learned why, when the chains tightened, caught my fi nger and ripped it open at the distal phalanx. I was not going to fi x this with some goo and a band-aid so it was off to the emergency room at Eastern Maine Medical Center in Bangor for fi ve stitches. Not the dumbest thing I have ever done, those are going to the grave with me, but fortunately not too convenient. May was a fi ve week month and they


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


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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


work the best as I can get another week on the road to collect more news and catch up on unfi nished work. Since the last issue, there was plenty go-


Advertising Deadlines: T e deadline for the July issue is June 9. T e deadline for the August issue is July 14.


ing on, like the retirement party for Nathan Lipfert at the Maine Maritime Museum on 27 April. Nathan had been with the Museum since 1971 and has been an integral part of their success. He is also one of the most knowledgeable maritime historians on the coast. He was looking for more free time to work on his personal projects, but is still with the Museum as a volunteer. During his fi rst week as a volunteer another volunteer had no idea who he was. Fortunately some people are rightfully recognized for what they do and the Museum did it right. At his retirement dinner he received a half-hull of the six-masted schooner WYOMING, a life membership to the Museum and they named the library after him. The Museum also was able to capitalize on the occasion raising over $75,000 for the library. Another fun event this month was the


launching of RHUM for a customer from Friendship at John’s Bay Boat Company


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


-15 October 2017: The Net Results: Our Evolving Fisheries


Penobscot Marine Museum Searsport


Info: (207) 548-2529


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


24 Harraseeket Regatta Harraseeket Yacht Club South Freeport


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


JUNE 12 Centreboard Regatta Centreboard Yacht Club South Portland


17 Boothbay Lobster Boat Races Boothbay Harbor Info: Ashley Lowrey (207) 633- 3915


17 Pilot Regatta Portland Yacht Club Falmouth


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


24 RYC Solstice Race Rockland Yacht Club Rockland


2 Round Southport Race Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor


9 Stonington Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Stonington


Info: Cory McDonald (207) 664- 4525


Genevieve McDonald (207) 266- 5113


15-16 PHRF New England Championship Handy Boat/Hallett Canvas Falmouth


15-16 Penobscot Bay PHRF Front Street Shipyard Belfast


22 Seguin Island Trophy Race Southport Yacht Club Southport


23 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Friendship


Info: Robin Reed (207) 975-9826


27-29 Camden Classic Cup Camden


29-30 Boothbay Regatta Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor


AUGUST 12 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor


Info: Chris Byers, (207) 963-7139


12-13 Monhegan Race Portland Yacht Club Falmouth


13 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races State Park Restaurant Pemaquid


Info: Brent Fogg (207) 380-4909 Sheila McLain (207) 677-2100


18-20 Belfast Rotary Club Harbor Fest Belfast


19 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Long Island


Info: Lisa Kimball (207) 332-3968


19 MS Regatta Handy Boat Falmouth


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


25-27 Ted Hood Regatta Boston Yacht Club Marblehead, MA


SEPTEMBER 9 Around Islesboro Race Northport Yacht Club Northport


in South Bristol on the 13th of May. She


is a wooden yacht and took two years to complete. The craftsmanship done at John’s Bay is impeccable, as their boats are often referred to as the ‘Cadillac of lobsterboats.’ I always get there early to get photographs and catch up with other attendees. This time I had a long discussion Jim Bartlett of Beverly, Massachusetts about the wooden boats on the North Shore. We talked about some of the local builders and then some of the Maine boats, which are owned there. An- other person I met was Royal Dodge of East Boothbay, who talked about his 46 years in the boatbuilding business in Boothbay and East Boothbay. He had worked with Goudy & Stevens, Norman Hodgdon and Paul Luke. Royal is invited to every launching by Peter because they worked together at Goudy & Stevens back in the early 1980s. The stories were great, but more importantly I realized that these are the people who need to be recognized for their contribution to the boatbuilding industry of Maine. Royal, and the many others like him, were really the back bone of this industry up and down the coast. Often times as a business gets bigger the owner is taken off the fl oor and forced into the offi ce to do sales and busi- ness matters. A few of these men have been recognized, but many more should be. Another fun event was heading up to


Moosehead Lake with Giff y Full to see KATAHDIN. She has a couple of minor issues, which will be addressed this Fall. Moosehead Marine Museum has done a great job keeping her up and if you happen to be up that way take a cruise on her as it is a fun three hour trip around the Lake.


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