Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS August 2017


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 Believe it or not, it has been thirty years


since the fi rst “Maine Coastal News” rolled off the press at Belfast and what a thirty years it has been. There defi nitely has been an evolution in how things have been done and in the end, I believe it is the right way to do it. For a grade for the fi rst 30 years, I would give myself a B+. In the beginning I published twice a


month, 24 times a year and now wonder how I did it. The idea was to get the news out as fast as possible. About 1993, I changed to 18 times a year with 6 issues in the winter and 12 in the summer. Then 10 years ago, I went to one issue per month and this was to allow me to cover the coast much better. The general idea of “MCN” was to be


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


Advertising Deadlines: T e deadline for the September issue is August 11. T e deadline for the October issue is September 8.


similar to the “Maine Coast Fisherman” back in the 1950s. My feeling has been that most true boaters are interested in all facets of the marine world, but of course some more than others. I wanted to cover com- mercial fi shing, recreational boating, boat yard news, navy news, waterfront news, and maritime history. The articles which I hear the most comments about are the publisher’s note and the maritime history. As for editorial, in the beginning there


was a lot of sailboat racing, but about 20 years ago I changed that focus to lobster boat racing. If one thinks about the number of boaters on the coast of Maine the largest population is lobster boats and over the years we have seen a signifi cant decrease in the recreational boaters. Most boaters that have continued to enjoy this activity have gone from sail to power as we now see very few sailboats being built. Another interesting change has been many people have decided


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


– 22 October 2017: See the Light: The Preservation of Midcoast Maine Light- houses


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


- September 2017: Famine, Friends & Fenians


New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA


JULY 27-29 Camden Classic Cup Camden


29-30 Boothbay Regatta Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor


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


Yes, it is not always about boats. When I stopped at BlueJackets in Searsport a touring group of old cars happened to be there for a tour of the business. The car on the left is a Cadillac and the one on the right is an EMF, which would later sell out to Studebaker.


AUGUST 2 Castine Classic Symposium Aage Nielsen MMA Castine


3 Castine Classic Yacht Race Camden to Castine Castine


5 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Brooklin


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


14-17 Newport International Boat Show Newport, RI


16-17 Maine Rocks Race (Shorthanded) Rockland Yacht Club Rockland


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 Convention Center New Orleans


DECEMBER 7 MBB Global Outreach Conference Maine Maritime Museum Bath


that they only want to go out for the day. Thus the size of the boats has gone from 32 foot cabin cruisers to 20 foot center console runabouts. One aspect that has grown is the number of sportfi shing boats being built using the Maine lobster boat hull and this is one reason the boatbuilders on the coast are booked solid.


One of the major changes has been the


printing aspect of the paper. I was one of the fi rst to try a publishing system from IBM with PageMaker as the software at a cost of about $10,000. At fi rst, a page came out of the printer in four tiles and then had to be taped together. There was no way to print the photos and get good quality so they had to be shot using a camera that would create the photo in dots and then you would tip them into place. Computers and software changed as time went on and soon you could do colour photographs at no extra cost, but the space was limited due to the number of colour presses. Then you could e-mail the entire newspaper fi le to the press saving a whole day on the road. This also allowed us to use Photoshop and tip the photos, both colour and black and white, right into the paper saving a lot of time. I have a very diff erent philosophy on


how to cover the coast and that is to per- sonally travel from one end to the other to collect the news in person. You cannot cover the coast adequately by sitting behind a desk using the telephone or computer. This means a lot of travel and numerous nights in a hotel. Bottom-line, it is about the people and their businesses and getting readers to know who


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