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Maine Coastal News Volume 31 Issue 7 July 2018 FREE Great Racing at Both Boothbay Harbor and Rockland
One of the best battles at Boothbay Harbor and Rockland lobster boat races was between MISS AMITY and KIMBERLY ANN.
BOOTHBAY & ROCKLAND – Boothbay Harbor has been the fi rst race of the season for as long as I can remember. I remem- ber back when it was held in April. There were some cold race days out on Rideout’s barge and one year it snowed. Last year the weatherman had forecast rain with 30 knots of winds, but it turned out to be a gorgeous day, but the forecast had kept racers tied to their moorings. This year, they forecasted a great weekend and that is just what we got, a hot, sunny day with a slight breeze out of the sou’west. Sometimes you can gauge how sign-
ups will be by the number of the boats that arrive on Friday afternoon and this year there were over 20 racers there by Friday evening. Randy Durkee and BLACK DIAMOND [Holland 32, 454 Chevrolet] left in the after- noon and by this time, the wind had kicked up a great sea and he said a couple of times before he could pull back he was air-borne. Roy Fagonde’s LAST DESIGN [E. Libby, Jr., 31; 300-hp Caterpillar] developed an issue just after they left Jonesport and went back, made the repair and headed back out arriving at the dock after 2000 hrs. Cameron and Glenn Crawford arrived in Boothbay with WILD, WILD WILD [West 28; 1,050- hp Isotta] on her trailer about 2100. They launched her on the east side of the harbor and made their way over to the Tugboat Inn for the night. There are always rumours floating
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around about whom is doing what, but until you see them out on the race course, you never know if it is fact or fi ction. We knew that Jeremey Beal had been working hard on getting MISS MARIENA & MARIA [Crowley 28, 1,600-hp Chevrolet] ready. Over the winter he had bought the engine out of Galen Alley’s FOOLISH PLEASURE and had it installed. He had done some work on the upper end after fi nding a part that was not the same size as the others. With everything back together they went out and tried her. Some wondered how she would sail, most thinking she might lay over with this much power. They got her running and at 61 mph, she sailed fi ne and there was still more throttle. When they went to give her more, something let go in the engine and now there were two holes in the side of the engine and lots of mangled pieces of metal. They assessed the issue and ordered a lot of new parts and pieces, hoping to be back together for either Bass Harbor or Moosabec Reach. A lot of people had been watching the progress of Steve Johnson’s BUD & DAWN [Jingle Johnson 28, 1,100-hp Chevrolet]
over the winter. At the meeting held at the Fishermen’s Forum back in March, he was told that she had to be 28 feet to be legal. Steve said one night in a dream he had an epiphany and designed and built a torpedo stern on her. When she was launched he had an issue with her porpoising and that was remedied with two 2 x 10 inch planks on either side of the keel. Everyone wanted to see just what she could do and whether she would be fast enough to beat WILD WILD WEST. In the Diesel Classes the most talk was about Heather Thompson’s GOLD DIGGER [Wayne Beal 36; 675-hp Scania] as the engine guys were playing to see what more they could get. Even on Friday afternoon those engine guys were on board just making sure they were going to get everything out of her they could. We also knew that there would be sev-
eral new boats making an appearance this weekend. At Boothbay they were: Steve Carver’s ANOTHER DIRLS [Holland 35; 550-hp John Deere]; Chris Young’s AU- DREY AILEEN [Calvin Beal 42; 1,000- hp MAN]; Andrew Simmons’ CARSON
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EMMA [Wayne Beal 46, 1400-hp MAN]; and Spencer Thompson’s MAXED OUT [Calvin Beal 44, 800-hp John Deere]. Steve Carver’s ANOTHER DIRLS was being watched closely as she was the fi rst Holland 35 and so far all the reports were favourable as to how she was running. Steve is more than pleased with how she handles. Those that have been following lobster boat races for the last couple of decades will remember Chris Young and MISS MADELYN [Duff y 42, 1,000-hp Caterpillar] when he was a dominate boat in Diesel Class N from 2007 to 2008. At Rockland: Donald Nickles, Jr.’s
BLUE-BY-U [Northern Bay 36, 550-hp John Deere]; Scott Keegan DEAR ABBIE [Northern Bay 38, 700 hp Volvo]; Thomas McLennan’s DECENDANT [Calvin Beal 42, 900-hp Caterpillar]; Kathy Lymburn- er’s EMMA G. [31’ Buxton, 355-hp John Deere]; Shaun McLennan’s HORIZON [Calvin Beal 42, 1000-hp Caterpillar]; Keith Simmons, Jr.’s ISAAC & COLBY [Wayne Beal 46, 1,400-hp MAN]; Rusty Candage’s JUDITH ANN [Webber’s Cove 29, 225-hp John Deere]; Drew Eaton’s MONEY SHOT [Wayne Beal 46, 900-hp Scania]. Kathy Lymburner’s EMMA G. is the wooden boat launched from the builder Peter Buxton, Buxton Boats last August. There are usually several older boats
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