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Maine Coastal News Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
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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
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and surprisingly it is still enjoyable running from one end of the State to the other and put- ting this paper together every month. It has its challenges, and things need to be altered here and there to make things work better. If it was not challenging, I would have lost interest years ago, but I also see the value in documenting the coast, and being involved in diff erent organizations. Anybody who volunteers understands what it takes to make something work. The time can be a signifi cant drain and it can also be a fi nancial drain. Then there are the critics, who usually are not willing to help, just complain. With the new generation I am afraid many of these organizations are going to dry up and disappear. Most of the old “Secret Societies” have lost many of their members, because my generation did not support them and the next generation will give them even less support. Their memberships are quickly decreasing and the buildings are all but vacant. When I pass one of them I wonder if they have a future and if so for how long. Many of these “Secret Societies” have benefi cial missions, but more people need to understand what they do and maybe more would get involved. One thing I started to do again was
record all my interviews. With the tape re- corders it was not easy most of the time to hear what was being said and it took a lot of time to transcribe them. Finally frustration set in and I switched to just writing notes and hoping I could read my writing when I referred back to them. With the advent of the digital recorders and the sharpness of the recordings, transcribing is so much easier. The real plus is the added information that you would miss if you were trying to take handwritten notes. This added information
certainly makes “Boat Yard News” more interesting and in time it will be valuable for the information captured, which otherwise would have been lost. As time ticks on, I realize to get what
I want to get done in the way of research, I need to focus more, but really that means fi nding more time. Time has always been an enemy and as you get older, you realize that time is fi nite and if you want to get certain things accomplished, you better make the best of it. I am learning, albeit slowly, to say no and I am also looking to be less involved. However, to be honest I still want to be in- volved, because involvement does makes a diff erence in most cases. In regards to time, I go to Gloucester once a month and spend two days in their public library working in the newspapers. Every month I can get a year copied out. When you compute this out it means that every year you can get 12 years done and if you are in 1835 it is going to take another six years to get just to 1900, but with Gloucester you cannot stop there, you have to come right up to the present to get the entire area accurately documented. As we know this is not the only publication that needs to be done and thus the problem is greatly magnifi ed. Another problem researchers have is
when to put “pen to paper?” Most research- ers realize there is more information out there to obtain before you begin writing. However, if the information that you need to gather is immense, I am coming to the conclusion that the pen needs to be writing now and when additional information is located than edit the entry. So into the com- puter go the ships and newspapers articles and hopefully time allows them to be fully integrated.
MCN's Calendar of Waterfront Events
On-going Exhibits - December 2018: “Thou Shalt Knot: Clif- ford W. Ashley”
New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA Info: (508) 997-0046
After Ryder – Photographs by Nicholas Whitman
New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA Info: (508) 997-0046
Coming: A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Panorama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the World New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA Info: (508) 997-0046
To Sept. 2018: Unfolding Histories: Cape Ann before 1900 Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant St. Gloucester, MA Info: (978) 283-0455
7 July to 28 October 2018: Harrison Cady: View from the Headlands Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant St. Gloucester, MA Info: (978) 283-0455
10 August to 25 August 2018: Gone ... Fishing
Cape Ann Museum 27 Pleasant St. Gloucester, MA Info: (978) 283-0455
JULY 21 Seguin Island Trophy Race Southport Yacht Club Southport
22 Friendship Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Friendship
Info: Robin Reed (207) 975-9821
26-28 Camden Classic Cup Camden
28-29 Boothbay Regatta Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club Boothbay Harbor
29 Harpswell Lobster Boat Races Harpswell Info: Larry Ward (207) 798-1725
AUGUST 4 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta Brooklin BY/Rockport Marine Center Haarbor
11 Winter Harbor Lobster Boat Races Town Dock Winter Harbor
Info: Chris Byers, (207) 963-7139
11-12 Monhegan Race Portland Yacht Club Falmouth
12 Merritt Brackett Lobster Boat Races State Park Restaurant Pemaquid
Info: Brent Fogg (207) 380-4909 Sheila McLain (207) 677-2100
18 Long Island Lobster Boat Races Ferry Dock Long Island
Info: Lisa Kimball (207) 332-3968 Amy Tierney (207) 317-1576
18 Retired Skipper’s Race Maine Maritime Academy Castine
18 MS Regatta Handy Boat Falmouth
19 MS Harborfest Lobster Boat Races Portland Yacht Services Portland
Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846
24-26 Ted Hood Regatta Boston Yacht Club Marblehead, MA
SEPTEMBER 9 Around Islesboro Race
Northport Yacht Club Northport
13-16 Newport International Boat Show America’s Cup Avenue Newport, Rhode Island Info:
newportboatshow.com (800) 582-7846
16-17 Maine Rocks Race (Shorthanded) Rockland Yacht Club Rockland
22 Maine Small Craft Celebration Portland Yacht Service Portland
Info: (207) 774-1067
OCTOBER 13 Awards Banquet & Dinner Robinson’s Wharf Southport Island Info: Jon Johansen (207) 223-8846
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