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A Nova Scotia log 20

The second happiest day 28

Racing pages 44

Yardwork 52

Volume 11 Number 9 Midwinter 2009

FEATURES

20 A Nova Scotia logA Connecticut boat cruises from NortheastHarbor, Maine, to the southeast coast of thisprovince, as far east as Rogue’s Roost.

By Charles J. Hodge

28 The second happiest dayThey loved their C-Dory 22 motorboat,Urchin, but the time came to find a new homefor her, which was not a sad experience.

By Thomas Moore

36 “Severe thunderstorms off York...”Sailing essentially solo, a New Hampshiresailor confronts 60-knot wind, thunder, light-ning, fog, and dime-sized hailstones.

By Mike Pothier

74 Facing fears, rising to the challengeHe broke his neck, responded to a Mayday.

By Michael Tougias

LAST WORD

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COLUMNS

12 Tom Snyder

My latest reorgFocusing on elaborate systems. Dodge Morgan

Sad and good tidings in life’s newsLots of changes afoot.Dave Roper

The truth about mermaidsThe sighting changed his life.

Letters..........................................7How to donate a boat;Unexplained light phenomenon.

Mystery Harbor...........................10Winners were liveaboards there;New mystery harbor, page 63.

News ..........................................17USCG rescues four sailors;100-foot ship sinks of Newfoundland.

Dispatches ..................................18Marinas clean up their acts.

The Racing Pages........................44Marion-Bermuda update;Mainer to circle world in a 10-foot boat.

Media ........................................50“A Hard-Water World,” an icefishing book.

Yardwork ...................................52South Shore Boatworks;Cape Yachts;Lyman-Morse

Fetching Along ............................68Islands have secrets

Calendar.....................................71Newport Winter Festival

Advertisers .................................86

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On the cover:Already snow can be called the symbol of the New England winter of 2008-09,as witnessed by this shot of Bentley Collins shoveling snow from the decks of hisSabre 52 Salon Express.

Photo by Billy Black

Volume 11, Number 9

Publisher Joseph Burke

Editor Nim Marsh

Marketing directorBernard Wideman

Ad representativesLynn Emerson Whitney

Gerry Thompson

Ad designHolly St. Onge

Art DirectorCustom Communications/John Gold

ContributorsDodge Morgan, Tom Snyder, David Roper,

Carol Standish, David Buckman, Randy Randall, Ken Packie

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EDITOR’S PAGE/Nim Marsh

Boston Swan Boat? 1877: Custer’s Last StandIt was the age of the boat, as well as her character,

that intrigued us. She was built in 1937, perhaps inMay when the German airship Hindenburg blew upat Lakehurst, N.J., with a loss of 16 lives. That was along time ago: It was only eight years after the startof the Great Depression, just two years beforeBritain, France, Australia and New Zealand declaredwar on Germany after the latter invaded Poland, andfour years before the bombing of Pearl Harbor. So, inawe of the decades to which she’d been witness –smitten by the classic lines these years reflected – weacquired our cedar-on-oak treasure and brought herhome to try to give her a new life in Rhode Island wa-ters.

But our little princess is a mere sapling comparedwith a true queen, Boadicea, who, in 2008, celebratedher 200th birthday in West Mersea, England.Boadicea – named after Queen Boadicea of EastAnglia, who waged war on the Romans around 61A.D. – was built in 1808, when the United States ofAmerica was only 34 years old. This was the year afederal law was passed to prevent slaves from beingimported into the United States, two years afterLewis and Clark completed their Pacific expedition,three years after the Battle of Trafalgar, and whenNapoleon Bonaparte was putting the final touches onhis short-guy complex as he rampaged throughEurope.

For two years, Queen Boadicea raided Roman set-tlements (for which she became one of England‘sgreatest heroines); for 200 years, the 30-foot oystersmack Boadicea has plied British waters (for whichshe has long been a national treasure) and is todaythought to be the oldest vessel in the world still sailed

on a regular basis. She worked commercially until1938, and nowadays she races against other OldGaffers (“If the breeze is up, we can hold our own,”claims her skipper) and in the fall, she drift-nets forherring.

You say you don’t own a boat built of wood, thatyour “modern” fiberglass vessel can’t qualify as atime-capsule. Well, get this: Some fiberglass boats arealready being called antiques, and many are consid-ered classics. Why, in 1942 – in May that year, 19,000U.S. Marines landed on Guadalcanal and other of theSolomon Islands during World War II – one RayGreene, of Toledo, Ohio, built the first fiberglass boat,which was a dinghy. By 1947 (the Dead Sea Scrollswere discovered in a cave in Jordan, the first UFOwas recorded over Kansas, and test pilot ChuckYaeger became the first person to fly through thesound barrier), my family was using 10-foot fiberglassBeetle Boat dinghies for fishing and duck hunting ina Buzzards Bay river.

In 1952 (George Jorgenson becomes ChristineJorgenson after the world’s first sex-change operationin Denmark), Marscot Plastics in Fairhaven, Mass.,was building their tough little 18- and 22-foot fiber-glass motor launches, which became the famed TrippAngler 18s and 22s, still built by E.L. Tripp inWestport, Mass.

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Letters

Now, here’s how to donate a boat! Good evening shipmates. Here is a photo of Chester

“Chuck” Bates alongside Grigri at Castine, Maine, theafternoon of Nov. 11 last year. Chuck has donated hisbeloved Albin 27 to Maine Maritime Academy.

Against all odds and advice from fellow mariners,Chuck Bates (80 years young and recent stroke vic-tim) got under way, solo, from his mooring atDamariscotta at 0700 on Nov. 5, and anchored inRockland Harbor at 1630. The next morning, Chuckgot Grigri under way for Castine, Maine, and arrivedthere at 1400. Grigri will be used as a committee boateach summer when MMA runs its annual sailboatraces.

Chuck’s motto is “Don’t say I can’t do it,” and bothGrigri and Chuck have shown their colors manytimes along the coast of Maine. Probably, he knowsmore overnight anchorages than do most mariners,but he is not yet ready to tell their locations .

Rowland Gilbert, Sr. CWO/USN/Ret. Friday Jr., Seaman Apprentice/Golden Retriever

Damariscotta, Maine

Can anyone explain light quirk?I read David Roper’s article in the

October/November 2008 issue, about getting scaredespecially where a crew lost a fine sailboat when theymistook a red flash of Thacher Island Light forEastern Point (and that I can’t understand at all) andthe green light of Straitsmouth Island Light for abuoy.

I grew up in Scituate, Mass., moving to neighboringCohasset when I graduated from high school, livingthere for 72 years. My favorite time was evening,when I’d go down a nearby beach and watch the light-

houses come on, something I enjoyed even as a littlekid. It wasn’t long before these beacons – Minots,Boston, Graves, Marblehead and Bakers Island – be-came old friends.

Once I had a most unusual experience, something Ihad never seen before or since, and I wondered if anyreader also had this experience. A few years ago, atsunset, I happened to be at the Old FortIndependence in Hull, Mass., now a town park. I wait-ed to see the lighthouses come on and recognized eachone – Minots with its 1-4-3 flashes, Boston’s singlewhite flash, Graves’ double white flash, Marblehead’sgreen beam, and Bakers Island’s red and white flash-es.

Beyond, there were two lighthouses, which I knewwere eastern Point and Thacher Island. Both seemedto be showing a single white flash every five seconds.Thacher’s was supposed to be red, and I puzzled overthis oddity. Was the lens broken? As it got darker, Isaw Thacher’s white beam slowly turn to its correctred color.

Nothing was wrong with the optic, of course, but Inever came up with any solution. Was the beam toobright to show the color? No, I’ve seen many coloredbright lights. Or was it something in the atmosphere?What do you think?

On another subject: the building of the 19th-centurywarship Oliver Hazard Perry, which will become asail-training ship out of Newport, R.I. Apparently, wehave forgotten the fate of the 18th-century replicaBritish warship Rose. As we all know, she appeared inthe movie “Master and Commander.” Recently, afriend told me that he saw the Rose in San Diego,Calif., painted black, very dirty, and seemingly aban-doned. Is this the ultimate fate of the Perry?

Robert FraserBelfast, Maine

Here’s my accident perspectiveI received a call from a good friend, inquiring

whether I had read the “Perspectives” article featuredin the September 2008 issue of Points East. Afterreading Mr. Morgan’s account of his “rocky” start tohis summer season, I thought it might be appropriateto give my perspective. . . . I have never heard “sailorsdescribe the risks of being run down;” however, I cantell you how it feels to have a large sailboat beardown on you while sitting at anchor fishing from a 19-foot “small outboard boat:”

The disbelief that such a large vessel is on a direct


collision course with your own boat. The shouting,screaming, and blowing of your horn in futility, tryingto raise the attention of the other boat’s captain. Theattempt at starting the 6-year-old, two-stroke out-board in hopes it will fire on the first crank. The quickshort pulls on the anchor line in hopes of moving theboat a few feet. Thinking it might be best to abandonship in an effort to not be crushed by the enormousboat. Being thrown violently to the floor like a ragdoll after being hit, or watching in disbelief as theother boat motors off without stopping to check if wewere sinking. Hailing the Coast Guard on a VHF ra-dio that had been tested many times but never usedin an emergency. The Coast Guard offering to call meback on a cell phone because they couldn’t under-stand what I was saying. Spending the afternoontalking to the local police because the Coast Guardonly investigates commercial accidents. Spending theearly evening talking to the Environmental Police af-ter being told the local police do not investigate boat-ing accidents.

If you haven’t figured it out yet, my brother and Iare the “two fellows out fishing on a bright, sunnyday” that Mr. Morgan mentions in his story. From myperspective, we were all very lucky that day. We wereall lucky no one on either boat was hurt. We were al-so lucky that neither boat experienced any substan-tial damage. I was lucky Mr. Morgan paid for all dam-ages. However, from my perspective, circumstancesthat led up to the event, and the way it was handledafterwards, could have, and should have, been han-dled differently.

It is our responsibility to pay attention, operatesafely, and be willing to accept responsibility for ourmistakes, immediately. And please keep in mind howimportant it is to have adequate signaling devices onboard. And, most important, always, always, wearyour life preserver.

Thomas DionSomerset, Mass.

La mer, monikers and yacht clubsThank you for running “Of La Mer and Monikers”

in your December issue. We got a kick out of readingit again and of thinking of all the names compiledsince (which I have on a list buried somewhere in myfiles). The inventiveness of mariners never ceases toamaze.

We enjoyed as always the whole issue, and“Musings about Yacht Clubs” (Editor’s Page,December) was fascinating. We have had experiencedso many, and they are so varied in appearance butusually not in their cordiality. We have always lovedto cruise to Marblehead particularly, with its threegreat clubs – the Boston Yacht Club, the Corinthian

and the Eastern. Usually we stayed at the BostonYacht Club because we love to stroll the old town, butwe have made it a point to stay at both theCorinthian and Eastern as well. They are like a tripthrough the Ritz, and I’ve never stopped being sur-prised at how windblown people such as us, in down-to-earth boating clothes, could penetrate such innersanctums and be welcomed.

Also, the walks from both out to Marblehead Neckwith its Chandler Hovey Park and greens and bench-es and grand views of the town shore and out to seawere continual happenings. And last time we put in-to the very wealthy port of Manchester, its yacht clubwas still the only one we knew of that didn’t chargefor moorings. Launch service was always included.Love the ambience of every club we’ve ever been in;they have aesthetics all their own.

Mary Jane HayesHanover, Mass.

Maine summer committed to listFriends Russ and Marty Roth, who keep their boat

Skiya in Rockland, Maine, convinced us to base ourtrawler there, too, for several weeks of cruising thispast summer, then recently asked us what our sum-mer was like. They think I summed up the summer inMaine perfectly.

Good things in the last few weeks1. Saw Bob Marley (comedian) in Rockland.

2. Saw Tim Sample (comedian) in Rockland.3. Ate at several good restaurants in Rockland. Cafe

Miranda is our favorite.4. Bought shoes in Camden.5. Ate dinner with friends in Camden.6. Attended boat show in Rockland. Drooled a great

deal, but with pouring rain, no one noticed.7. Had electronic issues attended to in Rockland.8. Liked the harbor of Belfast. Nice place, good ice

cream.9. Attended farmers market in Rockland. Bought

lifetime supply of olive oil-infused goat cheese.10. Took a multi-week pass at a health facility/gym

in Rockland.11. Visited Owls Head Museum. Wonderful; got

good pictures.12. Installed Sat TV on board; gets NESN, and the

Red Sox appreciated my viewership.13. Took a side trip to Andover, Maine, Ellen’s fam-

ily homestead/farm. Interacted with a group on envi-ronmentalists who squeezed a conservation easementout of Ellen’s folks. Good fun in the thunderstorm lastSunday.


Good things while on water1. Found Pulpit Harbor.2. Found Holbrook Island Sanctuary and their two

moorings. Ate mussels, met a local couple who sail aMoody 34; she commutes by bus from Belfast to NYCevery other week.

3. Revisited Cradle Cove. Ellen got lost running hereight miles on Islesboro.

4. Had a visit from a young finback whale offBoothbay. He was curious and swam under our boattwice before leaving to investigate the sailboat behindus – sort of like a large dog.

5) Saved your list of “must-do” places for next trip.

6) Took ferry to Monhegan; nice afternoon of hiking.7) Only used around 350 gallons of diesel in 36

hours of run time.

Bad things while on the water1. Radar crapped out in fog several times; fixed now.2. Propane controls on board crapped out. I divert-

ed the wiring back to manual, and now it is Capt.Tom’s problem to fix

3. Realized that all those people on multi-dayschooner trips were less comfortable than us.

Frank J. Wilich, Jr.Portsmouth, N.H.

USPS New Years’ resolutions I’m an experienced boater, why make resolutions you ask? Just remembering all of those rules is really quite a task.

And so to set the record straight and clear up the confusion,Let me explain the reason for my New Years resolutions.

I will turn on my blower, when I’m running rather slow ‘Cause CO is odorless and deadly, as you know.

I’ll check flares and extinguishers, especially the date.Because in an emergency, there’s little time to wait.

I wear a lightweight life jacket when voyaging around, Because in most fatalities, you’ll find the victim drowned.

I’ll Vow to take a first aid class: learn CPR and more; When the emergency’s on board, help’s always on the shore

When pumping fuel into my boat I promise to take care. Flying may be fun, but not when blown into the air.

When setting my boat’s anchor, the rode’ll be 7 to 1,Cause drifting on some muddy shoal is really not much fun.

I’ll monitor my fuel, remembering the rule of thirds;Endangering on empty is much more than absurd.

I’ll check the weather forecast and always watch the sky,With rain you’re wet and soggy, but with lightning you candie.

I’ll go into new waters with GPS ’n chart in hand;What looks like tawny water, Mate, could actually be land.

There’s navigational hazards, pilings and shoals you know,And using local charts could save you an expensive Tow.

When a person is in the water, my engines I will stop.I wouldn’t want to injure them with my razor sharp prop.

And I will never use alcohol when I am the skipper,For a Captain under the influence is as dangerous as Jackthe Ripper

I truly love cruising my boat, and don’t want one mistake,But there are times when I forget about my vessel’s wake.

In the spirit of the New Year I will take time to pause,Remembering the injuries and harm my wake could cause.

These are my resolutions with appropriate explanations;To be a safer boater is high in my expectations.

I’ll do things right, forget misdeeds, remorses.Every boater needs U.S. Power Squadron courses.

Happy and Safe New Year!Lt. Bill Hempel

Peace River Sail and Power SquadronCharlotte County Fla.


Points East as a sociology textHere is payment for what seems to be a fine maga-

zine. Thank you (publisher) Joe Burke for returning acall to my home. I am looking forward to seeing whatmakes boating such a treasured way of life. We havejust started out this year as part of this extended

community of real enthusiasts, obviously, as seen inthis publication. Again, thank you Joe, for your call. Ilook forward to seeing those nice features of storiesand experiences in this publication.

Bill StarrCheshire, Conn.

This harbor (cove, actually) is in Oakland Beach,Warwick Cove, Warwick, R.I., in front of Timmy’s OneBay. Me and my girlfriend would eat at Timmy’s be-cause we were liveaboards at Warwick Cove Marina.And the food and drinks were awesome.

Angela and I lived in Warwick Cove for a year anda half aboard my sailboat, a 30 foot O’Day namedJesse’s Girl. We loved eating at Timmy’s One BayRestaurant, whichoffers transientdockage for dining,and Iggy’s was alsoa favorite for clamcakes and chowderright on the beach.Centrally located,it was an easycruise or sail tomany popular lo-cations: East Greenwich Harbor, Prudence andPatience islands, and Bristol Harbor.

On many occasions we would anchor off OaklandBeach to watch spectacular fireworks over the sum-mer. In the coldest winter months, the Quahoggerswould keep the cove free of solid ice with their skiffs.

The liveaboard community is a unique group of peo-ple who really look out for each other and maintain asafer environment for the marina in the nonboatingmonths of the year. Jesse and I were able to help pre-vent several boats stored in the water for the winterfrom sinking. We have made friends at Warwick Covethat will be friends forever.

We currently live on our 36-foot Pacemaker,Outlaw, in Stillhouse Cove, Cranston R.I. This will beour second winter on the Outlaw. We are one of fourfamilies living here year-round. We truly love thislifestyle, and cannot imagine being land dwellers everagain!

Angela and Jesse Jamesm/v Outlaw

Cranston, R.I.

Haven’t been there in yearsLooks like Warwick Cove, the view being that of

Harbor Light Marina. I haven’t been there for years,but it still looks the same.

Willard Robinson.New Castle N.H.

Took the mystery out of harborWell, you certainly took the mystery out of Warwick

harbor in Rhode Island. Thoroughly enjoy PointsEast, the saltiest publication around. Keep up thegood work. I’d like to see a follow up on the case withLinda Greenlaw. I thought she was smarter thanthat. Is the catch so bad that she felt she had to crossthe border?

Bill EnglishHingham, Mass.

Maybe I’ll stop there next timeYour mystery harbor is Warwick R.I. I’ve never

stopped there for some strange reason; when I’m inNarragansett Bay, I always seem to bypass Warwickfor places like Bristol, or Potters Cove on PrudenceIsland, or Jamestown. Maybe next trip I’ll stop inthere.

Mike Pothiers/v Dragonfly

Eliot, Maine

Just a great hint, that’s allThe Mystery Harbor is Warwick, R.I. I’d like to tell

you that I recognized it only by my friend Mike’s boatin the first picture (burgundy top) and Charlie theclammer’s boat in the second picture. Warwick is agreat place to boat with super-clean, warm water andplenty of amenities nearby. But the truth is it was agreat hint. Anyway, this is the second harbor I’veidentified. Keep up the great work.

Dana ShoreySalem, Mass.

Bend in “harbor” was diagnostic I think it is Warwick Cove in Warwick, R.I. I recog-

MYSTERY HARBOR/and the winner i s . . .

We were liveaboards at December’s harbor


nize the bend in the harbor in the first picture in thedistance. My family had a boat in that harbor when Iwas growing up. It seemed like a long channel to getto the bay, but now I realize it wasn’t that long afterall. Am I right? First?

Kathy NaughtonN. Kingstown, R.I.

Kept quahog boat there 30 yearsThis Mystery Harbor is Warwick Cove in Rhode

Island. The reason how I know is because I have hada boat there for 30 years. And the little picture isHarbor Light Marina. And that dock in the first pic-ture is a state-owned or public dock, and I have beenlaunching my quahog boat there for over 30 years.

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What’s this about documentation?I just sent in the application to document my boat. I'd

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PerspectivesThe truth about mermaids

June 15, 1608: In 1608, the Englishnavigator Henry Hudson was skirt-ing the polar ice off the Arctic coast

of Russia in his second attempt to find anortheast route to the spice markets ofChina. Near the coast of Novaya Zemlya,Hudson made his log entry of 15 June:

This morning, one of our companie look-ing over board saw a mermaid, and callingup some of the companie to see her, onemore came up, and by that time shee wasclose to the ship’s side, looking earnestlyupon the men: a little after, a Sea came andoverturned her: From the Navill upward,her backe and breasts were like a woman’s;her body as big as one of us; her skin verywhite; and long haire hanging down behinde, ofcolour blacke; in her going down they saw her tayle,which was like the tayle of a Porposse, and speckledlike a Macrell.

***July 11, 1959: 44.04N/68.35W, a small island east

of Isle au Haut, Maine: When I was nine years old Isaw two mermaids. Really. I understand why youmight doubt me. So be it. But when I was nine yearsold, I saw two mermaids. Period.

It could have been just another false sighting, an-other apparition, like the ones in those handwrittencaptains’ logs of square-rigged vessels roaming theoceans looking for whales, or from the sailors’ jour-nals aboard the spice traders journeying back fromZanzibar. It could have been written off as just onemore incident out of a young boy’s imagination. But astream of events flowed forth from that momentwhen I saw them, on that hot, languid day in July ofthe year 1959, that made me much different fromother nine-year-olds. But that’s another, much longerstory.

Early on that morning of the sighting, my fatherand I had hidden from the heat under the canvasawning in the cockpit of Phyllis, our old wooden cut-ter. We were anchored in a rocky Maine cove that wassomewhat open to the Northeast. Dad had hoped fora breeze to cool us, but it was not to be. The anchorline lay limp of the end off the bowsprit. “Why don’tyou get in the dinghy and practice your rowing?” Dadasked. I nodded. “And don’t forget your lifejack-

et…and please wear your hat.” The dinghy’s bow line hung limp like

the anchor line of the bigger boat. The to-tally calm and clear sea appeared viscous,a thick gel that held the reflections of thebow lines of the two boats in its midst likefruit in a Jello. My sudden movement in-to the dinghy was startling in a world sostill. I untied the bow line and pushedaway from the big boat, picked up thewooden oars and slid them into their oarlocks. The sudden shuffling of the oarsechoed against the shore. “I might goashore. OK, Dad? Might do some beach-combing,” I said.

I pulled toward shore, my eyes aimeddown at my feet. The oars were adult oars, too longand heavy for me, and I had to concentrate. Therewas a small pool of water in the bottom of the boat,and I watched it move forward and aft with each mo-tion of my oar strokes. I spread my feet to the side ofthe bilge, trying to keep them dry. Then I looked overmy shoulder to check on my progress toward shore.

The sandy beach and rocks and pine trees were get-ting close, and I began to smell the decaying seaweedleft behind by the tide. The tide had been dead low,and its flood was just now beginning. I knew that inits retreat six hours before it would have left otherthings behind. It would be a good time for beach-combing, I thought.

I walked perhaps a half-mile, a long ways for anine-year-old. Combing was good. I found threehorseshoe crabs, those foot-long shelled creaturesthat look like miniature brown tanks, their tails likegreat cannons coming out of the turrets. I moved on,lost in my world of exploration. I found a bottle witha cork in it (though no note inside), a bright-yellow or-phaned lobster buoy, and a broken hockey stick. Thebottle excited me the most because someday I knewI’d find one with a note in it. It might be a note fromsomeone who was in trouble, and needed my help.

I was thinking about that, imagining where thenote would be from, and how I would help, when Irounded a bend in the shore. I didn’t realize it at firstbecause I was looking down, but I was walking into aU-shaped indentation made by years of hammeringand then funneling of the Atlantic ocean against theshore. It was a secluded nook, about 30 yards deep

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and 50 yards wide, and framed by two high, narrowarms of protruding rock.

The nook’s only access was at low tide, around thesejutting walls, and along a short, normally submergedstretch of beach. The only other way to reach it was byboat, and I could see numerous nasty ledges now un-covered to seaward.

A gull flew close overhead, crying, but I didn’t lookat it. I didn’t look at it because I was frozen by an-other sight. At first, it seemed just another scene frommy vivid imagination, only this time I realized I had-n’t willed this. I was looking at two creatures curledagainst a smooth boulder near the sea. They glistenedin the sunlight, their lower halves like scales… shiny,reflective. Their upper torsos were soft, pink andsmooth like the morning’s sunrise, or like the skin onmy friend Johnny Wyman’s baby sister.

Motionless, mesmerized, my eyes wide with wonder,I simply and silently mouthed one word: mermaids.One of the creatures was running her hands throughher long black hair. Her back was arched, her headtipped back. Then she shook her head and ran her

hands through her hair again. I looked at her wholebody, up and down, over and over, my eyes each timeskidding to a stop at her breasts. I looked at her faceand thought of the paintings of angels I’d seen at themuseum, faces smooth and rosy with the kind of pinkthat comes from being a bit embarrassed.

But the tail. It was a tail, and it was bent around,partly under a rock, where the other creature, wholooked about the same, lay curled up, perhaps sleep-ing. It was all too much for a little boy, and I backedaway slowly. They were probably 150 feet off, andhadn’t heard or seen me. Never taking my eyes off ofthem, I backed around the corner of protruding rockand jutting shore that protected the cove until theywere out of sight. Then I leaned against the ledge,took a deep breath, closed my eyes, counted to 10, andlooked around the corner again. They were still there.

And then, I ran.

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But the tail. It was a tail, and it was bent around, partly under a rock,where the other creature, who looked about the same, lay curled up,perhaps sleeping.


Iwonder if this global recession playsany role in the rash of sad news wehave witnessed recently. Olin Stephens

died, Francis Stokes died, I sold Wings ofTime, and Tom Snyder has put Blue Moonup for sale in an announcement in theOctober/November issue, ending his affairwith sailing.

A footnote to the impressive list ofachievements for both Stephens andStokes would be that they were true gen-tlemen. Neither of them were inclined tosound out their successes. Both carried aquiet, self-effacing presence that exuded afundamental self-confidence, at least tothose with the ability to sense it.

I once witnessed Olin’s appearance before studentsin a boat-design class. He wore expressions of pleas-ure as he listened to the young people extol their cre-ative ideas. It took a direct question for him to speakup: The student who wanted to know the most impor-tant factors in rudder design got a classic Stephensanswer, objective and precise yet ending with thequestion, “What do you think?” Olin chatted up thedesign ideas that flowed from the class and onlyspoke of his own when one student asked if Doradewas really what gave him his start in the hierarchy ofdesigners.

Francis was the classic solo sailor, competing beforethe spotlight on the sport became red hot. He sailed aproduction cruising boat, unheralded in a number ofsolo ocean races, and may be known most for his res-cue of fellow sailor Tony Lush in a BOC circumnavi-gation. Lush’s boat dropped its keel, flipped, and fi-nally sank just as Francis hauled him aboard hisboat.

I understand Lush brought just his passport and abottle of booze with him since he knew Francis to be

a nondrinker at sea. I once watched asFrancis sat in attentive silence with agroup in the bar on Goat Island as one guyblared out his rather meager solo tech-niques and achievements, probably un-aware he was in the company of one of thebest.

I have actually sold my Wings of Time,which keeps me one boating step ahead ofTom Snyder who has simply put the for-sale sign on Blue Moon. I still have the lit-tle, old schooner Eagle, so am not carryingmy oars inland until someone asks whatthey are. Ironically, it takes me a half-hourto get under way with the schooner, whichI am keeping, and three minutes with the

sloop I have sold. What I do next remains a question.Sailing the schooner is a revisit to the past – no elec-tronics, no sail-handling gear, no standing headroom,no self-steering, camping-style galley. I have ownedthis 82-year-old for 40 years. Another boat now? Sailor motorsailer or power?

I have decided to carefully observe Snyder’s upcom-ing lifestyle decisions for the entertainment valueand for evidence of where popular trends are notheading. My guess is that Tom will avoid wet, coldplaces, varnished surfaces, and boat brokers. I hopehe will tell us how to laugh our way out of this globalrecession.

On the heartening page of life’s news, I note that F.E. “Ted” Hood and a family crew took top honors sail-ing his recently restored, first-design Robin to victo-ry. And I sailed Eagle back to Paul Bryant, atRiverside Boat in Newcastle, wing-and-wing all theway from Cape Small to the Damariscotta River en-trance.

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What’s not to like about this reorg?

Ifound a note that I wrote to myself afew years ago. It said: “If I ever don’thave a sailboat, I’m going to have to

find another place to focus my love ofelaborate systems.” This note was burieddeep in a …Well, honestly, where do wefind things buried deeply these days? We,of course, find them within a hierarchy offolders on a laptop computer. And thisgoes directly to my point.

That note appeared this morning whenI was cleaning out and reorganizing mycomputer files. About every two months, Iannounce to my wife that I am doing a“reorg.” (In business, that used to be adreaded word: reorg. It meant that con-sultants were going to be eating lunch in the cafete-ria. These professionals have the personal affect of akindly therapist and a ruthless passion for bold ex-periments in human efficiencies that meant jobswould be lost.)

My reorgs are no less potent. During my most re-cent, I decided that my home-insurance files would nolonger be found under “Properties,” but now would befiled under the vastly more sensible “Family” catego-ry. This thoughtful shift was inspired by a whole newway of thinking about my priorities. Now, as I lookacross the landscape of my high level folders, I seecategories that are meaningful. Imagine looking atfolders called “Family,”“Public Service,” “Work,”“Personal Growth.” It isall so lovely and efficient Ican hardly bear it.

Previously, home insur-ance has been filed under“Properties,” and beforethat, under “Financial,”and before that, under“Contracts,” and beforethat, under “Risks.” Ithink anyone would agreethat this most recent re-org is going to make memore proficient, happier and a better person.

Alright then! See what I meant in that little note Ifound? Just look at the above. Thinking about sys-tems is a full-blown hobby. Add a boat to the mixand… well, a boat can be described as a mountingsurface on which to install systems. I’m not saying all,or even most, boaters have such a suspicious rela-tionship to their vessel. A few do, and we do morethan our part to keep the modern marine hardware

industry alive. To that extent we are he-roes, I suppose.

The opportunities are ever-expanding inthe marine world. Take refrigeration, forexample. The opportunity for monitoringand controlling efficiencies is spectacular.Once you have your fridge installed, youwill quickly want to save on fuel by power-ing it with a solar panel, the output ofwhich you will want to enhance with a niftypiece of electronics that senses and maxi-mizes its behavior.

Then, with a little thought, you will real-ize that on cloudy days you will need abackup of wind power, which will nicely fillin the gaps unless the wind is blowing too

hard. Your battery needs to be protected from such anoverload. But here again is another opportunity forefficiency: Shunt any extra surge of wind energy intoa heating coil inside your fresh hot-water tank.

And speaking of batteries, the refrigeration de-mands on these hard-working cells can be monitoredwith an amperage-sensing device the output of whichcan be sent directly to a spreadsheet on your laptop.But why stop there when a wireless thermometer in-side your fridge can send cooling-cycle data to thatsame spreadsheet? Now to close the loop on the entirerefrigeration system, you need merely to write amacro program that will discover within your data-

optimizing scenarios. Fun?Yes sir.

By some therapeuticlights, however, it hasbeen suggested that peo-ple who fill their time withdreams of robust organiza-tion and its associated de-vices are hiding from emo-tion. I couldn’t agree more,and believe me, I’m work-ing on it. By the way, thatis a separate project filedunder “Personal Growth.”

Back to the note. Havingsold my boat, I am considering the hobby of bicycletouring. Obviously the first project will be to install atrailer rack on which to mount my gear. I figure thatany efficiency lost due to the added weight will be off-set by the maximizing breakthroughs waiting for myattention.

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NewsThe Coast Guard rescued four people aboard a

storm-ravaged sailboat Dec. 20, about seven milessouth of Block Island, R.I. The crew of the 45-footMoonshine left East Greenwich, R.I., the day before,bound for Puerto Rico, when they were caught by thestorm, which ripped their sails and disabled theirpropulsion. Aboard were Jacob A. Freedman, 27, ofEast Greenwich, the owner and skipper; his father,Michael Freedman, 57, of Brooklyn, N.Y.; and twoothers. At the time of the rescue, air temperature was39 degrees; water, 42 degrees.

They activated their emergency position indicatingradio beacon (EPIRB). The Coast Guard received thesignal and tracked their position.

The First District Command Center in Boston,launched a 47-foot motor lifeboat crew from StationPoint Judith, R.I. and a helicopter crew from AirStation Cape Cod. Both crews arrived at about 1 a.m.,at the last position the EPIRB indicated, but becauseof the 30- to 40-knot winds, the sailboat was driftingout of position faster than the beacon could transmit.Visibility was less than one mile, and the seas were 8to 12 feet high.

The crew of Moonshine shot off a flare, and the res-cue crews located the disabled sailboat and deter-mined no one was injured. The motor lifeboat crewtook Moonshine in tow. After a nearly seven-hourtransit, they arrived near Montauk, N.Y., and trans-ferred the tow to a Station Montauk lifeboat crew,which took Moonshine and crew safely to Montauklater that morning.

“If they didn’t have the EPIRB or flares, it would

have been extremely hard to find them out there inthe snow,” said Lt. J.G. Ben O’Loughlin, the watch-stander at the command center in Boston. For moredetails, visit www.cgvi.uscg.mil.

Coast Guard rescuesfour off Block Island

The battered 45-foot Mooneshine lies alongside a MontaukPoint, N.Y., dock after a seven-hour tow by a 47-foot CoastGuard lifeboat out of Point Judith, R.I.

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A French cargo ship with a crew of four capsizedand sank off the southern coast of Newfoundland Dec.2, the Canadian Coast Guard in Halifax, Nova Scotia,reported. The 100-foot Cap Blanc, headed for its homeport in St. Pierre & Miquelon, was carrying a cargo ofroad salt when it capsized without issuing a distresssignal, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported.

A search wasn’t launched until the ship was report-ed late in arriving, Coast Guard officials said. Diversreached the ship 12 miles south of Marystown,Newfoundland, before it sank completely and got re-

sponses to knocks on the hull, but no one emerged.Jeri Grychowski of the Canadian Coast Guard rescuecoordination center in Halifax told the Canwest NewsService searchers found one of the ship’s threelifeboats, but no survivors.

Two Coast Guard ships and a Royal CanadianMounted Police patrol boat searched through thenight and helicopters, and aircraft returned to the airat sunrise the following day, the reports said. Formore information, visit www.coastguardnews.com.

100-foot French ship sinks off Newfoundland


BrieflyLNG tanker loses power off Boston

The 920-foot tanker Suez Matthew, carrying 31 people anda full cargo of Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) it was carrying fromTrinidad to Boston, lost power late on the night of December27 and drifted for about an hour. The LNG carrier was escort-ed to a Broad Sound anchorage by the USCG cutter JeffersonIsland and two tugs, where Coast Guard inspectors and in-vestigators attempted to determine why it lost power. Thetanker conducted a successful propulsion test early on the28th. FMI: www.maritime-executive.com.

Cape show to highlight custom builders The Third Annual Boatbuilders’ Show on Cape Cod will re-

turn to Hyannis Feb 13-15 at the Resort Conference Center.This year, more than 40 exhibitors and a large variety of cus-tom-built sail and powerboats will provide a showcase of“Made in Massachusetts” boatbuilders. This year’s exhibitorlist includes Arey’s Pond Boat Yard, Beetle Cat, HowardBoats, and Marshall Marine. Points East is the media spon-sor for the show, so drop by our booth and say hello. FMI:www.boatcapecod.org.

1903 shipwreck found off Block IslandThe remains of a schooner that collided with a steamshipand sank near Block Island, R.I., 106 years ago has beenfound by Mark Munro of Griswold, Conn., and his SoundUnderwater Survey group and the Baccala Wreck Diversabout six miles southeast of Block Island. The two groupshad been searching for the bones of the Jennie R. Duboissince 2002. According to Munro, the five-masted schoonerwas the largest ship ever built on Connecticut’s Mystic River.The sinking occurred only 19 months after the Dubois waslaunched. The wreckage was identified in late summer 2007,but the discovery was not revealed until further investigationscould be made. The divers will present their findings in Mysticin February. FMI: www.soundunderwatersurvey.com.

Periwinkler dies on Lubec sandbarThe Coast Guard ended its search Dec. 3, for a Lubec,Maine, man who went missing Tuesday night while he washarvesting periwinkles at low tide in the Lubec Narrows nearEastport, Maine. Christopher Ferguson, 30, and Dennis Knox,both of Lubec, went to the narrows together but separated tolook for the sea snails. Knox later heard his friend yelling forhelp and responded by running to shore to get assistance.Two Coast Guard boats, a U.S. Coast Guard helicopter, aCanadian Coast Guard helicopter, a Maine Marine Patrolboat, Washington County sheriffs, the Lubec FireDepartment, and the Royal Canadian Mounted Police saturat-ed the area during the 17-hour search for Ferguson. The totalsearch effort included more than 60 responders and covered27 square nautical miles. Though the wind and seas werecalm for the search, the 20-foot tidal range and six-knot cur-rent, one of the strongest in the country, made it difficult attimes for boats to access the area. Cold air and water tem-peratures – 38 and 48 degrees respectively – complicatedthe search. FMI: www.coastguardnews.com.

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By Carol StandishFor Points East

Back in the bad-old days, we boaters and marinapeople thought nothing of tossing, rolling and drib-bling any old toxin and average icky stuff into theocean, bay, river or stream we loved to play in. (Imake a grateful exception for the habitually fastidi-ous) but basically, we just didn’t know any better.

Late last century, however, the increasing degrada-tion of coastal waters came to the attention of the fed-eral government, and in 1990, The Coastal NonpointPollution Control Program was established byCongress to be jointly administered by NOAA and theEPA (“nonpoint pollution” is governmentese for run-off). This program became the proud parent of theClean Marina Programs that have since been estab-lished in more than 20 states, Maryland and Floridabeing the first in the late 1990s.

According to the NOAA Office of Coastal ResourceManagement, “All the state programs encourage ma-rina operators and recreational boaters to protectcoastal water quality by engaging in environmentallysound operating and maintenance procedures.”

Some states are very proactive. In coastal NewEngland, Connecticut was the first to design andlaunch a voluntary state-certification program in2000. Maine’s effort got rolling in 2004 and RhodeIsland’s started in 2007. At the end of 2008, accordingto a survey by “Marine Dock Age”, Connecticut had atotal of 14 marinas certified clean. Maine boasted 15,and Rhode Island added a second in the second yearof its program.

ConnecticutThe Connecticut Department of Environmental

Protection administers the voluntary program andprovides a self-assessment check-list. When the mari-na operator believes the tasks on the list have beensuccessfully completed, a visit is scheduled for repre-sentatives from the program to confirm compliance.The state guidelines cover 15 major categories ofclean-up, everything from mechanical activities, andpainting to emergency management.

Mystic Shipyard, West is a certified Clean Marina.“We’re one of largest facilities to be awarded the des-ignation,” says owner, Jeff Marshall. Located on sev-en acres on the Mystic River, the yard is a full-service,year-round operation, with 22 employees and 350customers. The shipyard offers a broad spectrum ofmarine services, including shipwright, fiberglass,electronics, mechanical, rigging, canvas and steel.

Achieving the certification was “well worth the ex-pense and the effort,” says Marshal. “It was reallypositive move in the eyes of both the customers andthe crew. It affects everybody, and it’s safer.”

Some of the down-and-dirty details of the effort in-clude pre-sorting all trash for appropriate recycling,using more advanced (and expensive) tools like dust-less sanders, installing complicated catch systems forstorm water and other “gray” water, all of which cre-ate not only initial expenses, but also a higher opera-tions costs. “Collecting power-washing waste water,treating it and having it removed is the biggest andmost expensive operation. Hazardous waste is themost difficult,” says Marshal. “To think it all used togo into just one dumpster!”

Rhode IslandThe Rhode Island Clean Marina Program was de-

veloped by the state Coastal Resources ManagementCouncil with support from the R.I. Marine TradesAssociation, the Department of EnvironmentalManagement, and Save the Bay. It, like similar pro-grams around the country, is a voluntary initiative toencourage “best management practices to improvedaily operations.”

Management and staff at Point Judith Marina areall for it. Dockmaster Anne Skorupski loves her job.“We’re the first full service marina in the state to re-ceive certification,” she says proudly. The marina pro-vides gas, diesel, pump-out service, certified mechan-ics, winter storage, three docks and dry stack for 40boats. “We’re big on testing,” says Skorupski. “Ourstorm water and spill water is captured in a closedloop. Water samples are sent out.” Residue in the bot-tom of holding tanks is hauled off. “I am required toknow where the toxins are going. I have to sign astatement,” she says. “If a paint can is found in alandfill in upstate New York, it can be traced rightback to me.” (Most of it gets incinerated.)

The crew at Point Judith is not resting on their lau-rels, however. “We all were already environmentallyconscious. It was a team effort that we were reward-ed for by receiving the designation. Now we’re striv-ing to raise the bar,” says Skorupski. “Next we’replanning to install solar panels to heat the buildingand the pool and researching something called a ‘raingarden’ to filter water along the bulkhead.”

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guidelines for cleaning up, and, according to LisaCapone, press secretary of the Executive Office ofEnergy and Environmental Affairs, the state ofMassachusetts is proactive.

She writes: “a suite of environmental regulationsare in place to ensure that the marina industry min-imizes its impacts on coastal water quality [with] theCZM (Coastal Zone Management) providing regulato-ry and technical support at the request of the mari-nas − with CZM support always only a phone callaway.

“Since distribution of the Clean Marinas Guide in2001, CZM staff have presented at numerous indus-try workshops to provide direct education to industryrepresentatives. In 2004, as part of a comprehensiveeffort to assist marinas in tackling the pressurewashing issue, CZM awarded $12,500 each to CapeAnn Marina in Gloucester and Arey's Pond Boatyardin Orleans for the installation of treatment systemsthat will remove pollutants from pressure washwater.Each of these facilities hosted a demonstration proj-ect… [for] marina operators and state officials. Sincethen [more than 20] marinas have installed treat-ment systems and are now in compliance.

“In 2007, CZM, in coordination with MMTA, heldtwo regulatory compliance workshops that tackledthe industry’s main concerns…pressure washing,stormwater management, and hazardous materi-

als…. In 2008, CZM released ‘A Guide to SelectingPressure Washing Management Practices andTechnologies.’ In 2009, CZM will release a compre-hensive marina regulatory compliance checklist.Used…with the ‘Clean Marina Guide’, it will help fa-cilities come into full compliance.”

Charlie Swain was one of the authors of the 2001guide and had already been practicing “best manage-ment practices” at Edward’s Boat Yard in EastFalmouth for 20-plus years prior to 2001.Established in 1951, the venerable yard is located ad-jacent to the Route 28 bridge on the Childs Riverwhich empties into Nantucket Sound “We’ve had apump-out station here since the mid-1980s, probablythe first on the Cape, says Charlie. “Originally, Fishand Wildlife helped with that. It was a big improve-ment. Research people use our dock year round forwater testing.”

Swain continues to do all he can “Nothing goes intothe water,” he says. The next big step would be pres-sure-washing facility but to do it right would cost 25or 30 thousand. “That’s not easy in this economy,” hesays.

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By Charles J. HodgeFor Points East

This was the last leg of the Stonington (Conn.)Cruising Club annual cruise, which last Julytargeted Penobscot Bay and the Mount Desert

region and took place over several weeks. Two boatsplanned to extend the trip and go to Nova Scotia forthe first time. This was typical of SCC, a small club

whose members work closely together to improvetheir sailing skills. The following report is from thelog of Surprise, the Little Harbor 44 my wife, Cathy,and I cruise aboard.

We left Northeast Harbor on Aug. 1, at 5:30 a.m., tostart our first leg of the trip to Shelburne, NovaScotia. It is cold, about 60 degrees, with wind from theeast-northeast at 10 knots. Ken and Susan Packie

We cruised from Northeast Harbor, Maine, to Nova Scotia’s southeast coast, fromCape Sable Island to Halifax.

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sailed Golden Mean, an Able 45 foot sloop. We exitedthe Mount Desert region through the WesternPassage and steered 140 degrees M toward our firstwaypoint south of Cape Sable Island. We planned tostay well away from the mouth of the Bay of Fundyand the waters close to the southern tip of NovaScotia because of the remarkable currents that canmake navigating there dangerous.

During the first hour, we dodged lobster pots indense fog, which had arrived to stay for the next 24hours. Both Golden Mean and Surprise motor-sailedto maintain an average speed of about 5.5 to 6 knots.

This was not exactly like sailing the Drake Channel,but we were hoping that the sun might make an ap-pearance. It didn’t.

At noon, the wind was on the nose and was expect-ed to stay there, southeast, for the next 36 hours.There was a moderate chop slowing us down as well.We discovered a new noise from the top of the mastwhen the forestay moves under pressure after hittinga wave – sort of a creaking noise as if two metal partsare rubbing together under pressure. We’d have to goup the mast when in Shelburne to ensure the integri-ty of the masthead.

A richly hued sunset was one of Surprise’s rewards after a long, cold, foggypassage with wind on the nose much of the time.


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Golden Mean decided they did not have enough fu-el (40 gallons) to do the trip safely in these condi-tions, and Ken and Sue reluctantly turned back. Wewould miss their company, and we felt for them afterall the planning they both had done to make this tripa reality. We decided to keep going with a fairly goodcourse, about 20 degrees off the rhumb line with alee-bow current due to the ebb from Bay of Fundy.

It was a little clearer by 2 p.m., with visibilityabout a mile. The seas had flattened out a bit andsailing on starboard tack is quite comfortable. Windwas from south-southeast at 14 knots. We just tackedso as not to get too far into the Bay of Fundy with itsdifficult currents. I believed that we had crossed theHague Line.

The wind died at 7 p.m., and we motored in densefog using radar full-time with half-hourly chart plot-ter checks for position and to be sure our cross-trackerror is not too large. We have about three knots offavorable current.

At 8 a.m. the next morning, we were 15 miles southof Blonde Rock and about 25 from Brazil Rock. It wasfoggy and cold all night. There were vague returns,never lasting more than a minute or so, on our radarall night. We saw no traffic other than what we tookto be the Cat, the high-speed, car-carrying ferry trav-eling between Portland, Bar Harbor and Yarmouth,N.S. We had two knots of obliquely unfavorable cur-rent as we headed toward Brazil Rock. We needed tosail at about 100 degrees to keep a course over theground (COG) of 83 degrees M. This is a great placefor the tracking option of Auto Bob, our Ray Marineauto pilot.

We changed watches every two hours. This wasabout as long as either of us was comfortable watch-ing the radar with the visibility at about 100 feet; be-sides, there was a need to warm ourselves. This gotme fantasizing about how one might make a darkand foggy drink, as opposed to a Dark and Stormyone. I have decided to offer a prize for the best recipe.The prize will be a genuine picture, suitable forframing, signed by yours truly, of Nova Scotia fog. Mybaseline recipe is this:

Dark ’n Foggy2 oz. Canadian Club whiskey4 oz. Molson – or Labatt if you like hockeyGarnish with small piece of salmon.Drink rapidly – and often.The fog slowly lifted, and, just like that life was

good. We were surrounded with sea life – hundredsof whales, small ones, big ones and mammoth ones,tons of seals and porpoises and, of course, seabirds. Itbecame apparent that the mysterious evanescent re-turns on the radar during the night had been seamammals surfacing and diving. As the sun warmedus we started to peel some of the layers of clothing


from the previous night. We passed Brazil Rock at 3 p.m.,

in a warming and drying sun. Thefog descended again however, butthe sun had irrevocably buoyedour spirits. We finally motoredpast MacNutts Island and enteredShelburne Harbor, thus seeing theshore of Nova Scotia for the firsttime. We motored the five miles upto the Shelburne Harbor YachtClub (SHYC) and hailed them onChannel 16. They helped us dockand directed us immediately to thephone for Canadian Customs.

ShelburneThe customs officer, of course,

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It was Aug. 4, and we planned sail to Port Mouton,but first we refueled, shopped, and looked for thesource of unusual masthead noise. Dennis went upthe mast and discovered problems with the forestayconnection, which he quickly remedied. Our choresdone, we departed for Port Mouton, skirting several

large thunder storms, and passing the annualShelburne schooner races. We had a relatively briefsail, then the wind died and we motored about eighthours to Port Mouton.

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Also, the anchorages behind Spectacle Island werecluttered with fish-farm pens, so we anchored off theBeach at Carter’s Island. We were maybe 200 feetfrom the beach in about 40 feet of water and holdingwell. We christened the unnamed stretch of sandSurprise Beach. To get a sense of the terrain here, Ihave listed some of the local place names: Lost HopeIsland, Lesser Hope Island, Devastation Reef,Massacre Island, Coffin Island, Enrage Point andHells Reef.

Surprise BeachThe next morning, we explored “Surprise Beach”

next to Carter’s Island. It was absolutely beautiful,made of soft, white sand and close to deserted but forthe couples on Sweet Dreams, a new Perry-designedsloop we first met in Shelburne. Like everything elsein Nova Scotia, these new friends from Maine werehelpful and friendly, then we left through the EasternPassage, sailing past Medway Ledge to the entranceof LaHave River. Note: Green Bay, just west of LaHave River entrance, would be a fabulous stop in anortherly wind if there were no swells from the south.

The sail to the LaHave River was into the face of a16- to 20-knot north-northwest breeze. We eventuallyreefed and put in several long tacks. The trip waslong, slightly over eight hours, for only 32 miles sincewe were hard on the wind; but the sailing was goodand well suited to our Little Harbor. Dark ’n Stormieswere consumed with gusto after we anchored south ofthe hill on Mosher Island in an area known as SloopCove, which we had all to ourselves with a spectacu-lar sunset. We christened the beach in front of usBolero Beach in honor of Sue and Dennis’s boat.

Surprise lies alongside the float at LaHave Bakery, a greatlunch stop for cruisers.



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the first floor is a wonderful bakery with lunches fea-turing homemade bread and soups as well as a nicevariety of bakery items, and a craft store.

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LunenbergWe sailed to Lunenberg the following day – a nice

downwind sail after motoring down the LaHaveRiver. Cathy spotted a small hole in the jib at the lev-el of the spreader, and we saw that there were nospreader patches on this new composite genoa. Wetook the jib to the Yacht Shop and Marina on theLunenburg waterfront. They are affiliated with NorthSails, and they agreed to pick it up, fix it and returnit by 4 p.m. This was yet another example of the ex-treme graciousness of the Nova Scotians. We thenheaded for shore, toured the fabulous Bluenoseschooner (the only nonhuman member of theCanadian Hall of Fame), and had a very nice dinnerat Magnolias.

Aug. 8 was a relaxing day spent in Lunenburg, aWorld Heritage Site. We had a waterside breakfast,did the laundry, got some booze, found some replace-ment light bulbs for the boat, and picked up the jib af-ter a $65 repair. The weather was variable, with oc-casional showers. We bought Surprise, previouslynamed Minx, here five years ago, and we really lovethis town. We stopped at the local foundry and ob-tained a Lunenburg brass seal to mount in our cabinto indicate that this is the emotional home of

Surprise. This was the weekend of the Lunenburgfolk festival, but we managed, somehow, to miss all ofthem, but we’ll be back next year to make up for thislapse in judgment. We stopped to eat at The Knot Pubwith its perfect pub food and lots of activity. Then wewent to hear a man named Jeff Coats play and singblues at the Simple Moment Cafe.

We took off in a gentle southeast wind the nextmorning, and entered Mahone Bay after passing be-tween East Point and Cross islands, then inside LittleDuck Island. We then decided to put up the chute.This worked well until the sheet became jammed inthe turning block, and we had a Chinese fire drill get-ting it down while screaming along at close to 8.5knots.

Navigating in this bay for the first time was a bitconfusing because of the multitude of beautiful is-lands, but we got to Prince’s Inlet and the LunenburgYacht Club. They were full because they were hostinga J/29 regatta. It looked to be a very nice club, withfuel, water, showers and a restaurant. But we left andwere rewarded with a beautiful anchorage, all to our-selves, on the west side of Covey Island. We topped offthe evening with a nice meal and an outstandinggame of scrabble with Bach in the background andsingle malt in the foreground.

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Aug. 10 began with a quest for fuel and water. Weleft Covey cove and headed for Mahone Harbor, wherethe only diesel available was from a local gas station.Otherwise, this looked to be a small attractive townwith the three churches reflecting Nova Scotia’s his-tory of French and English control and later protes-tant immigrations. We then headed for Oak IslandMarina, where there was no diesel. Then we hit gold.We went to South Shore Marina at Hawkers Point inMahone Bay, a full service marina with easy docking.Here was a restaurant, The Red Fire, which lookeddelightful and should be considered for future gath-erings.

After fueling and watering, we had a lovely sail un-der clear skies through the islands of Mahone Bay,around Snake Island, and then to Chester, a busyharbor with active racing in a variety of classes. Noavailable moorings were evident, and the Yacht Club,busy with its races, did not respond to our hails. Wemeandered to the Back Harbor and tried to anchor insoft mud but just slipped through it. Then a water-front dweller called to us from his dock and providedus with a mooring, and his charming grandchildrencame aboard Surprise for wine and snacks. He wastypical of Nova Scotian generosity.

Sadly, the next day would be turn-around day: Weheaded off to Rogues Roost, just west of Halifax.Under blue skies we sailed gently out of Mahone Bay

between Little Tancook Island and AspotoganPeninsula, and had a very nice six-plus-knot sail allthe way to Roost Island. Entering Rogues Roost wasnot hard, though the entrance was indeed tight. Weanchored with three other sailboats at the northernend of the small pond that was quiet, isolated andbeautifully desolate. This was as far east as we wouldget and, we celebrated with a terrific chicken andboxed-wine dinner.

On Aug. 12, we began the trek home by way ofLiverpool, Brooklyn, Lockeport, and Shelburne,where we bid shipmates Dennis and Sue farewell andbegan the offshore leg to Provincetown. We clearedCustoms in Sandwich, then transited the Cape CodCanal and headed home.

Would we do this again? Absolutely. There is somuch to experience in terms of wonderful sailing,scenery and, best of all, kind, friendly people, thatseveral weeks allows one to only scratch the surfaceof the south coast of Nova Scotia. We hope, next year,to make a longer trip, at least to Bras D’Or Lakes andmaybe farther.

Neurosurgeon Charlie Hodge and his wife, Cathy, aneurosurgical nurse practitioner, live in Syracuse, N.Y.and sail out of Stonington, Conn. This summer, theyplan to sail on a friend’s boat in the Marion BermudaRace and cruise to Casco Bay in August.


By Thomas MooreFor Points East

The bilge pump nearly scuttled the whole deal.On Thursday, a full-fury summer thunderstormpoured 1.9 inches of rain on Belfast, Maine, per-

haps more here on the east side of Penobscot Bay sev-en miles away, and Urchin sat on the dual-axle trail-

er, drain-plug removed, shedding water like a down-spout.

Once I pushed my finger in the drain to be sureleaves or pine needles weren’t clogging it. No prob-lems. Then, just before high tide on Friday afternoon,my wife Leslie and I launched her from the town boatramp on Smith Cove in Brooksville. We backed the

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With wife Leslie calling out directions, author Moore backed Urchin and her trailer into Brooksville, Maine’s Smith Cove, inpreparation for sea trials for a prospective buyer who came all the way from Michigan to meet her.

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1997 Ford F-150 up to her: “Threeinches more and a little to the left.Hold it! Hold it! Whoops, just a bitmore.” Leslie gave directions and Ibacked the truck with the ball upto the receiver on the trailer.Safety pin. Safety chains.Electrical harness. Cable to trig-ger the trailer brakes in case ofemergency. All in order.

The whole rig – truck, trailer,and boat – was new to usjust over a year ago. The

boat is a C-Dory 22, a small cruis-er manufactured in WashingtonState with a devoted followingamong a small group of fishermen,cruisers, and lovers of just beingout on the water in a classy boat. Ithas a V-berth, a fold-down settee, adinette table, water pumped witha foot pedal into a sink behind thehelm, a combination diesel stoveand cabin heater for meals andchilly mornings, storage nooks,shelves, and a cabin door thatlocks – all the amenities of a farlarger boat packed into a trailera-ble 22 feet.

And she rides sweetly throughsome pretty rough water poweredby (usually) a 90-horsepower out-board or a pair of 40-horsepoeroutboards. She has positive flota-tion, but one item she doesn’t haveis a self-bailing cockpit, so a reli-able bilge pump is important sinceyou could float all the lines, thecooler, the sponges, and the flip-flops in the cockpit after a goodthunderstorm if the pump failed.

The pump worked fine all lastseason. It worked on Thursday af-ter the big downpour. It worked onFriday. It worked on Saturdaymorning just before a heavy show-er when I took the canoe out tocheck her one last time on themooring before the potential buyerwas due to arrive. I pushed themanual override button to test itand it hummed as usual and spatsome water out the pipe. No prob-lems at all to mention to the buy-er.

So on Friday afternoon I backedthe rig down the torturous twist ofasphalt to the lip of the rising tideat the Smith Cove public boat

ramp, and Leslie walked down theramp ahead of the trailer and gaveme hand signals when I couldn’tsee over the rear of the truck as

For one whole season, the Moores loved their C-Dory 22, Urchin, taking her tosuch places as East Barred Island in northeast Penobscot Bay, but then they re-alized she a little too much boat for them.

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the trailer wheels disappearedfrom view. “Pull forward again,”she said. “OK, straighten it out.Now straight back. About threemore feet till the wheels touch wa-ter.”

Last fall, on pulling Urchin forthe winter, we backed the trailerdown that same ramp into the wa-ter, positioned the boat, andcranked it up with the winch tothe front of the trailer. Then Lesliepulled out the wheel blocks, Istepped on the brake, and I put thetruck into drive to ease her up theramp. My foot on the brake pedalwent to the floor, the truck startedbackwards, and my pulse andadrenaline shot off the chart. “Nobrakes!” I yelled, but luckily truck,trailer and boat started up theramp as I gave it the gas and wedidn’t slide inelegantly and humil-iatingly down the ramp backwardsinto Smith Cove.

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So on Friday we launched her;on Saturday morning Ichecked her; and on

Saturday afternoon, after anothercloudburst, Rick, the potentialbuyer, and I took her for “sea tri-als,” a delightfully grand term fora test run in a 22-foot boat. Rick isa licensed captain, retired, wholives in Michigan on the St. ClairRiver between Lake Huron andLake St. Clair just north ofDetroit. His house faces the mainshipping channel that continuessouth into Lake St. Clair and thenon to Lake Erie. “A pretty goodslingshot, and you can hit a 1,000foot freighter from our float,” Ricksays.

He worked for Detroit Edison invarious capacities, including cap-tain of a Detroit Edison workboat,head diver, cooling-water tester ina laboratory, and master of inter-esting tasks related to the water.“We worked on one project to de-termine the lowest amount of chlo-rine we could safely use in ourheat-shedding coolers at the plantto accommodate groups who wereconcerned about the chlorine af-fecting the fish population,” hesays. “I plan to use the C-Dory forfishing, maybe to take my wife outfor a night or two in GeorgianBay.” Checking a road map, it looksas if Rick might be only a couple ofhours overland from Georgian Bay.Not a bad arrangement at all.

Rick clearly suffered from thesame addiction that I do, an irra-tional passion for boating, a blind-ing, impetuous, sometimes danger-ous, willingness to spend lots ofmoney on a boat. And he’s just asknowledgeable about the C-Doryas a potential buyer should be.

Tom and Leslie savored a lot of the romance of the sea aboard Urchin, alwaysenhanced by the passage of an historic schooner such as the Victory Chimes.But it was time to let her go.


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He’s an aficionado of the C-Brats site (www.c-brats.com), the web message board/forum/photographcenter created by C-Dory owners that offers encyclo-pedic information on every facet of C-Dory ownershipfrom bottom paint to electronics to diesel-heaters, todinghies, dogs, and from day-trips inside VancouverIsland to cruises on South Carolina rivers. Quite sim-ply, the site was why I bought the boat.

Rick and I had been conversing by telephone and e-mail for about a week, discussing equipment on theboat, payment options, trailering back to Michigan,why I am selling, and how to find our place inBrooksville, Maine. He made an offer – low, but it wasa very soft market, with lots of motorboats with for-sale signs beside the roads – and I accepted it.

This was Wednesday, and he said he’d drive withhis wife from the St. Clair River and plan to arrive onthe coast of Maine by noon on Saturday, about 950miles. And now we were on sea trials with the Suzuki90 cranked up to 5000 rpm and the #2 nun acrossfrom Castine whizzing by to port. All was well, andRick seemed to like what he felt and saw of Urchin.He idled her down to a trolling speed and we chattedabout Maine Maritime Academy, with the State ofMaine training ship in view on the Castine water-front, and I tell him of the imminent return of theschooner Bowdoin from its Arctic voyage. Rickpunched the port windshield wiper button and the

blade swished left to right, then the starboard wiperwent back and forth; he hit the horn and it blasted,and then he hit the manual bilge pump override. andnothing happened. We both turned and noticed,around the battery case in the stern, the slosh of rain-water the pump should have discharged overboard.The effing pump is not working. I get on my handsand knees and unclip the pump, spin the impeller,clean the intake screen. Nothing. Double eff. Is thisgoing to jinx the deal?

“It’s probably just a faulty connection somewhere,”Rick says to my intense relief. And he’s right, and heprobably knows how to locate the problem with one ofthose little testers with two wires dangling thatchecks the ohms or the watts or the volts or the am-peres of electrical connections. I can’t even use thewords correctly, but it doesn’t seem to faze him.Whew. Double whew.

Leslie and I have decided to sell the boat afteronly one summer because, well, it’s expensive toown a boat, especially with gas at the marinas

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Urchin served us flawlessly lastsummer, and the decision to sellhas been a constant hot topic be-tween us. Leslie thought we mightas well have kept her as a picnicboat. I argued that it was too muchboat to support for the occasionaltrip to Holbrook Island to ferry oursummer visitors to our favoritepicnic site.

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Last summer, wechecked out the ospreyson East Barred Islandseveral times, we didovernights at Bangor allthe way up the Penobscot,at Stockton Harbor, atFort Point, at WarrenIsland, at McGlatheryIsland off Stonington, atPulpit Harbor on NorthHaven, at a tiny inlet be-tween Trial Point andMoores Head on Isle auHaut, at Burnt CoatHarbor on Swans Island,at Somes Harbor at thetop of Somes Sound (on abrilliant Septemberweekend), and at OrcuttHarbor in Brooksville. We motored around countlessother islands in Penobscot Bay, ran throughEggemoggin Reach a couple of times, passed thethree-masted Victory Chimes under full canvas inJericho Bay, and were given two “extra” lobsters bythe generous captain of another windjammer whenwe were tied up at the Warren Island float after

catching a couple of theirmooring lines.

By the end of our seatrial, Rick was happywith the way the boat

performed. We backed ourtrailer down the ramp againto pull Urchin for the lasttime before she disappearedtoward Michigan. Rickcranked the winch, I wadedin and tried to center her onthe trailer bunks, and thenI eased her out of the waterwith the F-150. The brakesworked this time. “Pull theplug to drain her,” I saidthrough the sliding rearwindow of the truck, and

she spewed fresh water out the hole. And spewed. Andspewed.

We signed the bills of sale. Rick handed me a check.We attached the trailer to his Nissan Pathfinder andthey were off, Leslie snapping a final picture ofUrchin in the parking lot. When we arrived home andglanced in the back of the Subaru, we see the deflat-

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Rick called on Monday night. They were inSpringfield, Mass., and all was well. On Tuesday, heemailed that the boat was at home in Michigan with-

out a scratch. A retired professor from Maine Maritime Academy,

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The fatigue was just starting to set in, so in away I should have known it was time to bewary. I was returning from an enjoyable sailing

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help with sailing chores,so I plan my trips accord-ingly. No problem. We’vebeen doing it since mywife died years ago, andthe boat is rigged to beeasily single-handed. Itjust leaves a little less ofa margin for error whenMurphy’s Law of sailingmakes its inevitable ap-pearance. The Dragonfly,my 1990 Hunter Legend35, was performing well.Fortunately, I keep herpretty shipshape andthere were no malfunc-tions or concerns.

It was early July, andthe trip had been veryenjoyable and the weath-er unusually excellent.My good friend Elphishad met us in Falmouth, Mass., and she sailed to theVineyard with us. She had never been there, andshe’d been unable to make it on our last trip severalyears ago. Elphis was captivated by the gingerbreadhouses in Oak Bluffs, the shopping in VineyardHaven, and the charm of Menemsha. This year, wemet with Geno and Meg, mutual friends living inEdgartown, and that made for a fun stop over inEdgartown Harbor.

Elphis disembarked in Falmouth after a week anda half of seeing the sights, leaving Derek and I toslowly make our way home to Eliot, Maine. By now,Derek and I had been traveling for the better part ofa month, and were looking forward to recognizable

waters and well-known faces. I tran-sited the canal thenext day in greatweather, and enjoyeda spectacular sail toScituate Harbor,where we tucked infor the evening. Afterdinner ashore andsome relaxing, I de-cided to get an earlystart in the morningdue to a great weath-er forecast for the up-coming day.

We slipped themooring lines andheaded out at dawnwith the intention ofonly going toGloucester for thenext day’s run. The

sailing was wonderful under electric blue skies andcotton-candy clouds the entire morning.Massachusetts Bay quickly and smoothly passed by.Bad Decision Number One: I decided to press on forthe Isles of shoals rather than stop in Gloucester, andchanged course for the outside of Thacher Island. Itwould be a longer sailing day than I’m comfortablewith, but it was still early afternoon, and such a spec-tacular sailing day I just had to take advantage of it.

As I approached what should have been visual dis-tance to Cape Ann and the Thatcher’s Island lights, Icould distinguish nothing. No land. No lighthouses.No lobsterboats. The canvas was blank. After double-checking my position both on the GPS and on the

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Visibility was about100 yards. I was con-stantly clearing themoisture from my eye-glasses the wholetime in order to seeanything. Focus addsto the fatigue. MistakeNumber Two: PerhapsI should have felt myway into Rockport Harbor or Sandy Bay and called ita day, or turned around and headed back towardGloucester. At this point, I thought it was just a localfog bank and would lift as I got away from shore,north of Cape Ann.

Suddenly theweather alerts start-ed on the radio.“Severe thunder-storm cells in thearea of York Harborwith 60-knot gusts,dangerous lightning,and dime-sized hail-stones are travelingin a southwesterly di-rection. There are al-so some severe cellsreported near theHampton Beacharea.” Needless to say,I was attentive now.

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now about a third-mile. Possibly Mistake NumberThree: I didn’t feel comfortable heading into eitherRockport or the Annisquam or Merrimack rivers dueto the lack of sea room and numerous lee shores witha storm approaching. I pressed on, thinking if it did

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The Weather Alerts were now shrill and persistent.Next, my cell phone rang; it was Elphis, who hap-pened to be visiting with her family at a cottage onHampton Beach. She informed me the weather therewas not too bad, and the storm seems to have missedthem. I’m encouraged by the firsthand report, butmeanwhile, I can hear the thunder getting closer. Thefog is still too thick to see any weather systems in thedistance, but the air is heavy with thunder, the windis pregnant with rain, and I can feel the electricity.

On goes the safety harness, a little late, I know. Iroll in the Genny and double-reef the main, whichlasts for about three minutes. The wind is buildingtoo fast. The fog curtain is shredded by the wind, andnow I can see my adversary approaching like a run-away freight train. I drop the mainsail completely,and put on a few extra sail ties for good luck. I battendown everything. I’ll take my chances under barepoles.

The wind quickly builds, but I’m too busy to checkthe wind speed. The torrential rain starts with enor-mous drops and visibility is again diminished. Thethunder is loud, but there is still a delay after the re-markable lightning flashes. The motor is on, and wewere making just enough headway through the mael-strom to maintain steerage into the wind.Fortunately, the storm has built so quickly the seashave not had time to pile up yet, but there’s lots ofwind-whipped spray.

The Dragonfly is doing pretty well, so I put on theauto helm and duck under the dodger to avoid thehailstones that are now pelting the boat and my head.They look like small golf balls rolling around in thecockpit and make quite a racket when hitting thedeck. Obviously, the footing is very treacherous. I re-member very clearly yelling over the roar of the windat the annoying Weather Alert voice on the radio,“The hail is not dime size but quarter size!” I don’tthink he heard me.

The wind noise was impressive. The shrouds werewhistling like a haunted symphony. Then the light-ning and thunder occurred simultaneously, and I wasmaking a deal with my Higher Power: “Please spareme the lightning strike, and I’ll deal with the rest.”There was nothing more I could do but hold on, prayand wait.

The nice part about violent, summer storms such asthis one is that they don’t usually last too long. Thiswas no exception. God did his part and missed uswith the lightning, and the whole thing died down af-ter 10 to 15 minutes – a very long 10 to 15 minutes.The only thing missing was a rainbow. The Dragonflycame through unscathed other than one missing sailtie, last seen heading toward Provincetown at 50knots.

Amazingly, Derek was down below during all thisexcitement drawing pictures at the saloon table andsinging along with his favorite music. No problemthere. I don’t think he ever realized anything was outof the ordinary, other than the life jacket I made himwear earlier. He was a little concerned about whatwas for dinner.

The sun made an almost instant appearance, thehailstones melted away, and we continued on toGosport Harbor under sail again. I had picked up amooring before I realized everybody on the surround-ing boats was out on deck in their shorts and swimsuits having cocktails and enjoying the sun becausethe storm never hit there. Needless to say they werelooking at me very oddly: a dented hat, still in foul-weather gear, life jacket, and safety harness attached.I’m sure I looked like a strange, obviously paranoid,and weary, sailor.

Mike Pothier has been sailing off and on for morethan 30 years on a wide variety of boats. He presentlyowns Dragonfly, a 1990 Hunter Legend 35.5, which isberthed in Eliot, Maine. He sails with his son Derek(known up and down the coast as “Big D”) and some-times with Elphis, “The Hiking Goddess.”


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Another great Marion-Bermuda Raceis now in its final planning stages.Registration is open, and the new devel-opment programs are in place. Sowhether you own a monohull or multi-hull, start planning what you have to doto get your boat, crew, and shoreside sup-port ready for this year’s race.

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20 entries set for NYYC Invitational CupTwenty yacht club teams from around the world

have accepted the New York Yacht Club’s (NYYC) in-vitation to compete in the first-ever New York YachtClub Invitational Cup off Newport, R.I. Announcedlast August and scheduled to debut this Sept. 15-19,the event is for Corinthian (amateur) sailors repre-senting their yacht clubs and respective nations.

Racing will be aboard NYYC Club Swan 42s(www.swan42class.org), one-design racer/cruisers cre-ated by the NYYC in partnership with Nautor’s Swanto boost Corinthian sailing and promote increased

competitiveness within an owner-driver and amateursailing framework. The worldwide fleet of Club Swan42s currently consists of 46 boats, 23 of which areowned by New York Yacht Club members.

The event will be the most significant event thatthe New York Yacht Club has hosted in recent memo-ry. The New York Yacht Club ran the America’s Cupraces on Rhode Island Sound for 53 years until 1983,when Australia wrested the Cup from the U.S

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A couple of New Englanders are look-ing forward to the 2009 InternationalRolex Regatta March 27-29, at St.Thomas, U.S.V.I. Sam Fleet and his TeamAquarius (East Greenwich, R.I.) will bereturning to defend their 2008 title. Fleetwon the inaugural IRC 1 class with hisSwan 601.

For the victory, he was awarded lodgingat the Marriott Frenchman’s Reef hotelfor the 2009 event. Roger Sturgeon’s(Fort Lauderdale, Fla./Hyannis, Mass.)STP65 Rosebud also will be competing inthe 2009 edition.

“We will definitely be returning; how-ever it may be in a different boat,” saidFleet. “Continuing to build on the successof the Aquarius program, we want tocharter a grand prix boat for the 2009Florida and Caribbean season and racein IRC and CSA regattas throughout theregion. The winter season will serve asan excellent training ground for the 2010Audi MedCup.”

The International Rolex Regatta is fol-lowed by the BVI Spring Regatta andSailing Festival, which is held “right nextdoor” in the British Virgin Islands andlinks the two events to make VirginIslands Race Week (VIRW), now in itssecond year.

Fleet added enthusiastically that theInternational Rolex Regatta is “the bestrun regatta and the most professionalrace committee in the Caribbean.” Formore information about this event, go towww.regattanews.com.

Around in Ten, the singlehanded, around-the-world race in 10-footboats, scheduled to start this Feb. 10, may have a Mainer in its fleet.Steve Rinker, from Hampden, Maine, is a 45-year-old house carpenterwho also likes to build boats. He moved to Maine about six years ago,built a ferro-cement house with his partner Jenny, who has three chil-dren, two of whom still live at home.

His Around in Ten boat is called The Floating Bear. At one time, sevendaredevils had signed up for this event, but weeks from the start, onlytwo remain, the second entrant being Paul Boucher of Eastpoint, Fla.and his Flying Frog. The goal is to beat record set in 1987 by SergeTesta, who sailed 27,000 miles in 500 days in his 12-foot boat.

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Bermuda becomes a focus, or where to rent a life raftand satellite phone. The big picture is to welcome thatgroup of sailors who have always wanted to experi-ence an adventure like the Marion to Bermuda Race.The mentor program can help the potential new en-trant make the most efficient use of preparation timeby consulting with people who have been there anddone that before. If you would like to sign up for amentor, go to the Marion Bermuda Race websitewww.marionbermuda.com, click on “Mentor,” fill outthe form, and a mentor will contact you.

We have also added a social networking website –Race to Bermuda (www.racetobermuda.ning.com) – toprovide access to knowledgeable people who can ad-vise on the following topics: Gulf Stream, Safety andEquipment, Race Entry and Boat Acceptance,Bermuda – The Destination, Financial Commitment,Crew Management, Sail Inventory, Medical,Navigational Approach to Bermuda, Buzzards Bayand Marion Harbor, Provisioning, and ComplianceBoat Inspection.

This year’s Safety at Sea Symposium is scheduledfor March 28, 2009, and will be held in KresgeAuditorium at MIT in Cambridge, Mass. We havelined up a very experienced group of speakers to ad-dress topics of vital interest to serious sailors. The

event is sanctioned by US Sailing and will be moder-ated by Capt. John Bonds, USN (Ret). He will be as-sisted by Howard Lapsley, an experienced offshoresailor; Capt. Henry Marx; and several other qualifiedspeakers.

Local yacht clubs and sailing organizations shouldconsider putting a team together to compete for theiBoattrack Marion Bermuda Team Trophy. This tro-

David M. Caso’s Cherubini 44 Silhouette bashes to wind-ward at the start of the last race, in which they took 7th inthe Cruiser Division.

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We have a new individual trophy this year, the NewEngland Ocean Racing Trophy, awarded for the firsttime last summer during the inaugural running ofthe Corinthians Stonington to Boothbay HarborRace. Last year’s trophy was won by Jim Feeney fromthe Beverly Yacht Club and his 72-foot ketchKathleen. The winner of the trophy is the skipperwith the lowest combined finish in consecutiveMarion Bermuda/Stonington to Boothbay HarborRaces. So if you participated in the 2008 Stoningtonto Boothbay Harbor Race, go for it in this yearsMarion Bermuda Race.

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with a moderate breeze. The wind was from the west andwent from almost nothing to 18 knots all day long. Thecourse was compact and the competition very close with atleast one NASCAR-style turning mark that sent sailors swim-ming late in the seven-race regatta.Winning the regatta with two 1sts were Ted and son AndrewCorning of the Conanicut Yacht Club. And in 2nd place, justone point back, were Woody and Ann Bergendahl of the RamIsland Yacht Club. In 3rd place was Mystic River Yacht Club’sown Clemmie Everett sailing with Mallie Baffum. There are two races remaining in the series and the competi-tion is heating up. Details can be found at www.mysticrivery-achtclub.com.

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The introductory essay, “Celebration of the North,”is revelatory. “The secret that tens of thou-sands of Minnesota ice anglersshare is this: Ice fishing hasnothing whatever to do with‘sport’ or ‘fun.’ It is an exoticMinnesota rite of mortification,preparing the ice fisher for life’spangs, disappointments and tedi-um – it’s especially good for tedi-um.” Breining sums it all up in myfavorite partial sentence in thebook, “Perseverance bordering oncomplete inertia.”

As the photographs attest, he iswriting only partially tongue-in-cheek. My favorite section of photographs accompa-nies the essay, “A Home of Their Own.” The energy, in-genuity and imagination that go into the assembling(“building” doesn’t seem to fit; it’s too prosaic) of these“fish houses” is startling. No less than the MinnesotaSupreme Court has confirmed that ‘no single worddescribes the simplicity or complexity, the amount ofspace or the lack of space, or the presence of ameni-ties or the lack of amenities that may exist in a fishhouse.’ ” Fourteen pages of photographs (many ofthem bursting with multiple images) of fish houses,both inside and out, from the elaborate to the absurd,will drop your jaw, if not get you to your nearestfrozen lake to check it out for yourself.

The final essay, appropriately titled “Theater of theAbsurd” comments on some of the public celebrations

of the pastime. Breining comments: “Ice fishing is theonly sport I can think of …that routinely, knowinglyengages in self-parody. All fishermen have contests…What they don’t have is irony.”

For instance, the Brainerd (Minn.) Jaycees IceFishing Extravaganza brings out15,000 people. The Fish HouseParade in Aitkin, Minn., attracts atleast 10,000 spectators. The play,“Guys on Ice,” which is full of “snap-py musical outpourings,” packs the-aters.

That is not to say thatMinnesota has a corner on themarket for this squirrelly amuse-ment. The pictures documentthat ice fishing is indulged inmost of the northern tier of theUnited States, from Montana to

Maine and New Hampshire (check out theshenanigans on Winnipesaukee and Sebago) and inalmost all of Canada, Scandinavia and Russia. Russiaholds an international tournament. Other countriesprobably do, too. I just don’t remember.

The spirit of this exuberant book is beautifully ex-pressed on the very last page. “When, finally, the sunclimbs, the weather warms, and – knowing that icefishermen can’t be trusted to regulate themselves –the law requires us to chop the fish houses free fromthe surface of the lakes, winter anglers tow their sea-sonal homes ashore to resume life once again amongthe well-adjusted.”

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February Tides

01 02:46 AM 6.9 H 09:15 AM 0.2 L 03:17 PM 6.1 H 09:25 PM 0.3 L

02 03:36 AM 6.8 H 10:12 AM 0.2 L 04:15 PM 5.9 H 10:21 PM 0.5 L

03 04:34 AM 6.8 H 11:17 AM 0.3 L 05:19 PM 5.7 H 11:24 PM 0.6 L

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06 01:38 AM 0.3 L 07:53 AM 7.2 H 02:31 PM -0.3 L 08:33 PM 6.4 H

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12 12:45 AM 7.7 H 07:04 AM -0.8 L 01:08 PM 7.3 H 07:22 PM -0.6 L

13 01:31 AM 7.6 H 07:52 AM -0.5 L 01:56 PM 6.8 H 08:07 PM -0.2 L

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17 04:53 AM 6.3 H 11:28 AM 0.8 L 05:32 PM 5.5 H 11:38 PM 1.2 L

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21 02:29 AM 0.8 L 08:41 AM 6.3 H 03:02 PM 0.4 L 09:09 PM 6.1 H

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24 04:38 AM 0.1 L 10:45 AM 6.9 H 04:58 PM -0.2 L 11:06 PM 6.9 H

25 05:17 AM -0.1 L 11:22 AM 6.9 H 05:34 PM -0.3 L 11:41 PM 7.1 H

26 05:55 AM -0.2 L 12:00 PM 6.9 H 06:09 PM -0.3 L

27 12:16 AM 7.2 H 06:35 AM -0.3 L 12:39 PM 6.9 H 06:47 PM -0.2 L

28 12:53 AM 7.3 H 07:16 AM -0.3 L 01:20 PM 6.7 H 07:27 PM 0.0 L

Bridgeport, Conn.01 12:57 AM 2.6 H 07:56 AM 0.1 L 01:15 PM 2.1 H 07:50 PM 0.2 L

02 01:47 AM 2.7 H 08:55 AM 0.1 L 02:12 PM 2.0 H 08:45 PM 0.2 L

03 02:49 AM 2.7 H 09:56 AM 0.0 L 03:19 PM 1.9 H 09:46 PM 0.2 L

04 03:59 AM 2.8 H 10:57 AM -0.1 L 04:29 PM 1.9 H 10:48 PM 0.1 L

05 05:07 AM 2.9 H 11:56 AM -0.2 L 05:33 PM 2.0 H 11:52 PM 0.0 L

06 06:07 AM 3.1 H 12:53 PM -0.3 L 06:29 PM 2.2 H

07 12:53 AM -0.2 L 07:02 AM 3.2 H 01:46 PM -0.5 L 07:22 PM 2.5 H

08 01:51 AM -0.4 L 07:53 AM 3.2 H 02:35 PM -0.6 L 08:13 PM 2.7 H

09 02:45 AM -0.5 L 08:43 AM 3.2 H 03:22 PM -0.6 L 09:04 PM 2.8 H

10 03:37 AM -0.6 L 09:32 AM 3.1 H 04:07 PM -0.6 L 09:54 PM 3.0 H

11 04:28 AM -0.5 L 10:20 AM 2.9 H 04:52 PM -0.5 L 10:44 PM 3.0 H

12 05:20 AM -0.4 L 11:08 AM 2.7 H 05:38 PM -0.3 L 11:33 PM 3.0 H

13 06:13 AM -0.2 L 11:56 AM 2.5 H 06:25 PM -0.1 L

14 12:23 AM 2.9 H 07:09 AM -0.1 L 12:46 PM 2.2 H 07:16 PM 0.1 L

15 01:14 AM 2.7 H 08:07 AM 0.1 L 01:40 PM 2.0 H 08:11 PM 0.3 L

16 02:11 AM 2.6 H 09:06 AM 0.2 L 02:40 PM 1.8 H 09:08 PM 0.5 L

17 03:14 AM 2.4 H 10:05 AM 0.3 L 03:46 PM 1.8 H 10:08 PM 0.6 L

18 04:20 AM 2.4 H 11:02 AM 0.4 L 04:52 PM 1.8 H 11:06 PM 0.6 L

19 05:21 AM 2.4 H 11:56 AM 0.4 L 05:49 PM 1.9 H

20 12:01 AM 0.5 L 06:14 AM 2.4 H 12:43 PM 0.3 L 06:36 PM 2.0 H

21 12:51 AM 0.4 L 06:59 AM 2.5 H 01:25 PM 0.2 L 07:19 PM 2.2 H

22 01:35 AM 0.3 L 07:39 AM 2.6 H 02:03 PM 0.1 L 07:59 PM 2.3 H

23 02:15 AM 0.2 L 08:17 AM 2.6 H 02:39 PM 0.0 L 08:37 PM 2.5 H

24 02:54 AM 0.0 L 08:54 AM 2.7 H 03:14 PM -0.1 L 09:15 PM 2.6 H

25 03:33 AM -0.1 L 09:30 AM 2.7 H 03:49 PM -0.2 L 09:51 PM 2.7 H

26 04:14 AM -0.1 L 10:07 AM 2.6 H 04:25 PM -0.1 L 10:26 PM 2.8 H

27 04:57 AM -0.2 L 10:44 AM 2.5 H 05:02 PM -0.1 L 11:02 PM 2.9 H

28 05:44 AM -0.2 L 11:24 AM 2.4 H 05:43 PM 0.0 L 11:41 PM 2.9 H

New London, Conn.

01 04:48 AM 0.1 L 11:45 AM 2.9 H 04:58 PM -0.2 L

02 12:07 AM 3.4 H 05:43 AM 0.2 L 12:38 PM 2.8 H 05:50 PM -0.1 L

03 01:04 AM 3.4 H 07:01 AM 0.4 L 01:38 PM 2.7 H 06:55 PM -0.1 L

04 02:08 AM 3.5 H 08:46 AM 0.3 L 02:44 PM 2.8 H 08:10 PM -0.1 L

05 03:18 AM 3.6 H 10:04 AM 0.1 L 03:53 PM 3.0 H 09:22 PM -0.3 L

06 04:28 AM 3.8 H 11:03 AM -0.1 L 04:57 PM 3.3 H 10:28 PM -0.5 L

07 05:30 AM 4.1 H 11:55 AM -0.4 L 05:55 PM 3.7 H 11:29 PM -0.7 L

08 06:25 AM 4.3 H 12:42 PM -0.6 L 06:48 PM 4.0 H

09 12:27 AM -0.8 L 07:15 AM 4.4 H 01:24 PM -0.7 L 07:38 PM 4.2 H

10 01:21 AM -0.9 L 08:03 AM 4.3 H 02:03 PM -0.8 L 08:26 PM 4.3 H

11 02:11 AM -0.9 L 08:51 AM 4.1 H 02:39 PM -0.7 L 09:14 PM 4.3 H

12 02:56 AM -0.7 L 09:38 AM 3.9 H 03:12 PM -0.6 L 10:02 PM 4.1 H

13 03:39 AM -0.5 L 10:25 AM 3.5 H 03:46 PM -0.4 L 10:51 PM 3.8 H

14 04:21 AM -0.2 L 11:13 AM 3.2 H 04:21 PM -0.1 L 11:40 PM 3.5 H

15 05:05 AM 0.2 L 12:00 PM 2.8 H 05:01 PM 0.1 L

16 12:30 AM 3.2 H 05:57 AM 0.5 L 12:50 PM 2.5 H 05:48 PM 0.4 L

17 01:24 AM 2.9 H 07:12 AM 0.7 L 01:44 PM 2.3 H 06:49 PM 0.5 L

18 02:25 AM 2.7 H 08:52 AM 0.8 L 02:46 PM 2.3 H 08:07 PM 0.6 L

19 03:34 AM 2.7 H 09:53 AM 0.7 L 03:52 PM 2.3 H 09:22 PM 0.5 L

20 04:36 AM 2.8 H 10:38 AM 0.5 L 04:50 PM 2.5 H 10:20 PM 0.4 L

21 05:25 AM 2.9 H 11:18 AM 0.3 L 05:37 PM 2.8 H 11:10 PM 0.2 L

22 06:05 AM 3.1 H 11:55 AM 0.1 L 06:17 PM 3.1 H 11:55 PM 0.0 L

23 06:40 AM 3.3 H 12:31 PM -0.1 L 06:53 PM 3.3 H

24 12:38 AM -0.1 L 07:14 AM 3.5 H 01:04 PM -0.2 L 07:28 PM 3.5 H

25 01:17 AM -0.3 L 07:49 AM 3.5 H 01:36 PM -0.3 L 08:03 PM 3.7 H

26 01:55 AM -0.3 L 08:26 AM 3.6 H 02:07 PM -0.4 L 08:41 PM 3.7 H

27 02:31 AM -0.4 L 09:05 AM 3.5 H 02:38 PM -0.4 L 09:21 PM 3.8 H

28 03:07 AM -0.3 L 09:48 AM 3.4 H 03:11 PM -0.4 L 10:05 PM 3.8 H

Newport, R.I.01 02:50 AM 9.8 H 09:09 AM 0.4 L 03:15 PM 9.1 H 09:26 PM 0.5 L

02 03:38 AM 9.9 H 10:02 AM 0.4 L 04:09 PM 8.8 H 10:17 PM 0.8 L

03 04:31 AM 9.9 H 11:01 AM 0.4 L 05:09 PM 8.5 H 11:15 PM 0.9 L

04 05:30 AM 10.0 H 12:04 PM 0.3 L 06:13 PM 8.5 H

05 12:17 AM 0.9 L 06:33 AM 10.2 H 01:09 PM 0.0 L 07:20 PM 8.6 H

06 01:21 AM 0.7 L 07:38 AM 10.6 H 02:12 PM -0.4 L 08:25 PM 9.0 H

07 02:23 AM 0.3 L 08:41 AM 11.0 H 03:11 PM -0.9 L 09:25 PM 9.5 H

08 03:23 AM -0.2 L 09:40 AM 11.4 H 04:05 PM -1.3 L 10:20 PM 10.0 H

09 04:18 AM -0.7 L 10:35 AM 11.6 H 04:56 PM -1.6 L 11:11 PM 10.5 H

10 05:11 AM -1.0 L 11:27 AM 11.6 H 05:45 PM -1.6 L

11 12:00 AM 10.8 H 06:02 AM -1.1 L 12:17 PM 11.4 H 06:31 PM -1.4 L

12 12:46 AM 10.9 H 06:52 AM -1.0 L 01:06 PM 11.0 H 07:17 PM -1.0 L

13 01:32 AM 10.7 H 07:41 AM -0.7 L 01:54 PM 10.4 H 08:02 PM -0.4 L

14 02:18 AM 10.4 H 08:31 AM -0.3 L 02:44 PM 9.7 H 08:48 PM 0.2 L

15 03:05 AM 10.0 H 09:22 AM 0.3 L 03:35 PM 9.0 H 09:37 PM 0.9 L

16 03:54 AM 9.6 H 10:16 AM 0.8 L 04:29 PM 8.3 H 10:28 PM 1.5 L

17 04:47 AM 9.2 H 11:14 AM 1.2 L 05:28 PM 7.9 H 11:24 PM 1.9 L

18 05:45 AM 8.9 H 12:15 PM 1.5 L 06:30 PM 7.7 H

19 12:23 AM 2.1 L 06:45 AM 8.8 H 01:17 PM 1.5 L 07:31 PM 7.7 H

20 01:21 AM 2.1 L 07:43 AM 8.9 H 02:13 PM 1.3 L 08:27 PM 7.9 H

21 02:15 AM 1.8 L 08:36 AM 9.2 H 03:01 PM 1.0 L 09:15 PM 8.2 H

22 03:04 AM 1.5 L 09:23 AM 9.5 H 03:43 PM 0.7 L 09:57 PM 8.6 H

23 03:48 AM 1.1 L 10:05 AM 9.8 H 04:21 PM 0.3 L 10:35 PM 9.0 H

24 04:30 AM 0.7 L 10:45 AM 10.0 H 04:58 PM 0.1 L 11:11 PM 9.4 H

25 05:10 AM 0.3 L 11:23 AM 10.2 H 05:34 PM -0.1 L 11:46 PM 9.7 H

26 05:50 AM 0.0 L 12:01 PM 10.2 H 06:11 PM -0.2 L

27 12:21 AM 10.0 H 06:30 AM -0.2 L 12:40 PM 10.1 H 06:49 PM -0.2 L

28 12:58 AM 10.2 H 07:12 AM -0.3 L 01:21 PM 9.9 H 07:29 PM 0.0 L

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Port Reference Time Corrections Height Corrections

Maine/ New Hampshire

Stonington Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 8 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.91, Low *0.90

Rockland Bar Harbor High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 6 min., High *0.93, Low *1.03

Boothbay Harbor Portland High -0 hr. 6 min., Low -0 hr. 8 min., High *0.97, Low *0.97

Kennebunkport Portland High +0 hr. 7 min., Low +0 hr. 5 min., High *0.97, Low *1.00

Portsmouth Portland High +0 hr. 22 min., Low +0 hr. 17 min., High *0.86, Low *0.86

Massachusetts

Gloucester Boston High +0 hr. 0 min., Low -0 hr. 4 min., High *0.93, Low *0.97

Plymouth Boston High +0 hr. 4 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High *1.03, Low *1.00

Scituate Boston High +0 hr. 3 min., Low -0 hr. 1 min., High *0.95, Low *1.03

Provincetown Boston High +0 hr. 16 min., Low +0 hr. 18 min., High *0.95, Low *0.95

Marion Newport High +0 hr. 10 min., Low +0 hr. 12 min., High *1.13, Low *1.29

Woods Hole Newport High +0 hr. 32 min., Low +2 hr. 21 min., High *0.40, Low *0.40

Rhode Island

Westerly New London High -0 hr. 21 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High *1.02, Low *1.00

Point Judith Newport High -0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 32 min., High *0.87, Low *0.54

East Greenwich Newport High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 3 min., High *1.14, Low *1.14

Bristol Newport High +0 hr. 13 min., Low +0 hr. 0 min., High *1.16, Low *1.14

Connecticut

Stamford Bridgeport High +0 hr. 3 min., Low +0 hr. 8 min., High *1.07, Low *1.08

New Haven Bridgeport High -0 hr. 4 min., Low -0 hr. 7 min., High *0.91, Low *0.96

Branford Bridgeport High -0 hr. 5 min., Low -0 hr. 13 min., High *0.87, Low *0.96

Saybrook Jetty New London High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 45 min., High *1.36, Low *1.35

Saybrook Point New London High +1 hr. 11 min., Low +0 hr. 53 min., High *1.24, Low *1.25

Mystic Boston High +0 hr. 1 min., Low +0 hr. 2 min., High *1.01, Low *0.97

Westport Newport High +0 hr. 9 min., Low +0 hr. 33 min., High *0.85, Low *0.85

Corrections for other ports

01 02:31 AM 9.4 H 08:45 AM 0.4 L 02:54 PM 8.7 H 09:01 PM 0.4 L

02 03:18 AM 9.5 H 09:39 AM 0.4 L 03:49 PM 8.4 H 09:52 PM 0.7 L

03 04:11 AM 9.5 H 10:39 AM 0.4 L 04:50 PM 8.1 H 10:51 PM 0.9 L

04 05:12 AM 9.6 H 11:46 AM 0.3 L 05:59 PM 8.0 H 11:57 PM 0.9 L

05 06:19 AM 9.8 H 12:56 PM 0.0 L 07:11 PM 8.2 H

06 01:05 AM 0.8 L 07:27 AM 10.1 H 02:03 PM -0.4 L 08:18 PM 8.6 H

07 02:12 AM 0.4 L 08:32 AM 10.5 H 03:03 PM -0.9 L 09:18 PM 9.2 H

08 03:13 AM -0.2 L 09:32 AM 10.9 H 03:58 PM -1.3 L 10:12 PM 9.7 H

09 04:09 AM -0.6 L 10:27 AM 11.2 H 04:49 PM -1.6 L 11:03 PM 10.1 H

10 05:03 AM -1.0 L 11:18 AM 11.2 H 05:37 PM -1.6 L 11:51 PM 10.4 H

11 05:54 AM -1.1 L 12:08 PM 11.0 H 06:23 PM -1.4 L

12 12:37 AM 10.4 H 06:44 AM -1.0 L 12:57 PM 10.5 H 07:08 PM -1.0 L

13 01:23 AM 10.3 H 07:34 AM -0.7 L 01:46 PM 9.9 H 07:54 PM -0.4 L

14 02:09 AM 10.0 H 08:24 AM -0.3 L 02:36 PM 9.2 H 08:41 PM 0.3 L

15 02:57 AM 9.6 H 09:17 AM 0.2 L 03:29 PM 8.5 H 09:30 PM 0.9 L

16 03:47 AM 9.1 H 10:14 AM 0.7 L 04:26 PM 7.9 H 10:23 PM 1.5 L

17 04:42 AM 8.7 H 11:15 AM 1.1 L 05:28 PM 7.5 H 11:22 PM 1.9 L

18 05:42 AM 8.5 H 12:19 PM 1.3 L 06:32 PM 7.3 H

19 12:24 AM 2.0 L 06:43 AM 8.4 H 01:20 PM 1.2 L 07:33 PM 7.4 H

20 01:24 AM 1.9 L 07:41 AM 8.6 H 02:14 PM 1.0 L 08:26 PM 7.6 H

21 02:17 AM 1.7 L 08:33 AM 8.8 H 03:01 PM 0.8 L 09:12 PM 8.0 H

22 03:04 AM 1.4 L 09:18 AM 9.1 H 03:42 PM 0.5 L 09:52 PM 8.3 H

23 03:45 AM 1.0 L 09:58 AM 9.4 H 04:17 PM 0.3 L 10:27 PM 8.7 H

24 04:23 AM 0.6 L 10:35 AM 9.6 H 04:50 PM 0.1 L 11:00 PM 9.0 H

25 04:59 AM 0.3 L 11:10 AM 9.7 H 05:22 PM -0.1 L 11:32 PM 9.3 H

26 05:34 AM 0.1 L 11:46 AM 9.7 H 05:54 PM -0.1 L

27 12:05 AM 9.6 H 06:12 AM -0.1 L 12:23 PM 9.6 H 06:29 PM -0.1 L

28 12:40 AM 9.8 H 06:52 AM -0.2 L 01:03 PM 9.4 H 07:07 PM 0.0 L

Portland, Maine01 02:11 AM 11.0 H 08:27 AM 0.6 L 02:35 PM 10.4 H 08:43 PM 0.8 L

02 02:58 AM 11.1 H 09:20 AM 0.7 L 03:29 PM 10.0 H 09:35 PM 1.0 L

03 03:52 AM 11.1 H 10:20 AM 0.7 L 04:30 PM 9.7 H 10:34 PM 1.3 L

04 04:54 AM 11.1 H 11:28 AM 0.6 L 05:39 PM 9.6 H 11:42 PM 1.3 L

05 06:02 AM 11.3 H 12:38 PM 0.3 L 06:49 PM 9.8 H

06 12:52 AM 1.1 L 07:10 AM 11.7 H 01:44 PM -0.2 L 07:56 PM 10.3 H

07 01:58 AM 0.6 L 08:14 AM 12.2 H 02:45 PM -0.7 L 08:56 PM 10.9 H

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Eastport, Maine

February Tides


The mate, Leigh, looks over the ruins of a small dory wrecked on the shore of Louds Island in Muscongus Bay.Photo by David Buckman

Island secrets of gravity and mystery

Islands play to sailors’ imaginations with particu-lar intensity, their estrangement from the mainand their vulnerability possessed of palpable ten-

sion and fascination. Anchoring under their protect-ing shores, we are drawn to fathom their secrets –find out what lies around the next headland, plumbthe tales of overgrown cemeteries, discover what haswashed ashore or is revealed by the falling tide – forthey are invested of appealing gravity and mystery.

Beachcombing along the southern shore of LoudsIsland in Muscongus Bay, breathless scarves of fogscudding low, the mate and I stumbled upon thewreck of a dory tossed up high on the unforgivingshore. There is an awkwardness and tangiblepoignancy to shipwrecks, even one as modest as thisbattered wooden skiff, which had lost any semblanceof dignity, though we could seen that it once had beenpossessed of a certain nobility.

Tracing the ragged edges of shattered planking andbroken frames with our fingers, a gentle wash ofbreaking seas sounded a hushed drum roll, andsqualling gulls wailed a haunting dirge from far downthe rocky strand. It was not difficult to imagine theviolence of its last moments in the inexplicable mawof warring seas and unforgiving shore that tore sheer-ing topsides from sturdy frames like the petals of a

flower.We sensed the drama of its demise, searched our

imaginations for answers, came to sympathy with theloss and hoped that there was no loss of precious life– looking for anything that would help us make senseof the destruction of this innocent and artful creation.We wondered what human flaws were revealed by thewreck, what sins of omission or commission con-tributed, mistakes made, material failures occurredor responsibilities were unmet.

And, I suppose, we studied it from the point of viewof being able to avoid a similar fate, clinging irra-tionally, as we do, to the expectation that life’s acci-dents, setbacks and tests of mettle may be avoided bycare and caution and we can let them pass us by un-sullied. To come face to face with such things on awild island shore, unfettered by the usual comforts,we can hardly escape the realization that, despite ourbravado and designs, we are frail sojourners of thesea and the tossing oceans of life.

Such moments are metaphors for all the questionsthere are no answers to – the precious, frail and un-fathomable things along life’s path, and we know it.That’s the compelling thing about sailing the greatblue ocean. It’s one of the few places in life that we areexposed and quieted.

FETCHING ALONG/David Buckman


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A little-known figure in the world of boats is the ma-rine-compass adjuster. He or she is of a rare breednowadays, tending to fly below the radars of bothrecreational and commercial mariners. However, de-spite the modern technologies of the global-position-ing system (GPS), chart-plotters, radar, and other elec-tronic devices, most all boats carry a magnetic com-pass, some as the primary navigating tool, others asback-up.

Bob Witherill of Belfast, Maine, has been a compassadjuster for more than a quarter-century, and lest youthink “below the radar” means a career devoid of dra-ma, adventure and exposure to the rich, the famousand the infamous, he will share the highlights of hisprofessional life with usover the next year in his se-ries, “Confessions of aCompass Adjuster.”

“Can you trust your com-pass?” was the heading Iused for newspaper adswhen I started in the com-pass business. After 25-plus years in the business,I realize that at times Ishould have asked myselfif I could trust my client.An example would be thekid who wanted me to ad-just the $39 automobilecompass on his scallopdragger, which periodicallyburst into flames while weran numerous courses and whose engine died yardsfrom the dock upon our return. Sometimes the life ofa compass adjuster can be a little too exciting. Butthat’s a story for a later installment. Let’s lay somegroundwork: Here’s how I got started in this busi-ness.

Getting started: One of the questions often askedme is “How did you get into this business? It is a goodquestion as there are no schools for compass work inthis country that I know of, and really no manuals, al-though some pamphlets have been written on how toadjust your own compass. In the U.K., one must sitfor a license to adjust compasses after taking a fouryear course.

I had owned many boats and having tried andfailed to adjust my own compasses had hired several

professional adjusters over the years to adjust mycompasses. So I knew about the process. I had justcompleted 35 years of college teaching and wantedsomething to do that pertained to boats. I was inter-ested in navigation and compasses, so learning thebusiness seemed like a logical way to stay involvedwith boats and perform a useful service.

One of the first people I talked with was Guilford“Giffy” Full of Brooklin, Maine, who is a highly re-

spected marine surveyor.Giffy was not very encour-aging. He felt that it wouldbe difficult to learn, andhard to break into the es-tablished compass adjust-ing group to get enoughjobs to make it worthwhile.However, I knew that theBelfast-Rockland area didnot have many adjustersand figured I could getenough jobs to keep mebusy (I still wanted time touse my own boat). Moreabout Giffy later.

Next, I went to my owncompass adjuster, Capt.Bill Rice of Yarmouth,Maine. He agreed to take

me on as an apprentice and teach me the business. Iliked Bill very much, and we became good friends. Ipaid for the instruction but really not very much con-sidering the amount of time Bill spent with me.

Instruction and training: I should explain tothose not familiar with the process, that adjusting acompass is correcting a compass that is no longer ac-curate due to the addition of engine, anchors, radiosand other equipment. The correcting is done withmagnets placed near the compass, both internaland/or external. Sometimes the external forces ofequipment, particularly with a steel hull, will be sogreat that corrected courses will be listed on a chartcalled a “deviation card.”

I started the instruction about two years before Iretired from teaching so I would be ready to start jobswhen I retired. I would go to Bill’s shop in the base-

Part I: Can you trust your compass?

Confessionsof a compass adjuster

Bob Witherill conducts compass-adjusting runs aboard the48-foot steel Prock Marine tug Alton A II.

Photo courtesy Bob Witherill


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ment of his Yarmouth house, where he taught meabout the inner workings of compasses. After repair-ing a few under his tutelage, he sent me home with awhole box full of compasses to repair. I did not have agood, warm shop in the winter months and, therefore,repaired the compasses in our bathroom. One time atiny spring flew out of a compass and I never couldfind it, but I think I know where it went. Just one ofmany lessons learned in the process.

Wheelbarrow boat: In the spring it was time tostart learning adjusting. At that time (1980), the useof electric gyros had come into use for compass ad-justment. These replaced the sun compass and theuse of the polaris as tools of adjustment. The gyroswere a great improvement for it meant that compass-es could be adjusted in the rain, fog and even dark-

ness. Bill wanted me to know all the tools though, andso I learned to adjust a compass with either a suncompass or a polaris as well as the gyro.

Bill took a wooden wheelbarrow and mounted acompass on the front of it. Then he put the gyro in thebox of the wheel barrow. Now I had a boat in the formof a wheelbarrow. And so I would trundle my “boat”around the yard and adjust the compass over andover. It must have seemed funny to the neighbors tosee us with a wheelbarrow and compass about theyard. But then again, I don’t think anything Bill didsurprised people. Bill loved people and had a greatmany stories to tell. After 25 years in this esotericbusiness, I do, too. Stay tuned for Part II of the com-pass-adjusting wars in the March/April Boat Show is-sue.

JANUARYJan. 29-Feb. 1 16th Annual Providence Boat Show,Rhode Island Convention Center, Providence, R.I. For de-tails, visit www.providenceboatshow.com.

31 US Sailing 2009 Racing Rules Seminar by North U.,Tabor Academy, Marion, Mass. FMI: Contact FrancineWainer at 203-245-0727, www.ussailing.org.

FEBRUARY5 New Inlet Boating Association of Boston’s SouthShore meeting, Marshfield Yacht Club, Marshfield,Mass. NIBA is for area boaters and sport fishermanfrom Boston to the Cape. Updates on Game Fish rules,regulations, migrations, legislation and industry news.FMI: www.nibaonline.org.

5 Carole Lambert, “A Passion for Sea Glass,” lunchtimeauthor reading and book signing, noon to 1 p.m. in Long

Reach Hall, Maine Maritime Museum, 243 WashingtonSt., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.mainemaritimemu-seum.org.

6-8 The Catboat Association’s 46th Annual Meeting, theMystic Marriott, Groton, Conn. FMI. www.catboat.org

13-15 Third Annual Boatbuilders’ Show on Cape Cod,the Resort Conference Center, Hyannis, Mass., sail andpowerboats on display under one roof, a showcase of“Made in Massachusetts” boatbuilders. FMI: www.boat-capecod.org.

13-22 Newport Winter Festival, Newport, R.I. A winter ex-perience combining food, music, and entertainment,with fun for all ages. FMI: www.newportevents.com/win-terfest.

14-22 53rd annual New England Boat Show, Boston

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Convention and Exhibition Center, Boston, Mass. TheBCEC is located off I-93 at exit 18. FMI: www.neboat-show.com.

18 Marine Radar, taught by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliaryinstructors on Wednesday night, 6-8 p.m. MaineMaritime Museum Winter/Spring Programming, 243Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.maine-maritimemuseum.org.

19 Mystic Seaport Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn.Bruce and John Abele, sons of the commander of theU.S.S. Grunion – a submarine which was lost at sea inJuly of 1942 – will show high definition video of thewreck to share their story behind the search for their fa-ther’s sub. FMI: www.mysticseaport.org.

19 Greg Rossel, “The Boatbuilder’s Apprentice,”lunchtime author reading and book signing, noon to 1p.m. in Long Reach Hall, Maine Maritime Museum, 243Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.maine-maritimemuseum.org.

21 US Sailing 2009 Racing Rules Seminar by North U.,Jubilee Yacht Club, Beverly, Mass. FMI: Contact FrancineWainer at 203-245-0727, www.ussailing.org.

26 Onboard Weather Forecasting, taught by U.S. CoastGuard Auxiliary instructors on Thurssday night, 6-8 p.m.Maine Maritime Museum Winter/Spring Programming,243 Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316,www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

28 Marine Industry Career Day, IYRS Newport Campus,449 Thames St., 10 a.m.- 2 p.m. Attend seminars onmarine-industry opportunities, meet with regional em-ployers, get information on careers and training pro-grams, see hands-on demonstrations. FMI: www.iyrs.orgor email John Freer: [email protected].

28 US Sailing 2009 Racing Rules Seminar by North U.,Yale Corinthian Yacht Club, Yale University, New Haven,Conn. FMI: Contact Francine Wainer at 203-245-0727,www.ussailing.org.

MARCH4-26 Celestial Navigation II: Sight Reduction of Starsand Planets, course instructor, Donald Murphy USCGCommander Ret. Wednesdays and Thursdays, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Maine Maritime Museum Winter/SpringProgramming, 243 Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

5 Twain Braden, “In Peril: A Daring Decision, A Captain’sResolve, and the Salvage That Made History,”lunchtime author reading and book signing, noon to 1p.m. in Long Reach Hall, Maine Maritime Museum, 243Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.maine-maritimemuseum.org.

7-8 Cruising Rally Association’s Ocean Sailing Seminar,

Newport, R.I., Cruising Rally Association, 2930Chesapeake Avenue, Hampton, VA 23661. FMI: callSteve Black at 757-788-8872 or visitwww.carib1500.com.

10-April 28 Advanced Coastal Navigation, taught by U.S.Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors on Tuesdays, 7-9 p.m.Maine Maritime Museum Winter/Spring Programming,243 Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316,www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

19 Mystic Seaport Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn.Cruising sailor Bernadette Bernon will share her discov-eries of Vietnam, its history and people. FMI: www.mys-ticseaport.org.

19 Bill Bunting, “Live Yankees, the Sewells and TheirShips, lunchtime author reading and book signing, noonto 1 p.m. in Long Reach Hall, Maine Maritime Museum,243 Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316,www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

20-22 Maine Boatbuilders Show, Portland CompanyComplex, 58 Fore St., Portland, Maine. A gathering offine fiberglass and wooden East Coast custom boat-builders. FMI: 207-775-4403,www.portlandcompany.com.

25 Marine Radar, taught by U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliaryinstructors on Wednesday night, 2-4 p.m. MaineMaritime Museum Winter/Spring Programming, 243Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316, www.maine-maritimemuseum.org.

25 37th Annual Walker Maritime History Symposium,April 25, 8 a.m.-8:30 p.m., to be held in advance of theopening of the spring exhibit, “Net Worth: The Rise andFall of Maine’s Fin Fisheries.” Maine Maritime Museum,243 Washington St., Bath. FMI: 207-443-1316,www.mainemaritimemuseum.org.

28 2009 Marion-Bermuda Cruising Yacht Race safety atSea Symposium, moderated by John Bonds, KresgeAuditorium, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,Cambridge, Mass. FMI: www.marionbermuda.com.

28 US Sailing 2009 Racing Rules Seminar by North U.,Wickford Yacht Club, Wickford, R.I. FMI: Contact FrancineWainer at 203-245-0727, www.ussailing.org.

29 US Sailing 2009 Racing Rules Seminar by North U.,Massachuetts Institute of Technology, Boston, Mass.FMI: Contact Francine Wainer at 203-245-0727, www.us-sailing.org.

APRIL16 Mystic Seaport Adventure Series, Mystic, Conn.Underwater explorer Barry Clifford describes the 28-gunpirate ship Whydah, found off Cape Cod in 1984, the on-ly authenticated pirate shipwreck discovered in Americanwaters. FMI: www.mysticseaport.org.


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DIESEL MAINTENANCE WORKSHOP Feb. 7Winterizing & getting set for the new season. The fuel system and how to deal with water or

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Few people have faced death in their line ofwork, survived life-threatening injury and re-covered, only to put themselves in harm’s way

again to try and save another’s life. Bill Cavanaugh ofNew Hampshire did just that in two of the worststorms to hit New England in the last 50 years.

Cavanaugh was serving in the Coast Guard inJanuary 1977 when a Mayday call came in from a282-foot oil tanker, Chester A. Poling. CaptainBurgess of the Chester Poling had just looked out therear porthole of the bridge when a giant waveslammed into the vessel. When the wave retreated hecould not believe his eyes: His vessel had split in two.

Captain Burgess immediately called out a Maydaymessage on Channel 13, followed by this transmis-sion: “We are six miles off Cape Ann! Don’t know howmuch longer we can stay afloat!”

“Be advised the Cutter Cape George is on the way,”replies Coast Guard Group Boston.

“We split in two!” shouts Burgess, “and don’t know

how long we can stay afloat. Not sinking yet, but wemight be any minute.”

“Are there any persons on board the other section?”“We have five members aft.”“Can you see the aft section?”“No, too much seas coming over.”The nearest Coast Guard station was Gloucester,

where the cutters Cape George and Cape Cross wereberthed. Upon receiving the Mayday, GloucesterCoast Guard asked all nearby vessels to proceed tothe scene and dispatched both 95-foot cutters, as wellas its 41- and 44-foot patrol boats to the rescue.Onboard the 41-footer was Bill Cavanaugh.

Cavanaugh remembers fighting 20- and 30-footseas as his small vessel raced to the aid of tanker. “Wehad just crested the top of a thirty-foot wave,” saysCavanaugh, “and I was down below preparing aStokes Litter [a wire rescue basket] when we plungedoff the face of the wave, the same way an elevatorwould plunge if its cables broke. I was literally

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weightless, then was slammed into the deck. I re-member looking at this pair of legs beneath my bodywondering whose they were because I couldn’t feelanything.”

Cavanaugh had broken his neck. The seas, howev-er, were so rough the skipper of the patrol boat could-n’t turn back until he reached the broken tanker andmade the turn in the lee of the tanker’s bow.

Cavanaugh survived the ordeal after a lengthy hos-pital stay of being in traction and weeks of therapy.And his fellow Coast Guards men on the larger cut-ters made it to the crippled tanker and saved six outof the seven men, losing just one tanker crewmen todrowning in the icy seas.

Rather than leave the Coast Guard, Cavanaugh re-turned to duty at Station Gloucester. Almost one yearto the date of the Chester Poling rescue, he was againcalled to the 41-foot patrol boat on a rescue mission.This time during the Great Blizzard of 1978.

The pilot boat Can Do was somewhere outside ofGloucester Harbor and in a Mayday situation afterhaving the windshield of its pilothouse smashed by agiant wave. The pilot boat was taking on water andCavanaugh was sent into the storm to try and find it.If Cavanaugh was thinking of his prior injury andcomparing this storm to the one that broke his neck,he kept his thoughts to himself and set back out tosea. Fellow Coastie Ralph Stevens, who’d been out ina patrol boat earlier in the storm, thought Cavanaughwas being sent on a suicide mission. Cavanaugh hadto answer the call, though, and out he went into apitch black night of blinding snow and 100-mphwinds.

Cavanaugh remembered the night like it was yes-terday: “We hoped maybe we could pick up the CanDo on radar, but even in Gloucester Harbor condi-tions were terrible. We hadn’t even reached thebreakwater and our radar was out. The waves were sobig that even if we’d had our radar, it wouldn’t havehelped much because each time we went down in atrough the radar would have just picked up the seasin the front and back, and above the troughs it was all

snow. “I had learned a lot from when I was a rookie on the

Chester Poling rescue, and that was to make sure Iknew when the waves were going to hit. Most of us,over time, develop a built-in sense of timing, so youknow when to brace yourself so your not airborne.The 41 wasn’t designed for those kinds of seas, andwe couldn’t get beyond the breakwater without beingkilled. At that time, there was no escape hatch in the41; those didn’t come until after a 41 capsized off theColumbia River and the entire crew was trapped andperished.”

Cavanaugh spent two hours in the storm searchingfor the Can Do, but the pilot boat could not be found.Although his rescue attempt was unsuccessful, heand his crew gave it their best shot.

Imagine if you had broken your neck onboard asmall boat in a storm. Would you go back on thatsame boat into conditions that were worst than thefirst time? Cavanaugh did. He faced down his fearsand did what all good Coast Guard men and womentry to do – go to the aid of fellow mariners in distress,putting aside personal safety.

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RHODE ISLANDBarrington: Barrington Y.C., Brewer Cove Haven Marina, Lavin’s Marina,Stanley’s Boat Yard, Striper Marina.Block Island: Ballard’s Inn, Block Island Boat Basin, Block Island Marina,Champlin’s, Harbormaster, Old Harbor Dock, Payne’s New Harbor Dock.Bristol: Aidan’s Irish Pub, All Paint, Bristol Bagel Works, Bristol Marine, BristolYacht Club, Hall Spars & Rigging, Herreshoff Marine Museum, JamestownDistributors, Quantum Thurston Sails, Sailing Specialties, Superior Marine.Central Falls: Twin City Marine.Charlestown: Ocean House Marina.Cranston: Edgewood Yacht Club, Port Edgewood Marina, Rhode Island YachtClub.East Greenwich: Anderson’s Ski & Dive Center, BoatUS Marine Center, EastGreenwich Yacht Club, Norton’s Shipyard & Marina, West Marine.East Providence: East Providence Yacht Club.Jamestown: Conanicut Marine Supply, Dutch Harbor Boatyard.Middletown: Freedom Yachts.Narraganset: West Marine.Newport: America’s Cup Charters, Armchair Sailor, Brewer Street Boatworks,

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Branford: Birbarie Marine, Branford River Marina, Branford Yacht Club,Brewer Bruce & Johnson’s Marina, Dutch Wharf Boat Yard, Indian Neck YachtClub, Pine Orchard Yacht Club, West Marine.Byram: Byram Town Marina.Chester: Castle Marina, Chester Marina, Hays Haven Marina, MiddlesexYacht Club.Clinton: Cedar Island Marina, Cerino Marine, Clinton Yacht Haven,Harborside Marina, Old Harbor Marina, Port Clinton Marina, Riverside BasinMarina, West Marine.Cos Cob: Palmer Point Marina.Darien: E&B Marine, Noroton Yacht Club.Deep River: Brewer Deep River Marina, West Marine Express.East Haddam: Andrews MarinaEast Norwalk: Rex Marine.Essex: Boatique, Brewer Dauntless Shipyard, Essex Corinthian Yacht Club,Essex Island Marina, Essex Yacht Club.Fairfield: West Marine.Farmington: Pattaconk Yacht Club.Greenwich: Beacon Point Marine, Indian Harbor Yacht Club.Groton: Pine Island Marina, Shennecossett Yacht Club.Guilford: Brown’s Boat Yard, Guilford Boat Yard, Harbormaster.Lyme: Cove Landing Marine.Madison: East River Marine.Milford: Flagship Marina, Milford Boat Works, Milford Landing, Milford YachtClub, Port Milford, Spencer’s Marina, West Marine.Mystic: Brewer Yacht Yard, Fort Rachel Marina, Gwenmor Marina, MasonIsland Yacht Club, Mystic Point Marina, Mystic River Yacht Club, MysticSeaport Museum Store, Mystic Shipyard, West Marine.New Haven: City Point Yacht Club, Fairclough Sails, Oyster Point Marina.New London: Crocker’s Boatyard, Ferry Slip Dockominium Assoc., HellierYacht Sales, Thames Shipyard and Ferry, Thames Yacht Club, ThamesportMarina, West Marine.Niantic: Boats Inc., Mago Pt. Marina, Port Niantic Marina, Three BellesMarina.Noank: Brower’s Cove Marina, Hood Sails, Noank Village Boatyard, PalmersCove Marina, Ram Island Yacht Club, Spicer’s.Norwalk: Norwest Marine, Rex Marine, Total Marine, West Marine.Norwich: The Marina at American Wharf.Old Lyme: Old Lyme Marina.Old Saybrook: Boater’s World, Brewer’s Ferry Point Marina, Harbor HillMarina & Inn, Harbor One Marina, Island Cove Marina, Oak Leaf Marina,Ocean Performance, Ragged Rock Marina, Saybrook Point Marina, WestMarine.Orange: Boater’s World.Portland: Yankee Boat Yard & Marina.Riverside: Riverside Yacht Club.Rowayton: All Seasons Marina, Wilson Cove Marina.South Norwalk: Norwalk Yacht Club, Rex Marine Center, Surfside 3 Marina. Stamford: Brewer Yacht Haven Marina, Czescik Marina, Halloween YachtClub, Hathaway Reiser Rigging, Landfall Navigation, Ponas Yacht Club,Prestige Yacht Sales, Stamford Landing Marina, Stamford Yacht Club, WestMarine, Z Sails.Stonington: Dodson Boat Yard, Dog Watch Café, Madwanuck Yacht Club,Stonington Harbor Yacht Club.Stratford: Brewer Stratford Marina.Waterford: Boater’s World, Defender Industries, Niantic Bay Marina.Westbrook: Atlantic Outboard, Basset Boat Company, Brewer Pilots PointMarina, Pier 76 Marina.West Haven: West Cove Marina.Westport: Cedar Point Yacht Club.

NEW YORKSag Harbor: Sag Harbor Yacht Club.West Islip: West Marine.

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14ʼ Catalina Capri 14.2, 1988With trailer. Great little boat tolearn on. Be ready for spring,buy now, clean her up and she isready to go. $1500. 207-751-0331 or email [email protected]

17ʼ HerreshoffBuzzards Bay Boat. Classicstyle. Built by the Wooden BoatSchool in Eastport, Maine.Marconi-rigged with a 3hpYamaha outboard. $14,000. [email protected]

24ʼ Bridges Point, 2002JUDITH, built by the JohnWilliams Boat Co. Daysailor lay-out. $75,000. Call 207-255-7854or email [email protected]

26ʼ S2 7.9, 1984Great racer/cruiser, fast and fun.Trailer, sails, stove, head includ-ed. Email for spec. sheet.$18,500 or best offer. [email protected]

27ʼ Pacific Seacraft Orion1982. Fully equipped & profes-sionally maintained. Hand laidsolid fiberglass hull. Bronze port-lights. This is a well found yachtready to go. $45,000. 207-244-7854. [email protected]

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28ʼ Shannon Sloop, 1980Yanmar diesel, roller furling main& genoa. New electronics, wind-lass. $54,500. Gray & Gray, [email protected]

28ʼ Albin Cumulus, 1982Race/cruise. Good. New cruisingsails, systems, paint; 10 racingsails, many extras. Dingy andkicker available. On hard,Georgetown, ME. $13,000. [email protected]

30ʼ Haven, 1977Wonderful double-ender, full gal-ley, head, sleeps four comfort-ably. $35,000. Atlantic BoatCompany, [email protected]

30ʼ Dufour Arpege, 1970Beautifully maintained, blueAwlgrip hull, recent sails anddodger. Teak cabin sole. 10hpVolvo diesel. $19,900.Robinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

32ʼ Freedom, 1984Very roomy and simple to sail.Enclosed aft stateroom, rare onboats of this size. 22hp Yanmar.$35,000. Robinhood MarineCenter, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

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36ʼ Sabre 362, 1996The Sabre 362 is a sought afterracer/cruiser in today’s market.Windfield has been yard main-tained and professionally caredfor and it shows. With her reli-able Yanmar deisel and Sabrequality build you need look nofurther for a preownedcruiser/racer to suite your needs.$165,000. New Castle, NH. CallKyle at [email protected]

36ʼ Intʼl 600 yawl, 1952Barefoot was the winner of the2005 Boston Harbor IslandsRegatta classics division.Professionally maintained byCrocker’s Boatyard, she wasbuilt in Bremen, Germany at theDe Dood Boatworks and is brite-finished with white boottop andgreen bottom. Mahogany overoak, lead keel, Sitka spruce hol-low spars; 2003 Yanmar 3GMw/3-blade Maxiprop; DickinsonNewport propane heater; Hallettsails (2003), all new canvas(2005), Harken roller-furling,backstay adjuster; Furuno radar,Garmin 2010C chartplotter.(Photo is sistership.) Lots of

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equipment. Ready to race orcruise. $35,000. Possible dock-age package at BostonWaterboat Marina. 617-523-1027 (Larry)

36ʼ Hinckley Standard Sloop1953. 2004 Westerbeke 30diesel. 2001 sails, new wiring,new electronics. Special $59,000Gray & Gray, Inc. [email protected]

37ʼ Hunter, 1998Fully equipped including Genset,heat/AC, Radar, autopilot. 38hpYanmar diesel. Superb condition.$109,500. Robinhood MarineCenter, 207-371-2342.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

37ʼ Fisher Pilothouse Ketch1978. Recent re-fit includingdark green Awlgrip, new sails,cushions. Espar heating, radar,inverter included. $90,000.Located in Eastport, Maine. CallRobinhood Marine Center, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

40ʼ Baba Cutter, 1984Heavily built, comfortable, oceanor live-aboard vessel built by TaShing. Much upgraded equip-ment including Yanmar turbodiesel, new fuel tank, Furuno1832 radar, dodger. Alsoequipped with Robertson LD au-topilot, SSB, GPS, Grunert re-frigerator/freezer, solar panels,sounder, roller furling, Avon raft,dinghy. Has made passages to

Europe and Caribbean. Locatedin Boothbay Harbor, Maine. Forsale by original owner. $150,000.207-633-0964.

42ʼ Tartan Sloop 1982West. diesel, updated S&S de-sign. New bottom, new mast,rigging, sails, & much more.Reduced to $105,000. Gray &Gray, Inc. [email protected]

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13ʼ Boston Whaler 13 SportAll ready to go fishing. 1989Mariner 25hp 2-stroke. Ritchiecompass and Eagle fishfinder.Bimini top and bilge pump. On anew LoadRite trailer. $4,475.Call York Harbor Marine Serviceat 207-363-3602.

17ʼ Eastporter, 1989Many improvements by yard2006. Must see to appreciate.$3,900. 1988 40hp Evinrude add$600. Jonesport Shipyard, [email protected]

17ʼ Boston Whaler17 Sport GLS. An uncommonclassic – 17’ Montauk hullw/molded fiberglas interior, sideconsole and vinyl seats. VHF ra-dio, Bimini top, mooring cover.1991 Yamaha 90hp 2-stroke.Pacific trailer w/spare tire.$8,750. Call York Harbor MarineService at 207-363-3602.

17ʼ Scout Boats Dorado, 2002Only 100 hours on great fuel-effiecent family/fish boat, 100hpYamaha four stroke, trailer.$14,500. 207-799-3600.www.theyachtconnection.com

16ʼ9 Boston Whaler Nauset1968. All new varnished ma-hogany rebuilt to Whaler specs2006. Dry sailed lake boat. Firstbottom paint 2006. New Morsecontrols and cables. Originalwheel powder coated. Originalwheel hub rechromed. Stainlessrails (bow not on). WhiteSunbrella full console cover, nosnaps. 1998 88hp Johnson pro-fessionally maintained. Trailer.Asking [email protected]

18ʼ Maritime Skiff 18902002. New Honda 90hp with 5-year warranty. Just re-riggedwith all new controls andguages. New Load-Rite trailer-single axle w/brakes. Ready togo fishing. $14,990. York HarborMarine Service at 207-363-3602.

19ʼ Boston Whaler Outrage1991. New Honda 135hp enginew/25 hours, full 5-yr factory war-ranty. New control cables, wiringharness and control box. Bluebimini top, 2008 Karavan trailer.New Raymarine A65Chartplotter with East Coastchip, Uniden Solara DSC VHFradio. Yard Maintained. $21,880.York Harbor Marine.

19ʼ Eastern, 2003Center console, 90hp Evenrude,power tilt, professionally main-tained and stored indoors. Lowoperating hours. $20,000.Atlantic Boat Company, [email protected]’ Pro-Line, 2003Center console with trailer,200hp Mercury, very clean, lowhours, t-top, cover, bow cushionand more. $25,500.

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21ʼ Duffy Electric Launch2001. Fully electric, full weatherenclosure. Quiet, stable, the per-fect platform for picnics or cock-tails on the bay. $22,000. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

23ʼ Palmer Scott, 1954Located in Mt. Desert, Maine.Fiberglass hull, gas engine.$16,800. Call 207-255-7854 oremail [email protected]

25ʼ Surf Hunter, 1967For immediate sale, $15,000.Famous Ray Hunt design builtby Mattapoisett Boat Yard (MA)hull #3 using cold molded ma-hogany for light weight andstrength. Five hours only oncomplete rebuild Volvo Penta265 gasoline engine. Delivers 6miles a gallon cruising at 22MPH . Top end is 29 MPH.Furano radar and many extras.Call Joel Flather – 401 635 9990or email [email protected]

25ʼ Sea Fox 257 CC, 2004W/twin Mercury 150hp.Saltwater Series. Demo boat.Full warranty. This boat isloaded. $39,900. CarouselMarina, 207-633-2922.

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26ʼ Back Cove Open, 2005This model is powered withcommon-rail Volvo 260hp diesel(only 220 hours). Sporting clarethull, she is equipped with a bowthruster and a stern thruster,electric anchor windlass, oilchanger, 1800W inverter w/ thirdbattery in bank, Raymarine elec-tronics, bimini top with enclosure(excellent condition), aft cockpitbench seats, swim platform,helm deck jump seats, electrical-ly operated engine hatch, elec-tric head & toilet system, three-wiper windshield system andmore. Asking $119,000. ContactDiMilloís Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

26ʼ Back Cove Pipe Hardtop2008. Just traded for a BackCove 33 and options like no oth-er on the market. Her galley in-cludes a 120V AC/12 VDC

fridge, stainless steel sink, mi-crowave oven and cooktop formeal preparation. A v-berth withdrop-down, inlaid table, sleepstwo comfortably; and her fullyenclosed head provides a spa-cious layout for maneuverability.Asking $149,900. ContactDiMilloís Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

26' downeast wooden boatClassic, with lobster fishing his-tory ready for fishing or familycruising. Designed and built ca1960 by Nelson of Rockport,Mass. 8'beam 3'draft. V-8 gasengine, VHF, GPS, videosounder, safety gear andportable head. Canvass andPlexiglas addition (not fitted inphoto) for enlarged, weather-protected wheel house. All rea-sonable offers for sale or tradeconsidered. Contact C. Gollrad,978-281-4104, Gloucester,Mass. [email protected]

Albin 27ʼ Aft-cabin family cruiser, 1990.New Price. Comfortable for live-aboard or ready to cruise.Perkins 78-HD turbo, w/577hours. Redlines at 4200, cruisesat 3000 at 1 gal./hr. New 96 gal-lon aluminum w/epoxy fuel tank.New AGM batteries, RaytheonRIOXX raster scan, Garmin GPS128, Horizon VHF. Marine grill,aft wx/curtain $34,800. YorkHarbor Marine Service at 207-363-3602 .

27ʼ Eastern, 2006In flag blue with white cushions.Evinrude Etec 250hp with greatfuel economy, Fortune canvas,Garmin Electronics, and loadedwith options, and less than 50hours. Venture tandem axle trail-er, with 4 wheel brakes.Reduced for fall sale. $64,900.207-266-2018.

29ʼ Back CoveHardtop express, 2007. Poweredwith the Yamnar 315hp (112hours) and cruises up to 25knots. Equipped with air condi-tioning & heat, bow thruster,helm deck trim package, anchorwindlass, Raymarine E120, 2kWradar, aft canvas enclosure, aftbench seats w/ filler cushion,Ultrasuede interior, compositehardtop, oil changing system,cockpit Sunbrella awning, fittedsheets, fitted mattress pad, fittedcomforter and all wrapped up ina beautiful flag blue hull. Asking$215,000. Contact DiMilloísYacht Sales, 207-773-7632 oremail [email protected]

30ʼ Albin Aft Cabin, 2004This family cruiser is in Bristolcondition and has been profes-sionally maintained since pur-chased by her original owner.She has a great electronicspackage and a reliable Yanmardeisel. Perfect coastal cruiserwith a full canvas enlosure thatallows for plenty of room for en-tertaining or just enjoying yourprivacy. Owner is motivated, sobring reasonable offers. Locatedin New Castle, New Hampshire.$139,900. Call Kyle, 207-439-9582.kpyy.net

30ʼ Pro-Line Walkaround, 1997Fishing/family layout, fish box,bait well, transom door. Cabin w/galley and head, sleeps 4.$39,500. 207-799-3600. www.theyachtconnection.com

32ʼ Morris Flybridge, 1998BHM hull and deck. Finished byMorris Yachts. Proven Downeasthull. Design and constructionfirst class. Professionally main-

tained, stored indoors. $235,000.Atlantic Boat Company, [email protected]

32ʼ Holland Downeast, 1989There is nothing out there likeSALLY G. She has undergoneextensive restoration over thepast 4 years. Since the workwas completed, state of the artSimrad Electronics, 23’ Pulpit,and Custom Tuna Tower have allbeen added. The tower and pul-pit were both done by RedmanMarine. Sally G will do 30 knotsand get you on the fish in a hur-ry with her 6 cylinder 315hp(1998) Cummins diesel(520hrs).This boat is for the serious fish-erman who appreciates thequality Holland design and nu-merous upgrades. (This boat isa proven Fish-Raiser.) $159,000.Call Kyle at 207-439-9582 [email protected]

33ʼ Pearson True North, 2004True North 33 is one of the mostpopular 33’ downeast style boatson the brokerage market. With ahelm deck that has easy accessto the large open cockpit andopening transom door for board-ing from a dinghy, swimming orjust carrying recreational toys.This TN 33 is equipped with theupgraded 440 Yanmar diesel,Mastervolt generator, air condi-tioning, bow thruster and Esparheater. Asking $215,000.Contact DiMilloís Yacht Sales,207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

33ʼ Robinhood FlybridgePoweryacht, 2001Yanmar 420hp diesel, 5kwgenset, Raymarine radar, GPS,autopilot upgraded ‘06. Darkgreen hull. $275,000. Othersavailable from $229,500-$475,000. Robinhood MarineCenter, 207-371-2343.robinhoodmarinecenter.com

34ʼ American Tug Trawler2001. This popular American Tughas been well maintained by her

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34ʼ Mainship Pilot 34, 2003Hardtop Cruiser, twin 280Yanmar diesels (200 hrs).Raymarine GPS & radar, wind-lass, generator, heat & A/C, gal-ley w/seating 4/6, head w/show-er, queen berth & sleeping 4/6.Immaculate. More. $155,500.Larry: 207-882-7041, or [email protected]

36ʼ Grand Banks, 1979Twin Lehman 120’s. Excellentcondition. Fully equipped forcruising. $115,000. Call 781-461-2692 or [email protected]

37ʼ Egg Harbor Classic, 1966True soul and authenticity.Engines are well maintained andrun strong. Interior is pristine,Captain owned, mechanic main-tained. Cruise 14 knts; 19 topend. Contact Kenny in Rockportat 207-236-2846. $29,[email protected]

42ʼ Duffy, 1997Heavy-duty, commercial pilotand tow boat converted to pleas-ure. CAT 3406E 800hp.Meticulous maintenance. First-rate construction and mechani-

cal systems. $250,000. AtlanticBoat Company, [email protected]’ Bunker & Ellis,1958ALERIA is prime for restoration.$134,900. Call 207-255-7854, [email protected]

43ʼ Sabreline Motoryacht1996. Sabreline maintained andup-dated like no other on themarket today. The Sabre 43Motoryacht differs from the normin that she’s constructed on amodified-V hull which allows herto run efficiently at much higherspeeds than you would expectfrom a trawler-style design.Performance aside, the 43 is aquality-built, double cabin cruiserwith full walk around decks andwell-arranged accommodations.Asking $319,900. ContactDiMilloís Yacht Sales, 207-773-7632 or email [email protected]

46ʼ Duffy, 2007Exceptionally able off-shoreboat. Cummins 670hp QSM-11diesel, 100 hours. Shorepower,inverter, generator, full electron-ics. Three staterooms, twoheads, great liveaboard.$595,000. Atlantic BoatCompany, [email protected]

47ʼ Novi Dragger, 1985Fiberglass Atkinson NoviDragger.43.8’ + 4’ extension.15.5’ beam, 6’ draft. GoodCondition. $135,000. Jonesport

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50ʼ Sea Ray Sedan Bridge2005. SHEGAVIN shows as newand is in absolute Bristol condi-tion. Powered by 730hp Mann’sshe has plenty of power and reli-ability. Her well thought out inte-rior is done in dark cherry andthere were numerous option up-grades. The Mann engine up-grade was a $100K upgrade it-self and should be an indicationof the rest of this boats condi-tion. No expense was spared tomake this vessel the best one ofits kind. This boat is loaded andready for her new owner. Shewas finished with digital guage-sat the helm station and is theonly one of her kind. Pleaseview her full specs and call if in-terested in a showing. Thisshould be the next one to sell.Dont miss out. $630,000. CallKyle, 207-439-9582 or email [email protected]

OTHERWanted: Vessel for bareboatcharterAround 50’, with two comfortablecabins and a bunk berth for amate. Trawlers are okay. Twovery experienced captains (themale contingent of the charterparty) will command the vessel.Would like charter to begin andend in Penobscot Bay, Maine.July, August, or September2009. Email info to F. Lee [email protected]

18ʼ Echo RowingThe most advanced recreationalrowing shell on the market today.This is a demo boat – one avail-able. 207-799-3600.www.theyachtconnection.com

10 1/2ʼ & 12ʼ SkiffsMaine style and quality. Epoxybonded plywood/oak, S/Sscrews. Easy rowing and towing,steady underfoot. Primer paint.$1,100 and $1,400. Maxwell’sBoat Shop. Rockland, Maine.207-594-5492.

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Advertiser indexAll Paint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49American Boatschool, LLC . . . . . . . . . . . .56Arborvitae Woodworking . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Atlantic Outboard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Bamforth Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Bay of Maine Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39Bayview Rigging & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Blue Hill Peninsula CoC . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Boathouse Doors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82Boatwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34Bohndell Sails & Rigging . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Boothbay Region Boatyard . . . . . . . . . .3,49Bowden Marine Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Brewer Yacht Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87Bridge Marine Insurance . . . . . . . . . . . . .41Brooklin Inn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Burr Brothers Boats . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Buzzards Bay Sail & Power Squadron . . .41Cape Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88Cape Yachts Rallies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65Capt. Jay Michaud Marine Surveyor . . . . .85Carousel Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .19Casey Yacht Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83Chase, Leavitt & Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Conanicut Marine Services . . . . . . . . . . . .3Concordia Company . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Crocker’s Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Curtis Yacht Brokerage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Custom Float Services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Dark Harbor Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Dockwise . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11Ecovita . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80Enos Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Eric Dow Boat Shop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50Finestkind Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Fleet Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71,83Flying Point Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Forepeak/Marblehead Trading Co. . . . . . . .3

Fortune, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Fred J. Dion Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Fundy Flotilla . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .69Gemini Marine Products . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Gowen Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51,52Great Bay Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,37Gritty McDuff’s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Guilford Boat Yards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30Hallett Canvas & Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29Hamilton Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .2Hamlin’s Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47Handy Boat Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3,64Hansen Marine Engineering . . . . . . . .57,81Haut Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32Hinckley Yacht Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54Hood Yacht Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85J-Way Enterprises . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3John Williams Boat Company . . . . . . . . . .34Jonesport Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85Journey’s End Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Judy Fenner Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Kent Thurston Marine Surveyor . . . . . . . .83Kingman Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Kittery Point Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33Maine Cat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24Maine Sailing Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27Maine Yacht Center . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17Marina at Harbour Place . . . . . . . . . . . . .56Marine Engines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55Marion Bermuda Race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46Merchant’s Landing Moorings . . . . . . . . . .58Mobile Marine Canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23Moose Island Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51Mystic Shipyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Navigator Club . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84Niemiec Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .3Norm Leblanc . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84North Sails Direct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47

Novabraid . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Ocean Point Marina . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78Ocean Pursuits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59Ocean Tailors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42Padebco Custom Yachts . . . . . . . . . . . . . .63Pierce Yacht Co. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31Points East Crew Match . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78Points East Workshops . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73Pope Sails . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35Portland Boat Mattress & Cushion . . . . . .71Portland Yacht Services . . . . . . . .3,22,25,62Robinhood Marine Center . . . . . . . . . . . .78Royal River Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48Rumery’s Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .52Rumerys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13Russell’s Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81Samoset Boatworks, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Sampson Insurance Agency . . . . . . . . . . .36Scandia Yacht Sales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79Seal Cove Boatyard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50SeaTech Systems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .†84Seawear.com Jewelry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53South Port Marine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79South Shore Boatworks . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14Spruce Head Marine, Inc. . . . . . . . . . . . . .58Stanley Scooter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38Star Distributing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Stur-Dee Boat Company . . . . . . . . . . . . .54URLs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .60,61Webhannett River Boat Yard . . . . . . . . . . .49Winter Island Yacht Yard . . . . . . . . . . . . . .53Women Under Sail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64Yacht North Charters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75Yankee Boat Yard & Marina . . . . . . . . . . . .3Yankee Marina & Boatyard . . . . . . . . . .3,62York Harbor Marine Service . . . . . . . .13,57

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Points East Magazine, Midwinter 2009