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The Rhumb LineMaine’s Sea Story Lives Here

Summer 2014 Number 75

Performing well while moving through afluid requires a shape expressed with linesthat are “fair” – curves that have no hardspots or broken runs. This “fairness” is bestjudged by the naked eye looking along theforeshortened line for a curve that looks“sweet” to the eye. Thus a line, and byextension a collection of lines gathered intoa hull shape, was praised in an old expres-sion as “eye sweet and fair.”

Usually laid out on a large unobstructedfloor (a loft), lofting was the process bywhich the lines of a vessel (or aircraft orautomobile or any curved 3D object) werescaled up to make full-size templates(molds) with which to fashion full-sizeparts. Because lofting is (or at least used tobe) the way that substantial, complex, beautiful objectswere brought into being from diminutive models, fragilepaper plans, or even just figments of the imagination, it hasa spellbinding aura about it. Out of a rat’s nest of lines,fragile battens, and flimsy pattern-stock sprang full-blown

the largest moving objects on earth. And those who lofted,squatting in odd postures and squinting one-eyed alongtheir mystifying arrays of chalked and penciled contours,were foretelling, shaman-like, of greatness to come. As theEnglish have favored the term, a black art, indeed.

From cartographers to whalers, we havelong been peeling the skin off curvedobjects to reach a deeper understanding ofwhy there are no straight lines in nature. AsIshmael observed, “To me this vast ivory-ribbed chest, with the long, unrelieved spine,extending far away from it, not a little resem-bled the hull of a great ship new-laid uponthe stocks, when only some twenty of hernaked bow-ribs are inserted, and the keel isotherwise, for the time, but a long, discon-nected timber. – ‘Measurement of theWhale’s Skeleton’, Moby Dick.

Maritime people lived or died accordingto how they mastered the curves that sur-rounded them, that showed in every fish

All is Fair in the ‘Black Art’ of Loftingby Chris Hall, Curator of Exhibits

CURRENT EXHIBITS

See “EYE SWEET,” page 4

Eye Sweet & Fair: Naval Architecture,Lofting and ModelingOn view through November 2, 2014John G. Morse, Jr., Gallery

This exhibit traces the evolution ofnaval architecture and examines amyriad of techniques and technolo-gies used to comprehend the com-plex of curves and volumes thatbecomes a vessel. Drafting, lofting,modeling and the extraordinary

changes computer aided design processes have wroughtare addressed.

Home Grown Shapes: WoodenSurfboards of MaineOn view through September 28, 2014Marjorie W. Kramer Gallery

Maine boasts theworld’s largestwooden surfboardcompany, along withmany individualswho design andbuild their ownboards. Home GrownShapes examines why Maine surfers choose to build withwood and showcases their amazing creations.

The new bow carving for the Pirate Playship isready to mount. This incredible masterpiece is thework of volunteer Richard Spear.

Sponsored by:

Battens sprung over lofting lines.

Bath Iron Works mold loft at the Hardings Plant, West Bath, 1944.

Photo by Sam M

urfitt

Sponsored by John G. Morse and Son

When Frank Small left work on the afternoon of June 6 in1913, he probably was preoccupied with the usual worriesof a businessman running a major Bath shipyard of that day– worries very similar to those of any businessman today:supply shipments, work schedules, cash flow and so on.

It’s unlikely he anticipated that he’d be woken early thenext morning because the Percy and Small Shipyard wason fire. The fire started in the blacksmith shop and threat-ened to engulf the entire shipyard and the surroundingneighborhood. Windy conditions, the highly combustiblematerials at the shipyard, and the density of the commu-nity made for a very dangerous situation. (To this day,Bath maintains a professional, paid fire departmentbecause of the risk of potentially devastating fire in a densecommunity of older wooden homes.)

The entire blacksmith shop burned down. Everythingin it was a total loss. But thanks to the fast action of thenight watchman and the fire department engineers, the firewas extinguished before it spread further. The evidence ofthat fire can still be seen today in the charred portions ofthe east wall inside the Paint & Treenail Shop.

Like most of us going about our daily business, FrankSmall probably wasn’t thinking about how everythingmight change overnight. But I’ll bet that he’d have beeneven more surprised to know that in 100 years his place of

business would be transformed into one of the world’sleading maritime museums, a place preserved in perpetuitywhere people learn about the mighty schooners that werebuilt here. Sometimes things change overnight – andsometimes they last for a century.

Most of the time we can’t know how our daily acts oflife will play out over a century, but sometimes we can.The Kenneth D. Kramer Blacksmith Shop exhibit open-ing this August will very likely be standing a century fromnow educating audiences about how and why tons ofmetal were used to construct the great wooden schooners.The Wyoming evocation dedicated to George C. Twomblywill likely be standing a century from now illustrating theawesome scope these schooners achieved. Museums arebuilt to last and the community that supports themensures that they do.

Thank you for the actions you take as museum support-ers – actions large and small – that ensure these importantstories of Maine’s maritime heritage will still be heretomorrow and a century from now.

Amy LentExecutive Director

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What Changes and What Doesn’t

From the Chart Table

Richard N. (Dick) Lemieux wasunanimously elected at the Juneboard meeting to serve a two-yearterm as chair of the MMM Board ofTrustees effective June 19. Heassumes the post from Cliff Russellwho served since June 2012.

Dick joined the Board in June 2010 and for the past twoyears had served as vice chair. He also chaired the TrusteeCommittee and was an active member of the Development,Finance, Investment and Campaign committees.

A certified public accountant, Dick had a 36-year careerwith the multinational professional services firm Ernst &Young LLP, headquartered in London. He was a senioroperations executive with the firm holding positions in

Portland, Maine; Cleveland, Ohio; Secaucus, N.J.; NewYork and Hong Kong.

A Maine native born in Auburn, Dick earned his BSdegree from Northeastern U. in Boston, and an MBA fromLouisiana State U. in Baton Rouge, La.

His community involvement also includes service on anumber of professional and professional association boardsand with Ramapo College of New Jersey. Dick is a licensedprivate pilot for small aircraft and has completed the require-ments for the U.S. Coast Guard’s 100 ton vessel license. Healso enjoys running, hiking, golf, and sports cars.

He and his wife Doris, also a Auburn native, reside inMedfield, Mass., and Scarborough, Maine, where theyenjoy reading on the beach. They have two adult childrenand six grandchildren.

Dick Lemieux elected Chair of Board of TrusteesMission Statement

Maine Maritime Museum celebratesMaine’s maritime heritage and culturein order to educate the communityand a world-wide audience about theimportant role of Maine in regionaland global maritime activities. TheMuseum accomplishes its stewardshipthrough: discrim inate collection,preservation and dissemination of historic materials and information,engaging educational programs, relevant and compelling exhibitions,and a unique historic shipyard, allconnecting the past to contemporaryand future issues.

Vision Statement

Maine Maritime Museum offers uniqueexperiences through unsurpassed collections, well-maintained historicbuildings, compelling exhibits, andoutstanding educational programmingand services. The institution is finan-cially sound and forward focused; new technologies and viewpoints are embraced in a timely manner.Visitors, members, volunteers, andstaff are enriched by their involvementwith the Museum; the Museum’s vital-ity infuses the regional and nationalcultures and economies. The Museumis a world-class museum attracting aglobal audience to Maine’s rich maritime heritage and culture.

Rhumb Line A line on the earth’s surfacewhich intersects all meridiansand parallels of latitude at thesame angle. A line of constantcourse is a rhumb line.

John Settelen, Jr., has joined theMMM staff as Director of Finance andBusiness Manager. He replaces JackieBerry who retired on June 27 withmore than eight years of exceptionalservice with the museum.

John has almost 30 years of management experience inthe energy and utility industries, including senior executivepositions with American Water Works, Exelon andConstellation Energy. His financial management experi-ence includes roles in planning, budgeting, forecasting,performance reporting, business systems implementation,

as well as accounting and control.John is a licensed Certified Public Accountant (inactive)

and a Certified Management Accountant. He was recentlyselected to the Board of Directors of the Southern MaineChapter of the Institute of Management Accountants andis an instructor at the University of Southern Maine.

For the past five years, John and his wife Kathy haveowned and operated a retail business in Cape May County,N.J. They recently purchased a home in Phippsburg,Maine, and plan to be settled in by fall. John says that nowthat he’s living on the water he plans to take up kayakingas a hobby.

New Finance Director/Business Manager joins staff

The museum’s Board of Trustees recently elected two new members to its ranks and said farewell to two others, one due to career transfer the other toterm completion.

The two new Trustees are John D. Frumer and Karl F. Lauenstein.John Frumer was elected to the board for a three-year

term in March. Born in NYC, John attended the U. ofSt. Andrews in Scotland, graduated Bowdoin Collegewith a B.A. in history then earned his J.D. degree fromBoston College Law School. His is a shareholder in aBoston law firm focused on business and insurance law.He and his wife Elizabeth, also a practicing attorney inBoston, reside in Bowdoinham, Maine, with their twoteenage children.

Karl F. Lauenstein, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel and aretired General Dynamics executive, was elected to the Boardin June. A native of New Jersey he earned a B.A. degree fromBrown U. and is a graduate of the Air Command and StaffCollege, Maxwell AFB, Ala. During a 26-year Air Forcecareer, he served in a number of Congressional liaison posi-tions in Washington, a tour at Air Force Systems Command,and a final tour as director of Congressional relations with

the Defense Security Assistance Agency. He continued his government liaison workwith General Dynamics for 17 years becoming its director of Legislative Affairsand International Business Development. He and his wife Joan moved to Mainein 2011 and reside in Brunswick. They have two adult daughters.

Leaving the board are Margie Geiger and Tim Robinson.

The individual selected to receive the2014 Mariners Award is a personvery familiar to those close to themuseum, those with some know-ledge about Bath Iron Works historyor anyone who has lived in the Batharea during the past 50 years.

William E. “Bill” Haggett, aMMM Trustee Emeritus, willbecome the ninth recipient of theMariners Award, presented annuallyby the museum to an individualwho has made extraordinary contributions to Maine’s maritime heritage, which has significant impact on the state’s culture and economy. He will

receive the award in ceremonies during a tented event in the historic Percy &Small Shipyard, Thursday evening, August 28. U.S. Senator Susan Collins isscheduled to be the keynote speaker.

Haggett joined the Maine Maritime Museum Board of Trustees in 1987,served as its chair from 2008 to 2010 and was named Trustee Emeritus in 2012.During his tenure he has been active on a number of committees and as chair heled the successful effort to complete much needed repair to the MaritimeHistory Building, the museum’s principal building which houses the galleries,expansive library, curatorial storage, offices, store and special events facility. Hewas also instrumental in the successful groundbreaking merger between MaineMaritime Museum and Portland Harbor Museum in 2010 and in expanding themuseum’s base of support.

A Bath native and a Colby College graduate, Haggett has been a leader inmaritime industry, education and culture for much of his adult life. He was anexecutive at Bath Iron Works for 28 years, where his father had been a pipefitter.He worked his way up to become chief operating officer, then president andchief executive officer, a position he held for eight years. While at BIW, he serveda term as president of the Shipbuilders Council of America. Following his careerat BIW, he served five years as president and CEO of Irving Shipbuilding Ltd.,in New Brunswick, Canada. At present, he is chairman and CEO of PinelandFarms Natural Meats and Pineland Farms Naturally Potatoes, with headquartersin New Gloucester, Maine.

In addition to his work at Maine Maritime Museum, Haggett’s communityservice roles are numerous and far reaching with many having a maritime con-nection. He is a Trustee Emeritus of the Maine Maritime Academy Board ofTrustees, having joined the board in 1989 and served as its chair from 1999 to2005. He is one of only six honorary members of the Academy’s AlumniAssociation to have been invited to join by unanimous vote.

Previous recipients of the Mariners Award include boat designer Bruce King,the workers of Bath Iron Works, author and sea captain Linda Greenlaw, long-time president of Maine Maritime Academy Len Tyler, and the NationalMaritime Historical Society.

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Museum News

Trustee Emeritus Bill Haggett to receive 2014 Mariner’s Award

Two new Trustees elected to Board

2014 Mariners Award Sponsors

Jeff and Margie Geiger

Dick and Doris Lemieux

Steve and Joanne Caulfield

Bill and Mary Earl Rogers

Pineland Food Groups

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Curatorial Insight

EYE SWEET Continued from page 1

and wave, or the boats they built to handle them. For builders of traditional smallcraft, a half-model was for having a hunch confirmed as “looking right.” Intuitionand close association with those that used the boat trumped any need for quanti-tative analysis: building by eye and not by number. In fact, the “fairness” of acarved half-hull is most accurately gauged by touch; the model both literally andconceptually “feels” right.

Though it was rare to have a ship built by someone who did not design her inour colonial era, naval architecture emerged in the 19th century as science beganto be applied to design processes across the industrial spectrum. Though loftsmenof this era were defining hull volumes using planar geometry as derived from off-sets - the numbers that defined where that hull intersected those planes – they stillmade those numbers subservient to the skill of their eye, as they made sure thatevery enumerated point of the hull was smoothly connected to the whole. Thehull was “faired in.”

But with the rise of computer aided design (CAD), fairing curves is now left toa computer program; point coordinates are rendered into curves by the algorithmsof the software. The move from black art to black box has made the human eye

irrelevant, inefficient, and hopelessly subjective. Vision has left the building, bothliterally and figuratively.

This sort of lament is, of course, foolish given the extraordinary power we havegained by embracing the machine. There is no going back, but perhaps it isworthwhile to preserve and document the notion that extraordinary ships werecreated at one time not through a keyboard but from a discerning synthesis ofbrain, eye and hand.

And that is where a museum can step in.

Homegrown Shapes: Wooden Surfboards of Maine chronicles surfing enthusiastsaround the state who choose to surf using boards made of wood. Individualswho build surfboards are referred to as shapers.

The exhibit displays ten boards built by seven shapers, from York to OldTown, and there are many different construction methods on display. In addi-tion to the display of finished boards, there is a kiosk featuring video inter-views with each shaper sharing his passion for woodworking and surfing.Filmmaker Brian Goding, of Bridge to Shore Films, donated his time andequipment to capture the dynamic experience of surfing and building boards.

If you are unable to visit the museum to see the exhibit, a link to the inter-views is available on the museum’s website home page.

Surfboard exhibit features video interviews

Stern end of a schooner half model with mahogany and pine lifts.

Crotch Island pinky; John Walker, builder, Yarmouth, Maine.

Blacksmith Shop Exhibit to open August 16

After much anticipation and planning, the Kenneth D. Kramer BlacksmithShop Exhibit will open to the public Saturday, August 16. The exhibit will“complete” the larger exhibit “A Shipyard in Maine: Percy & Small and theGreat Schooners” by telling the story of why 300 tons of steel and iron wereused in the construction of the great schooner Wyoming built at Percy & Small.

The celebration will include a day of free admission to all visitors anddemonstrations of blacksmithing and shipbuilding.

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Curatorial News

by Nathan Lipfert, Senior Curator

The museum has acquired so many interesting and notable items in the last threemonths that recounting them all here would literally fill several volumes. Due tolimited editorial space, only two of the accessions will be discussed – one a singleobject, the other a collection, mostly archival. It was excruciatingly difficult tochoose only two. Be assured that if you donated an item to the museum recentlyand it is not mentioned here that does not make it less important as a part of thecollection. If it wasn’t important, it would not have been accepted.

A Memento of BattleOn September 5, 1813, within sight of theMaine coast the U.S. naval brig Enterprisecaptured a British brig of similar size,H.M.S. Boxer, in a vicious fight in whichboth commanding officers were killed.The battle has been discussed extensivelyin the past couple of years as the bicenten-nial of the War of 1812 swept over us.

About a month after the battle, Boxerand its gear were auctioned off inPortland. T. Collins, Jr., purchased lot 11,comprised of “chairs, carpets and cur-tains,” at that auction. Mr. Collins had afive-year-old nephew helping him sortthrough the lot, and the family story isthat in compensation he gave his nephewSamuel H. Colesworthy a chair.

Recently, the great-great grandson ofSamuel H. Colesworthy, Peter

Colesworthy and his wife Cheryl, donated the chair to Maine Maritime Museum.The chair likely came from Boxer’s wardroom, gun room, or an officer’s quarters.There is nothing particularly nautical about it, and it makes one reflect on themodest and universal qualities of furnishings found on small vessels.

A Remarkable MainerCaptain Charles Hugh McLellan is a namemore people should know.

Born in Brunswick, Maine, in 1841 andgoing to sea in local vessels at age 16, hebecame the consummate seaman and ulti-mately ended up affecting the design oflifeboats and other life-saving gear used inthis country. Recently, his descendantCharles Grey gave the museum CaptainMcLellan’s papers, photographs, and othermaterial to preserve and curate.

Returning from a merchant voyage to theEast Indies in 1863, Charles H. McLellanjoined the U.S. Navy with an acting com-mission, as many merchant officers did dur-ing the Civil War. Honorably dischargedfrom the Navy in 1868, he re-entered the merchant service in command of square-riggers. But government service apparently appealed to him, and in 1874 he becamea 3rd Lieutenant in the Revenue Cutter Service. He rose to command there, too,serving as captain of the cutter Manning in Alaskan waters in 1902-1903.

For years before that turn-of-the-century Alaskan command he had been detailedto the United States Life-Saving Service as an assistant inspector of Life-SavingStations, beginning after 1878 when federal law permitted Revenue Marine officersto serve in that role. Apparently a very quick learner, by 1881 he had become theauthor of the important “Instructions to Mariners in Case of Shipwreck,” which wasissued with the Life-Saving Service’s annual reports and as a small booklet for distri-bution to mariners. This led to his participation in the design of the gear used by thelife-savers, including the lifeboats launched from shore and the “Beach ApparatusCarriages” used for transporting the lifeboats and other items.

In 1906 at age 65, McLellan retired from the Revenue Cutter Service as a sen-ior captain, the highest rank obtainable in that service. However, because of hisknowledge and expertise President Theodore Roosevelt kept him activelyemployed in the Life-Saving Service for another nine years before allowing him toactually leave government service.

McLellan was responsible for designing the self-bailing and self-righting fea-tures of the lifeboat called the Beebe-McLellan self-bailing surf boat. Beebe wasthe name of the boatbuilder who worked with him in developing the prototypes.The USLSS adopted this boat and built many of them. Captain McLellan laterdesigned a larger version with a motor, which was also used by the service. Hewas also responsible for the Life-Saving Service adopting a uniform, and the useof the wig-wag signal code.

The donated collection is a wonderful mix of items, including autobiographi-cal writings, his naval orders, his voluminous Revenue Cutter Service and Life-Saving Service correspondence, design notes, plans, specifications, photographs,hat ribbons, uniform buttons, sword belts, professional books, diaries, and corre-spondence with his wife. Organizing and cataloging these important manuscriptsis highly anticipated by the curatorial staff.

Interestingly enough, now that Captain McLellan’s name is more familiar, several related items already in the museum’s collection have been identified – aUSLSS letter donated by Charles E. Burden last year was written by C. H.McLellan; an 1881 copy of the USLSS annual report, donated in 1991 byErminie S. Reynolds, was earlier given to someone else and signed, “Complimentsof Lieut. C. H. McLellan, Assist. Inspector, 3rd District;” and one of the lifeboatmodels donated last year by Carl Apollonio is a Beebe-McLellan style boat.

The man’s influence was so extensive we anticipate finding (and learning) more.

Remarkable items donated to MMM collection

Chair from H.M.S. Boxer.

Lt. Charles H. McLellan of the U.S.Revenue Cutter Service, studio photo-graph by A. O. Reed of Brunswick.

Captain Charles H. McLellan at about 62, with his officers and crew aboard the U.S.Revenue Cutter Manning in 1903-1904.

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Museum Events

This season, visitors to Maine MaritimeMuseum will have new opportunities toexplore and experience the state’s renownedshipbuilding heritage through the museum’stwo new trolley tours.

“The Bath Iron Works Story” and the“Historic Bath Architecture: The City thatShips Built” were developed in response to theBIW decision to suspend the museum’s popu-lar shipyard drive-thru tours because of safetyand security concerns during a period ofheightened shipyard construction and ship-building activity.

The BIW Story tour starts with an exclu-sive new introductory video that featuresemployees explaining the building process forthe Navy’s most advanced warships beginningwith basic metal cutting and welding, pro-gressing through assembly, launch, outfitting,sea trails and final sail-away to join the fleet.Visitors then board the trolley for a rollingtour past the BIW yard and through Bathwith key elements related to the shipyard andits history, including a look at Zumwalt DDG1000, highlighted by their “insider” guide.The tour is offered Monday through Saturdayuntil October 11.

The second new trolley tour, developedwith the assistance of Sagadahoc Preservation,Inc., is called, “Historic Bath Architecture:The City than Ships Built,” and focuses onthe impact that shipbuilding had on the archi-tecture and life of the city, which bustled withmaritime activity in the 19th and early 20thcenturies. These tours are available on Tuesdayand Thursday afternoons through August 28.

Tickets for both tours and additional infor-mation are available on the museum’s websiteat www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org.

“We have taken the BIW Tour 3 years in arow (bringing different guests each time). We thought the tour this year was verygood...more information than on the othertours.” —Visitor from Peabody, Mass.

New Tours! New Experiences!

Register online at www.MaineMaritimeMuseum.org or call (207) 443-1316 x 322

Exhibit Related Programs

Eye Sweet and Fair: Naval ArchitectureLecture SeriesMembers $5; nonmembers $7

Rescue of the Bounty: Disaster and Survival inSuperstorm Sandy Michael Tougias

6pmThe story begins Oct. 23,

2012 when Captain Robin Walbridgedecided to sail HMS Bounty from NewLondon, Conn., to St. Petersburg, Fla.,even though a hurricane was forecastalong the Eastern seaboard. Walbridge told his crew theship would fare better at sea than in port, a calculationwith fatal consequences. Bestselling author MichaelTougias will present the dramatic story that inspired hismost recent work using images of the storm, the sur-vivors and the U.S. Coast Guard rescue. Tougias willdeliver an “edge-of-your-seat” program, describing howdecisions made, the vessel’s characteristics and design,and the crew’s experience level all contributed to Bounty’sfinal fate. A book signing will follow the program.

My Yacht Designs and the Lessons They Taught MeChuck Paine

6pmFor more than 40 years, Chuck Paine has been

among the world’s most prolificand sought-after yacht designers.Paine-designed yachts have sailedthe world and more than a fewhave been termed masterpieces.Launching more than a 1,000yachts, both sail and power boats,during his career, he is best knownfor his elegant offshore cruising

yachts. Join Chuck Paine for this visually stunning pres-entation as he regales us with lessons learned through hisvarious yacht designs and shares amazing images of someof his most elegant designs.

The Evolution of the Maine Lobster BoatJon Johansen

6pmMaine lobster boats began as small skiffs and

peapods. When fishermen needed to go further to findtheir catch, sail wasemployed and theboats grew larger.The advent ofinternal combus-tion engines sawboats already in usebeing retrofitted, but designflaws became quickly apparent so the hulls underwentsignificant changes to make them more seaworthy. JoinJon Johansen, president of Maine Built Boats, as hetraces the progression of lobster boats from simple skiffsto today’s powerful boats and discusses the men responsi-ble for this evolution.

Restoration of BIW Yacht HaidaHampton Dixon

6pmOn the heels of WWII and at the end of the

golden era of yachting, Bath Iron Works began its last andmost technologically advanced private yacht – Haida.

Dubbed “America’s Diesel Driven Yacht,” Haida wasdesigned by naval architect John H. Wells and built forMajor Max Fleischmann. At her launch in 1947, Haidarepresented the pinnacle of American shipbuilding, bene-fiting from technologies developed during the war. As sheapproaches her 70th birthday, a team of naval architects,marine engineers, carpenters, electricians and shipbuilderswork to restore her to former glory while bringing themachinery and systems into the 21st century. Join NavalArchitect Hampton Dixon as he shares more of theyacht’s history and explains the technology behind keep-ing Haida an example of why “Bath Built is Best Built.”

Design Evolution of Team Emirates New ZealandAC72 Catamaran for the 34th America’s CupHarold Youngren

6pmHeld September 2013 in San Francisco, the

34th America’s Cup featured a new class of high-speedcatamarans, the AC 72 capable of speeds up to 50 knots.

The competition was wonby Team Oracle USA in ahotly contested and excit-ing series against chal-lenger Team EmiratesNew Zealand. Themuseum is pleased to host

Harold Youngren, a design team member for TeamEmirates New Zealand, who will discuss the design anddevelopment of the AC 72 and the challenges faced increating and sailing these novel and extreme racing yachts.

Designing a Ship in a Virtual Space: 3DModeling of the Cora F. CressyDavid Heath /Kevin Ridley

6pmThe process

of creating a modernnaval surface combatantis a complicated under-taking. Join DavidHeath (AdvancedConcepts Bath IronWorks) and Kevin Ridley (Structural Design Bath IronWorks) as they take you on a journey through the processof designing, engineering and fabricating a ship in virtualspace. Utilizing new cutting edge 3D technology such as3D printing, scanning and projection, they will sharehow these technologies aid in the shipbuilding process oftoday’s modern Navy vessels. Utilizing the historic Percy& Small schooner Cora F. Cressy as an example, Davidand Kevin will demonstrate how modern shipbuildingincorporates 3D modeling. This promises to be a fasci-nating and innovative presentation.

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Boat Designers and Builders Tours$15 Members; $20 nonmembers

Washburn & Doughty Associates, Inc.1pm-2:30pmA rare opportunity

to tour a working shipyardto see today’s powerful andmodern tugboats beingdesigned and constructed.Washburn & Doughty ofEast Boothbay, Maine, specializes in building steel andaluminum commercial vessels. Founded in 1977, theyard has prospered by utilizing experienced in-house archi-tects and innovative designs and building techniques todeliver a diverse mix of tugboats, commercial passengervessels, fishing boats, barges, ferries and research vessels.Participants meet at Washburn & Doughty for the tour.

Rockport Marine Design for Restoration1pm-2:30pmGo behind the scenes at Rockport Marine where

classic yacht restoration, a daring venture, has been mas-tered. Each successful restoration requires research, docu-mentation and a seamless transition of new designelements into the original design. The process begins with3D laser measurement of the vessel to quantify how it dif-fers from its original condition. Designers then reconfigureaccommodations and add modern electrical/mechanicalsystems to improve vessel performance while maintainingthe heart and aesthetics of the original. Participants meetat Rockland Marine Design for the tour.

John’s Bay Boat Company 1pm-2:30pmThis small, traditional mid-coast Maine boat

shop builds custom plank on frame boats for work andpleasure. Owner Peter Kass uses traditional methods todesign and build his boats. Starting with a hand-carved

half-model from which he takesthe lines, he creates a table ofoffsets then lofts the keel, stern(transom) and temporary mold.These become the frameworkfor building the boat. Builder

becomes artist as the vessel’s shape is formed by eye andfeel to create some of the most beautiful, and ruggedlypractical, custom-built boats on the water. Participantsmeet at John’s Bay Boat for the tour.

Workshop: Beginner Blacksmithing withDereck Glaser

Members $500; nonmembers $510; plus materials cost 8am-5pm

The museum joins forceswith the New EnglandSchool of Metalwork forthis introduction to blacksmithing workshop.Attendees will learn the tools and techniques employedby the blacksmith and the operation of both coal and gasforges. The proper use of the hammer and anvil will bestressed so that good habits are developed to aid produc-tivity. Using those good habits, students will practice theskills of forging tapers and upsets, shaping and top toolwork such as splitting and punching, by applying themto specific projects. The focus will be on the process,diagnosing mistakes and understanding how to overcome.Workshop takes place at the New England School ofMetalwork in Auburn.

Boatshop Workshops

Shaker Box Making Workshop 5-8pm

Members $70; nonmembers $75Register by one week before start date

This popular workshop is ideal for the beginnerto intermediate woodworker. In two short ses-sions gain the skills to build a handcrafted set of

Shaker boxes, eachbuilt of cherry andcedar with coppertacks. Perfect as giftsor elegant storagecontainers. No expe-rience necessary; allmaterials included.

Basic Lofting Workshop 9:30am-3pm Members $110; nonmembers $125

Register by one week before start date

In this two-day class participants will complete the loft-ing of a 14’ round-bottom boat. Topics include reading atable of offsets, laying down the profile and half breadthviews, deriving the stem rabbet, shaping the transom andfairing the body plan. No experience necessary.

Stitch and Glue Kayak Class with Eric Schade 8am-5pm Members $500; nonmembers $530

(plus cost of kit - $800-$1,000)Register by August 11Build your very own kayak orcanoe. This class uses commer-cially made stitch and glue kitsby Chesapeake Light Craft, ofwhich there are several styles tochoose. Your instructor will be kayak designer Eric Schade.

Adirondack Chair Workshop 5–8pm

Members $120; nonmembers $130 Register by September 10

Build a comfortable, eye-catchingAdirondack chair from the samecedar used to plank boats in theboat shop. Constructed with stain-less steel fastenings, these chairswill last a lifetime with minimalmaintenance. Take home yourchair and the patterns to make

more. No experience necessary; all materials included.

Family Boat Building 9am-4pm

Members $900; nonmembers $950Register by September 13Build a boat in two days!Families or groups assemble a12’ rowboat and launch it inthe Kennebec River at the endof the second day, then take ithome. Groups of three ormore, with a minimum age of10. The Bevin Skiff has beenbuilt by fourth graders, invest-ment bankers and seasoned boat builders. It is a greatway to get all ages involved in wooden boatbuilding.

Music Programs

From the Shoreline with John Mock Members $15; nonmembers $20 6:30pm

John Mock’s artrevolves around onething – coastlines. Afan of all thingsaquatic, Mock hasspent his adult life cre-ating music and cap-turing elegant photosof his muse. Both tal-ents are showcased inhis stunning multime-dia concert “From theShoreline.” He shares the heritage of the sea through ele-gant and unique original instrumental compositions onguitar, concertina and tin whistle while his striking pho-tography is projected alongside. Audiences are drawn inas his casual narration and storytelling tie it all together.

Bob ZentzMembers $12; nonmembers $15 7pm

Bob Zentz has been described as a collector of stories inverse, a teller of “the tales behind the songs.” He is also

an admirer of the sea poemsof Cicely Fox Smith (1882-1954) and has adapted overtwo dozen of her poems forsinging. In performance, theaudience becomes involved,creating a spirit of commu-

nity through shared choruses and related ideas. From tra-ditional Celtic tunes and ballads to sea chanteys, fromtales of “Old Timers” to poetry set to music, each show isa unique testimony to Bob’s vast repertoire.

Music programs supported by The Bonyun Songs of the Sea MusicEndowment Fund

SEPT5

SEPT26

OCT4

SEPT23-26

JULY16 & 17

OCT15 & 16

DEC3 & 4

AUG2 & 3

SEPT24 & 25

SEPT27 & 28

SEPT8-13

JULY24

OCT16

See What Other’s Don’t See

Treasures of the Collection Vault TourMembers $8; nonmembers $20; under 17 $8 (Fee includes museum admission with free 2nd day)

After 50+ years, the Museum’s collection now exceeds21,500 artifacts, most of which will not go on viewfor decades. But you can view much of the collectionby going into the museum’s storage. A curatorial staffmember will guide you through the vaults, while shar-ing unique and interesting stories behind selecteditems. Each tour is unique. Limited space, register early.

Small Craft Collection Tour Members $8; nonmembers $20; under 17 $8 (Fee includes museum admission with free 2nd day)

To know a boat is to know a culture and the way itspeople move through their world. The rich diversity ofMaine’s maritime culture is reflected in the museum’scollection of 140 watercraft. From bark canoes andfishing dories to a varnished fantail launch or an origi-nal Friendship sloop to N.C. Wyeth’s launch EightBells, all of the watercraft in the collection have a storyto tell. Join volunteer docents as they give voice tothese remarkable vessels and the cargos they carried.

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Giving to Maine Maritime Museum

Nicholas and Jean ArcangeliChristopher and Susan BaileyGregory BarsantiMichele BoscoThomas Buckley and

Jasmine ShumanovJames and Janice BucknerFred Buehrer and Mary WitkowskiRichard S. ByrnesErnest and Jane CarrollChristopher ChmuraBeverly A. CleatheroBarbara ConathanKim CorthellJames CrawfordAdam DeaneJohnathan Doyle and

Kathleen FitzGeraldPhilip and Heather FreytagGilbert J. GastonFelicia GawronWalter GebertHolly GilbertMolly Gilbride

Patricia GoodingCrystal HallHarry Hollenberg and Ann BudnerT. S. IampietroStefan and Amy IrisLinda KamphausenColin Kelley and Jenn PidgeonKeith and Melissa KennedyThomas KozinskiDavid KujalaRobert and Carrie LarsonTodd and Hilary LeonhardJohn LojzimMartha Lufkin and Charles DurforDavid and Diane MartinKevin and Sheila McManusNancy McPhersonVictor MorandoElizabeth and Michael MurrayAlex NettenJohn PearsonDavid A. PerryLorrie Marquis PotvinScott Priest and Carole Wyche

Amy ProctorSandra and Carl RappBill and Melissa RichardsonLeslie RoetmanCheri RoyPaul RuppleCraig SchopmeyerKathy SettelenGregory and Angela ShambargerBrian ShuemakerDiane SkinsacosDianne Smith and Everett PooleJohn SolakBryan and Julie SwensonAlexander TroutPeter and Jen Van AllenHoyt Walbridge and Stephanie BaconJohn Weaver and Karissa EideJane WeinsteinFaryl WileyRobert and Ann WilliamsCarolyn WoodburyThomas and Drucinda Woodman

Welcome New MembersNew Members January 7 – May 20, 2014

In Memory of Paul HureauMr. and Mrs. Thomas F. McMahon

In Memory of Ned HardingMs. Jacqueline Berry

Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. CaulfieldMr. and Mrs. Frank Sessions

In Honor of Ann S. HarrisonMr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Lowell

In Honor of Bob Landorf ’s birthdayMs. Margaret McCall

In Honor of Charles E. BurdenDr. and Mrs. Arthur Herbst

In Memory of John LoweMr. and Mrs. Richard E. McElman

In Memory of Dylan OliverMr. and Mrs. Stephen C. CaulfieldMs. Jane P. MorseMs. Deborah A. Oliver and

Mr. Chris Oliver

In Memory of John E. SawhillMs. Nancy S. Tucker

In Memory of Tom WoodMr. and Mrs. Charles R. Peterson

In Memory of Pantelis G. ZolasDr. Kenneth A. Ault and Ms. Vera MartinMs. Catherine A. CarmichaelMr. and Mrs. Robert J. GoldenMr. and Mrs. Rick BrackettMr. and Mrs. Gary L. BeckwithMr. and Mrs. Douglas L. Benner

In Memory Of Ned HardingMr. and Mrs. Nicholas H. Preston

Honor/Memorial Gifts(January 15 – June 13, 2014)

Boat Donation a ‘Win-Win’ for Donor and MMMMaine Maritime Museum’s boat donationprogram uses the coordinating services of thenonprofit organization Block IslandMaritime Funding. Block Island’s servicesmake it possible for MMM to have a boat donation pro-gram and make the process easy for donors.

Block Island manages the Maritime Funding Associationof Maine, a 501(c)(3) organization set up to support thismuseum and four other Maine-based maritime organiza-tions through boat donations. The five organizations are:Maine Maritime Museum; Maine Island Trail Association,The Apprentice Shop, Friends of Casco Bay, and PenobscotMarine Museum. Donors can designate that proceeds fromdonated boats go to one organization or to several of thefive; otherwise proceeds benefit all five.

Donated boats can be of any make, material or style aslong as their potential for resale is good. Maritime FundingAssociation staff members are happy to answer questions.

If you have a boat you might like to donate, considerthe following technical bits and share them with your tax advisor:1) An individual or a couple filing jointly are allowed to

deduct up to 50% of their adjusted gross income ascharitable contributions on their federal tax return.This would include the appraised value of a boat. Moststates also recognize the charitable contribution ofboats, but state rules can vary. Maine now has limita-tions on charitable deductions – be sure to check withyour tax advisor.

2) When a vessel is donated to a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, sev-eral things must happen for the donor to be eligible to

deduct the full appraised market value of the vessel:• The receiving charity (Maritime Funding

Association) must acknowledge that it will makesignificant intervening use of the yacht and thatit will hold title a minimum of three years.

• If the receiving charity makes material improvementsto the vessel as an alternative to “intervening use” thenthe donor can take the full fair value of the yacht as adeduction, assuming the improvements increase thevessel’s value.

• A donated boat with a value over $5,000 must beappraised within 60 days of the actual donation. This isusually done by a certified marine surveyor/ appraiser,which generally costs between $15 and $25 per foot ofboat length.

• Donation papers are formalized with IRS form 8283and a Deed of Gift. If at any time prior to the three-year minimum holding period a boat is sold, it must bereported on IRS form 8282, with a copy to the donor.Maritime Finding Association of Maine fulfills the IRS

requirements by holding title to the donated vessel forthree-years and chartering it during that time. After threeyears, the person or organization that has chartered theboat can purchase the boat with all charter paymentsapplied in full toward purchase - a great deal for anyonelooking to buy.

If you are considering a boat donation, contact JaniceKauer at (207) 443-1416 Ext. 327 or email her atkauer@maritimeme.org.

Proceeds from boat donations help support MMM’spreservation and educational efforts.

ATTENTION federalemployees and U.S.military active andretired personnelMaine Maritime Museum is a listedcharity in the 2014 CombinedFederal Campaign, and we wouldappreciate your support. The 2013CFC campaign raised almost $1.4million throughout Maine, NewHampshire, Vermont and Albany,N.Y. If you participate in the CFC,please select Maine MaritimeMuseum as one of the charities youwish to support – your support makesa big difference. Thank you!

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Diversified Communications: a Maine-based multinational company Diversified Communications – withheadquarters in Portland, and divi-sions in Australia, Canada, HongKong, India, UK and Thailand - isa privately owned, family-held international media com-pany with a portfolio of eMedia, events, publications andtelevision stations.

Diversified’s beginnings can be traced to 1949 whenHorace Hildreth, Sr., a former Maine governor, purchased

the license for Maine’s first radio station, WABI-AM. In 1953, he launched Maine’sfirst TV station WABI-TV in Bangor, which is still owned by the company. Today,Diversified employs 250 people in Maine and over 750 worldwide.

The company shares Maine Maritime Museum’s missionof educating communities, and while today DiversifiedCommunications serves 15 different industries, it has deeproots in the commercial fishing, commercial marine and

seafood industries. The company’s publications portfolio includes NationalFisherman (which incorporated Maine Coast Fisherman in 1959), WorkBoat, andSeaFood Business magazines, and it annually produces the world’s largest seafoodexpositions and North America’s largest workboat events.

Diversified Communications is proud to support the efforts of MaineMaritime Museum to preserve and communicate the history of Maine’s role inregional and global maritime activities.

To learn more about the company, visit www.divcom.com.

Anchor ($5,000) Bath Savings InstitutionDiversified CommunicationsGeneral Dynamics Bath Iron WorksReed & Reed, Inc.

Quarterdeck ($2,500) Brunswick Hotel & TavernChurchill EventsHampton Inn BathLyman-Morse Boatbuilding Company

Mast ($1,000)Allen Gelwick-Lockton CompaniesAtlantic Motorcar CenterCarl. A. Bickford, Inc.Cribstone Capital ManagementDowneast Windjammer CruisesLane Construction CorporationMaine Lobster DirectNorth & Co., Personal Financial AdvisorPiper ShoresR.M. Davis, Inc.Sagadahock Real Estate AssociationYale Cordage, Inc.UBS - PortlandWEX, Inc.

Rudder ($500) BEK Inc., Computer Network Design

and ServiceBest Western PLUS Brunswick BathBickerstaff ’s Books, Maps, &c.Cross InsuranceEnergy Management Consultants, Inc.Great Island Boat YardHancock LumberHap Moore Antiques AuctionsThe HighlandsJ.R. Maxwells & Co.Norway Savings BankPerry, Fitts, Boulette, and Fitton, CPARoyal River Boatyard & RepairSchooner HeritageStrouts Point Wharf CompanyThe Inn at BathThomaston Place Auction Galleries

Thornton Oaks Retirement CommunityWestlawn Institute of Marine Technology

Galley ($300) A Plus Party Rental Tents & EventsAdmiral SteakhouseAmes True Value WiscassetAndroscoggin Dental CareAnna’s Water’s Edge RestaurantAtlantic Seal CruisesBailey Island MotelBath SubaruBeale Street BarbequeBert’s Oil Service, Inc.The Black Tie Co.Brewster House Bed & BreakfastByrnes’ Irish PubThe Cabin RestaurantCafé CrèmeCahill Tire, Inc. Cameron’s Lobster HouseChase, Leavitt & Co., Inc.Chesterfield Associates, Inc.Coveside Bed and BreakfastCook’s Lobster HouseCVC Catering GroupDavid Etnier Boat BrokerageDiMillo’s On the WaterDragonfly Cove Farm CateringEast Coast Yacht SalesEl Camino CantinaFairfield Inn & Suites Brunswick FreeportFiona’s CateringFlagship Inn BoothbayFrohmiller Construction, Inc. The Galen C. Moses House Gilman Electrical SupplyHalcyon YarnHardy Boat CruisesHarraseeket InnHenry and Marty Restaurant & CateringHilton Garden Inn Freeport DowntownHolden Agency InsuranceHurricane’s CateringJames Place InnJules and Company

Kennebec InnKennebec Tavern & MarinaLand’s Ends Gift ShopLie Nielsen ToolworksLisa Marie’s Made in Maine Mae’s Café & BakeryMaine Lobstermen’s AssociationMonhegan Boat LineThe Mooring Bed & BreakfastMorton Real EstateM.W. SewallNew England Tent and AwningNew Meadows MarinaNow You’re CookingO’Hara CorporationPlimsoll Mark CapitalPortland Discovery Land & Sea ToursRed’s EatsRogers ACE Hardware BathSarah’s Café & Twin Schooner PubSchooner EastwindSeacoast Catering & Lobster BakesSebasco Harbor ResortSeguin Island FerryShelter InstituteSimply Elegant CateringSitelines, PASoggy Dog Designs PhotographySolo Bistro Soule Soule & LoganSparloft ArtsSpinney’s Restaurant & CottagesSpringer’s JewelryStarlight CaféTaste of Maine RestaurantTopside InnVerrill Dana LLPVigilant Capital Management, LLCWhite Cedar Inn B&BWiscasset Motor LodgeWoodex Bearing Company, Inc

Binnacle ($100) Our non-profit partners The Apprenticeshop Bath Area Family YMCA

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bath/Brunswick

Boothbay Harbor One Design AssociationBowdoin International Music FestivalThe Carpenter’s Boat ShopCasco Bay Council Navy LeagueCathance River Education AllianceChewonki FoundationElmhurst, Inc.Friends of Merrymeeting BayFriends of Seguin IslandGulf of Maine Research InstituteHistoric New EnglandHolbrook Community FoundationHyde SchoolsThe Iris NetworkKennebec Estuary Land TrustKieve-Wavus Education, Inc.Main Street BathMaine Antique Dealers AssociationMaine Built Boats, Inc.Maine International Trade CenterMaine Island Trail AssociationMaine’s First ShipMaine Maritime AcademyMaine State AquariumMaine State Music TheatreMaine Ocean & Wind Industry InitiativeMaine Wood Products AssociationManufacturers Association of MaineMaritime Funding Association of MaineOsher Map LibraryPortland Public LibrarySagadahoc Preservation, Inc.Seacoast Science CenterSpectrum GenerationsThe Theater ProjectWawenock Sail & Power SquadronWiscasset, Waterville & Farmington

Railway MuseumYarmouth Historical Society

Support these Business Partners who support MMM

Business names in RED indicate new Business Partners.

Celebrating Our Business Partners and Sponsors

Learn more about MMM’s Business PartnerProgram or Corporate Sponsorship opportunitiesby contacting Janice Kauer at (207) 443-1316ext. 327 or Kauer@maritimeme.org.

Settling in as the new Volunteer/Development Coordinator,I continue to be impressed daily with the wonderful volun-teer corps here at Maine Maritime Museum. Even after

working at the museum sinceOctober 2012 and volun-teering at the DonnellHouse last summer and inthe library over the winter, I never truly appreciatedbefore everything our volun-teers do.

Now, as the summer sea-son begins and I meet somany returning and new

volunteers, a broader vision of all the things—both largeand small—that the volunteer staff does to keep this placerunning smoothly year after year is apparent.

Thank you to all of our volunteers, not only for all thatyou do, but also for the warm welcome you’ve given me.

Spring RecruitmentWith each new spring comes a renewed recruitment effort.After a series of recruitment parties and training sessionsthat began in March, we are very happy to welcome morethan 40 new volunteers (see the list in side column) to theMaine Maritime Museum volunteer family. Please join mein welcoming them.

New Volunteer Computer SystemOver the winter the Museum added a new volunteer soft-ware management system, Better Impact, to replace thein-house created timekeeping system. The new softwareenables volunteers to log their hours, sign-up for shifts,and check their schedule from anywhere over the internet.In addition to improving the timekeeping task, the systemalso streamlines many volunteer management functionsand adds new capabilities for the museum staff. Volunteer

training on the timekeeping function of the system hap-pened in April and June.

Quartermasters DayOn Wednesday, May 14, the museum was buzzing withactivity as a great group of new and returning volunteersworked across the campus to ready it for the summer sea-son. Tackling projects ranging from cleaning the outdoorshipyard exhibits and removing shrubs to preparing lunchand re-shelving library resources, the crews accomplishedmuch, and we thank them for their hard work.

A highlight of the day was the drawing at lunch of thewinning ticket for the Volunteer Program Raffle. DavidCrump was the lucky winner of a pair of cedar Adirondackchairs built right in the Boatshop. Congratulations to Daveand thanks to everyone who helped raise $1,365 for theVolunteer Program.

Volunteer Program SponsorMaine Maritime Museum ispleased to announce that theBrunswick Hotel & Tavern is our2014 Volunteer Program sponsor.

This outstanding lodging and dining establishment willsupply food for both the July Volunteer Picnic and theVolunteer Recognition event in November. When recom-mending the hotel to your out-of-town guests or enjoying adelicious breakfast, lunch or dinner in the tavern, be sure todrop by the front desk and tell them “Thank you for spon-soring the MMM Volunteer Program.”

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Volunteer News

We Need You!Interested in joining our volunteercorps? Contact Volunteer/DevelopmentCoordinator Rebecca Roche at (207) 443-1316 ext. 350 orroche@maritimeme.org to learn more and get started.

Welcome Volunteers

BIW Tour GuidesDavid Patton

CuratorialEvan McDuff

Donnell HouseRichard AntonakPaula ConleyLinda CronkhiteJudith DorsettJan DriverPatrick GalleryNathalie Gauvin

Gallery DocentsHenry KorsiakSally Woolf-Wade

GreetersBecky AlterMary Ann BlycherTom ButlerKaren GallagherCharles HodgkinsBarbara HowardCarolyn JohnsonReta KingMarylou LeightonKaren LeveilleFrank PowersDiane Pye

Launch TankRichard KingDavid Patton

LibraryValerie AngeloroPaula ConleyArthur Pinkerton

Percy & SmallAl BarthRichard DelanoThomas EdwardsRobert KlineJohn MacLeodPhil Mason

Special EventsLaura TraplettiKimberly Wancus

Notes from the Volunteer Office

A big “thank you” goes to the volunteerswho helped make our Annual Symposiumon May 3 a resounding success.

Hospitality Staff

Juliana Cliffe

Karen Leveille

Rich Luther

Frank Powers

Carolyn Stackpole

Laura Trapletti

Baked Goods

Juliana Cliffe

Peter Dublin

Teresa Gandler

Lucy Ingraham

Kurt Spiridakis

Carolyn Stackpole

2014 Volunteer Calendar of Events

Volunteer Picnic (New date)Tuesday, July 29; 5 to 7 p.m.

Volunteer CruiseThursday, September 11; Time TBD

Volunteer Wrap-UpThursday, October 9; 1 to 3 p.m.

Last Day of Summer SeasonMonday, October 13

Fall Quartermasters DaySaturday, October 18; 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Volunteer RecognitionFriday, November 14; Time TBD

MID-COAST MAINE

BRUNSWICK HOTEL & TAVERN

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Volunteer Focus

Connecticut couple fulfills retirement plans in mid-coast Maine at MMMDennis and Karen Leveille moved to Bath from Granby, Connecticut inNovember 2012. Like many of our volunteers, they were lured to Maine afterretirement, but also had a personal connection to the mid coast.

Many years ago, the Leveilles spent summer vacations camping on Orr’s Island.Their two children, Michael and Emily, were young and enjoyed exploring themid-coast area with their parents. In their travels, the Leveille family visitedMaine Maritime Museum, attended the Heritage Days activities in Bath duringthe week of the Fourth of July, and spent hot days at Popham Beach.

Karen reports that she and Dennis knew that Maine had a special pull. “Wealways said that when retirement time came, mid-coast Maine is where we wouldcome,” she says.

Around the spring of 2011, Karen and Dennis started house hunting andfound a house in Phippsburg. Unfortunately, it wasn’t meant to be and the dealfell through. They began again about a year later in May 2012 and found the per-fect house in the perfect city of Bath.

“On a leap of faith we bought the Maine house before our house inConnecticut sold. Pretty scary, but very soon after we had a SOLD sign in ourfront yard, our belongings were packed up and here we are,” Karen reports.

Dennis and Karen both love the outdoors. Dennis hunts and fishes whileKaren enjoys hiking and going to the beach. Both snowshoe in the winter.

To ease the transition from the hustle and bustle of juggling jobs and raising afamily, as part of their retirement the Leveilles decided to become involved in vol-unteer work. MMM was a perfect fit for them both. Dennis enjoys speaking togroups of people at the Launch Tank. Karen is helping out with hospitality andassisted at our May Symposium and will join the crew of Greeters. Karen is a

greeter at L.L. Bean so this position should come naturally. Both stepped forwardto distribute the museum’s 2014 brochures throughout Bath.

Being a volunteer at the Museum has opened a world of new knowledge of thestate’s maritime history and allowed Karen and Dennis to meet many other won-derful people who work or volunteer for MMM.

Get to know your VolunteerCouncil representative

Department Representative

Administration Nick Locsin

BIW Tour guides Mary Curry

Boatshop Lynn Rider

Curatorial Nancy Wilkes

Donnell House Jo-Anita Norman

Library Catherine Hopkins

Maintenance Don Strickland

P&S Tour Guides John Ross

Welcome Desk Martha McBride

Waterfront Chet Hopkins

What and where is it?

Sometimes you can find joy in the little things. These two items are readily visible atMaine Maritime Museum but perhaps easily overlooked. Do you know where they are?One is an artifact, the other a supporting element of a fun interactive exhibit. Have youseen these items? If you haven’t, perhaps you can find them before the next Rhumb Linereveals what and where they are.

by Nathan Lipfert, Senior Curator

This issue’s puzzler is taken from the museum’s fairlyfat file of unidentified steamboat pictures, so pleasehelp if you can. This pretty little steamer photographcame from Charles E. Burden, with no identification.It’s known that steamers built at Captain Samuel H.Barbour’s yard in Brewer, Maine, often had windowswith rounded tops like the one in the photograph.Could this be one of the 26 Barbour steamboats?There is no launching cradle under the hull, but menare gathered aboard as if something is about to hap-pen, so she may actually be on a marine railway inthis photograph. The original is an albumen print,which could be dated anywhere from 1855 to 1920;but the clothing on the men looks more like late1800s. If you think you know the answer or have aninsight into this one, please contact Senior CuratorNathan Lipfert at lipfert@maritimeme.org, or 207-443-1316 ext. 328, or by mail.

Still Puzzled There wasn’t much response to the puzzler in theWinter/Spring issue that appeared to be a photograph of alime quarry (left photo). One or two agreed it was a limequarry, but couldn’t identify a specific quarry or confirmthat it was even a Maine quarry. Allan Houghton of theS.R. & R.L. Railroad thought the locomotive in the photolooked like the LimeRock Railroad, but the car did not.Any additional forthcoming information will be shared.

Regarding our unidentified uniformed captain in The RhumbLine #73 (Fall 2013) puzzler, Kerry E. Nelson of Bath andWest Bath Historical societies did some newspaper research,

and found several articles in the Bangor Daily Whig & Courier and elsewhere that refer to the company as the Portland, Mt. Desert& Machias Steamship Company. One article was in reference to Capt. William E. Dennison. Kerry suggests that if newspaperscan be wrong, the person ordering the letters for the hats of the Portland, Mt. Desert & Machias Steamboat Company might havemade a mistake, too. The guess still is that the PMD&MSSCo hat might be for use aboard a PMD&MSBCo steamer.

The Puzzler

A Steamy Conundrum

9. Your personal contact information isguarded like treasure.Even cutthroat river pirates couldn’tmake us give up your email address.

8. You have status when you visit.Members always receive the red carpet treatment.

7. Members get the “best deals.”Lectures, workshops, cruises, tours –all discounted.

6. The member window cling is easy to move.Move it around to check for the best location.

5. Gift giving is a cinch.Gift memberships – piece of cake – do it online.

4. You can buy a museum burgee.The museum burgee is not available to the public – only members. Visitors named i.e. McDonald orMiller, those from Minnesota orMissouri, etc., – all envious.

3. Impress out of town visitors.Bring your guests, flash your card –get the nod.

2. Ponder the Puzzler.Each issue of The Rhumb Line features a new Puzzler. Be the first to help solve the mystery.

1. You’re paying it forward.Membership helps sustain the stories that only MMM can tell forfuture visitors.

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