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At Finestkind Boat Yard in Harpswell is this Willis Beal built 38-footer LIZZIE. She is awaiting a total rebuild either here or at her owner’s home in Ogunquit. Gamage Shipyard the job. South Bristol They presently employ just over 15 The big project has been the refit of a people and feel that they can handle the Holland 32, which is nearing completion workload with that number. However, they and will look like a new boat when done. are thinking about a storage building at some When the boat arrived it was an empty hull point and that would mean finding a few and then they purchased a deck and house more employees. from Holland Boat Shop in Belfast. They One person they recently added was have installed a new Yanmar 8V with 350 John Vinal, who had been working over hp. When done she will be used as an island at Hodgdon Yacht Services on Southport commuter. Island. Mike Tatro, who runs Gamage’s, Another big project is finishing a added, “He was actually the first guy I ap- 42-foot powerboat, which came partially proached when I took this job five years ago, completed. They have installed the engine, but he was living over there so it didn’t make put on the pilothouse and finished out the a lot of sense. Then he moved back over this interior. way and so it made sense and it was a great Waiting to get worked on is an Alden addition. He is a wonderful service manager. 54, which will be re-wired this winter. Other Really has helped me be able to focus on work includes tankage on an Albin 32+2; other aspects I have to do and not be out stripping the varnish on a Hinckley. there managing crew or dealing with clients The number of storage customers is all day long. Jay Ribiero is also working as about the same, but they have a number of a service manager. He’s helping John with The Maine Seacoast Mission’s 74-foot SUNBEAM is undergoing a total refit at Front Street Shipyard in Belfast. new customers with bigger boats. that load. He joined us a couple years ago This winter, they will also be adding to and worked on the bus project. After that he or May to send in the list of things to do, but This owner recently sold a 40-foot John’s the marina. This will be on the western side decided to stay on. in most yards that is not happening. Bay Boat that he had bought third hand where they will be adding several 40-foot Right now Mike said, “This is the dry originally named JULIE ANN, which was finger floats so they can dock six 40 footers. period, all the boats are in and nobody is John’s Bay Boat Co. originally out of Pemaquid. Peter Kass, add- They will also be extending the fuel dock willing to spend any money. They don’t want South Bristol ed, “She was a simple cruising boat, didn’t and redoing the fuel system. This means to even think about their boats until February One of my favourite yards to visit is have a lot of stuff crammed in and I always replacing all the tankage, which are above 1st. Then they will wake up and realize they John’s Bay Boat as I love traditional wood- thought, performed exceptionally well. This ground, and the pipes running between the have things they wanted to get done on their en boats. When you walk in you are not fellow has enjoyed her for a couple of years receiving pits and out to the fuel pumps on boat so the projects really hit the fan, usually knocked over by a wall of styrene all you and decided he wanted just a little more the dock. Right now they are getting quotes around February.” smell are the cedar shavings. In the left bay Continued on Page 14 from contractors who are interested in doing I know that some will wait until April they have a 42-foot cruiser they are building. - C o n t e n t s Publisher's Note 4 U. S. 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ALXS_quarter.indd 1 8/13/2018 4:36:23 PM Page 4. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 5. Maine Coastal News Publisher's Note Leon 'Bud' Smith of West Jonesport P.O. Box 710 I am not a fan of any holidays, as it how it works up at the University of Maine It is not very difficult to find interesting go down the western bay at that time fall Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A. really makes getting everything I need to at Orono. He was followed by a panel discus- people on the Coast of Maine. Three years fishing. Lobsters would start probably (207) 223-8846 E-mail - [email protected] get done on a monthly basis difficult. Some sion on the trends in the outboard industry. ago, I was covering the burning of Steve September shedding so he would be fishing have asked me how I get all the papers out The panel touched on design considerations, Carver’s BIGGER DIRLS in West Jone- down there. When he would go mornings, he Website: www.mainescoast.com and gather the news, well it is not that hard, trends in the market, and what it means in the sport and while we were talking in the shed would have seven or eight people out there just a lot of miles. After picking up the new way of service. Some wondered about the on Smith’s wharf, I met Leon ‘Bud’ Smith. in square stern boats or whatever towing issue on Monday morning I make the long commercial application with lobster fisher- He had allowed Steve the use of his lobster them down the bay and he would let them runs: South Portland to Freeport that day; men, but it was thought that only the inshore boat until he got his new boat overboard, off wherever they wanted. Then they would Bath to Wiscasset, Tuesday; Northport, fisheries would be interested. However, that what captured my interest was his memory row back home. If they had a sail, which Rockland and Boothbay, Wednesday; and might change with the development of diesel about the photographs of the old boats he most of them did, usually in the afternoon then the long run from Hancock to Eastport, outboards. Following lunch and the annual was showing. especially if its flood tide you would have a Thursday. To make life a little easier the next board meeting Don Wilson of Xantrex talk- Bud was born at a home not far from southwest breeze and you would see them week I make a run between Damariscotta ed on the advances in hybrid power. Over here he lives today, just across from the fam- coming, sailing back in. I was still in school and Rockland on that first Saturday. The next that last several years, there has been major ily’s wharf in West Jonesport in 1929. His at that time. The first boat that I had was built week I make runs to Mount Desert Island; advances made in solar panels and batteries father was Leon and his two brothers were in Frank Smith’s boat shop. Frank Smith’s, Surry to Castine; back to the mid-coast making generators unnecessary in many Raymond and Robert. He added, “My father black head Frank, his sons Oscar and Donald hitting places I missed and then another run applications. For those with a boat that sits was a fisherman and they lived in the house built that boat.” Downeast to Jonesport. The third week it on mooring unattended for several days you up here. The old man had a 35-foot boat he “When I started fishing, one of my is a run from Bangor to the North Shore of need solar panels so that the batteries can be fished down Machias Seal Island. She had brothers had been in the Navy, during the Massachusetts and then back up to Ports- constantly charged. The final speaker of the a torpedo stern in her. I don’t know where War,” continued Bud. “The other one had Follow us on Facebook: mouth; followed by two days in the libraries day was Jamie Bloomquist of Back Cove they got the name torpedo stern. It used to been in the Army. He got out first because The Smith dock in West Jonesport. Find under - Jon Johansen at Gloucester and Portsmouth; with the final talking on ways to increase your presence be called a round stern.” he had asthma real bad. He was down at Fort next year his father had had a boat similar times. run on the fourth day from Kittery to Saco. on social media. His father’s boat was built just down the Bragg in North Carolina and the flowers to that, only larger built and when his son One of Bud’s uncles was Lewis Kirby The first two days following week is writing When coming up from Portsmouth on road in West Jonesport and Ralph Smith, a were blooming and he could not breathe, so came home, he says if you stay home, you who ran the wet-well lobster smack FRAN- Maine Coastal News is published 12 times a year and is dedicated to covering the news the paper so it can be at press on Wednes- my Southern Maine run on Saturday, I had nephew, owns it now. Bud said she would they sent him home.” take your pick of those boats. He took that CIS EVELYN over to Nova Scotia and along the entire coast of Maine, Kittery to Eastport. We cover general marine news, commercial day at noon. Of course, it would be much some time to spare so I stopped at several throw the traps off, adding, “They were back They were all fishing out of their wharf fishing, yachting (power and sail), boat yard and waterfront news and maritime history. one, which was the newer one, that was made back before heading to Boston to unload. If easier if I started putting articles together antiques shops. It has been said that the in the stern, up on top of it, round coaming in West Jonesport, the wharf the family Distribution of Maine Coastal News is from Eastport to Marblehead, MA and is free on by Frost.” he was staying a while, he would every so as the material is gathered, but knowing worst business today is antiques, because and when she would tip ahead and got to it, still owns, which was built by Bud’s father the newsstand. It also can be obtained by subscription. A year subscription, 12 issues, is $20.00. Bud said that she was probably built in often go out and run her up and down the I have time, I work on historical projects most of the young people do not collect she would slap them traps. He took it down, in 1933. “This day my father was hauling A single copy is $2.00, which covers the postage. Foreign rates for subscriptions are $40.00 per the early 1930s. He also said that she was just reach to circulate the water in the wet well to year. instead. As most know, Fridays are spent anything, especially old things. They have brand new boat, had it hauled into the shop down there,” said Bud. “He was starting to over 30 feet but so narrow that you could al- keep the lobsters alive. Later he would turn TheMaine Coastal News office is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine. at the Penobscot Marine Museum in Sear- even dumped the family antiques for the that winter and had a square stern put on it buy lobsters over here with one other fellow, most touch each side and thought she might FRANCIS EVELYN into a sardine boat, Comments or additional information write: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport, sport working in the “Republican Journal” money, making me wonder if down the line with square coamings. That straightened her wasn’t a very big operator, but there weren’t have been powered with an engine out of a by removing the wet well. Bud added, “He Maine 04496. or answering questions. When done I have they might regret their decision. Fortunate- out.” many of them around then. He had finished wrecked car. hauled quite a few sardines and when he got traveled from Marblehead, MA to Eastport ly, there are still a few collectors and I also There were two shops in West Jonesport up and I was with him. I wasn’t very big Bud’s wife was born first followed by done the old man always thought we should and added another 3,500 to 4,000 miles on find it interesting just walking around these owned by two Frank Smiths, known as the but I can remember we came home and the Harold, Wendell, Ordmond, and Donald, Jr. have a bigger boat so we bought that one. Publisher Jon B. Johansen the GMC. shops to see what they have. My wife calls white and black Smith and neither were a anchor was on the bow with the cross piece The first wharf was flattened when a log We put a crew in her and whatever but we Editor-in-Chief Rachel Elward Now toss in a holiday, especially one in me a hoarder, which I can not dispute. She relation of Bud’s. He added, “One lived up hung out over the side. Well, he came into floated inside it during a storm and knocked didn’t have a factory so we hauled mostly the middle of the week and I have problems wants to stop and comes out with nothing to Indian River and the other one over in the lobster car, they couldn’t come into the it apart. Just as World War II was coming cat and dog food. A few times went to the getting everything done. If you add a snow- and I come out with usually something. I Mason’s Bay. I don’t know how come they wharf at that time, they hadn’t built them out to an end, several young men coming back west’ard.” Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the February issue is January 10. storm I am really in trouble. The plan this am constantly looking for maritime books ever got together. There were five or six that far at that time. He came in alongside helped them build the wharf where it is now. The deadline for the March issue is February 7. past issue was to make the North Shore run and items and it is interesting to see what families of Smiths when I went to school, the lobster car, which had the posts up and Continued on Page 6 Since then it has been rebuilt two or three the first week of December, then spend one you can find. Maybe I should have been a not relatives at all. Just had the same last dropped her back and put her back in [gear], day in Gloucester and on Wednesday do the picker! I will say it is also easy to see why name.” well he missed it. She was going ahead and Southern Maine run and then head up to help people shop on eBay as you can find more Bud started fishing in a peapod. He that piece on the anchor caught and it came with setting up for Maine Built Boats’ annual there than in any one of these shops, but it explained, “There was a man I got it from, down the side of the boat and cleaned out the MCN's Calendar conference and board meeting at the Maine is not nearly as fun making a run around the he didn’t build it, but he was a carpenter, I exhaust pipe, the gas pipe and the whole... On-going Exhibits “The SPRAY will Come Back”: Sole Maritime Museum in Bath that afternoon. antique shops. It also makes you realize you don’t know who built it. It had a nice sail in we were shipwrecked.” Capt. Paul Cuffe: His Work, Vision and Circumnavigator Captain Joshua Slocum Well, mother nature thought I needed two should have saved more of your childhood it. You would take the sail, roll it up, tie it up Bud’s wife’s name is ANGELENA, Living Legacy New Bedford Whaling Museum days at home as she dropped some snow items than you did. and lay it down on the other side of the boat which was the name of her father’s lobster New Bedford Whaling Museum New Bedford, MA on the northeast. I then headed to Bath on So, what did I find that was of inter- that you were working on. Had a brand-new boat, which was built by Will Frost. Bud New Bedford, MA Info: (508) 997-0046 Wednesday. Following the conference on est: a number of volumes titled “Report of pair of 8-foot oars. If there was any wind at added, “This story that goes with it. When Info: (508) 997-0046 Thursday afternoon it was down to Ports- the Record Commissioners, Boston Town all and I was going from one place to another, her father got grown up, he went away. He Voyaging in the Wake of the Whalers mouth for the night doing the North Shore Records,” which have information back to I set the sail. It was a high-priced outfit. It had a brother-in-law that was working up A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Pan- Mystic Seaport run on Friday and the Southern Maine run 1660 and up to 1798. They discuss issues ef- was $35 for the whole thing.” around Lake Erie so he went up there and orama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the Mystic, CT on Saturday. I really hate missing my time fecting block makers, boatbuilders, cargoes, “It used to be there were no outboards,” got a job. His father and the four brothers World Info: mysticseaport.org in the libraries, but I did not have a choice. coasters, fisheries, men-of-war, privateers, said Bud. “Right after World War II, my went gunning birds a lot. He went away New Bedford Whaling Museum The Saturday run was interesting as there riggers, sailmakers and shipbuilding. One father would go out to haul. He would and his father missed him quite well. So, the New Bedford, MA Death in the Ice: The Mystery of the Frank- was little traffic running up Route 1 until of the entries discusses several hogshead of Info: (508) 997-0046 lin Expedition I tried to get into Kennebunkport. I am not salt that had been unloaded in the middle of Mystic Seaport sure what they had going on, but it was worse the night, apparently to avoid paying taxes After Ryder – Photographs by Nicholas Mystic, CT than the busiest day in the summer. on it. However, someone had observed the Whitman Info: mysticseaport.org The MBB conference went extremely unloading, which in turn informed the au- New Bedford Whaling Museum well as it had great speakers and about thorities and the captain of the vessel said New Bedford, MA Streamlined: From Hull to Home 100 attendees. The first speaker was James that the salt would be returned. Info: (508) 997-0046 Mystic Seaport Anderson who discussed the 3D printer and Mystic, CT Enlightened Encounters: The Two Na- Info: mysticseaport.org tions of Manjiro Nakahama New Bedford Whaling Museum Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s New Bedford, MA Journey, 1869-1880 Info: (508) 997-0046 Cape Ann Museum Gloucester, MA O’er he Wide and Tractless Sea: Original Art of the Yankee Whale Hunt JANUARY - 2020 New Bedford Whaling Museum 11 A Frozen Kingdom: Commerce & New Bedford, MA Pleasure in the Maine Winter Info: (508) 997-0046 Christopher Timm Maine Maritime Museum Thou’ Shall Knot: Clifford W. Ashley Bath Pen Bay, the Caribbean, the Cape: Where are you heading next? Come New Bedford Whaling Museum Info: (207) 443-1316 first to Front Street Shipyard in Belfast. Whether you’re sailing your 30- New Bedford, MA foot sloop around Maine’s islands or navigating your 130-foot trawler Info: (508) 997-0046 16 MMTA’s Annual Conference around the Caribbean islands, we’ll get your vessel ready for your future Maine Maritime Museum adventures. We’ve recently expanded with a new 22,500-sq ft facility. Bath The tug ROLAND A. FALGOUT (IMO 7509392) towing a barge down the Penobscot River from the Cianbro site at Brewer. This is one of the last loads of sections built by Cianbro for an oil refinery in Pittsburgh. Page 6. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. Jason Curtis of Portland Yacht Services U. S. Coast Guard News chanical at the house. I started with dirt bikes Jason loved it and would have retired The move from 58 Fore Street to 100 Coast Guard announces naming of new Guard Cutter Jeffrey Palazzo in the future when I was six years old. So, they taught from the military in 2011 and when asked West Commercial Street has been challeng- cutters after FDNY, NYPD, USCG Re- will proudly carry on their sense of honor, me outboard motors, right from the basics. if he missed it he said, “Yes and no. I mean ing. During the move they also purchased serve 9/11 heroes respect, and devotion to duty.” Then at 21 years old I decided to go into the I don’t miss the two AM phone calls. Pack Gowen’s at 400 Commercial Street. This 12 November “On the day we needed them most, military, go see the world. I worked on spy your bags you are going… You always had facility offered a Travelift, outside storage NEW YORK — The Coast Guard an- our city’s brave first responders ran toward planes and went all over the world. I saw lot to have a bag packed, I don’t miss that. space and some retail space for outboards nounced that two of its new Sentinel-Class danger without hesitation,” said Mayor of things, did a lot of things, that are quiet But there is a lot of opportunity. I wouldn’t and a couple of boat lines. This year the lease Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) will be Bill de Blasio. “Officer Vincent Danz and today. It was a really good experience.” change anything. It was cool, it was fun, expired and they moved everything down to named in honor of two extraordinary public Firefighter Jeffrey Palazzo lived and died in Unfortunately, we cannot say a lot about getting through the first-year of basic train- their new location. They also acquired a 330- servants who served in the Coast Guard service to our city and our country, and I join what he did in the military. We can say he ing and all of that. Some of my best friends. ton Travelift last year, which has increased and also served in the New York City Fire the U.S. Coast Guard, NYPD and FDNY worked on the electrical and environmental You are so tight with people when you are business, especially in the big boat market. Department and New York City Police De- in remembering the sacrifices they made to systems. The pilots wore space suits and all around the world doing stuff together.” Presently they are building two buildings partment, respectively, with both losing their keep us safe. They were heroes, plain and the suits are considered an environmental What did he learn, Jason explained, onsite, one that is big enough to allow the lives responding on 9/11. simple, and their spirit will live on through system, because they have oxygen and pres- “They taught us attention to detail. There Travelift to bring boats in to be worked on Adm. Karl Schultz, Coast Guard com- these vessels as they continue to protect our surized systems going to them. The wiring is no tow truck with an airplane. There is and another building up on Commercial mandant, made the announcement in New city and nation from harm.” was interesting as it did not have a covering no second chance there is no time for a Street, which will be used for office, retail York City’s Battery Park flanked by New Firefighter Jeffrey Palazzo bravely The USCG heavy icebreaker POLAR STAR. as it would increase the weight of the plane comeback. It is either right or really wrong. and indoor storage space. In the future they York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, NYPD served our city and his country, proudly one another safe.” vessels of interest; and improved habit- so it could not perform as needed so the wires I watched a plane crash. That’s not anything will probably put up more heated storage Commissioner James O’Neill and FDNY wearing the uniforms of the FDNY and The new cutters are scheduled for deliv- ability and sea-keeping. They are replacing were shellac coated. Jason was in school that anyone wants to see. It went to 1100 feet buildings as the demand is certainly there. Chief of Department John Sudnik, that the United States Coast Guard,” said Fire Com- ery starting in 2023. FRCs are the mainstay the 1980s-era Island-Class 110-foot patrol PORTLAND – There are a number of people in the middle of a corn field in Illinois for and then the engine went out. Something like As with any business today the problem is new cutters will be named in honor of Port missioner Daniel A. Nigro. “We will never of the Coast Guard’s coastal patrol fleet, boats. working on the coast of Maine that have almost a year before he even got to touch that makes you realize that everything has to finding employees to help with the workload Security Specialist 2nd Class Vincent Danz forget his bravery and the sacrifice he made providing multi-mission capabilities and very interesting backgrounds. How about one of these planes. At the time the United be perfect or people get hurt. and right now they could use 20 more peo- and Machinery Technician 1st Class Jeffrey working to rescue those trapped at the World interagency interoperability. FRCs feature Coast Guard suspends operations of beginning your career working on outboards States was in the midst of Desert Storm and In 1995 he returned to White Rock ple. Palazzo. Trade Center. His legacy will live on through advanced command, control, communica- multiple New York ferries after inspec- while in high school, join the Air Force to there were a lot of trainees coming into the Outboard and worked there till 1997 and Keeping this all running smoothly is Palazzo served as a Coast Guard Re- the Sentinel Class Fast Response Cutter that tions, computers, intelligence, surveillance work on the super-secret spy planes, leave military, but only a select few were chosen the following year he was hired by Portland certainly not an easy job, but Jason has it servist and FDNY firefighter at Rescue 5 in will bear his name and rescue New Yorkers and reconnaissance equipment; over-the- the military to come back to the coast of for this program. Yacht Service as an outboard technician. all under control. Then if you have a real Staten Island. He perished while assisting from danger for years to come.” Continued on Page 8 horizon cutter boat deployment to reach Maine and work in one of the premier yards, When asked if he ever got a ride in one He went from technician to outboard shop challenging question on an outboard that is others at the scene of the 9/11 attacks. Danz “Eighteen years ago, New York City where he is now running the operation? Well of these top-secret planes he responded, foreman, then operations manager and now not running correctly he will deal with that served as a Coast Guard Reservist, as well as Police Officer Vincent Danz was a portrait that is just what Jason Curtis of Portland “No, but I took a ride in a T 38, which is a is the Vice President of PYS. too. an NYPD officer at the Emergency Services of courage amid the devastation of the World Superb Service Yacht Service/Shipyard (PYS) in Portland two seat F5. We went from Beale Air Force Unit in the Bronx. He was providing aid to Trade Center attacks,” said Police Commis- Come to Jonesport for has done. Best Rates Base in California to the acrobatic range in victims on 9/11 when he perished during the sioner James P. 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I was taking industrial approaches and then the landing in an hour Over the years Bud has done a lot of real cold. When we first went down there the first-responder organizations,” said Adm. life, let us always honor – and never forget arts and the owner of White Rock Outboard and 20 minutes. Great trip. I know I almost halibut fishing and only quite a few years Grand Manan fishermen were fishing there Karl Schultz. “Their broad military and – his sacrifice for his colleagues, our fellow called looking for somebody that might Jonesport Shipyard provides meticulous, blacked out at 7Gs even though I was in a ago. too, we got along good with them. The light public service to both the Nation and City New Yorkers and our country. To Vincent’s experienced maintenance and repair. want to work on boats and the industrial arts G suit. 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It was a said, ‘try it, give it a good for.’ I took a good Views from the Pilothouse double-ended boat, but I don’t know who swing at it and if I hadn’t jumped ahead that Buying Lobsters and Coastal Sea Stories If it has to do with the care of boats, built her. They weren’t seaworthy looking, maul would have struck me in the rear end And much, much more. but they had sails in them. Then they would and there wasn’t a scratch on it. we do it here and we do it better than most. change them over, put a log in them to run “There was quite a number of guys $20.00 the shaft out through and put an engine in building boats on the island,” said Bud. “A Plus $3.00 for shipping and handling 124 Horseshoe Cove Road • Harborside, ME 04642 them. lot of times some of us would be over to the To order write: Maine Coastal News, Bud’s next boat came out of Harold island with our boats and go around the boat P. O. Box 710, Winterport, ME 04496 or Tel: (207) 326-4422 • Fax: (207) 326-4411 By Arthur S. 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Navy News to resupply U.S. interests in Antarctica. increase its icebreaking fleet with six new preventing more than a ton of additional Navy Announces Three Deaths in Pearl ter was established today and will reopen Continued from Page 7. “We set out today on an important polar security cutters in order to ensure drugs dumped by suspected smugglers from Harbor Naval Shipyard Shooting at the Fleet and Family Service Center tions reveal safety discrepancies mission, saying goodbye to the friends and continued national presence and access to reaching the United States. The interdic- JOINT BASE PEARL HARBOR-HICK- (FFSC). FFSC will have counselors there to 24-November families who have supported us and our the Polar Regions. tions, which included two low profile vessels AM, Hawaii (NNS) -- Two Department of support witnesses, friends, family and base NEW YORK -- The Coast Guard ordered ship for the past seven-months since we re- In the fiscal year 2019 budget, Congress in one week and resulted in the apprehension Defense civilians died following a shooting residents. They can be contacted at (850) 23 New York Waterway ferries to suspend turned from Operation Deep Freeze 2019,” appropriated $655 million to begin con- of 13 suspected smugglers and seizure of at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard at Joint 452-5990. service over the last week after a series of said Capt. Gregory Stanclik, commanding struction of a new polar security cutter this drugs with an estimated value of $165-mil- Base Pearl Harbor Hickam on Dec. 4. The inspections found the vessels to be opera- officer of the Polar Star. “We are looking year, with another $20 million appropriated lion, were accomplished by working with shooter, a Navy Sailor assigned to USS Co- Statement from Chief of Naval Op- tionally unfit. forward to this year’s mission to McMurdo for long-lead-time materials to build a sec- multiple interagency partners to counter lumbia (SSN 771), died from self-inflicted erations on Recent Attacks on Naval July 2012 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Coast Guard Sector New York marine Station with a ship that is running the best ond. transnational criminal organizations and gunshot wound. Installations inspectors determined the 23 ferries had it has since reactivation. This mission is The Coast Guard and U.S. Navy, work- hinder the illicit flow of drugs, people, and The civilians have been identified: Vin- By Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Mike damage or discrepancies significant enough critical to the United States and our con- ing through an integrated program office, other dangerous shipments bound for the cent J. Kapoi of Hawaii, Metals Inspector Gilday, to warrant suspension of service. So far, two tinued strategic presence on the Antarctic awarded VT Halter Marine Inc., a fixed United States. Apprentice, Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard WASHINGTON (NNS) -- This has been a Boat And Ship Yard News of those vessels have been reinspected and Continent and I have the best crew possible price incentive contract in April for the detail “These interdictions were an all hands and Roldan A. Agustin of Hawaii, Shop devastating week for our Navy family. Our returned to normal operations. to ensure we safely accomplish our goal.” design and construction of the Coast Guard’s effort working with Joint Interagency Task Planner (Nondestructive Testing), Pearl hearts break for those who lost their lives in “The safety of the public is our top Homeported in Seattle, the 43-year-old lead polar security cutter, including options Force South, interagency partners and Harbor Naval Shipyard. Pensacola and the wrenching pain it causes priority, and we expect our ferry operators Coast Guard cutter is the United States’ last for the construction of two additional PSCs. partner nations in the region,” said Cmdr. The Sailor was identified as Machin- their loved ones. When tragedy hits, as it did BROOKS TRAP MILL to uphold the highest standards,” said Capt. remaining operational heavy icebreaker. “The Coast Guard greatly appreciates Randall Chong, commanding officer of the ist’s Mate Auxiliary Fireman Gabriel An- today, and Wednesday in Pearl Harbor, it is Jason Tama, commander of Coast Guard This is the cutter’s seventh deployment in as the strong support from both the Adminis- Coast Guard Cutter Thetis. “I could not be tonio Romero of Texas, assigned to USS felt by all. Those who grieve do not do so & MARINE SUPPLIES

Sector New York. “We know many people many years to directly support the resupply tration and Congress for funding the polar prouder of my crew for stepping up and COLUMBIA (SSN 771). The submarine, alone. We grieve together alongside you. We 1- 800- 426- 4526 rely on these ferries for daily commutes, of McMurdo Station – the United States’ security cutter program,” said Adm. Karl successfully completing our mission.” homeported in in Pearl Harbor, remains in serve together as one team, as one Fleet, as and as these discrepancies are rectified, main logistics hub in Antarctica. Schultz, the commandant of the Coast During a port call in Huatulco, Mex- dry-dock at the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard part of one Joint Force. As shipmates - uni- Bath, ME ~ Portland, ME ~ Thomaston, ME we will work with New York Waterway to Each year, the crew aboard the 399-foot, Guard. “These new cutters are absolutely ico, Thetis crewmembers volunteered for for routine maintenance. form and civilian, active and reserve - we An artist rendering of the future Expeditionary Sea Base (ESB) ship, T-ESB 5 named in honor MORE THAN JUST LOBSTER TRAPS!! 13,000-ton Polar Star create a navigable vital to achieving our national strategic a community relations event and built a must come together to be the strength and of Marine Corps Vietnam veteran and Medal of Honor recipient Miguel Keith. (U.S. Navy return these ferries to operations as quickly as possible.” path through seasonal and multi-year ice, objectives in the Polar Regions – presence playground at a school located in the moun- support for those who need us now. No one photo illustration) New York Waterway currently oper- sometimes as much as 21-feet thick, to equals influence, and we must be present tains of the Oaxaca province. The Thetis should feel alone. There are many resources tant secretaries of the Navy; and members Keith (ESB 5) ates 32 ferries in the New York area. Upon allow a resupply vessel to reach McMurdo to meet the Nation’s national security and crew provided children with a new, safe available for us all - including counselors, of Congress closely identified with naval From Team Ships Public Affairs discovering multiple discrepancies during Station. The supply delivery allows Antarc- economic needs there in the future.” playground that will last them many years chaplains and mental health professionals. affairs. SAN DIEGO, Calif. (NNS) -- The Navy routine vessel inspections over the past tic stations to stay operational year-round, to come. We must look out for each other and take care Arleigh Burke-class destroyers conduct accepted delivery of its third Expeditionary A. L. Pettegrow of Southwest Harbor has a Duffy 35 and a Pettegrow 30 in for upgrades. Your one-stop-shop for traps and marine supplies! two weeks, the Coast Guard conducted an including during the dark and tumultuous Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returns to In addition to its operational success, of one another. That extra effort to extend a a variety of operations, from peacetime Sea Base (ESB) ship, USNS Miguel Keith inspection of 100 percent of the operational winter. Key West from drug interdiction patrol the Thetis crew completed damage control, hand or lend an ear to those who need helptotally gonepresence through and so shecrisis is just response like new. to theysea controlare now installing (ESB the 5) engine, Nov. 15. which is • Lobster Traps • Apparel Down below she has a V-berth, galley and a C-18 Caterpillar. She will be done late this • Shrimp Traps • Aquaculture Supplies Commissioned in 1976, the Polar Star 5 December seamanship and navigation, and shipboard should never be underestimated. It will make and power projection. Delivery marks the official• transferCrab Traps of • Bait Bags fleet, including 21 vessels alone on Saturday. head with shower. She is powered with a summer. is showing its age. Reserved for Operation KEY WEST, FL — The crew of Coast Guard helicopter operations and training with an a difference. The future USS Thad Cochran will be the ship from the shipbuilder to• theFish TrapsNavy. • Ballast(steel,cement,etc) 3406E Caterpillar diesel. They hope to have Still to do are two salmon seiners, built • Sea Bass Traps • Bessy Bait Drums/Pails Nation’s only heavy icebreaker departs Deep Freeze each year, the Polar Star spends Cutter Thetis returned home Thursday to embarked Coast Guard Helicopter Inter- her overcapable early this of summer. fighting air, surface, andon the subsur 38 foot- hulls,ESB which 5 will will bebe goingowned to and operated• Scup by Traps Mil - • Buoys the winter breaking ice near Antarctica, and Key West, Florida, after completing a 79- diction Tactical Squadron MH-65 Dolphin In the far bay was a 42 kit boat that they Alaska. itary Sealift Command. • Conch Traps • Paint for Antarctic military operation SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in face battles simultaneously and will contain Eel Traps • Rope were putting the top on and installing the • 26 November when the mission is complete, the cutter re- day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific from Jacksonville, Florida. Honor of Late Sen. Cochran a combination of offensive and defensive “The Navy and industry team• overcameUsed Traps • Trap Accessories 700-hp John Deere diesel before shipping to Hewes Company in Blue Hill has just turns to dry dock in order to complete critical Ocean in support of U.S. Southern Com- Named for the famous Greek mythol- From Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs weapon systems to support maritime war- significant setbacks in the construction of SEATTLE — The crew aboard the U.S. Connecticut the middle of the summer. She been given the contract to build the interior Stop in and see us! Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB maintenance and repairs in preparation for mand Joint Interagency Task Force South ogy sea nymph and mother of Achilles, the WASHINGTON (NNS) (NNS) -- Secretarywill be fare,finished including out as a sportfisherman. integrated air andof an missile 86-foot carbon this fibre ship, racing and sled I’m under extremely proud of the 10) departed Tuesday commencing their the next Operation Deep Freeze mission. and the Coast Guard 11th District. Thetis is a 270- foot Famous-class cutter, of the Navy Richard V. Spencer announced A 46-footdefense Wesmac and vertical is being finishedlaunch out capabilities.construction in theurgency State ofand Washington. determination displayed on annual deployment to Antarctica where the The Coast Guard has been the sole The Thetis crew interdicted four sus- homeported in Key West and has a crew of a future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missileas a lobster The boat ship for awill fisherman be 509 fromfeet long,This projecthave ais waitingeveryone’s for designs part and to deliverthey a high-quality ship cutter and crew will support Operation Deep provider of the nation’s polar icebreaking pected drug smuggling vessels seizing an 100. destroyer will be named in honor of late Sen.Vinalhaven. beam The of 59hull feet, and topand are be done capable and ofdo operating not expect to beginthat untilwill August. support Most our of operational require- Freeze 2020, a joint military service mission capability since 1965, and is seeking to estimated 9,300 pounds of cocaine and WASHINGTON (Dec. 7, 2019) File photo of Thad Cochran, a Navy veteran. in excess of 30 knots. ments in the 7th Fleet area of operations,” Ensign Joshua Kaleb Watson, 23, from Coffee, Cochran was commissioned an ensign Lawsuit Against Maine BoatContinued on Page 10 Visit us online at: Alabama. Ens. Watson was killed during an in the U.S. Naval Reserve in 1959 after grad- Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Miguel WWW.BROOKSTRAPMILL.COM active shooter incident at Naval Air Station uating from the University of Mississippi Builder Dismissed Pensacola, Dec. 6. (U.S. Navy Photo) with a bachelor’s degree in psychology and In 2008-2009 a New Jersey businessman claimed by the boat owner, Stalker Fishing MAINE BOATBUILDER’S SHOW completed his service in the U.S. Navycame in to Maine and sought the services of Charters, LLC. Thereafter one of the passen- Lash Brothers Boatyard of Friendship, Navy Identifies Three Sailors Killed in gers on this trip filed suit in 2011 against 1961. Maine. The NJ businessman has a fish char- Stalker Fishing Charters, LLC in Superior NAS Pensacola Shooting He served on the staff of the Commantering- business in Southern New Jersey. He Court in Cape May. From the Office of the Navy Chief of dant of the Eighth Naval District in Newwas familiar withRELIABILITY another boat in New Jersey ISApparently A FAMILY this passenger, TRADITION. Michael 20, 21 and 22 March 2020 Information Orleans, Louisiana; taught military law andbuilt by Lash and was impressed with the Bradley, a resident of Broomall, Pennsylva- quality of the hullMEET and finished construction.THE NEXT GENERATION. WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Three Sailors naval orientation at the Officer Candidate nia, fell off a cooler on which he was standing The NJ businessmanINTRODUCING contracted THEwith NEWESTwhen the MEMBERS propeller broke OF off.THE The IN-LINE passenger FOUR FAMILY. 512 Warren Avenue, Portland 04103, Portland Sports Complex died during an active shooter incident at School in Newport, Rhode Island; and wasLash to furnish a 34 foot Calvin Beal lobster Meet the all new advanced-technologyclaims the In-Line vessel Fours–the somehow F200, came F175, toF150 an abruptand F115. 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i4Family_Sgl_7x10_BW.indd 1 6/25/15 1:32 PM Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11. U. S. Navy News Yacht Designer Jim Taylor tice—developing technology for defense sectors. with a phone call from one of the greatest in MARBLEHEAD – There never seems to be wall, which were built in the ‘80s and ‘90s, crew would help get the boat ready in the Continued from Page 9. and commercial applications. Dr. Richard Carlin, who directs ONR’s American history. a lack of interesting boatbuilding projects you pretty much designed the hull and the spring and that all went away. Owners pay said Capt. Scot Searles, Strategic Sealift and “NEPTUNE’s very impressive results technology accelerator programs, said: Since that conversation, they have on the coast of Maine and many times the yard went off and started building the hull. everything and so the costs went through the Theater Sealift program manager, Program stem from the fact our students are not your “NEPTUNE is a scalable model that incor- been bringing those stories to Navy bases person responsible for the design does not Then you designed the interior maybe and roof. The owners asked themselves, ‘Am I Executive Office Ships. “Like the ship’s traditional students,” said Maria Medeiros, a porates university-developed technologies throughout the country. get the credit due. Presently at Brooklin Boat certainly the deck hardware came along a having that much fun?’ Too often the answer namesake, those who sail aboard Miguel program officer in ONR’s Mission Capable, into potential capabilities for the Navy and “That’s what we like to do,” said Laura Yard in Brooklin they have three new builds lot later. The way Brooklin [Boat Yard] is was no, which loops all the way back to the Keith will embody his dedication to service Persistent and Survivable Naval Platforms Marine Corps. Innovation hubs nation- Orr, who appreciated when an employee underway and two of these projects are off set up, and the way that boat building works classic yacht world. In Grand Prix racing to our country.” Department. “The veterans and military wide—known as Tech Bridges—are being came up to her after the presentation and the design board of one designer, Jim Taylor now, the hull is of a 3D model and so you it was high-end, really competitive racing ESBs are highly flexible, modular students are mature; have real, hands-on established to further connect NEPTUNE said, “Now I know about people I’ve never of Marblehead, Massachusetts. can pre-fab all kinds of components and cut and everybody who didn’t go home with a platforms that are optimized to support a experience in solving problems; and are students and projects with local small busi- heard of before. I know what they did.” The one furthest along is a 50-footer for them and plop them in and they will fit. It trophy went home mad, because you failed. variety of maritime-based missions includ- ready to address naval challenges.” nesses and Navy resources to develop and a local owner from Blue Hill, who presently changes the design process as it all has to be In the Classic boat racing world, there are ing special operations force and airborne Currently, NEPTUNE sponsors re- test their ideas.” Navy’s Oldest Floating Dry Dock Passes owns the Eggemoggin 47 LARK. Jim add- done and ready, almost from the get go.” all kinds of definitions for a successful day. mine countermeasures support operations, search projects at six civilian universities, Material Inspection ed, “I did the appendages and rig changes BLACK FISH, which is based out of In the [Eggemoggin] Reach Race 100 re- in addition to humanitarian support and the U.S. Naval Academy and the Naval Naval Historians, Authors Highlight By Hendrick L. Dickson, Mid-Atlantic Re- for LARK and since, they have built three Nantucket, mostly races in the classic yacht ally cool boats come every year, by far the sustainment of traditional military missions. Postgraduate School. Since its inception, Battle of Midway Heroes at Dahlgren gional Maintenance Center Public Affairs variations on this theme. This owner is races held on the East Coast and does very biggest event in the season and my guess ESBs include a four-spot flight deck and it has involved more than 225 veterans and From NSWCDD Public Affairs NORFOLK, VA (NNS) -- The crew of building what amounts to a third iteration of well in the Spirit of Tradition class. is that 2/3 of the people who enter have no hangar and a versatile mission deck and are active-duty students in 34 different proj- DAHLGREN, VA (NNS) -- It was a day the Mid-Atlantic Regional Maintenance DREADNOUGHT and BLACKFISH, both The Classic Yacht races start with the expectation of taking home a trophy. They designed around four core capabilities: avi- ects—resulting in 22 patents, a strong record Laura Orr did not expect in 2011 – a re- Center’s (MARMC) Floating Dry-Dock 49-footers. DREADNOUGHT is the first New York Yacht Club Annual Regatta in are there for the experience. They are there ation facilities, berthing, equipment staging of employment in technology industries and turned phone call from legendary Battle of Dynamic (AFDL 6) recently passed a ma- boat that I had built in 2014. They are Spirit Newport, RI. Then they come to the coast to admire every else’s boats, and have other support and command and control assets. multiple veteran-owned business start-ups. Midway dive-bomber pilot Norman Jack terial inspection by the Navy’s Board of In- of Tradition, with modern under bodies and of Maine and compete in the Castine to people admire their boats. People go away ESBs will operate as the component com- Projects use theoretical research to de- “Dusty” Kleiss. spection and Survey (INSURV), certifying traditional topsides. DREADNOUGHT Camden Race; Camden to Brooklin Race with a very different criteria for success.” are way up there. I never met L. Francis mander requires, providing the U.S. Navy velop products that can be used by today’s Orr, special events coordinator at the dock as materially ready and safe for was the first and BLACK FISH the second. and the Eggemoggin Reach Regatta on the When asked who was his favourite [Herreshoff] as he died a year before I got fleet with a critical access infrastructure that warfighters. The goal is for student projects Hampton Roads Naval Museum in Norfolk, continued use. BLACK FISH is the same hull, but with a first weekend of August. Then it is onto the designer, Jim said without hesitation, “Well, here. He was dyslexic to the point where his supports the flexible deployment of forces to address real-world problems. To achieve Va., at the time, had called him with a speak- For the past 75 years, Dynamic has different keel and the cabin house is exactly Corinthian Classic in Marblehead, the Opera Nathanael Herreshoff was my hero because father thought he was never going to make and supplies. this, NEPTUNE project teams must include ing invitation. Although he accepted, he was served as an auxiliary floating dry dock, one shower stall shorter. So, the cockpit House Cup at Nantucket; the Herreshoff he did so many different things. He was way it in the boat design world, and he was sent USNS Miguel Keith was constructed military students to ensure that evaluations unable to speak due to illness. However, a capable of lifting ships out of the water companionway bulkhead came forward Museum regatta and the IYRS regatta, both into engineering, did unbelievable engineer- off to run the family farm. He was actually by General Dynamics NASSCO shipyard of proposed solutions incorporate their prac- door of possibilities opened for Orr and her for inspections and repairs. The dock was 24½-inches along with the entire cockpit and two-day events, in Narragansett Bay. ing feats before everyone else. In all the time a really good designer and aesthetically he in San Diego, California. NASSCO is under tical experiences in uniform. husband, Timothy Orr, an associate pro- delivered to the U.S. Navy March 11, 1944, the traveler, everything is shifted forward. These classic yacht races became popu- I have spent developing, tuning and refining had a finer eye than his dad. Nathanael the contract for detail design and construction of The program also connects universities fessor of military history at Old Dominion and with the exception of USS Constitution, They pretty much have the same speed po- lar in the 1980s and it was the Eggemoggin the rating rule we use I have learned a lot hulls, most of them are pretty, some of them ESBs 6 and 7, with an option for ESB 8. with the military, so Sailors and Marines University. is the oldest active vessel in the fleet. tential. BLACK FISH is a little bit deeper Reach Regatta that led the way followed by about all these boats. Alfred Milne was a are not, and the cabin houses were like mass As one of the Defense Department’s can test new technologies and give direct They joined Kleiss in co-writing “Nev- In preparing the dry dock for inspection, keeled and presumably a little bit quicker up the Classic Yacht Race, hosted by the Mu- guy I hadn’t known much of. Clinton Crane production boxes. Get the boats out fast, at a largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships feedback to researchers. er Call Me A Hero: A Legendary American the vessel underwent a seven-month main- wind.” seum of Yachting in Newport and the Opera or George Watson. Watson was the guy profit. L. Francis, the boats are just way pret- is responsible for executing the develop- One product resulting from NEPTUNE Dive-Bomber Pilot Remembers the Battle tenance availability that included ultrasonic On the new 50, the owner wanted the House Cup on Nantucket. These races have that after a whole bunch of tank testing in tier, actually they are not all pretty, some had ment and procurement of all destroyers, am- is a diver wetsuit developed at the Massa- of Midway.” testing, tank inspections, and equipment house top raised three inches and that meant there own handicapping system, which is the England and Herreshoff didn’t do any was different goals, some particular objectives.” phibious ships, special mission and support chusetts Institute of Technology. The wetsuit The book was published in May 2017 preservations and repairs. Although Port that the sheer had to go up to match it. Jim challenging aspect of this type of racing as quoted after an America’s Cup, ‘I wish he ships, and boats and craft. creates an artificial blubber for divers, which — just over a year after Kleiss passed away Operations at Joint Expeditionary Base added, “This also added to the bow and a the competitors are very diverse. had a test tank.’ For me, both Herreshoffs Continued on Page 22 combats hypothermia and increases swim- on April 24, 2016 at the age of 100. Little Creek-Fort Story provided barge and little bit to the stern. These changes change A common question among serious Theoretical to Tactical: Veterans Turn ming efficiency. The Orrs shared this story at the Naval crane support, the overhaul was successfully virtually everything despite the fact that pleasure boaters and people in the industry is Research into Naval Innovation Another success story is a portable mi- Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division completed in house by Dynamic’s 28 Sail- conceptually it is kind of simple but in the boating healthy or not? There is no question From Office of Naval Research Public crogrid created at Arizona State University Integrated Combat Systems Department ors and MARMC’s Quality Assurance and execution it is complex. All of the design and that from the pleasure boat side of things, Affairs (ASU). A microgrid can disconnect from a sponsored event held at the base theater Production teams. what Brooklin [Boat Yard] had to do all had there are a lot fewer cruisers and racers then ARLINGTON, VA (NNS) -- A wetsuit to main power grid and operate autonomously. as a part of the Naval Heritage Command “This is work typically done by an to be updated. The first two are were 49s, and there were 25 years ago. Jim felt that cruising help Navy divers fight the deadly effects This means deployed warfighters can trans- Lecture Series, Nov. 15. outside maintenance activity in the ship- this one is actually 50 because as the sheer was doing okay, but in the sailboat racing of hypothermia. A portable power source port and connect to mobile power sources in It was not the only story shared. yards,” said Lt. Cmdr. Seth Hall, Dynamic went out, it got longer.” world it was pretty sketchy. He said, “There for warfighters serving in desolate combat remote locations. The stories of brave U. S. warfighters, commanding officer. “We were able to use DREADNOUGHT is out sailing, much are a lot of things that make sailboat racing at zones. So far, NEPTUNE has trained over 200 like Kleiss, who fought the Japanese armed our own resources at MARMC to get this of the time singlehanded, virtually every any level hard. It takes a lot of time. It’s hard These are just two products to emerge military students on microgrid technology. forces during Midway, June 3-7, 1942, cap- done.” day of the summer out of Southwest Har- to find a crew if you want to go sailing every from the Naval Enterprise Partnership The partnership with ASU has resulted in tivated an audience of 67 people. The commanding officer agreed. bor. This owner winters in Marina Del Rey, weekend all summer long because they have Teaming with Universities for National Ex- several working prototypes—yielding three “No matter what they did, whether they “Keeping a World War II era craft mission California where he has another boat. Jim families and everybody’s time is chopped cellence initiative—known as NEPTUNE. patents and multiple licensing and business came back or died out on the ocean, were capable has its challenges. INSURV just explained, “The West Coast boat is called up into little bits. That applies to one-design NEPTUNE’s mission: leveraging the opportunities. wounded, or blew up in their plane -- all of validated that MARMC and Dynamic were VA PENSIERO which is another Brooklin racing out here, it applies to super yacht P. O. Box 88 unique experiences, knowledge and “can- ASU student and Navy veteran Timothy that is a story worth telling,” said Timothy not just up for that challenge, but that they Boat Yard build that they took a chain saw to racing. It applies to every level. It’s tough Belfast, Maine 04915 – [email protected] do” attitude of military students with deliv- Ward said NEPTUNE had a dramatic impact Orr. “It explains how the U. S. eventually excelled,” said Capt. Tim Barney. “Our two years ago. They sawed off the append- to find the time. The Rhodes 19 fleet here ery of university-derived technologies. The on his civilian career at General Electric: “I triumphed over the empire of Japan in the mission is to fix ships and this certification ages and put on new ones. He wanted to do in Marblehead is very competitive and it’s 2019 – “Working together” effort has been so successful that NEPTUNE strongly believe [NEPTUNE] opened doors Pacific War. It really shapes the world as we helps us keep our Landing Craft Units and more racing and he wasn’t doing very well been the healthiest fleet in town for quite a 2.0 will launch in early 2020—providing for me at GE, equipping me to launch a ca- know it today.” other small vessels mission capable.” so he commissioned DREADNOUGHT. while. Part of the reason is we sail with two Name: ______new research grants to universities to align reer in the power industry after graduation.” The title of the book is reflective of Dynamic remains as ready as ever with When he built the new boat, there wasn’t a and the boats are relatively cheap, most of Address: ______naval and national defense strategy require- When NEPTUNE 2.0 begins in 2020, Kleiss’ sentiment when the Orrs approached its longevity not only a testament to the Sail- buyer for the old boat so rather than give it them 40 years old. If you need a big crew ments with campus laboratory capabilities. there will be an increased focus on entre- him about writing it. He did not think of ors who serve aboard her today, but also to up for nothing he decided to take it to the it’s a real issue. It’s a little like golf, which Town/city: ______Zip: ______Launched in 2015 by the Office of Na- preneurship. This will ensure that ONR is himself as a hero – because he survived. those who have in the past. West Coast and sail it out there. Then he is struggling. You can’t just go out and play val Research (ONR), NEPTUNE sponsors not only supporting military students in However, as highlighted on the book cover, “If you think about it, many of the said, ‘Can you make VA PENSIERO more golf, you have to practice and learn how to Phone number:______E-mail address______university research, which enables military developing job skills, but also empowering “On June 4-6, 1942, Kleiss, a Navy lieu- sailors that served aboard her 75 years ago like DREADNOUGHT?’ I said, ‘Yeah we play the game and it takes four hours to play students (veterans and active duty) to con- them to start businesses to develop proto- tenant, helped sink three Japanese warships, were young 18-year-olds just coming into can.’ I drew up some conceptual drawings 18 holes. Sailing is a lot the same. You can’t Type of membership: nectAllenBW_coastalNews_4.937x3.687_013019.qxp_Layout education with entrepreneurial prac- types benefiting1 1/30/19 the8:04 defense PM Page and 1 commercial crippling the Imperial Navy and reversing the Navy; they would be 93-year-olds to- for what that would involve and showed just walk down on the dock, hit the ignition the tide of World War II.” day,” Hall said. “Those Sailors and all those them to Brooklin and I would not have been and go off racing or even sailing. You need ( ) Lobsterman/stern man ($100) yearly License no. ______The Orrs’ journey of capturing and tell- surprised that they told me that I was nuts. to have learned a lot. People don’t have that ing the stories of Midway heroes all began Continued on Page 20 They did a beautiful job and the changes did time.” ( ) Lobsterman – age 70 & over ($50) work out really well. He’s had a lot of fun “Racing has gone kind of full circle,” ( ) Student ($56) yearly Marine Insurance with the boat on the West Coast, but it is a added Jim. “When I started racing you raced An employee-owned company serving Maine people and their boats since 1866. varnished wooden boat that just gets cooked around government marks and now all the ( ) Business associate ($113) yearly in the California sun. He was getting tired racing that we do around here is around ( ) Avid supporter ($132) yearly JOHANSON BOATWORKS of maintaining the boat and wanted one inflatable marks, windward leeward. This ( ) Friend of DELA ($100) Full Service Yacht Yard more competitive so he decided on a race put the premium on tactics and that means boat. It is not Spirit of Tradition. First, I you have to have a good crew. One thing ( ) I wish to support DELA’s legal fund ______wasn’t really quite sure what he was after. that is growing is point-to-point type racing. I sketched up some ideas that were kind of The experience, the adventure part of it. ( ) I wish to support DELA’s Scholarship Fund______modern, contemporary full on race boats. The other piece is that the cost went nuts. We also take Master Card and Visa Because he is not a young guy and he doesn’t In the 80s - 90s early 2000s professional have a professional crew I started to back guys, doctors, lawyers and business guys Card _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ Expiration date _ _/_ _ Security code _ _ _ off. I realized that I was ending up not too could afford to build boats and compete. far from a really successful race boat that I However, the boats morphed into rather Card holder’s name (print) ______did in 1998. A good description would be a than boats that you could take the family Offices in Rockland, Camden, Belfast, Southwest Harbor and Waterville. gentleman’s day boat. She is 44 feet, but this for a week’s vacation into pure race boats. Card Holder’s signature______one they have not started yet.” So, you had a 2 or 3 million dollar sailboat Rockland, Maine • 207-596-7060 There has been a change in the way de- that you did nothing but race. That racing *Downeast Lobstermen’s Association is a qualified tax exempt organization under section AllenIF.com/marine (800)439-4311 signers have had to adapt to the way boats are took you away from your family and you 501 ( c ) (6) of the Internal Revenue Code OWNER, VESSEL, FLEET OR CREW [email protected] • jboatworks.com built today. Jim explained, “The boats on the had to find crew. Early on in my career the MAINE COASTAL NEWS MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 12. January 2020 JanuaryJuly 20122020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page Page 13. 13. Commercial Fishing News Commercial FishingFishing NewsNews From the Director of D.E.L.A. MiscellaneousISCELLANEOUS CommercialOMMERCIAL FishingISHING NewsEWS From the Director - same page. This is something that could be Koopman, Senior Biologist of the Grand Scallop season has begun also! This is ASMFC Seeks ProposalsM for Regional ment Zones with pre-planning C and pre-per- for complete proposal Fdetails, qualifying 8N - Academic/Scientific Groups Center, and Marine Mammals of Maine Waring noted that the 2012 harbor seal process for the last decade made him a sure opportunity to look back at where we have Here we are, in the middle of December done and would be good if it is put out there Manan Whale & Seabird Research Station. a good chance to buy your scallops for the Pilot Projects in Support of Sustainable mitting for a range of aquaculture activities. requirements, and submission instructions. Instead of relying on science to deter- joined the team for the Rockland tagging study is an example of collaboration among choice to serve as the Commission’s Acting been and what we have accomplished, and and it’s almost Christmas! I hope that ev- for all of us to see. It is a letter stating: We are tagging berried Holidays. The season doesn’t last long, so Aquaculture: Proposals Due January 15, Resolution of issues (e.g., enforcement, wa- The RFP is available at http://www.asmfc. mine the mortality causes of Right Whale effort. many different organizations so that Executive Director,” stated ASMFC Chair chart a new course for the future.” eryone had a Happy Thanksgiving with lots D.E.L.A. is not holding a meeting in females with yellow plastic zip ties on one be sure that you participate while you can. 2020 ter quality, public trust concerns or impacts) org/files/RFPs/ASMFC2020PilotAquacul- death caused by line entanglements The TRT A pre-abundance survey aerial flight everyone involved benefits as much as Paul Diodati. ”Recognized and well The Commission was formed over 70 of good food and enjoyment. I am Thankful December, as it is such a busy month. This claw before putting them back overboard. Today, I have a meeting with the Maine related to open water finfish farming in state tureRFP_Nov2019.pdf. has decided to poll the members above to along the entire Maine coast will begin on possible. “My goal is to successfully respected by the fisheries management years ago by the 15 Atlantic coast states to that everyone in our family was happy and does not mean that we are not active and We would like to see where the females go in Fishermen’s Forum Board, which is plan- ARLINGTON, VA –The Atlantic States Ma- waters. Business incubators. Regional mar- determine how they feel about their “Deci- May 26 or 27 to determine the general conduct the capture/tagging and aerial community, he brings to the position strong assist in managing and conserving their healthy for the holiday. staying in touch, though. We are very much short term, and where they end up during the ning the 2020 Forum once again in March. rine Fisheries Commission (Commission), ket and economic impact studies. The Gulf and Pacific States Marine sion Support Tool”. This is not science, but locations of the radio-tagged harbor seals at abundance survey,” Waring said, “and to leadership skills and a thorough shared coastal fishery resources. With the A lot of boats are coming up now, with in touch with the issues and are always happy winter and spring. The last time it was done, This is going to be bigger and better each in partnership with the NOAA Fisheries Fisheries Commissions have also issued instead POLITICS! that time. Antennas mounted on the wings continue developing the regional network of understanding of the issues faced by the recognition that fish do not adhere to only the offshore boats ramping up for the to discuss your concerns with you if you was in the 1980’s. Berried females from year as this will be 45 years of celebration. Office of Aquaculture, is issuing a Request *Note: Proposals for oyster projects similar RFPs seeking proposals relevant Thankfully, the Maine and Downeast of the radio tracking airplane can detect the seal researchers and cooperative research Commission and the states. His appointment political boundaries, the states formed an winter months. The rope specifications send a message or give us a call. Working that study were tagged from Grand Manan, The Lobster Institute’s 2020 Canadi- for Proposals (RFP), seeking marine aqua- were already requested in a separate RFP to their respective regions. For more infor- Lobstermen’s associations withdrew their radio signals from tagged seals within a 5-10 programs.” will ensure continuity in the Commission’s Interstate Compact, which was approved by are in place for now, which I posted in last together with M.L.A., AndI Pelletier asked if and while most of them stayed close, a few an-U.S. Lobster Town Meeting is set for culture pilot projects focused on sustainable (2019 Request Regional Oyster Aquaculture mation, please contact Dr. Louis Daniel at support of these actions. After 22 years of my mile area when the radio-tagged animals are scientific and management programs during the U.S. Congress in 1942. The states have month’s Director’s Report, if you missed it. we have folks that would like to help going went up the Bay of Fundy and one went as January 24-25, 2020. The title is “Lobsters aquatic farming techniques and regional Research Consortia) [email protected] or 252.342.1478. written admonitions to them that the “Right hauled out on the ledges. Navy to Host Series of Public Meetings to this time of transition.” found that their mutual interest in sustaining Take a look in last month’s issue, it is all there to the schools and work with our younger far south as Cape Cod. Are they doing the without borders: forging our futures to- business practices to grow U.S. domestic Whale is merely a surrogate for the real seafood.On Theabout geographic May scope27, theof the aerial pro- Solicit NOAA Comments Fisheries, on through Proposed the Training Commis- Over the next couple of months, the healthy coastal fishery resources is best for you to go by. The big point to make is, generation to introduce the lobster industry same thing 35 years later? We already have gether.” LETTER TO DELA target, you, the lobstermen.” The lightbulbs posedphotographic projects is abundance the U.S. East surveys Coast states will sion,and is Testing making Exercises available off $625,000 U.S. Atlantic for the Commission’s Executive Committee will promoted by working together if a lot of whales are entangled, but the rope to them as well. I asked her to send me a one female who moved 8nm in 9 days! Friday, January 24, 9am to 4pm & Seafood/ Steve Rappaport’s November 28 arti- finally went on. Now, three scientists are frombegin. Maine The tosurvey Florida. will The photograph primary locationseals on fundingand Gulf period of Mexico of July Coast; 1, 2020 Comments to June Due 30, develop a vacancy announcement and cooperatively, in collaboration with the has no purple in it, then it will prove that they list of these requests when they come in and For our Fishers: If you fine one in a Cash Bar Reception at 5 pm. Saturday, cle” Scientists review divisive whale risk re- going to review the TRT’s findings. Eureka! ofhaul-out the proposed ledges inprojects bay sectors must in be four-hour in the 2021. Individual proposalsJuly 10 should not ex- selection process for the new Executive federal government. With this approach, the are not tangling up in Maine waters. perhaps we can work together on this. If you trap, could you please record the tag#, and January 25, 8-11:30 am at the Crowne Plaze duction model” indicates to me that NOAA Here is the question that the three sci- marine/estuarineintervals. Simultaneously, environment. the radio Examples tracking ceed The$200,000 Department or be less of than the $50,000. Navy Ithas is Director. Mr. Diodati continued, “This is an states uphold their collective fisheries It is a bit difficult to go over all of the ropes are interested in being called to speak to a where and when she was caught, and then Motel, Moncton, NB, Canada. To register has become just another deep state bureau- entists need to answer and expose in no un- ofaircraft the types will searchof pilot in theprojects same baybeing sectors sought for anticipatedprepared a thatDraft approximately Environmental 4-6 projectsImpact exciting time in the Commission’s seventy management responsibilities in a cost- just to put a purple tracer in them, but it will classroom, please let me know and I will throw her back with the tag still on. Please online, go to lobsterinstitute.org. or call cracy with a political agenda rather than a certain terms, to the public and the industry. throughradio tagged the RFPseals. follow:Data from Research both aircraft and willStatement/Overseas be funded. Eligible Environmental applicants includeImpact year history. It offers our Commissioners an effective, timely, and responsive fashion. hopefully be worth it in the end. How is share with you. I can also post it on our provide the info either by calling 506- conference services at 207-581-1443. fact finding scientifically based regulatory Beginning in January 2012 and ending developmentwill be used to related derive anto abundancethe production estimate. and researchersStatement for at U.S. U.S. Navy academic training institutions, and testing everyone doing this? Are you painting your D.E.L.A. Facebook site and website. My 622-3804 (number is on the tag), emailing With all of this being said, this is a good “We do not know how many harbor activities conducted within the Atlantic agency. Their Large Whale Take Reduction September 30, 2019 there have been 45 distribution of shellfish seed stock. Finfish, research laboratories, for-profit companies/ rope, buying purple heading twine, or purple closest contact is [email protected] Heather Koopman at Koopman.heather@ opportunity to not be bored over the winter seals exist in New England because most seal Fleet Training and Testing Study Area. The Team (TRT) proposes a 50% reduction in Right Whale deaths according to NOAA. shellfish (other than oyster*), and seaweed firms, nonprofits, and state agencies. Ap- float rope to splice into your ropes? This is and my phone is 207 322-1924. Let’s stay gmail.com., 24 Route 776, Grand Manan, months! surveys focus on one specific area or Study Area is in the western Atlantic Ocean lobster trap to buoy vertical lines. The TRT Exact location of the death of the 27 in farming systems, especially for those spe- plicants seeking to apply to the RFP must all a good point for discussion. It would be together with this, as our next generation is N.B. Canada E5G1A1. Thank you! I will Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to location. However, we do know that local and encompasses waters off the east coast includes nearly 60 members as follows: Canadian waters and the 18 in U.S (within 3 cies new to aquaculture in the region or that submit, as a single file, an electronic pro- good if a video could be made and shared on so important to us. post the data sheet on our website also, if I all! populations have become more abundant of North America and the Gulf of Mexico. The 17 - Trap Pot mile limit and U.S waters separately) exact use novel production systems. Identification posal by email no later than 5:00 p.m. EST the internet as a go by, so we are all on the We received a letter from Heather can: downeastlobstermen.org. Sheila during the last few decades, and have U.S. Navy is requesting public comment on 5 - gill net cause of the death (ship strike, entangle- and development of Aquaculture Develop- on January 15, 2020. Please see the RFP changed in many ways, especially in the draft statements and will hold a series of 6 - Conservation/environmental groups ments, or undetermined) The explanation southern New England and Nantucket public meetings to provide information and 14 - State fishery Resource Managers cannot contain feelings about what might Through the Years... Sound,”Woods Waring Hole said. “While Oceanographic the overall answer questions. Institute Comments areNews due July (one from each State on the Atlantic Sea- have happened or anecdotal evidence or By Sheila Dassatt of folks married young, and babies didn’t a matter of geographic range of harbor seals has varied 10, 2012. board)A tanker being docked by Moran tugs on the Newcomment, Hampshire only side then of thewill Piscataqua we know Riverfor sure As we bring 2019 to a close and enter always make it like they can in this day and choice, which littleSunlight in the degrades last century, polystyrene our ability faster as Polystyrene has been routinely detect- 5 - Federal resource managers that the cure is far worse than the disease. into 2020, I feel it is a good time to just age. 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This seem that Hatteras,“Right N.C. now, Among policy the makers animals generally studied impactManagement climate Program change. for Oncethe past the 10 plasticyears. going to get married, while my Dad, who is when a lot of fishermen had to make the rules and reg- assumeare whales that polystyrene and dolphins, lasts seals,forever marine in the undergoes“Bob’s this excellent transformation, track record its of originalleading was fairly fresh from coming home from the difficult decision to leave their tradition of ulations are environment,”turtles, and seabirds. says Collin Ward, a marine formthe Commission’s disappears from fisheries the environment, management and War, was ready. There was a bit of an age lobstering and move to the mainland to make maddening to chemist at WHOI and lead author of the it becomes entirely new byproducts that difference because a lot of the eligible fellas a living in order for their families to survive. most, but in study. “That’s part of justification for writing cannot be seen by the naked eye. Consider- 13-foot peapod were off fighting World War II. They had a My family was one of them. Families from the eyes of survival, sometimes it has to Maine waters. policy that bans it. One ofRussell's our motivations ing Marine how this transformation happens will be small ceremony and a dinner and cake with Jonesport, Beals, Stonington, Deer Isle and be done. Over the years, our lobsters have Yes, times are changing over the years, for this study was to understand if poly- Repoweran important withpart of Tohatsuestimating how much ERIC DOW BOAT SHOP my grandparents and Aunt and Uncle, Al surrounding islands found themselves mov- found their way back to being a healthy and my family is just one of the examples styrene actually does last forever. We’re50 hp, 75plastic hp, 90 is hp actually or 115 hp out TLDI in models the environment, available he industry once again. It’s not like it was an that had to change our way of life for a while not saying that plastic pollution isn’tAir assistedbad, directadds. fuel injection provides excellent fuel economy Builder of Traditional Small Craft. Repair and Restoration. and Margaret Hicks who stood up for them. ing to Bucksport to work in the mill, Belfast Excellent horsepower-to-weight ratio "We encourage your support and membership!" Mum finished her schooling and graduated to work in the poultry plants or tugboats, and easy task! This is why all of the challenges in order to survive. Fishermen are hard just that the persistence of polystyrene in New user Previous adjustable idleestimates and trolling ofspeeds how quickly P.O. Box 7, Brooklin, Maine (207) 359-2277 in the Class of 1949 with my brother Glenn surrounding larger towns of opportunity. that we are facing now is so difficult for workers and do care about their families and the environment may be shorter and like- polystyrene3 + 1 year breakslimited warranty down were based on showing up in 1950. She wanted to be sure Some went to Rockland to re-establish as our fishing families. We are true survivors also saving the wildlife around us. One bad ly more complicated than we previously a different set of assumptions, Ward says. Working together, we can speak as one to maintain our fish- for sure, but we certainly need the help and apple in the barrel can make it look bad for understood.50 hp just $6,539 The with chance electric startfor andinjury remote to controls the that he was born more than nine months well. Continued on Page 22. eries, working families and working waterfronts. later! I didn’t show up until 1955, after It was a difficult change for a lot of us. support of people that understand all that all of us, which is usually the case. We will environment345 U.S. Rt. over 1, decades Stockton is still Springs, available.” ME (207) 567-4270 www.Russellsmarine.com they tried and lost two in-between Glenn Life was certainly different on the main land. we are facing and going through. It is not survive all of these challenges, but working and me. This was much the same for a lot Yes, there were more stores and opportu- going to be easy to re-mark all of our ropes together is a much better concept than al- of the young couples back at that time. They nities, but the small town feeling was just with saving a whale in mind. That is one of ways seeing the signs that say “resist.” This PO Box 88 married young, fished and had their families not quite the same. A lot of families stayed those necessary items that will involve a lot is all coming from a generation that was C&CC&C Belfast, ME 04915 young. This was all how it was done. A lot on the islands to tough it out, which was of extra work and expense to the fisherman. always promoting signs that said “peace.” The only consolation with this is hopefully With Christmas coming, that’s a good one 207-338-1406 207-322-1924 207-322-1928 there will be no whales entangled with pur- to remember, “Peace on earth and good will Machine www.downeastlobstermen.org ple tracer in the ropes that they are caught up toward all.” How about it?! Machine in. Purple is the Maine color for identifying I’m wishing everyone a Happy and our ropes due to whale entanglement. If Healthy New Year in 2020! 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This is a RC model of the icebreaker USS EASTWIND built 1943-4 in Arctic camouflage, which operated around Greenland during World War II. The hull is plank on frame and covered One of three Morgan Bay 43s under construction at Morgan Bay Boats in Frankfort. Two of  with fiberglass and the superstructure is scratch built with a number of 3D printed parts. This model took about three years to complete. them will be sportfishermen and the other will be a charter boat.     added, “We did that on the last pleasure boat Next, another boat they built for Nathan proved for 25 people and her interior layout are thinking of bringing in and making it a     with great success. It is great.” Jones of Stonington, MYSTERY will be will have V-berth with bunks, a work station sportfishing walkaround for a past customer.     This boat will be going over sometime coming in for some work. Peter said, “He with a freezer to starboard, a utility room Gary has received a couple of photographs         late this summer. bought a working boat and he wants to make and a small galley with a small refrigerator, showing him what he wants the boat to look     What used to be the spring work, now her a little bit more civilized so he is going microwave and a cook top. The head is going like.     Peter says seems to go all year around. He to have the winter back moved back so the to be up in the cabin so that it is accessible They thought about making the 43 into     said, “We have several jobs to do in this bay wheelhouse is bigger. You know a few little through the cockpit. Also in the cabin there a 47, but now they feel it would be better as     this winter and stuff lined up for the spring. comforts, not going to change around too will be extra seating. This boat will be going a 46. Gary said, “I think it would run really The outside railway paint jobs used to be much.” out as a kit, however, they will be installing good with three more feet on it, but I don’t  it and was really just for local guys. We On order they have two new lobster the fuel tanks, motor and generator, basically know about four because it starts coming up. would start late May as everyone wanted boats, one going to Stonington and the other everything under the platform and then put- I’d have to change a lot on the bottom and I to be fishing by the 4th of July. Now we get to Friendship. The one going to Stonington ting the top, rub and toe rails on it before don’t want to get into that. I don’t know if I guys from Downeast and the south shore of will be 42 to 44 feet in length and the one shipping to the finisher on Westport Island. Continued on Page 18 Massachusetts. It takes a big bite out of the going to Friendship a couple of feet longer Outside they have a bare hull that they new boat production. as he fishes outside. Yes, there will also be  In the other bay is SUSAN JANE, a lot of repair work coming and going. VIKING SHIP Draken The only boatyard which they built for Jay Smith 26 years you’ll ever need  ago. “He fished her out of Kittery Point and Morgan Bay Boats ● Emergency Haulout Services

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Boat And Ship Yard News IMOCA News In Paris, the IMOCA class continues to late.” ia. “We had two scientific missions for the to access information free of charge. campaign for the Ocean The Transat Jacques Vabre worked in Transat Jacques Vabre. The first was to use Fabrice Amedeo and Eric Péron (Ne- This year, the Paris boat show has conjunction with the #NoPlasticChallenge an Argo profiler. We also had a thermo-sa- wrest-Art & Fenêtres) took aboard an ocean- launched an area dedicated to the eco- campaign under the patronage of Stéphane linometer, which takes measures every four ographic sensor capable of measuring levels logical transition and solidarity (Hall 1) Le Diraison (Time For Oceans), in order seconds on the surface of the water for sci- of CO2 and salinity as well as the surface porte de Versailles in Paris. Throughout to encourage the general public to reduce entists in European research programmes, in temperature. This means it is possible to the show, various sailors will attend to its consumption of plastic. Each day, particular at the GOOS and Ifremer.” measure the impact of global warming on present concrete measures in favour of Stéphane’s team presented a concrete mea- Boris Herrmann and Will Harris (Mal- the oceans. The data will be made available the ocean and sustainable development. sure on social networks that we can apply in izia 2 Yacht Club de Monaco) took aboard to the scientific community as open data. “I Phil Sharp, Alexia Barrier, Louis Burton, our workplace, office, out on the water or in a weather drifter float, as did Stéphane Le wanted to give a purpose to my sailing and Fabrice Amedeo, Paul Meilhat, Benjamin our personal life. Diraison and François Guiffant (Time For take things seriously by serving science,” Dutreux and Stéphane Le Diraison have On 23rd October, some IMOCA skip- Oceans). This buoy enables measurements explained Fabrice Amedeo. already confirmed they will be attending. On pers were involved in cleaning up the beach to be taken of the surface temperature and All of the various data that was collect- Wednesday 11th December, a conference in Le Havre, around an initiative from the the atmospheric pressure, as well as surface ed will be made available to the GOOS ocean will be held at the stand during which the Surfrider Foundation Europe and the sailor, currents. The buoy regularly sends back ex- community, whose project was presented in IMOCA class will present its commitment Paul Meilhat (Initiatives-Cœur). tremely precise scientific data to the Global Le Havre at a conference held by Catherine to the ocean. Following on from that, a part- The Transat Jacques Vabre also joined Telecommunications System, the World Chabaud in the framework of the partnership nership will be signed between the IMOCA up with the Ocean As Common appeal, Meteorological Organisation’s international between UNESCO’s Intergovernmental class and UNESCO’s Intergovernmental which is campaigning to get the sea and data network. This platform enables fore- oceanographic commission (UNESCO/ oceanographic commission. coastal waters to be seen as a common good casters and scientists from around the world IOC) and the IMOCA class. “It’s great that the Nautic has taken into for mankind. The organisers also signed the account this aspect of sustainable develop- charter with 15 eco-friendly commitments ment,” declared Paul Meilhat, one of the for organisers of sporting events, which was At Buxton Boats in Sunset we caught Peter Buxton working on the x-MARION D., which is most committed skippers. “There is plenty launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Sport, a Colin Archer designed and Norwegian built sailboat. She went in this past summer after of room for progress, but this is a good start, in partnership with the NGO, WWF France. being out of the water for a number of years and she developed a noticeable leak. Peter has which the world of ocean racing has been The IMOCA class is particularly pleased to removed the garboards and will take a closer look at the ribs and keel bolts, but felt that the real problem was the caulking. looking forward to. As a class, this means see such measures being taken. working with race organisers, but also During the Transat Jacques Vabre, four Continued from Page 15 that they have stored for a couple years is events like the Nautic, which brings together double-handed crews contributed to the just getting maintenance. There are a couple all those involved once a year. Everyone collection of scientific data. Alexia Barrier could cut her in the middle. It is a lot easier Newman dinghies, which just needs a little is aware that there are a lot of changes to and Joan Mulloy (4myplanet) took an Argo I think on a Downeast skeg boat. I think it is work before they are ready for next season. make to reduce our impact and we need to beacon aboard. “I am collecting data at sea to a lot easier to cut and spread them. I am not Last winter they started on a little house, get started immediately to avoid being too preserve my playground,” explained Alex- really sure about these. If I want to go to a which they will be finishing up this winter. 46 I might want to swing a little bit bigger They were hoping to finish this last winter, wheel so I think what I would do is extend but they had too much work and it got put PASSED OVER THE BAR the skeg back.” on the back burner. John Kachmar, owner of John Prior Gardner Skipper’s meeting. Wilbur Yachts sad, “It’s all framed in, ready Died 21 November 21, 2019, Age of 90. He leaves behind his wife Elaine, son Wilbur Yachts for the roof and the siding to go on. Once that John learned his love for the sea from William, daughter-in-law Kathy, daugh- Manset is done we will get on the inside and get the his father Captain Henry Gardner. He en- ters Annie, Juliane, son-in-law Chris, The Jim Taylor designed 50-footer is being set up just to the right of the Wheeler at Brooklin There is a busy winter ahead for Wilbur rough electrical, plumbing done and finish listed in the U. S. Navy just after World grandchildren Tambre, West, Lauren, and Boat Yard in Brooklin. You can see that her bulkheads and back-bone are in place. She is Yachts. The sheds are full with two 38s, four up the interior. We are pretty close. I am War II and served on board a Landing Ship great-granddaughter Ariella. being finished off for a local customer. 34s, and a couple of runabouts. hoping to have it done by the end of January. Tank. After his discharge he went to the Art A service to celebrate John’s life will be One of the Wilbur 38 has been there for The last big project was on a Wilbur 34, Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine Students League. However, the sea was his next summer. a couple years and they will get her finished which arrived at the yard in April. John said, calling an he worked on commercial vessels, up this winter. Another 38 just came in and “We worked on that for a while. 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Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 JOHN TOFT'S TALEJanuary 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. By William Bunting and fall of this once great Maine industry A year or so ago the Maine Coastal John first went to work in a Lubec sardine News printed a pleasant little story factory in 1904, and one year later was made U. S. Navy News concerning the old Eastern Steamship foreman of theU. Seacoast S. sardine factoryNavy at News Company’s 1903 steamer Calvin Austin, a Lubec, then the largest in the United States. Continued from Page 10 contract today,” said James F. Geurts, as- providing future payload flexibility. quent even-numbered hulls). handsomelarge part coastal in keeping packet, USS 298 John feet C. Stennislong, way. As And, the largest I know in that’s Lubec going as well, to be we just may as sistant secretary of the Navy for research, “The Block V contract balances the LCS 26 is the 13th Independence-vari- painted(CVN white,74), and with the a toweringrest of Carrier black stackStrike supposetrue now that with the a wholeSeacoast new factory generation,” was fitted said who served after are the reason this vessel development and acquisition. “This team right mix of undersea quantity and capability ant LCS and the 26th in the class. It is the andGroup two lofty,Three, raked in the masts. fight,” Priorsaid Capt. to World Peck. withKennedy. the loudest whistle in town for alerting developed a Block V multi-year contract with a profile that continues to stabilize the fifth ship named in honor of the port city “I look forward to seeing other units carry Former NASA Administrator and re- remains operational today.” War I, she ran on the International Line from employees of the arrival of fish and of work. MARMC is a field activity of the Na- which provides significant increases in industrial base. This balance and stability on Alabama’s Gulf Coast. The first Mobile on its development with respect to increas- tired U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Gen. Charles Boston to Portland, Lubec, Eastport, and In any event, it was customary, on foggy val Sea Systems Command and provides lethality and performance for the fleet to will enable the success of submarine acqui- was a side-wheel steamer that operated as ing the number of pre-made and approved F. Bolden Jr., delivered the keynote address Saint John, New Brunswick. mornings, for John to blow that whistle to critical intermediate-level maintenance and support the National Defense Strategy while sitions across the enterprise,” said Virginia a Confederate-operated blockade runner. It designs, expanding the types of building emphasizing the important role of our 35th Running across Publisher Johansen not answer the whistle of the approaching fleet technical assistance for surface ships, also ensuring we are maximizing the use of Class Program Manager Capt. Christopher was captured by U.S. forces at New Orleans materials and enabling policies to expedite president to our nation and the continuation including the maintenance and operations of taxpayer dollars. The multi-year contract Hanson. “Our warfighters, the Navy, and in April 1862, commissioned as Tennessee longsolutions after the to article improve appeared, operational I told readiness. him that Portlandof his legacy steamer through so as the to secondhelp her Ford-class captain the dry dock Dynamic. MARMC also pro- also provides the stability needed in this the nation will benefit greatly from the new and later renamed Mobile. I, too, ”USSknew Johna good C. Stennisstory about (CVN the 74) Calvin volun- findaircraft his waycarrier. in through the channel. As it vides oversight for all private sector main- critical industrial base to ensure we can con- capabilities that the Block V submarines will The second Mobile was a passenger Austin,teered and to host that the I would AML insend 2017. it along Installation after happened, “This John vessel was is especiallya symbol of good our nation’sfriends tenance to surface ships in the Mid-Atlantic tinue to maintain our competitive advantage bring to the fleet.” liner operated by Hamburg Amerika Lines I ofhad the consultedequipment, includingmy notes four from additive a withstrength, Captain technical Lowell achievement Ingalls of theand Calvincritical region of the United States. in undersea warfare while also providing a The Block V contract is the culmination between Germany and the United States conversationmanufacturing I had printers, had with a 3D John scanner, Toft, a laserthe Austin.service ourIngalls men andwas women from provide the nearby for this solid foundation for the Columbia program of substantial collaboration between the until the outbreak of World War I. It was tellercutter, of theand tale, a computerin the mid- numerical 1970s. We control had Canadiannation and island the entire of Grandworld,” Manansaid Bolden. and Navy Awards Block V Virginia-Class to build upon.” Navy and shipbuilders. taken over by the Allied Maritime Council metmill, at wasthe R.J.completed Peacock in Octobersardine 2018.factory While on became“This carriera naturalized is a tangible American example citizen of theso Submarine Contract “Block V Virginias and Virginia Pay- “The Navy and shipbuilders worked and assigned to the United States after the Brown’sthe Stennis Wharf AML in Portland was initially where authorized Toft, then for thatlegacy he ofcould the greatserve man as whoan officer risked hisaboard own The steamer CALVIN AUSTIN. From Program Executive Office Subma- load Module are a generational leap in together to produce a contract that is both Armistice and commissioned March 1919. in ahis one-year late eighties, test period was that vice ended president in October and Internationallife during World Line steamers. War II and the wake of rines Public Affairs submarine capability for the Navy,” said fair and reasonable to the Navy, taxpayers The third Mobile (CL 63) was commis- superintendent.2019, it is being I extendedhave since through looked the highship’s Pearl By Harbor,” the turn said of theBolden, century, who coastwiseadded that Calvin Austin, and answered in kind. As passing a remark to the ”wheelsman,” as WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Naval Sea Program Executive Officer for Submarines and industry,” said Goggins. sioned March 24, 1943. It participated in andrefueling low for and that complex notebook overhaul but have availabil not - steamthe future packet USS lines John – thoseF. Kennedy based will at Boston join an soon as the big steamer was warped quartermasters on these steamers were Systems Command awarded a nine-ship -- Rear Adm. David Goggins. “These design To date, the Navy has taken delivery numerous campaigns in the Pacific during foundity thatit, andis ongoing thus the and rendition expected of toJohn run hadelite been group combined of aircraft by thecarriers notorious unmatched Charlie in alongside the wharf John hopped aboard called. Everything being as it should be, eight with Virginia Payload Module (VPM) changes will enable the fleet to maintain our of 18 Virginia-class submarines, and all 10 World War II and received 11 battle stars Toft’sthrough tale that2023.Funded follows is drawnby the entirelyDeputy fromChief Morsestrength of Bath,around Maine the world. under the flag of the andNEWPORT headed upNEWS, to the Va. captain’s (Dec. 7, cabin 2019) on Caroline the IngallsBouvier decided Kennedy, to cat-napPresident on John the settee F. Kenne at the- -- Block V contract to General Dynamics nation’s undersea dominance.” Block IV submarines are under construc- for her service by the time she was decom- memory.of Naval However, Operations I forbelieve Fleet itReadiness to be Eastern “This Steamship incredible shipCompany before –us weretoday hurricanedy’s daughter, deck, former just aft U.S. of Ambassadorthe pilothouse, to Japan to back and theof the ship’s pilothouse. sponsor, Some christens time the later, aircraft while Electric Boat (GDEB) Dec. 2. The contract The Block V contract continues the tion. Contract delivery of the first Block V missioned May 1947. The fourth Mobile reasonablyand Logistics accurate. (N4), this AML was the first significantserves as thecarriers biggest of passengersinstrument andof deter also- findcarrier out USS what John had F. Kennedyhappened. (CVN When 79), Dec.he 7,half 2019. asleep, USS heJohn overheard F. Kennedy the pilot(CVN remark 79) was to includes an option for one additional sub- Virginia class’s teaming arrangement be- submarine is FY 2025. (LKA 115) was an amphibious cargo ship to Atbe theinstalled time of on our a U.S.meeting Navy I was ship at viawork the freight,rence and much carries of our it nation’s express. pride Steamers and hope arrivedchristened the atexhausted Huntington Ingalls Ingalls was Industries’ already in Newportthe wheelsman News Shipbuilding that the (HII-NNS) wind had division, backed marine with VPM. The Block V contract tween prime contractor GDEB in Groton, Virginia-class submarines are built that served from September 1969 until de- official process that outlines requirements for a better world,” said Bolden who added in Newport News, VA. on a project which, many years later, resulted delivered tin, solder, and cotton seed oil to bed, his eyes(U.S. – Navy as described photo by by Mass John Communication so many towards Specialist the west.Seaman Good, Cory thought J. Daut/Released) Ingalls, the is a $22.2-billion fixed-price incentive fee, Connecticut, and the major subcontractor, to dominate the world’s littoral and deep commissioning in February 1994. in forthe integration two volumes of new of equipment.A Day’s Work Naval ; SeaA Downthat the East future sardine USS Johnfactories, F. Kennedy and carried serves years later — looking like “two holes burned fog was lifting, and he snoozed some more. Huntington Ingalls Industries’ Newport waters while conducting anti-submarine Systems Command warfare centers and re- as “a hope for a better tomorrow.” high quality crew members.” The new technology and warfighting multi-year procurement contract for fiscal Sampler of Historic Maine Photographs away millions of cans of sardines. in a blanket.” Ingalls explained what has Then suddenly he sat up as his half- years 2019 through 2023. News Shipbuilding division (HII-NNS) in warfare; anti-surface-ship warfare; strike John C. Stennis Sailors 3D Print 300 gional maintenance centers provided about Some of the additional guests who CVN 79 incorporates more than 23 capabilities that the John F. Kennedy brings 1860-1920. Traveling about the state with a Coastal waters were then very crowded, happened. conscious brain tumbled to the realization “Our submarine force is fundamental to Newport News, Virginia. Block V subma- warfare; special operations forces support; Parts to Accelerate Repairs and Keep 40 hours of initial training for ship person- attended the christening included Edwin Ar- new technologies, comprising dramatic to the fleet will transform naval warfare, 4x5 camera, I sought out historic photos of and without the benefit of any electronic aids The Calvin Austin had departed that if the wind had indeed backed to the west the power and reach of our integrated naval rines will incorporate acoustic superiority intelligence, surveillance and reconnais- Systems Running nel who used the AML systems, as well as thur Schlossberg, husband of Ambassador advances in propulsion, power generation, supporting a more capable and lethal for- Mainers at work to copy, and old-timers who to navigation the piloting of these scheduled Portland on schedule at 5 PM in a thick fog he shouldn’t still be hearing the deep force,” said acting Secretary of the Navy design changes to maintain undersea dom- sance; irregular warfare and mine warfare By Kenn Hess, Fleet Readiness and Logis- continuing “reach back” support throughout Kennedy; Maid of Honor, Rose Schloss- ordnance handling, and aircraft launch ward-deployed U.S. naval presence. In an could help me understand what the images steamers was a very demanding, high- reverberating voice of the fog signal! Thomas B. Modly. “Today’s announce- inance on all Block V hulls and the VPM, missions. Their inherent stealth, endurance, tics Public Affairs the test period. The team also included staff berg, Daughter of Ambassador Kennedy; withsystems. a light These easterly innovations wind. After will running support out a era of great power competition, CVN 79 will ment affirms our commitment to the future with four large payload tubes in a new hull mobility and firepower directly enable them Norfolk, VA (NNS) -- Sailors on the aircraft depicted.from Johns I was Hopkins privileged University to be able Appliedto talk pressureand Matron job ofwith Honor, great Tatiana responsibilities, Schlossberg, her33 percenttime so higheras to put sortie Seal generation Island abeam, rate atthe a serveLeaping as tothe the most compass agile heand saw, lethal to his combat alarm, strength of our nation, undersea and around section on eight submarines, increasing to support five of the six maritime strategy carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74) used withPhysics a number Lab whoof sharp-minded, created ship drawings dry-witted and requiringDaughter much of Ambassador skill, experience, Kennedy. and a very coursesignificant was cost changedsavings, when for comparedthe long, to platformthat the bigin the steamer world, waswith headed improved at sysright- the world.” Tomahawk strike capacity from 12 to 40 core capabilities: sea control, power projec- an Advanced Manufacturing Lab (AML) folksengineering hailing from designs the latefor 1800sthe AML who and were also level-head Additional in moments attendees of stress. included Navigation Mike uninterruptedNimitz-class carriers. Down The East Gerald leg. R. In Ford- the temsangle thatto its enhance proper course,interoperability straight outamong into “I am very proud of the government, missiles per boat to maintain undersea strike tion, forward presence, maritime security onboard to produce about 300 plastic parts eagerassisted to talk with about shipboard the old installation. days one more inPetters, fog was President based on of running Huntington-Ingalls established darkenedclass also pilothouseoffers a reduction the pilot of approximateon watch sat- otherthe North platforms Atlantic! in the carrier strike group time. I treasure the memories of those compass courses at known rates of speed for on a stool by a partially opened window, shipbuilder and supplier team as the Navy capacity with the expected retirement of the and deterrence. that were installed during a recent sev- “The challenges we face in naval logis- Industries; retired Adm. Thomas Fargo, ly $4 billion per ship in life-cycle operations as well asContinued with the naval on forcesPage of22. regional awards the Virginia Block V multi-year Navy’s four guided-missile submarines and en-month around-the-world deployment. meetings,tics won’t including be solved the with hour a business-as-usual or so that I was prescribedChairman lengthsof the Boardof time. of Directors, Hun- peeringand support into thecosts, dark compared fog, and tooccasionally the earlier allies and partners. Navy to Christen Littoral Combat Ship “Additive manufacturing was a power- privilegedapproach,” to chatsaid Vicewith Adm.John Toft.Ricky William- tington-Ingalls Since slower Industries; speeds gave John the windF. Kerry, and Nimitz class. Mobile ful capability to maximize readiness while son, John Deputy Toft Chiefhad, for of manyNaval decades, Operations been for currentsformer Secretarygreater opportunityof State; the to Honorable put the From the Office of the Navy Chief of deployed,” said Capt. Randy Peck, Com- a Fleetleading Readiness figure andin theLogistics Maine (N4). sardine “We steamerJames offGeurts, her course, Assistant and sinceSecretary late arrivals of the Information manding Officer of the John C. Stennis. “In industry,have to givealthough Sailors one creative would tools—such never have as wereNavy very for badResearch, for business, Development, maintaining and MOBILE, Alabama (NNS) -- The Navy will the hands of creative Sailors loaded with knownadvanced that manufacturing—tofrom his baggy khakissolve proband - normalAcquisition; or near-normal Adm. James speed Caldwell, in fog was Jr., theDi- PAULLuke's E. LUKE,Boatyard INC. christen its newest Independence-variant initiative, it allowed us to increase logis- equallylems oncasual the manner.fly if we Sitting are going outside to onremain the generalrector, rule.Naval Granting Nuclear everyPropulsion schooner Program; that Penobscot Marine Museum’s Nati onal Fisherman littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS tics capability—in some cases reducing wharf,agile andunder effective the sun for and the thefuture. seagulls, I commend we wasAdm. met Christopher along the way Grady, a comfortably Commander, wide U.S. FireplacesStorage/Repair - Automatic * Feathering Feathering Propellors Propellers - 3-Piece * Storm Storm Anchors Anchors photography collecti on is the defi niti ve resource for Mobile (LCS 26), during a 10 a.m. CDT potentially longer lead times and shipping talkedCapt. about Peck his and early his Johnexperiences C. Stennis working crew infor berthFleet when Forces passing Command; was Vicea good Adm. way Thomas for a seeing and understanding the commercial fi sheries in ceremony Saturday, Dec. 7, in Mobile, AL. costs for material delivery.” John C. Stennis a sardinebeing the factory first to at employ Lubec. this He diednew capabilitynot long steamer’sMoore, Commander,navigator to “loseNaval hisSea place” Systems on Full Service Boat Yard U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne, representing Sailors used the AML to fabricate a rotary and embrace the possibilities of this tech- Command; Rear Adm. James Downey, Pro- th afterwards, in 1977, at age 90. It was only from his course. Frequent close shaves made few 15 Luke's Gulch, East Boothbay, Maine 04544 20 century North America. Alabama’s 1st district, will deliver the chris- joint for the ship’s Commercial Broadband nology. They are at the forefront of Navy gram Executive Officer for Aircraft Carriers; his obituary that I learned that he had friends among sitting-duck schooner TEL.(207) (207) 633-4971 633-4971 A. Franklin Luke www.PELuke.com FAX: (207) 633-3388 See the images online: tening ceremony’s principal address. His System Program (CBSP) antenna. inventedinnovation.” or introduced many important sailors.Rear Adm. An old Roy Cape Kelley, Cod fisherman Commander, once Naval told penobscotmarinemuseum.org/nati onal-fi sherman/ wife, Rebecca Byrne, president and CEO This innovative repair restored a critical innovations N4 is alsoto the funding industry, AMLs including aboard USSthe meAir that Force even Atlantic; in a thick the of Honorablefog at Monomoy Elaine of the Community Foundation of South satellite communication system and reduced Makin Island (LHD 8), installed as of June Luria, U.S. House of Representatives, 2nd first can washer, high-speed conveyors, Point you could set your watch by the sound Alabama, will serve as the ship’s sponsor. the expected eight week repair timeline to 2019, and aboard USS Dwight D. Eisen- District, Virginia; the Honorable Mark R. refrigeration and brine systems, and the of the waves from the speeding Boston to RALPH STANLEY, INC. is now In a time-honored Navy tradition, Rebecca just one day, which significantly increased hower (CVN 69), scheduled for installation Warner, U.S. Senate (D-VA), the Honorable method he patented for pumping herring New York steamers Harvard and Yale Byrne will christen the ship by breaking a the bandwidth capacity for data trans- in early 2020. Bobby C. Scott, U.S. House of Representa- bottle of sparkling wine across the bow. mission in support of the ship’s mission. into, and out of, the carrier boats. The carriers breakingtives (D-VA), on the 3rd beach. District. “USS Mobile is a marvel of engineer- During a Composite Unit Training Exercise servingShip’s John Sponsor Toft’s Christens factory were PCU the John first toF. While The theHonorable New York Thomas to Portland B. runModly, was ing,” said Acting Secretary of the Navy (COMPTUEX) that preceded the deploy- be outfitted with ship-to-shoreKennedy radio, radar, saidActing to be Secretary the most ofdemanding the Navy ondiscussed the coast, the Thomas Modly. “She will extend our ca- ment, they also created a plastic replica of a andFrom fathometers Commander, Naval Air Force Atlan- Bostonsignificance to Saint of John the wasday’s no eventmilk run, on thanksa truly pabilities for any mission, from the middle bolt that sheared off on the hangar bay door Incidentally,tic Publica Maine Affairs fisherman once especiallyhistorical todate the in strongour nation’s tidal currentshistory. and told me that when some Gloucester seiners, frequent fog at the eastern end. Not of the ocean to the shallowest of waters, of USS Chung-Hoon (DDG 93), enabling NEWPORT NEWS, VA (NNS) -- With more “Today is the anniversary of the attack GreatHarborBoatworks.com enhancing our ability to project power technicians to ensure correct fit before ma- havingthan heard20,000 about attendees, the pumping President of fish John from F. surprisingly,on Pearl Harbor, a number a day ofthat the forever International changed ashore and at sea. This Independence-class chining a metal bolt to repair the door. a floodedKennedy’s hold, daughter, tried to the copy Honorable this technique, Caroline Line’sthe lives officers, of brave as with American Lowell Ingalls,warriors were like LCS will extend the maneuverability and For the medical department, John C. at Bouvierfirst they Kennedy, didn’t realize former theU.S. necessity Ambassador of nativesJohn F. of Kennedy the Passamaquoddy and transformed region the andway lethality of our fleet to confront the many Stennis machinery repairmen designed and havingto Japan, a tight officially fish hold, christened Perhaps Pre-Commis that was a - verywe familiarfought as with a Navy,” their perilous said Acting home Secretary waters. MAINE COAST LUMBER, INC. challenges of a complex world.” printed an adaptor that connected a new size libeloussioning fable… Unit (PCU) John F. Kennedy (CVN Onof coastwisethe Navy steamersThomas B. the Modly. rankings “Much beneath has LCS is a highly maneuverable, lethal of tubing to the ship’s insufflator, a device 79)An during unlikely a Huntington-Ingalls but evidently true Industries’ story captainchanged were over first the pastpilot, 78 second years, pilot,but our first na- and adaptable ship designed to support used to pump carbon dioxide (CO2) into a concerningNewport News John Shipbuilding Toft appeared (HII-NNS) in the di- mate,tion, secondand our mateworld, and still so needs on, in brave that order.Amer- 17 White Birch Lane 4 Warren Ave. focused mine countermeasures, anti-subma- patient’s abdomen to facilitate laparoscopic Novembervision ceremony 13, 1970 in issue Newport of the News, Kennebec Dec. 7. Whenican Sailorsunderway like onethe ofones the who two will pilots operate was EFFORT AND ART rine warfare and surface warfare missions. surgery. Kennedy thanked the Navy, Newport and serve on this ship. Kennedy knew what York, ME 03909 Westbrook, ME 04902 Journal . Groups of school children were always in the pilot house, attending to (207) 363-7426 (207) 856-6015 The ship integrates new technology and The insufflator was then used for three News Shipbuilding, as well as the leadership it meant to serve, to lead, and to sacrifice and reported to be visiting Brown’s Wharf to see navigation. (The captain and the first mate, (800) 899-1664 (877) 408-4751 capability to affordably support current and successful appendectomy operations on- and crew of PCU John F. Kennedy for their his legacy will continue with you.” the dugong – a genuine Pacific or Indian at least, would also have had pilotage Fax (207) 363-8650 Fax (207) 856-6971 future mission capability from deep water to board the ship. As the old tubing size was Oceanefforts dugong, to build as the identified warship. by its dolphin- endorsements CVN 79 onis theirthe second tickets, aircraft but had carrier other M-F 7am-4:30pmPRIDE AND JOYM-F 7:30am-4:30pm the littorals. Using an open architecture de- no longer available, without the adaptor like tail, “I’m and so not proud an Atlantic to be the manatee sponsor – which of this responsibilitiesto honor John F.beyond Kennedy navigation. for his service to sign, modular weapons, sensor systems and John C. Stennis would have been faced with hadship for and some bring time her appeared to life,” at said the wharfKennedy. at the Aboutnation, bothnow asyou a naval are officerprobably and asnow the a variety of manned and unmanned vehicles ordering a new insufflator. This would have “The CVN 79 crew is fortunate to have such 35th President of the United States. THE high tide when herring were being landed. wondering whatever happened to John NationalN to gain, sustain and exploit littoral maritime created a potential gap in emergency med- distinguished leaders, this is your day, and Capt. Todd Marzano, Commanding Although primarily a herbivore, this dugong Toft’s tale, so here goes. *HARDWOODSEA LUMBER*SOFTWOOD HISTORY ALIVE LUMBER* supremacy, LCS provides U.S. joint force ical capability while the equipment request our chance to say thank you.” Officer of PCU John F. Kennedy emphasized would eat herring thrown to it, provided that One foggy morning at Lubec the *HARDWOOD PLYWOODS*MELAMINE*MDF*MARINE access to critical areas in multiple theaters. was fulfilled. Other additively manufactured Kennedy reflected on the first ship to the importance of this moment during the mysticseaport.org/stories Fisherman they were undamaged in appearance. 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MSS-137A_wooden_boat_4x5.indd 1 6/21/16 10:49 AM Page 22. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 23. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute News Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute News Continued from Page 13 With a variety of chemical tools, Admiral John Richardson joins WHOI Operations in 2015. During his naval career, right and provides ample time for an open, Foundation (NSF) on ocean information Miller and her colleagues wanted to bowhead whales they so rely upon. including a room-sized accelerator mass Board of Trustees Richardson served in many leadership global search for a new director. infrastructure. study whether or not the bowhead whale’s “There have been decades of research Past studies have largely focused on the spectrometer, Ward and colleagues traced Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution positions, including director of Strategy “I am committed to working with the gut microbes were in fact playing a role in focused on carbon cycling in the ocean, but role microbes play in degrading them, rather the origins of carbon atoms found both in the (WHOI) is pleased to announce that Admiral and Policy at U.S. Joint Forces Command, Board of Trustees and my leadership team Whales may owe their efficient digestion the digestion of the wax esters. To do this, how these compounds are being broken than considering other factors like sunlight. CO2 and filtered water. “We used multiple John Richardson recently joined the WHOI director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion to achieve a smooth transition,” Abbott to millions of tiny microbes they would first need fresh samples. down, transformed and utilized to create the That’s not entirely surprising, says Chris methods to do this, and they all pointed to Board of Trustees. Richardson, a four-star Program, and as naval aide to the President said. “I believe the Institution is in a great A study by researchers at Woods Hole But the window to extract samples is substantial biomass of a whale has remained Reddy, a marine chemist at WHOI and the same outcome: sunlight can transform admiral in the United States Navy, retired of the United States. place. Over the last four years, we have ac- Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows a fast-closing one, as decomposition can a bit of a black box,” Apprill adds. “This co-author on the paper. Plastic is just another the polystyrene into CO2 . But we need more from his position as the 31st Chief of Naval Richardson was awarded the Vice complished many important goals together, that the microbial communities inside taint the contents of the gut. “Getting fresh study is providing a unique glimpse into a form of organic carbon and presumably mi- research to understand what happens to the Operations in August of this year. Admiral Stockdale Award for his time in such as the implementation of the strategic whales may play an important role in the samples from the insides of whales is really previously hidden part of the marine food crobes would “eat it”— but he cautions that other products that dissolve into water,” says “Admiral Richardson graduated from command of USS Honolulu, and served on facilities assessment that will lead to new digestion of one of the ocean’s most abun- rare,” says Miller. web.” microbes are smart and selective, too. The Ward. the MIT-WHOI joint degree program in teams that received various honors, includ- buildings on the Quissett campus and key dant carbon-rich lipids, known as a wax Thanks to the generosity of Alaskan Na- Also collaborating on the paper were chemical structure of polystyrene is com- The study also found that additives to 1989,” says Chairman of the Board of Trust- ing the Presidential Unit Citation, the Joint new waterfront facilities.” ester. Their findings were published Dec. 2 tive whaling captains of the Barrow Whaling Benjamin A. S. Van Mooy, Helen F. Fred- plex and bulky with a ring-based backbone polystyrene, which can determine its color, ees David Scully. “He served our country Meritorious Unit Award, the Navy Unit “We still have much to do,” he added. in the Journal of the International Society Captains Association, who are permitted to ricks and Henry C. Holm of Woods Hole that will stymie microbes or just make the flexibility, and other physical features, play with distinction for 37 years in the United Commendation, and the Battle Effective- “The recent Intergovernmental Panel on for Microbial Ecology. take a small number of whales each year for Oceanographic Institution, Lara Horstmann plastic not worth the effort. a major role in breakdown. “Different addi- States Navy, where he demonstrated out- ness Award. Climate Change report on the ocean and Wax esters are one of the most difficult their subsistence, Miller and her colleagues from the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, “Although the ring-based backbone of tives seem to absorb different frequencies standing leadership and character.” We are A native of Virginia, Richardson gradu- the White House Summit on Partnerships fats to digest for many animals, including were given an opportunity to extract samples and John C. “Craig” George of the North polystyrene makes it a difficult target for of sunlight, which influences how fast the honored to have Admiral Richardson return ated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982 in Ocean Science and Technology high- humans. They are especially rich in tiny from freshly-harvested bowhead whales. Slope Borough Department of Wildlife microbes, it’s the perfect shape and size to plastic breaks down,” Reddy says. to WHOI and join our board of trustees at this with a Bachelor of Science in Physics. He lighted the urgent need for a new approach crustaceans, such as krill and copepods—a Their combined efforts yielded over one Management in Utqiaġvik, Alaska. catch certain frequencies of sunlight,” Ward Also collaborating on the paper were critical time for the ocean and our national holds master’s degrees in electrical engi- to ocean stewardship. This will require new favorite prey of filter-feeding bowhead and hundred samples from 38 bowhead whales The research was funded by Devonshire adds. Absorbing that energy can break apart Cassia J. Armstrong and Julia H. Jackson security.” neering from the Massachusetts Institute science and technology to tackle problems endangered North Atlantic right whales. over four years. Foundation (to CAM), Marine Mammal the carbon bonds. of WHOI, Anna N. Walsh of WHOI and the “America is a maritime nation, and our of Technology and Woods Hole Oceano- confronting our ocean. Our oceanographic Wax esters are also an important lipid in our In the lab, Miller and her colleagues Center, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institu- In the lab, the researchers tested wheth- Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The national security has always been closely graphic Institution, and in National Security community will need to accelerate its de- oceans world-wide, at times storing at least analyzed these samples from nine locations tion (WHOI; to CAM), WHOI Ocean Life er sunlight could transform polystyrene by research was funded by the Frank and Lisina linked to the sea,” says Admiral Richardson. Strategy from the National War College. velopment of new technology, particularly half of the carbon produced by plant-like along the gastrointestinal tract, hoping to Institute (to AA and CAM), the Dalio Foun- exposing five different samples of com- Hoch Endowed Fund, the Andrew W. Mel- “Advancing our scientific understanding of in ocean sensing, prediction, and data sci- marine organisms, according to previous detect changes in the microbial communities dation’s Ocean Initiative (now ‘OceanX’) mercially available polystyrene. The group lon Foundation, the Stanley Watson Chair the ocean has never been more important to WHOI president to step down next year ence. WHOI is hard at work on this chal- studies. and lipids throughout the gut of each whale. (to AA), and the National Science Foun- submerged each of them in sealed glass in Oceanography, and a Graduate Research our nation and to people around the globe. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution lenge, and this work will continue in the year “We found more than 80 percent of the What they found was a strong connection dation (OCE-1756254 and OPP-1543328 containers of water and shined light on them Fellowship from the National Science Foun- It is a great privilege to join the board of (WHOI) President and Director Mark Ab- ahead.” lipids eaten by bowhead whales are wax between the bacterial community and a de- to BVM). Samples were collected under from a solar simulator, a lamp that replicates dation. one the world’s leaders in ocean science, bott plans to step down at the end of 2020. “I am incredibly grateful to Mark for esters, but less than 30 percent remain in the crease in the presence of wax esters in the Department of Commerce National Oceanic the frequencies of sunlight. The scientists exploration, discovery, and education.” Abbott announced his intentions to the his leadership,” said Board Chair David large intestine,” says WHOI marine scientist lower part of the small intestine. and Atmospheric Administration National then collected CO2 and compounds that Richardson was nominated by Presi- WHOI community at a town hall meeting Scully. “He has stabilized the institution and Carolyn Miller, lead author of the study. As a “Microorganisms play important roles Marine Fisheries Service permit numbers dissolved into the water. dent Barack Obama to be the Chief of Naval on Nov. 15, 2019, noting that the timing is reinvigorated the scientific staff. Hiring is result, bowhead whales, among other baleen in the digestive processes of mammals, as 17350-00, 17350-01, and 17350-02 to North robust. Retention rates and morale are high. whale family members, are highly efficient well as contributing to immune function- Slope Borough Department of Wildlife And there is important momentum with big at digesting these lipids. “This is important ing,” says Amy Apprill, a WHOI microbial Management. ideas like the Ocean Twilight Zone and an not only for understanding the cycling of ecologist and a coauthor of the study. “This The Woods Hole Oceanographic Insti- Yacht Designer Jim Taylor expanding relationship with Navy.” Scully these important lipids in the oceans, but also study suggests that the gut bacteria may have tution is a private, non-profit organization Continued from Page 11 is forgiving. You pull on the tiller and you learned a lot adding, “Ted was brilliant. used much. Bill Koch headed this syndicate indicated that the Board is committed to an because whales consume enormous quanti- a similarly critical role within whales, possi- on Cape Cod, Mass., dedicated to marine re- learn a lot really quick.” One of the things that I really appreciated and he was really an interesting guy who inclusive and transparent process as WHOI ties of wax ester-rich prey to support many bly providing them the assistance they need search, engineering, and higher education. Jim grew up on a farm on the Delaware Jim went to college in Pennsylvania working with Ted was that if you had a good was fascinated by the technology of sailing. aims high in its search for the next director aspects of their health and reproduction.” to break down these fatty prey compounds.” Established in 1930 on a recommendation River in New Jersey where he was intro- and ended up with a degree in engineering idea, it did not matter whose idea it was, One thing I always admired about him was who can be a voice for WHOI and the ocean The question is: if wax esters are so Miller, Apprill and their colleagues aim from the National Academy of Sciences, its duced to a number of classic small sailboats. and English. He got into designing by doing go for it. Working with Ted was a fabulous we really didn’t have a budget. I remember at this critical time. difficult to digest for other animals, how can to build off of this study’s findings, hoping primary mission is to understand the oceans His mother’s family also had a summer the Yacht Design Institute’s and Westlawn’s opportunity because we designed boats, we him saying, ‘listen you guys, I am spending Abbott is the tenth director in WHOI’s bowhead and other baleen whales are able to determine how much of the digestion is and their interaction with the Earth as a house on a salt pond in Rhode Island where design courses. Putting this altogether gave built boats, did the sails, and did the spars a whole lot of my personal money on this 89-year history. He has served in the to digest them so efficiently? Part of the an- due to the whale itself versus the microbial whole, and to communicate a basic under- he learned to sail in a Beetle Cat. When asked him a portfolio that got Ted Hood of Mar- all right there. You saw every piece of it.” thing, I do not want to hear any of you ever leadership role since Oct. 1, 2015. Abbott swer could be the millions of tiny microbes, communities inhabiting its intestines. Ul- standing of the oceans’ role in the changing about the Beetle Cat, Jim said, “It is a great blehead to hire him in 1974, which he terms In 1974, Ted was involved in the Amer- say, well, if only we had an extra 10 percent joined WHOI from Oregon State University which include bacteria, living in their diges- timately, this may shed light on how these global environment. For more information, boat for a kid, but probably the wettest boat ‘grad school.’ He really enjoyed his time ica’s Cup, but Jim did not have much to do we could have done this. If you find that there where he served as dean and professor in tive tract. These microbial communities are whales and their microbes digest the primary please visit www.whoi.edu. I have ever been on. It is not very fast, but it working with Ted and said that he certainly with that campaign. However, he did with is something you want to pursue and you the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmo- commonly referred to as the ‘gut microbio- source of energy from their prey to sustain the 1977 campaign when Hood designed think is worthwhile, go ahead and do it.” spheric Sciences. Over a career spanning ta.’ In humans and other terrestrial animals, themselves. The results of this research from scratch INDEPENDENCE. Jim said, When asked what he favourite design 35 years, Abbott has served on numerous gut microbes play important roles in many may benefit the Alaskan Native whaling “I did most of the drawings for that boat. We is, he said, “That’s kind of like asking which professional committees for federal science aspects of health, including digestion, where community as well by illuminating how also took on COURAGEOUS, which was is your favorite kid, because they are all funding agencies, scientific societies and they often have the ability to break down the nutritional resources in the waters off supposed to be the practice boat skippered different. One shares a lot of design DNA laboratories, and has advised the Office of otherwise indigestible components of the of Point Barrow, Alaska support the local by Ted Turner. We had to convert COURA- with the new 44, which was a really good, Naval Research and the National Science diet. GEOUS because she was built before rule all-around sailboat. It was a good boat under changes that required cockpits. It was a IMS, which is what it was designed for and M C N A D V E R T I S E R S fabulous opportunity for me.” it was a good IRC boat. She had an amazing LS-17 Center Console Advertiser Page Jonesport Shipyard 7/27 When asked why INDEPENDENCE race record.” Alexseal 2 Journey's End 16 did not go on to defend the Cup, Jim ex- This was SZFORZANDO, which was 40th Anniversary "Special Editions" Allen Agency 11 Kennebunk Marina 18 plained, “We went through a whole bunch built by Goetz in Bristol, RI. Bamforth Marine 2/30 Kennedy Marine Engineering 6 of tank testing and ended up with one pretty As he thought through his designs Jim Bath Industrial Sales 22 Kittery Point Yacht Yard 17 clear winner. It happened to be a boat that I added, “BLACKFISH is up there on the list. Billings Diesel & Marine 3 Kustom Steel 6 drew and then kind of last gasp when you had I have had a great time with that boat as it’s Bluejacket 20 Maine Built Boats 2 DISCOUNT POWER TOOLS to deliver the lines Ted came in and made a a nice combination.” Bowden Marine 9 Maine Yacht Center 17 couple of changes that we hadn’t tested, that As we turned back to the industry again, Brewer South Freeport Marine 19 Moose Island Marine 7/30 Mystic Seaport 18 CORDED POWER TOOLS basically involved tipping the ends of the Jim pointed out that he was designing for Brooks Trap Mill 15 C & C Machine 13 Nautilus Marine 2 CORDLESS POWER TOOLS profile up so the boat got shorter and you got people who were in their 70s and that did Casco Bay Yachts Sales 31 Ocean Point Marina 31 FUELED POWER TOOLS more sail area. It turned out to be a bad idea not bode well for the future. He also pointed Chase, Leavitt Co. 6 Ocean Pursuits 15 PNEUMATIC POWER TOOLS because in flat water here in the fall INDE- out that someone who wanted to become Cod Cove Inn 31 Otis Enterprises 9 PENDENCE was good, but in the slop off a yacht designer would not have the same Custom Float Services 31 Owl's Head Transp. Museum 8 FASTENERS Newport the steeper ends weren’t as good. opportunities he did. He added, “I used to Dark Harbor Boat Yard 13 Paul Luke, Inc. 20 HAND TOOLS It’s hard when it’s time to deliver the lines. get a lot of calls twenty years ago from guys Derecktor Robinhood 16 Penobscot Marine Museum 8/20 Portland Yacht Services 3 MATERIAL HANDLING It’s hard to say that is it, because it is never it, asking ‘how do I get into this game?’ ‘Do The LS 17 Runabout & LS 17 Center Console are multi-functional Downeast Lobstermen's Assc 13 there might be something else you could do. you need any help?’ Nothing now because Dysart's Great Harbor 2 R. E. Thomas 14 outboard driven boats that can be used for a variety of on the water Richard Stanley Custom Boats 16 POWER TOOL ACCESSORIES However, you have to be really careful not there aren’t any.” Epifanes 15 Eric Dow Boatshop 13 Rockport Marine 16 SAFETY SUPPLIES to do something stupid. That change turned “Millennials do not have money to buy outings, from water skiing, tubing picnicking cruising or fishing. Their rugged WEST System “cold molded” construction creates a Farrin’s Boat Shop 17 Rollins Boat Shop 28 WELDING SUPPLIES what would have been a good boat, maybe race boats,” added Jim, “you can’t get a Finestkind Boat Yard 2/25 Royal River Boat Yard 3/28 not as good as COURAGEOUS, because mooring here, joining the yacht club is really very sound small craft for lakes, rivers or inshore adventures. All Front Street Shipyard 5 Rumery's Boatyard 17 COURAGEOUS was a great 12 meter.” expensive so how do you bring kids in? One of our LS 17’s are hand built by our students in the Wooden Boat H&H Marine 17 SW Boatworks 16/29 Jim did a little bit of work in the next of the designers at Brooklin Boat Yard found Building Program using the best materials and processes available. Hallett Sails 14 Samoset Boatworks 16 America’s Cup campaign in 1980, but his some old glass boat and fixed it up, then they Hamilton Marine 32 Seal Cove Boat Yard 6 big break came with America3 in 1992. He just took off and went sailing and that is one Early purchasers will have the opportunity to become part of the very Hansen Marine 7 Smithwick & Mariners 3 was part of the design team that put together way to do it.” dynamic building process and have the option of choosing a variety Harding's Book Shop 29 Southport Marine 3 Spartan Marine 29 a racer that would successfully defend the This could be where the future of yacht- Hewes & Co. 15 of paint colors for their boat. These boats are available NOW!!!! Infab 28 Webhannet River Bait 31 America’s Cup that year. Jim added, “We ing is, because once some millennials find Johanson Boatworks 11/28 West Marine Transport 5 designed and built four boats and the winner that they can boat and it will not make them PRICE: $29,450.00 including trailer & engine John Williams Boat Co. 3 York's Marine 19 was the third of the four. The last one was broke and the experience they get from fix- John's Bay Boat Co. 29 basically an insurance policy for heavy air, ing it up and sailing it is way beyond the cost, Contact: [email protected] but we kind of knew that was unlikely to be maybe, just maybe, we will see a resurgence. 207-602-4813 Page 24. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 25. MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890 MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890

24 January Company, that it might prove interesting to brains from becoming sluggish. York, lumber, p. t.; schooner I. K. Stetson, tioned in Portland in charge of the Light side, the barques Edward L. Mayberry of It is reported that Carleton, Norwood AT Machiasport. Page 7. the Aroostook County readers of THE IN- ALLAN ERIC. New York to Port Spain, white pine lumber, House department and now chief hydrog- Portland, Me., and the Alden Bessee of Port- & Co., of Rockport, will build two large Business Quiet and Le Grippe Active.— From the Hub of the Uni- DUSTRIAL JOURNAL, to read something Boston, Jan. 17, 1890. $5.25; schooner Enos B. Phillips, Boothbay rapher at Washington, is making an effort land, Oregon. How singular to se these two schooners the present season in addition to an Encouraging Outlook for 1890. verse. about the big concern that takes so many of to New York, ice, $1; schooner Ella M. to have a branch of the U. S. Hydrographic barques from the two Portland, representing the ship now building. (Correspondence of The Journal.) Two Topics.—One the Great fog last the potatoes raised in the Aroostook. The The experience of a lighthouse keeper is Hawes, Darien to Kennebec, lumber, p. t.; office established in Portland and he has the eastern and Western extremes of the James H. Creighton and George Creigh- Business is, at this time of year, at week and scenes in and about Boston.— “Big Six,” as they are known here (familiar- thus given. In 1855 the woman who is now schooner Benj. C. frith, Boston to Matanzas, little doubt that he will finally succeed in Great Republic moored together in the Ce- ton of Lynn, MA, have formed a firm for what might be truly termed its lowest ebb The Hansa Line of Steamships between ly) is, as the name of the company denotes, assistant keeper at White Head Light lived at hhds. 75c. securing the necessary appropriation. This lestial Empire. Afterward there came in the building a schooner of 800 tons at Thomas- in Machiasport. With the exception of the Boston and Antwerp and Hamburg.— composed of six firms, consolidated. They Matinicus Rock, which is twenty-five miles There has been no appreciable change branch office, he thinks, is necessary be- pretty barkentine Nellie M. Slade of Boston ton, the coming season. physicians nearly every one is idle. The Interesting reading for Aroostook Read- have a large establishment on Commercial from the main-land and accessible only in in the condition and tendencies of the ocean cause Portland is the regular winter port of and the John C. Smith of Belfast, Me., while D. W. Campbell of Cherryfield is to doctors have all they can attend to, owing to ers.—A new Elevated Railroad Scheme street, elegantly fitted up, where their offices pleasant weather. At the time of the memo- freight market during the week. The market Canada and many steamers arrive here in the a fine Belfast brig, the H. C. Sibley, showed build a schooner this season. Work will at the many cases of Le Grippe in town, which with descriptions of the New System.-- are, and where many of the products which rable gale, will remembered by many, that has been quiet, though the aggregate busi- course of the winter. Careful reports from all the Yankee ensign, a token of welcome. Near once commence in getting out the frame. we think may be rightly termed the “Indian Some talk about Electric Wires.—Note they handle and displayed. Besides they swept Minot’s Ledge into the sea, the keeper ness of the week foots up to respectable these steamers are desirable. us lay the Martha ???the Rattler, celebrated The vessel will have a carrying capacity of Grip” as when once fastened upon its victim and Comment. have, in various parts of the city, huge store Samuel Burgess, father of this brave wom- proportions. The Petroleum trade remains The shipping interests of the Maritime among the fast clippers of Rockland, Me., a about 300 M. ft. lumber. it generally holds on until it has strained the (Correspondence of The Journal.) and warehouses, where Mt. Thacher tells an, chanced to be away. Heavy seas broke slow, but in view of the limited supply of Provinces which have always been on the in- quarter of a century before, one of the few A. Sewall & Co.’s new ship, the big sufferer to his utmost endurance. This has been a great week. In treating me, they are never afraid of accumulating over the rock bearing everything movable handy vessels rates are nominally firm both crease in tonnage have declined in a marked of our famous vessels remaining. sister of the monster Rappahannock is to be The business outlook for the summer of the great events thereof, I will first remark, too many potatoes. They are largely inter- away on their angry billows. The children for barrels and cases. In view of the paucity manner during the year just past as the fol- christened Shennandoah. The Shenandoah 1890 is better than in the fall. The Machias- where did the influenza come form? This I ested in the system of warm cars running and mother hurried to the tower, the light of tonnage any considerable enquiry would lowing figures from the Halifax Chronicle The Fisheries. will be larger than the Rappahannock now port Packing Company will probably open will answer in the following lines: between Boston and Aroostook. The idea house only remaining. They lived in this be likely to materially strengthen the market show: The total tonnage was 753,804 last The Boston Fish Bureau reports re- being rigged at the Sewall wharf and will be their factory about the first of May, which of these cars is simply this: As might be condition for four weeks as during this time for oil tonnage. Sail vessels suitable for long year and 715,314 this making the total net ceipts of fish very light. The receipts of put up in the yard as soon as the frame which will give work to a number of people and We’re caught in the nip supposed, the cars do not contain any sort of no one dared go to their rescue. Each night voyages with general cargo are decidedly decrease for the three provinces of 38,490 mackerel with the exception of 66 bbls. Irish is know being cut arrives in Bath. circulate a large amount of money weekly Of the Russian grip, warming apparatus; but when the potatoes during this time the faithful damsel lighted scarce, and although the dejand at the mo- tons. There remain on the register of Nova mackerel are from Nova Scotia. The price Kelley, Spear & Co., of Bath, have con- throughout the town. And we bark a hoarse cadenza, are loaded at Houlton, the cars are warmed the beacon and forth from the tower shone ment is not urgent, steady and fairly good Scotia, 2847 vessels of 468,722 tons, on of mackerel and codfish is the same as last tracted with Joseph H. Church, of Taunton, Stephen Berry is building a new house We cough, we sneeze, to the desired temperature, and then closed. the rays through the gale. rates prevail. With the River Plate and Bra- the book of New Brunswick, 1004 vessels quoted. MA, for a four-masted schooner of the fol- on the Palmer Hill, which he has up and We blow, we wheeze, The cars are so packed with non-conducting Captain Webster of Castine has in his zil, business remains very dull. Naval store of 221,086 tons; Prince Edward Island, 224 During the season of 1889, Lubec lowing measurements: 230 feet keel, 46 feet closed. Captain Trafton has built a long With this terrible influenza. materials, the car being lined in this manner, possession a violin of his own manufacture and cotton freights are quiet and quotations vessels of 25,506 tons. The total net tonnage packed 100,000 cases of sardines, cured beam and 21 feet depth. The keel has been veranda in front of his house, and others are You ask how come it? In said cadenza? that no heat escapes, and as a result, in the which is curiously constructed. The body is are largely nominal. The Cuba sugar trade of Nova Scotia decreased 18,589 tons; New 700,000 boxes of smoked herring, and raised laid for the Captain Laveader schooner at making improvements. Why, the door was left open coldest weather, carloads of potatoes and ap- redwood, and neck bird’s eye maple from has opened at 13 @ 15 cents from North Brunswick, 18,922 tons and Prince Edward 20,000 bushels of potatoes, 15,000 bushels this yard and framing has commenced. The W. C. H. And influenza. ples come through all the way from Houlton timber taken out of the first brig built on Side ports to New York, Philadelphia and Island 1,060 tons. of which were shipped to New York. The Skinner schooner is all planked. Machiasport, January 20, 1890. to Boston in perfect condition, and as war the Bagaduce river, and the bridge is made Boston. From South Side ports the rates M. Gordon, the submarine diver, is now sardine factories paid out for the one item Dunn & Elliott of Thomaston, build4rs The next feature of this eventful wee of almost, as when they started. There is not a of oak form a gun carriage used on the first are one cent higher. Molasses freights from at work with his assistants in locating chains of labor $120,000, ninety-five per cent. of of the newly launched Benj. C. Firth, have 31 January which I shall speak, is the fog, last Monday more reliable concern in New England than revenue cutter on the Castine station. North Side Cuba to ports North of Hatteras and anchors which were lost last year at the which was paid to residents of the town. two frames now on the way to Thomaston, Page 1. morning. It was very English—quite En- the Boston Produce Company, and they do are $2 @ $2.1/2 per 110 gallons. Outward mouth of the Kennebec. This work is under- A prominent Portland fish dealer is credited one for a single-deck schooner of 500 tons, The Hinckley & Egrey Iron Company, glish, you know, decidedly London. When an immense business. Page 8. business with Cuban and other West India taken by the divers and is quite a lucrative with the remark that for the past eighteen the other for a schooner of 1000 tons. They this city, have contracted to build the engine the hour arrive for day to break, well, it broke, The “Mack” system of elevated rail- Commerce and Trade. ports is slow and rates steady at the recent business. The men left Portland the first years fish of all kinds were never so scarce. will commence work on the 500 ton schoo- for the new steamer Captain S. H. Barbour but it was almost impossible to realize it. At ways is the latest in that line. The managers In the Bangor produce market jobbing decline on coal, etc. Coastwise freights are week in January chartered a steam tug and There were no fish of any kind among either ner as soon as the frame arrives. She will be is to build to run on the Kennebec between eight o’clock in the morning you couldn’t of the new scheme are looking for a vacant prices are as follows: hay, 8 to $10; potatoes, slow, with rates for lumber, coal and other started for the scene, working at Sequin and the wholesale or retail dealers, except a few built for Captain D. H. Sumner of St. George, Waterville and Gardiner. distinquish a horse car from the sidewalk. lot upon which to erect an experimental 70; eggs, 18; fowl, 10 to 15; chickens, 14 cargo barely steady at the recent decline. The adjacent points. They have already found ten smelts and halibut. The scarcity if due to now in the schooner R. Bowers. The Shields Granite Co. of Green’s You could hardly tell a milk wagon form the track. They should be allowed to put it up to 16; butter 20 to 23; cheese, 10 to 12 and movements in grain has slackened, and rates anchors, six bing large ones and well worth the rough weather on the coast for the past The Record says: “There arrived at Bos- Landing, Deer Isle, have lately purchased Old South Meeting House. But after all, this somewhere in the vicinity of that pictur- apples $2.50 per bbl. for charter show an easier tendency. saving. One weighed 2400 pounds and when two months. ton a few days ago a new rig of a vessel in the Devil’s Isle, and will erect a wharf, boarding fog wasn’t English though it was quite like esque piece of landscape decoration for Portland’s exports last week were Sea and Port. raised will be worth $100. The entire lot will Gloucester advices are that the receipts ”Ensenada,” which is destined for the South house, and other buildings to be used in the English. It was entirely American, and whol- which the city of Cambridge is indebted valued at $330,696.60 and comprised the S. Nickerson & Sons, Boothbay, intend net $300. When an anchor is found a buoy is are light, and the old stock is being rapidly American lumber trade. The “Ensenada” is summer’s work in the quarries. ly of domestic manufacture. One couldn’t to Captain Meigs. The two would make a following: They were 42,385 bush. Peas, to fit out five vessels for the Banks fishing attached to denote the location and after the disposed of. The market on mackerel is a four-masted barkentine, and is without The Union Granite Company, Long see across the street. The trains on all the pretty pair, and perhaps sometime drop into 16,500 bush. Corn, 36,005 lbs. spit peas, this spring. submarine work is done a tug with a steam strong, and there are but fee on had to offer, question the first sailing vessel of that rig in Island, will suspend operations for two railroad—except Meigs’ Elevated—were the street when they become old and rotten, 80,000 lbs. butter, 95,300 lbs. cheese, Brig Sparkling Water, built in 1869 crane picks them up. Several weeks longer probably not more than 800 barrels, all told. existence. There is however a vessel on the months as there is no paving done in New delayed. Nothing effects affairs on Meigs’ and in the next decade they would be as 361,150 lbs. oatmeat, 50,400 lbs. flour, and registered 303 tons, has been sold on will be devoted to this work. There have been eight arrivals from Fortune ways in Belfast, being built by George W. York and Brooklyn during the winter, and Elevated, and probably never will. But on great a wonder to the generation to come as 1,530,760 lbs. bacon, 342,480 lbs. cheese, Provincial account for $4.000. The unfortunate Pocahontas which is Bay with frozen herring, part of which have Cottrell, which will be, when completed, the the contractors thee decline to receive the the railroads in operation, not a signal could the Cloaca Maxima and the Appian Way of 7,000 lbs. lard, 15,000 lbs. potash, 29,000 A fog bell has been placed at the new now going to pieces off Block Island was been marketed in Boston and New York. The same kind of rig. paving stone until they are ready to use them. be seen. The trains worked along into the city Rome are to us to-day. The Meigs system lbs. copper ore, 15 cases emery wheels, 8 light at the south end of Lubec Narrows. The one of the finest vessels afloat, in dimensions fleet engaged comprises about 50 sail, most Washburn Bros. Of Thomaston have G. W. Cpen, of Eastport, has com- by inches. They always do, of course, but it has one rail only, while the Mack system has cases oranges, 801 empties. The reports fog signal during thick and foggy weather the biggest schooner in the world, but as she of them being on the way home. The arrivals just secured a model from Pattee of Bath, menced work upon the foundation for an was necessary to stop and start every few three, one on each side, and one between the were 250 cases clay pipes, 725 tinplates. will be a single stroke of a bell every 10 draws but 17 ½ feet of water her carrying this week were bringing 162,000 pounds from which they will build two schooners. extension of his building on Union Wharf feet. The ferries were all muddled, and only two, and some inches below, thus making a The Weekly Trade Review of R. G. seconds. capacity is not commensurate with here size. of codfish, 94,000 pounds of fresh halibut, They have four frames now cutting. One used for his tin decorating business. An made three trips an hour. My friend Clayton, sectional view of the tracks look like a letter Dun & Co. of the Mercantile Agency says: Ship Samuel Skolfield, which recently She is guilt on yacht lines and was regarded 2,624,000 frozen herring, 9200 pounds of comes very soon by rail from the northern addition will be built extending through to of Blue Hill observatory, informs me that V. The wheel running on the contral rail is Important improvement in business is not- put into St. Thomas dismasted, while on a as a race horse and a very easy vessel to haddock, 13,000 pounds of cusk and hake. part of the state, while the schooner Etta Central Wharf upon which the two story ell the atmosphere was perfectly saturated, and large, and is the driving wheel, while the ed wherever the recent change to colder voyage from New York to Batavia, has ar- handle in heavy weather. She is owned al- The failure of the mackerel catch Stimpson has been chartered (two trips) to 28x30 is to be erected. contained 100 percent of humidity. It was wheels running on the two outer rails are weather has been felt. Elsewhere unsea- rived at Fortress Monroe, to tow of the tug most wholly in Taunton and was launched this year set the Provincetown owners to bring the other frames from Darien, Ga., the thickest fog ever seen in Boston, but mere trucks, serving to guide and keep the sonable weather is the chief complaint, but C. W. Morse. in Camden, Me., November, 1888, since devising ways and means for protecting where they are being cut. The schooner From Yarmouthville. notwithstanding this, the extreme careful car steady. The principle objection to these everywhere interruption of business and The hull of the Maine ship Richard p. which time she has been to South America their industry, and Captain Chase, a veteran building by Washburn Bros. At Port Clyde A Prosperous and Pleasant Manufactur- handling of the craft in the harbor prevented new rail systems, for such this Mack road is, manufacturing by the prevailing sickness Buck, which was nearly destroyed by fire with lumber, and has made but few coasting fisherman, conceived the project of trying has the keel laid and the stern post up. ing Town. a single accident so far as I have heard. Few theoretically, is that they are all constructed is observed, and many factories have been while on the voyage from Philadelphia to trips, although designed for that work. She the waters off the Cape of Good Hope. So (Correspondence of The Journal.) captains ventured to move their vessels, and upon single upright supports, like a letter forced to close because so many of their San Francisco, several months ago, has been was 235 feet on deck, 46 feet beam, 20 feet he fitted out his schooner, the Alice Chase, Yarmouthville is a town of about 2000 only the ferry boats and tugs were running. T, which is not an argument in favor of employees were unable to work. To nearly purchased by the Boston Towboat Compa- hold, masts 100 feet tall, and on this trip and sailed October 8, for Cape Town. The Trains ink the railroad yards had to be han- their safety. When railroad tracks begin to all kinds of trade it means not only delay in ny and will be converted into a coal barge. had a cargo of 2250 tons of coal. She was Captain got very little encouragement in dled with extreme caution. Down by the drop down about our ears, together with production or dealings, but some shrinkage When finished, she will carry 2800 tons coal. equipped with a pair of engines to work her his undertaking, for scientists had said ferries, on Atlantic Avenue, the corners were trolley-wires and bridges, and with paving in the ability of great numbers to purchase The big four-masted schooner Margue- sails and windlass, and her anchors weighed that thee are no true mackerel south of the occupied by motley crowds of men, who spit stones, manhole covers, dirt and mangled products. But, in spite of this, the volume of rite discharged recently a cargo of 2539 tons 20 tons. She was finished in the most expen- equator, but a letter received recently from tobacco juice disconsolately into the street bodies of underground linemen going the trade is large. of coal at the Grand Trunk wharf, Portland, sive manner, all her metal trimming being of him shows that his venture is being crowned and spoke depreciatively of the weather other way, it will b high time for Boston Among recent charters are the follow- for the Forest Paper Company at Yarmouth. polished brass, and her cabins were fitted up with success. Captain Chase writes that he MOTORSPORTS and other public institutions. But towards to call a halt or look for a more favorable ing: ship J. B. Walker, San Francisco to Captain Willard states the cargo was taken most elaborately. She belonged to the fleet found mackerel in plenty and could not tell noon the sun was out and shining brightly, locality. Liverpool, grain, 30s 6d; ship Alameda, As- out in 98 hours, the fastest time on record, of which Captain J. M. Philips is agent, and the difference between them and the fish on and the last vestige of fog was seen rolling There is something curious about fate. toria, Oregon, to Cork and United Kingdom, considering the season of the year. is the fourth vessel of that line which has this coast. The fish average from thirteen to KYMCO away. Since that time we have had weather I can think of no other term, although I do grain, 38s 9d; bark Evie J. Ray, New York Captain H. M. Bean of Camden, is been lost within three years, all of which seventeen inches in length, and as the season as warm as that usually seen in April, and not believe in fate, and am not superstitious. to Sidney, N. S. W., general cargo, $2400; reported as having an interest of $7000 in were new. advances will make good No. 1’s. They are World's #1 Scooter rain by bucketfuls. As I write it is coming But fire alarm box ““52””is known as the bark Moonbeam, Portland to Bowing, Scot- the ill-fated schooner Millie G. Bowne, and Captain J. H. Drew, under the nom de so plenty there that the people catch and sell starting at $1499 off cold and in the morning every tobacco ““fatal box” and when I was covering the land, spoolwood 80s; bark Annie Lewis, had no insurance although must of the oth- plume of The Kennebecker, has commenced them for a shilling a barrel, taking abut two dummy in Boston will be shivering. South End for a Boston daily, night, an alarm Portland to Buenos Ayres, lumber, $12.50; er owners were insured. Captain Bean has a series of articles in the Boston Journal—a hundred to a barrel. We have another line of steamers—a from “52” always caused the firemen to turn brig Khiva, Portland to West Coast Africa, also been so unfortunate as to lose by death sequel to the Australian voyage of the With new one. It is known as the Hansa line. pale, the officers to take an extra hitch in their general cargo, $2000 and port charges; during the past week a daughter aged twenty of the Sea. Of his arrival at Hong Kong he Shipbuilding Notes. HJC Woody's ZOX The first steamer of the Hansa line, the belts, and the newspaper men to roll up their brig Rochemont, Redonda to Boothbay, years. says: “Over on the Kowioong side (now J. H. Dyer has laid the keel in Portland “Cremon,” running direct between Boston trousers’ legs and make ready for a big fire. phosphate, $3.50 per ton; schooner A. A new light will be at once established English) were the beautiful ships Paul Jones for a 100-ton schooner to be built for Port- Amsoil Carbide Katadin Gear and Antwerp and Hamburg, left this port on 52 always brings a big blaze. 52 sent in the B. Sherman, Baltimore to Portland, coal, on Crabtree’s Ledge, at the entrance to Sulli- of Portsmouth, N. H., the P. N. Blanchard of land parties. December 30, carrying a full cargo of cattle alarm for the big fire of Boston, of 1872. The $1.60; schs. Clara Donnell and J. D. Dewell, van harbor, at the upper end of Frenchman’s Yarmouth, Me., ready for sea, and several Work will soon be commenced at East 56 New Meadows Rd., W. Bath, ME 04530 on deck and below. She has arrived safely alarm for the big fire of last Thanksgiving Baltimore to Portland, coal at private terms; Bay. The light will be fixed white, varied by more; the handsome Crecian and Imperial of Machias in the yard of Pope, Harris & Co. on at her destination. The next steamer of the day came from 52. And this morning 52 sent schooner Clara, Rockland to Charleston, S. a white flash every two minutes, and will be Boston close by; the Goodell of Searsport, a three masted schooner of about 300 tons. Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-12 Hansa line due here is the Grasbrook. in an alarm for a $95,000 fire in Ex-Governor C., lime, 25; schooner Eva May, Portland to 54 feet above the water, visible all around Maine; the Samar of Boston and the Furness The schooner Albertine Adoue, re- It occurred to me this week, while rid- Chaplin’s big buildings on Summer Street. Philadelphia, ice, p. t.; schooner Melissa A. the horizon. The structure is a brown tower Abbey of Portsmouth, the Invincible of Bath cently launched at Bath, has received her ing into Boston one morning in company But such is life and all these little casual- Willey, Apalachicola to Portland, lumber, with black lantern. and the Sarah Ridgeway of Philadelphia, the sails and will soon take a cargo of ice from 207-443-9702 with Cyrus Thacher of the Boston Produce ties help to keep things moving and people’s $9.50; schooner A. J. York, Portland to New Commander Picking, formerly sta- Commodore of Yarmouth, Me., and side by Boothbay for Philadelphia. Page 26. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27. MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industrial Journal - 1890 MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890 inhabitants, situated in Cumberland Coun- year to come. and families a comfortable home. ble. This white granite is one of the stones paving working is from $20.00 to $30.00 schooner can be lufled. Two men can usually of tempestuous waves was strikingly illus- and the decks were continually swept by the ty, eleven miles from Portland. The Grand Status of The Granite Industry. The Italians seem to be here simply for that the paving cutters delight to work on. per thousand, an average of about $25.00 tie up a topsail, and all hands can manage to trated during the recent trip of the great war seas. Captain Freeman thought that his ship Trunk and Maine Central both pass through There is o industry of any importance what they can make. It is a very rare thing It is very rifty and will split like a piece of per thousand, $20.00 being for stock on the take reefs in the big lower sails one at a time. steamer Yorktown of the United States naval was going down, but as a last resort got up the town. that has received so little attention form for one of them to become a citizen, and very wood. dump, $30.00 being for motion work. (the It is not that the canvas cannot be taken fleet. A letter dated on board the Yorktown, tow barrels of il, which he used with magical The principal business is the Forest Pulp statistical experts as the granite industry. few of them bring their families with them. Gray granite as it is termed, is very paving cutter quarrying his own stone.) off a schooner when the gale arises. The Lisbon, Portugal, after describing the terrific effect, distributing it from the forward closet Mill, which employs 150 men, runs day and Extensive as it is, reaching into almost ev- They live differently from the other cutters, abundant, but differs a great deal in quality. General Statistics. trouble is that the canvas that is left on her force of the waves that battered the staunch pipes. Attempts made to use the oil from the night, and turns out seventy tons of wood ery state and territory, yet no work is to be and are seldom found at boarding-houses or The stone is quarried the most extensively, In a table of returns from 44 granite is not placed right to save the vessel. As vessel, in a storm encountered a few days bags on the forecastle were unsuccessful on pulp every 24 hours, the power is supplied by found that gives reliable information of the hotel. They congregate together, and speak and is used chiefly for building purposes and concerns, 30 gave a total capital invested the wind increases the topsails and lighter before, says: account of the wind and sea. With the excep- a 160 horse power engine. Many of the men extent or national importance of this great their own language almost exclusively. for paving. It is generally coarse grained. of $701,000; 32, a total gross product jibs are furled, but it must blow a living “Both engines were stopped and the tion of a little spray that came on board, the employed in the mill belong in the neighbor- and solid business. People sto and gaze They seem to care nothing for our institu- The most prominent of the quarries of this of $1,398,101; 42, total number of men gale before the captain will take reefs in the behavior of the Yorktown was excellent. decks remained perfectly dry until the gale ing towns, and board in Yarmouthville. They with astonishment at the magnificent granite tions, and their only object seems to be the granite are those of the Bodwell Granite employed at time of return, 2926; 38 give lower sails. First of all he is likely to take in All this time we were using oil and its effect subsided. The ship was then towed into Gi- receive $1.25 per day. structures that have grown up, as it were, in accumulation of a few hundred dollars with Company, at Vinalhaven, Booth Bros. & aggregate average employed in 1888 as the spanker, or the extreme aftersail. If she was marvelous. We had several large bags braltar. Captain Freeman says that his ship’s The shoe shop of Hodsdon Brothers & our large cities and business centers the past which to return to Italy. Of course there are Hurricane Isle, Mt. Waldo Granite Compa- 2872; 39 show average number of days shows a tendency to fall off in the trough filled with oakum saturated with oil over cargo and the lives of officers and crew were Co. has always been quite prosperous. It is few years; but the many as they applaud and exceptions, and there are Italians who prefer ny, Mt. Waldo, and the quarries at Somes’ in operation. 241. Average weekly wages of the sea he reefs down the foresail. Last the side, and, from time to time, a little oil undoubtedly saved by the use of oil, and he run by water power, and like the pulp mill admire the gigantic proportions or delicate our country and institutions, but as a class Sound and West Sullivan. Most of these gray when fully employed were as follows: of all comes down the main. He will only was poured through the weather scuppers. earnestly recommends its use in the case of is on the left bank of the Royal River. Just workmanship, they have no conception of they are here only temporarily. granites will take a nice polish, but do not overseers, $17.63; stone cutters, $15.86; do this to save her masts, and he is not sure It was a grand sight to see the oil spread out a vessel at anchor on a lee shore. at present the shop is having some trouble the labor necessary to produce such won- The English stone cutters, like their show a great contrast between the hammered paving cutters, $17.34; quarrymen, $10.83; to save them even then. The trouble is that to an infinitesimally thin film on the water, The skippers of three steamships, the with the help, through the Lasters Union. ders. From the taking of the stone form its Scotch neighbors, are generally here to stay. and the polished work. sharpeners, $12.84; blacksmiths, $15.90; when these big sails are reefed the spread of and then these high seas would gather extra California, from Hamburg, the Friesland, The lasters have left. Some of them have bed in the quarry, until it is finally stowed It comes quite hard to them to forswear A granite that is valued highly for all polishers, $10.84; teamsters, $11.02; com- canvas is so near the deck that the wind files strength and come toward the ship, towering from Antwerp,, and the Rhaelia from gone to Haverhill. in the hold of the vessel that is to carry it their Queen, but they soon get so they can purposes is what is called dark granite. This mon laborers, $8.94. to reach it as the vessel sinks behind a wave. far above her, and as they reached the limit Hanburg, lately arrived in New York, are Down the river is a cotton mill which to its destination, the work is of the hardest live a Yankee. They are about as lavish in granite hammers very light, but takes a very Twelve pages of a descriptive list of a But a moment later, as she rises on another of the oil they dissipated into a rolling swell, enthusiastic in their praises of oil as a wave adds much to the industry of the town, and kind, requiring endurance and intelligence their expenditures as the natives, and there dark, high polish, and is closely grained, number of the leading granite companies wave, the wind come booming along and which lifted the ship up and then rolled away breaker. The Rhaelia used the fluid with can employ abut 250 hands. Nearby is a large to perform it. is nothing in the market too good for an hence it is called dark. The most promi- doing business in the State is given in the strikes those reefed sails such tremendous to leeward.” magical effect in a hurricane on January saw mill and grist mill. There is good power Unlike many other industries, the gran- Englishman. nent of this class, is Clark’s Island Granite report. The whole number of quarries oper- blows as to take the masts right over the rail. A recent illustration of the value of oil 17. The Friesland on the same day kept the at this point. ite business has undergone but little change The Paving Cutters. Company, Clark’s Island; Booth Bros. & ated to any great extent in 1888-9 was about Should the wind fail to do that, the when a vessel is at anchor or lying to in towering sea from breaking aboard the ship The machine works of C. H. Weston, are during the last twenty years. The shoemaker The quarrymen are the poorest paid of Hurricane Granite Co., Long Cove; Long 55. waves breaking over the vessel fill the low- a storm is furnished by the Hydrographic by a liberal use of oil. The California, wile also run by water and are on the left bank has had to give way to the lasting, pegging, any of the granite workers, and although Cover; Oak Hill Granite Company, Belfast; Reports from 96 different granite down bagging canvas full of the solid water, Office. The engines of the British steamship hove to under small sails in the same terrific of the river. He has a large roomy shop, and stitching and other machines, until to-day he they have to work out of doors exposed to Freeport Granite Works, Freeport; Brown, workers are printed, an analysis of which and then the masts are doomed; for the masts Benlarig became disabled in December, off wind, saved herself by using oil. employs sometimes ten men. He turns out a does not know what part of a shoemaker he heat and cold alike, they do not receive, on McAllister & Co., Round Pond; Burleigh gives the following figures: Native born, 8s; are tall, and the angle of the shrouds too Cape Trafalgar and she rapidly drifted to- In view of the well-known effect of good class of machinery, consisting chiefly represents. The same is the case with a great an average, much more than half as much as & Hall, Rockland, and the firms of Brown foreign born, 14; assisted by their families, small to support them properly. In the case ward the shore. She was, however, anchored oil on troubled waters and the ease and of belt makers tools and textile machines. many other trades, but with the exception of the stone cutters or paving cutters. There is & Wade, John Ingraham, Charles Ward and 18; owning homes, 53; homes mortgaged of the Millie Bowne, the wind broke loose between a reef and this shore and lay four economy with which it can be used in case A great number of jack screws are also sent the steam drill, stone id quarried by the same just as much intelligence required to in the others, of South Thomaston. All of these 8; renting, 36; without families, boarding, the fastenings of her deck load of lumber days in that position, the wind blowing a of storms, if seems strange that Congress from his shop. There is no foundry in town. process and with the same tools as it was quarry as in the shed, and yet the quarrymen granites are of superior quality and nothing 9; boarding who own homes, 2; reporting and sent the boards flying though the fore- gale. The heavy sea rolling in was partly should be so tardy in passing a law requiring Casings come from Portland, Lewiston, and twenty years ago. In the cutting or dressing at .17 or .17 ½ per hour, is obliged to lose better can be produced for monumental pay raised, 13; pay reduced, 3; expected to sail, tearing it to shreds. But that is not all. broken by the reef and the vessel was sur- every sea-going vessel to be supplied with a Auburn. of stone, there has been no displacement by all bad weather, while the stone cutter at .27 purposes. The Dodlin Hill land the Spruce trade at company store, 40; reporting prices When the vessel sinks down behind a wave rounded by a confused mass of breakers, means of using it. Cheap and simple oil bags Yarmouthville is celebrated for its line machinery, nor is there likely to be; and the ½ or .30 per hour can work every day if he Head granites, though in different parts of higher than at other stores, 26; paid weekly, and the wind no longer presses against her stopping water on all sides; the lifeboats are provided for this purpose, but through lard shade trees and private residences. same methods and the same tools are used will. the State, are somewhat similar. There are 1; fortnighly, 50; monthly, 41; irregularly sails, there is nothing to keep her headed up and everything movable were washed away, carelessness or neglect thousands of vessels Yarmouthville, January 27, 1889. as were twenty years go. Machinery has Varieties of Maine Granite. numerous other quarries throughout the 4; belonging to labor organizations, 81; to to the wind, and sea shoves here around until been tried in all forms, but, as yet, nothing The granites of Maine are as varied State, that, although not mentioned in this beneficiary organizations, 27; having saving she lies like a log in a ditch and a mighty Page 2. has been found that will perform the labor in color as they are in the nature of their report, will be very valuable when thorough- bank accounts 17; accumulating savings in ditch, at that, from which she will b tossed The Granite Industry in that is now done by human power. Used as working. Our red granite is found at Jones- ly developed. former years, 59; during the past year, 55; in no time, only to be dropped sideways into Maine Coastal News Maine. a lathe, machinery does work satisfactorily boro and Red Beach. Washington county, At nearly all of these quarries, paving running in debt, 13. another, while the strain on the huge levers Facts and Figures as Presented in the in turning out columns, (there is one in oper- and Mt. Desert, Hancock County. It is very blocks are made, some firms working at that Averages of these reports show the which her masts are, is something awful to Report of The Bureau of Industrial and ation at Vinalhaven by the Bodwell Granite extensively used, especially the Jonesboro, branch of the industry exclusively, others average age of persons reporting, to be 38; contemplate. H Labor Statistics. Company) but even this does not finish the which is owned by the Bodwell Granite using only the waste stock. hours employed daily to be 10; daily wages, The master of the steamer Duchess, in as a newly updated website! The third annual report of the Bureau of surface except when it is to be polished. Company. Large buildings are constructed Wages of Granite Workers. $2.25; annual earnings, $522; days lost, 78; a letter to the New York Herald some time Industrial and Labor Statistics for the State The Granite Cutters. out of this stone. The Red Beach is a finer In the state there are in round numbers, earnings of other members of the family, ago, said he had observed that at 40 years of Check it out: of Maine, of which Hon. S. W. Matthews The granite cutters are about 70 percent (closely grained) stone than the others 4,000 men employed in the granite industry, $54; gross income, $577; cost of living age the masters of three-masted schooners is chief, makes a volume of 190 pages American born. As a class these men are in And is used mostly and very extensively for divided as follows: 1400 granite cutters, $499; number of persons to family, 4 to 5; showed “hard-lined, parchment-looking and contains a large amount of valuable comfortable circumstances, the large major- monumental purposes. This granite takes a 1000 paving cutters and 1600 attendant earnings over expenses, $78. faces, deeply scored with anxiety and dread. information concerning the granite, lime ity of them are the possessors of farms, and very high polish and is as fine as any the laborers, including tool sharpeners, quarry- Subsequent issues of The Journal will If the captain of a three-master is affected mainescoast.com and slate, and shipbuilding industries of the no homes are more comfortable furnished. Scotch imported. It is what the workmen men, teamsters, dragtenders, boxers (men contain reviews of the lime and slate and thus, what must be the mental condition State, and of the workers in these fields of Pianos and elegant furnishings re no rarity term good working stone, that is, a stone that who box the cut stone) draftsmen, foremen, shipbuilding industries as presented in the of the captain of a four-master when the labor. It also contains a report of the doings in the homes of the granite cutters of Maine. will work quite free and safe on all sides. engineers, laborers, superintendents, polish- report of the Bureau. gale comes on? In a square-rigged ship the Read the current issue of MCN of the seventh annual convention of chiefs They work hard and steadily; they receive Such stone has but little rift. ers, clerks, etc. Besides this number there maintopsail is the last sail left spread to Lobster Boat Racing News and commissioners of the several Bureaus of in the main, very fair wages, but they do Black granite is found at several places, are employed though this industry 500 more Page 3. the gale. It is high above deck, and it saves Photo Galleries Labor Statistics in the United States, which not save up a great portion of their earnings. but the best specimens are found at South who are ???? wages paid today workers An Improved Rig Urgently needed for the ship if hove to. If she tries to scud, the Boat Yard News met at Hartford, Conn., in June of 1889, and They are not of the miserly sort, and believe Thomaston and Vinalhaven. It is somewhat throughout the State are as follows: the Monster Modern Schooners. square foresail is set, and that lifts her along Feature Articles gives interesting general statistics in regard they are entitled to the best there is to be different in its composition form the other The average annual earning of granite The loss of the Millie G. Bowne, the over the waves, while a fore-and-aft foresail to agricultural matters, valuation, taxes as- had, therefore they enliven trade wherever granites, hornblende taking the place of cutters working by the day, at an average of largest and handsomest schooner that ever serves only to depress the sessed, etc., in the town throughout Maine. they are congregated. Their children have mice, so prominent in granite. This stone $2.75, for 287 days, allowing 25 days for sailed out of Boston, calls attention to the vessel’s bow. The collection and compilation of the sta- all the advantages of our public schools, as should properly be termed sienite. It is very holidays and shortening of the days in win- urgent need of an improved rig for sailing If some bright inven- tistics presented in the report, involved a they cannot be put to work on granite until highly prized for monumental purposes. It ter, would be $789.25. The average annual ships of large capacity and light draught. tor can devise a means great amount of research and investigation fully matured, or at least before 16 years of takes a polish that cannot be equaled for any earnings of granite cutters (piece workers) Perhaps it had better be said that it empha- for brailing a fore-and-aft in which Mr. Matthews was ably assisted by age, as the work is of too hard a nature for other stone, and the contrast between the is $600.00, and average for 287 full days of sizes the necessity for an improved rid, for sail into the mast instead Deputy Commissioner Campbell and Mr. T. frail limbs. Intellectually, the granite cutters polished and hammered work is what would $2.00 per day. The average annual earnings the Bowne was not the first of these ships to of hauling it down to the J. Lyons, of Vinalhaven. of Maine are on a level if not in advance be expected from the shades of this stone, of tool sharpeners, working by the day, at get dismasted in a gale of wind that was by deck, he will hep the rig The work of the Bureau during the past of any other class of mechanics. Instead of black and white. A great deal of this stone is an average of $2.50 for 287 full days, is no means extraordinary in its force. materially; but what is year has been confined almost entirely to an the saloon they patronize the public library. used by the firm of George Green & Co., the $717.50. The average annual earnings of the Here was a schooner that registered really needed is a sail of Used Boats investigation of the quarrying and shipbuild- They are very active and interested in na- owners of the quarry at South Thomaston, quarrymen, at an average of $1.65 per day, nearly 1600 tons, and capable of carrying some sore that can be set ing industries, the Commissioner believing, tional and State affairs, and it is a fact that also by Barton & Sprague, Vinalhaven. The is $396.00, an average for 287 days of $1.38 as much cargo as the great Yankee clipper a lot when the other can- 16.5’ Larson Dual Console 1985 SALE $3,200 as he states in the introduction of the report, there are more daily papers taken among the Addison quarries, in Washington county, are per day, showing a loss to the quarrymen, in ship built during the fifties could do. She vas below is furled. The w/ Evinrude 90 hp 2 stroke 1998, Galvanized Bunk Trailer that a thorough and systematic investigation granite cutters of Vinalhaven and others of also black. The Bodwell Granite Company addition to shortening of days, of 47 days had four masts, and what is called the fore- big schooners are here to Updates: New seats, lights, bilge pump, engine recently tuned up. of a small number of the varied departments our granite villages, than are taken in many have a large quarry at Vinalhaven, but find from bad weather. and-aft rig. Every one likely to try a hand at say in spite of the danger of labor in the State, is more valuable than large communities. The foreign portion of it expensive to work. The stone that is prin- The season is making paving profitably, inventing a new rig for these vessels knows of wrecking, for until 18’ Pioneer Islander Center Console 2016 SALE $22,500 a hasty and incomplete canvass of a large our granite cutters are chiefly Scotch, Italian cipally used is very good working stone. does not exceed eight months, although the what that is. Each mast was composed of wrecked they pay better w/ F115 Yamaha and EZ Loader Galvanized Trailer number, and that the industries to which the and English. Our white granite is not much more business is carried on at most of the places two timbers, a topmast and a lower mast. dividends than anything Includes: Garmin GPS/Depth sounder, Bimini Top, etc. Bureau has limited its labors are of sufficient The Scotch came among us to better abundant than the red or black. The finest throughout the year. As most of the paving These timbers were so long that they tow- afloat. [Exchange] importance to constitute the substance of an their condition, believing that they are better grade is the Hallowell stone, quarried by the utters work out of doors, considerable time ered up as high as the masts of a full-rigged 21’ Mako Center Console w/ T-Top 1987 SALE $11,900 annual report. paid for their labor than at home. Intellectu- Hallowell Granite Company, and by Archie is lost by bad weather. The average number ship of like capacity. And yet, instead of the Oil on The Wa- Yamaha 2 stroke 225 hp 1997, Galvanized Roller Trailer, Updates: New fuel tank, The granite quarries give employment ally they compare favorably with any, and and Augustine (Hallowell Central Granite of days worked for eight months is 180; crew of a full-rigged ship say 30 men—this ters. Garmin GPS/depth, Yamaha controls, Seastar hydraulic steering, etc. to an average number of 4000 working soon become thoroughly Americanized. If Works.) white granite is also quarried at for that time the average pay would $2.50 schooner probably carried 10 or 12, all told. A Law needed requir- men, the lime and slate quarries furnish their families are not with them it is their Waldoboro, Lincoln county; and Friendship, per day, or a total for 180 days of $450.00. The schooner rig ordinarily needs less men ing every Sea-going 24’ Robalo Walkaround 1999 SALE $35,900 employment to more then 2000. The ship intention to have them here as soon as con- Knox county. The Hallowell Granite Works During the four winter months the average to handle it than the square rig of the ship. Vessel to be supplied New in 2017 F350 Yamaha; 3 Years of warranty still available! yards of the State, during the past year, have venient. They generally avail themselves do an immense business as monumental and would be about $30.00 per month, a total A steam winch hoists the huge sails for the with means for using it. Galvanized tandem axle trailer, Loaded electronics; upgraded in 2016, fishing gear, etc. employed nearly 2000, with a prospect of an of the advantages of citizenship, are very statuary work. The stone being free working for the year of $570.00, or an average for crew, and they are lowered away of their The advantage of the increase of the number of workmen in the industrious and soon make for themselves and soft, allows it to be worked as fine mar- 287 days of $1.90 per day. The price for own weight. If sheets must be hauled aft the use of oil to allay the force 207-443-6277 Page 28. MAINE COASTAL NEWS January 2020 January 2020 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 29. MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890 CLASSIFIED leave port without being supplied with them. The Penobscot River Steam Navigation to some rocks with ropes to make sure that By the way, you never saw a man POWER Company has been sold to Messrs. Laughton it would neither rise to the surface nor float catch fish under water, did you? Well, it is POWER POWER Page 4. & Clergue, this city. The Isma is to run to away. Mind you, I had the barrel raised abut quite a simple operation. You don’t really AM/FM stereo with iPod jack and CONSOLE, 2002. 2012 Evinrude Moose Island Marine Every public-spirited citizen of Maine Hampden, the Buttercup to Winterport and three feet from the bottom, and at this time, use any hook at all, but a long line with a big bow cushion. Call for more details 150hp ETEC outboard and 2002 hears with pleasure that, unless the Secretary the M. & M. to Port Clyde, Seal Harbor and as a matter of curse, it was filled with water. sail needle on the end of it. When kyou ar and pricing. Casco Bay Yacht Sales, Venture trailer. Asking price $18,900. Boats for Sale of the Navy uses his privilege of rejecting other ports, according to arrangement for After I had secured it I stooped down and on the bottom and see a fish, good care must Freeport, Maine (207) 865-4103. Call for more details. Casco Bay Yacht 2013 110 hp Yanmar diesel/Bob Tail $11,499 any and all bids; the contract for the con- next spring. crawled up into it, standing erect upon the be taken to get behind him. Then cautiously Sales, Freeport, Maine (207) 865- 2013 19' Grand Laker F/G, with trailer $1,995 struction of cruisers number four and five The New York, Cottage City, Rockland bottom. edging up to him, you make a quick jab with 4103; www.cascobayyacht.com. of the navy will go to the Bath iron Works & St. John Steamboat Co., talked of last “When I crawled in the barrel was full the needle, and if you are a good shot your Project Boats: at their bid of $637,000 for the two. S. L. fall, has been organized and it is expected of water, but as I staid under there minute fish is caught. Then all you have to do is to 30' Hunter with Yanmar diesel $3,995 Morse & Sons Co., of Elizabeth, N. J., the will begin running in March. Albert Hunt, after minute, the water began to be driven push him up on the string, which must, of 15’ SCOUT 151 SPORTFISH, 2018. 28' 1975 Silverton with rebuilt 318 Chrysler, lowest bidders, asked permission to with- a retired sea captain has been chosen the out little by little, this being caused by the course, be knotted on the end, and you are White Hull Color, Yamaha F40 new velvet drive $3,995 draw their bid which left a clean field for Rockland agent. They intend to build over air which was issuing from my escape valve ready for another one. It was one of these Outboard & EZ Loader trailer. Call for the Bath folks. This is the firs contract for the Atlantic wharf at Rockland, making a rising to the top of the barrel, and not being needles that I had, and I was very successful more details and pricing. Casco Bay government work of any magnitude to go to granite front and enlarging it. Two boas will able to go any farther, it, as a matter of curse, in not having to occupy much time in catch- Yacht Sales, Freeport, (207) 865-4103. 19’ SCOUT 195 SPORTFISH, 2019. Bath, and it is believed that the building of be put on which have been purchased and are kept forcing the water down. Soon my head ing my fish, for I had scarcely struck bottom With Yamaha F115 outboard & EZ these steel cruisers at the Bath Iron Works now being overhauled for this route. was entirely out of water, and soon my chest and go my bearings when I saw one directly Loader trailer. Available in white or 21’ SCOUT 215 XSF, 2020. White Hull 207-853-6058 will inaugurate iron shipbuilding in Maine was out. Then I unscrewed my helmet and ahead of me, and I succeeded in getting him midnight blue. Call for details and Color, Yamaha F150XCA Outboard, www.mooseislandmarine.com pricing. Casco Bay Yacht Sales, (207) JL stereo upgrade, Powder coated on a large scale. Page 6. stood in the air under the barrel. As it was impaled upon my needle in short order. 865-4103; www.cascobayyacht.com. T-top enclosure, rocket launchers, raw The prospect for a good ice harvest is A New Kind of Fish Yarn. being fed constantly from the pump above, Then I crawled under the barrel and, now excellent throughout the State. De- Fish Served A La Fricassee Right From the water lowered until there was not a drop setting my lantern on the shelf, waited for spite all prognostications by goose bone the Bottom of the Ocean. in the barrel, and I was standing in only the water to lower. I had not long to wait, weather prophets, and not withstanding “It was this way,” replied Mr. George W. three feet of water. I had one of my patent however, and soon my helmet was hanging Subscription Form the alleged meandering of the Gulf Stream Fuller, the veteran diver, sitting back in his lanterns with me so I could see what I was on a nail, which I had hammered into the side 17’ SCOUT SPORT DORADO, 2020. into the vicinity of the New England coast, chair and half closing his eyes as if to recall doing, and taking a hammer, nails and a of the barrel for that purpose. This done, I Rascal Blue Hull Color, Yamaha 1 YEAR - $20.00; 2 YEARS - $37.50; 3 YEARS - $55.00 cold weather has settled down upon us and all the circumstances of this most curious small board, which I had brought down with unscrewed the top of the lantern, which, as F90LB Outboard, Bimini Top, Ski the occasional rains and warm spells have of diving experiments. “You see, I had been me, I proceeded to nail up a small shelf at you know, is quite a large one and has a big Tow Bar and EZ Loader trailer. Call for Foreign Subscriptions add $20.00 per year. All prices include tax. more details and pricing. Casco Bay not materially interrupted the congealing talking with some of the bosy, telling them one side of the barrel of the height so that flame. This lantern is fed by a small air pipe Yacht Sales, (207) 865-4103. 19’ SEA RAY SKI BOAT, 1987. With process which has covered the rivers and about what I could do, and all that, and if I when my lantern was set upon it it would be from above, the same as a human being is, MerCruiser 200 hp I/O and 1987 NAME lakes of Maine with the sparkling crystal, remember rightly, I made the assertion that convenient for me to look down on the top and as I could live and breathe freely under trailer. Asking $3,800. Casco Bay the quarrying and exporting of which gives I could catch a fish, dress it, cook it under of it. This done, I put on my helmet, got out the barrel, of course the lantern could burn Yacht Sales, (207) 865-4103. ADDRESS employment to an army of workers during water and bring it up to the surface in good from under the barrel, and went up to the brightly, too. Placing the pan, which fitted the otherwise dull winter months, and brings shape for eating without wetting it a particle. surface once more. exactly into the top of the lantern over the CITY/STATE/ZIP many thousands of dollars into the State. Ice Of course everybody was incredulous, and “All my arrangements were completed, flame, I placed the fish in it and he was soon cutting is now in active progress on both the one man who was even more incredulous and all I had to do now was to wait patiently frying away at a great rate, while I soon made Penobscot and Kennebec, and by next week than the rest offered to bet me $100 I could for the day of the trial to come off. It dawned him palatable with salt and pepper. Credit Card Type: Visa Mastercard all the principal operators will be sliding the not do it. at last, bright and clear, and a considerable “After it was well fried I shut off the 19’ SCOUT 195 SPORTFISH, 2020. shining blocks into their houses. Many of the “As I thought I had a pretty sure show party of gentlemen embarked with us, to blaze in the lamp and screwed on the cover, Midnight Blue Hull Color, Yamaha Acct.# ponds adjacent to railroads or along the coast of winning, and the an seemed anxious either see this, as they supposed, a great feat leaving the stewpan and the fish inside, F115XB Outboard, EZ Loader trailer, Exp. date will also be stripped of their icy covering, to bet, I put up y money, and when asked performed, or to see me fail in my attempt to where they were sure to keep perfectly dry. Powder Coated Ski Tow, Sport 21’ FISH HAWK 210 CENTER and all indications point to a larger ice crop when I wanted the affair to come off I set make good my assertion. I impressed it upon Then, putting on my helmet, I go out form Package. Aluminum Bimini Top, Signature: than for many years past. Shipments of ice a day about a week ahead, as I khad some the mind of the party who had bet against me under the barrel and gave the signal to be Make checks payable to Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport, Maine 04496 to southern ports have already begun from preparations to make. Taking a couple of my that to perform the feat it was very essential lifted up. I had been gone only a few min- SW BOATWORKS Charge to a credit card by calling (207) 223-8846 several points on th coast. The protracted men I got a boat and went quite a distance that I should go under water at a place, where utes, and the people thought as a matter of warm weather in the early part of the winter out into the harbor, stopping over a place I could be reasonably sure of catching a fish, course that I had come up to say that I could BOATS FOR SALE seems likely to result in a short crop on the where I thought I should be able to catch a and he left it with me to select the place. Of not catch the fish, never dreaming that I has Hudson, which means quick sales and good fish easily. I had brought a weighted barrel course I steered for the spot where I had the caught it, dressed it and cooked it already. 47' H & H Passenger/Lobster Boat, 2015 $420,000 45' Young Brothers, 1986 $219,500 Classified Order Form prices for the Maine crop. along with me and my diving suit. The barrel barrel anchored, and, stopping near where They were very much surprised when, on 38' Calvin Beal, Special Edition Cruising Yacht, 2013 $595,000 Rates: 50¢ per word & $5.00 for photograph per issue we then proceeded to sink, having the open I though it would be, I put on my suit and taking off the lamp, I showed them the fish, 38' Wesmac Fishing, Pleasure, Picnic $CALL Page 5. end downward. Putting on my suit I went to prepared for the descent. I took with me my steaming hot and well cooked. [Boston 38' Wesmac Cruiser $CALL Railway and Steamship the bottom and securely fastened the barrel lantern, a small stew pan, pepper, salt, etc., Globe] 33' Young Brothers Commercial, 2000 $116,000 CATEGORY: POWER SAIL OTHER­­­­­­ and my fish hook. 26' Edgerly, 2014 $220,000 CLASSIFIED AD:

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