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The schooner BOWDOIN, owned by Maine Maritime Academy, has been hauled up at The Shipyard Boothbay Harbor to have some bottom work done. Atlantic Boat with a D6 435 Volvo diesel and will have a Brooklin varnished teak interior with LP gas stove, Like most of the yards on the coast of Isotherm dual-draw refrigeration system, Maine, Atlantic Boat Company has a full Espar heat, Raymarine electronics. When winter’s schedule of work. done late this spring, she will the most In one bay nearing completion is a well-appointed 31 out there. Northern Bay 38 sportfisherman, which is A Duffy 26 is being finished off asa being finished off for a customer from Mas- yacht club launch for the Riverside Yacht sachusetts. She is powered with a Cummins Club in Connecticut. They also have the QSM-11 600 hp. For accommodations she down payment on another launch, which has a V-berth, shower with head, galley with will be used as a water-taxi in Massachusetts Corian countertops, and large settee up in the and Florida. pilothouse. The interior is finished with gel- There are a number of sizeable repair coat and no woodwork. She also has air con- projects underway and then there are all ditioning, an Espar heater, and two outside the storage customers who have to be ready helm stations. She has already been in the for the upcoming season, which is just five water and sea trialed, but the owner added months away. a few other items and she is now scheduled At Six River Marine in North Yarmouth here are three of their projects this winter. Left is to be finished in February and delivered to Bath Iron Works the new boat; centre is an Albury Skiff, and to the right is a Dyer Dink. her owner on her bottom soon after. Bath ry,” said Dirk Lesko, President of Bath Iron awarded this fall. BIW also is building the Also being finished is a Calvin Beal The U.S. Navy has awarded General Works. “This award demonstrates the vital third Zumwalt-class destroyer, LYNDON B. 36, which is being finished out as a lobster Dynamics Bath Iron Works a contract to role the DDG 51 plays in the security posture JOHNSON (DDG-1002). boat for a local fisherman. She started as a build a fifth DDG 51 destroyer as part of the of the United States and the confidence the basic boat, powered with a Volvo diesel, but multi-year award announced in September. Navy has in our shipyard to produce these John Williams Boat Yard now there will be a basic interior, which will In the most recent multi-year competi- important assets.” Hall’s Quarry include a V-berth, head and galley. They also tion, BIW was awarded four ships. The Navy There are currently five DDG 51 de- In the main production bay they have a think she might need a generator. She will held a separate competition for an option stroyers in production at Bath Iron Works: 1988 Stanley 36, which was sold last spring be done this spring just in time for lobster ship as part of its commitment to growing the DANIEL INOUYE (DDG 118), CARL M. to just her second owners, and she is in fishing season. fleet. The Arleigh Burke class destroyer will LEVIN (DDG 120), JOHN BASILONE for an overhaul. They are stripping all the Another new build is a Duffy 31 being be funded in the Fiscal Year 2019 budget. (DDG 122), HARVEY C. BARNUM (DDG exterior varnish, new hull paint, soda blast finished out as a yacht for a local customer “Bath Iron Works is privileged to 124) and PATRICK GALLAGHER (DDG the bottom, add a bow thruster and all new who is downsizing from a Newman 46 continue producing state-of-the-art surface 127). The shipyard’s backlog includes LOU- electronics, including chart plotter, radar, cruiser. All the parts are moulded and they combatants for the longest running naval IS H. WILSON JR. (DDG 126) and the five are starting to assemble her. She is powered shipbuilding program in our nation’s histo- ships that are part of the multi-year contract Continued on Page 14. - C o n t e n t s Publisher's Note 4 70s Memories: Renting Boats... 7 Commercial Fishing News Maritime History Calendar of Events 4 U. S. Navy News 8 DMR News 11 Industrial Journal - 1882 22 Downeast Fishing Gear Moves 5 U. S. Coast Guard News 9 From the Director-DELA 11 Classified Ads 28 Sloop PROVIDENCE 6 IMOCA Class Meeting 10 Misc. Commercial Fishing News 12 Passed Over the Bar 6 Boat and Ship Yard News 1 Page 2. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2019 Maine's Propeller & Fabrication Experts are 200 Maine St. Brunswick, ME 04011 Now Your Source for Marine Hardware! Phone 207-729-3303 Fax 207-729-0027 Nautilus Marine Hardware 2317 US HWY 1, SULLIVAN, ME www.bamforthmarine.com email: [email protected] Gary Favreau - Scott Favreau 14 miles east of Ellsworth opposite Chester's Pike

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We cover general marine news, commercial I am starting to wonder about the ums, or Generation Zero, will do, however fishing, yachting (power and sail), boat yard and waterfront news and maritime history. Distribution of Maine Coastal News is from Eastport to Marblehead, MA and is free on sports we have come to love and whether they could be the ones that breath new life the newsstand. It also can be obtained by subscription. A year subscription, 12 issues, is $20.00. they will survive. When watching a game into cruising, especially in sailboats. They A single copy is $2.00, which covers the postage. Foreign rates for subscriptions are $40.00 per on television, it is obvious that the stands seem to like the challenging experience, year. are not as filled in many places as they once especially one that does not cost much, TheMaine Coastal News office is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine. were. We can wonder if this is a sign that and is environmentally friendly. 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Downeast Fishing Gear Moves to Bigger Location

TRENTON – At this period of time there is the street in 1995, everybody was like, ‘Why no question that one of the most profitable do you want to be so close to Walmart?’ aspects of the marine business is dealing He's like, ‘Walmart is great, because they with the commercial lobster fishermen. The don't sell what I sell. Fishermen come up pleasure boater is in the water, using their from Downeast with their wife and some of boat, maybe five months of the year. If you the guys don't want to get dragged through break this down further, these boats are Walmart, so they drop the wife off and come used just a few days a month in most cases here. There is always somebody in here to and there are a few that just sit at the dock, talk to and hanging out.” a floating cottage. The commercial fisher- Since the new location has plenty of man is out and about between six and eight room, they have added a customer lounge months of the year if they fish inshore, but with free coffee for the customers. It isa all year long when they opt to go out passed place they can sit and relax and when others the three mile limit. This means the boats are there you can bet the discussions could are used anywhere from 150 to 250 days be interesting. Downeast Fishing Gear's new location on Trenton. Just 1,000 feet east of their old one. and that means wear and tear. They have Bill Holmquist, known as ‘Hunka,’ station there. That store does good business numerous needs: everything the boat might started as a fishermen on the Vinalhaven. Al- for us too, but it is just retail, we don’t build need, gear to fish with, bait and fuel. One of ison remembers going to the christening of any traps there.” the major players in supplying the fishermen CATHERINE ANN, named for her mother, At one time they had a shop down in with their needed gear is Downeast Fishing in the mid-1970s. She was a wooden boat West Jonesport. They rented a building and Gear of Trenton and Little Deer Isle, who built by Philo Dyer of Vinalhaven. Bill not sold supplies, but like the Little Deer Isle just moved their Trenton location 1,000 feet only lobstered, he would go haking, shrimp- location they did not build traps. This they east to a much larger facility. ing and scalloping to make a living. operated for several year and then sold it to “We decided that we could use a bigger Unfortunately, Bill suffered a herniated their clerk, Vicki Johnson, who has since space,” said Alison Holmquist. “We were disc in his back to which the doctor advised closed the business. renting a large warehouse space off the him to give up fishing before he ended up in a As for the original shop on Vinalhaven property and this property had been for sale wheelchair. He took the doctor’s advice, but that is still going, but under a different owner. awhile. One day my dad (Bill Holmquist) questioned what he was going to do. Since “We actually had the shop on Vinalhaven decided to buy it and then we built a 200 x he used to build his own traps he opened a for a long time when my dad sold it to Joe 40 foot warehouse on the property so we can shop in his backyard building traps for other Lazzaro in 1997,” said Alison. “Joe still have all of our rope on site.” fishermen on the island in 1990 and called runs that over there. He has a trap shop and At the end of December everything was it Island Lobster Supply. Things were going even bought the house that I was born in. We ready and they moved in. Alison added, “We well so he and his wife decided to expand. deliver stuff to Rockland so we supply them have the same sort of items that we had in the Alison said, “They scoped out the whole with a lot stuff.” other store, but now it is on a larger scale. We coastal area and he decided that he liked it Alison said they are more than happy are able to display everything much better. east of where we were. So he opened the with the current way the business is going. We have a large section of boots and oil gear; Blue Hill store, which was a very small Looking at the future they hope, like all of we have the safety equipment they need; the space in 1992, I believe. I was the second us, it continues being good. So if you are paint and the buoys; and all their trap stuff. employee that he hired. The first was a gen- looking for commercial fishing gear or just Out back we have a warehouse, which has tleman who was building traps. There was heading towards Bar Harbor stop by it will A view of the buoy paint isle at Downeast the capacity to probably fit 6,000 coils of just a little 20 x 15 foot space that was the be time well spent. Fishing Gear's new location. rope. Then there is an upstairs in that space retail shop and it was too small to start with. and that is where we put the buoys. We could We outgrew that and in 1995 we rented the probably fit two tractor trailer loads of buoys location at 12 Bar Harbor Road in Trenton, in there and there is 400 cases to a truck. which we just moved from. That is when we “We order a lot of our items once a became a lot bigger with a lot more stuff. year,” added Alison. “So you have to have a “We had decided to leave the Blue Hill large warehouse to store everything. We are location, because we had the 12 Bar Harbor working on our orders this week for what we Road,” explained Alison. “My dad wanted will be needing for this summer’s run. We to get closer to the Stonington fleet so we are excited about the new space and hopeful rented a spot from two of our employees at that it becomes a shopping destination for the time. Unfortunately, one passed away, the fishermen.” he had an accident in his boat and drowned. Since it is on the way to Bar Harbor, it is That was just when we were getting ready to easily accessible for anyone in the mid-coast finalize a deal for a place on Little Deer Isle. and Downeast. Alison explained, “Actually We then rented the space, which the former when my dad first put us into the building up owners used as a convenience store and gas

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By Mike Waters us, we citizens and heirs to the legacy that boats, whalers and whatnot and, when the four months by the not yet famous John Paul You probably haven’t noticed her. began with her ancestor, of the struggles, politics heated up, clandestine smugglers Jones then a lieutenant in the fledgling navy Just down river from the Route One bridge sacrifices, grim determination, successes and, with guns installed, would become and soon to be transferred to command the over the Sheepscott on the Wiscasset shore and failures, triumphs and setbacks of that privateers. They were gaff rigged single RANGER of Portsmouth. there is, moored to the town landing dock, not so long ago fight that freed us from the masted vessels usually crossing yards for Perhaps the most unlikely of the the hull of a vessel that looks very much out arrogant tyranny of a King and corrupted a square tops’l and sometimes a t’gallant exploits pulled off by her intrepid crew was of place in our time of pleasure craft and Parliament and gave to our forefathers (and for the broad reaches of offshore sailing. the raid on the forts at Nassau, capital of the lobster boats. As homely as a bumble bee mothers) the opportunity to build anew a Capacious and broad beamed they could Bahamas, then known as New Providence. to which she bears a surprising resemblance system of government that has, in its ideals, be sailed by a very small crew in times of Early in the war an unsuccessful attempt she is of no great size; round and full been a beacon of hope and social progress peace. Seaworthiness was more valued had been made to secure arms and supplies bodied, lacking any majesty or head turning to the world. than speed yet when rigged with the from this poorly defended port and in beauty especially as all of her rigging and In this and subsequent articles, I maximum possible sails could be swift January of 1778 another raid was organized spars are down and off her. But! what she will tell the story of the KATY (and her and were surprisingly so. When armed and executed by Captain Rathburn. Alone represents is nothing less than the courage later and more famous name, the Sloop and manned by oversized crews needed the PROVIDENCE put ashore a landing and gritty fortitude of the common folk PROVIDENCE); her eventual fate and for the privateering ventures that came party led by Lieut. Trevett of the marines who stood up to and defied the power and the ongoing story of the current day with war, she and those like her, proved to that by stealth and deception managed might of the greatest empire on earth in reproduction. In doing so, I hope to inspire be formidable indeed. During the War of to take control of the fort commanding her day, the founding of this nation and the a renewed appreciation of what we, as Independence she is known to have taken the main channel. By bluff and ruse they birth of a whole new era of human liberty Americans, have been given and can aspire 40! British merchantmen as prizes and managed to get away scot free in the face and advancement. to. Along with this I hope also to make a fought or outsailed men of war her own size of overwhelming odds with all that the fort The original’s name was the KATY. strong case for supporting endeavors that and larger up to 36 gun frigates. Her own contained and supplies from the town. Admittedly this is not the original vessel give rise to and sustain schooling programs armament was never more than 10 carriage There is so much more to tell of the whose remains, if any are left, lie in the that provide opportunities for our young guns of the 4-6 pounder range along with story of this mouse that roared than I have mud on the bottom of the Penobscot River people to go to sea and learn by doing the a varying number of swivel guns and the room for here but for those would like to close by Bucksport. The vessel you can see character building experiences of facing small arms of her crew. know all that can be known I recommend from the bridge is her doppleganger built challenges inherent in such adventures In the earliest days of the war she was the book “Valour Fore & Aft” by Hope in the celebratory year of 1976 to remind and the side by side team work necessary armed with guns stolen from the British at Rider. This book was researched and to prevail against adversity, to grow in Newport to became a privateer under the written by the same group that financed and personal and social graces and by so doing command of the bold Captain Abraham built the vessel that you can see below the to become far better men and women than Whipple (of the GASPEE’ fame). Within bridge at Wiscasset. She will remain there any on line computer fantasy can ever a year she was leased by the Assembly for the winter and spring and is undergoing provide. of Rhode Island to act in the same role. an extensive refitting to restore her to She was born on the banks of the Not long after she was purchased by the fighting trim. Take a walk down to the Providence river at India Point, built by and Continental Congress to become the first dock and get a close look at her and, if able, for the merchant/entrepreneur John Brown vessel of the Continental Navy. It was put a few dollars towards her expenses so around 1765. There are no surviving records the Congress that changed her name to the that she might live to show present and of her building and it is likely none were PROVIDENCE in honor of Rhode Island’ future generations just how intrepid were made as she was an unremarkable example s ongoing contribution to the war effort. the people that bought our freedom with of her type, the Rhode Island Sloop. Built Her war career would make the name blood and treasure. Can we do less? to be maids-of-all-work the KATY and her Providence illustrious. Although not all of In future articles I will finish the story sisters were general cargo carriers, fishing her military missions were successful, she, of the PROVIDENCE of the Revolution her captains and crews, had the daring and and her tragic end, the efforts made in luck to pull off some of the most unlikely underwater archeology to find her last INC. victories of the naval war. resting place and the biography of her SEAL COVE BOATYARD, Given the quality of most of her modern counterpart. Until then, fair winds STORAGE • MAINTENANCE • RESTORATION commanders this is perhaps not so and following seas. surprising. In 1776 she was captained for Passed Over the Bar David R. Getchell Sr. December 31, 1929 - November 10, 2018 APPLETON - David R. Getchell Sr., 89, author, editor and outdoorsman, died as he wished, at home and surrounded by family on November 10, 2018. If it has to do with the care of boats, Over the course of 22 years, he was managing editor and editor of the Maine we do it here and we do it better than most. Coast Fisherman, National Fisherman, and founding editor of the Small Boat Journal 124 Horseshoe Cove Road • Harborside, ME 04642 and the Mariner's Catalog in Camden, ME. Tel: (207) 326-4422 • Fax: (207) 326-4411 Later, he co-founded the Maine Island Trail and created the Georges Highland Path, Email: [email protected] • www.sealcoveboatyard.com a 40-mile-long hiking trail system in the Army as an infantry training officer. He is midcoast for Georges River Land Trust. In survived by his wife Dorrie; his son, David, 1994, he edited and was lead author of The Jr., of Camden; his daughter, Heidi and her Outboard Boater's Handbook. husband David Perkins of Lincolnville; a CHASE, LEAVITT & CO. Active in the founding or operation of sister, Virginia E. Naugler of Hartford, CT; several nonprofit environmental organiza- two granddaughters, Ali and Holly Perkins The Chart Room tions, he always made time for his favorite of Lincolnville; two nephews, Robert Ver- Flags · Books · Chart Kit · Paper Charts ·Navigation Tools sport of surf fishing. He also partnered in rier III of Cumberland, ME, and James S. 1980 with mountaineer Geof Heath of Ham- Naugler of LaCrosse, WI; a niece, Michelle mondsport, NY, in a month-long, two-man Verrier of Cody, WY; a sister-in-law, Barba- Life Service Station climbing expedition 400 miles along the ra Hall of Westbrook, ME; and two cousins, Abandon Ship · Floatation Gear ·Distress Signals · Overboard Rescue Labrador coast in an 18-foot open boat. Betty Heald of Lincolnville and Marjorie In the early 1980s, he and his wife Dor- Lucas of Florida. A niece, Martha Kaul of rie made a number of long bicycle trips, the Lincoln, NE predeceased him. Inflatable Boats most ambitious being a five-month, 8,000- A celebration of his life and work was Sales: Achilles, Caribe, & Highfield mile cross-country tour to the West Coast held November 18 at Bay View Point Event Large Supply of Spare Parts and back to Maine. Both considered this a Center on Spring Street in Belfast. Dona- Repair Professionals high point in a happy marriage of 67 years. tions in memory of Mr. Getchell can be Mr. Getchell was born in Bangor, ME, made to the Maine Island Trail Association, the son of George V. and Nettie R. Getchell. 100 Kensington St., 2nd floor, Portland, ME, 144 Fore St., Portland (207) 772-6383 He graduated from Bangor High School, 04103; the Georges River Land Trust, 8 No. 218 Bucksport Rd., Ellsworth (207) 667-9390 attended Bowdoin College and graduated Main St., Suite 200, Rockland, ME, 04841; from the University of Maine in Orono with or Friends of Baxter State Park, P.O. Box www.chaseleavitt.com a degree in journalism. 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Seventies Memories: Renting Boats and Other Unqualified Endeavours

By Lee S. Wilbur standard operating procedure. So, in addi- ing skiff. They are trying to put on lifejack- tremely durable, they are not meant to be “Lee!!..Hurry, Quick!!...That Big tion to the hundred-hour weeks we added ets in the water and “after the fact”. If this rowed other than in an emergency although Woman That Rented The Green Rhodes the additional challenges of renting boats wasn't prologue for disaster, nothing was. we did often rent them in those early years Just Flipped!! She's in the water and can't upon the waters. And, with this decision of Luck for some unknown reason was on as rowboats when the wooden skiffs were get back in the boat...Someone must have course came the problem of where to find our side. Maybe whoever was in charge that leaking so bad we could hardly keep them called the Coast Guard. There's a boat com- these boats to rent upon the waters. day recognized we were working hard to afloat....another story. ing this way.” Couple of things rapidly fell into place. get ahead, or just missed us altogether. We 1957 and 1958 Johnson and Evinrudes Summers, Heidi and I were running Just down the street from The Moorings got it worked out. People ashore and dried of 7.5 and 10hp versions we soon found to “The Moorings” dining room, winters, was “The Boathouse”, owned by soon to be out. No Pneumonia. Beached the sailboat be the strongest, and easiest to work on. No going to University of Maine and trying good friend, Jim Willis, who, having been and drained it as tide went out. Betty Walls matter how strong our lectures to would to generate enough cash to supplement GI in the rental business at one time and learn- repaired the torn sail. I fiberglassed some be motor boaters, outboard boats were Bill and keep food on our table. Someone, ing what a Hooraw it was, (Overlooking, leaking deck joints and we were back rent- the biggest headaches. Renters wouldn't and I would have to guess my and several of course, this observation to us) let us buy ing in the next few days: albeit with strict look where they were going. Couldn't un- other Pemetic High school students' men- some of his used boats and trade-ins on a instructions never to “lace in the main”. derstand the red and green buoy system tor, Les King, who with wife Betty were hand-shake payment agreement. Next step down the primrose path was explained on instructions. They'd run into running the Moorings, suggested we rent a Second year we were running the din- to find a few “skiffs” and some used out- docks, try to beach on rockbound beaches, few boats. Sounded good so we started with ing room I told Les that we simply could boards for power of which Jim had some run out of gas, breakdown and need a tow, an affordable, “bail twice daily...or more” not be open for breakfast. There were nights interesting offers. The boatbuilding com- even try to tie up alongside a cliff. All the leaking centerboard sailboat which resided, when the Dining room and bar would be pany “MFG” (Moulded Fiberglass) had a two mechanics, Milton Dolliver and Paul when not rented, on a mooring made up open until after midnight...occasionally 1 few years previously introduced an injec- Kessler helping us out at home shops, could of cast iron radiator, ½” nylon line and a PM...and then I'd have to be in the kitch- tion moulded, composite, tri-keeled, out- do to keep us in operation. End of the day “drifted in” lobster buoy. If memory serves en by 5 or 6 to fire the ancient coffeemaker board boat (I hate to use the term “skiff” I'd take a malfunction off a boat, run it up to we probably took in with this beauty some- (no one would believe this machine today one I would reserve for a rowing craft of mechanic of the time and they'd have it, if thing in the order of $15/day. Not so bad and it was an antique then, polished chrome sweeter lines). It was a great boat and one possible, ready to rent the next day. considering an average wage, in those days with all the faucets and piping). We'd set up which we later found could handle up to Heidi and I stayed with the Moorings was around $1.25/hour. for breakfast, then have one or two tables a 25-hp. outboard. It was what I consid- and dear friends, the Kings for three years. Crazy time in our lives. 1966. We (I) of guests show up for a fried egg and “one er a breakthrough design of which I have Continued on Page 8. had been discharged from the great Ameri- piece” of bacon. Wasn't to be in our vocab- owned several. Stable, push easily, and ex- can Army after 2 years, 9 months, 15 days ulary any longer. service. Must say as an aside, it was one Next boat for “the fleet” was anoth- Superb Service of the best experiences in my lifetime and er leaking plywood sailboat and its own Come to Jonesport for Best Rates I'm I'm convinced “the Draft” would go a rather quirky attitude... “A propensity for • Expert Repair • Brokerage/Rental long way to “Make America Great Again”. flipping over.” Habit soon learned on sec- • Fuel Polishing • DIY Space Had to somehow make enough money in ond day of ownership, when a renter had • Haulout/Storage • Showers/Laundry July/August to pay off an old mobile home, barely cleared the mooring, laid a close- buy food, pay tuition, keep a car running hauled course across the mouth of South- and soon fund a darling baby daughter, In- west Harbor, hit the prevailing Southwest grid. 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America in support of Enduring Promise. “To the Enduring Promise Team and the Comfort’s return to Norfolk signifies USNS Comfort, congratulations and thank the conclusion of an 11-week medical sup- you for demonstrating America’s enduring port mission to the region as part of U.S. concern for our neighbors to the south,” said Southern Command’s Enduring Promise U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis in initiative. a message to USNS Comfort’s crew. “As “The men and women on USNS Com- you return home, you carry the thanks and fort, representing the best of the United respect of those you treated in Ecuador, States Navy and our nation, treated over Peru, Columbia and Honduras. In a world 26,000 patients and conducted approximate- awash in change with displaced populations, ly 600 surgeries aboard the ship and at land- fragmented relationships and great power based sites,” said Rear Adm. Sean Buck, competition, your deployment delivered a Commander, U.S. Naval Forces Southern sense of concern and humanity amidst cha- Command. “Their work made a big differ- os.” NORFOLK (Dec. 18, 2018) The U.S. Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS ence in Central and South America in ways The USNS Comfort’s Enduring Prom- Comfort (T-AH 20) pierside at Naval Station Norfolk after completing its eleven-week both concrete and intangible for years to ise mission demonstrated U.S. commitment medical support mission to South and Central America, as part of U.S. Southern Command's come.” to the Americas and is part of a continuum Enduring Promise initiative. Comfort embarked medical teams to work with health and Comfort’s embarked medical team of support provided by U.S. Southern government partners in Ecuador, Peru, Columbia and Honduras, providing care both aboard worked with health and government Command (SOUTHCOM). SOUTHCOM the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical partners in Ecuador, Peru, Colombia and sponsored civic assistance and humanitarian systems caused partially by an increase in cross-border migrants. (U.S. Navy photograph Honduras, providing care both aboard the missions were conducted in close coopera- by Brian Suriani/Released) ship and at land-based medical sites, help- tion with partner nations in the region as well ing to relieve pressure on national medical as with U.S. interagency partners at the U.S. Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Mobile coastal threats such as submarines, mines systems caused partially by an increase in Department of State and USAID. Similar From Program Executive Office for and swarming small craft. They are capable cross-border migrants. The deployment re- missions include Continuing Promise, New Unmanned and Small Combatants Public of supporting forward presence, maritime flected the United States’ enduring promise Horizons, Beyond the Horizon, medical Affairs security, sea control and deterrence. of friendship, partnership and solidarity with readiness training exercises and the Medical MOBILE, AL. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy held There are currently four other Independence the Americas. Civil Action Program. a keel laying and authentication ceremony variant LCSs undergoing construction at “This deployment reflects the United This mission marked the sixth time the for the future USS Mobile (LCS 26) at Aus- Austal USA, with three additional ships in States enduring promise of friendship, part- hospital ship has provided medical assis- tal USA's shipyard on Dec. 14. pre-production planning. nership and solidarity with our partners in tance in the region. Since first deploying to The ship's sponsor, Rebecca Byrne, the Americas,” added Buck. the region on a similar mission more than a wife of Rep. Bradley Byrne, R-Ala., authen- Navy Establishes First CMV-22B The ship’s crew included more than 465 decade ago, the hospital ship has visited 18 ticated the keel for the 13th Independence Squadron U.S. and partner nation military doctors, nations in the Caribbean, Central America, variant of the littoral combat ship (LCS) From Commander, Naval Air Forces Pub- nurses and corpsmen. In addition, about 90 and South America. During those missions, during the ceremony. While keel laying lic Affairs medical and dental professional volunteers military medical professionals worked with traditionally represents the formal start SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- The Navy held a from non-governmental organizations were host nation and civilian partners to provide of a ship's construction, fabrication of the ceremony Dec. 14 at Naval Base Coronado aboard to support the medical assistance medical treatment to nearly 390,000 people, ship begins months in advance. Today, keel to commemorate the establishment of Fleet mission. The mission was supported by a including more than 6,000 surgeries. laying continues to symbolically recognize Logistics Multi-Mission Squadron (VRM) team of approximately 70 of Military Sea- A U.S. Navy hospital ship has the ca- the joining of the ship's components and the 30, the Navy’s first CMV-22B squadron. lift Command’s civil service mariners who pacity to provide afloat, mobile, acute surgi- ceremonial beginning of the ship. VRM-30 was established to begin the oversaw the ship’s operation and navigation. cal medical facilities to the U.S. military, and The LCS seaframe program manager's Navy’s transition from the C-2A Grey- During the mission, USNS Comfort visited is an optimal platform to provide hospital representative, Cmdr. Chris Addington, hound, which has provided logistics support Esmeraldas, Ecuador; Paita, Peru; Turbo, services in support of U.S. humanitarian commended the Austal USA shipbuilders at to aircraft carriers for four decades, to the Colombia; Riohacha, Colombia; and Tru- assistance and disaster relief operations the event. CMV-22B, which has an increased opera- jillo, Honduras. worldwide. “With the learning and improvements tional range, greater cargo capacity, faster “We had an opportunity to work with all SOUTHCOM is one of the nation’s six that the Austal team has forged into this hull, cargo loading/unloading, increased surviv- of our friends and partners in the region and geographically focused unified commands, this 13th ship of the Independence variant ability and enhanced beyond-line-of-sight provide amazing care for a lot of folks who with responsibility for U.S. military opera- will certainly be the best yet,” he said. communications compared to the C-2A. really needed it,” said Capt. William Shafley, tions in the Caribbean, Central America and “Thanks to all of you for the effort that will "Where no instructions existed, no USNS Comfort’s mission commander. “The South America. be put into completing this great ship that patch existed, no ‘here’s how we are going mission could not have been successful if Military Sealift Command is respon- will exemplify its namesake city.” to perform our duties everyday’ existed, this we had not worked as a team. We feel the sible for 125 civilian-crewed ships that LCS is a fast, agile, mission-focused team will define that. And it’s exciting be- mission was a tremendous success and we replenish U.S. Navy ships at sea, conduct platform designed to operate in near-shore cause we can establish right off the bat those are all very proud of the work we have done.” specialized missions, preposition combat environments, while capable of open-ocean best practices,” said Vice Adm. DeWolfe H. Health services provided during USNS cargo at sea around the world, perform a va- tasking and winning against 21st-century Miller III, Commander, Naval Air Forces. Comfort’s deployment included general riety of support services and move military “This platform is our future and when you surgery, ophthalmologic surgery, derma- equipment and supplies to deployed U.S. look at the nature of the future fight, we need tology, medical evaluation and treatment, forces. that versatility, that flexibility that’s going to preventive medicine, dental screenings and Seventies be provided in every subsequent squadron treatment, optometry screenings, eyewear Stennis Engineers Use 3D Printer to that transitions.” distribution, and general public health. Make Repairs to Critical Systems Memories The first CMV-22B aircraft are sched- Medical capabilities aboard the hospital ship By Mass Communication Specialist Sea- uled to be delivered to the squadron in FY20. include surgical and post-surgical rooms, man Joshua Leonard, USS John C. Stennis Continued from Page 7. While VRM-30 awaits the arrival of the a CAT-scan unit, four X-ray machines, a Public Affairs And, as much as we talked about buying CMV-22B, Navy pilots and maintainers will dental suite, an optometry lab, a physical ARABIAN SEA (NNS) -- U.S. Sailors the Moorings together...and the price was train with the United States Marine Corps, therapy area, two oxygen-producing plants aboard the aircraft carrier USS John C. more than right (50,000), I was too stub- which has flown the MV-22 since 2007. As and a 5,000-unit blood bank Stennis (CVN 74) repaired a rotary joint born and felt Les' influence would always the C-2A squadrons stand down, their pilots “Our team did a great job working in the commercial broadband system pro- be there and so we made the decision to go and aircrew will transition to the CMV-22B. with partners from 11 different countries gram (CBSP) using additive manufacturing on our own. Next spring the two of us built The final C-2A squadron is scheduled to and non-governmental organizations,” said (AM), more commonly referred to as 3D a small, 10'x10', building near the Manset stand down in FY24. Capt. Kevin Buckley, commanding officer, printing, to manufacture a temporary solu- Town dock and as the saying goes today The CMV-22B is the U.S. Navy version USNS Comfort Medical Treatment Facility. tion, Dec. 2. “grew the rental business”. of the V-22 Osprey, a multi-engine, dual-pi- “The team really came together during this When the rotary joint in the CBSP Oh, and the large lady in the water loted, self-deployable, medium lift, vertical deployment and used all of our skills while failed, it could have brought down the John alongside the “Green Rhodes 19”, the Coast takeoff and landing (VTOL) tilt-rotor - air working with our partners to the south. As a C. Stennis’ internet connection. Ship’s Guard had to hoist her by crane aboard their craft. professional, working with everyone on this engineers and communications personnel small cutter, then set her on the Town Dock. deployment was truly an awesome experi- collaborated to create the essential part. Luckily for everyone concerned the only Hospital Ship USNS Comfort Returns ence.” “The rotary joint is like a fork on a injury was most likely her pride...She never to Norfolk After Completing Mission in During the port visits, Comfort’s med- BMX (motocross bicycle),” said Lt. j.g. returned for another try. South, Central America ical team conducted a variety of surgeries Tyler Grim, the exterior communications February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. U. S. Navy News maintenance division officer onboard John rary fix provided by additive manufacturing C. Stennis. “The gyro allows the fork to spin allowed the ship to continue operating at 360 degrees without getting the brake lines full capacity, rather than spending four to tangled. The rotary joint works like that. It eight weeks waiting for a replacement part enables the transmit cables to rotate without to arrive. getting tangled while maintaining an electri- “Since its founding, our Navy has relied cal connection to the rest of the system. on the innovation of our sailors to fix our When an uncommon part like the rotary systems to keep them in the fight,” said Capt. joint fails and has to be replaced, the tradi- Jason Bridges, OPNAV N415 Branch Head July 2012 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. tional repair method is time consuming. and Navy Lead for additive manufacturing. “We spent two to three weeks trouble- “Additive Manufacturing adds a new, ex- shooting,” said Grimm. “Finally we honed tremely capable tool that gives us the ability in on the rotary joint. My initial thinking to return systems to operations, even if only Boat And Ship Yard News was to get a metal plate manufactured and temporarily. This example of fixing the bolt it into place. We got together with repair CBSP antenna aboard Stennis demonstrates division, and Cmdr. Holland (Stennis’ chief this potential of additive manufacturing engineer) came up with a more sophisticat- to enhance a ship’s combat endurance, an BROOKS TRAP MILL ed way using 3D printing to manufacture a ability that will rapidly expand as the Navy solution.” fields additive manufacturing capability in & MARINE SUPPLIES

Grimm’s design for a replacement part the fleet over the next couple of years.” 1- 800- 426- 4526 was used as the model for the manufactured The John C. Stennis Carrier Strike piece. Group is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area the U.S. Navy. towards delivery to the Navy."Bath, ME ~ Portland, ME ~ Thomaston, ME “We put together the support structure of operations in support of naval operations "The ship performed very well, which The DDG-51 class ships currently MORE THAN JUST LOBSTER TRAPS!! based on the design Lt. j.g. Grimm recom- to ensure maritime stability and security in is a testament to the preparation and com- being constructed are Aegis Baseline 9 In- mended,” said Cmdr. Ken Holland, the chief the Central Region, connecting the Mediter- mitment of the Navy-shipbuilder team," said tegrated Air and Missile Defense destroyers engineering officer onboard John C. Stennis. ranean and the Pacific through the western Capt. Casey Moton, DDG-51 class program with increased computing power and radar “Using the understanding of how the addi- Indian Ocean and three strategic choke manager, Program Executive Office (PEO) upgrades that improve detection and reac- tive manufacturing process works and how points. Ships. "The ship also previously performed tion capabilities against modern air warfare the component operated, we were able to a successful SM-2 shoot during builder's and Ballistic Missile Defense threats. When 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! build a temporary support system to allow Future USS Paul Ignatius Successfully trials, further demonstrating the readiness of operational, DDG-117 and her sister ships the intended piece to rotate as needed.” Completes Acceptance Trials totally gonethe ship's through Aegis so she weaponis just like systemnew. they and are ship's now installing the engine, which is • Lobster Traps • Apparel Down below she has a V-berth, galley and a C-18 Caterpillar. She willContinued be done late this on Page• 21.Shrimp Traps • Aquaculture Supplies Providing Sailors with the technology From Team Ships Public Affairs force. These trials put the ship on a solid path • Crab Traps • Bait Bags head with shower. She is powered with a summer. to create imaginative solutions provides PASCAGOULA, Miss. (NNS) -- The future • Fish Traps • 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 more flexibility to repair equipment. This fix USS Paul Ignatius (DDG 117) successfullyher over early this summer. · Cummins,on the 38 foot MAN, hulls, whichFPT, will Baudouin, be going to Nanni, •Volvo Scup Traps • Buoys allows the ship to stay online and complete completed acceptance trials Dec. 20, return- In the far bay was a 42 kit boat that they Alaska. • Conch Traps • Paint Eel Traps • Rope were putting the top on and installing the Engine Sales & Services • its mission by maintaining communications ing to Huntington Ingalls Industries' (HII) • Used Traps • Trap Accessories 700-hp John Deere diesel before shipping to · CompleteHewes Company line in ofBlue marine Hill has justhydraulics that serve a plethora of programs. Pascagoula shipyard after spending two Connecticut the middle of the summer. She· Belts,been given hoses, the contract fasteners to build the& fittingsinterior of all sizes Stop in and see us! “The 3D printing equipment allows us days at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. will be finished out as a sportfisherman. of an 86-foot carbon fibre racing sled under the opportunity to come up with alternative During acceptance trials, the ship and A 46-foot Wesmac is being finished out construction· Full Machine in the State & of Fabrication Washington. Shop ways to restore a system to operation,” said its crew performed a series of demonstraas -a lobster boat for a fisherman from This project917 is US waiting Rt. for1, designsSteuben, and they ME 04680 Vinalhaven. The hull and top are done and do not expect to begin until August. Most of Holland. “It’s probably not the way the man- tions for review by the U.S. Navy's Board 207-546-7139 ufacturer meant for it to work. In this case, of Inspection and Survey (INSURV). These [email protected] it’s a temporary fix. 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i4Family_Sgl_7x10_BW.indd 1 6/25/15 1:32 PM Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2019 Yacht Racing News The IMOCA Class Continues to Push Forward The IMOCA class held its annual gen- up for the Route du Rhum with 20 IMOCAs emblematic round the world races are now 18th December), the Rolex Fastnet Race eral meeting on Tuesday 11th December on the start line, which was twice as many in the IMOCA class programme. There will in August and the Transat Jacques Vabre in Paris. This gathering enabled the class as in the previous edition, (nine registered in of course be the Vendée Globe sailed solo, in late October. The latter event raced dou- to present its appraisal of what was a very 2014). “The class has a good image with the which is due to start on 8th November 2020. ble-handed is expected to bring together an positive 2018 season coming to a climax public and media. Positive and constructive In addition to that, we now have “The Ocean exceptional line-up of between 25 and 30 with an outstanding edition of the Route du relationships are being drawn up with part- Race,” a crewed round the world race with IMOCAs, or in other words practically all Rhum, destination Guadeloupe. ners (organisers, federations, insurers),” de- stopovers, which will also be raced aboard of the competitors that will take part in the In fine fettle, the IMOCA has now clared a pleased Antoine Mermod, the class IMOCAs. The main features of this race 2020 Vendée Globe. There will be at least six included both of the emblematic round the President, for whom the unity of the class were presented in Paris on 11th December. boats from the latest generation skippered world races in its race calendar: the 2020 is one of the main concerns. “The IMOCA The Ocean Race will start from Alicante in by Jérémie Beyou (Charal), Sébastien Si- Vendée Globe and the 2021-2022 Ocean brings together sailors from a wide range of October 2021. The selection of the other mon (Arkea-Paprec), Alex Thomson (Hugo Race (formerly the Volvo Ocean Race), backgrounds and with various ambitions. stopover hosts is currently being carried Boss), Charlie Dalin (Apivia), Kojiro Shi- which the organisers presented in Paris But in spite of that, we have managed to out by the organisers. “We hope to see be- raishi (DMG Mori) and Armel Tripon. The yesterday. adopt a calm approach together. We talk tween ten and fifteen IMOCAs taking part,” 2019 calendar will also include some other 2019 looks like being an exciting, things over throughout the year and the de- explained Antoine Mermod. “The fleet will races that the IMOCA class feels cannot be action-packed year with six races on the cisions are taken at the General Meeting. We include boats that have historically compet- missed: the Guyader Grand Prix, the Uship programme including the Transat Jacques do what we can to ensure everyone can get ed in the Volvo Ocean Race and boats that ArMen Race and the Azimut Challenge. Vabre, which is expected to bring together involved and feel their voice is being heard. have taken part in the Vendée Globe. We are Sustainable development, a major between 25 and 30 IMOCAs, including at Being part of a strong, professional class, looking forward to a highly international concern least six monohulls with foils from the latest where everyone comes together is positive line-up. The French and English speaking Until the 2020 Vendée Globe, the generation. for all of us.” worlds of ocean racing, which for many IMOCA class will be supporting “Ocean An attractive, dynamic class, where Clarification of the 2019 rules years went their own way are now converg- As Common,” an appeal for the Ocean everyone pulls together During the General Meeting on ing. We are advancing together intelligently to be considered as a common good The IMOCA class brought together 11th December in Paris, the rules for and learning a lot from each other with the (www.OceanAsCommon.org), an initiative some fine fleets in all of the events in the 2019 were presented. Antoine Mermod: shared desire to build a solid project for the launched by Catherine Chabaud and which 2018 season with between ten and twenty “A lot of detailed work was done by future.” The time gap between the finish of echoes one of the main concerns of the sail- boats competing with a record number lining the IMOCA technical committee. All the Vendée Globe and the start of The Ocean ors. Measures will be put in place to continue of the boats must fit in with the rules Race is relatively short and therefore the to develop this partnership in favour of sus- of the class. The limits to the rules may crewed version of the IMOCA will be very tainable development and more specifically not have been that clear, so we had to similar to the solo version. The rules make the protection of the oceans. make them more precise. That is all the it possible to transform the boat easily with The IMOCA calendar for 2019: more important as in 2019 there will be only marginal changes to the rules. From 3rd to 6th May: Guyader Grand at least six new boats designed by four Six races in 2019, including three which Prix different architects. The measurers now will count towards the IMOCA Globe From 30th May to 2nd June: Uship Ar- have a solid tool to ensure an even play- Series Men Race ing field. We have planned an extension In 2019, the race calendar is tightly July: Valencia Globe Series to these rules for crewed sailing, as we packed for the IMOCA skippers. Three 3rd August: Start of the Rolex Fastnet look ahead to the round the world race events should feature in the schedule for Race scheduled for 2021-2022.” the Globe Series, the new class world 18th – 22nd September: Azimut Chal- “The Ocean Race,” the new crewed championship: the Valencia Globe Series lenge round the world race aboard IMOCAs in July (the final approval for this solo and 27th October: Start of the Transat It’s now clear to all. 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Now that our fisheries fall bottom trawl cages. ment Plan By removing the need to develop survey is over, it’s time to process all the Cold Stunned Sea Turtles Fly South for ANNAPOLIS, MD – The Atlantic States annual addenda to implement recreational samples collected to tell us more about age the Winter Marine Fisheries Commission’s Summer measures, the specifications process will and growth of fishery species. These frozen Twelve Kemp's ridley sea turtles that Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Man- provide the Board more flexibility in ad- samples will be examined before the spring were cold-stunned and found on Cape Cod agement Board (Board), at its joint meeting justing measures, if necessary, to constrain bottom trawl survey begins. We always start beaches in recent weeks were loaded onto with the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management harvest to the annual coastwide recreational with the young-of-year (YOY), which are a NOAA aircraft on November 30 at U.S. Council (Council), approved Addenda harvest limit (RHL). Further, the process taken from fish that spawned earlier in the Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod for a XXXI and XXXII to the Summer Flounder, will enable the Board to consider a host year—as small as 4 cm. Despite the diffi- flight to Georgia, where they will be released Scup and Black Sea Bass Fishery Manage- of factors, including: regional equity; reg- culty of identifying YOYs on the busy ship, into warmer waters. The turtles were taken ment Plan (FMP). ulatory stability; species abundance and we’ve corrected fewer than 10 misidentified into care and pronounced recovered by the Addendum XXXI distribution; and late-breaking recreational YOYs in the last 3 years! Depending on New England Aquarium. The aircraft, a Addendum XXXI, coupled with the harvest estimates. To further aid in setting the year, about 700-1200 YOY samples are Twin Otter used in the Northeast for large Council’s complementary Framework Doc- specifications, the Addendum establishes collected each spring and fall and will take whale surveys by the NEFSC, had a planned ument, adds to the suite of tools available for standards and guiding principles intended about 4-5 days to process. trip south and the pilots offered to take managing summer flounder, scup and black to structure the development of recreational Right whale recovery constrained by turtles with them to Georgia. On the way, sea bass, with particular focus on enhancing measures on a regional basis. humans they stopped briefly in Newport News, VA the compatibility of state and federal regu- Addenda XXXI and XXXII will be A new study led by Peter Corkeron at to load loggerhead turtles that were ready to lations. available on the Commission website, www. the NEFSC lab in Woods Hole indicates return to the wild after care at the Virginia First, the joint action modifies the asmfc.org, on each species webpage by the that human-caused deaths of North Atlantic Aquarium & Marine Science Center. The Council and Commission FMPs to allow the end of December. For more information on right whales have impeded their recovery release will be managed by the Georgia Sea use of conservation equivalency for black summer flounder and scup, please contact since the early 1990s. This study compared Turtle Center, and the Twin Otter is now sea bass recreational management, begin- Kirby Rootes-Murdy, Senior Fishery Man- the North Atlantic right whale rate of re- back surveying waters off the Northeast for ning in 2020. Conservation equivalency agement Plan Coordinator, at krootes-mur- covery from whaling with that of a closely right whales and other large whales. allows recreational management measures [email protected], and for information on black related species, the Southern right whale. How to Identify Baby Squid and Octo- in federal waters measures to be waived, sea bass, contact Caitlin Starks, Fishery Since whaling has stopped, Southern right pus and instead requires recreational anglers Management Plan Coordinator, at cstarks@ whales have been largely unaffected by hu- Most people can picture squid and octo- to abide by the measures of the state in asmfc.org, or 703.842.0740. man-caused mortalities, and show an annual pus or tell stories about them. These marine which they land their catch. As is done in Science Highlights rate of increase about triple that of the North mollusks are known to scientists as cephalo- summer flounder recreational management, Northeast Fisheries Observer Data Sup- Atlantic right whale. The study shows that pods, which means “head foot”. Baby ceph- the Board and Council will annually decide ports Barndoor Skate Fishery North Atlantic right whales could increase at alopods, or paralarvae, are tiny and spend whether to enact conservation equivalency. Landings of barndoor skate were prohibited 4% per year, about twice that observed, and the first few weeks of their lives developing Second, the Commission recommend- after their status was declared overfished in that the primary driver for this difference is the characteristics we recognize in adults. ed NOAA Fisheries implement transit 2003. In 2016, the New England Fisheries deaths of adult females. Paralarvae are identified by their pigment provisions in Block Island Sound, allowing Management Council began seeking ways Photos Reveal Spawning and Maturity patterns, photophores (organs that produce non-federally permitted recreational and to allow possession of barndoor skate after in Scallops or reflect light), and the length, shape, and commercial vessels to transit federal waters the stock was declared rebuilt. Fisheries ob- The Northeast Fisheries Observer Pro- patterns of sucker disks on their arms and while in possession of summer flounder, server data collected in 2012-2016 showed gram is collaborating with the Woods Hole tentacles. Up to 20 kinds of paralarvae are scup, and black sea bass legally harvested that barndoor skate composed 25% of the Oceanographic Institution on a pilot sea collected in plankton samples on our NOAA from state waters. combined skate catch. This information scallop research project to collect image data Fisheries Ecosystem Monitoring Survey Lastly, the Council’s Framework allows helped reopen the fishery and establish new from observed sea scallop trips. The images cruises, including the two commercial for the use of maximum sizes in addition to barndoor skate possession limits. This is a will be used to measure sexual maturity, species, longfin inshore squid (Doryteuthis minimum sizes, commonly referred to as great example of how fisheries observers important for understanding spawning and pealeii) and shortfin squid (Illex sp.). The slot limits, to control catch in the summer and fishermen work together to help ensure estimating future stock sizes. The indus- more we know about the babies, the better flounder and black sea bass recreational the sustainable management of commercial try-funded sea scallop observer program is a we can manage the adults. A step in this fisheries. The Commission’s FMP already fisheries. key partner in this effort. This collaborative direction was taken at a recent workshop allows for use of this approach, thereby al- What Fish Ear Bones Tell Us project supplies observers with 3D cameras during the 2018 Cephalopod International lowing both management bodies to use this Did you know that fisheries scientists to photograph shucked sea scallops during Advisory Council Conference where re- measure in the future. spend hundreds of hours looking at fish ear their observed trips. The Atlantic sea scallop searchers started a process to update the Addendum XXXII bones? These ear bones, called otoliths, is one of the most valuable seafood resources 25-year-old book used by many scientists Addendum XXXII establishes a new have growth rings just like rings in a tree in the United States, with commercial land- to identify cephalopod paralarvae. process for developing recreational man- trunk, and these give scientists important ings of 51.5 million pounds in 2017 that were NEFSC 2018 Fall Bottom Trawl Survey agement measures for summer flounder and information about the age, growth rates, valued at $506.5 million. Completed black sea bass. These measures will be set overall health of a fish population, and what Window to an Underwater World The NEFSC 2018 Fall Bottom Trawl on an annual basis through a specifications was going on in the environment. This al- If you haven’t heard the buzz about the Survey aboard the NOAA Ship Henry B. process, rather than addenda. The Board lows fisheries scientists to track and predict NEFSC Milford Laboratory’s latest proj- Bigelow has been completed. The survey will approve measures in early spring each changes in a fishery—information managers ect: scientists are using GoPro cameras to began on September 4 as scheduled and year, based on technical committee analysis need to ensure the fishery is sustainable. determine if oyster cages used in shellfish ended on November 13, finishing 83 percent of stock status, resource availability, and At the Northeast Fisheries Science Center aquaculture provide habitat for fish similar of planned stations (314 of 377). The NOAA to that provided by naturally occurring Ship Henry B. Bigelow supports a variety of rock reefs. Oyster growers often cultivate marine research. The NEFSC's twice-yearly oysters in off-bottom vertical cages under bottom trawl survey of fish and invertebrates Get on Board! water. These cages have a relatively small is the longest running of its kind in the world, footprint and keep valuable product inside and collects data used to understand changes safe from predators. Many fish are attracted in marine life and their habitats over time— to structure, whether natural or artificial, critical information needed by scientists and

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In SPINY DOGFISH: The Council December 4-6, 2018 meeting in Newport, 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 addition to taking final action on Scallop approved 2019-2021 fishing year specifi- RI to reinforce its September position and effort. many different organizations so that Executive Director,” stated ASMFC Chair chart a new course for the future.” Atlantic Menhaden Benchmark Stock Framework 30, Groundfish Framework cations for spiny dogfish. The MidAtlantic again ask the Mid-Atlantic Council to make A pre-abundance survey aerial flight everyone involved benefits as much as Paul Diodati. ”Recognized and well The Commission was formed over 70 Assessment Workshops Scheduled for 58, and the Clam Dredge Framework, the Council approved the same specifications a spiny dogfish trip limit action a 2019 prior- 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 Early April 2019 Council discussed a slate of other topics. during its October meeting. The fishery ity. The Mid-Atlantic Council was meeting 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 ARLINGTON, VA – The Atlantic States Here are a few highlights. is jointly managed by the two Councils December 10-13, 2018 in Annapolis, MD. 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 Marine Fisheries Commission’s Ecological WHITING: The Council took final ac- with the Mid-Atlantic Council having the ECOSYSTEM-BASED FISHERY 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 Reference Points (ERP) Workgroup and tion on Whiting Amendment 22, which was administrative lead. The new threeyear MANAGEMENT (EBFM): At this De- 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 Atlantic Menhaden Stock Assessment Sub- developed to consider limited access options specifications now will be submitted to the cember meeting, the Council agreed to ramp radio signals from tagged seals within a 5-10 programs.” will ensure continuity in the Commission’s Interstate Compact, which was approved by committee (SAS) will be meeting April 1 - 5, for the small-mesh multispecies fishery. National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS/ up its work on Ecosystem-Based Fishery mile area when the radio-tagged animals are scientific and management programs during the U.S. Congress in 1942. The states have 2019 at the Commission’s office, 1050 N. After reviewing all public comment and NOAA Fisheries) for review and implemen- Management (EBFM). The Council began hauled out on the ledges. Navy to Host Series of Public Meetings to this time of transition.” found that their mutual interest in sustaining Highland Street, Suite 200A-N, Arlington, available analyses and considering a rec- tation. Both Councils supported retaining exploring EBFM in 2014 as an alternative On about May 27, the aerial Solicit Comments on Proposed Training Over the next couple of months, the healthy coastal fishery resources is best VA. The ERP Workgroup will meet April 1 ommendation from its Whiting Committee, the 6,000-pound federal trip limit in the to single-species management and decided photographic abundance surveys will and Testing Exercises off U.S. Atlantic Commission’s Executive Committee will promoted by working together – 3 and the SAS will meet April 3 - 5. Both the Council selected the alternative called specifications package. that, as a first step, it would pursue devel- begin. The survey will photograph seals on and Gulf of Mexico Coast; Comments Due develop a vacancy announcement and cooperatively, in collaboration with the groups will be exploring various modeling “status quo/no action.” As such, the whiting/ Back during its September meeting, the oping an example Fishery Ecosystem Plan haul-out ledges in bay sectors in four-hour July 10 selection process for the new Executive federal government. With this approach, the approaches to evaluate the health of the small-mesh multispecies fishery will remain New England Council cast two votes relat- (eFEP) for Georges Bank that would be intervals. Simultaneously, the radio tracking The Department of the Navy has Director. Mr. Diodati continued, “This is an states uphold their collective fisheries stock and inform the management of the an open access fishery and no changes will ed to trip limits and recommended that the used to solicit and focus public input. 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At Wayne Beal Boat Shop in Jonesport the Crowley 28, which this shop totally refurbished At Belmont Boat Works in Belmont they have this Chris Craft runabout in the shop for some last winter has been sold and is heading to Buck’s Harbor. minor repairs. Continued from Page 1. upgrades done. They are adding a variable that. All the windows have been removed some long-distance cruising, so they will be speed bow and stern thruster, air condition- and they will potentially be replaced, full redoing the cockpit, teak deck, and upgrad- auto pilot. They are also doing some carpen- ing, new electronics, and some carpentry varnish, and potentially all new electronics. ing the systems. try and system upgrades; and reducing the upgrades. A Wesmac 38 is in for new pilot house An Alerion 28 is presently in the fi- noise in the pilothouse area by insulating the A Stanley 28 just got a new owner and windows or modification, a cabin table, berglass shop getting repaired following a deck and the muffler. she is getting a full paint job, which will modifications to the nav-station, new interi- grounding. She is getting her hull repaired Also in is a Stanley 38 owned in include the hull and super structure and then or cushions, and some mechanical upgrades. and a new rudder. They also have a Morris Cundy’s Harbor and she is getting some they will soda blast the bottom and repaint A 45 foot sailboat is getting ready for 28 sailboat, which also grounded and she is having her hull repaired too. VIKING SHIP Draken Last summer Mount Desert Yacht Yard Full Service Boat Yard at the head of Somes Sound semi-retired and Now in TWO 13 of the International One Design sailboats came to John Williams to be stored. These Locations! are all wood with lots of needed mainte- nance, especially varnish. Also two of the ● Emergency Haulout Services crew from Mount Desert Yacht Yard came ● Full Service Rig Shop over and they are already working on these ● Repowering power & sail boats getting them ready for the upcoming ● Service All IB & OB Engines racing season. ● 150-ton Travelift ● 300-ton Travelift There is additional talk about more

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100 West Commercial St. & 400 Commercial St. ● Portland, ME 04101 ● 207-774-1067 ● www.portlandyacht.com in a couple years, but they are seeing more interest. A couple of years ago they built the first Williams 38, which has a modern hard-chine underbody with the traditional Downeast cruiser look and powered with Volvo IPS drives. A potential customer is interested and he might stretch her to a 40. They also have some interest in the Williams From winning races to 29 with twin outboards, but as yet no one has cruising or power boating stepped up to be the first of this model. They also have the Stanley line of boats, use Hallett Canvas & Sails which includes the 28, 36, 38, 39, and 44. to get you there. Made in the USA. S. W. Boatworks Still time to winterize Lamoine Talk about busy and it has been that way your canvas and sails for the last several years at S. W. Boatworks. Photo Ann-e Blanchard There has been a slight slow-down as lobster • Wash, Check & Repair (In house) fishermen are getting a little more cautious • Clean & Waterproof (Canvas) in ordering new boats, but fortunately now the slots are being filled with sportfishermen • Repair & Store Only and yachts. In Bay #1 is a Calvin Beal 44, which • Wash & Store Only is being finished off as an offshore lobster boat. She is powered with a 750-hp John HALLE T T CANVAS & SAILS Deere. They have just started this one and are 215 Foreside Rd, Falmouth, Maine working in the bilge. There is also another (207) 781-7070 (800) 639-9907 Calvin Beal 44, powered with a 750-hp John Deere diesel, being finished as an offshore www.hallettcanvasandsails.com lobster boat. They have finished the work in www.h2ube.com Continued on Page 18. Photo Ann-e Blanchard February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Boat And Ship Yard News From South Shore Boat Works Halifax, MA These are Gurnet Point 25s designed by Jamie Lowell. They are LOA: 25' 6";  Beam: 8' 6"; Draft: 2' 6"; and both trailerable.       

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The Northern Bay 38 being finished at Atlantic Boat in Brooklin. the first phase of her rebuilding. Right now ner Bowdoin throughout the summer, visit they are working mostly on deck details. bowdoincruise.mma.edu or follow the The deck is down and they are doing the cruise on Facebook at Arctic Schooner coamings, furniture, bulwarks and cap-rails. Bowdoin.BOWDOIN’s Captain, William Inside they are finalizing the design for five McLean, earned his Bachelor of Science watertight bulkheads with the U. S. Coast degree in Vessel Operations and Technology Guard. Everything, along with the final de- with a Sail Training Concentration, gradu- tails on the hull (finishing up caulking and ating from MMA in 2012. He came back to painting) this project should be completed Castine in the spring of 2017 following a this June. There is a second contract almost winter sail schedule with Call of the Sea, an ready to go to bid and that will include put- educational nonprofit dedicated to environ- ting in the interior, systems and rigging. This mental education through sailing. There, he will be done closely with the U. S. Coast was Captain of the schooner SEAWARD, an Guard as she is a Coast Guard inspected 82-foot classic staysail schooner, conduct- vessel for carrying passengers. It is thought ing six-day charters in the Sea of Cortez. The Lowell 46 getting moved into Thayer's Y-Knot Boat Yard shop, where the finishing de- tails are being applied. They hope to have her over the third week in January. that this part of the project would take a year Previous to working with Call of the Sea, he to complete. was Senior Chief Mate/Relief Captain on the Samoset Boat Works Late this fall they hauled up on the small SSV ROBERT C. SEAMANS with Sea Ed- Continued from Page 14. Boothbay, ME railway and placed in the big shop the Arctic ucation Association for three years. the bilge and has just put down the platform. On the shop floor they have a Holland schooner BOWDOIN, managed by Maine BOWDOIN has a long history of seafaring Both of these boats will be launched this 34, which is 32 stretched 2 feet. Before she Maritime Academy (MMA) of Castine. education and Arctic exploration. Commis- spring. was delivered the main bulkhead was moved They have removed 18 planks so they could sioned by explorer Donald B. MacMillan of In another bay they are finishing a aft a foot, the cabin top raised 4 inches and inspect the frames and they were planning Provincetown, MA to facilitate his work in Calvin 36 as a gentleman’s yacht. She will her 425-hp Cummins on a V-drive was set in to remove additional planks, thinking in the the high northern latitudes, she has made 28 look like a split-wheelhouse lobster boat, so the owner could have a center line com- end they would have half the bottom planks trips to the Arctic, 25 of them before 1954 but without a pot hauler. This is so when he panionway. This boat is going to be finished off when done. Already the planking stock under the command of MacMillan. MacMil- goes to sell her she can be easily converted as a pleasure cruiser with a V-berth, galley is on its way from Royal Navy oak stock in lan sold BOWDOIN to the U. S. Navy for to a lobster boat. and head and then Awlgripped inside and Denmark, which was planted 200 years ago use in World War II during the Greenland Right now they are laying up several out. for rebuilding the wooden warships. Patrol. After WWII, MacMillan bought Calvin Beal 30s, a Young Brothers 45, Presently they were building on the BOWDOIN is the Official Vessel of the ship back and continued to sail her for which will be finished out as a lobster boat fuels tank parts; leveling off the bottom of the State of Maine and a National Historic nine more years around Greenland. After by Farrin’s Boat Shop in Walpole. They are lockers underneath the V-berth and the gal- Landmark. The surveyor on the job is G. MacMillan’s retirement the boat belonged also laying up several 42s and 44s. ley; almost done making a surge tube; the F. Full and Associates and is making the to the Schooner Bowdoin Association until Down at Abel’s at the head of Somes exhaust is in; the deck beams are dry fit; the decisions on what work should be done. 1988 when MMA purchased the vessel for Sound S. W. Boatworks has another Young hatches have all been dry fit; and next they Dana Willis, Marine Operations Manager at the purpose of training students. It was at Brothers 45 that they are putting the fin- will be pulling the deck beams out so they MMA added, “Our goal is to maintain the this time that she became the Official Vessel ishing touches on. They also have another can paint under the platform. Once the rig- boat to the highest standard, to go above and of the State of Maine and was designated a Young Brothers 45 and a Calvin Beal 38 ging tubes are in they can start putting in the beyond, in order to preserve this living piece National Historic Landmark. there that are having some service work steering and electrical systems going back of history. At this early stage of restoration, The replica FRIENDSHIP OF SALEM, done. aft to the steering lazarette; hard plumbing we are pleased to see that the vessel is in which is hauled up at Gloucester Marine Stewart Workman, owner of S. W. Boat- for the 2 inch pacer pump needs to be put in; good condition, which attests to the excel- Railway in Gloucester and they are expect- works, said, “New boat sales are slow right and the battery shelf is made and just needs lent workmanship and care BOWDOIN has ing to get that project completed this spring. now. We have had some interest in some to be glassed in. received over her lifetime.” They need to finish up the stem and hull sportfish boats and municipal boats. As far This project needs to be completed and Work is expected to be completed in repairs. The stem is fully laminated, but they as lobster boats, people are not knocking in the water the first week in June. time for the summer sailing season. When need to complete the false fore foot and then the doors down like they were, it's slowed Next they have a repower on a Young the project is complete, BOWDOIN will close in the hull with a few strakes. However up quite a lot. I have all kind of notes here, Brothers 38. They are removing an 8V92 again be the home to groups of students with the Government shutdown all work is people on the fence thinking that they want and putting in another one. in sail training courses within the Vessel stopped and this may delay the completion something (sportfisherman or yacht) and They also have a Boston Whaler 15 Operations and Technology major at MMA. of this project. you just never know. As long as we have the that needs to be done by the first of August. Students sail coastwise and offshore in next one, it doesn't hurt me to take a little They have replaced the centre console and summer, learning to navigate and maintain Six River Marine break, but of course we need the next one.” installed one for a Boston Whaler 17. Then the vessel to fulfill degree requirements and North Yarmouth it is a full Awlgrip job, and add fake teak competencies toward a U.S. Coast Guard Six River Marine is putting the finishing decks. limited license. details on a 17-foot wooden centre console Someone else is talking about modify- To follow the Bowdoin hull restoration runabout they started last year. All that is ing the transom of his Northern Bay 38 and project, visit the project blog: mainemar- left is putting the wiring and steering in and for new builds someone is talking about a itime.edu/waterfront/schooner-bowdoin/ then painting. However the owners have 54 cruising boat, another on a 48-50 lobster hull-restoration-project/ also decided they would like a seat forward boat, and someone else on a 36-38 lobster Maine Maritime Academy is the only of the centre console. She will be launched boat. college in the United States with a dedicated later this spring. sail training program that leads to a U.S. Then there is a Harry Bryant designed Bristol Marine, The Shipyard in Booth- Coast Guard license as mate on an auxiliary runabout named BETTY, which will have bay Harbor sail vessel. Students may start with no prior her cockpit deck replaced. Once the deck is Boothbay Harbor sailing experience and graduate with a Bach- out they will also repair some of the frames. Up on the main railway is the Glouces- elor of Science degree, a U.S. Coast Guard Then they will strip and paint the bottom so ter fishing schooner ERNESTINA MOR- license, and all necessary certificates. she is ready for the up-coming season. RISSEY, which is nearing completion of To follow the adventures of the schoo- In the corner they have a Peapod, which February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 19. Boat And Ship Yard News

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Magazine May/June 2017At Kittery • Point Issue Yacht Yard 146 in Eliot • we foundAD GERTRUDE PROOF STEELE, a Calvin 38, sand- wiched in between a Wesmac sportfisherman and a Sabre in a nice heated storage building. At Kittery Point Yacht Yard in Eliot they are doingPlease areview total rehab this printout on a Holland very carefully, 38. checking especially for spelling, grammatical, and factual errors. Please pay close attention to looks like the Doug Hylan designed Beach spraytelephone rails. andIn the fax galley, numbers, they and are to removing all the details of in Wilbur physical, Yachts, e-mail, has and been web workingsite addresses. with Please note that any colors shown are merely Pea. She is going to get refinished. Just in theapproximations electric stove of and ink replacing printed on it withpaper. a LPGWe make designer every effort Jeff to beDickies, 100% error who free. is However,designing a we cannot be held responsible for errors once front of the Peapod is a very old Dyer Dink, system. you have approved this printout.37-foot runabout.Please check John the added, appropriate “I wanted box below, a sign,SHIP and return MODELS to: & KITS which will be repaired so she does not leak Up back is another Wilbur 34 and she more modern design of the Wilbur 34. The Swampscott Dory anymore. needsJulie some Corcoran, minor upgrades Maine Boats,and her Homes annual & initialHarbors, model Inc., that 218 we South are designing Main St., is Ste.going 300, P.O. 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John said, “The initial draw- 1905 1905 A 24-foot Lyman is having a couple of Maybe the most interesting is a new ings should be done first of the year. Once 160 E. Main St., Searsport, Maine 04974 places in her hull repaired and some finish Wilbur design, which there has not been we get a client then the actual drawings will 1.800.448.5567 • bluejacketinc.com • [email protected] work on her deck. one in a long time. John Kachmar, owner take place. It will be a fun set up.” Not enough, they also have several stor- age customers that will need some regular annual maintenance before they go over this spring. Discover Boating in South Freeport Thayer Y-Knot Boat Yard North Haven In mid-December they received a Low- ell 46, which was designed by Jamie Lowell. The owner had looked at other boats, but he did not want something with a huge beam and Jamie offered to design just what he was looking for. 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Maritime History JOHN TOFT'S TALE 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 concerning the old Eastern Steamship foreman of the Seacoast sardine factory at Company’s 1903 steamer Calvin Austin, a Lubec, then the largest in the United States. handsome coastal packet, 298 feet long, As the largest in Lubec as well, we may U. S. Coast Guard News painted white, with a towering black stack suppose that the Seacoast factory was fitted and two lofty, raked masts. Prior to World with the loudest whistle in town for alerting War I, she ran on the International Line from employees of the arrival of fish and of work. Boston to Portland, Lubec, Eastport, and In any event, it was customary, on foggy Saint John, New Brunswick. mornings, for John to blow that whistle to Running across Publisher Johansen not answer the whistle of the approaching Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2019 long after the article appeared, I told him that Portland steamer so as to help her captain I, too, knew a good story about the Calvin find his way in through the channel. As it Austin, and that I would send it along after happened, John was especially good friends Miscellaneous Commercial Fishing News I had consulted my notes from a with Captain Lowell Ingalls of the Calvin conversation I had had with John Toft, the Austin. Ingalls was from the nearby Continued from Page 13. that is part of a stock complex; and Amendment 8 With New ABC Control Rule, fishing mortality –and, in turn, catch limits teller of the tale, in the mid- 1970s. We had Canadian island of Grand Manan and • Potential spatial management strate- Buffer Zone; Asks NMFS to Set 2019 Specs. –also is reduced. The Council emphasized met at the R.J. Peacock sardine factory on became a naturalized American citizen so models –or so-called “operating models” gies, related issues, and types of ecosystem NMFS followed up on the Council’s that this approach lowers the probability of Brown’s Wharf in Portland where Toft, then that he could serve as an officer aboard –will be used to estimate theThe potential steamer ef CALVIN- research AUSTIN. to conserve habitat, spawning, and vote and published a proposed rule on overfishing and helps the stock to rebuild in his late eighties, was vice president and International Line steamers. fectiveness of a wide range of management protected species in an ecosystem plan. November 30, 2018 containing three al- more quickly. superintendent. I have since looked high By the turn of the century, coastwise Calvinstrategies Austin, to determine and answered which ones in kind. produce As passingThe aCouncil remark intends to the to ”wheelsman,” discuss in detail as ternatives for 2019 specifications: no ac- The Council is working on a herring and low for that notebook but have not steam packet lines – those based at Boston soonthe best as outcomesthe big relativesteamer to thewas objectives warped whetherquartermasters to begin onpivoting these towardsteamers MSE were in tion; the Council-recommended approach; specification package for fishing years 2020 found it, and thus the rendition of John had been combined by the notorious Charlie alongsideand performance the wharf metrics. John hoppedA “worked aboard ex- thecalled. near Everything future or instead being to as focus it should all of itsbe, and the NMFS proposed alternative. The and 2021 and may revisit OFL and ABC Toft’s tale that follows is drawn entirely from Morse of Bath, Maine under the flag of the andample” headed of some up to ofthe these captain’s models cabin was on inde the- attentionIngalls decided on completing to cat-nap the on Georgesthe settee Bank at the Council-recommended approach utilizes specifications depending on the outcome of memory. However, I believe it to be Eastern Steamship Company – were hurricanependently deck, reviewed just inaft May, of the and pilothouse, the Council to exampleback of the Fishery pilothouse. Ecosystem Some time Plan later, before while the Amendment 8 ABC control rule while the 2019 decision. Also, the Council will reasonably accurate. significant carriers of passengers and also findreceived out awhat presentationon had happened. the results When of thehe initiatinghalf asleep, the he MSE overheard process. the pilot remark to the NMFS-proposed alternative does not. consider the results of a new assessment for peer review at its September meeting. At the time of our meeting I was at work freight, much of it express. Steamers arrived the exhausted Ingalls was already in the wheelsmanATLANTIC that HERRING the wind had: Back backed in NMFS expressed concern about using a herring in 2020, which may impact 2021 The Council agreed to have an exten- on a project which, many years later, resulted delivered tin, solder, and cotton seed oil to bed, his eyes – as described by John so many September,towards the west.the Council Good, thought asked Ingalls,NMFS theto control rule that had not been finalized in specifications. sive discussion about where it is heading develop an in-season adjustment to set 2019 regulation yet. Instead, the agency proposes STANDARDIZED BYCATCH RE- in the two volumes of A Day’s Work ; A Down East sardine factories, and carried years later — looking like “two holes burned fog was lifting, and he snoozed some more. with EBFM during its January 29-31, 2018 catch limits for the Atlantic herring fishery, to set the ABC equal to the overfishing limit PORTING METHODOLOGY (SBRM): 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- meeting in Portsmouth, NH. There, the recognizing that NMFS would be able to act (OFL), whereas the Council’s approach re- The Council received a report on the 1860-1920. Traveling about the state with a Coastal waters were then very crowded, happened. conscious brain tumbled to the realization Council will receive a report from the EBFM more quickly to reduce the probability of duces the ABC as called for under the new Three-Year Review of the region’s SBRM 4x5 camera, I sought out historic photos of and without the benefit of any electronic aids that if the wind had indeed backed to the west Plan The Development Calvin Austin Team (PDT) had departed covering, overfishing in light of sobering news from a control rule. The Council’s Scientific and program. The review was conducted by Mainers at work to copy, and old-timers who to navigation the piloting of these scheduled Portlandamong other on schedule issues related at 5 PM to in the a thickGeorges fog recenthe shouldn’t stock assessment. still be Thehearing Council the asked deep Statistical Committee used the new control the New England and Mid-Atlantic Fishery could help me understand what the images steamers was a very demanding, high- withBank a eFEP:light easterly wind. After running out NMFSreverberating to consider voice several of factorsthe fog when signal! set- rule and recommended an ABC of 21,266 Management Councils in conjunction with depicted. I was privileged to be able to talk pressure job with great responsibilities, her time• Potential so as to approachesput Seal Island for developingabeam, the tingLeaping 2019 to specifications, the compass he including saw, to his that alarm, the metric tons (mt) in 2019 (see blue highlights NOAA Fisheries for SBRM years 2015, with a number of sharp-minded, dry-witted requiring much skill, experience, and a very courseadvice for was setting changed catch limits for for thestock long, com- agencythat the use big the steamer new acceptable was headed biological at right in table below). All other specifications, 2016, and 2017. The program is used folks hailing from the late 1800s who were level-head in moments of stress. Navigation uninterruptedplexes using multispecies Down East and singleleg. speciesIn the catchangle (ABC)to its proper control course, rule that straight the Council out into including area-by-area catch limits, flow to determine observer coverage rates for eager to talk about the old days one more in fog was based on running established darkenedassessments, pilothouse survey data,the pilot and otheron watch sources sat adoptedthe North in Atlantic! Amendment 8 to the Atlantic down from the ABC. fisheries in the Greater Atlantic Region. In time. I treasure the memories of those compass courses at known rates of speed for onof informationa stool by a about partially stock opened biomass; window, Herring Fishery Management Plan. Details The Council expressed serious concern short, the Three-Year Review concluded the meetings, including the hour or so that I was prescribed lengths of time. peering • Potential into the dark management fog, and occasionally options and about theContinued control rule on and Page the 22.Council’s over the NMFS-proposed alternative, noting following. privileged to chat with John Toft. Since slower speeds gave the wind and issues for addressing an overfished stock request are outlined in Council Approves that, while catch limits for fishermen would • SBRM represents one of the most John Toft had, for many decades, been currents greater opportunity to put the be higher in 2019 than under the Council’s comprehensive programs for planning and a leading figure in the Maine sardine steamer off her course, and since late arrivals approach, the economic impacts of both executing observer monitoring coverage. industry, although one would never have were very bad for business, maintaining alternatives are severe. Meanwhile, the • No aspect of the SBRM was inconsis- known that from his baggy khakis and normal or near-normal speed in fog was the PAUL E. LUKE, INC. NMFS alternative poses a much higher risk tent or deficient with the national guidelines. equally casual manner. Sitting outside on the general rule. Granting every schooner that of overfishing in 2019 and does not account • Since the implementation of the 2015 wharf, under the sun and the seagulls, we was met along the way a comfortably wide FireplacesStorage/Repair - Automatic * Feathering Feathering Propellors Propellers - 3-Piece * Storm Storm Anchors Anchors for scientific uncertainty in the new assess- SBRM Omnibus Amendment, the first 3 talked about his early experiences working in berth when passing was a good way for a ment as does the Council’s approach. years of the program illustrate its utility a sardine factory at Lubec. He died not long steamer’s navigator to “lose his place” on Full Service Boat Yard It also may result in an even lower ABC for monitoring discards given real-world in 2020, which would impose further eco- limitations. And, 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 nomic hardships on the industry. For these • The SBRM process contains a formu- 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 invented or introduced many important sailors. An old Cape Cod fisherman once told and many other reasons, the Council voted to laic approach to allocate sea days among reiterate its support for the original rationale fleets to stay within the available funds while innovations to the industry, including the me that even in a thick of fog at Monomoy it provided in September when it first asked achieving the precision standard for the most first can washer, high-speed conveyors, Point you could set your watch by the sound NMFS to develop an in-season adjustment (and most important) species groups/fleet refrigeration and brine systems, and the of the waves from the speeding Boston to RALPH STANLEY, INC. is now to set 2019 specifications. This rationale combinations. method he patented for pumping herring New York steamers Harvard and Yale included using the Amendment 8 ABC For more information visit Standard- into, and out of, the carrier boats. The carriers breaking on the beach. control rule, which is biomass based. When ized Bycatch Reporting Methodology serving John Toft’s factory were the first to While the New York to Portland run was Penobscot Marine Museum’s Nati onal Fisherman biomass declines, the allowed amount of Three-Year Review. be outfitted with ship-to-shore radio, radar, said to be the most demanding on the coast, photography collecti on is the defi niti ve resource for and fathometers Boston to Saint John was no milk run, thanks Incidentally, a Maine fisherman once especially to the strong tidal currents and seeing and understanding the commercial fi sheries in th U. S. Navy News told me that when some Gloucester seiners, frequent fog at the eastern end. Not 20 century North America. GreatHarborBoatworks.com of the services in her role as the chairman’s having heard about the pumping of fish from surprisingly, a number of the International See the images online: spouse. She remains actively engaged in a flooded hold, tried to copy this technique, Line’s officers, as with Lowell Ingalls, were penobscotmarinemuseum.org/nati onal-fi sherman/ will serve as integral assets in global mari- countless activities in support of military at first they didn’t realize the necessity of natives of the Passamaquoddy region and time security. families and participates in dozens of private having a tight fish hold, Perhaps that was a very familiar with their perilous home waters. MAINE COAST LUMBER, INC. The future USS Paul Ignatius is ex- and charitable organizations in support of libelous fable… On coastwise steamers the rankings beneath pected to be delivered to the Navy early military spouses and their families. An unlikely but evidently true story captain were first pilot, second pilot, first next year. HII's Pascagoula shipyard is Designed to operate in both coastal and concerning John Toft appeared in the mate, second mate and so on, in that order. also currently in production on the future deep-ocean environments, South Dakota 17 White Birch Lane 4 Warren Ave. November 13, 1970 issue of the Kennebec When underway one of the two pilots was destroyers Delbert D. Black (DDG 119), will present leadership with a broad and York, ME 03909 Westbrook, ME 04902 Journal . Groups of school children were always in the pilot house, attending to Frank E. Peterson Jr. (DDG 121), Lenah H. unique range of capabilities, including an- (207) 363-7426 (207) 856-6015 Sutcliffe Higbee (DDG 123) and Jack H. ti-submarine warfare; antisurface ship war- reported to be visiting Brown’s Wharf to see navigation. (The captain and the first mate, (800) 899-1664 (877) 408-4751 Lucas (DDG 125), the first Flight III ship. fare; strike warfare; special operation forces the dugong – a genuine Pacific or Indian at least, would also have had pilotage Fax (207) 363-8650 Fax (207) 856-6971 HII was recently awarded a contract for the (SOF) support; intelligence, surveillance, Ocean dugong, as identified by its dolphin- endorsements on their tickets, but had other M-F 7am-4:30pm M-F 7:30am-4:30pm design and construction of six additional and reconnaissance; irregular warfare; and like tail, and not an Atlantic manatee – which responsibilities beyond navigation. DDG-51 class Flight III ships. mine warfare missions. South Dakota is a had for some time appeared at the wharf at About now you are probably now As one of the Defense Department's part of the Virginia-class' Block III contract, high tide when herring were being landed. wondering whatever happened to John largest acquisition organizations, PEO Ships in which the Navy redesigned approximate- Although primarily a herbivore, this dugong Toft’s tale, so here goes. *HARDWOOD LUMBER*SOFTWOOD LUMBER* *HARDWOOD PLYWOODS*MELAMINE*MDF*MARINE is responsible for executing the develop- ly 20 percent of the ship to reduce acquisition would eat herring thrown to it, provided that One foggy morning at Lubec the ment and procurement of all destroyers, am- costs. they were undamaged in appearance. The expected sound of the whistle from the PLYWOODS*MDO*PARTICLE BOARD*SLATWALL*LAMINATE* *EDGE BANDING*VENEER*HARDWOOD MOLDINGS* phibious ships, special mission and support South Dakota features a redesigned visits of both the dugong and the kids usually prompt Portland steamer was not *CUSTOM MILLING*DOVETAILED DRAWER BOXES ships, and boats and craft. bow, which replaces 12 individual Verti- obviously delighted Superintendent Toft. heard. The factory crew finished up cal Launch System (VLS) tubes with two I don’t believe that the Brown’s Wharf processing the morning’s herring and went USS South Dakota to be Commissioned large-diameter Virginia Payload Tubes sardine factory lasted very long after Toft’s home, but John remained standing by, We Deliver www.mainecoastlumber.com Feb. 2 (VPTs) each capable of launching six death. Indeed, his lifetime – he was born in listening. And in the late morning he finally ME, NH, VT, MA, RI [email protected] We Ship UPS From Commander, Submarine Force At- Tomahawk cruise missiles, among other Trescott in 1887 – nearly matched the rise heard the distant wail of the approaching lantic Public Affairs design changes that reduced the submarines' NORFOLK (NNS) -- The Navy’s newest acquisition cost while maintaining their fast-attack submarine, USS South Dakota outstanding warfighting capabilities. THE NationalN (SSN 790), will be commissioned at Naval South Dakota has special features to Submarine Base New London in Groton, support SOF, including a reconfigurable Fisherman Connecticut, Feb. 2, 2019, as the seven- torpedo room which can accommodate a teenth Virginia-class submarine to join the large number of SOF and all their equip- fleet. ment for prolonged deployments and future Collection Deanie Dempsey, wife of retired Army off-board payloads. Also, in Virginia-class @ Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, who served as the SSNs, traditional periscopes have been PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM 18th chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, replaced by two photonics masts that host www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org is the ship's sponsor. After spending several visible and infrared digital cameras atop Route One, Searsport, Maine 04974  207-548-2529 decades of service in support of just the telescoping arms. Through the extensive use

LB2012.15.8056 Army, Deanie became a champion for all of modular construction, open architecture, February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. U. S. Navy News and commercial off-the-shelf components, a variety of operations from peacetime made back in World War II.” The wreckage, which had been missing the Virginia class is designed to remain at presence and crisis response to sea control Before viewing the documentary, for 72 years, was discovered 18,000 feet the cutting edge for its entire operational and power projection. The future USS Jere- survivors of the Indianapolis shared their under the Philippine Sea. life through the rapid introduction of new miah Denton (DDG 129) will be capable of experiences surrounding the events of the Indianapolis is the Navy’s worst loss systems and payloads. fighting air, surface and subsurface battles attack, in 1945. of life at sea with 880 of its 1,196 crew South Dakota will be the third U.S. simultaneously, and will contain a combina- “He was all messed up,” said Harold members perishing after the initial torpedo Navy ship, and first submarine, to be com- tion of offensive and defensive weapon sys- Bray, a veteran recounting his efforts to attack and during the time Marines and missioned bearing the name “South Dako- tems designed to support maritime warfare, help a fellow crew member during the at- Sailors spent floating in the ocean waiting ta.” The first USS South Dakota (ACR9/CA including integrated air and missile defense tack. “His lip’s all blistered, he was floating to be rescued. 9) was a Pennsylvania-class armored cruiser and vertical launch capabilities. around. I grabbed him and pulled him in. “It’s much easier to die, believe me, than and launched in 1904. Assigned to the The ship will be constructed at Hunting- I tried to tie him to the raft, but I guess I it is to live,” said Edgar Harrell. “You’ve got Armored Cruiser Squadron, Pacific Fleet, ton Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls shipbuilding didn’t get a good knot on him. He just dis- to fight to live. But all you’ve got to do to South Dakota cruised off the west coast of division in Pascagoula, Miss.. The ship will appeared.” expire is just give up. Let your head drop in the United States through August 1908. She be 509 feet long, have a beam length of 59 Marines and Sailors were adrift at sea the water. And I saw that so, so many times.” was then sent on a cruise to Samoa and later feet and be capable of operating at speeds in for nearly five days without food or potable The documentary was shared with the operated in Central and South American excess of 30 knots. water. Many were injured, covered in thick surviving crew members of Indianapolis Waters. She returned home in 1912 and was oil from the damaged ship, or taken by and crew members assigned to the next In- placed in reserve at Puget Sound Navy Yard. SECNAV Names New Destroyer in Hon- sharks. dianapolis as a gesture of good will, before The second USS South Dakota (BB or of US Senator from Alaska “I never thought about dying out there,” its official premiere on PBS, Jan. 8, 2019. 57) was commissioned March 1942 and From Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs said Bray. “I was 18 years old. Who dies at USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) is the fourth assigned to Task Force 16 centered on the WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of the 18?” ship with this namesake in the Navy and will aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CV 6). Navy Richard V. Spencer named a future Ar- The documentary chronicled Indianap- be homeported in Naval Station Mayport South Dakota conducted blockade opera- leigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer olis’ victories, mission, attack and the life of upon her commissioning. tions against Japanese forces approaching in honor of U.S. Senator Ted Stevens, who a few of her crew members after the war. Guadalcanal, where they engaged Japanese represented Alaska from 1968 to 2009. “This shows their fate and that they had Navy to Commission Littoral Combat carrier forces in the Battle of Santa Cruz. She “Senator Stevens was a staunch sup- not been forgotten,” said Culinary Specialist Ship Wichita saw action in the Battle of Savo Island, Bat- porter of a strong Navy and Marine Corps 1st Class Cesar A. Torres, assigned to Indi- From the Office of the Navy Chief of tle of Philippine Sea, Okinawa, Iwo Jima, team who served our nation with distinction anapolis (LCS 17). “It inspires me to be a Information and other Japanese strongholds earning 13 as a pilot during World War II, and later as better Sailor.” WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy will battle stars. a Senator of Alaska,” said Secretary of the There was a Facebook Live Q&A commission its newest Freedom-variant For more information on the future USS Navy Richard V. Spencer. “I am pleased session following the screening, with film littoral combat ship (LCS), the future USS South Dakota (SSN 790), the commission- that his legacy of service and dedication to director Kirk Wolfinger, retired Naval Cap- Wichita (LCS 13), during a 10 a.m. cere- ing ceremony, go to www.navy.mil/south- national security will live on in the future tain Bill Toti, RV Petrel expedition leader mony Saturday, Jan. 12, at Naval Station dakotacommissioning. Additional public USS Ted Stevens.” Robert Kraft and retired Admiral Sam Cox, Mayport, Fla., near Jacksonville, where the information about the commissioning, and Stevens served as a pilot in the Army Air director of the Naval History and Heritage ship will be homeported. events leading up to it, is available at the USS Corps from 1943 to 1946 and was awarded Command. U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran of Kansas will South Dakota Commissioning Committee the Distinguished Flying Cross before being “In 18 years of service I’ve never been deliver the commissioning ceremony's prin- site at https://ssn790.org/. discharged in 1946. Stevens was elected as assigned to a ship with this kind of connec- cipal address. Kate Lehrer, author and wife a state representative in Alaska in 1964, tion,” said Torres. “It keeps me in tune with of Wichita native Jim Lehrer, the former an- SECNAV Names Future Destroyer in re-elected in 1966, and in 1968 he was ap- the casualties who kept up their efforts until chor of “The MacNeil-Lehrer News Hour” honor of Navy Veteran, Vietnam War pointed to fill a vacancy in the U.S. Senate. their last breath.” on PBS, is the ship’s sponsor. The ceremony POW In 1970, Stevens was elected to the seat in Indianapolis was tasked with delivering will be highlighted by a time-honored Navy From Secretary of the Navy Public Affairs a special election and was subsequently parts for the atomic bomb “Little Boy” set tradition when Mrs. Lehrer gives the first WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Secretary of re-elected five times. He left office in 2009 to drop on Hiroshima. The mission was so order to “man our ship and bring her to life!” the Navy Richard V. Spencer named a as the then-longest serving Republican U.S. secret, crew members did not know what This commissioning represents USS future Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile Senator in history. they were guarding. Wichita’s entry into the active fleet and is a destroyer in honor of U.S. Navy Vietnam Arleigh Burke-class destroyers conduct “This brings us back to the importance testament to the increased capabilities made veteran, Navy Cross recipient, and former a variety of operations from peacetime pres- of our mission,” said Kane. “If they didn’t possible by a true partnership between the U.S. Senator from Alabama, Admiral Jere- ence and crisis response to sea control and complete their mission, World War II miah Denton. power projection. The future USS Ted Ste- could’ve ended differently.” Continued on Page 23. “Admiral Denton’s legacy is an inspira- vens (DDG 128) will be capable of fighting tion to all who wear our nation’s uniform,” air, surface and subsurface battles simulta- said Secretary of the Navy Richard V. Spen- neously, and will contain a combination of cer. “His heroic actions during a defining offensive and defensive weapon systems period in our history have left an indelible designed to support maritime warfare, in- mark on our Navy and Marine Corps team cluding integrated air and missile defense and our nation. His service is a shining ex- and vertical launch capabilities. ample for our Sailors and Marines and this The ship will be constructed at Hunting- ship will continue his legacy for decades to ton Ingalls Industries’ Ingalls shipbuilding come.” division in Pascagoula, Miss.. The ship will In 1947, Denton graduated from the be 509 feet long, have a beam length of 59 U.S. Naval Academy and served as a test feet and be capable of operating at speeds in pilot, flight instructor, and squadron leader, excess of 30 knots. and developed operational tactics still in use, such as the Haystack Concept, which calls Indianapolis Endures for the dispersing of carrier fleets to make it By Mass Communication Specialist more difficult for the enemy to find the fleets Seaman Marianne Guemo Public Affairs, on RADAR. Commander Littoral Combat Ship Squad- On July 18, 1965, Denton was shot ron 2 Public Affairs EFFORT AND ART down over North Vietnam and spent nearly JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (NNS) -- Survivors eight years as a POW, almost half in isola- of USS Indianapolis (CA 35) met with the tion. During an interview with a Japanese crew of the Freedom-class littoral combat media outlet, Denton used Morse code to ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) to screen a PRIDE AND JOY blink “torture,” confirming that American documentary, “USS Indianapolis: The Final POWs were being tortured. He suffered Chapter”, at Naval Station Mayport, Jan. 7. severe harassment, intimidation and ruthless The Vulcan’s Productions documentary treatment, yet he refused to provide military shares the discovery of the once-lost, Port- SEA HISTORY ALIVE information or be used by the enemy for land-class heavy cruiser Indianapolis, or propaganda purposes. “Indy”, by Research Vessel Petrel, owned by mysticseaport.org/stories In recognition of his extraordinary the late Microsoft co-founder Paul G. Allen. heroism while a prisoner-of-war, he was “This film is important for tying the awarded the Navy Cross. Denton was re- crew to the Indianapolis because it gives leased from captivity in 1973, retired from them a sense of history,” said Commander the Navy in 1977 and in 1980 was elected Colin Kane, commanding officer of Indi- to the U.S. Senate where he represented anapolis (LCS 17). “I really hope that it Alabama. drives this home because it will bring to the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers conduct forefront the sacrifices that these Sailors

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6 October a railroad built direct to the furnace of the Stretching for hundreds of miles south- ing him concretely, is a revolting looking Page 4. Katahdin Iron Works, a road of uniform ward and southeastward of this island, and creature. Cut a section, say ten inches long, The spinners at the Bath ropewalk wind gauge, only fifty-nine miles from Bangor or sixty miles from shore at the nearest point, from a common eel, transform its flesh into huge skeins of manila or hemp around them, one hundred and seventy-two miles to Bath, is the Grand Bank of Newfoundland, that a tough jelly, give it a cruciform tail at one catch a thread or two of it upon the hook and iron can be transported from that furnace mystic tableland of the sea whose limit end and eight short sucker-armed feelers at as the spindle whirls, walk slowly backward to either of these places or to Portland, at and nature are still undefined. A little way the other; conceive the suckers, each armed down the length spinning as they go and less cost than from any like furnace to any oceanward from the slopes, the sea reaches with a circle of small teeth, and the feelers leaving before them a long twisted strand. shipyard in the United States. If a ship were some of its greatest depths, and within its converging to a cruel hawk-like beak-then Every twenty minutes they disappear from built of Katahdin iron, she could be built of boundaries are depressions where the fish- we shall have a weak likeness of the squid. sight and again are seen as far as the eye equal strength of any English ship, and be erman's anchor never touches bottom. The creature's mode of progression is origi- can reach coming into view down the dimly eighteen percent lighter, drawing less water, Old codfishers, say that the Grand Bank nal. It has within its body an elastic suction lighted walk nearly a mile away. Thirty or and carrying the increased weight of freight is steadily rising, and that a few centuries tube holding almost a pint of water. Filling more time a day make the wand, and every per ton measurement. will find it jutting above the surface. The the tubes by drawing water through holes wand is a half mile and every day each Take the expense of labor; we can build Grand Bank, with its adjuncts, is some six in its mantle, the squid, by a sudden squirt, spinner walks 15 miles and spins 7 miles of a ship in Bath at ten percent less in labor hundred miles long, and from 200 to 300 drives itself backward as fast as a fish can hempen strand. than in New York or on the Delaware; it miles wide. The shallows over it vary from swim, and by inverting the tube can move cost the mechanic less to live, the climate 90 to 400 feet in depth. The Grand Bank with equal velocity in the opposite direction. Page 5. is more vigorous, and our men work more is, beyond comparison, the finest fishing Jigging for these squid is a rare spec- WHY NOT BUILD IRON SHIPS IN hours per day. Our Bath shipbuilders would ground in the world. For centuries the tacle. The "jigger" is a red stick of wood MAINE soon be equal to the Clyde shipbuilders, as fisherman have visited it, and millions on circled with snap but barbless hooks. The It is now said by the best test made iron workers, as machinery does most of millions of tons of codfish have been taken hook is let down, the squid, which enters in iron, that American iron is ten percent the labor on iron ships, and but little skilled there, but still the yield is undiminished. these bays here by myriads for food, is at- stronger than English. E. Platt Stratton, one labor is required compared with the number Sometimes for two or three years the fish will tracted by the red color claps its arms over of the firm of the Flushing Iron Works, who usually employed in building wooden ships. be scarce, and the report will spread that the the hooks, and is drawn up to its death. But is a practical engineer, and was five years Our machinists are better able to do a day's bank is “fished out,” when suddenly a year as it reaches the surface the novice must be local inspector and two years supervising work than are machinists on the Clyde, for of unprecedented catches will give the lie to on guard, for the squid shoots straight at inspector of steamboats in this district, says; they live better, and have all the materials in the notion. For about six months in the year, its captor his charge of water followed by that an iron ship, built of ordinary American the State for building iron ships. The iron at beginning with May, the codfish swarms, another squirt of inky fluid, which on light iron, could be made ten percent lighter than Katahdin, if smelted, would build the navies not only over the Grand Bank, but in lesser garments is almost indelible. The fishermen if made of English iron, and would be of for the world, and we have copper, lead, zinc size and numbers, along the whole North know the creature's trick, and by skilful equal strength. John Roach in his speech and all the wood for finishing ships. Goss, American shore, from the latitude of New movement induce the squid to deliver his before the National Convention of Ship Sawyer & Company, of Bath, have this sea- York to an unknown distance northward. charges upon one side, then by a quick Owners held at the Board of Trade room in son, turned out one of the finest sea-going They are found from the eastern waters inversion of the hook drop the squid in the Boston, October 7th, 1880, said; that it then steamers ever built in New England (the of Long Island to the further extremities boat. A squid fishing fleet of boats, closely cost ten percent more to build iron ships in steamer STATE OF MAINE). She made of Labrador, and even up to the regions grouped, so as to keep the schools of young this country, than on the Clyde; that ninety eighteen miles an hour on her trial trip. of eternal ice. What lures the cod from the octopi collected, is an animated sight. Each percent, of the cost of iron ships and machin- * * * * * ocean depths to which he goes in winter is man tends three or four lines, and has all he ery, was in labor, and the cost of a ship was Patents issued to Maine Inventors under not certainly known, but it is surmised that can do when squid are around. The bustle per pounds weight. Take these statements as date of September 26, 1882, reported for us he either follows up the small shore fish or of the fishers, the thumping of the squid in facts, and apply them to the State of Maine, by William Franklin Seavey, solicitor of Pat- seeks the sea-cherry-a small red berry that the boats, and the incessant squirts of water and we can soon wipe out the difference in ents, Bangor, Maine: A. C. Both, Portland, often grows on the weedy bottoms where the to a height of several feet in all directions the cost of building iron ships. Dredging machinery. cod is found. It is also pretty well established through the fleet, make up a most -pictur It is now admitted by actual test by that during the summer visit shoreward the esque sea spectacle. The flesh of the squid manufacturers of wire and car wheels, that Page 6. female fish spawns. The immense race of, far has some poisonous quality that makes even our Katahdin Iron is eight percent stronger THE HOME OF THE COD outnumbering all the other large fish of the the tough skins of the fishermen sore by long than other American iron. Now that we have [Newfoundland Letter to N. Y. Post] sea, is accounted for by its fecundity. Nine handling. On the codfish hook its flesh grows millions of eggs have been computed as the white and tough, making very alluring bait. roe of a large specimen, and all the codfish Closely allied to the squid as cod bait caught by man are a mere cipher compared is caplin. The caplin is a small fish, of the with the billions, large and small swallowed salmon species, about the size of the smelt, by sharks and other fish of prey. and very like it in appearance. It never varies One of the greatest curiosities among more than two or three days in the time of its the inhabitants of the deep is the squid, just coming to the Newfoundland shores, where now the orthodox bait for killing the codfish. in late June, it suddenly throngs all the bay The squid is a smaller edition of the huge in prodigious number. A single boy with a devil-fish, or octopus, wonderful specimens small dip net can catch several tons a day, of which have of late years been found on and a few men can readily secure a schoo- the Newfoundland coast. The squid, tak- ner load. The waves dash the caplin on the DONATE YOUR BOAT DISCOUNT POWER TOOLS CORDED POWER TOOLS Good quality boats are wanted to raise funds for the CORDLESS POWER TOOLS International Maritime Library. 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HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1882 shores in great numbers, and the residents RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES Some good farms are to be seen on this often cart them away for manure. Although The FALMOUTH, of the International Page 3. route. At North Hancock, particularly, the a delicious fish, much like the trout in flavor, Line, is being repaired and overhauled, and NOTES BY THE WAY building and fields showed the marks of an the caplin is rarely eaten. After the caplin go will go on the route as the winter boat. From Ellsworth to Harrington -- intelligent yeomanry, aided by good natural away, in July, the squid come in, and after * * * * * Glimpses of Shore Towns -- The Blue- advantages. Coming to Franklin village we them herring, so that Providence has provid- The Yarmouth, Nova Scotia line of berry Barrens find but little change for the last five years; ed a triple series of cod baits, without any steamers has been a great success, and its A correspondent writes the Belfast everything looking as familiar as an old one of which a third of the season would be first season's work will make a good show- journal from Harrington as follows: hat. This place is a relay for the stage lines, lost. ing. From Ellsworth we take the stage road and the stables are well filled with horses. His bait once assured, the fisherman * * * * * to Franklin, some twelve miles distant. We A good deal of lumber is sawed here, and it begins his toilsome season on the fishing It is said to be the purpose of the man- find quite a diversity of scenery presented. is the depot for several smaller places back grounds, seeking the Grand Bank, hereto- agers of the New Brunswick and Canada A portion of the way our road is beside the of it. Obtaining a good dinner at the Relay fore referred to, the inshore fisheries, or the Railway to put a fast steamer on the route saltwater that makes up into the bay, coves House, we start for another lonesome ride coast of Labrador. The fish off Labrador, or between Eastport and St. Andrews next sea- and inlets all along our coast. At low tide of eighteen miles. The country seems to be on the Grand Bank, are always largest and son. The steamer will make two trips per day, these places are far from attractive, but uninhabited and really unfit for agricultural most valuable, but the fisherman there must and the passengers will be ticketed through they have some advantages, after all, for the purposes. The only person we saw for more incur vexatious delays in securing fresh bait to Boston for five dollars. ocean is a great feeder of the human race. than a dozen miles were two gentlemen or in coming shoreward to dry his product. * * * * * Fish abound in these waters, while clams are in a carriage, and soon after a tramp, with His is an arduous and perilous calling. The The steamer CITY OF RICHMOND, plentiful. We noticed one very large summer his valise on his shoulder trudging wearily cod usually bite best at sunset or sunrise, and of the Portland and Bar Harbor line, made hotel with an unpronounceable name, in an along. In a little less than three hours, how- often tug at the lines all night. So by darkness her last trip for the season last Friday. She unattractive locality, reminding us that here, ever, we leisurely enter the busy village of and the day fisher is at his post, save when a has had a splendid summers' business, and as in other places, an obscure nook can be Cherryfield and find good accommodations storm forces him to heave to on the banks, or, those who have traveled on her have been made popular with judicious advertising and for man and beast with Barney McGoul- nearer shore, drives him to port. The rasping well pleased. She proves even faster than a liberal investment of capital. drick, of the Cherryfield House. Here is this line, drawn up often from a depth of 200 feet, before rebuilt, and is much more elegant, cuts his fingers, the poisonous squid and salt convenient and comfortable in all her ap- used in canning the fish, wear the skin to the pointments. That there is no steamer in east- blood; hunger, exposure, danger, are all his ern waters having superior attractions, is the lot. Here in Newfoundland, he fishes also unanimous verdict of the traveling public. for a hard master, the wholesale dealer, who The trips of the LEWISTON are continued furnishes the equipment, taking as security without change. MOTORSPORTS a chattel mortgage, thus bringing the poor, ignorant fisherman in debt at the opening Page 7. of the season. It is reckoned a fair season's The contract for furnishing the granite KYMCO catch if the fisherman comes out with profits coping for the approaches to the U. S. Cus- of $120, on which he must weather through tom House at Chicago, has been awarded to World's #1 Scooter with wife and children piercing winter the Collins Granite Company at $13 a lineal starting at $1499 months. foot. The cod is anything but a gamesome * * * * * fish. A few initial struggles way down in the The dimensions of the 2,000 ton ship, depths, and he come up with a dead pull like building under Captain J. R. Kelley's super- HJC Woody's ZOX a log. Unless very large and hungry he bites vision at the Goss & Sawyer yard in Bath daintily, and out of ten that bite, probably but are: length of keel 226 feet, beam 43 feet 4 Amsoil Carbide Katadin Gear one is hooked. In “trawling” the fisherman inches, depth 27 feet 4 inches. She will be sinks a long rope fitted with short snoods commanded by Captain Henry Otis and will 56 New Meadows Rd., W. Bath, ME 04530 and hooks. The rope is ingeniously buoyed register 2000 tons or more. to logs, to which is attached a staff and flag * * * * * Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-12 in such a way that each wave throws the flag The Times says that over 200 hogsheads in air and signals its spot. Two men in a boat, of sardines were sold at Eastport, Wednes- often several times a day, “under-run” the day. Over $3,000 was paid out for them, the 207-443-9702 trawl - the man in front drawing up and tak- average price being $15 per hogshead. This ing off the fish, while his companion baits. was a great thing for the factories, as for two The “seine” so called, is here a net of great weeks previous a number had been idle, and length and depth, so arranged as to “purse” the few sardines that were taken brought $20 M C N A D V E R T I S E R S at the bottom by a drawn cord, and secure per hogshead. Advertiser Page John's Bay Boat Co. 29 the fish in the same manner that menhaden Alexseal 2 Jonesport Shipyard 7/27 are caught on our coasts. The local title of 13 October Allen Agency 11 Journey's End 16 “trap” is applied to a contrivance much like Page 2. Bamforth Marine 2/30 Kennedy Marine Engineering 6 our fish-pounds, but made entirely of nets. Captain Guy C. Goss of Bath is now in Bath Industrial Sales 22 Kittery Point Yacht Yard 17 The seine and trap are both used effectively San Francisco completing the details of a Billings Diesel & Marine 3 Kustom Steel 6 when the cod is gorged with caplin or squid contract with a newly organized steamship Bluejacket 20 Liferaft Services 3 and refuses to bite. line from San Francisco to Liverpool to build Bowden Marine 9 Maine Built Boats 2 them a 2,500-ton propeller. Brewer South Freeport Marine 19 Maine Yacht Center 17 Brooks Trap Mill 15 Moose Island Marine 7/30 Brunswick Cushion 15 Mystic Seaport 18 C & C Machine 13 Nautilus Marine 2 U. S. Navy News Casco Bay Yachts Sales 31 Ocean Point Marina 31 Continued from Page 21. ishment oiler in service from 1969 to 1993. Chase, Leavitt Co. 6 Ocean Pursuits 15 During her first three deployments, the ship Cod Cove Inn 31 Otis Enterprises 9 Department of the Navy and our industrial made numerous trips to replenish ships on Custom Float Services 31 Owl's Head Transp. Museum 8 base,” said Secretary of the Navy Richard “Yankee Station,” earning four battle stars Dark Harbor Boat Yard 13 Paul Luke, Inc. 20 V. Spencer. “This ship honors the citizens for service during the Vietnam War. Derecktor Robinhood 16 Penobscot Marine Museum 8/20 of Wichita, Kansas for their longstanding The future USS Wichita is a fast, agile, Downeast Lobstermen's Assc 13 Portland Yacht Services 3 Dysart's Great Harbor 2 R. E. Thomas 14 support of the Navy and Marine Corps team focused-mission platform designed for op- Edgecomb Boat Works 15 Richard Stanley Custom Boats 16 and I am confident USS Wichita and crew eration in near-shore environments as well Epifanes 15 Rockport Marine 16 will make our Navy and nation stronger.” as the open-ocean. It is designed to defeat Eric Dow Boatshop 13 Rollins Boat Shop 28 The future USS Wichita is the third na- asymmetric “anti-access” threats such as Farrin’s Boat Shop 17 Royal River Boat Yard 3/28 val vessel to honor Kansas's largest city. The mines, quiet diesel submarines and fast Finestkind Boat Yard 2/25 Rumery's Boatyard 17 first was a heavy cruiser in service from 1939 surface craft. Front Street Shipyard 5 SW Boatworks 16/29 to 1947. Active during World War II, Wich- The LCS class consists of two variants, H&H Marine 17 Samoset Boatworks 16 ita supported amphibious landings during the Freedom variant and the Independence Hallett Sails 14 Seal Cove Boat Yard 6 Operation Torch in November 1942 in the variant, designed and built by two industry Hamilton Marine 32 Smithwick & Mariners 3 Hansen Marine 7 Southport Marine 3 European Theater. She later participated in teams. The Freedom variant team is led by Harding's Book Shop 29 Spartan Marine 29 the Battles of the Philippine Sea and Leyte Lockheed Martin, Marinette, Wis., (for the Hutchinson Composites 2 Webhannet River Bait 31 Gulf and the invasion of Okinawa in 1944 in odd-numbered hulls). The Independence Infab 28 West Marine Transport 5 the Pacific Theater. Wichita earned 13 battle variant team is led by Austal USA, Mo- Johanson Boatworks 11/28 York's Marine 19 stars for wartime service. The second USS bile, Ala., (for LCS 6 and the subsequent John Williams Boat Co. 3 Wichita (AOR 1) was a first-in-class replen- even-numbered hulls). Page 24. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2019

HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1882 village everybody is busy, and there is an is a clay loam, but by a liberal use of old fields is skirted by tall forest trees, mostly equi-distant from either shore. It is 12 miles appearance of good times. lime, ashes, ground bone and the ordinary pine, which affords a very pleasant home in length, and from 2 rods to 2 miles wide. The next morning we take a drive of six- manures, the character of the soil has be- picture. We shall get much valuable infor- Hugh's Point and its extension (Abraham's teen miles to Beddington, passing through come so ameliorated as to grow anything, mation from this farm in the future. mountain) is the most prominent point on the village of Deblois. On this drive we again and herein is the first lesson. Last year the J. Merryman’s farm borders the Levant the island. The description above does not pass over the barrens. In this section of the apple product was over 500 bushels, but road, and is in the southwest corner of Glen- approach the reality of the view as seen State are large tracts of land where nothing this season for various reasons it will be not burn near Bangor line. His farm is good or- from Abraham's mountain, which is a bluff but shrubs and bushes are to be seen. Here over 200 bushels. One of his Alexander trees chard land and some among his 200 trees are half a mile in length on the shore of the Bay blueberries abound and the large plains are however is an exception to this season's pro- very productive. During the past eight years and 136 feet high. Some points are nearly frequented by the pickers during the season. ductiveness, the strength of the limbs being he has kept 100 to 250 hens and finds them perpendicular. The view from here is simply They take their tents and camp out, living taxed to the utmost in sustaining their burden very profitable when well managed. He has magnificent. Looking up the Bay northward there sometimes several weeks, or through of large red apples, estimated at about ten experimented with all the different breeds for a starting point, then swinging around the the berry time. Plenty of the berries are to be bushels. He has contracted this variety of and now gives the preference to the white circle to starting place, we behold Fort Point found at this date beside the road, and being apples this year at $2.00 per barrel, with the and brown leghorn for their laying qualities Hotel and lighthouse, Castine, Bagaduce tempted by some very fine looking ones we barrels furnished by the buyer. A heavily and the light brahma for poultry. He has reach, Brooksville, Cape Rosier, Eggemog- stopped the horse and ate our fill. On many laden fruit tree or vine is one of the most determined to increase his stock from 300 gin Reach, Pumpkin Island Light, both Deer of the roads here, no fences are to be seen. pleasing pictures in nature, and this should to 500 and give them the run of his orchard Isles, Blue Hill mountains, Green Mountain We presume the land is not worth fencing. in itself be considered among the rewards of by which his trees will receive much benefit. on Mount Desert, Isle au Haut, Vinalhaven At Beddington we find quite a different set- the intelligent fruit grower. Mr. Noyes thinks His experience has demonstrated to him that and many others great and small, both bays tlement. The business is, however, mostly that the genuine old Baldwin apple is the hens may be so managed as greatly to in- Eastern and Western, Old Ocean, Camden lumbering, and farming is only a secondary best we yet have for a home winter apple or crease the productiveness of an orchard, and and its mountains, Northport, Belfast and object. There is a nice schoolhouse, town to be raised extensively for export. He says he thinks that system of farming operations Searsport. The numerous bays, coves, hall, etc., and societies of various kinds. that generally orchardists cultivate too many should be practiced that combines the most capes and promontories of the island all From here we had a pleasant ride, to Upper varieties, which has been brought about in a advantages. He intends to graft the most of are before you. As before stated one side of Beddington, where the ground rises so that great measure by fruit tree agents wishing to his trees to the best of winter fruit and finds the mountain looks nearly perpendicularly we can see a large extent of territory in every dispose of a few kinds which have been rec- that the true policy at the preset time. down upon Eastern Bay, while the other direction. For fourteen miles above here ommended by various parties. Among the slopes gradually towards Fletcher's cove, there are but three houses, and we gladly most profitable fall apples he recommends ISLESBORO with its sand beaches and cottages peeping turned towards the coast. the Gravenstein and Duchess. For hens he [From an occasional correspondent] through the evergreens. This mountain was a Milbridge seems to be in a flourishing rather gives the preference to the Plymouth Maine was formerly noted for its lum- great resort for British officers from Castine, condition and everybody reports a busy Rock and keeps about 40 of that blood. His ber and fisheries. Of late years the discovery who came here for pleasure and hunting for season. The canning factories here give em- hogs are the White Chester, and he is well has been made that there is something be- rabbits, that apparently have not diminished ployment to quite a number of people, and pleased with that breed. He believes in sheep neath the soil as well as above it. Instead of in number. At the foot of the mountain near considerable business is done in navigation. as a profitable farm stock and likes to have being a good place to emigrate from, it is at- a small island is quite a noted place for Here, as in other places, we see a good deal a few about his premises, and has now 20. tracting visitors from all parts of the Union. catching salmon as they go up the river. of building and repairing going on. At Har- A fine full blooded Cotswold buck from the The future geography will say: Maine is not This place is exciting considerable rington we find familiar faces, and stop with Mattocks flock at Portland is now with them. only noted for lumber and men, but also for interest lately, as its beauties are becoming our old friend, Simeon Coffin, who, with He has recently received from Vermont two mines, ice, and summer resorts. It can truly known. The southerly point of the island the assistance of his efficient wife, has for full blood buck merino lambs, which are pets be said, the whole Atlantic and Gulf coast a mile in length, has been purchased by a years dispensed the cheerful hospitality of on his premises. does not present so many attractions as are wealthy Boston gentleman. At Fletcher's a wayside inn. We find there has been much A mile or more out on the same road to be found in Penobscot and Frenchman's Cove many cottage lots have been sold and improvement here within the past few years, and known as the Levant road is the home of Bays. three cottages erected, and many others will and several fine buildings have been erected. Elijah Smith. The land which is highly cul- Innumerable islands, bold shores, sand be built in the spring. Much work has been Shipbuilding is quite extensively carried on tivated consists of 60 acres and this season beaches, a healthy summer air, free from done trimming up the evergreens, clearing here, as Harrington river, as it is called, (it yielded 100 tons of hay. His house, barn and malaria, all unite in making this the summer and lotting the land, as well as cutting streets is really saltwater) will at high tide float out other outbuildings are large and elaborately resort of denizens in our coast cities, for all through the trees, that gives an unobstructed a vessel of quite heavy tonnage. Quite an constructed and bear evidence of thrift and time to come. An article in the September view from the height upon the beaches and amount of capital is invested in navigation prosperity. He has 3 acres in wheat which “Century” gives a glowing account of sparkling cove. A wharf is to be built by and the place is wealthy for one of its size. he estimates at 90 bushels; 2 acres turnips, Castine and its surroundings. A writer in landholders upon the island. Probably next In the northwest corner of the town is the 1,000 bushels; and 3 acres of potatoes, 600 "Picturesque Maine" says: season the CIMBRIA and LEWISTON both "Base Line Road" that was built at the cost bushels. His stock are high grade Hereford. “It would be hard to find, this side of will make regular landings here. The place of several thousand dollars for the U. S. One of his cows, 3 years old last spring, is the Aegean Sea and Bosphorus, a more is well watered by natural springs of the Coast Survey. It is now sometimes used for very remarkable for her size and beauty and charming sail than that which lies between purest water. “Views of the Penobscot Bay”, pleasure drives. $110 was her estimated worth, for beef last Rockland and Mount Desert, over the bright taken from Mount Abraham, will soon be * * * * * spring. Other very noteworthy animals are waters of Penobscot Bay, and sheltered from on exhibition at Weston's. After the wharf There was launched from the yard of two pairs of twin steers one year old last the long swell of the ocean by breakwaters and hotel are built this will certainly be an C. V. Minot, Esq. at Phippsburg on Tuesday spring, whose girth is now 6 feet each, and of islands. The tall mountains of Camden attractive place for our summer excursions, last one of the finest ships ever built on the 4 calves equally as promising. These are and the blue peaks of Mount Desert spring free from dust and heat, and just far enough Kennebec. Her tonnage is 1,734. She is rated all of his own raising and their mothers are apparently from the distant waves, and the from Bangor for a pleasant sail and time for A1 for 15 years in the American and French now in his herd. He thinks the Herefords myriads of islands diversify the view, some recreation and sight seeing ashore Lloyds. Her name is BERLIN. Her model are superior for beef and working oxen, but of them more bits of rock and trees, where denotes great speed coupled with great not so profitable for their milking qualities birds alone may dwell, and others so large Page 7. carrying capacity. Her cabin is 52 feet long as some other breeds. His water supply for as to sustain white hamlets of fishermen, FISH AND GAME and is elegantly finished in mahogany and his whole establishment is obtained from a with sentinel spires answering the “All's The fish hatchery at Oxford, Nova Sco- rosewood and satin wood. There are eight spring 80 rods distant, through the agency Well” of the mainland church towers, and tia, was partly destroyed by rowdies lately. staterooms finished with the same woods of a patent eclipse wind mill which forces slender masts rising from the sheltering * * * * * all of them very large and roomy. The cost water through a galvanized iron pipe into a coves. Over the blue waters the staunch Large strings of smelts are now being of this fine craft comes well up to $100,000. reservoir in his buildings, which contains little fishing boats dance merrily, with their taken by hook and line off the wharves at Among her owners are James D. White of 8000 gallons, from which pipes carry it to white sails filled by the fresh breezes, and Calais by the boys. Bath, who owns 1/16th and Captain Frank all parts of his premises where it is needed. their decks manned by the bronzed Vikings D. Whitmore, who will command her 1/8th. His water supply arrangements have cost of New England's peaceful marine; and the RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES The BERLIN will either load at New York him about $600. Across the valley towards gallant flotillas of dories rock on the waves, It is proposed to have a steamboat land- with case oil for Japan or will lay-on for an Broadway he owns the Buker farm of 80 while their occupants pursue schools of fish ing near Union Bluff next year, and a compa- assorted cargo for San Francisco. acres where he cuts 100 tons of hay, the entangled among the islands. The aromatic ny has been formed. The capital stock, $500, Woodward farm of 20 acres which yielded fragrance of the forests blends with the brac- is all subscribed and one of the draughtsmen Page 5. 50 tons of hay this season and the Burleigh ing air of the ocean, and the distant sounds on Kittery Navy Yard is making plans and TALKS WITH THE FARMERS farm of 30 acres, which he will bring up to of farm mingle with the melody of lashing specifications thereto. On Ohio street at the western edge of high cultivation in the future. He believes waves and the weird cries of sea birds. The * * * * * the city, are the fine buildings and grounds that the road to profitable farming is to put arrangements of the shores and islands and A Portland paper says that it is under- belonging to Arthur F. Noyes. About 5 acres the land into condition to yield good crops. the breezy sea is almost rhythmic in its grace stood that the Allan Line of steamers will are devoted to fruit raising, gardening and From here we went to Herman W. Grif- and symmetry, and has a charming kaleido- resume the direct communication between the cultivation of flowers, plants and grapes, fin's farm, on the northwestern Avenue road, scopic effect as seen from the deck of the Portland and Liverpool, which prevailed un- under glass. This is the old homestead of which consists of 270 acres and yielded 200 advancing vessel.” til within a few years, and that the steamers his father Albert Noyes, who was for sev- tons of hay. Mr. Griffin has now a flock of If one wishes to behold all this, and employed will be the finest in the service. eral years President of the Maine Poultry 100 selected sheep, and will give special more, let him go to “Hugh's Point” on the There is also a possibility, under certain cir- Association, and an active promoter of an attention to this branch of farm stock in the Castine shore of Long Island. The island cumstances, that the Beaver line may return improved agriculture in all forms. The soil future. The western edge of one of his large itself is in the centre of Penobscot Bay, to Portland. February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 25. Maine Fishermen's Forum Samoset Resort, Rockport, Maine 28 February to 2 March

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* * * * * brightness of a winter sun. The approach One of Maine’s resources of wealth the The Portland Steam Packet Company The steamer MOUNT DESERT, which from the sea is truly picturesque. The coast Bath Times says: “ It has been said, and prob- is officered by men of extended experience. recently met with an accident to her machin- is rocky and irregular, and deeply indented ably with truth, that the raising of freshwater Captain John B. Coyle, Sr., a veteran steam- ery, is being repaired at Rockland. It was at by the ocean which foams over rocks and fish will pay as well if not better than any boat man, and many years ago a prominent first thought that the steamer would have ledges, fringing its intense blue with a border other kind of farming. Maine with its numer- engineer on the ocean, is the general manag- to be towed to East Boston for the repairs, of dazzling whiteness. The projecting points ous pond, lakelets, and running streams of all er of the company. Mr. John B. Coyle, Jr., on but this has been found unnecessary. The are crowned with lighthouses of massive sizes, affords as good opportunities for fish the apex of steamboat fame and in the prime machinery will be made at East Boston, sent construction, which by day loom afar over raising for profit at any country on the face of of a full and noble manhood, is the active to Rockland, and the MOUNT DESERT will the waters, and by night blaze forth like so the earth. Seth Green, the noted pisculturist, agent. Mr. John T. Liscomb is the secretary, be running again, it is expected, in about a many Cyclopean eyes, glaring through the says, ‘Expend one hundredth part of the sum treasurer and general passenger agent, and week. The MOUNT DESERT will probably dark shadows of the blackest tempest. The spent in tilling the land in tilling the water, there is none better on the Atlantic coast. make two trips per week between Rockland city is eminently fitted to be a “Ruler of the and fish may be sold in our market at two The new steamer will be completed next and Bangor this fall, running on the days water and their powers”. The force of the sea, cents a pound.’ Most of the bodies of fresh- spring, in the interim of which we hope to not provided for by the four trips a week wild and billowy without, is first broken by water in this State, or this past of the State, note her progress toward completion, be- arrangement of the large steamers. the Cape, then by the island-bulwarks of the are worthless as feed producers, inhabited sides giving a detailed description of her in city, and finally by the inner breakwater. The only by various pickerel, that nightmare of the near future. Page 8. turbulent waves, gradually subdued, creep the fish tribe, who goes about everywhere MAINE METROPOLIS - PORTLAND smoothly to her feet, and seem to acknowl- seeking whom he may devour, and will even Page 4. [Correspondence of the Boston Travel- edge her sway over them. digest a trolling spoon if his internals are in RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES. er] The streets of the city are, for the most good working order. There is however a fish The International Steamship Company As seen from its spacious harbor the city part, wide and handsome. Nearly all the that has been brought recently to notice, or have purchased the Portland Steam Packet of Portland seems a place fitted to awaken finer buildings have been erected since the invented, so to speak, which is not only a Company’s interest in the steamer FAL- the admiring interest of visitors, and the love fire of 1866, but there are still remain some match for pickerel on his own door step, but MOUTH. of its inhabitants. It is indeed a city with a of those old mansions, relics of the earliest which as a game and a food fish is superior to * * * * * history, and one of the proudest monuments prosperity of the place, which were spared the trout itself that is the black bass. The fish The International Steamship Com- of New England pluck and perseverance. by the conflagration. Square, ample and of may be propagated with ease where pickerel pany’s steamers STATE OF MAINE and As such it awakens a special interest in the solid and handsome construction, they seem abound. Fifty or two hundred fish that will FALMOUTH are to be placed on the route people of this section. Its earlier annals are the embodiment of ancient hospitality. But spawn the next season, will, in a few years, between St. John and Boston, during the written with fire and sword. Twice destroyed far more numerous are the handsome dwell- produce an incredible number, and pond that winter. by French and Indians, and once by the Brit- ings of modern construction. The streets have heretofore produced only a scanty sup- * * * * * ish, it was afterwards swept by the disastrous devoted to dwelling houses in the most ply of pickerel will furnish a large amount of The steamer ELECTA makes one trip a fire in 1866, which left ten thousand of its aristocratic quarter are shaded by trees that wholesome and delicious food. Mr. Stirling, day between Sullivan and Bar Harbor, and inhabitants homeless. From all these trials surpass anything of the kind commonly seen of Ohio, says that this fish may be produced return. She leaves Sullivan at 7 o’clock in it has risen stronger than before and the in a city. Huge, shadowy elms spread their in quantities that will pay better than any the morning and arrives at about six in the persistent spirit and renewed strength with mass of shade from side to side of the street, other kind of farming. The Sagadahoc Game evening. which it has risen, resembles that of the giant forming the most perfect wall. These are and Fish Association have stocked a number * * * * * slain by Hercules, who as often as he was kept continually moist, and furnish pleasant of ponds in this county with black bass, and The Augusta Journal says that the thrown to the earth arose again with redou- driving in the warmest summer weather. are watching for the result of their efforts.” stockholders in the Kennebec and Booth- bled vigor. A marble slab on the front of a The Falmouth Hotel, situated on the bay Steamboat Company met in office of block on one of its principal thoroughfares, corner of Middle and Union streets, is a Page 3. A. C. Stilphen, Esq., Gardiner, Saturday, records a striking manner the ravages of fire, magnificent seven-story structure, fitted THE NEW PORTLAND STEAMER. and choose directors. Hon. P. O. Vickery and the indomitable energy of the owners with every modern convenience. The Preble Steamship building is reviving on the was subsequently chosen president of the of the property: “Homestead of Benjamin House, on Congress street, has had many seaboard in a wonderful degree. The old organization. It is the intention of the com- Mussey, A. D. 1799; Mussey’s row begun handsome improvements made to it lately. It vessels are being rapidly replaced by new pany to build a steamer costing $25,000 to by his son, John Mussey, in 1799; completed is shaded in front by tall dark elms that rise to and finer craft, with greater power, supe- ply between Augusta and the islands next in 1801. Partially burnt, and rebuilt by him its lofty roof, and make its front a convenient rior outfit and enlarged accommodations, summer. The hull is to be built in Bath, and in 1815. Partially burnt, and rebuilt in 1852 post of observation for sojourners facing, as with abundance of comfort for passenger the boat is to be completed by May 1st. by his son John Mussey. Wholly burnt, and it does, the principal street. Congress street traffic. The steamers MASSACHUSETTS rebuilt in 1856 by the same. Wholly burnt in runs through the middle of the city from end and RHODE ISLAND, of the New York Page 6. the great fire of July 4th and 5th, 1866, and to end. It is a busy street, rather handsome, and Providence Line, are some of the latest FISH AND GAME. rebuilt by same.” and presenting somewhat the appearance palatial crafts placed on Long Island Sound, A horse mackerel, weighing 1200 In commercial facilities for transit trade of Market street, Philadelphia, though on a which it was said, at first were too costly, at pounds, has been captured in Bay du Chal- Portland is well-nigh unexcelled in the coun- smaller scale. On this street, at the head of a million dollars apiece, to ever pay running eur. try. Its harbor is wonderfully commodious, Exchange, rises the handsome stone front expenses. This fallacy long ago exploded, * * * * * deep and sheltered. The main channel by of the City Hall, and its gilded dome attain- and, as proof that such costly steamers are The New Brunswick Fish Company which it is entered is about forty feet deep ing a height of 160 feet. Near at hand, on profitable investments and rewarded by have erected a freezer store and residence at low tide, while within the largest vessels Exchange street, the post office occupies a increased public patronage, is evidenced by at Inkerman, Gloucester county. may ride safely at anchor. It was the only har- square. It is a beautiful marble building, and the new and similar vessels being contracted * * * * * bor on the Atlantic coast that afforded easy architecturally the finest structure in Port- for by old steamboat corporations, prepara- Large quantities of herring are now be- access to the GREAT EASTERN. In point land. The interest of science are represented tory to next season’s business. ing caught by the fishermen. They are caught of safety it seems as if nature had especially by the Society of Natural History, which has One of the oldest steamboat companies in nets, mostly by night, and are worth about exerted herself to render this shelter a perfect lately erected a fine building, and possesses on the coast is the Portland Steam Packet $3 per barrel. one. Large islands and jutting promontories many valuable curiosities, some of which Company, of Portland, Maine, which runs * * * * * shut it in on every side. The islands are the are exceeding rare. Public libraries are ac- a daily line between Boston and Portland, After all, the fishery in some parts natural ramparts of the city. Green, beauti- cessible to all, on payment of a nominal fee. at the popular price of one dollar each way. of Newfoundland will be a fair catch. At ful, and sloping gently to the water on the The climate is delightful for a place so This line has been running good (????) but, Donavista the fishery improved up to the landward side, toward the sea they tower, far north. In the early fall it approaches per- to be up with the times and to be consistent usual catch of former years, so that the peo- into lofty rocks, reaching their climax in fection. The occasional visit of the sea fog with their usual enterprise, they have con- ple consider themselves safe for the coming the tall and precipitous cliff of White Head. is a considerable drawback, but this is not tracted for a new, large and palatial steamer, winter. Fine weather and fish in great abun- On these rocks the roaring surf, that would very frequent. Portland is specially suited to to be 250 feet long in the keel, 37 feet beam dance was the report from the Grand Banks otherwise fill the harbor with commotion, excursionists, and finds varied amusements and 12 feet 3 inches depth of hold. Her sa- in St. John’s about the last of September. The dashes itself in impotent rage. The scenes for all. Numerous steamboats run to the loon cabin will have 10 staterooms, finely fishery has about ended for the season at St. within the harbor are beautiful, with all the islands in the harbor at short intervals, and fitted up and in keeping with the elegance Pierre, Miq., and several hundred men left strange blended beauty of land and water. they are always well patronized. Bathing, of the cable. There will also be the usual the island last week for France. The fishery is The shipping witnessed by the island fishing, boating, bowling and billiards are lower cabin and ladies’ saloon, with berths to a good average one. [North Sydney Herald] excursionist if “alone worth the price of among the amusements, which the islands accommodate about three hundred people, admission.” The inner harbor is generally furnish. VIATOR which, with the staterooms, will provide NUGGETS. thronged with coasters and fishing vessels, sleeping accommodations for about 550 It is reported that there is a syndicate in stout barques and brigs, often trans-oceanic, EASTERN INDUSTRIES passengers. Her engines will be built at the Portland holding 5,000 barrels of mackerel and dashing yachts. At the foot of India street McDonald and Brown have laid the keel Quintard Works, New York city, and will for speculation, and also that quite a quantity are the wharves of the great steamships of for Captain Mark Gray's schooner, at their have cylinder diameters of 52 inches, with of the same fish is held in Boothbay for the the Allan line, which ply between Liverpool yard in Belfast 11 feet stroke. Her boiler, the dimensions same purpose. and Portland, and often make their appear- of which we have not ascertained, will be * * * * * ance in winter with their mightily bulwarks 20 October 60 tons in weight. She will be very fast, and At a regular meeting of the lighthouse shattered by the heavy seas, and their spars Page 2. ought to make, with her power, 18 miles board last week, it was decided to discontin- and rigging covered with ice, presenting a THE CULTURE OF FRESH WATER an hour on an ordinary business trip in fair ue the west light at Cape Elizabeth, Maine, dazzling effect as it glistens under frosty FISH. weather. and to remove the revolving machinery in February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27. HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1882 that tower to the east lighthouse. A saving possibly some of the stone will be obtained the buttress immediately under Education. It proposed in Bath, Maine, is designed to meet of $3,000 per annum will be effected by this from private parties who will quarry for the was cut at Hallowell, and is five by three feet. the emergency. It is seen that steam is used to action. It was also decided, in the interests contractor alone. [Rockland Courier] Steps have been taken by members of the pursue the whale, to capture seal, to explore of economy, to discontinue one of the two American Law Association to raise money the Arctic seas. It has also taken away the lights on Matinicus Rock, Maine. These Page 8. to furnish a statue of Law. larger part of the tropical fruit trade, and reductions were made necessary by the EASTERN INDUSTRIES. * * * * * more lately is disputing with sail craft for the reduced appropriation of Congress for pay Two vessels are probably to be built in Captain Haggett, of Bath, Maine, was in sugar trade from Cuban ports. Occasionally, of lighthouse keepers, which is $25,000 less Machias next year. The Messrs. Gardner, Bangor, Saturday, in search of workmen. He steamers are engaged in the transportation than for the previous year. Shaw and others expect to build one and is a member of the large shipbuilding firm of lumber, the last stronghold for the wood- * * * * * William C. Holway, Nash and others will of Goss, Sawyer & Packard, and says their en sailing vessel, and in Europe steamers Patents issued to Maine Inventors un- probably build one. yards are overflowing with work. In fact they conveying timber are already counted by der date of October 10, 1882, reported for * * * * * had to refuse work. They would have taken thousands. That our old shipbuilders are us by William Franklin Seavey, solicitor The proprietors of the Georges River the contract for building the new steamer preparing for a “new departure,” is further of patents, Bangor, Maine: Henry P. Fiske, Ice Company, of Cushing, have completed CUMBERLAND for the Portland Steam seen in the proposed establishment of an iron Portland, box, (two patents); A. M. Green- their dam, and their pond is nearly full of Packet Company, but they could not possi- shipyard at Alexandria, the Potomac Manu- wood, Phillips, treadle; George A. Marsh, water. Work on the wharf has been com- bly do the work in season. Captain Haggett facturing Company having just re-organized Brunswick, machine for heading cans; L. menced, and will be rapidly pushed towards says the new iron shipbuilding works in that by electing Captain Goss, of Bath, Maine, as S. Sanborn, Portland, mail tag holder; John completion. city is an assured fact, and $90,000 of the president for the purpose of developing this S. and George N. Getchell, Houlton, hoe * * * * * required $100,000 is raised. plan. Associated in the enterprise are gentle- cultivator; Charles J. Higgins, Hallowell, We understand that the sardine factory * * * * * men from the East and West, from Michigan lantern attachment; J. H. Baxter, Portland, at East Lamoine is doing a good business; Bacon, Robinson & Company, of this and Massachusetts. Iron shipbuilding on the putting up dried fish. Whole number for the they have taken care of over a hundred bush- city, whose general office is on Kenduskeag northern lakes is constantly assuming more week, 388. els a day during the week and that amount Bridge, have extensive coal yards and importance. Should American tonnage once of fish will make a large number of boxes of wharves on Front street where they handle more be in demand, this branch of industry Page 7. sardines. 10,000 tons of coal yearly. They are also the would start up with surprising rapidity. EASTERN INDUSTRIES. * * * * * owners of the Penobscot River Ice Company [American Ship] The Union says that the sardine factory Mr. C. J. Hall, at the Belfast foundry, and housed last winter 17,000 tons of ice. * * * * * at Milbridge is importing fish from all quar- has begun on the foundation of his pier. It They own tracts of land in Greenfield and A Miss Cushman of Boston has recently ters and doing a fair business. The fish weirs will extend off from the shore 60 or 70 feet. Upper Stillwater where they obtain their purchased in Portland harbor a large portion at Bolsbubert have been a perfect failure. A few days since Hall shipped to Ellsworth wood and charcoal to supply their customers of the lower end of Peaks’ Island, including * * * * * one of his patent saw mills, the first which and also obtain various kinds of lumber and Evergreen and Trefethen’s Landing, and has Captain Arey’s new schooner in Rock- has left his establishment. timber. Their entire business employs 25 employed Mr. Charles H. Howe, civil engi- land, at the South End, will be ready to * * * * * men and 16 horses on an average during the neer, to lay out roads, etc., upon the property. launch the 28th inst. and Captain Pillsbury’s At Bath, Maine, on the 14th inst., Goss, year. Among contemplated improvements are at the Starrett yard is nearly finished and will Sawyer & Packard launched the steam the construction of a pier, to be used as a be about, if not quite, ready to go into the barque MENDOYA, of 735 tons, having an 27 October steamer landing, and the building of a log water at the same time. engine of 175 horsepower, designed for the Page 3. house, to be occupied as a summer residence * * * * * South American trade. She hails from New NUGGETS. by the purchaser. The material for the latter The Union says the New England York, and is to be commanded by George W. The Press says officers from the Port- will be furnished by the dead trees upon the sardine company at Lubec employs about Tucker, of Bath. land Custom House returned from Hallow- island. No doubt this novel structure will 100 persons. Pay roll and disbursements in * * * * * ell, Saturday, where they have been quaran- be succeeded by others of the same style, busiest seasons amount to $1,000 to $1,400 Hiram T. Jones who is now at the office tining 80 head of thoroughbred Herefords. the material for such building being very per week. The capacity of the factory is 800 of the Hinckley & Egery Iron Company, These cattle, imported by J. R. Bodwell, abundant on the island. to 1000 cases weekly. Bangor, is a native of Turk’s Island, where Esq., from England, for breeding purposes, * * * * * * * * * * he now owns extensive salt works. He has were received at Boston, thence proceeded BAR HARBOR. — Improvements are The preparation of the foundation for been here six years and now imports salt to by vessel direct to Hallowell. By permission going on at Bar Harbor. The Herald prints the buildings of the Bath Shipbuilding this city, Boston and other eastern ports. He of the government they were allowed to be the following items: Colonel Lawrence’s Company is progressing under the direction has up to this time, this season, landed nine quarantined at Hallowell. house on Maiden Hill is progressing finely. of Mr. Coombs. It is in contemplation, we cargoes, amounting to 155,000 bushels. It On Eagle Lake road Mr. Pray is building a believe, to erect the buildings in a block is used in the curing of meats and fish, and Page 5. very pretty cottage. Mr. Fox is arranging running east and west on the lot bought of is finding a quick sale in all New England NEW IRON SHIPYARDS. the grounds around the Malvern in beautiful the heirs of William Rice, having a length ports. There is a disposition in several quarters style. Mr. Cochrane’s cottage, adjoining that of 380 feet and a uniform width of 60 feet. * * * * * to engage in iron shipbuilding, and, contrary of Mr. Sears, is finely progressing. Mr. Bar- The machine shop, which occupies the site The St. John Daily Suns says: The her- to what might be expected the movement ron is to have charge of the building of Mrs. of the old saw mill, has a length of 132 feet, ring fishing fleet from St. John this winter does not originate among rivals to the old and Miss Bowler’s cottage. Still another and the foundation of this building will be will be reinforced by some new vessels. wooden shipyards, it being a fact that the road has been lately opened to Maiden Hill. completed at an early day. Then comes the Hitherto most of the fishing has been done latter are foremost in taking the initiative. It goes through the ground of Mr. Whiting, smithy with a length of 48 feet; the boiler in small open boats, but for the better protec- The old builders apparently see that the of Ellsworth. Mr. Charles Higgins, of the shop, 72 feet; the foundry, 96 feet; and, last tion of life among the fishermen larger craft tendency of events is toward a more gen- Deering House, is swinging that snug little and nearest the street, the carpenter’s shop, are being used by them. The bounty given to eral adoption of iron, and that it is vain to hotel around preparatory to building the 36 feet. [Bath Times] the fishermen by the Dominion Government oppose the irresistible. They do not neces- contemplated new wing on Main street. The * * * * * has considerable to do with the present boom sarily assume that hulls exclusively of iron fishing season has closed and although fish Captain John F. Hamilton, the contrac- among them in building and buying vessels or steel are to supersede all others, but they have been very scarce, the price has been tor from Portland, who is to do the work for the business. believe in steam auxiliaries; the advantage so high that the fishermen have made a very on the breakwater in Rockland Harbor, * * * * * of speedy transportation in these fast days good summer’s work. Mr. C. J. Morrill, of commenced operations Monday, and will The Portland Packing Company fin- being more important than the economy Boston, a well-known summer resident at continue as long as the weather permits. ished canning corn at Vassalboro last week. of wind propulsion. There may be little to Bar Harbor, has purchased thirty acres of The appropriation for the work now com- They have put up over 200,000 cans, em- choose between iron and wood for vessels land on the Isle au Haut. He will enclose the menced is $40,000, being double the amount ploying 100 hands, running 17 days. The in the coastwise service, where there is much same and build a cottage thereon this winter. appropriated before. The present work will amount put up was about one-half what depth of water, for internal transportation, Mr. Musgrave is erecting a fine tower, the be an extension of the already built from it would have been had the season been but there is a demand for auxiliary boilers lower part of which is stone, on the shore Jameson’s Point, and will build an addition- favorable, but enough has been raised to and machinery. “The Goss Iron Works,” now border of his estate, and will soon attach a al length of nearly 500 feet, making when satisfy the farmers that it is a paying crop. done 1300 feet of the 1900 from high water, It has been a great help to our village, giving as at present designed. On account of the employment to a large number of boys and Shipyard Brokerage increased price of stone and freighting, and girls, and leaving quite a large amount of the greater depth of water, the present appro- money. This company pays for the corn as at Jonesport Shipyard (207) 497-2701 www.jonesportshipyard.com priation will not build so much in length as soon as delivered. [email protected] is already finished. The structure will be 29 * * * * * feet deep where the work begins and on the The granite statue of Education was Power: bottom about 100 feet in width and 10 feet placed in its position on the Pilgrim national 41' Libby w/Offshore Permit, 2005. $275,000. wide on the top. There will be employed on monument at Plymouth on Saturday. The the work some twelve different stone sloops, statue was cut from a single block of gran- Sail: each one putting in an equal portion of the ite, and weighs nearly 25 tons. The model 17' Herreshoff Buzzards Bay 14 Sloop, 1977. 19,500. whole amount. The stone will be obtained was made by Doyle, the New York sculptor. 23' San Francisco Super Pelican, 2010, $7,500. from all the quarries, from Spruce Head to The marble bas-relief of the signing of the Green’s Landing, as fast as it is made, and compact has also been placed in position in Page 28. MAINE COASTAL NEWS February 2019

HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1882 bowling alley to the rear of it. On Strawber- build a vessel of about 1,400 tons register for benches for 45 sealers to work at the same ice are still stored along the Kennebec. Pric- ry Hill another new road has been opened, Messrs. O. Emery & Company and others. time. A steam engine works the pumps and es have been too low to make much money developing some charming building sites on Her dimensions will be 194 feet keel, 30 feet is used to lighten and hasten the work gen- on ice this year. It is said that one gentleman Mrs. Pendleton’s land. The view from this in the beam and 23 feet 3 inches hold, and erally. has recently sold the whole contents of his hill is delightful. Colonel Holland’s opera will probably be bark rigged. She is building * * * * * houses for sixty cents a ton, a ruinous price; house is soon to be “started.” The colonel under a 12-year’s class. The Bath Times says: The cranberry and that he was offered $1.25 per ton earlier himself has gone for the week to Bangor * * * * * crop has not failed in this region. At Hun- in the season and refused to sell. The latter and Portland looking up lumber, etc. Mr. Messrs. Webster & Walker of the Bod- newell’s Point, as we learn from the well- figures would have given him a profit, on John F. Clark will superintend the construc- well Granite Company, were at Jonesboro known proprietor of the Eureka House, the generally accepted basis that $1 per ton tion of the new block. Mr. Parker, at Bass last week. They spent several days hunting about 160 barrels of cranberries were raised pays for putting up and shipping the ice and Harbor, has shipped ten cargoes of fish and for game up river. It is talk that the Jonesboro and sold in Boston markets. Hunnewell’s builds the ice houses. One Androscoggin oil this summer. He has taken 6,000 quintals Lumber Company will build a schooner next Point cranberries bring $8.50 per barrel in man is said to own, still, all the ice he put since May. His wharf and buildings are to year of about 175 tons. The new dam enabled the market and rank next to the Cape Cod up, and to be $2,000 to $3,000 out of pocket. be enlarged for the purpose of doing more millmen to saw lumber during much of the cranberries. They are fully equal to the latter, A large ice crop will be harvested this year, business. Mr. Parker is a smart businessman recent dry season; the water is utilized by even in flavor, but lack the depth of color nevertheless. Fewer outside speculators will and his neighbors would like to have more having a tight dam. There are about twenty that more thorough cultivation affords. It go in. from Massachusetts of the same sort. On the hands employed in the quarry. The company costs about $2.50 per barrel to raise, pick Schooner Head road Mr. Coles is engaged in intend to do more lumbering next winter and furnish barrels for cranberries. It is very RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP NOTES. moving two of the cottages that stood near than before in one season. plain that Hunnewell’s Point has cleared Mr. Charles B. Harrington of Bath has the entrance to his grounds to the shore in * * * * * nearly $1,000 on the cranberry crop. They made a model for the proposed new steamer the field adjoining his house lot. Through the The Eastport Fish Packing Company grow mostly between the Eureka House and to ply between Augusta and the islands. field several ditches are being run. occupies a building on Brown’s wharf, Cap- Cobb’s and are all handpicked. * * * * * tain Warren Brown proprietor; the company * * * * * Owing to the very able management of Page 7. pack sardines, lobsters and blueberries. The The indications are that a smaller crop the Hon. E. Cushing, the Portland, Bangor & EASTERN INDUSTRIES. capacity is about 800 cases per week, em- of ice will be cut this coming season on the Machias Steamboat Company have declared The sardine factories in Jonesport are ploying 150 hands. In this factory is one of Kennebec than was cut last winter. A large a dividend of ten percent, and have a good shut down for the season, which has been a the large patent ovens so useful in the sardine percentage of the ice stored last season yet working surplus left. prosperous one. business, it is 12 x 16 and 22 feet high. It will remains in the houses, the amount to be * * * * * bake 1½ hogshead of fish at one time, and do carried over at various points along the river Messrs. W. & R. Wallace, Gardner’s this in fifteen minutes when the work goes aggregating not less than 175,000 tons and Creek, New Brunswick, have commenced to smoothly. When running full blast there are by some it is estimated that 274,800 tons of CLASSIFIED POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER

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13’ BOSTON WHALER SIDE 19’ CHRIS-CRAFT SUPER SPORT, CONSOLE, 1974. With 1986 Johnson 1969. With MerCruiser 502 I/O – 30 hp outboard and 2017 Load Rite 17’ SCOUT 175 SPORTFISH, 2019. Bravo 1 Outdrive, Stainless steel trailer. Asking $4,000. Casco Bay With Yamaha F90LB Outboard, Shark exhaust, 2018 Venture trailer. Call for more details. $23,900. Casco Bay 17’ SCOUT 175 SPORT DORADO, Yacht Sales, Freeport, (207) 865-4103; 2018. With Yamaha F90LB Outboard www.cascobayyacht.com. and EZ Loader trailer. Available in 18’ POLARKRAFT SIDE CONSOLE, White or Rascal Blue. Call for more 2015. With Yamaha F70 outboard, details and pricing. Casco Bay Yacht MinnKota bow-mount trolling Sales, Freeport, Maine (207) 865- motor, Bimini top, Livewell, Garmin 4103; www.cascobayyacht.com. EchoMap, Adjustable steering station, depth finder, fish finder and EZ Loader Current Inventory Outboards ROLLINS BOAT SHOP trailer. Asking $15,000. Casco Bay 2 Scotland Bridge Road Yacht Sales, Freeport, Maine (207) 3.5 Long shaft Leftover $900 York, Maine 03909 865-4103; www.cascobayyacht.com. 3.5 Short Shaft $1,100 New construction & 19’ SCOUT 195 SPORT FISH, 2018. Overhauls. With Yamaha F115XB and EZ Loader 5 Sail power $1,472 (207) 351-7609 trailer. Available in White or Shark 6 short shaft $1,674 Gray. Call for more details and pricing. 9.9 Long shaft Leftover $1,999 9.9 Short shaft $2,355 EXHAUST Marine Items For Sale 20 Long shaft $3,130 BLANKETS ­· New West Coast Type Anchor Windlass with self-contained 20 Long shaft Leftover $2,817 hydrautic system. A really good and neat unit. 30 Long shaft $4,010 INFAB · New 12 Volt Sheet Winch. New cost $850. Sell for $600. Still 60 Long shaft $6,951 in box. ­· 3' x 3'4" Solid Teak Hatch Coffee Table with Center Mount- 60 Long shaft Command Thrust $7,020 ed beautiful 3 piece polished brass port hole unit. All in nice 90 Long shaft leftover $7,906 SPECIALTY MARINE condition. $1,700. 90 Long shaft $8,785 FABRICATOR · Marine Surveyors Tool Kit . In a nice teak took box and 90 Long shaft Commercial Use $9,290 includes a soverign moisture meter. $300. · Professional Marine Painters Tool Box. With related tools 115 Long shaft Command Thrust $8,950 (207) 786-0004 and equipment. All in a nicely finished tool box. $150. 150 Extra-long shaft $12,385 · One pair of solid teak and varnished pick up truck racks. Maine Made 150 Extra-long shaft Coml. Use $12,425 $100. Lewiston, ME · One pair of heavy duty metal van racks. $30. Royal River Boat www.infabrefractories.com 307 Bayview St., Yarmouth, ME 04096 Items can be seen in Brooklin, Maine. 207-846-9577 www.royalriverboat.com Soundown Distributor For inquiries call (207) 266-1243. February 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 29. CLASSIFIED POWER POWER POWER POWER POWER

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