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The 38-foot Wheeler under construction at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin. The boat to the right is a new Hinckley Sou'Wester 53. Brooklin Boat Yard varnished mahogany interior. It will be quite from California, which is where she will paint work done. She will stay here this Brooklin nice.” be homeported when completed. With a 49 winter and do some coastal cruising next One of the most interesting new build The hope is to re-introduce the Wheeler and a 38-footer already under construction, summer before heading south. A Sparkman projects underway on the coast of Maine Playmate as an elegant cruiser. “More of Steve said, “We will probably build that one & Stephens 45-foot yawl was shipped to is the 38-foot Wheeler, which was started these or more of other designs that were in parts and pieces all this winter and then BBY from Michigan to find a leak around the early this summer. Mid-summer they began similar to this,” said Steve. “Wheeler obvi- actually not set the hull up until the Wheeler centerboard. The design is from the 1940s setting up the stations, bottom up. She is ously had a whole range of boats and that moves out in April and then set the hull up. and the hull, which is cold moulded, was progressing so well that they expect to roll is his hope as well. They were very nice It is very simple inside. It's really a racer/ built in New Zealand. They located the leak her right side up the middle of October. Steve boats. There were some great ones that they cruiser, so probably have the deck and the and repaired it and now they are painting White, owner of Brooklin Boat Yard (BBY) designed in the ‘50s, a very retro look with a cabin house already built. She will probably the topsides, stripping and refinishing all the added, “We are doing a lot of painting on lot of sort of rounded windshield corners and launch next fall.” varnish and some systems work. Once done the outside now. We will get a prime coat of things like that. So hopefully other people In one of the storage sheds they were she will be heading back to Michigan before the finish color, black, and we will paint the are interested in a classic cruiser.” working on Chris Craft Flybridge sportfish- snow flies. inside of the hull from the chine up to the They are hoping to have her done the erman. What is interesting about this model The 55-foot OUTLIER designed by sheer before we turn it right side up.” end of winter or early spring. is that Muammar Qaddafi of Libya bought Botin Partners of Spain, is back for some Like most builds at BBY, they have oth- They also have two other boats under- twelve of these boats for his Navy years work. She went to Nantucket and caused er pieces for the Wheeler under construction way on the main floor, although they have ago. The owner and BBY has done a lot of a stir in the Traditional Class race at the at other locations in the building. On the yet to be set up. One is a Taylor 49, which has work on this boat getting her totally restored. Opera House Cup. She did well racing and third floor they have trunk cabin underway. been slightly modified: a couple more inches There were not many of this model built, won her class. So now she is getting ready This boat is being built for Wes Wheel- of shear and cabin height because the owner and especially with the flybridge as that for the Bermuda Race next year and this er, who is the grandson of the Wheeler boat is tall. Electric wenches, he wants to be able was an option. The owner was able to find a means upgrading safety concerns. Then in building family of New York. “They were to do some more cruising and racing. He's flybridge and it was brought to BBY where the spring they will do a stability test. originally in Brooklyn, New York,” added already got a planned trip to Nova Scotia. It it was restored and installed. Presently she is Steve, “and then they moved Long Island, will be the third one of this design. They have in to have work down on her bottom, which Front Street Shipyard the Bronx and finally Toms River, New Jer- got the stem and transom already laminated included stripping, splining and probably Belfast sey. The boat we are building is a modern up. The floors are out, they are waiting for glassing. When they said ‘build it, they will interpretation of PILAR that they built for lumber. In another shop they have a 17 foot come,’ certainly is true when you look at Hemmingway. The boat is planning to go to She probably will not be set up until Chris Craft that is having some minor repairs the success of Front Street Shipyard (FSS). all the boat shows next fall, up and down the early November and she is scheduled to be made and a re-built engine installed. There The summer was extremely busy and it has east coast. launched late spring or early summer. is also a Luders 24 in for a new deck. That not slowed up as we head into the fall. They She will be powered with a pair of The third boat they just received the is done and they are now putting down the have several major projects under way, one Yanmar diesels and as for interior it will be contract for, which is a 44-foot racer/cruiser hardware. Once this is completed they will being the total refurbishing of SUNBEAM, pretty fancy. Steve explained, “Pretty ornate sailboat designed by Jim Taylor of Mar- launch her for some fall sailing. A 45-foot Continued on Page 14 interior with leather cushions and lots of blehead. 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Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A. doing the Newport International Boat Show Portland is getting more and more ridic- (207) 223-8846 E-mail - [email protected] in Newport, Rhode Island, then coming back ulous as when I looked for a hotel room they to put together the October issue, it was then wanted $200 or more per night. Since after Website: www.mainescoast.com time to climb back in the GMC and spend an- the show I was going to do my runs on the other weekend at a boat show. This was the North Shore of Massachusetts and then lose Classic Small Craft Celebration held at Port- myself in the Sawyer Library in Gloucester land Yacht Services in Portland, which is a for two days I opted to stay in Portsmouth. show aimed at getting more people involved How can Portland get more than a hotel in in boating. One wonders if the younger gen- Manhattan? For the most part, real Mainers eration is interested and this should be a great no longer stay in Portland. Hopefully when way to introduce them to boating. It only the economy crashes those people from runs Saturday and Sunday, which is nice away keep coming. and that allowed me to leave early Saturday I need to get the website live with the morning to set up. The weather was great Vessel Database and that should happen in a and there were some interesting exhibitors month or two. I am already adding more ves- and events. Unfortunately, the turn-out was a sels to this list, which comes from American little light, and some thought because it com- Lloyds for 1862. This will add some vessels petes with the Common Ground Fair. With a that were not in existence when the “List of little more marketing, additional boats and Merchant Vessels” began being published Follow us on Facebook: events this could be a fun couple of days for in 1867. They also had a lot of different Find under - Jon Johansen anyone. Sunday morning saw a number of information, but in some cases they used people come down to watch a high school abbreviations, which I am spelling out. One sailing match right off the waterfront. People problem is that their list of abbreviations Maine Coastal News is published 12 times a year and is dedicated to covering the news brought chairs and when they got hungry does not include all the abbreviations they along the entire coast of Maine, Kittery to Eastport. We cover general marine news, commercial turned to one of the vendors for a snack. One used. 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 thing that I want to see more of is ‘how to’ Still working with newspapers copy- the newsstand. It also can be obtained by subscription. A year subscription, 12 issues, is $20.00. discussions. There was someone there that ing out marine related articles and as it has A single copy is $2.00, which covers the postage. Foreign rates for subscriptions are $40.00 per was teaching people about knots and fancy happened before recently proved that this is year. rope work. There are all sorts of things some of great value to some. Someone contacted TheMaine Coastal News office is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine. may want to learn that could be part of the me about the loss of the ISABELLA, which Comments or additional information write: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport, show. How about some basic classes in boat went down in November 1837. I had fortu- Maine 04496. construction, especially related to kit boats? nately transcribed that year in the Bangor How about trying out different boats, maybe Whig and Courier and was able to call it up. for boat handling instruction or to see if that Here is that article: Publisher Jon B. Johansen is the boat for you. There is already talk “The following account of the mel- Editor-in-Chief Rachel Elward about next year’s show and ways to make it ancholy shipwreck of one of the vessels better. Make sure you put this one on your belonging in our bay, and the loss of lives on calendar. board, we take from the New York Courier Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the December issue is November 8. While at this show I was doing well until & Enquirer. If the barque described by Mr. The deadline for the January issue is December 6. I spied a wooden peapod, which looked in- Henderson should be discovered in one of teresting. When I walked by her on Saturday our ports, it would be difficult for the au- I did not notice that she was for sale, but did thorities on board to escape the operations Sunday morning when I got to really look of Lynch law. her over. Ever since I picked up CINDY Our news boat ECLIPSE came up last MCN's Calendar JEN (a wooden 34-foot Beals Island lobster night, having boarded at 2 PM 25 miles east On-going Exhibits When this You See, Remember Me: The boat from 1964) I have been looking for a southeast of the Hook, the schooner FOR- Capt. Paul Cuffe: His Work, Vision and Photography of Everett Scholfield and classic tender and since I have always loved EST DAVIS, of Friendship (Maine), 25 days Living Legacy George Tingley the peapod this looked like the perfect one. from Eastport for New York, from which the New Bedford Whaling Museum Mystic Seaport What is more interesting is she was built by following report was obtained. On the 21st New Bedford, MA Mystic, CT George “Pat” Patten back in 1977. He built of October, Nantucket South Shoals West Info: (508) 997-0046 Info: mysticseaport.org her from John Gardner’s book, but modified by north 15 miles distant, in a very heavy the ends by tipping them off a little. Un- sea, rolled away 20 feet of the foremast, A Spectacle in Motion: The Grand Pan- Voyaging in the Wake of the Whalers fortunately time has yet to allow me to put also broke it off by the deck. Has since had orama of a Whaling Voyage ‘Round the Mystic Seaport her in the water to try her out, but since she strong northwest gales, and was driven off World Mystic, CT is holding water in, one question has been to the Gulf Stream. The 4th instant, Lat. 35 New Bedford Whaling Museum Info: mysticseaport.org answered and her former owner says she is 40, Long. 74 20, fell in with the wreck of New Bedford, MA great to row. Hopefully I can get her in soon the schooner ISABELLA, full of water, both Info: (508) 997-0046 Death in the Ice: The Mystery of the Frank- to see that for myself. masts and bowsprit gone. Took from her lin Expedition How about three boat shows in four Mr. James Henderson of the Isle au Haut. After Ryder – Photographs by Nicholas Mystic Seaport weeks? Back in the spring Maine Marine Mr. Henderson informs us that he sailed Whitman Mystic, CT Trades Association announced that they from New York about 25th of October, for New Bedford Whaling Museum Info: mysticseaport.org were going to host a boat show at Thomp- Wilmington, NC in the schooner ISABEL- New Bedford, MA son’s Point in Portland the first weekend LA, Captain Samuel Turner, of the Isle au Info: (508) 997-0046 Homer at the Beach: A Marine Painter’s in October. Rachel and I, mostly Rachel, Haut, Maine, having on board Mr. Snow, of Journey, 1869-1880 put the show program together so we knew Bucksport, and Charles Lewis of Nealer, of Enlightened Encounters: The Two Na- Cape Ann Museum who was coming and it was a number of Camden, cook a lad 15 years old. On the 4th tions of Manjiro Nakahama Gloucester, MA the major players. However, going into day out, hove to under a close reefed fore- New Bedford Whaling Museum the show I did not know what to expect. I sail, blowing a gale from northwest, with New Bedford, MA OCTOBER had never been to Thompson’s Point, but snow, hail and rain; on the third night after Info: (508) 997-0046 27-31 ASMFC Annual Meeting was impressed when I stepped through the they hove to, the sixth day out, then in the Wentworth by the Sea door and saw how the displays were set up. Gulf Stream, shipped two tremendous seas, Thou’ Shall Knot: Clifford W. Ashley Newcastle, NH Stacey Keefer, the head of MMTA, did an which capsize the schooner; at the time all New Bedford Whaling Museum Info: http://www.asmfc.org/ incredible job getting people signed up as on board were in the cabin. About an hour New Bedford, MA home/2019-annual-meeting exhibitors and marketing the event. Many after, both masts broke off by the deck, Info: (508) 997-0046 said the place reminded them of the old site when she righted, and Captain Turner, Mr. NOVEMBER of the Maine Boatbuilder’s Show, an old Snow and himself succeeded in gaining and “The SPRAY will Come Back”: Sole 21 An Energetic History of Maritime brick building. Over the three days there was lashing themselves to the quarter deck. The Circumnavigator Captain Joshua Slocum Marine, The Role of Energy in Shaping a constant flow of people and some of them cook was drowned in the cabin, Mr. Snow New Bedford Whaling Museum Maritime History were serious buyers. I know one purchased a was washed off fifteen minute after and New Bedford, MA Lincoln Paine Padebco model, another a Proline and when was drowned; half an hour after, the cap- Info: (508) 997-0046 Maine Maritime Museum we were closing down on Sunday afternoon tain was washed off and also drowned. The Bath someone purchased the center console boat gale continued twenty-four hours after they Info: (207) 443-1316 at the exhibitor’s entrance. What was more were capsized, and Mr. Henderson expected interesting was that she was then heading to every minute to be washed off; the sea ran New Mexico. Every exhibitor I talked to was more than pleased with the weekend and was Continued on Page 8 November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 5. Willis Spear talks Fishing in Casco Bay

Final Part and her father who had been a fisherman, so told this thing it was time to fire. We had 32 Over the last three issues we have pub- we had something in common and we started of these things behind the ship. Then we had lished articles derived from an interview with dating in New York in December '73. I was a reel with a cable and a Styrofoam buoy at Casco Bay fisherman Willis Spear. Willis has with her for part of '74 and they shipped me the end, three miles astern. That cable picked had a very interesting time on the water and he out to the Great Lakes to work collecting data up the echoes from the explosions and be wanted to preserve the memories of those that for Detroit Edison on the St. Clair River be- recorded. My job was I took care of those air helped give him his start. In this article Willis tween Lake Huron and Lake Erie. Then they guns and the compressors. The seismologists tells about his other career as an engineer. shipped me over to Gary, Indiana and we did could then tell you what you were looking Willis went to South Maine Vocational work for northern Indiana, power companies, at. You would walk into the instrument room School taking their Marine Science program but I missed the ocean. This company we and there would be a big paper chart, like you where he earned a degree as an engineer. worked for was Texas Instruments Environ- see on the old sound machines, showing the “They had a little ship,” added Willis. “That mental Services, there parent company was bottom. The echoes would be between 30 and was 180 feet long and had two engine rooms. Geo-Physical Services out of Houston, Texas 60,000 feet into the earth. Today, this stuff is all That was the school ship. They called it the a seismic company. They needed a company ancient history. I can't imagine what it is like ELI. It was a patrol craft escort, and a great to make their electronics for seismic, which now. We got into 3-dimensional work. It was training ship. My instructor was Bob Soucy, became Texas Instruments and then Texas In- the first time they were not just looking down, he was class of like '56, and there was Charlie struments invented the Silicon transistor. They they were looking sideways. They would look it. We just worked the harbor, but once in a Hall. Charlie came from the Isle of Shoals. outgrew the parent company so this seismic for salt domes below the earth's crust where while we would go up river where they had He and his brothers were born on the Isle company was an interesting venture. In the pressures from inside the earth would start some boatyards.” of Shoals and later moved to Kittery Point. fall, September '74, I had two week’s vacation to push up on the surface of the earth. In the Willis enjoyed Fleet Day in New York, Charlie taught navigation and he could teach. so I worked on a lobster smack, which worked ocean there are layers of salt deposits. These where they moved naval vessels around. “The Louie LaMorelo was the mate on the ship and for Donald Barnes at Union Wharf. domes looked just like a bell. I did see one off New York PD would come over,” said Willis, he graduated with Soucy. Louie went back to “I went to sea on the J. E. JOHNSON out the Mississippi River.” “with their divers and they would go down and sea, sailed for APL and Sea Land and retired of Halifax, Nova Scotia,” continued Willis, We In 1975, Willis went down to Uruguay make sure that nobody had put anything on the eventually. There was a guy from the Coast worked off Sable Island and then we went up and worked out of Rio De La Plata, but he bottom of your boat. Those divers were great. Guard, Richard Arlander that taught and there to the Grand Bank and worked what they call had had enough he wanted to come home and I would take them into the engine room. I said was George Hupper, who he taught navigation. Whale Deep and Green Bank and then the tail go fishing. He was supposed to go back and to one of them, ‘you guys must have a terrible Arlander taught engine and then the other of the Banks. It must have been 21 day trips. work on a hard water crew up in the Arctic in job down there. There must be bodies all over engineer on the ship was Aston Doughty, who The ship was 180 feet long, an ex-tuna seiner. the fall of 1976, but he was not interested in the place,’ and they go, ‘no, no, we will find sailed with my father-in-law, was a fisherman. We would look for oil, mostly in the Flemish returning. He added, “They called me up and buckets of cements with people's footprints, Nat Turner who was with Bushy Brothers and Gap and as the season progressed it got rough- I told them I wasn't going, so they said okay, but no bodies.” Boston Fuel. You got a good education from er and rougher. They gave it up on December you are all done. I spent almost five years with Willis worked with them four years and those guys. I got out of school and I got a job 8th, and the boat went down and did a job off them and then I went fishing till 2007. That is then his wife told him to stay home and go with an environmental company running a re- the North Umberland Straits between Prince when the price of shrimp tanked and I got a fishing and he has. He made his living from the search boat on the Hudson River in New York. Edward Island and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. job in New York working on tugs for a while in water, which he absolutely enjoyed. However We just collected the data and maintained the They flew me to a garden spot called Farenkea, the winter. I got them lobsters, told them jokes it was not just being on the water that was en- boats. I had been there a year and my future Columbia and that was quite an experience. and they kept me around. It was a good job. joyable, but the people he met along the way. wife came down. She was a biologist who went Columbia, was a tough place. Ferinkea was I worked for McAllister and they were good He added, “They were the best. They helped to SMVTI. I used to see her, I never know who in the Rio Magdalena River and that was one to me. They let me come home in the spring me all the way through this odd career. I have she was but I worked on the Casco Bay Lines of the strongest running rivers in the world. I and go back in the fall. Two years I was an AB been very lucky and the people I have met and I would see her on the boat. I thought she mean whole islands of mangroves would be on a barge, the last single skin black oil barge along the way, the information is there if you was an interesting person, quite pretty and coming down the river. They had to anchor on the East Coast, and you would be on there want to listen. Now I am just going to keep I remember trying to impress her one time in the river, you couldn’t tie up at the dock for 30 days. Then I got the engineer's license going as long as I can.” when we pulled into Long Island. She would because we would get everything stolen. Even and they put me on a little harbor tug. Loved always stand alone, never stood with anybody, anchored in the river it got stolen. We worked and she was standing by a piling so I made off of a place called Carpola Vela, which was this beautiful shot, April you know, nice day, between Columbia and Venezuela and it was dropped that line right over that piling right rough. Went to Trinidad, then Brazil and I got in front of her and wrong pylon. Okay. So, off in June, and came home.” we get up a little closer and I went to flip it With Willis it is all about the people. He off and I leaned over the side of that ferry boat explained, “These guys were some of the first and I keep going and I was perfectly vertical oil explorers in Saudi Arabia. First ones into with my fingers dug into the chicken wire they Venezuela, first ones in the Arctic. I worked have all the way around the main deck to keep with some really good, very dedicated people kids from falling overboard. Thank God there that had been around forever and they told me was a guy behind me as he grabbed me by the stories. They used to use dynamite and gas rear end of the pants. I made an impression on land. Crews would dig holes put sticks of on her, wasn't exactly a good one. She had dynamite in them and light them off. showed up in New York and then I found out The ships would tow a tube array of air her brother was Skip Werner, who lobstered guns and there was a computer on the boat that

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September 24, 2019 NH DES also upgraded several has been a priority for NROC since its for- event. NH Department of Environmental Services; marine response resources including up- mation. The Gulf of Maine 2050 International NHDES Portsmouth Regional Office; Pease grades to two boom/response skiffs which In recent years in New England, there Symposium will be held November 4-8, International Tradeport; Portsmouth, NH provide more stable and durable waterborne has been increased interest and proposals 2019, at the Westin Harborview, Portland, 03801 response capability. for offshore wind and marine hydrokinetic Maine. The Symposium seeks to: Explore There were several significant leader- energy generation facilities, liquified natural how warming waters, sea level rise, ocean Introductions and Administration ship changes within DES in the past year gas terminals, aquaculture operations, tele- acidification, and socioeconomic trends Introductions – The meeting was called including: Bob Bishop- ORCB Bureau communications cables, energy transmis- will impact the Gulf of Maine over the next to order at 10:00 by the Port Safety Forum Administrator; Gardner Warr- SRCIS Ad- sion cables, and offshore sand mining. These 30 years; Ignite multi-sector discourse and Co-Chair Jon Nass representing the Maine ministrator; Jason Domke- Planning and potential activities present new economic strategic efforts to determine how a chang- Port Authority with Captain Brian LeFeb- Preparedness Manager; Amanda Bridge- opportunities that need to be coordinated ing Gulf of Maine will impact economic, vre as the Co-Chair representing the Coast Environmentalist II; Dave Leathers- Re- with important existing economic sectors, environmental and community sectors; Guard. A quorum was comprised of 21 tired; One new responder starting shortly; including fishing, shipping, tourism, and Build a shared vision for regional resilience; individuals. and Two more positions to be posted. recreation. Identify steps needed achieve that vision; Mr. Nass thanked Mr. Matt Burns for Other New Hampshire DES highlights The Portal is a centralized, peer-re- and Activate new collaborations for action. his interim support of the Port Safety Fo- include: A-15-3 (Great Bay Strategy) June viewed source of data and interactive maps NERACOOS invites the Port Safety rum while the Maine Port Authority sought 21; Nashua Fire Dept. Boom Training Au- of the ocean ecosystem and ocean-related Forum to join leaders from across New a new CEO following the departure of John gust 27; and PRES 2019 Oil Spill Exercise human activities in the northeastern United England and the Maritime Provinces for this Henshaw. September 18. States. The maps on the Portal show the unprecedented event that brings together Review and Approval of the April 17, richness and diversity of the ecosystem and environmental, economic, social and insti- 2019 Port Safety Forum Meeting Minutes – Northeast Regional Ocean Council illustrate the many ways that humans and tutional perspectives on climate resilience Hearing no objections to the content of the (NROC) – Nick Napoli, NROC. Mr. Napoli environmental resources interact. By pro- in the Gulf of Maine. Visit https://www. April 17, 2019 minutes, Mr. Nass accepted updated the Forum on the latest enhance- viding user-friendly, centralized, and free gulfofmaine2050.org/home-2/registration/ the minutes as approved. ments of the Northeast Ocean Data Portal access to data, information, and tools, the to register. which is a digital database of the Northeast Portal facilitates decision making by a broad Please visit http://www2.neracoos.org Port Activities Update Regional Ocean Council (NROC). range of government agencies, industries, to learn more about the extremely valuable NH Department of Environmental NROC is a state and federal partner- non-government organizations, academic on-line tools available through NERACO- Services Update – Mr. Jason Domke, NH, ship that was established in 2005 by the entities, and individuals. OS. DES; Mr. Domke provided an overview of Governors of Connecticut, Rhode Island, The data and maps in the Portal (www. NH DES activities. Fiscal Year 2019 has Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Maine, northeastoceancouncil.org) are organized Wave Energy Conversion – Richard seen 284 DES responses. In particular, the and Vermont to coordinate and collaborate into ten themes: marine life and habitat; Akers. Mr. Akers provided a briefing on the following spill responses were recorded: on cross-jurisdictional ocean issues. Federal aquaculture; commercial fishing; cultural Healy Wave Energy Converter. Healy Wave 114 – OPUF Heating Oil Releases agencies have been involved as equal part- resources; energy and infrastructure; marine Energy, LLC is developing a wave energy 154 – Petroleum Releases (Tractor ners with the states since the inception of transportation; national security; recreation; conversion buoy that is designed for power Trailer Accidents, Hydraulic Oil, Trans- NROC. In addition to its core membership, restoration; and water quality. production for island and coastal communi- former Oil, Facility Releases) NROC is structured to include voluntary The coverage includes the federal wa- ties. 10 – Hazardous Material Releases participation from additional federal and ters off Maine, New Hampshire, Massachu- The 48 ton, 70’ prototype device (buoy), 6 – Submerged Vehicles (Sunken Ves- state agencies, federally recognized tribes, setts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New was constructed in Clearwater, Florida, will sels & Motor Vehicles) the New England Fishery Management York. While geographic coverage differs be eventually deployed at the University of 53 – Complaints Investigated (Petro- Council, and other regional partners and among datasets, the Portal’s maps generally New Hampshire Center for Ocean Renew- leum, Hazardous Waste, Solid Waste) ocean stakeholder groups. Ocean planning cover from Long Island Sound to the Gulf able Energy Open-Ocean Test site South of of Maine, and offshore to the 200-mile Isles of Shoals. The test site was selected exclusive economic zone (EEZ) boundary. based on a record of no apparent conflicts SEAL COVE BOATYARD, INC. Some datasets cover the land areas of the during 10 years of UNH demonstration of STORAGE • MAINTENANCE • RESTORATION New England states. an aquaculture farm in the same location. To use or review the Portal please visit: Further, it was understood by the project https://www.northeastoceandata.org/ team that it was a low volume fishing area which was unpopular for lobsters fishing. NEARACOOS Update – Tom Shyka In the interim, the buoy is located on the , NERACOOS. Tom Shyka provided an NH State Pier. A dockside deployment in update on the Northeastern Regional Associ- planned for Mid-late October to run initial ation of Coastal Ocean Observing Systems testing. (NERACOOS). The NERACOOS system Once deployed, the buoy will be an- spans coastal waters from the Canadian chored using a unique mooring system com- Maritime Provinces to the New York Bight. prised of 3 anchors connected to 3 surface If it has to do with the care of boats, NERACOOS provides weather and ocean buoys, creating a 127’ radius around the data to fishers and commercial shippers de- wave converter. The wave converting buoy we do it here and we do it better than most. termining if conditions are safe for passage will be tethered to the three floating buoys and to emergency managers issuing storm with 3” nylon line which may be submerged 124 Horseshoe Cove Road • Harborside, ME 04642 warnings. NERACOOS is also advancing about 10’ under the water’s surface. The efforts to improve water quality monitor- buoy will be coated in yellow paint for high Tel: (207) 326-4422 • Fax: (207) 326-4411 ing, harmful algal bloom predictions and visibility, with the entire apparatus well lit Email: [email protected] • www.sealcoveboatyard.com warnings, and coastal flooding and erosion with lights on each of the floating buoys forecasting systems. The University of (including the wave converter). Additional- Maine works with NERACOOS to maintain ly, the wave converter will be equipped with the network of observation buoys including an Automatic Identification System (AIS) refreshing and redeploying buoys every 6-9 transponder to further enhance visibility. CHASE, LEAVITT & CO. months. Buoy N (Northeast Channel off South- Unmanned Aircraft - Brandon Lugo, The Chart Room ern Nova Scotia) broke from its mooring in Goserco, Inc./Aerial Armor. Mr. Brandon Flags · Books · Chart Kit · Paper Charts ·Navigation Tools December and was located off of the Azores Lugo provided a remote briefing regarding in September. NERACOOS worked with Drone Detection technology. Aerial Armor Life Service Station Portuguese authorities to recover the buoy provides both hardware and software equip- which contained important scientific data Abandon Ship · Floatation Gear ·Distress Signals · Overboard Rescue ment to locate and identify drones. Current and sensing equipment. The buoy will be “Aeroscope” technology provided by Aerial returned to the NERACOOS inventory as Armor can detect drones with a 2-5 mile Inflatable Boats soon as possible. range at 90% accuracy. The systems can Sales: Achilles, Caribe, & Highfield Mr. Shyka also briefed the group re- deliver critical data including, drone regis- Large Supply of Spare Parts garding a semi-submersible autonomous tration information, serial numbers and the “Glider” which uses articulated fins to Repair Professionals drone pilot’s coordinates. The system does submerge to depths of up to 600 meters and not require live monitoring as the system return to the surface to collect scientific data will send alert messages via text or e-mail 144 Fore St., Portland (207) 772-6383 from the water column. The autonomous to provide early detection of an unwanted glider can be programmed to collect data drone. For more information please contact 218 Bucksport Rd., Ellsworth (207) 667-9390 in-between buoys or perform data collection www.chaseleavitt.com in a specific location or to study a specific Continued on Page 9 November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 7. U. S. Coast Guard News

U.S. Coast Guard observes 75th anni- relationship, forged decades ago.” operations to strengthen relations with allies in the Gibraltar area during World War I. On versary of Ulithi Liberation alongside Yap Governor Henry Falan lauded the and partner nations throughout the Blue this particular night in September, the cutter partners in FSM occasion, noting the positive benefits of the Pacific. Kiska was in Yap July 3 alongside Tampa crew potentially detected some sign ULITHI ATOLL, Federated States of Micro- U.S. presence in the region resonated then the U.S. Navy Coastal Riverine Squadron of an enemy submarine and darted out ahead nesia — At the invitation of the U.S. Embas- and remain relevant now. Chief Ramon (CRS) 2 for a port call and to deliver sup- of the convoy to investigate. sy in Kolonia, USCGC Kiska (WPB 1336) Payel, chairman of the Council of Tamol, plies. At 8:45 p.m., the crews aboard the other attended a remembrance ceremony Sept. 23, spoke movingly of residents’ reminiscences vessels in the convoy heard a loud explosion. for the 75th anniversary of the liberation of of the kindness of U.S. Navy personnel, and Legacy’s Shadow: Rising Hearts from a Later that evening when the convoy arrived Ulithi from Japanese Forces during WWII. further personalized his connection to the Sunken Ship in port it was discovered the cutter Tampa Along with the USNS Vadm K. R. event by pointing out his father in one of the By: Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lally was missing and a joint search between Wheeler (T-AG 5001), Kiska’s crew an- historic photos bequeathed to the island by The dark, cloudy, moonless night held the United States and British services was chored in Ulithi Atoll, part of Yap State the U.S. Embassy for the occasion. an ominous vibe as multiple vessels in a conducted. Unfortunately, all the search and in the Federated States of Micronesia and U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy per- convoy steamed toward Wales through the rescue teams discovered were a few pieces conducted community outreach, transported sonnel joined the festivities and hosted U.S. choppy, rolling waves in the Bristol Channel of wreckage and two unidentifiable bodies supplies from the Ayudah foundation out of and Yap officials for lunch on the U.S. Vadm on Sept. 26, 1918. in naval uniforms. Guam, and participated in the remembrance. K. R. Wheeler, contributing to the intercul- The crew of one vessel in particular More than 130 Coast Guardsmen, U.S The U.S. group comprised of U.S. tural exchanges throughout the day. settled in for the evening listening to the and Royal British Navy sailors, and civil Ambassador Robert Riley, his team, Kiska Part of the crew went ashore via small soft purr of the vessel’s engines reverber- employees had lost their lives in one of the and U.S. Vadm K. R. Wheeler crews toured boat to the main island in the atoll, Faralop ating throughout the ship, while the sounds greatest single casualties incurred by any Ulithi high school, re-constructed with Island, the day before the ceremony to play of rolling waves from the sea lashed at the Naval unit by known enemy actions. The lost funding from the U.S. Federal Emergency basketball with the Ulithi High School team ship’s hull steaming through the channel. was felt more closely by the surviving Coast Management Agency after Typhoon May- and see the island. The watchstanders on the bridge were on the Guardsmen, in proportion to the service’s sak ravaged the island in 2015, and ceremo- “The kids came running to the small lookout for any signs of the enemy hiding in size, of any armed service in the war. nies proceeded at the USAID-constructed boat when they saw it near the beach,” Petty the murky waters. Letters written by Commodore Ells- outdoor pavilion, with speeches and local Officer 3rd Class Ivan Dorsey, a boatswain’s The 190-foot Coast Guard Cutter Tam- worth P. Bertholf, commandant of the U.S. dances, songs, and chants performed by mate on Kiska. “We brought some candy to pa’s crew and mission were to escort and Continued on Page 21 residents. share, and they [the children] started bring- protect the convoys they were assigned to “The ceremony highlighted the impor- ing us shells they found and asking questions tance of Ulithi Atoll during WWII, which about the boat. They stayed over an hour!” Superb Service at one point served as a major ship refitting The crew also played basketball with Come to Jonesport for Best Rates station during the island hopping operations the local team. It began with Lee, an island • Expert of WWII. 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They are capable CVW, improving its performance, efficiency of supporting forward presence, maritime and safety. security, sea control and deterrence. MQ-25 is a Navy Maritime Accelerated There are currently four other Indepen- Acquisition program, aiming to deliver mis- dence variant LCSs undergoing construction sion-critical capabilities to the fleet as rapidly at Austal USA, with five additional ships in as possible to meet warfighter needs. The pre-production planning. Navy awarded Boeing an $805.3 million En- gineering, Manufacturing and Development Carriers Critical, Notes Navy Aviation contract for the MQ-25 Aug. 30, 2018. Admiral From Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic ARABIAN SEA (Sept. 22, 2019) The aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) Navy Lays Keel of Future USS Savannah Public Affairs transits the Arabian Sea. The Abraham Lincoln Carrier Strike Group is deployed to the U.S. (LCS 28) WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Commander, Na- 5th Fleet area of operations in support of naval operations to ensure maritime stability and From PEO Unmanned and Small Combat- val Air Force Atlantic (CNAL), Rear Adm. security in the Central Region, connecting the Mediterranean and the Pacific through the ants Public Affairs Roy Kelley, spoke at the Lexington Institute’s western Indian Ocean and three strategic choke points. With Abraham Lincoln as the flag- WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy Carrier Strike Group Working Forum at the ship, deployed strike group assets include staffs, ships and aircraft of Carrier Strike Group held a keel-laying and authentication cer- Ritz-Carlton, Sept. 27. (CSG) 12, Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 2, the guided-missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG emony for the future USS Savannah (LCS In addition to Kelley, nearly 60 retired 55) and Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Shane Bryan/Released) 28) at Austal USA’s shipyard Mobile, Ala., admirals, congressional staff members, on Sept. 20. defense and industry leaders attended the Unmanned Refueling Aircraft Passes Navy,” said Capt. Chad Reed, he Navy’s The ship’s sponsor, Dianne Isakson, wife forum to discuss the role of aircraft carriers First Test Flight Unmanned Carrier Aviation (PMA-268) of U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson, authenticated as guarantors of national security. From Naval Air Systems Command Public program manager. “The flight of this test as- the keel for the 14th Independence-variant Kelley, a carrier aviator and a carrier Affairs set two years before our first MQ-25 arrives littoral combat ship (LCS) during the cere- Sailor, discussed his responsibilities as PATUXENT RIVER, Maryland (NNS) -- The represents the first big step in a series of early mony. CNAL and inherent key role his type com- Navy and Boeing successfully completed the learning opportunities that are helping us “We are honored to lay the keel of what will mand (TYCOM) has in supporting national first test flight of the MQ-25, the first oper- progress toward delivery of a game-changing one day be a magnificent combat ship that defense and maritime security. ational carrier-based unmanned refueling capability for the carrier air wing and strike will defend our great country as our Sailors “My job is to ensure that our aircraft aircraft, Sept. 19 from MidAmerica Airport group commanders.” operate her around the globe,” said Capt. carriers, aircraft, and the men and women in Mascoutah, Illinois. Testing will continue with T1 over the Mike Taylor, LCS program manager. who operate them have the tools, training, The Boeing-owned MQ-25 test asset, next several years to further the early learning While the keel laying traditionally rep- and supplies they need to sail in support of known as T1, completed an FAA-certified and discovery that advances major systems resents the formal start of a ship's construc- national defense and maritime security,” said autonomous taxi and take-off and flew a and software development in support of the tion, fabrication of the ship begins months in Kelley, who spoke with forum attendees on pre-determined route for a two-hour flight to program’s 2024 initial operational capability advance. Today, keel laying continues to sym- the important defense role aircraft carriers validate the aircraft’s basic flight functions target. The company will deliver the Engi- bolically recognize the joining of the ship's provide. and operations. neering Development Model aircraft begin- components and the ceremonial beginning of Prior to assuming command of CNAL, “Today’s flight is an exciting and sig- ning in fiscal 2021. the ship. Kelley commanded the USS Theodore Roo- nificant milestone for our program and the The MQ-25A Stingray will be the world’s sevelt Carrier Strike Group, and is reminded daily in his current role of the commensurate range and depth of combat capabilities that Publisher's Note carriers provide. “America needs aircraft carriers,” said Continued from Page 4 news boat, and is in a very feeble state. From the time they embarked and sailed Then in one of my recent emails from from Charleston no tidings whatever had Kelley. “Carriers deploy and redeploy with mountains high, and he could only catch his the History Channel was a reference to “The ever been heard of the vessel or anyone on the responsiveness, endurance, multi-dimen- breath between the waves as they rolled over Disappearance of Theodosia Burr.” This board. It was at first supposed that the vessel sional might, inherent battlespace awareness, him. There was only ten feet of the quarter sounded familiar as I remember an article must have been captured by a British cruis- and command and control capabilities that deck out of water. He had nothing to eat or in the New Hampshire Gazette for 1820 that er, but after a lapse of time that hope was America needs to prevail in great power drink the seven days he was on the wreck but told a similar story. Again I was fortunate abandoned. Notwithstanding the weather competition.” a handful of hay. On the first morning after he as it had been transcribed and yes it was was mild and favorable for several days Commander, Naval Air Force Atlantic, was capsized, he saw a brig pass about eight Theodosia, but the last name should have after the vessel left Charleston, and such headquartered at Naval Support Activity, miles from the wreck. On the second day he been Allston, which was her married name. as to render her loss mysterious, up to the Hampton Roads, is responsible for four saw a foretopsail schooner four miles off. On Theodosia was the daughter of Aaron Burr, present time, no other idea of the melancholy nuclear-powered aircraft carriers, 54 aircraft squadrons, 1,200 aircraft and 50,000 officers, the third day, nothing. On the fourth, saw two the person who killed Alexander Hamilton circumstance had prevailed than that the enlisted and civilian personnel based on the fore and aft schooners four miles distant. On in a duel on 11 July 1804. Several years later vessel must have foundered at sea, or run East Coast of the United States. It provides the fifth, about 2 PM, he saw a barque with he was accused of being a traitor and leaves under during a chase. combat ready, sustainable naval air forces painted ports, a small white streak below, the country. The disappearance of Theo- But the mystery is at length developed with the right personnel, properly trained and black yards; the round house short and high, dosia occurred when she boarded the brig – for the honor of human nature, were to equipped, with a focus on readiness, opera- painted green; billet head painted white; PATRIOT at Charleston, SC and departed be wished that the facts had never been re- tional excellence, interoperability, safety, and foretopsail old, with several patches on it; for New Orleans in 1812. Unfortunately vealed, and that the following horrible tale efficient resourcing. her bowsprit steaved more than common. that is the last they heard of her or anyone had been buried with the wretches who told She ran down upon the wreck before the else on board the brig and speculation as to it. Future Carrier John F. Kennedy Estab- wind. The sea smooth, about a four knot’s what happened has continued to be theorized A gentleman recently from New Or- lishes Crew breeze; unlashed himself, and expected that over the years. Some thought she may have leans, has communicated to a friend of the From Commander, Naval Air Forces Atlan- she intended to run so near that he could get been captured by the British, but that was family of the late Mr. Green, that two of the tic Public Affairs on board; but when she came within three proven to be untrue. Others have claimed pirates, lately sentenced to suffer death at NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (NNS) -- Forty-three or four hundred yards, she hauled upon the they were victims of pirates. The article may New Orleans, confessed that they composed Sailors assigned to the future aircraft carrier wind and left him. There were ten men aft answer the question, but some still feel that part of the crew of the above pilot boat PA- John F. Kennedy (CVN 79) attended a ribbon looking at him. He had a handkerchief tied the actual truth will never be known. TRIOT! that after being at sea two or three cutting in Newport News, Virginia, Oct. 1, to a board, which he waved to them, he Fate of the Pilot Boat PATRIOT. – It days, and near the shore, they rose upon the establishing the ship’s crew and opening the also hailed her, but to no purpose. She was will be recollected by many of our readers captain and passengers, and confined them building where they'll work during the ship’s so near that he could see the hoops on the that during the late war with England, the below – when they stood close in shore and construction. buckets that a man was painting on the round above-named pilot boat was dispatched after plundering the passengers of a consid- “Today, we celebrate a truly historic house. He took her to be a British barque, to Charleston for the purpose of bringing erable sum of money and plate, belonging event,” said Capt. Todd Marzano,com- with little or no cargo in. Saw nothing on the to this city Mrs. Allston, lady of the then mostly to Mrs. Allston, they launched the manding officer of the pre-commissioning 6th; that day he found a little hay which he governor of South Carolina, and daughter boat and scuttled the vessel, which soon unit (PCU). “It marks the grand opening of ate, it being the first food since he was on of Colonel Burr, formerly vice president of filled and went down with the unfortunate building 608, where we will work out of until the wreck. On the 7th day, at 2 PM was taken the U. S. Mrs. Allston was in a delicate state inmates confined below! The dreadful our spaces on the ship are ready [as well as] off by Captain Davis, who treated him with of health at the time, and unable to travel by tragedy was performed in the dead of night. the official stand-up of our command. And I the greatest kindness, and gave him his own land. Timothy Greene, Esq. of this city, an These wretches succeeded in reaching the couldn’t be more excited, more motivated and bed to sleep on, for which he returns him his intimate friend of governor Allston's family, shore with the boat, and had thus far escaped more honored to be standing with you here sincere thanks. Mr. Henderson has lost all proceeded to Charleston in the pilot boat, for detection and punishment for this horrible today as we make naval history.” his money and clothes, and has nothing but the purpose of accompanying Mrs. Allston crime. – Mercantile Adv. On the count of three, the ribbon was cut what he has on. He came up last night in our on the voyage. by Marzano with the help of Cmdr. David November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. U. S. Navy News Skarosi, Kennedy’s executive officer, and aircraft carrier in the Ford class, is under From the Office of the Navy Chief of Infor- sioned in 1906, she was later recommissioned Master Chief Information Systems Techni- construction at Newport News Shipbuilding. mation in 1911, and remained in the reserve, until cian Erica Barnett, Kennedy’s acting com- WASHINGTON (NNS) -- The Navy will stricken from the Navy list in 1942. mand master chief, in front of building 608. $49.8M Contract Award to Support Lit- christen its newest attack submarine, the Oregon (SSN 793) is the 20th Virgin- “Today is a huge milestone,” Marzano toral Combat Ship Program future USS Oregon (SSN 793), during a ia-class attack submarine and the second said. “We are now one step closer to accom- From Naval Facilities Engineering Com- 10 a.m. EDT ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5 at Virginia-class Block IV submarine. The plishing our mission. We will deliver to the mand Southeast Public Affairs General Dynamics Electric Boat in Groton, ship's construction began in the fall of 2014, fleet a combat-ready aircraft carrier, manned Jacksonville, Florida (NNS) -- Naval Fa- Connecticut. and it is expected to be delivered in the fall with properly trained warriors, in support of cilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Rep. Greg Walden of Oregon will de- of 2020. Oregon will provide the Navy with our nation’s needs. We’ll have a lot of hard Southeast awarded last month a $49.8 million liver the ceremony's principal address. The the capabilities required to maintain the na- July 2012 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. work ahead of us, a lot of challenges, and a lot contract to Walsh Federal LLC to build a Lit- submarine's sponsor is Dana Richardson. The tion's undersea superiority well into the 21st of long days, but with our skills, talents, and toral Combat Ship (LCS) logistics facility at ceremony will be highlighted by Richardson century. dedication, we will be successful in building Naval Station (NS) Mayport, Florida. breaking a bottle Boatof sparkling wine across And the Block IVShip Virginia-class submarines Yard News the best command in the United States Navy.” As NS Mayport is going to receive 14 bow to formally christen the ship, a time-hon- include design changes to reduce total own- Pride in the event and the command was LCSs to the base, construction of an improved ored Navy tradition. ership cost (RTOC) and increase operational shared by many in attendance, including logistics facility is expected to support per- "The future USS Oregon will play an availability by decreasing the planned num- Information Systems Technician 1st Class sonnel and crew assigned to these ships. The important role in the defense of our nation ber of depot availabilities from four to three. Chandler Ragland, the first Sailor to be as- facility will support the LCS program, which and maritime freedom," said Secretary of Virginia-class submarinesBROOKS are built to TRAP MILL signed to the Kennedy. includes the LCS Operational Trainer Facility the Navy Richard V. Spencer. "She stands as operate in the world's littoral and& deepMARINE waters SUPPLIES “The legacy of this ship is going to be (LTF). proof of what teamwork — from civilian to while conducting anti-submarine warfare; around for a very long time, and to be able to “The LTF is a vital tool for training our contractor to military — can accomplish. I anti-surface ship warfare; strike1- 800- warfare; 426- 4526 say that I was the first plank owner is incred- Sailors in simulated real-world situations am confident USS Oregon and her crew will special operation forces support; intelligence, Bath, ME ~ Portland, ME ~ Thomaston, ME ibly rewarding,” said Ragland. “I get to tell they may encounter while underway,” said ensure our Navy remains safe and strong to surveillance, and reconnaissance; irregular my daughter and family members down the NS Mayport Executive Officer Cmdr. Pa- proudly serve our nation's interest for decades warfare; and mine warfare missions.MORE Their THAN JUST LOBSTER TRAPS!! road that I was the first one.” tricia Tyler. “The new facilities allow teams to come." inherent stealth, endurance, mobility and Despite the small size of the crew, pro- to effectively train in a safe and controlled Oregon, a Virginia-class submarine firepower directly enable them to support five ductivity among Kennedy’s Sailors is already environment, providing immediate feedback designated SSN 793, is the third U.S. Navy of the six maritime strategy core capabilities high. and lessons learned to our Warfighters.” ship to honor the state. The first USS Oregon — sea control, power projection, forward “Every member of the crew that’s come The contract provides for construction was a brigantine ship purchased in 1841 and presence, maritime security and deterrence. in after me has put forth everything they’ve of a new four-story building and renovationsA. L. usedPettegrow for explorationof Southwest Harbor until 1845.has a Duffy The 35 second and a Pettegrow Navy 30 inF/A-18C for upgrades. Hornet Makes FinalYour Acone-stop-shop- for traps and marine supplies! got,” Ragland said. “I don’t see people turn- to an existing building. Together, the two Oregon (Battleship No. 3) was commis- tive-Duty Flight ing down tasks and saying ‘no, that’s out of buildings will house the ashore componenttotally of gonesioned through July so15, she 1896. is just Knownlike new. forthey one are of now the installing From the Commander, engine, which Naval is Air Forces• Lobster Atlan Traps- • Apparel Down below she has a V-berth, galley and a C-18 Caterpillar. She will be done late this • Shrimp Traps • Aquaculture Supplies Bait Bags my realm.’ They’re always willing and ready administrative functions for deployed and headin- withmost shower. dramatic She isvoyages powered everwith aundertakensummer. by tic Public Affairs • Crab Traps • • Fish Traps • Ballast(steel,cement,etc) to lend a hand and get the mission done. port LCSs, as well as a portion of the training3406E Caterpillara ship of diesel.the U.S. They Navy, hope toOregon have sailedStill over to do areNORFOLK, two salmon seiners, Va. built (NNS) -- The• lastSea Bass Navy Traps • Bessy Bait Drums/Pails Everyone has the same work ethic, and it’s a component. her over14,000 early this miles summer. in 66 days, leavingon San the 38Fran foot- hulls,F/A-18C which will Hornet, be going aircraft to number• 300,Scup Trapsmade • Buoys In the far bay was a 42 kit boat that they Alaska. • Conch Traps • Paint long road, but we’re going to keep charging The project also includes adjacent road cisco in 1898 and travelling south through its official final active-duty flightEel at Traps Naval Air • Rope were putting the top on and installing the • down it.” improvements that will connect the logistics the Straits of Magellan until finally arriving Station Oceana, Oct. 2. • Used Traps • Trap Accessories 700-hp John Deere diesel before shipping to Hewes Company in Blue Hill has just A forward-leaning work ethic is rudi- facility directly to a new parking garage thatConnecticut at Jupiter the middle Inlet, of Florida,the summer. where She shebeen reported given the contract Assigned to build the tointerior Strike Fighter Squadron Stop in and see us! mentary to the future success of the Kennedy. is being designed and constructed underwill a be forfinished battle out asin a sportfisherman.the Spanish-Americanof an 86-foot War. carbon (VFA) fibre 106racing at sled Cecil under Field, Florida, aircraft The prowess and determination demonstrated separate contract. A 46-footWhile Wesmacthe ship is demonstrated being finished out the capabilitiesconstruction in thenumber State 300of Washington. completed its first Navy accep- by the Kennedy’s Sailors will lay the keel for The work started Oct.1 and expectedas to a lobsterof a heavy boat forbattle a fisherman ship, it also from eliminatedThis project any is waitingtance for check designs flight and theyOct. 14, 1988. Lt. Andrew future milestones. be completed by August 2021. Vinalhaven.opposition The hull to and the top construction are done and of thedo not Panama expect to beginJalali, until who August. piloted Most the of Hornet for its final ac- “These Sailors have been screened and Initiated in February 2002, the LCS Canal, as the country could not afford two tive-duty flight at Naval Air Station Oceana, handpicked due to their outstanding profes- program represents a reduction in time to months to send warships from one coast to Lawsuit Against Maine BoatContinued on Page 10 Visit us online at: sional records,” said Marzano. “Big Navy acquire, design and build ships in compari- another in times of emergency. Decommis- WWW.BROOKSTRAPMILL.COM realizes the tremendous challenge and hard son to any previous ship class. LCS is a fast, Builder Dismissed work we have ahead of us in standing up an agile and mission-focused platform designed In 2008-2009 a New Jersey businessman claimed by the boat owner, Stalker Fishing aircraft carrier. It’s great for me as the CO, for operation in near-shore environments yetcame to Maine and sought the services of Charters, LLC. Thereafter one of the passen- because I get a true A-team of folks. One of capable of open-ocean operation. The LCSLash Brothers Boatyard of Friendship, gers on this trip filed suit in 2011 against Maine. The NJ businessman has a fish char- my messages to the crew is the importance class consists of two variants: the Freedom Stalker Fishing Charters, LLC in Superior tering business in Southern New Jersey. He Court in Cape May. of ensuring that we establish a positive com- and the Independence. was familiar withRELIABILITY another boat in New Jersey ISApparently A FAMILY this passenger, TRADITION. Michael mand climate and healthy culture from the Currently, 33 LCSs are planned. So far,built by Lash and was impressed with the Bradley, a resident of Broomall, Pennsylva- start. The culture we create will be baked into 16 ships have been delivered (LCS 1-14, quality16 of the hullMEET and finished construction.THE NEXTnia, fell off a coolerGENERATION. on which he was standing the steel of the ship and will last for many, and 18), and 10 additional LCSs are under The NJ businessmanINTRODUCING contracted THEwith NEWESTwhen the MEMBERS propeller broke OF off.THE The IN-LINE passenger FOUR FAMILY. Lash to furnish a 34 foot Calvin Beal lobster claims the vessel somehow came to an abrupt many years to come.” various stages of construction, as three are Meet the all new advanced-technology In-Line Fours–the F200, F175, F150 and F115. This powerful boat. Lash delivered the boat in April 2009 in stop because of the failure of the propeller. The event concluded with the obser- in the pre-construction phase. family offers up 16-valve, DOHC in-line designs and electronic fuel injection. Yamaha’s next-generation Friendship, Maine. Thedesign boat even was gives takenthe F200 to and F115This class-leading caused the DOHC passenger power-to-weight to fall ratios,sustaining for incredible acceleration,Wherever great vance of colors and then a cake cutting. New Jersey and use formidrange fishing punch charters and outstanding off injuries. fuel economy. Mr. And Bradley know, each claims of these injury new models to both shares the same PCU John F. Kennedy, the second Navy to Christen Submarine OregonCape May. Yamaha DNA that built our time-testedknees reputation requiring for reliabilitysurgery and and satisfaction bilateral with knee boaters just likepaints you. are sailed. During one of the 2009 fishing trips, one replacement. He also developed angina Paint and varnish. 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By Sheila Dassatt As time went on, history took its own course, With the boat racing season coming to and in the eighties, the rest of the story an end for this year, I felt it only appropriate continued on. Dad, Corliss needed a boat to do a story about it. Congratulations to all for lobstering, so the Red Baron was built that brought home trophies, hat prizes, cash at the family boat shop (red because of left and of course, “bragging rights!” What a over gel coat), and the story of Snoopy and great time it can all be for fishing families, the Red Baron was popular at the time (ex- participants and our racing audience. I’d plaining her name). So the Young Brothers, like to give special thanks to all that do the Arvin and Arvid of Corea, built the Sopwith hard work of sponsoring the races and setting Camel to fit with the popular cartoon, by everything up, such as sign up and keeping Charles Schultz. So the challenge made the track of each race, recording the times, win- spectators simply Love It! The song, Snoopy ners and the radar gun operator, pace boat and the Red Baron by the Royal Guardsmen and so on. Thank you, Jon Johansen for was being played by local radio stations at your dedication to these races. We know race time. It was great fun! how long you have been doing this and your In the beginning, Dad and Glenn ran the dedication is well appreciated! I remember ‘Baron and the Young Brothers challenged a “young” reporter and photographer, asking with the Sopwith Camel. More boats were if he could hop aboard the Red Baron with built and jumped in on the Heyday. If I do us to cover the race at Winter Harbor in the another article on this, I will mention them early eighties……guess who that was?! for sure. They are definitely popular boats, that everyone still made it a picnic. That’s to win the race. That was the Red Baron, and A lot of folks have asked me along the each with their own story. I will mention how I met my husband, Mike. He showed what an exciting race that was! I believe that way, how did this all get started? This is not my Dad and Andrew Gove racing each other up at the dock with a cooler of sandwiches was the first Jimmy Stevens Cup Race. a new sport by any means. It still goes on with Red Baron and Uncle’s UFO. That was and liquid embellishment……accompany- We have seen a generation of our own to this day……when the day’s haul is over, priceless for their ages at the time! ing my Dad’s invitation to come along. As kids become involved, Andrea, Ed and it was always fun to see who was the fastest I asked my daughter, Christy for some time went on, he became part of the wrench Christy and now the next generation of kids boat coming into the harbor. My grandfather, inspiration, and she had great memories, turning team. I never knew what he looked are becoming involved, usually starting with James Holland used to do it back in the early right away. She remembers the “innocence like, his butt was always sticking out of the the skiff races. One reason that I am going years. He needed a fast boat, as he also used of being one of the boat race kids, hopping engine hold! That’s also how friends were there with this article is the simple fact that to move lobsters as well as his participation from rock to rock, nearly slipping into the made and future families. Once they became with our fishing industry, our way of life is with the “prohibition days.” The stories are water-the independence as a child, yet they part of the racing circle, everyone was family not just fishing and regulations. Fishermen probably way more than I can tell! knew that we were all watching over them.” and always will be. work very hard and have for generations, fol- My earliest memories are with my fam- Race morning, there was typically fog, with Sometimes we would win, sometimes lowing strict conservation rules to help make ily going to Jonesport on the 4th of July for a the anticipation of the sun breaking through we would lose, but it never broke our spirit. it possible for years to come. When the day’s traditional picnic with my grandparents and the haze, making race day possible. The Of course, I’ll never forget the day at Ston- work is done, there’s time to start new family folks. My brother, Glenn, had a passion for mornings were misty and cool, to break the ington, when the fog closed in during the traditions. If our family had the privilege to the Jonesport beauties (boats that is), and the hot humid days the proceeded. The antic- race. We could hear the roar of the engines, help make this possible, by leaving our mark annual boat race. We were very young at the ipation was great, with the women in our but couldn’t see any of them until we saw the and tradition on this industry, we are proud time, and started our own Family Tradition. family packing lunches and making sure bow of the red boat breaking through the fog to be part of it. Thank you and Godspeed. U. S. Navy News Continued from Page 9 During the last year, VFA-106 has ceremony for the fifth ship in naval service adversaries” said Foggo. “Naval presence is transferred over 50 F/A-18 Hornets to vari- named for Cincinnati, the third-largest city in essential to our National Defense Strategy was also born in 1988. ous Navy Reserve and U.S. Marine aviation Ohio. and to a peaceful, connected, and prosperous "Today marked the final United States commands, as well as, being placed in pres- “From acquisition to construction, to world.” Navy F/A-18C Operational Hornet flight,” ervation for future use if needed. testing and certification, she is a marvel of Cincinnati Commanding Officer, Cmdr. said the Commodore, Command Strike Fight- Both the F/A-18A and F/A-18C Hornet engineering that will extend our capabilities Jedediah Kloppel, reported to Foggo that the er Wing Atlantic, Capt. Brian Becker. variants have been replaced by the updated for any mission, from the middle of the ship was ready and in his command. In addi- The aircraft has remained with the F/A-18E/F Super Hornets. ocean, to the shallowest of waters, enhancing tion, Penny Pritzker, the 38th U.S. Secretary Gladiators for its entire 31-years of service. VFA-106 is the Navy’s East Coast Fleet our ability to project power at shore and at of Commerce and the ship's sponsor, gave the The aircraft took off from NAS Oceana ac- Replacement Squadron, which trains naval sea,” said principle speaker U.S. Rep. Brad traditional order to “man our ship and bring companied by three F/A-18F Super Hornets aviators to fly the F/A-18 Super Hornets. Wenstrup of Ohio. “The USS Cincinnati will her to life!” for a one-and-a-half hour flight and return to extend the maneuverability and lethality of “This is the first crew in naval history to Oceana where it will be officially stricken Navy Commissions Newest Littoral Com- our fleet to confront the many challenges of commission two ships in less than two years. from the inventory, stripped of all its usable bat Ship - USS Cincinnati (LCS 20) our complex world.” This is the best crew I’ve ever served with,” parts and be scrapped. By Chief Mass Communication Special- Guest speakers for the event included said Kloppel. “From the start of this crew's Becker said the F/A-18C aircraft has ist Rosalie Chang, Naval Surface Forces U.S. Rep. Steven Palazzo of Mississippi, who journey, they have excelled. They achieved served admirably for over 30 years and high- Public Affairs discussed the dedication of the ship builders the highest scores and completed certifica- lighted its history in naval aviation. GULFPORT, Miss. (NNS) -- The U.S. Navy and the Sailors, and Commander, Allied Joint tions early and inspections the first time, “Its technological innovation was con- commissioned the Independence-variant Force Command Naples/Commander, U.S. every time. It’s the unit cohesion, that special tinued on the F/A-18 E/F/G aircraft and littoral combat ship USS Cincinnati (LCS Naval Forces Europe/Commander, U.S. Na- bond, that strength and unity that makes this helped the U.S. Navy transition from 4th to 20) during a ceremony Saturday, Oct. 5, in val Forces Africa, Adm. James G. Foggo III. a great crew.” 5thAllenBW_coastalNews_4.937x3.687_013019.qxp_Layout generation aircraft,” said Becker. Gulfport, 1 1/30/19 Miss. 8:04 PM Page 1 “Each and every day, our ships sail Kloppel took command of Cincinnati More than 1,400 guests attended the alongside those of our Allies and partners, during a change of command ceremony, Oct. defending freedom, deterring aggression, 3. and ensuring adherence to the rules which underwrite the greatest signal to our allies Continued on Page 22 Marine Insurance and our partners and best warning to our An employee-owned company serving Maine people and their boats since 1866. JOHANSON BOATWORKS Full Service Yacht Yard

Offices in Rockland, Camden, Belfast, Southwest Harbor and Waterville. AllenIF.com/marine (800)439-4311 Rockland, Maine • 207-596-7060 OWNER, VESSEL, FLEET OR CREW [email protected] • jboatworks.com November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11. Commercial Fishing News From the Director of D.E.L.A. From the Director - Facebook site that showed two books and would like to do a gear demo for any inter- of 400 to 500 meters, which can be modi- The month of September got away how thick they are, titled: Final Environ- ested fishers, enforcement officials, or the fied on the fly to avoid gear and address sea from us! Where did it go? It seems that mental Impact Statement for Amending the general public. You can either meet us in state. VHF Channel 16, Northeast Manager: the month flew right by, with a few issues Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan: Portland or email us and have us come to Colleen Roche at 401 545-0174, northeast. that we were all dealing with. Our Annual Broad-Based Gear Modifications Volume I your own town. Please remember that we [email protected]., Ferdinand R. Has- meeting was postponed, which we apologize & II. Prepared by: Industrial Economics, are only offering one of several alternatives sler.png, Navigation Officer: 603 812-8748; for, but most didn’t find that date a good Incorporated, and NOAA’s National Marine to the issue of the recent 50% reduction in [email protected]., Project one for attendance. We have re-scheduled Fisheries Service Draft EIS: February 2005, vertical lines in Maine, so keep it civil and Manager: Starla Robinson, starla.robin- it for Thursday, October 24th at Helen’s Final EIS: August 2007. Now, these books be willing to offer helpful advice, criticisms [email protected]. The navigation manager is Restaurant in Ellsworth @ 6:00 p.m. All are are very thorough and have left absolutely and questions. E-mail: j.wolf@desertstar. the primary contact for public relations, gear welcome to attend! Come along and bring nothing out. One is about three inches thick com, mailing address: Desert Star Systems, claims, coordinating gear information and a friend. It is a good opportunity to get up and the other is about an inch thick. I had 3261Imjin Rd., Marina, CA 93933-5103. obtaining the hydrographic products from to date with the issues and to have a chance the privilege to be involved in some of these If you are interested, here is the next al- this survey. In case of emergency, the ship to voice your opinion. Every voice counts meetings and work with the Take Reduction ternative. The Ropeless Consortium is what can be reach by cell at 603-812-8748. The in our association. We will still be having Teams of that time. I plan to have these is being offered to us. Perhaps we should Commanding Officer is LCDR Blanken- our Annual Hat Drawing, which is always volumes at our meeting so you are welcome see what they have to offer? What do you ship. The ship will be visible on AIS. a fun thing to do for the Annual Meeting. to take a look at them and see if anything think? By the time that you read this, the Fall I’d like to thank our Associate members for was left out. The big thing is the fact that Scallop license lotteries are now avail- ME-NH Inshore Trawl Survey will be over. their generous donations to this every year. it is titled “Final Environmental Impact able. The DMR is announcing two lotteries, The DMR feel that failure to complete the This is a good way to reach out and help ad- Statement.” So it seems to me that this is not one for scallop drag licenses and one for proposed tows could jeopardize the use of vertise and promote our Associate member’s going away and nothing has changed over scallop diving licenses. They are making our data for state and federal lobster and products. . the years. It will go on and on…kind’ve available 6 drag licenses and 4 dive licenses finfish management. If you’d like more Do we want to talk whales? Probably like when an election year is approaching for the 2019-2020 season. The lotteries will contact information for details, here is the not, we just want to fish, right? I know that and health insurance gets brought up once remain open until November 8th at 4:30 p.m. information: http://www.maine.gov/dmr/ it is an issue that needs to be dealt with, but again, yay or nay. Applicants may enter online at www.maine. science-research/projects/trawlsurvey/ for now, we’re all trying to make a living on This notice is showing up in my e-mail gov/scalloplottery. fl19schedule.html. You may also call Re- the water and plan for the upcoming winter. notices almost every day, lately: Ropeless NOAA’s Hydrographic Survey Oper- becca Peters at the office 207 633-9530 or Let’s hope that this winter is not as harsh as Fishing Breakfast Series. Special An- ations - Mistaken Ground on the Eastern by cell 207 557-5276, or Rebecca.J.Peters@ the last one. It seems that there was more nouncement: From November 12th - 18th, Approach to Portland, Maine, October 15 maine.gov . ice than snow. Desert Star Systems will be in Portland, through November 15, 2019. This will be This report has the majority of the in- I shared a picture on the D.E.L.A. Maine for the Ropeless Consortium. We done with NOAA’s ship, Ferdinand R. Has- formation that brings us up to date. Please sler. The survey is being done to update the feel free to contact DELA at any time for nautical chart for the safety of navigation. more contact information. My e-mail is Department Marine Resources News DMR has been notified that lobster gear [email protected] and my cell phone Three Charged with Violating Laws blatant disregard of the rules that protect At- DOES NOT need to be moved. The ship will is 207 322-1924. Intended to Protect Rebuilding Atlantic lantic herring. Said Commissioner Patrick be surveying with approximate line spacing Stay safe, Sheila Herring Stock Keliher. Mr. Robbins has attended many her- Augusta - The Maine Marine Patrol has ring management meetings over the years issued citations to three men for violating to speak to the need to protect this industry laws designed to protect the Atlantic herring from over fishing. His actions and those of fishery which has faced serious quota reduc- his crew are directly counter to his publicly tions in recent years. stated positions this is disappointing to say Glenn Robbins, 72 of Eliot, owner and the least. captain of the fishing vessel Western Sea These charges are the result of a signif- has been charged with exceeding the weekly icant investigation by Maine Marine Patrol limit of 160,000 pounds of herring, and with with support from the Maine State Police failing to file accurate reports of his harvest. to uncover violations that cheat other har- Maine herring regulations require har- vesters and dealers who comply with quota vester vessels to send an email to the Maine and reporting requirements, said Colonel Department of Marine Resource (DMR) Carroll. By violating quota limits and re- three hours prior to landing with information porting requirements, these violations also P. O. Box 88 regarding the harvester, vessel and total undermine efforts designed to re-build this Belfast, Maine 04915 – [email protected] catch. Marine Patrol's investigation found critically important stock. that Robbins failed to properly notify DMR 2019 – “Working together” on two occasions. DMR Employee and Manager of the The investigation, which took place Year Awards Presented Name: ______during August and September, found that WEST BOOTHBAY HARBOR - Maine the fishing vessel Western Sea, operated DMR Commissioner Patrick Keliher pre- Address: ______by Robbins, exceeded the 160,000-pound sented awards Friday to two deserving Town/city: ______Zip: ______weekly limit on two occasions. "At a time DMR staffers. Erin Summers, Director of when regulators have drastically reduced DMR's Biological Monitoring Division Phone number:______E-mail address______harvest limits to address declining Atlantic received the Manager of the Year Award for herring recruitment, this is an especially working on right whale protection efforts, Type of membership: egregious violation." said Marine Patrol while Charlotte Ekstrom, who works in the Colonel Jay Carroll. department's licensing division, received the ( ) Lobsterman/stern man ($100) yearly License no. ______Ethan Chase, 42 of Portsmouth, New Employee of the Year Award for providing Hampshire, who also operated Robbins ves- exceptional customer service. The awards ( ) Lobsterman – age 70 & over ($50) sel, was cited for failing to properly notify were presented during the department's ( ) Student ($56) yearly DMR prior to landing and for exceeding the annual meeting Friday, September 20th in weekly harvest limit in September by over West Boothbay Harbor. ( ) Business associate ($113) yearly 110,000 pounds of herring, all of which was ( ) Avid supporter ($132) yearly seized by Marine Patrol. Aquaculture Operation to Support Nov- ( ) Friend of DELA ($100) Dealer Dustin Reed, owner of whole- el Approach to Wild Atlantic Salmon sale seafood dealer New Moon Fisheries, Restoration ( ) I wish to support DELA’s legal fund ______has also been charged with failure to report AUGUSTA - The Maine Department of herring he purchased and failure to hold a Marine Resources (DMR) will employ a ( ) I wish to support DELA’s Scholarship Fund______permit to buy and sell herring. novel approach to rearing Atlantic salmon We also take Master Card and Visa The charges against Robbins, Chase for restoring native populations on the East and Reed could result in fines of $100 per Branch of the Penobscot. Card _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _- _ _ _ _ Expiration date _ _/_ _ Security code _ _ _ violation. However, while the civil fines are The project, funded through a NOAA limited under law, the Commissioner of the Section 6 Species Recovery Grant totaling Card holder’s name (print) ______Department of Marine Resources has the $1,075,000, will involve a partnership be- authority to suspend harvester and dealer tween DMR, Cooke Aquaculture USA, US Card Holder’s signature______licenses for failure to comply with reporting Fish and Wildlife Service, NOAA Fisheries, requirements and for exceeding landings and the Penobscot Indian Nation to grow *Downeast Lobstermen’s Association is a qualified tax exempt organization under section limits. Continued on Page 21 501 ( c ) (6) of the Internal Revenue Code These violations are nothing short of a Page 12. MAINE COASTAL NEWS November 2019 Commercial Fishing News Miscellaneous Commercial Fishing News Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries Re- restoration of river-run species might have black sea bass, and bluefish. In setting to the 2019 measures. This could allow for ceives Three-year NOAA Grant on the groundfish complex. catch and harvest limits for scup, black sea a notable increase in commercial landings. Grant to study groundfish in eastern Maine This funding from NOAA will also help bass, and bluefish, the Boards and Council However, because the recently revised rec- STONINGTON - Maine Center for Coastal support the Sentinel Survey over the next also took into account recommendations reational harvest estimates are higher than Fisheries (MCCF) in Stonington has been three seasons. One of the most important from the Council’s Statistical and Science the 2020 and 2021 RHLs, managers will not awarded a $207,355 grant over three years aspects of this project is our collaboration Committee (SSC), Monitoring Committee, be able to liberalize recreational measures by NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conservation with fishermen. Not only do we execute the and Advisory Panels (APs) for each spe- in 2020, despite the increase in the RHL. for research testing the effects of restoring Survey with commercial fishing vessels, but cies. The summer flounder limits, which Changes to recreational measures (bag, size, fish passage in the Penobscot River on fishermen are also directly engaged in the were previously approved by the Board and and season limits) to constrain harvest to the groundfish diet. This grant will support the study design, data collection and analysis. Council in March 2019, were maintained. RHL will be considered at the Council and analysis of fish samples that have been col- Deeper engagement has been a focus in 2019 No changes were made to the commercial Board’s December 2019 joint meeting. lected during the annual Sentinel Survey that and will continue into the future. management measures for the four species. Summer Flounder MCCF leads in partnership with fishermen, Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries For scup, black sea bass, and bluefish, the For summer flounder, the Board and the University of Maine, and The Nature connects fishermen, scientists, regulators Commission’s actions are final and apply Council received a data update, including Conservancy. and others through collaborative research to state waters (0‐3 miles from shore); the updated catch, landings, and fishery-in- MCCF started the Sentinel Survey in and co-management to help secure the future Council will forward its recommendations dependent survey indices through 2018. 2010 with partial funding from NOAA’s of commercial fishing and the communities for federal waters (3 – 200 miles from shore) State and federal survey indices indicate Northeast Fisheries Science Center, using that depend on it. To learn more about MCCF to the NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic the stock increased from 2017 to 2018 and longline and jigs to survey groundfish or this project, please contact Paul Ander- Regional Fisheries Administrator for final recruitment in 2018 was above average. abundance from Penobscot Bay to Canada. son, Executive Director at 207.367.2708 or approval. Considering the positive status of the sum- Groundfish caught in the Survey have been [email protected] Scup mer flounder stock and recommendations sampled in each of the ten seasons to test The 2019 scup operational assessment from the SSC, Monitoring Committee, and hypotheses related to groundfish recovery ASMFC & MAFMC Set Specifications concluded the stock was not overfished AP, the Board and Council maintained the resulting from restoring a river herring for Jointly Managed Species and Initiate and overfishing was not occurring in 2018. previously-implemented specifications for (alewife) prey base. The timeframe of this a Joint Action on Summer Flounder, Spawning stock biomass was estimated to be summer flounder. For 2020, the commercial survey transcends the recent improvements Scup, and Black Sea Bass Commercial/ about two times the target. The assessment quota is 11.53 million pounds and the RHL of fish passage in the Penobscot River Recreational Allocations; and ASMFC indicated the stock experienced very high is 7.69 million pounds. system, and it provides baseline data from Initiates Addendum on Black Sea Bass recruitment in 2015 and below-average re- Bluefish which to study predator-prey dynamics as State-by-State Commercial Allocations cruitment during 2016-2018. The Board and For bluefish, the 2019 operational as- anadromous prey stocks rebuild. By improv- The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Council approved an acceptable biological sessment designated the stock as overfished ing knowledge of predator-prey responses to Commission’s Summer Flounder, Scup, and catch (ABC) of 35.77 million pounds for though overfishing was not occurring in river restoration, this study addresses timely Black Sea Bass Board (Board) and Bluefish 2020 and 30.67 million pounds for 2021. 2018. Based on the SSC’s recommendation, evaluation of how investment in restoring Board met jointly with the Mid-Atlantic After accounting for expected discards, the Bluefish Board and Council adopted fish passage in the Penobscot and other Fishery Management Council (Council) to this results in a commercial quota of 22.23 an ABC of 16.28 million pounds for both eastern Maine rivers yields benefits to fish adopt 2020-2021 specifications for scup, million pounds and an RHL of 6.51 million 2020 and 2021. After accounting for dis- stocks. black sea bass, and bluefish and review pre- pounds in 2020, and a commercial quota cards, the ABC translates to a commercial NOAA’s Office of Habitat Conserva- viously-implemented 2020 specifications of 18.06 million pounds and an RHL of quota of 2.77 million pounds and an RHL tion has invested more than $21 million in for summer flounder. During the meeting, 5.34 million pounds in 2021. Compared of 9.48 million pounds. Compared to 2019, fish passage restoration in the Penobscot the Boards and Council reviewed the results to 2019 landings limits, this represents a this represents a 64% decrease in the com- River system, which in conjunction with the of operational stock assessments for black 7% decrease in the commercial quota and mercial quota and an 18% decrease in the removal of these dams, has opened approx- sea bass, scup, and bluefish, which were a 12% decrease in the RHL in 2020, and a RHL. Because the recreational fishery is imately 1,000 miles of spawning habitat, peer-reviewed and accepted for manage- 25% decrease in the commercial quota and anticipated to fully harvest the RHL, the representing one of the largest river resto- ment use in August 2019. The assessments a 28% decrease in the RHL in 2021. Board and Council did not authorize a quota ration projects in US history. Restoration incorporated fishery catch and fishery-inde- The Board and Council also reviewed transfer from the recreational sector to the efforts, along with concurrent stocking have pendent survey data through 2018, including an evaluation of scup discards by mesh size, commercial sector for 2020-2021. facilitated a rapid increase of river herring in revised recreational catch data from the quarter, and statistical area in the commer- Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea the system. In 2018, 2.17 million returning Marine Recreational Information Program cial fishery. While discards have been well Bass Commercial/Recreational Alloca- fish were counted at the Milford Dam on the (MRIP). The revised MRIP data are based on above average in recent years, the Board and tions Amendment Penobscot River, and this year 1.9 million a new estimation methodology accounting Council agreed with the Monitoring Com- The Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black have returned so far. We expect this trend to for changes to the angler intercept survey mittee recommendation that no immediate Sea Bass Board and the Council initiated continue as historical runs are estimated to and the recent transition to a mail-based management action was needed but discards the development of a joint amendment to have been between 14 and 20 million fish. effort survey. For these four species, the should continue to be monitored. reevaluate the FMP’s commercial and rec- This grant will fund some of the revised estimates of catch and landings Black Sea Bass reational sector allocations. This action aims analysis of the fish samples, specifically are several times higher than the previous The 2019 black sea bass operational to address the allocation-related impacts of compound-specific stable isotope analysis estimates for shore and private boat modes, stock assessment concluded the stock was the revised recreational catch and landings (CSIA) to be conducted at the Woods Hole substantially raising the overall catch and not overfished and overfishing was not oc- data provided by MRIP. The initiation of Oceanographic Institute. These data will harvest estimates. curring in 2018. Spawning stock biomass the amendment directs Commission and help to understand the diets of fish caught Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, was estimated to be about 2.4 times the Council staff to begin preparing analyses to in the Sentinel Survey. Linking of this infor- and Bluefish Specifications biomass target in 2018. Recruitment was guide development of a Public Information mation with other analyses of growth rates, The following table summarizes com- above average in 2015 and below-average Document and scoping process. The Board genetics, and reproductive status will help us mercial quotas and recreational harvest during 2016-2018. The Board and Council and Council will discuss this issue during to better understand the relationship that the limits (RHL) for summer flounder, scup, adopted an ABC of 15.07 million pounds their next joint meeting in December 2019. for 2020 and 2021, which results in a com- Black Sea Bass Commercial Addendum mercial quota of 5.58 million pounds and After reviewing potential management an RHL of 5.81 million pounds for both strategies and engaging in a joint discussion years after accounting for expected discards. on Council involvement, the Board initiated This represents a 59% increase for both the an addendum to consider changes to black Boattalk commercial quota and the RHL compared sea bass commercial state-by-state alloca- The call-in radio show for people contemplating things naval on WERU-fm 89.9 Blue Hill and 99.9 Bangor streaming and podcasting at weru.org live every second Tuesday of each month 10-11am Local boating news, interesting guests, and your input too. Call-in live and join the conversation on community radio or just roll with flow on the nautical radio show without piers. Non-commercial community supported local radio. Thanks for your support. MAINE COASTAL NEWS NovemberJuly 20122019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page Page 13. 13. Commercial FishingFishing NewsNews MiscellaneousISCELLANEOUS CommercialOMMERCIAL FishingISHING NewsEWS tions. Consistent withM the Board’s August conference call on Wednesday, C October 23 data*, when the public willF be asked to leave N Change Center, and Marine Mammals of Maine Waring noted that the 2012 harbor seal process for the last decade made him a sure opportunity to look back at where we have 2019 discussion, this action will consider at 1 p.m. The call and webinar information the room. October 10, 2019 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 the current distribution and abundance of is included below. The Commission welcomes the sub- Researchers use long-term survey data sets effort. many different organizations so that Executive Director,” stated ASMFC Chair chart a new course for the future.” black sea bass as one of several adjustment Webinar URL: https://global.gotomeet- mission of alternate analyses or assessment and climate models to help fishing commu- A pre-abundance survey aerial flight everyone involved benefits as much as Paul Diodati. ”Recognized and well The Commission was formed over 70 factors to achieve more balanced access ing.com/join/841122917 models. For alternate models to be consid- nities plan for a warmer ocean 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 to the resource. Proposed strategies for To join the call, please dial 1-888-585- ered, the model description, model input, American lobster is Canada's most valuable 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 adjusting the commercial state allocations 9008 and enter conference room number final model estimates, and complete source fishery. Photo: NOAA Fisheries 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 include: 1) a dynamic approach, referred to 853-657-937 code must be provided to Jeff Kipp, Senior U.S. and Canadian researchers have 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 as “TMGC,” which gradually shifts alloca- Once the fishery re-opens, landings will Stock Assessment Scientist, at jkipp@asm- developed a new tool that incorporates pro- 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 tions over time based on a combination of be closely monitored and the fishery will be fc.org by October 18, 2019. Any models jected changes in ocean climate onto specif- radio signals from tagged seals within a 5-10 programs.” will ensure continuity in the Commission’s Interstate Compact, which was approved by historical landings information and current adjusted to zero landing days when 1,000 submitted without complete, editable source ic fishery management areas. Now fisher- mile area when the radio-tagged animals are scientific and management programs during the U.S. Congress in 1942. The states have stock distribution information; 2) several mt is projected to be reached. Fishermen code and input files will not be considered. men, resource managers, and policy-makers hauled out on the ledges. Navy to Host Series of Public Meetings to this time of transition.” found that their mutual interest in sustaining trigger-based allocation approaches; 3) a are prohibited from landing more than 2,000 For more information about the assess- can use it to plan for the future sustainability On about May 27, the aerial Solicit Comments on Proposed Training Over the next couple of months, the healthy coastal fishery resources is best method to raise the Connecticut quota to 5% pounds of Atlantic herring per trip on days ment or attending the upcoming workshop of the lobster fishery in Nova Scotia and photographic abundance surveys will and Testing Exercises off U.S. Atlantic Commission’s Executive Committee will promoted by working together in addition to any other reallocation method; out of the fishery. (space is limited), please contact Caitlin Canadian waters of the Gulf of Maine as begin. The survey will photograph seals on and Gulf of Mexico Coast; Comments Due develop a vacancy announcement and cooperatively, in collaboration with the and 4) hybrid approaches. Although this is Period 4 Starks, Fishery Management Plan Coordina- waters warm. haul-out ledges in bay sectors in four-hour July 10 selection process for the new Executive federal government. With this approach, the a Board-specific action, both the Board and For period 4, the Area 1A fishery will tor, at [email protected] or 703.842.0740. “Climate change has socio-economic intervals. Simultaneously, the radio tracking The Department of the Navy has Director. Mr. Diodati continued, “This is an states uphold their collective fisheries Council agreed future discussions of the have two consecutive landing days per week * Each state and federal agency is re- impacts on coastal communities and the aircraft will search in the same bay sectors for prepared a Draft Environmental Impact exciting time in the Commission’s seventy management responsibilities in a cost- seafood market, but integrating that infor- addendumradio tagged should seals. occur Data at from joint bothmeetings aircraft to startingStatement/Overseas at 6:00 p.m. Environmental on November Impact 3 for yearsponsible history. for It maintaining offers our Commissioners the confidentiality an effective, timely, and responsive fashion. mation into planning and decision-making allowwill be for used Council to derive input. an abundance The Council estimate. delib- MaineStatement and for 12:01 U.S. a.m. Navy on training November and testing 4 for of its data and deciding who has access erated“We the need do not for aknow joint action,how many but decided harbor Massachusettsactivities conducted and New within Hampshire. the Atlantic Please to its confidential data. In the case of our has been a challenge,” said Vincent Saba, a toseals postpone exist in further New England consideration because of most a joint seal noteFleet the Training Western and Maine Testing and Study Massachusetts/ Area. The stock assessments and peer reviews, all fishery biologist at the Northeast Fisheries actionsurveys until focus the December on one specific2019 meeting. area or NewStudy Hampshire Area is in the spawning western Atlantic areas remainOcean analysts and, if necessary, reviewers, have Science Center and a co-author of the study. location.For more However, information we do on know the Commisthat local- closedand encompasses through 11:59 waters p.m. off onthe Novembereast coast been granted permission by the appropriate “Ocean warming is leading to an accelerated sion’spopulations actions have pertaining become to blackmore seaabundant bass, 3of (vesselsNorth America cannot and take, the Gulf land, of Mexico. or possess The agency to use and view confidential data. redistribution of marine species. Knowing pleaseduring contact the last Caitlin few Starks, decades, Fishery and Manhave- AtlanticU.S. Navy herring is requesting during spawning public comment closures). on When the assessment team needs to show how animals will shift distribution, and agementchanged Plan in Coordinatormany ways, at [email protected] in Periodthe draft 4 landingsstatements will and be will closely hold monitoreda series of and discuss these data, observers to our stock what to do about shifts across management orgsouthern and contact New DustinEngland Colson and LeaningNantucket at andpublic the meetings directed fishery to provide in informationArea 1A will closeand assessment process are asked to leave the borders both regional and international, will [email protected],” Waring said. for “While more information the overall whenanswer 92% questions. of the sub-ACLComments is areprojected due July to room to preserve confidentiality. be critical to planning on how to adapt to pertaininggeographic to range the Commission’s of harbor seals actions has varied on be10, reached 2012. unless 95% of the total ACL is A tanker being docked by Moran tugs on the Newthose Hampshire changes.” side of the Piscataqua River bluefishlittle in andthe summerlast century, flounder. our ability as projected to be reached for the stock-wide New Tool Can Help Nova Scotia Lobster Continued on Page 20 scientists to learn more about the behavior of fishery,Bob inBeal which Named case Acting the ExecutiveArea 1A fishery FisheryLOOKING Address Impacts FOR of Climate A FINE ROWING CRAFT? Thethe Atlanticseals, their States seasonal Marine migration Fisheries patterns Com- will close earlier.Director Fishermen are prohibited mission’sand habitat Atlantic uses, and Herring their interactions Management with fromARLINGTON, landing more VA – thanRobert 2,000 E. Beal pounds has been of Boardother membersspecies (includingfrom Maine, humans) New Hamp has- Atlanticappointed herring the Acting per trip Executive on days Director out of forthe shire,markedly and improved.”Massachusetts set effort control fisherythe Atlantic and after States the fishery Marine is closed.Fisheries measuresThe Protectedfor the 2019 Species Area Branch 1A (inshore at the Commission.For more He information, will serve inplease that capacity contact GulfNEFSC’s of Maine) Woods fishery Hole for theLaboratory remainder isof Kirbyuntil an Rootes-Murdy, Executive Director Senior has Fishery been selected Man- periodresponsible 3 (October) for assessingand period the4 (November status of agementby the Commission’s Plan Coordinator, Executive at krootes-mur Committee.- andmarine December). mammal populations and other [email protected] Beal has been or 703.842.0740. with the Commission for Periodfederally 3 protected species off the northeast more than 15 years and has served as the U.S.The coast, Area from 1A Canadian fishery waters will tomove Cape from DirectorASMFC Americanfor the ShadInterstate Stock AssessFishery- zeroHatteras, to two N.C. consecutive Among the animalslanding studied days Managementment Program Workshop for the past 10 years. startingare whales at 6:00 and p.m. dolphins, on October seals, 27 marinefor the Scheduled“Bob’s excellent for November track record 18-22, of leading in remainderturtles, and of seabirds. period 3, ending on October Charleston,the Commission’s SC fisheries management 31 contingent on the performance of the The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Canadian weir fishery through October 1. 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The dragger SEA RAMBLER hauled out at Portland Shipyard for her annual maintenance. One of the hulls at Wesmac in Surry under construction. owned by Maine Seacoast Mission of Mount Outside they have THISTLE back, Then re-weld the deck, repaint everything totypes and collaborate on testing at-sea. Desert Island. The first issue that arose was which is an Oyster 100. They are putting all in November and get her back in the water. The science and technology advancements when they removed the insulation under the new cabin soles throughout the pilothouse Not enough to do, add on about 130 from this research will benefit all the Navy’s deck and found that it was more corroded and main salon area, including all the steps boats that have to be hauled, decommis- small craft programs. than they thought. J. B. Turner, President and this is being done by Teak Decking sioned and ready for next season. “Maine is home to the best shipbuilders of FSS, said, “We gutted the whole boat, Systems. They also have a host of small Even with all this work underway they in the world, and our state has long had an pilot house and all. The lowest deck is fully mechanical projects to do as well. One of are still looking for more so they can transi- integral role in our national security. Na- sandblasted and re-primed and we've started the projects is a new stainless steel bimini. tion into the winter. They have a number of vatek’s engineering and research strength to put it back together again. We just finished They have a 106 foot aluminum hull their regular customers coming back and a combined with Front Street Shipyard’s sandblasting and priming the pilot house so Holland yacht style build constructed in number of new ones. composites experience will benefit all of the now we have got the mid-deck level to do, 2003, which they are doing a bunch of A great project, which left a couple of Navy’s small-craft programs,” said Senator sandblast and prime and start the rebuilding varnish work, lightly sanding the decks, months ago was DEFIANT, a Hinckley 70, Collins. “As a senior member of the Defense process. There is also a small amount of systems, bow thruster and bearings. They but unfortunately she was hit by lightning Appropriations Subcommittee, I strongly plating going on. Trying to get the new black will also make a repair to the foil on the when at Newport, RI. She had been in for advocated for the funding that made this re- water tank built and then get that installed head stay. She is being readied to go south system work and now this all needs to be search possible and am so proud of the work this week. So, it is moving along.” and they hope to have her back for a bigger replaced again. They have to replace the Navatek and other Maine companies do to Due to the additional corrosion that was refit next summer. hydraulic, engine and charging systems. To support our Navy and our nation’s defense.” found the 1 December deadline it is going ZENATA, a Gunboat 62, is in for bot- do this they have been working with New This new contract will continue to build to take a little longer before she is ready for tom work, replacing rudder bearings, some England Boatworks and running down to on the success of Maine’s historic leadership the water. electrical checks and replacing her standing Newport as needed. in the maritime field and revolutionize it In another building is a Nordhaven 58 rigging. Navatek awarded ONR Contract for for our digital and renewable energy age. that they are doing more and more work on The motorsailer BARBARA is in for so- Advanced Planing Hull Research to Opportunities to collaborate with Maine all the time. They started with hull paint, lar panels and a new solar charging system, improve the safety and performance of maritime companies such as Front Street but that turned into as new air conditioning generator work and bottom work as usual. high-speed boats for Navy missions. Shipyard were vital in supporting Navatek’s system, new shore power system, new at sea A 65 foot cat is having her bottom sand Navatek LLC has been awarded an $8 Portland office, opened in 2018. system and other electrical items. This due blasted and redone, some rigging work; an million contract from the U.S. Navy Office Martin Kao, CEO of Navatek LLC, to finding a number of problems. electric furler installed; raise the waterline of Naval Research (ONR). The contract said, “Our company is committed the State On one side they have ZEEL, which and some small system items. entitled “Advanced Planing Hull Research” of Maine, and thanks to Senator Collins’ is a Sundeer 62. They have got the deck They are going to be hauling the focuses on pursuing new science and tech- support, we have been able to partner with painted and now they are replacing most of 130-footer MIA CARA later in October nology for safer hulls and hybrid-electric the University of Maine and the State’s boat the electrical system and air conditioning for her annual maintenance. Then they are propulsion systems for fast boats building ecosystem to address the Navy’s systems and now she is going back together going to haul a 120 foot tug, which has Navatek will work directly with Front new challenges and needs.” so the owner can go south. been converted to a yacht. They have got to Street Shipyard, who will combine their Building on Mr. Kao’s comments, JB LITTLE VIGILANT was just put into replace two big seakeepers, which means “Built in Maine” composites experience Turner, president of Front Street Shipyard, the building. She is being donated to Mystic they have to cut the deck open, remove the with Navatek’s research strength. Front said, “We believe our experience with ad- Seaport Museum of Mystic, CT. present seakeepers and put the new ones in. Street Shipyard will build the Navatek pro- vanced composite construction for boats will provide a key advantage to our Navy, and we are happy to team with Navatek to use our combined capabilities in this area through this new research program.” Navatek is based in Honolulu, Hawaii with offices in Portland and Orono, Maine; From winning races to South Kingston, Rhode Island; and Wash- cruising or power boating ington DC. They were founded in 1979, focusing on research in hydrodynamics use Hallett Canvas & Sails and the advanced ship design. Through the research and experimentation, Navatek to get you there. Made in the USA. has established significant capabilities and Still time to winterize developed advanced solutions in the sci- ences and disciplines related to its fields of your canvas and sails research for the U.S. Navy. Photo Ann-e Blanchard What about the ferries? Well, the first • Wash, Check & Repair (In house) might just be built to run here on Penobscot • Clean & Waterproof (Canvas) Bay. The residents of Islesboro have been talking about a small high speed ferry and • Repair & Store Only they are offering to build the boat with hopes that the state will run it. Presently talks are • Wash & Store Only underway with the state. J. B. added that they have also been talking with people about an HALLE T T CANVAS & SAILS electric ferry in San Francisco. He added, 215 Foreside Rd, Falmouth, Maine “There are 25 potential boats out there right (207) 781-7070 (800) 639-9907 now that want to be done by 2025.” www.hallettcanvasandsails.com Continued on Page 18 www.h2ube.com Photo Ann-e Blanchard November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 15. Boat And Ship Yard News

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Looking for a nice cruiser? This is a Bar Harbor 39, which is partially finished and offered The Chris Craft having her bottom redone at Brooklin Boat Yard in Brooklin. for sale at West Bay Boats in Steuben. She is offered at more than a reasonable cost. Continued from Page 14 Another Calvin Beal 44 is in Bay #1 meaning that they have not talked before. port side, open guest quarters, and head with and she is being finished off as a lobster This was a cold sale and Stewart added, “He separate shower on the starboard side. Up in S. W Boatworks boat for a fisherman from Cranberry Isles. was aware of us and he has been talking to the shelter there are no controls, they are all Lamoine She is almost 75 percent completed. She is a previous contact that I was talking with.” up on the flybridge or back in the cockpit. In Getting ready to go overboard is a also getting the electronic valve switching S. W. has a number of boats on order the shelter there is a very large galley with Calvin Beal 44, finished out as a split system for the fish holds. which include: a law enforcement boat for stainless steel countertops on the port side, wheelhouse lobster boat for a fisherman A Calvin Beal 38 is under construction the Scituate Harbor Master; a Calvin Beal starboard side has an L-shaped settee with a from the mid-coast. For accommodations for a fisherman from Southern Maine. She is 36 research boat for Rhode Island; a Calvin pedestal table. She also has an unbelievable she has a V-berth, some cupboards and being finished off as a lobster boat powered Beal 36 foot sportfish boat; and a Calvin Beal sound system. This boat will be a liveaboard the shelter is finished out in cherry. She is with a 800-hp Scania. 36 walkaround, which will be finished as a and do some sportfishing charters in St. powered with a 750-hp John Deere and they On the other side of the road they are sportfisherman. Croix. are expecting about 24 knots with a cruise taking a perfectly good Calvin Beal 44 hull In Bay #1 there is a kit boat going down of 18 knots. Stewart Workman, owner of and cutting it in two and adding four feet to Wesmac to Danvers, MA where her owner, who al- S. W. Boatworks, added, “Actually this is her length. She is being finished out as a lob- Surry ready has a Wesmac, will finish her off as a one of our first ones that we have done with ster boat for a fisherman from Vinalhaven, Right outside the office at Wesmac personal cruiser. They will installed a small the electronic valve switching system for and will be powered with a C18 1,000-hp is Wesmac 46, which will be going in the Cummins diesel engine, drive train, rudder, the fish holds. This prevents the captain or Caterpillar. water the end of October. She is a new boat, fuel tanks, mount the house and send her the crew members from having to go down How was the Newport International but has been a long-term project. They are down the road about the end of November. into the engine room or go figure out a fuel Boat Show for S. W. Boatworks? Well, on now doing the final tweaking and fitting out In Bay #2 is the twin engine Wesmac manifold system. It is all electronically set Thursday morning amidst the downpours before she goes over for sea trials. There 50, which is being finished off as a pleasure up so all you have to is flip a few switches. a person walked in and ordered a 44 or will be some minor work to finish up in the cruiser and scheduled to be over late spring No one has to go down in the engine room 45 foot sportfisherman. The type of hull spring. Seamless Marine of New Bedford or early summer. The engines, shafts, struts with all their oil gear on, which can be dan- is either going to be a Calvin Beal 44 or a did the tower and hard-top. For accommo- are set, fuel tanks in and the accommoda- gerous around the pulleys and stuff. WeMaine are Young Boats, Brothers Homes 45. As& manyHarbors realize Magazine many dations she has a full master stateroom with tions are roughed out. They are hoping for anxious to see how it is going to work.” of the sales at boat shows are not cold sales, an island queen bed, double bunks on the a dry period so they can bring the hull out May/June 2017 • Issue 146 • AD PROOF and set the deck and house on. She will be a 95 percent completed boat as the owner will Please review this printout very carefully, checking especially for spelling, grammatical, and factual errors. Please pay close attention to be doing the interior cabinetry. This owner telephone and fax numbers, and to all the details in physical, e-mail, and web site addresses. Please note that any colorsFishing shown access are merely is a repeat customer, who owned a Wesmac A Full Service Boat Yard along the approximations of ink printed on paper. We make every effortSpecializing to be 100% error in free. 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With just Women on the attack over a month to go to the start of the Tran- It was after a closely fought final stretch sat Jacques Vabre, the event was a test for against Clarisse Crémer and Armel le Cleach many of the boats, whether they were old on Banque Populaire X and Damien Seguin or new, foilers or not. There was a lot to and Yoann Richomme on Apicil that Sam see at every level and the weather condi- Davies and Paul Meilhat took a very good tions were ideal. Out of the twenty boats seventh place in the 48-hour race. “A high- ranked at the finish, there were 12 foilers speed race with lots of positive lessons for and 8 non-foilers, three of which made the Transat Jacques Vabre,” declared Sam it to the top ten. We take a look at what Davies. happened, the lessons that were learnt and We should note too the fine eighth place hear from some of the 42 IMOCA skippers obtained by Isabelle Joschke for whom who took part in this contest. this was the first race since the relaunch of Photo Yvan Zedda Charal stood out above the crowd her MACSF. Ranked fifth in the runs, then Everyone was eagerly looking forward eighth in the 48-hour race, Isabelle and her to the battle between the boats from the latest co-skipper Morgan Lagravière showed the generation of IMOCAs with foils and the full potential of the monohull, which is now foilers (and indeed non foilers) from 2016 fitted with foils. Isabelle Joschke: “I really and the older boats, some of which have now enjoyed myself during these two days of been fitted with foils. In what was a real test racing. This first competition also enabled of performance and flying, everyone was me to find my feet aboard with Morgan. We watching to see how the VPLP designed quickly found a way to organise things and Charal would do against the two new boats, a way of communicating. It all fell naturally Thomas Ruyant’s Verdier designed Advens into place.” for Cybersecurity and Sébastien Simon’s When the Azimut Challenge steps up a Kouyoumdjian designed Arkea Paprec. Nei- notch ther of the two latter boats would however Antoine Mermod, President of the end up in the top 10 in the 48-hour race, IMOCA was pleased with this ninth edition as the two monohulls so recently launched of the Azimut Challenge and the extent to this summer have not yet had time to try which the event has grown over the years: out all the set ups to be able to compete “This edition which took place in ideal con- with the leader. The Top 10 was therefore ditions was a real success and we are proud dominated by Charal, which was clearly of that. The change in the format in particular in control, winning all three races in the with the big 48-hour race was a good idea, event: the speed runs, the 48-hour race and as it was a very interesting race to follow. the race around Groix. Clearly pleased with With each edition, the event is growing in the performance of his boat, Jérémie Beyou importance and the class is pleased with the believed it was down to her all-round ability: extension to our partnership, which contin- “These are very good results, which required ues until 2022, concerning the organisation a wide range of qualities varying between and the development of our digital tools.” the speed runs, the 48-hour race and the race Rankings for the 48-hour race around Groix, so it was good to show that we 1-Charal (Béyou-Pratt); 1d 18h 43 mins perform well in a wide range of conditions.” 46s (foils) As for Christopher Pratt, he stressed the very 2-PRB (Escoffier-Lunven); 1d 20h 08 mins positive results since the win in the Fastnet: 52s (foils) “This rewards all the hard work we have 3-11th Hour (Enright-Bidégorry); 1d 20h 45 done with the team since last winter in trying mins 47s (foils) to get to grips with the IMOCA, Charal.” 4-Maître CoQ IV (Bestaven-Jourdain) 1d 3 non-foilers in the Top 10 21h 19 mins 08s (foils) Further back, among the other nine 5-Groupe Apicil (Seguin-Richomme) 1d IMOCAs in the top 10, we should stress the 22h 11 mins 26s (daggerboards) fantastic second place obtained by Kevin 6-Banque Populaire X (Crémer-Le Cléac’h) Escoffier/Nicolas Lunven aboard their 10- year old PRB (designed by Verdier-VPLP Continued on Page 24 in 2009) which has also been fitted with foils. 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Page 20. MAINE COASTAL NEWS November 2019 Department of Resources News Continued from Page 11 in Maine. Cooke Aquaculture has the ex- build healthy wild populations of Atlantic As Sergeant, Sinclair will supervise perience working with Atlantic salmon in Salmon on the East Branch, including the a Boat Specialist and four officers in the juvenile Atlantic salmon to adult size in their natural environment based on proven potential for downlisting. The estimated southern Maine section. aquaculture pens located near Cutler Maine. aquaculture and fish-health science. Work- 5,000 adults produced by this effort could Sinclair is a member and instructor of The adult salmon will then be released into ing with the Penobscot Nation and govern- result in 20 times more eggs in the gravel the Maine State Police/Marine Patrol's Un- the East Branch of the Penobscot to spawn, ment partners, together we will make this in the Penobscot River basin compared to derwater Recovery Team. He is certified as a river with large amounts of high-quality restoration program a success by seeing the existing stocking and natural reproduction," a Public Safety Dive Trainer and an Emer- salmon habitat. fish return to their native waters," said Glenn said Sean Ledwin, Director of DMR's gency Response Dive Instructor. Smolts raised from native broodstock Cooke, CEO, Cooke Aquaculture USA. Searun Fisheries and Habitat Division. Sinclair holds a US Coast Guard 100- by the US Fish and Wildlife Service at the Approximately 5,000 adult fish will be The program will involve surveys of Ton Master License and is a Registered Green Lake National Fish Hatchery in Ells- transported from the net pens to target trib- redds in spawning areas to assess spawning Maine Tidewater Guide. worth, Maine, and smolts captured in the utaries and the mainstem of the East Branch success of released fish. Released fish will As a certified Field Instructor for Ma- wild by rotary screw traps will be used to of the Penobscot River in the fall of 2021 or also be tracked using Passive integrated rine Patrol, Sinclair provides training to new stock the marine net pens in 2020, 2021, and 2022 where they will find suitable habitat transponders (PIT tags) and radio telemetry. officers. He is also certified by the National 2022. Smolts will include only those from to naturally spawn. This will result in more Electrofishing surveys and use of rotary Association of State Boating Law Admin- Penobscot River origin to ensure the genetic spawning adults than have been present in screw traps, along with genetic analysis, will istrators (NASBLA) Boating Under the integrity of salmon released into the river. the Penobscot River for decades. be used to assess the abundance of offspring Influence enforcement and GPS Forensics, Plans call for increasing the number of While net pens are not new in Maine for from this effort. which involves recovering evidence from smolts captured in the wild from the East cultivating Atlantic salmon, using them to The program will also include a public GPS devices and preparing it for courtroom Branch to be used to supply juveniles that cultivate salmon for conservation purposes outreach effort undertaken by the depart- presentation. will be grown out in the net pens. While at this scale is new in Maine and showing ment and other program partners that will Sinclair is also a New England State hatchery spawned fish help ensure an ad- promise in a Bay of Fundy partnership provide information on salmon and other Police Administrators certified dive super- equate supply of fish for recovery goals, between Cooke and Canadian provincial sea-run species, and the impact of protecting visor and a certified Cadre leadership trainer those spawned in the natural environment and federal governments, First Nations and ecosystems on which they rely. for the Maine Criminal Justice Academy are more robust due to the impact of natural academia. (MCJA), where he graduated in 2010. selection which results in fish that are better The Penobscot Indian Nation has inhab- Matt Sinclair Promoted to Sergeant in "Were extremely fortunate to have suited to survival in the wild. ited the Penobscot River drainage since time Maine Marine Patrol's Section One someone with Sergeant Sinclairs advanced The smolts will be placed in net pens immemorial. The deep cultural, spiritual and AUGUSTA - Matt Sinclair, a nine-year vet- skills as a vessel operator, a dive profession- under a limited-purpose aquaculture lease historical connections between the Tribe eran with the Maine Marine Patrol, has been al, and as proven leader to serve as Sergeant in Cutler, Maine where they will be fed and and the Atlantic salmon of the Penobscot promoted to Sergeant of Section One, which in Section One," said Marine Patrol Colonel managed in cooperation with Cooke Aqua- River go back thousands of years, said Dan runs from Kittery to Yarmouth. Jay Carroll. culture USA for 16 to 30 months, during McCaw, Fisheries Program Manager for the Sinclair has served in acting capacity which time they will grow to mature adults. Penobscot Nation. The Penobscot Nation is as Sergeant in the Section since earlier this The DMR will hold the lease on the pens hopeful that this new program can help to summer. Prior to his promotion he served while Cooke will supply the pens and feed restore this iconic species to its ancestral as the Boat Specialist in Section Two which for the salmon as they grow. homeland and applauds the collaborative extends from Freeport to Bremen. "We are committed to be part of this nature of this multi-stakeholder endeavor. wild Atlantic salmon enhancement project "As populations expand, the goal is to Commercial Fishing News change vulnerability indices, one for coastal Continued from Page 13 communities and one for lobster in Nova American lobster is Canada’s most Scotia. Two ocean models, a regional ocean valuable fishery, contributing 44 percent of model with high resolution in the Scotian Penobscot Marine Museum’s Nati onal Fisherman the total commercial value of all fisheries Shelf and Gulf of Maine region and a glob- photography collecti on is the defi niti ve resource for in Atlantic Canada in 2016. Lobster land- al climate model, provided projections of seeing and understanding the commercial fi sheries in ings have been trending upward in recent ocean bottom temperatures over multiple th decades, and many small rural communities decades. 20 century North America. in Atlantic Canada rely heavily on lobster The coastal infrastructure vulnerability See the images online: for their economic well-being. Changing index puts a numerical value on each lobster penobscotmarinemuseum.org/nati onal-fi sherman/ climate could have a significant impact on management area to indicate relative vul- the fishery and on those communities. nerability to the effects of climate change. Researchers from Fisheries and Oceans Factors included economic dependence on Canada at the Bedford Institute of Ocean- the fishery, community population size, ography in Halifax, Nova Scotia and at diversity of the fishery revenue, status of NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center harbor infrastructure, total replacement cost collaborated on the study. of each harbor, increased relative sea level Impact of Projected Temperature Changes and flooding, impacts of wind and wave Their findings, published in Frontiers climate, and sea ice. in Marine Science, indicate that overall The vulnerability index also puts a projected changes in offshore lobster habitat numerical value on the vulnerability of off- for the region as a whole are positive, but shore lobster habitat to ocean warming and that changes in resource management need changes in zooplankton, a primary prey, as to be considered to promote the long-term well as anticipated changes in fishery pro- sustainability of the fishery in Nova Scotia. ductivity across management borders. Ocean temperatures have been warm- New Tool Could Help Prepare for Changes ing in the Gulf of Maine and along the Study authors suggest the new assess- Northeast Continental Shelf during the past ment tool could prepare a region for changes few decades, causing many species to shift in potential catch through adjustments in li- their distribution to the northeast. When censing and quotas, or adapting to a decrease ocean temperatures are above the preferred in productivity by encouraging and assisting range for lobsters, it can reduce their surviv- fishermen to diversify their targeted species, al, growth, and reproduction. The potential where they fish, or to seek non-fisheries-re- effects of marine heat waves, like that lated income. It could also support planning observed in the Gulf of Maine lobster pop- for projected increases in catch through ulation in 2012, can also be significant on investing in upgrades to coastal community THE NationalN the Scotian Shelf, a region with a relatively infrastructure. high proportion of species at the edge of their “Our analysis is a first step in consider- thermal range. ing this information in local fishery manage- Fisherman ment decisions and longer-term economic Coastal Infrastructure and Lobster Vulner- ability development strategies,’ said Saba, who is Collection Map showing the value of total land- located at NOAA’s Geophysical Fluid Dy- @ ings in Nova Scotia, Canada by lobster namics Laboratory at Princeton University. PENOBSCOT MARINE MUSEUM fishing area (LFA). 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JOHN TOFT'S TALENovember 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 21. By William Bunting and fall of this once great Maine industry A year or so ago the Maine Coastal John first went to work in a Lubec sardine News printed a pleasant little story factory in 1904, and one year later was made concerning the old Eastern SteamshipU.foreman S. of the SeacoastCoast sardine factory at Guard News Company’s 1903 steamer Calvin Austin, a Lubec, then the largest in the United States. handsomeContinued coastal packet, from 298 Page feet 7 long, members As the of largest the armed in Lubec forces as of well, the U.S. we may who William C. Hart, the cutter's namesake, operation. We applaud their diligence and painted white, with a towering black stack supposeare wounded that the by Seacoast an instrument factory of was war fittedin the was a Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient who tremendous work.” andCoast two Guardlofty, rakedduring masts. World PriorWar Ito were World sent withhands the of loudest the enemy whistle and in townposthumously for alerting to rescued a crewmember of the tug Thomas DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos said, out to the families of the servicemembers the next of kin in the name of those who are Tracy. In November 1926, Hart dove into “DEC thanks the Coast Guard for collab- War I, she ran on the International Line from employees of the arrival of fish and of work. who had lost their lives in this devastating killed in action or die of wounds received in the water in a 70-mph gale off Absecon, New orating with New York State throughout Boston to Portland, Lubec, Eastport, and In any event, it was customary, on foggy loss of Coast Guardsmen. One of those action. It is specifically a combat decoration. Jersey, to save the mariner who went over- this large-scale oil recovery operation. The Saint John, New Brunswick. mornings, for John to blow that whistle to families who received a letter from Bertholf The Purple Heart is described as the board in the storm. Throughout the '30s, Hart 450,000 gallons removed from the Coimbra were Running the Saldarini across family, Publisher who Johansen also received not answermilitary’s the oldest whistle medal. of the approaching served in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers over the last three months were a hidden longPetty after Officer the articlend 2 appeared,Class Alexander I told him Louis that Portland Gen. steamer George so Washington as to help createdher captain it in before returning to the Coast Guard in 1939, threat to the health of Long Island’s marine I, Saldarini’s,too, knew a acting good quartermasterstory about the aboard Calvin the find1782 his to way recognize in through meritorious the channel. service— As it advancing to the rank of chief petty officer fishery and the South Shore’s environment Austin,cutter andTampa, that dogI would tags. send it along after happened,bravery in John combat—but was especially it soon good fell friends into and serving as a boatswain's mate. When and now the potential impact has been abat- I Fast-forwardhad consulted 100-years my intonotes the future,from anda withdisuse. Captain In 1932, Lowell to mark Ingalls the bicentennialof the Calvin of the United States entered World War II, Hart ed. The Coimbra now complements New conversationthe sinking Iof had the had cutter with Tampa John Toft,is still the re- Austin.Washington’s Ingalls birth, was Gen. from Douglas the nearbyMacAr- was commissioned as a lieutenant junior York’s growing network of artificial reefs, tellermembered of the tale, by Coast in the Guardsmen mid- 1970s. and We women had Canadianthur spearheaded island of an Grand effort Manan to revive and the grade and saw action in both the Atlantic and which serve as an economic driver for the metin atthe the present. R.J. Peacock sardine factory on becamemedal. aIt naturalized was designed American to commemorate citizen so Pacific theaters. He served as commanding region’s diving and fishing industries.” Brown’s "One Wharf hundred in Portland one whereyears Toft,ago thentoday thatbravery, he could but alsoserve recognized as an officer soldiers aboard with officer and executive officerThe for steamer several CALVINships The AUSTIN. wreck will remain in place 30 miles in [Sept.his late 26, eighties, 2019] was130 viceSailors president and Coast and Internationalwounds. Line steamers. before retiring from the Coast Guard as a offshore of Shinnecock, New York. As much superintendent.Guardsmen onboard I have cutter since Tampa looked paid high the ByFor the more turn information of the century, on the storycoastwise of the Calvinlieutenant Austin, commander and answered in 1950. in kind. As aspassing 99 percent a remark of the to recoverable the ”wheelsman,” oil was re as- andultimate low for price that to notebook safeguard but liberty have during not steamCoast packet Guard lines Cutter – thoseTampa's based tragic at Bostonsinking soon as the big steamer was warped movedquartermasters and secured on for these disposal steamers by Resolve were foundWorld it, Warand I.thus Then, the asrendition today, theof JohnCoast hadand been learn combined about the byUSS the Tampa notorious Purple Charlie Heart alongsideResponse the crewswharf recover John hopped more than aboard Marine.called. Everything “The amount being remaining as it should in thebe, Toft’sGuard tale was that a followsvital component is drawn entirelyof the national from MorseProject of visit Bath, here. Maine under the flag of the and450,000 headed gallonsup to the of captain’s oil from cabinCoimbra on the vesselIngalls is decided very small to cat-nap and any on sheening the settee poses at the memory.defense. However,Our service Ihas believe a long itlegacy to be of Eastern Steamship Company – were hurricane deck, justshipwreck aft of the pilothouse, to minimalback of the risk pilothouse. to the local Some environment time later, and while no reasonablymen and accurate.women who have served above significantCoast Guard carriers commissions of passengers newest and fastalso findNEW out HAVEN, what hadConn. happened. - Oil recovery When oper he- riskhalf toasleep, the shoreline.” he overheard said the Steve pilot Lehmann, remark to and At beyond the time the of call our ofmeeting duty to I wastheir at nation," work freight,response much ofcutter it express. William HartSteamers arrivedations onthe theexhausted World WarIngalls II-era was shipwreckalready in seniorthe wheelsman scientific thatcoordinator the wind at the had National backed onsaid a project Capt. which, JoAnn many Burdian, years later, commander resulted delivered tin, solder,in Honolulu and cotton seed oil to bed,Coimbra his eyes are –nearing as described completion by John after so manycom- Oceanictowards theand west. Atmospheric Good, thought Administration. Ingalls, the in Coastthe two Guard volumes Sector of Miami.A Day’s "From Work cutters ; A Down27 September East sardine factories, and carried yearsmencing later on — Maylooking 11, like 2019 “two off holes the burnedcoast of Anyfog was further lifting, potential and he environmental snoozed some impact more. to lighthouses to life-saving stations our HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Long Island, New York. A unified command will be monitored by NOAA and the Coast 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- members have selflessly laid their lives aside commissioned the newest Hawaii-based consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard and Guard. 1860-1920. Traveling about the state with a Coastal waters were then very crowded, happened. conscious brain tumbled to the realization to ensure others may live, that is the legacy 154-foot Fast Response Cutter in Honolulu, New York State Department of Environ- Mariners are encouraged to call the Na- 4x5 camera, I sought out historic photos of and without the benefit of any electronic aids The Calvin Austin had departed that if the wind had indeed backed to the west of our service. Today we honor our fallen Thursday. mental Conservation oversaw the response tional Response Center at (800) 424-8802 Mainers at work to copy, and old-timers who to navigation the piloting of these scheduled he shouldn’t still be hearing the deep shipmates." “There is no greater reflection of the Portlandsupported on by schedule more than at 5 PM100 ingovernment, a thick fog with any reports of pollution in the area. could helpA somber me understand looking gentleman what the satimages in the steamerscommandant’s was astrategic very demanding, vision and commit high-- withindustry a light and easterly environmental wind. After runningspecialists. out reverberatingThe Coimbra voice was aof supply the fogship ownedsignal! depicted.place of I honorwas privileged in front ofto bean ableaudience to talk of pressurement than job the with fact greatthat as responsibilities, we commission her“Each time agency so as to involved put Seal Islandduring abeam, the plan the- byLeaping Great toBritain the compass that was he sunk saw, off to his the alarm, coast withCoast a number Guard ofservice sharp-minded, members, dry-witted who were requiringthe William much Hart skill, today, experience, it will be and the a very fifth coursening, assessment was changed and recovery for the stages long, of ofthat Long the Islandbig steamer during was World headed War IIat byright a folksthere hailing to honor from his the granduncle, late 1800s whotheir werefallen level-headCoast Guard in moments cutter commissioned of stress. Navigation in the last uninterruptedthe response played Down a Eastcritical leg. role.” In saidthe Germanangle to U-boat.its proper Initial course, dive straight operations out into in eagershipmate to talk Alexander about the Louis old daysSaldarini, one moreacting intwo fog years was herebased at onBase running Honolulu established that will darkenedCapt. Kevin pilothouse Reed, the the Coast pilot Guard on watch incident sat Maythe North 2019 Atlantic!confirmed the tanker was leaking time. I treasure the memories of those compass courses at known rates of speed for on a stool by a partially opened window, quartermaster of the cutter Tampa during operate in the heart of Oceania,” said Rear commander. “Our federal, state, local and small amountsContinued of oil. on Page 22. meetings,World War including I. the hour or so that I was prescribedAdm. Kevin lengths Lunday, of time. commander Coast peeringcommercial into thepartners dark fog,and andresponse occasionally crews privileged John to Kendall, chat with grandnephew John Toft. of Salda- Guard Since 14th slower District. speeds “There gave is the no wind question and ensured a safe, efficient and productive rini, John sat Toftlooking had, at for the many audience decades, in awe been and currentsthat by ourgreater actions opportunity and not our wordsto put alone, the a shock.leading He figure couldn’t in believe the Maine how much sardine these steamerthe Coast off herGuard course, is andhere since and late committed arrivals industry,service membersalthough were one goingwould out never of their have way werealong very with bad the forrest business,of the United maintaining States in knownto honor that his from granduncle. his baggy khakis and normalthe Pacific.” or near-normal speed in fog was the PAULLuke's E. LUKE,Boatyard INC. equally “This casual is manner.more than Sitting a celebration outside on of the life general The rule. Coast Granting Guard everyCutter schooner William thatHart wharf,and service, under thebut suna recognition and the seagulls, of a family’s we was(WPC met 1134)along theis waythe thirda comfortably Sentinel-Class wide FireplacesStorage/Repair - Automatic * Feathering Feathering Propellors Propellers - 3-Piece * Storm Storm Anchors Anchors talkedlegacy about of service his early to experiences this nation,” working said Kend in - berthFRC whento be homeportedpassing was at a Coast good Guard way for Base a a sardineall. “Since factory the 1600s at Lubec. my ancestors He died havenot long been steamer’sHonolulu. navigator While these to “loseships' hiscrews place” call Hoon- Full Service Boat Yard in America and there has always been a male nolulu home, they will operate throughout 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 member of my family who has served in this the 14th Coast Guard District, which covers 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 inventedcountry’s or military introduced branches.” many important sailors.more thanAn old 14 Cape million Cod square fisherman miles once of toldland innovations Kendall to wasthe theindustry, guest ofincluding honor during the meand that sea, even with in units a thick in Hawaii, of fog atAmerican Monomoy Sa- a ceremony where Burdian, presented the moa, Saipan, Guam, Singapore, and Japan. first can washer, high-speed conveyors, Point you could set your watch by the sound Purple Heart Medal posthumously awarded The FRCs are some of the newest Coast refrigeration and brine systems, and the of the waves from the speeding Boston to RALPH STANLEY, INC. is now to Saldarini, which Kendall received on his Guard vessels to come on-line, replacing method he patented for pumping herring New York steamers Harvard and Yale granduncle’s behalf during a ceremony held the aging Island-Class patrol boat fleet. into,at Coast and out Guard of, the Station carrier Lake boats. Worth The carriers Inlet. breakingThe FRCs on the represent beach. the Coast Guard's serving Commanding John Toft’s factory officers were thefrom first Mi to - commitment While the Newto modernizing York to Portland service run assets was beami-based outfitted with Coast ship-to-shore Guard cutters radio, attended radar, the saidto address to be the the most increasingly demanding complex on the coast,global andceremony fathometers and also presented Kendall with BostonMaritime to Saint Transportation John was no System. milk run, thanks their Incidentally, unit coins as a a Mainemeans tofisherman help honor once their especially “This to is the a remarkablestrong tidal shipcurrents with and in- told me that when some Gloucester seiners, frequent fog at the eastern end. Not fellow cutterman. creased seakeeping, endurance, range, GreatHarborBoatworks.com having The heard shock about and the awe pumping on Kendall’s of fish facefrom at surprisingly,combat capability, a number telecommunications, of the International a floodedthe honor hold, rendered tried to to copy him thison behalf technique, of his Line’severything officers, about as withthis isLowell a game-changer Ingalls, were for at grandunclefirst they didn’t was mixed realize with the humility. necessity of nativesthe Coast of theGuard,” Passamaquoddy said Lunday. region and having Few a tight in the fish audience hold, Perhaps knew that that Kendall was a very familiarFRCs feature with their advanced perilous systems home waters. as well MAINE COAST LUMBER, INC. libeloushimself fable… is a retired serviceman who served Onas coastwiseover-the-horizon steamers response the rankings boat beneath deploy- duringAn unlikelythe Vietnam but War.evidently true story captainment capability were first and pilot, improved second habitabilitypilot, first concerning “I was draftedJohn Toft into theappeared military innear the the mate,for the second crew. mateThe shipsand so can on, accommodate in that order. a 17 White Birch Lane 4 Warren Ave. Novemberend of the 13, war 1970 and issueafter myof the initial Kennebec military Whenteam underwayof 24, reach one speeds of the of two 28 pilotsknots waswith EFFORT AND ART training I was able to get a couple days of a range of 2,500 nautical miles, and patrol York, ME 03909 Westbrook, ME 04902 Journal . Groups of school children were always in the pilot house, attending to (207) 363-7426 (207) 856-6015 leave to go home,” said Kendall, recalling up to five days. Recently, the FRCs already reported to be visiting Brown’s Wharf to see navigation. (The captain and the first mate, (800) 899-1664 (877) 408-4751 his experience. “I was traveling in my uni- stationed in Honolulu participated in longer the dugong – a genuine Pacific or Indian at least, would also have had pilotage Fax (207) 363-8650 Fax (207) 856-6971 form and when I was at the airport I was spit Ocean dugong, as identified by its dolphin- endorsementsover-the-horizon on their voyages tickets, to the but Republic had other of M-F 7am-4:30pmPRIDE AND JOYM-F 7:30am-4:30pm likeon, tail, cursed and not at andan Atlantic called ‘baby manatee killer.’ – which Now responsibilitiesthe Marshall Islands beyond and navigation. Samoa displaying as a 19-year-old kid I didn’t understand how had for some time appeared at the wharf at the Aboutpotential now of theseyou cuttersare probably and their now im- serving my country was a bad thing.” portance to the Coast Guard's overall Pacific high tide when herring were being landed. wondering whatever happened to John Kendall said it was something that strategy and regional partnerships. Although primarily a herbivore, this dugong Toft’s tale, so here goes. *HARDWOODSEA LUMBER*SOFTWOOD HISTORY ALIVE LUMBER* affected him and later when he finished his The crew took delivery of the William would eat herring thrown to it, provided that One foggy morning at Lubec the *HARDWOOD PLYWOODS*MELAMINE*MDF*MARINE time in service he never mentioned his time Hart, which was built by Bollinger Ship- mysticseaport.org/stories they were undamaged in appearance. 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MSS-137A_wooden_boat_4x5.indd 1 6/21/16 10:49 AM Page 22. MAINE COASTAL NEWS November 2019 U. S. Navy News from May 29, 1918 to September 25, 1919. is what occurred at the bottom of the PSET Continued from Page 10 That ship also served with the Navy in the tank, Aug. 28. “Our ship motto ‘strength and unity’ is Spanish-American War under another name. Past submariners who have trained on also the motto of our namesake city,” said In addition to being the capital of Penn- the high-risk PSET have memories of it being Kloppel. “It’s the strength and unity that sylvania, the Harrisburg-Carlisle metropol- one of the defining moments in their subma- makes Cincinnati great. It’s the strength and itan statistical area is home to a number of rine careers. The same holds true for Chief unity that makes this crew great, and if USS Department of Defense facilities including Yeoman Christina Wetz, a Navy recruiter Cincinnati is called into harms way, through the Naval Support Activity, Mechanicsburg. from San Antonio, Texas, who graduated strength and unity, Cincinnati would win.” During the Civil War, Camp Curtin, located Yeoman “C” School, Aug. 5, 2019 and is a LCS is a fast, agile, and networked sur- in what is now the Uptown area of the city, converted Navy career counselor recruiter face combatant. Its primary mission includes served as the largest camp during the con- who volunteered for the Enlisted Women countering diesel submarine threats, littoral flict with over 300,000 enlistments passing in Submarines program. Women like Wetz, mine threats, and surface threats to assure through its’ gates. both officers and enlisted, are contributing maritime access for joint forces. The under- San Antonio-class amphibious trans- to growing and diversifying the Submarine lying strength of the LCS lies in its innovative port dock ships support amphibious assault, Force. design approach, applying modularity for special operations or expeditionary warfare “I spoke with my son about obtaining a operational flexibility. missions and can serve as secondary aviation new rating, and he recommended that I look Fundamental to this approach is the platforms for amphibious ready groups. LPD at becoming a yeoman and serve with the capability to rapidly install interchangeable 30 will be the first Flight II San Antonio class Submarine Force, so I decided it was time to mission packages (MPs) onto the seaframe ship, serving as the functional replacement retrain for a new adventure,” said Wetz, who to fulfill a specific mission and then be un- for the aging LSD 41/49 Whidbey Island class served for nine years as a Navy recruiter. Her installed, maintained and upgraded at the ships. first Navy rating was as a religious program Mission Package Support Facility (MPSF) The ship provides the Department of the specialist from 2007 to 2009 and she served for future use aboard any LCS sea frame. Navy with modern, sea-based platforms that as a personnel specialist from 2010 to 2019 GROTON, Conn. (Aug. 28, 2019) Navy Seventy officers and enlisted personnel are networked, survivable and built to operate at Navy Recruiting District Seattle. Diver 3rd Class Philip Rogers, a Naval make up the crew of Cincinnati, which will with modern-day transformational platforms, His mother’s service is part of what Submarine School instructor from San be home ported in San Diego. such as the MV-22 Osprey and amphibious inspired Rogers to join the Navy. Antonio, Texas, poses with his mother, Chief assault vehicles. “My true motivation for joining the Navy yeoman Christina Wetz, after she completed SECNAV Names Future Amphibious USS Harrisburg will be constructed at was to receive my Navy warfare pin before the high-risk pressurized submarine escape trainer (PSET) course, Aug. 28. Rogers was Transport Dock Ship in Honor of the city Huntington Ingalls Industries, Pascagoula, my mom,” said Rogers, who is in his first tour her instructor for the PSET. Wetz gradu- Mississippi. The ship will be 684 feet long, at SUBSCOL. of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania ated from the seven-week Basic Enlisted From From Secretary of the Navy Public have a beam length of 105 feet and be capable “My son pinned my Navy anchors in Submarine School Sept. 27. The training at Affairs of operating at speeds in excess of 22 knots. 2012 and was raised watching (the true-story the Naval Submarine School prepared her Harrisburg, PA (NNS) -- Secretary of the inspired film) Men of Honor, which I feel to serve aboard submarines as part of the Navy Richard V. Spencer named the next San Memories as Deep as the Submarine created a mix of inspiration for him to join Enlisted Women in Submarines program. Antonio-class amphibious transport dock Escape Trainer the Navy,” said Wetz. Women like Wetz, both officers and enlisted, ship, LPD 30, in honor of Harrisburg, Penn- By Alexander L. Gago, Naval Submarine Wetz has certainly been given fond are contributing to growing and diversifying sylvania. Learning Center Public Affairs memories to cherish as her son provided the Submarine Force. (U.S. Navy photo by “The people of central Pennsylvania GROTON, Conn. (NNS) -- Standing alone at the hands-on training to reaffirm the basic Alexander L. Gago/Released) have always played a critical role in forging the bottom of the 37-foot-deep, Pressurized concept of completing the PSET during her after his tour at SUBSCOL and move on to the strength of our Navy and fighting to de- Submarine Escape Trainer (PSET) tank, a time as a student at Basic Enlisted Subma- a diving salvage assignment while following fend our nation,” said Spencer. “The future Navy instructor patiently waits for his mother rine School (BESS). The seven-week course in his mother’s footsteps. USS Harrisburg will carry on this legacy to to start her ascent to the top. teaches the basic theory of construction and SUBSCOL instructors, like Rogers, are every part of the world.” For Navy Diver 3rd Class Philip Rogers, operation of submarines, including ships ensuring that Sailors are equipped with the LPD 30 will be the second U.S. Navy an instructor at Naval Submarine School systems, organization and damage control. specific skills needed for their job, with the vessel named after the city of Harrisburg. The (SUBSCOL), the thought of possibly training The operationally focused PSET training is right training at the right time. first was a troopship acquired by the Navy any member of his own family, yet alone his one part of the course and introduces basic “What I learned is that you must treat during World War I that served in commission mother never crossed his mind. However, that diving physiology. every student you teach like your family: “My son and I have always been close. treat them kindly and without hurriedness, set It was amazing to see my son in a work en- realistic goals and expectations and be clear vironment and see how professional he and about communication – and don’t take past his team were. It takes a certain level of trust relationships into the deep part of the escape to shoot a 37-feet deep tank up to the top of trainer with you. Safety is your first concern; the PSET,” said Wetz. “I felt like the memory fun is your second. With that attitude, you can I took at the deep part of the PSET tank was coach anyone to complete the escape trainer that as a mother, you raise your kid to trust course,” said Rogers. you and now I felt I had to put my life in my Headquartered in Groton, Connecticut, son’s hands and trust him to keep me safe.” SUBSCOL builds a foundation upon which For Rogers, he realized he had to treat officers and enlisted personnel are prepared his mom like every other student. to develop the competence and proficiency “I had to set aside our relationship and in skills necessary to operate and maintain approach her with fresh wide eyes,” he said. their submarines. In an era of great power “And when it came down to it, she was like competition, a key advantage for the nation DISCOUNT POWER TOOLS every other Sailor. She had the same ques- and the U.S. Navy is strength undersea. CORDED POWER TOOLS tions and the same concerns, and she looked For many people, the idea of training the same.” your mother in emergency shipboard proce- CORDLESS POWER TOOLS Wetz was wearing a submarine escape dures – in this case, escaping from a disabled FUELED POWER TOOLS immersion equipment suit as she stepped into submarine – may not be their idea of fun. But PNEUMATIC POWER TOOLS the escape trunk located at the deep part of for Rogers and Wetz, their memories go as the PSET tank to practice hands-on emergen- deep as the submarine escape trainer itself. FASTENERS cy procedures for a safe and orderly escape HAND TOOLS from a disabled submarine beneath the ocean Bringing a Ship to Life: Build and Sus- MATERIAL HANDLING waves. tain, Pt. 3: Life at Sea Once a student enters the escape trunk By Mass Communication Specialist 1st POWER TOOL ACCESSORIES located at the bottom of the PSET, they must Class Peter Burghart, PCU Tripoli (LHA 7) SAFETY SUPPLIES respond to the instructor’s commands by re- Public Affairs WELDING SUPPLIES citing their name and signaling that they are SAN DIEGO (NNS) -- As the Pre-Commis- okay, before they can be released to the top sioning Unit (PCU) Tripoli (LHA 7) moves of the 84,000-gallon PSET. closer to joining the fleet, its Sailors continue “After her name, the only thing my mom along the path towards bringing the ship to said to me at the deep part of the escape trainer life. For the Sailors assigned to the Navy’s was, ‘I love you – Hooyah!’ I released her newest amphibious assault ship, it starts safety device so she could start her journey small with basic in-port watches, and then to the top of the escape trainer,” said Rogers. progresses to on the job training or OJT. The Wetz graduated Sept. 27 from BESS next step in training our Sailors attached to a and will report to Ohio-class cruise missile Pre-Commissioning Unit is having them go submarine USS Florida (SSGN 728) Blue underway. For some, these short periods at Crew, Kings Bay, Georgia. Rogers, who has sea are a refresher, but for many, it’s their first served more than two years, plans to reenlist taste of the Navy’s primary mission. November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 23. U. S. Navy News “It can be intimidating at first and you have and you get to see a lot of cool things.” think you know what’s going to happen, but just go with the flow” said Boatswain’s Mate Navy Collaborates With Industry to Dou- Seaman Apprentice Hope Horn. Horn added ble-Dock Destroyers that it was nice because, “You have leadership From Naval Sea Systems Command Office above you that helps you and guides you of Corporate Communication Public Affairs along the way.” WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Southwest Re- Like any temporary assigned duty gional Maintenance Center (SWRMC) sup- (TAD), Sailors are sent to ships based on the ported the double-docking of USS Stethem needs of Tripoli, the needs of the Sailors and (DDG 63) and USS Decatur (DDG 73) in the needs of the ship they are going to. The BAE Systems – Ship Repair’s dry dock, the schedule of the TAD ships also plays a fac- Pride of California, Oct. 8. tor in determining when the Sailors are sent “The double-docking effort by Industry underway and for how long. and the Navy team is a great example of To capitalize on opportunities for under- increasing agility with resources available,” way periods on the same platform, a majority said James Geurts, assistant secretary of the of Tripoli Sailors have spent time onboard Navy for research, development and acquisi- Tripoli’s sister ship, USS America (LHA 6) tion. “The concept of double docking Stethem before its homeport shift to Japan. and Decatur can pay long-term dividends to “It felt good to be back on the flight our maintenance planning, strategies and deck and launching aircraft,” said Aviation execution to get the increased output needed. Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class This docking adds depth to our maintenance Christopher Innocent from New York. “It capabilities and builds the muscle memory gives them an idea what their job is. Showing needed to do it again in the future. It’s increas- SAN DIEGO (Oct. 8, 2019) Southwest Regional Maintenance Center supported the double is better than telling.” ing flexibility within our existing industrial docking of USS Decatur (DDG 73) and USS Stethem (DDG 63) in BAE Systems - Ship Re- Getting underway gives Sailors a chance base.” pair's dry dock (U.S. Navy photo by Laura Lakeway/Released) to experience the rhythm of life at sea first The double-docking represents the first hand, and how it differs from when the ship time since 2012, when USS Mason (DDG 87) made some preparations prior to returning to WASHINGTON (NNS) -- Huan Nguyen is pier-side. and USS Bulkeley (DDG 84) were docked San Diego knowing they would have limited became the first Vietnamese American pro- “It’s very helpful because I get to actually in Norfolk, that the Navy has collaborated time to prepare the ships for the start of their moted to the rank of rear admiral during a see how things are done,” said Horn. “I did with Industry to simultaneously dry-dock availability. ceremony at the Navy Memorial in Washing- line handling, some maintenance, I’ve driven two surface ships. The last time a west-coast The docking event was supported by Lt. ton, D.C., Oct. 10. the ship a few times.” shipyard executed a double-docking was in Thomas Belna from SWRMC, who served as Nguyen, 60, will serve as the Deputy For Sailors who aren’t on their first tour, 2011 with the docking of USS Curts (FFG the docking observer, and two ship building Commander for Cyber Engineering at the getting back out to sea is equally important. 38) and USS Vandegrift (FFG 48). specialists, Severo Elecanal and Jessie Padil- Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Many are heading back to sea after shore duty, “This is an example of how the Navy la, onboard the ships. on the Washington Navy Yard. NAVSEA while others are changing to a completely and our private shipyards are working with “The effort to align maintenance and Commander Vice Adm. Tom Moore served new platform or both. a sense of urgency to get ships in and out modernization on both Stethem and Decatur as the presiding officer. “The most surprising thing was how of maintenance availabilities on time,” said in a single dry dock is a cost effective and in- “Today we will welcome the first Viet- different they do things compared to other Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command novative solution by Industry and the Navy,” namese-born U.S. Navy officer to achieve ships I’ve been on and been TAD to,” said Vice Adm. Tom Moore. “By doubling up in said Capt. David Hart, SWRMC’s command- flag rank, and that is a significant event,” Innocent. Pride of California, we’re maximizing our ing officer. “The simultaneous completion of Moore said. Another advantage of getting underway available resources.” availabilities allows us to support the on-time Nguyen addressed the audience after for Sailors is finding out how they will work Leading up to the tandem docking, delivery of ships to the Fleet.” being promoted. "It is a great honor to attain with each other to execute their primary mis- SWRMC worked to prepare both ships for SWRMC is meeting its mission to pro- the rank of admiral," Nguyen said. "I am sion in a shipboard environment. the event, readying them to meet stability vide superior ship maintenance, moderniza- tremendously humbled to become the first The Sailors also get a chance to see what requirements for successful coordination of tion, technical support, and training for the Vietnamese American to wear the flag’s rank the challenges of life at sea really are when the two-ship dry dock process. Pacific Fleet. in the U.S. Navy. they become part of a crew that exceeds 1,200 “SWRMC maintenance teams had to "The honor actually belongs to the service members. work under a very tight timeline after the Huan Nguyen First Vietnamese Ameri- Vietnamese American community, which “Being TAD, you’re kind of the new guy ships arrived in San Diego to meet the dock- can Navy Rear Admiral on different ships over and over again which ing event’s requirements,” said Mike Sylva, From Naval Sea Systems Command Public Continued on Page 24 is kind of difficult,” said Fire Controlman 3rd SWRMC Waterfront Operation DDG pro- Affairs Class Justin Coffey. “I liked the bonding you gram manager. According to Sylva, the ships M C N A D V E R T I S E R S

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In 1975, at age 16, they fled Vietnam, seeking his uncle’s family, allowing them to officially Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Continued from Page 23 refuge in the United States following the fall come to the United States as political refu- Device (CREW) Field Office in Baghdad instilled in us a sense of patriotism, duty, hon- of Saigon. gees. Nguyen moved with his uncle’s family supporting Task Force Troy/18th Airborne or, courage and commitment to our adopted Transported through Guam, U.S. Navy to Midwest City, Oklahoma, just outside of Corps and V Corps, CREW Engineer at Task country, the United States of America,” he and Marine Corps personnel took care of Tinker Air Force Base. Force Paladin and Combined Explosive/ added. Nguyen and his family. The U.S. 7th Fleet Nguyen graduated with a bachelor of Exploitation Cell (CEXC) in Afghanistan. “This is our America. A country built on helped to evacuate thousands of Vietnamese science degree in Electrical Engineering from Staff assignments included duties as service, kindness and generosity, opportuni- refugees and transport them to safety in Oklahoma State University in 1981. He holds Deputy Chief Information Officer, Naval ty--the freedom to hope and dream. These Guam. Seeing the U.S. Navy take care of his master’s degrees in Electrical Engineering Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) from values are what inspired me to serve. And family would later inspire Nguyen to serve in from Southern Methodist University, in 2017-2019, Director Military Programs, what a great honor and privilege it is to serve the Navy. Engineering (Manufacturing Concentration) Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) our Navy, to serve our country, to support and “I was one of those refugees, apprehen- from Purdue University, and in Information and Executive Officer, NAVSEA Enlisted defend our Constitution," Nguyen said. sive about an uncertain future, yet feeling Technology with Highest Distinction from Personnel from 2013 - 2017. He also served Nguyen was born in Hue, Vietnam, the extremely grateful that I was here at all," he Carnegie Mellon University. He received a as Community Manager, Engineering Duty son of an armor officer in the Army of the recalled. "The images that I remember vividly Navy direct commission through the Reserve Officer (Reserve Component). Reserve as- Republic of Vietnam. During the 1968 Tet when I arrived at Camp Asan, Guam, now Engineering Duty Officer program in 1993. signments include multiple command tours Offensive, Nguyen’s mother and father, along Asan Beach Park, were of American sailors “America is the beacon of hope for all with various units at NAVSEA, Pacific Fleet with his five brothers and sister, were killed and Marines toiling in the hot sun, setting up of us. There is no other place in the world (PACFLT), and Office of Naval Research. by Viet Cong communist guerillas in their tents and chow hall, distributing water and where a person can go for such opportunity,” Nguyen’s personal awards include the family home outside Saigon. Nine-year-old hot food, helping and caring for the people Nguyen said. Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Mer- Nguyen was shot in the arm and thigh, with with dignity and respect. Nguyen’s operational tours include a itorious Service Medal, Navy and Marine another bullet piercing his skull. He stayed "I thought to myself how lucky I am to be number of waterfront maintenance assign- Corps Commendation Medal (two awards) with his mother for two hours, until she bled in a place like America. Those sailors inspired ments: Ship Repair Facility Yokosuka as test- and Navy and Marine Corps Achievement out and died. Amazingly, Nguyen survived me to later serve in the United States Navy,” ing officer on USS Kitty Hawk availability; Medal (two awards). and escaped after dark. Nguyen said. Officer in Charge, Ship Repair Facility, De- Nguyen was taken in by his uncle, a Later that year, U.S. Air Force Colonel tachment 113. Later, he served as Executive colonel in the Republic of Vietnam Air Force. Ed Veiluva and his wife Dorothy sponsored Officer/Chief Engineer at the Joint Counter IMOCA News Continued from Page 19 Jérémie Beyou. We will also be seeing the There are also sailors registered from Ireland as Ruyant and Antoine Koch legendary Jean Le Cam and Vincent Riou, (Joan Mulloy and Michael Ferguson), Ger- • Apivia: Charlie Dalin and Yann 1d 22h 16 mins 51s (daggerboards) along with Yann Eliès, Louis Burton, Alan many (Boris Herrmann and Franco-German Eliès 7-Initiatives Cœur (Davies-Meilhat) 1d 22h Roura, Romain Attanasio, Paul Meilhat sailor, Isabelle Joschke), the United States • Ariel 2: Ari Huusela and Michael 18 mins 31s (foils) (winner of the 2018 Route du Rhum), Thom- (Charlie Enright), Finland (Ari Huusela), Ferguson 8-MACSF (Joschke-Lagravière) 1d 23h 42 as Ruyant, Arnaud Boissières, Morgan La- Switzerland (Alan Roura), Italy (Giancarlo • Arkea Paprec: Sébastien Simon mins 27s (foils) gravière, Fabrice Amedeo and Stéphane Le Pedote) and Turkey (Tolga Ekrem Pamir). and Vincent Riou 9-V&B Mayenne (Sorel-Le Brec) 2d 00h 14 Diraison. There will therefore be sixteen men and • Banque Populaire X: Clarisse mins 48s (daggerboards) Then, there are the sailors who did not women making up the international contin- Crémer and Armel le Cléac'h 10-Bureau Vallée 2 (Burton-Beaudart) 2d take part in the 2016-2017 Vendée Globe, gent in the 2019 Transat Jacques Vabre on • Bureau Vallée 2: Louis Burton and 00h 20 miins 54s (foils) but who have already taken part in most of IMOCAs. Davy Beaudart 11-Arkéa-Paprec (Simon-Riou) 2d 01h 28 the races in the IMOCA Globe Series, in- IMOCAs launched between 1998 and • Campagne de France: Miranda mins 22s (foils) cluding the 2018 Route du Rhum. That is the 2019 – five new generation foilers Merron and Halvard Mabire 12-Corum (Troussel-Le Cam) 2d 2h 02 mins case concerning Boris Herrmann, Damien Winners of the Rolex Fastnet and the • Charal: Jérémie Beyou and Chris- 25 (daggerboards) Seguin, Yannick Bestaven, Sam Davies, Isa- Azimut 48-Hour Race, Jérémie Beyou and topher Pratt 13-Prysmian Group (Pedote-Marchand) 2d belle Joschke, Ari Huusela, Manuel Cousin, Christopher Pratt will be the favourites • CORUM L'Epargne: Nicolas 2h 16 mins 57s (foils) Erik Nigon and Alexia Barrier. aboard Charal, launched over a year ago and Troussel and Jean Le Cam 14-Newrest-Art et Fenêtres (Amadeo- Top class newcomers fine tuned since then. The first major battle • Fortil: Clément Giraud and Rémi Péron) 2d 2h 20 mins 31s (foils) Among the sailors who will be taking between the four new generation IMOCAs Beauvais 15-La Fabrique (Roura-Audigane) 2d 2h 40 part in their first IMOCA transatlantic race launched this summer is one we have been • Groupe APICIL : Damien Seguin mins 33s (foils) on an IMOCA, a few names stand out. looking forward to. Hugo Boss (Alex and Yoann Richomme 16-aDvens for Cybersecurity (Ruyant-Koch) There is for example the highly experienced Thomson/Neal McDonald), Arkea Paprec • Groupe Setin: Manuel Cousin and 2d 2h 41 mins 11s (foils) sailor, Kevin Escoffier, who won the Jules (Sébastien Simon/Vincent Riou), Apivia Gildas Morvan 17-La Mie Câline (Boissières-Macaire) 2d Verne Trophy (in 2012) and the 2017-2018 (Charlie Dalin/Yann Eliès) and Advens for • Hugo Boss: Alex Thomson and 2h 57 mins 34s (daggerboards) Volvo Ocean Race. Kevin has paired up with Cybersecurity (Thomas Ruyant/Antoine Neal McDonald 18-Groupe Setin (Cousin-Morvan) 2d 4h 28 Nicolas Lunven, who has already taken part Koch) should be strong contenders. • Initiatives - Cœur: Samantha Da- mins 39s (daggerboards) in the Transat Jacques Vabre on an IMOCA We will also be keeping an eye on vies and Paul Meilhat 19-Pure (Attanasio-Marsset) 2d 4h 43 mins (on Safran in 2015) but has never completed the former Hugo Boss aboard which Alex • La Fabrique: Alan Roura and 02d (daggerboards) the race. The holder of the Transat Jacques Thomson finished in second place in the Sébastien Audigane 20-Time for Oceans (Le Diraison-Guiffant) Vabre title in Class40, Maxime Sorel is back 2016-2017 Vendée Globe. The boat is now • La Mie Câline - Artipôle: Arnaud 2d 05h 33 mins 00s (daggerboards). this time on an IMOCA with Guillaume Le in the colours of 11th Hour Racing and will Boissières and Xavier Macaire Brec. This race will also be the first big event be skippered by Charlie Enright and Pascal • MACSF: Isabelle Joschke and 60 sailors to compete in the Transat for the Figaro racers, Anthony Marchand Bidégorry. Among the other competitors Morgan Lagravière Jacques Vabre in the IMOCA category and Benjamin Dutreux. As for Miranda who will be closely watched, there are the • Maître CoQ: Yannick Bestaven On Sunday 27th October, thirty IMO- Merron and Halvard Mabire, it is a case of three duos on boats, which were not initially and Roland Jourdain CAs will line up for the start of the Transat rediscovering the race. The most experi- designed as foilers, but have been equipped • Malizia 2 - Yacht Club de Monaco: Jacques Vabre – a record. That means sixty enced ocean racing couple will be making since: PRB (Kevin Escoffier/Nicolas Lun- Boris Hermann and Will Harris sailors (including seven women and sixteen their come-back here aboard an IMOCA. ven), Initiatives-Cœur (Sam Davies/Paul • Newrest - Art & Fenêtres: Fabrice non-French sailors) will be doing battle over Seven women competing Meilhat) and MACSF (Isabelle Joschke/ Amedeo and Eric Péron the 4350 miles separating Le Havre from In addition to Miranda Merron, seven Morgan Lagravière). • Pip Hare Ocean Racing: Pip Hare Salvador da Bahia. However, it is not just other women have registered, including two As is customary in IMOCA races, there and Andrew Baker the number of sailors that is interesting. The who will be sailing on IMOCAs that have will be races within the race in this fleet • PRB: Kevin Escoffier and Nicolas line-up brings together people from various become fast and impressive foilers, Sam of 16 foilers and 14 IMOCAs with straight Lunven backgrounds and with various ambitions. Davies and Isabelle Joschke. As for Clar- daggerboards (including one launched more • Prysmian Group: Giancarlo Pedote There were thirteen in 2017 and this isse Crémer, she is continuing her fast track than twenty years ago, 4myplanet). With less and Anthony Marchand year, there will be thirty boats. From one learning programme with Armel Le Cléac’h. than a month to go to the start, each pair will • Pure: Romain Attanasio and Sébas- edition to another, the number of dou- Alexia Barrier and Joan Mulloy make up the be determining their own goals and identi- tien Marsset ble-handed crews competing in the Transat only all women crew, while British sailor, fying which of their rivals they would like • Time for Oceans: Stéphane Le Jacques Vabre has more than doubled. There Pip Hare will be joined by her compatriot to see behind them… Diraison and François Guiffant has never been such an impressive line-up Andrew Baker. IMOCAs registered for the 2019 Tran- • V & B - Mayenne: Maxime Sorel both in terms of the quantity and the quality. A strong international line-up with the sat Jacques Vabre: and Guillaume Le Brec The big names from the class British turning out in force • 11th Hour Racing: Charlie Enright • Vers un monde sans sida: Erik Ni- Among the sixty sailors competing, 15 Apart from Pip Hare and Andrew and Pascal Bidégorry gon and Tolga Ekrem Pamir took part in the 2016-2016 Vendée Globe, Baker, Britain will also be represented by • 4myplanet: Alexia Barrier and • Water Family: Benjamin Dutreux and including the three who made it to the podi- Alex Thomson, Neal MacDonald, Miranda Joan Mulloy Thomas Cardrin um: Armel Le Cléac’h, Alex Thomson and Merron, Samantha Davies and Will Harris. • Advens for Cybersecurity: Thom- November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 25. MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890

10 January 1596 tons net, and her cargo consisted of time with the wound, the original injury coast of Maine. That she has some pressing Page 8. 1,304,783 feet of pine lumber, 26,101 feet being aggravated by erysipelas. wants is a fact that no one will dispute, and SEA AND PORT. of walnut, 500 bbls. resin, 499 bbls. plas- The Uruguay, the first four-masted first among those wants is railroad connec- Ship Richard P. Buck, built at Bath in ter, 5000 cases kerosene oil, and two bbls. schooner as yet built in the Maritime tion. 1882 and registering 1490.77 tons net, has bricks. This is one of the largest cargoes provinces, was launched recently from the There are some who think Camden been purchased by the Boston Towboat ever shipped to South America, and falls a building yard of Samuel Dimock, Windsor, ought not to assist in building such a road, Company. very little short of the amount taken by the N. S. the construction of the vessel was com- yet, they say, they are anxious to see it Advices from San Francisco are that five-masted schooner Governor Ames on a menced in May last from a model designed come. It is evident that one and all believe the four-masted schooner Douglas Dearborn similar voyage. The vessel and cargo were by Mr. Dimock. She will register about 730 a road connecting with the Knox & Lincoln has been seen bottom up, north of Columbia both fully insured. The Boston underwriters tons. Her dimensions are, length of keel will greatly benefit Camden. It will doubly River. She sailed Dec. 5th from Port Blakely are reported, however to be dissatisfied with 163.7 feet, breadth of bean 36.6 feet, depth increase the number of summer visitors—it with a cargo of boars for Philadelphia. She the action of Captain Ellis in setting fire to his of hold 17 feet. will help the hotels—it will help the mill was launched in January, 1889, and regis- vessel when he abandoned her, as the vessel Schooner Albertine Adoue was launched owners and manufacturers—it will help the tered 977 tons. Arthur Sewall & Co. Bath, and cargo immediately after abandonment on the 2nd from Kelley & Spear’s yard, Bath. laboring man—it will help the real estate her builders and also her managing owners, became their property. The vessel’s cargo Her dimensions are 170.7 feet long, 35.2 owner—it will lessen taxes by increasing question the reliability of the above report. and hull were worth $100,000 before being wide, and 16.3 deep with a net tonnage of taxable property, in fact every man, woman The little schooner Willie, which was set on fire, and it is claimed that she is now a 680.25 tons. She has a Moulton engine and and child will be the better off for railroad sold by I. L. Snow & Co. of Rockland, to worse obstruction to navigation than before, Hyde windlass. An 18-inch heeltap takes the connection and Camden will no longer be Foster & Co. of New York last year, to be as if her top was only burned off, she will be place of the usual poop deck. When launched numbered among the “walled in” beautiful employed in the transportation of cocoanuts less readily seen upon the surface and will she was rigged, coppered and ready for sea. spots. from the San Blas coast of the United States constitute more of a hidden danger. The finish of the cabin is of cherry, ash, and We want the West to know that we are of Columbia, in Central America, has been walnut, and very handsome. Captain M. R. within the line of rail communication—that seized by a Colombian gunboat. The Willie THE FISHERIES. Rich will command her. men of capital can get here without riding sailed from Rockland in May, and was just Monday’s receipts at Portland com- The Monster ship Rappahannock, the hub-deep though mud for eight miles. We a month making the trip. The cargo of the prised 21,000 pounds of fish and 10,000 live first full rigged ship built in Bath since want every summer tourist that comes to schooner, when seized, consisted of clothing lobsters. 1885, was successfully launched at noon on Maine to give us a call. We want everybody to and other merchandise for traffic. The Willie The fishermen are still having great Monday, the 6th, at the yard of Arthur Sewall see our “beautiful Camden down by the sea” had a license to trade form the Colombian luck with the smelts at Ball Hill Cove on the & Co. Her net tonnage is 3,053.83 which to climb Mount Megunticook—to drink our government, and it is expected that our gov- Penobscot. One man took out seven bushels is 456 tons larger than that of any wooden Mirror Lake water—to row on our beautiful ernment will take cognizance of the matter. of them at one dip of his net. sailing ship afloat. In the construction of the harbor and to drive on our Turnpike road. Captain David Rivers, commander of So far this season, owing to the scarcity big ship over 700 cubic tons of Virgina oak We re now in position to get this rail ship A. G. Ropes of Thomaston, has invented of fish, there have been no shipments of fro- and 1,200,000 feet of southern pine were connection with little more than asking for a windlass indicator that shows how much zen herring from Eastport. Before this date used. When ready for sea the Rappahannock it—a bare $25,000 promise from us will en- chain is out when a ship is at anchor, a prob- a year ago, large shipments of Grand Manan will b the heaviest sparred ship sailing from sure its being built within a short time. The lem which has bothered all navigators. The herring had been made and at a big loss to a Maine port. Her mainmast is 89 feet long question is, will the road be built without this device is a simple one, but is rather difficult shippers. and 38 ½ inches in diameter; foremast, 38 aid? Some say it will, some say it won’t. The to describe. The indicator may be placed on The fishing arrivals at Gloucester last feet long and 38 inches in diameter; main- safest way is to ensure its being built by a the topgallant forecastle, as in the case of the week were 19, receipts being ????lbs. of topmast, 58 feet; maintopgallafitmast, 71 fet; guaranteed of aid. EARL ATTEES. A. G. Ropes, on the bridge of a steamer, or codfish, 74,000 lbs. fresh halibut, 13,000 mainyard, 95 fet; foreyard, 95 feet; lower Camden, Jan. 6, ’90. in the pilot house, as is desired. The hand on boxes of smoked herring 1,000,000 frozen maintopsailyard, 87 feet; upper maintop- the dial of the indicator is turned by a bank herring, 9000 lbs. cusk, 11,000 lbs. of hake sailyard, 70 feet; lower maintopgallant yard, Bath was visited Wednesday morning running through pulleys back to a wheel and two bbls. salt herring. 70 feet; upper maintopogallantyard, 64 feet; by a disastrous fire which destroyed the cord- tied with rubber. This wheel is kept always Nearly a ton of smelts caught in weirs mainroyal yard, 53 feet; mainskysailyrd, 43 age factory of J. T. Donnell & Co. Loss about in contact with the drum of a windlass by at Harrington, were forwarded to New York feet. The lower masts are of Georgia pine and $40,000; insurance $26,400. The valuable means of a spring, and so carefully geared one day last week. Owing to an insufficient the other spars of Oregon pine. The ship has machinery was totally destroyed but much is it that each fathom of chain, as it runs out thickness of ice, fishermen have been trou- a steel bowsprit, which is an innovation and of the cordage in the iron store house was on the dial. The old time method consists in bled about setting their nets and catches from is without a jibboom. The spread of canvas saved and also the ropewalk. The factory will counting the shackles of a chain as it run out. the weirs are reported small. will b between 14,000 and 15,000 yards. As be rebuilt. This, on a dark night, with a dim lantern light, The number of barrels of mackerel soon as she can be fitted for sea, or in about is not always accurately done. A shackle or so imported at Boston during the year past, two weeks, the Rappahannock will proceed 17 January may escape the eye and many more fathoms as shown by the records of the Boston Fish to Philadelphia, where she will load 120,000 Page 1. of chain than is thought may be out. Again, Bureau, is 35,252. Imports for the five years cases of oil for Japan. Arthur Sewall & Co., W. P. Cushing, our manufacturer, this there may be many fathoms of chain less than previous were as follows: 1888, 30,656 bbls; her builders, will be managing owners. city, will make the present season from is needed, and the vessel pay the penalty of 1887, 52,221 bbls; 1886, 52,521 bbls; 1885, 30,000 to 40,000 ft. of white ash and spruce the blunder by going on the rocks in case of 41,609 bbls. and 1884, 60,426 bbls. BEAUTIFUL CAMDEN DOWN BY oars, pickpoles and setting-poles. He fills a storm. The indicator does away, also, with THE SEA. orders from as distant points as New York. the necessity of counting the shackles, thus SHIPBUILDING NOTES. Prospects for Railroad Connection.—A J. E. & E. A. Wyman, of Milbridge, who giving one man more to heave in and for other The 700 ton vessel, now building at little effort will bring it. succeeded Wolf & Reessing in the canning duties. The A. G. Ropes is provided with Harrington by Albert M. Nash, is to be a (Correspondence of The Journal.) business at Bethel, will operate the new one, and it has proved very much a success. barkentine. As a place of resort, in point of natural sweet corn factory soon to be built there. Captains and vessel owners, who have seen Pope, Harris & Co. of East Machias, attractions, Camden has no superior on the The citizens of Bethel voted that $2,500 be it, are very enthusiastic in the praise. contemplate building this season a schooner The new four-masted schooner Millie of 250 tons. G. Browne, Captain Ellis, which left Boston George Christenson of Kennebunk is to Dec. 7 for Montevideo was abandoned at sea build a three-masted schooner of 700 tons for Dec. 22 in lat. 36 degrees N, long. 57 degrees New York parties. W, in a dismantled and water-logged condi- The Merithew shipyard and wharf tion. The captain and crew were rescued by property at Searsport has been purchased y MOTORSPORTS the British steamer West Cumberland, and at Searsport and New York parties. Norfolk, Va., landed The Millie G. Browne Captain Francis Cousins and others of was the largest four-masted schooner afloat Blue Hill will build a schooner this season KYMCO and was the acme of the fleet of modern ves- to carry paving blocks. They have men in the sels of her peculiarly American rig, whose wood now getting out the frame. World's #1 Scooter numbers are now constantly on the increase, The Benjamin C. Frith, a three-masted starting at $1499 the pioneer vessels having proved to have schooner of 825 tons register was launched been exceedingly profitable investments. Monday from the yard of Dunn & Elliott, The Bowne was one of the most recently Thomaston. She is to be commanded by launched and was fitted up with every con- Captain James T. Fales of St. George. HJC Woody's ZOX ceivable modern improvement, no expense Shipbuilding is having a boom in the having been spared by her owner to make Maritime Provinces as well as in Maine. The Amsoil Carbide Katadin Gear her a first class vessel in every particular. Ciguecto Post says preparations are being The cost of the Bowne when ready for sea made for the building of twenty-four vessels 56 New Meadows Rd., W. Bath, ME 04530 could not have been less than $80,000. She along the shore from Parrsboro to Advocate was built at Camden, by H. M. Bean for W. this come summer. Open Mon.-Fri. 8-5, Sat. 8-12 B. Bowne of West Dennis, Mass., and left David Clark, Kennebunkport’s veteran Boston Dec. 7 for Montevideo on her maiden shipbuilder, who received quite a severe voyage having been dispatched by Henry blow on the head from a stick of timber in his 207-443-9702 W. Peabody & Co. the vessel registered yard the other day, is having a pretty serious Page 26. MAINE COASTAL NEWS November 2019 MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industrial Journal - 1890 expended by the town for the erection of the the establishment of dime museums in all the on exhibition in this country, and it is many mile limit. Captain Patillo, in the Tiger, went factory, and the Messrs. Wyman are guar- large cities within the past few years having years since she was last seen here. Show- to Fortuen Bay, Newfoundland, and secured anteed the use of the property for a term of created a great demand for his wares. He is men have a preparation which, when appied a load of herring. The officials took his -pa years, free from taxation and the expense of now at work upon a monster which he says to the hair of any women, will give it that pers, but the captain, with loaded muskets, insurance. is to be “the greatest effort of his life.” Old bushy, fluffy, standing-on-end appearance secured his fish. When the Tiger put to sea The year 1889 was quite an active one door knobs, clam shells, hogs’ ribs and horse characteristic of all museum Circassians, on the homeward voyage she was chased by among the various branches of industry in hair bear a prominent part in the composition and in which personal pecuilarity the mark an English cutter, but showed a clean pair the town of Penobscot, and considerable of this wonder, which is to be over fifty feet of Circessian blood supposed to lie. One ap- of heels, out-sailing the cutter and bringing building has been done. Forest Grindle made long, and is to be billed by the New York plication is all that is necessary to transform her fare of herring safely into port. The last at his mills 275 M. staves, 25 M shingles, Bowery Museum manage, for whom it is any female into “a beautiful Circassian lady,” the writer knew of the old pinkey Tiger she and ground 3500 bushels corn to meal and being created as the only genuine sea serpent as the museum advertisements say. was sold from North Haven, where she was 2000 bushels of other grain. Snowman and ever captured. The scheme of manufacturing Australian wild children, “Aztecs, or then owned, to Deer Isle parties. The pink Haynes have made at their mill, 310 M. artificial montrosities for exhibition purpos- children of the sun,” who are among the stern was taken off and the vessel changed staves, 100 M. boards and planks, 75 M es, said the old man In conversation with me most popilar of dime museum and side show to a square sterner—a change which did not shingles. Mrs. Abby L. Condon made in on the subject, originated like so many other attractions, are simply idiotic negroes. This improve the vessel. [Belfast Journal] her knitting factory twenty thousand dozen clever notions of the show business, in the is the case with “Tom and Hattie,” so well pairs of mittens. Walter J. Creamer made in teeming brain of P. T. Barnum, shortly after known to patrons of such entertainments all Page 4. his knitting factory twelve thousand dozen he had opened his first museum in New York over this country. Zulus, Nubians and other Commissioner Matthews Report. pairs. Total thirty-two dozen thousand pairs. many years ago. The story of an alleged foreigners who appear at frequent intervals Commissioner Matthews of the Maine Upward of 100 M. hoop poles were made for sailor, who claimed to have been wrecked in a grand congress of nations with various Bureau of Industrial and Labor Statistics has the Rockland market. E. R. Bowden made in off the Fifi islands, giving a circumstantial ten shows, all trace their ancestry back to given to the public his final annual report. his brick yard, 1,2,000,000; Sellers & Leach, and detailed account of the mermaids he had good old Noah’s son Ham and are recruited The Commissioner truly says, “Thorough 1,300,000; Grindle & Marks, 1,000,000; W. seen there, was then going the rounds of the from Thomason street, New York, Lombard and systematic investigation of a small S. Hutchings & Son, 500,000; M. O. & O. press and attracting general attention. street, Philadelphia, or some similar locality number of the varied departments of labor in L. Leach, 600,000; C. S. Wright, 500,000; Barnum saw that there would be a barrel famed for its large colored population. But, the State is more valuable than a hasty and Martin leach, 600,000; R. B. Gray, 550,000, of money in exhibiting the only genuine Fiju perhaps, the best piece of humbuggery ever incomplete canvass of a larger number,” and making a total of six million one hun- mermaid ever presented to the amusement practiced by any showman was the sacred he has accordingly confined his work during dred-thousand bricks. Eight new dwelling public, but how to get the mermaid. That white elephant of some five years ago. There the past year mainly to an investigation of the houses were built. One steam mill for the was the question. He mentioned the matter were tow of them in the filed—each owned quarrying and shipbuilding industries, the manufacture of the various kinds of lumber. to an ingenious young English inventor, who by a rival manger—and both beasts were former employing 6,000 and the latter 2000 The Methodist Church has been thoroughly is still living in New York, and the result was simply ordinary elephant, but they had been men. repaired, and the Baptist society has built a that some papier mache, rags, wire, turkey stained so artfully as to deceive several sci- Mr. Matthews say: The usual difficulties very neat and commodious church at the cost bones, the dried eyes of a turkey, and the entific men who were persuaded to examine in the way of a prosecution of the investiga- of $5,500. tail of a codfish wee speedily transformed them. tions of the Bureau have been encountered, into a very respectable-looking mermaid, vis: apathy and indifference on the part of Page 3. which, exhibited as a dried preparation in a SOMETHING ABOUT THE PINKEY. many manufacturers; misapprehension and MONSTROSITIES TO ORDER. glass case, proved a splendid card for Bar- The pinkey, as a specimen of marine ignorance on the part of many working peo- How Sea Serpents and other Freaks are num and won him his first great success as a architecture, has become as extinct almost ple. It is hoped that an increasing knowledge Manufactured. A Flourishing Business. showman. Their successful achievement of as the dodo, but a recent item in the Journal of the purposes of the Bureau, will cause On a back street over on the south side, the mermaid emboldened Barnum and his in- has revived interest in this old time craft, as these difficulties “to grow small by degrees says a Pittsburg correspondent of the Phil- ventive friend to attempt the construction of shown by the communications received, and and beautifully less,” until employer and adelphia Times, is an ancient dust-covered other monstrosities and the manufacture and we have looked into its history a little. In employed come to thoroughly realize the loft whose slping rafters make one double sale of them soon became a well established the early days of the Gloucester fishermen, importance of carefully and correctly filling up like a jack-in-the-box, there toils from branch of the show business. The creduilty of Chebacco boats--so—called from the town out the blanks furnished them, and promptly sunny morn to dewy eve, an aged German some country people, and some city people where the first one was built—were- em returning them to the Commissioner. Sta- engaged in a most singular employment. Tall too, for that matter, with regard to museum ployed. They averaged about fifteen tons and tistics can only be valuable when they tell and thin and worn by excessive labor, with a curiosities is almost beyond belief. They carried three men each. Early in the present the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but stoop in the shoulders from constant leaning have firm faith in mermaids especially, and century about 200 of these boats were owned the truth. Half truths are frequently more over that gives him the appearance of being the pictures of those beautiful syrens which in Gloucester. The Chebacco boat had two misleading than whole falsehoods, and humpbacked, he bears a strong resemblance are displayed at the doors of side shows have masts, but no bowsprit. The foremast was imperfect statistics more mischievous than to the description of Antonius Stradivarius, an irresistible attraction for them, though place well forward and the mainmast in about none at all. The adage “figures will not lie” the most famous of all violin makers, as he side shows paintings have no more relevancy the cener of the craft. The St. John wood boat is rendered practically untrue by the fact that worked in his shop, at Gremons, A few years to the curiosities to be seen within the canvas is a fair sample of the old time Chebacco “liars will figure.” before his death in 1737. than the pictures of men with bell-crowned boat, but on a larger scale. The report, which evidently has been But the old German’s occupation is hats and ladies with ample skirts, which used In 1810 the Chebacco boat gave place compiled by the Commissioner and his asso- very different from that of Stradivarious. He to adore the old fashioned Sunday school to the “jigger” or “pinkey” a class of vessels ciates only after much time and arduous labor devotes his energies to the construction of books bore to the letter press of those pre- twice the size of the Chebacco boat. The and which promises to be the most valuable mermaids, mermen, sea serpents, Egyptian cious volumes. Mermaids are always repre- pinkey had a bowsprit, was full forward but contribution to Maine industrial literature mummies, gorillas, devilfish and similar sented, not as dried preparations, but as the very sharp aft, the stem trminating at a point thus far published under State auspices, will monstrosities which, when exhibited as dried lovliest of the female sex, with long silken and curling gracefully upward. The main- be reviewed at length in future numbers of or embalmed preparation in glass cases or tresses, exquisilety shaped arms and bust and boom rested to the crotch of the pink. They The Journal. tanks, in dime museums or circus sideshows, gracefully curved tail. When country joskin steered with a long tiller or “cart tongue,” exert such a beneficent influence upon the sees such a picture he is determined to have as some of the fishermen were won to call Page 3. rural mind by enlightening it as to the won- a peep at the original if it takes the last goil it. There never was a safer or more substan- Another notable addition to the fine ders of nature. Behind the old man’s small, darned shillin’ he has. tial class of vessels built than the old-time summer houses on the island of North Hav- red eyes, which are almost encroached upon But it is not only the “dried” or “embalmed” pinkey. Notwithstanding the full bow, they en, will be the $5,000 residence to be erected by his long, matted, gray beard, there lurks curiosities that are manufactured. There were fast sailors and would ride the sea like at North Haven village by W. H. Glover & a talent for the invention and construction are living ones as well that are “:gotten” a gull. The pinkey gave way to the square Co. of Rockland for Alfred Bowditch of of zoological horrors that almost amounts up especially for exhibition purposes. The sterned, and finally the present graceful and Boston., work on which begins at once. to positive genius. There is no walking, tattooed people all have themselves tattooed yacht-like fleet of fishermen was evolved. The Ocean House, York Beach, has creeping, flying, or swimming thing that to order, with the express intention of going But while the modern fishing vessels are lately received one of the celebrated Mannel the most morbidly vivid imagination, stim- into museums. This was not the case with the much handsomer than the old pinkey, the Wind Mills, which will be used for pumping ulated by a severe attack of manis potu, or first tattooed man exhibited in this country. latter was a better sea boat than the clipper water for the hotel. The wind mill has a 12 ft. “jimjam,” can possibly conceive that this He was a Greek sea captain—said to have built craft of to-day. The reason the present wheel which will stand fifty feet in the air and old master of his art cannot quickly evolve been a pirate—who was captured by Majay generation has not seen a new pinkey is be- the tankage capacity 320 barrels. The water from the rubbish-like material which crowd savages and tattooed by them as a means of cause none have been built for many years. will be taken from the Ocean House sprig, his workshop. All he needs is paper, papier torture. Not a particle fo surface the size of They were built of oak, frame, planking and the purity of which is said by physicians to mache, wire, rags, sawdust, brown Holland, a pin’s head was left untattooed on his whole ceiling, and consequently lasted many years. be equal to that of the Poland spring. whalebones, rubbercloth, chicken, turkey, body. His savage tormentors even shaved off The pinkey Senator, built in Essex in 1831, A York Beach correspondent writes and hog bones, paints, glue, eyes of various his hair and beard and tattooed his scalp and was afloat a few years ago. that in the course of improvements on the animals and birds, featheres, pigs’ ears and face. He started a boom for tattooed freaks, The writer made several fishing trips in grounds of the Ocean House, while moving sharks’ teeth. and now the business is overrun with them. the pinkey Tiger, in her day the crack vessel an immense sand bank formed in the course The business is a profitable one and the They all take good care though not to have of the Gloucester fishing fleet. In 1837 the of centuries by the motion of the wind, a old inventor is acquiring a snug competen- their hands and faces tattooed. The so-called Tiger was commanded by Captain James quart bottle half full of whiskey and tightly cy by his labor in the field of natural—or “beautiful Circassian ladies” who are to be Patillo, the terror of the Provincial officials. corked was found at the depth of twelve feet, unnatural—history. He is well known to all found in every dime museum and side-show In those days the treaty regulations were showing that hundreds of years ago before showmen throughout the United States and are as great humbage as the mermaids. There the same as now, no American vessel being the Maine Law was passed a bottle could be receives orders from all parts of this country, has never been but one genuine Circassian allowed to fish within the imaginary three left half full of the ardent. November 2019 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 27. MARITIME NEWS FROM THE PAST - Maine Industry Journal - 1890

follows: “The Christie-Ryckman Publishing snow storm, a real genuine snow storm, and I hear that a line of steamers has been Page 5. Company.” The purposes of this company it has been many a day since Boston has seen established between this port and the Azores. At a recent meeting of the Diamond are, from what Mr. Ryckman told me a few such cold weather. The Gulf Stream must This is a very desirable enterprise, for now Island Association, at Portland, very encour- days ago, to issue a full and detailed report have taken a sudden stroll off toward the we have only sailing vessels—a line of aging reports were presented by the Trea- of the exhibition. The exhibition was a grand West Coast of Africa. packets to Fayat, Flores, and other islands surer and the Directors, showing that while success, all except financially, and to be sure, A curious thing happened to the Boyl- of the Azores. Hundreds of people yearly considerable improvement had been made in that’s just what’s the matter. The expense of ston street line of electric cars one day go from here to the Azores in order to enjoy the property of the island, there was still a running the show was enormous, and there is this week. This ine has its plant in Allston. the charming winter climate there, and a line good surplus in the treasury. The following not much doubt but that the whole thing was Suddenly and without a moment’s notice, of steamers will make the trip much more board of officers as elected: President—Seth run on too great a scale. Think of $100 per while the tracks were dotted with heavily possible on account of time. L. Larrabee, Secretary—Phillp F. Turner, day for rent, $100 per day for electric lights, laden cars, the current ceased to be. The cars Boston is getting scared over the ice Treasurer—George H. Libby, Board of Di- and then the hundred or more employees, stopped, and nothing could make them go. crop. They fear a famine and higher prices rectors—Edwin L. Goding, Lewis A. Goudy, coal for the furnace, etc. It all counted up- The few cars drawn by horses were made to than last year even. Last year ice was an ex- William H. Thaxter, Joseph A. King, F. W. —o it is not very hard to tell where a large jump the track and pass the stationary and pensive luxury, but it is much higher many Lawrence, E. H. Elwell. part of the receipts went to, especially when rigid electrics. People go mad, and go con- of us will have to use less ice and more salt, we take into consideration the not very large fusion, and for the remainder of the evening I fear. We read the reports from the Kennebec Page 6. attendance all through. Another misfortune a double number of cars had to be put on and Penobscot with alarm. Not a ton of ice Fish Commissioner Stillwell in reply was, that much that was advertised never ap- in order to make up for lost time. Great is has yet been packed on the Hudson, and none to a query by a reporter as to what had been peared in the building not so much the fault of electricity when it is good natured, but when to speak of in Massachusetts. accomplished the past year in the matter of the management, as it was a curious series of it takes a freak it dosen’t budge an inch for The “little, but oh, my” Record has been fish culture said: “The lakes and ponds have disappointments. Unfortunate, to be sure— anybody. stirring Boston up, and cautions them to look been well stocked with land-locked salmon but it all prejudiced the public against it. But While in Young’s Hotel last night, I out for the ice supply. The Record is a live and all that could be done has been performed its no use to go one with further reviewing. overheard some conversation to this effect: paper. to protect them and enable them to secure a The management are $50,000 in debt, with that a syndicate of Boston and New York ALLAN ERIC. good foothold so that the money expended by practically no assets—none at all, probably. capitalists is to be formed for the purpose of the State and National governments should It is surprising to note the immense going down into Aroostook County, me., and not be lost. The darkest outlook for the future numbers of steamers new running back and buying up all the starch factories possible, as SHIP MODELS & KITS is in the establishment of pulp mills along forth between Boston and Mediterranean well as lumber and shingle mills, standing Swampscott Dory the river and streams of our State. Unless ports, Messina, Palermo and Sicily, carrying lumber and other property necessary to the This model is simple, quick to build, and the matter is taken in charge by the State oranges and lemons. There are now eight or carrying on of the above enterprises on a makes a lovely display or national government through legislation, ten of these steamers and each carries from large scale. Whether the prevailing chestnut model. Call, write, or these mills will be the means of entirely 15,000 to 50,000 boxes of oranges and lem- English capital, is to take any prominent e-mail for our catalog of historic ships and local killing off the fish in our rivers. The lime ons. This will continue unabated until about part in this, I do not know; but one thing I Maine vessels. Custom models & restorations, too! and sulphuric acid carried as refuse out of the first of May and form then throughout the do know and that is this, the men who were Since Since these mills id deadly in the extreme to the entire summer, only not to such an extent. talking of this matter are well known Boston 1905 1905 160 E. Main St., Searsport, Maine 04974 fish. Poaching is carried on to a considerable We had a serious king of a time here capitalists/ The New York parties mentioned 1.800.448.5567 • bluejacketinc.com • [email protected] extent. The system of netting fish has been Wednesday night. It was in the shape of a are also well known to the financial world. taught the present generation as a matter very high wind. During my several years of course and any attempt to prevent them of residence in Massachusetts I have never from pursuing the business is regarded as before seen anything like it. About 8 or 9 an infringement on their private rights which o’clock in the evening the weather began to Maine Coastal News should be resented at all hazards. When the grow very cold. The thermometer suddenly spawning season arrives and the fish are in began to fall. That is the mercury fell. In fact a state of semi-stupor the catching of them I began to have serious thoughts of carrying by illegitimate means reaches its height. that freaky little instrument up in the attic, Has a newly updated website! Poachers and owls are everywhere and the so that is would have plenty of room to fall amount caught by the latter is something without straining the bulb. However, simul- enormous. These two are bad enough; but taneously the wind arose—and ket rising, Check it out: the pulp mills are much worse, and unless until it reached the proportions of a gale. It something is done immediately to prevent howled, it growled, it blowd and ransacked will work irreparable damage to our fishing around, shook my house as if it were a basket, mainescoast.com interests. Taken all in all, however, the year’s and I began to have some grave doubts as to work has been successful in both the fish and what particular part of the city of Somerville game departments. I should find the cupola in, in the morning. Read the current issue of MCN Now the Mystic River has the reputation Lobster Boat Racing News Page 7. of being a very tough stream, a mile or two FROM THE HUB OF THE UNI- from its mouth. With wind and tide it is never Photo Galleries VERSE. still, but it is continually churned up, about as Boat Yard News The Sorry Winding Up of the Maritime much as I ver saw Hell Gate, at the entrance Feature Articles Exhibition.—A success in every way but between Long Island Sound and New York Financially.—The night of the Great Harbor. The Charles River, Wind in Boston.—It Churns Water and unlike the Mystic is always Rocks Buildings.—A real Live Snow- very smooth and quiet. snow Follows.—Curious Happening on But the next morning after the Electric Road. Boston and New York this unprecedented wind, Capitalist looking towards Arostook in going to my work in County for Investment. Boston, while the train was (Correspondence of The Journal.) crossing the Charles, it was Curious thing, how some gigantic enter- remarked that “the Charles Used Boats prises bring up. 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