Sample’s Shipyard in Boothbay Harbor has become Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, owned by Terry McClinch with David Stinson as General Manager. The yard is specializing in the building, storing, restoration and repair of wooden vessels of whatever size and rig. The yard crew is being augmented by younger people eager to learn the shipwright’s trade through
“It was the best fisheries paper on the market”
Ten years ago Bill Crowe started a plain spoken, no-holds-barred monthlynewspaper called Fishermen’s Voice. He had no training or experience. He wasn’t a writer, an editor or a publisher. He didn’t write the purest English and didn’t always use the best grammar or punctuation, but every word he wrote came directly from his heart and
Sears Island: A Guide for Beginners
You may have read about Sears Island in a newspaper or guidebook. Or you may have heard about the 940-acre island at the head of Penobscot Bay from a friend or relative. Whatever the reason, you have decided you must see one of the largest undeveloped islands in Maine for yourself. You’re motivated enough to
The Long View: Lessons Learned
A few weeks ago three Alaskans visited the Island Institute to pick our brains about how the Island Institute operates. One, Denby Lloyd, is Alaska’s Director of Commercial Fisheries who, among other duties, oversees the state’s salmon hatcheries program, critical to the economies of hundreds of fishing communities. The other two visitors, Duncan Fields and
“It’s a good example” Private transaction preserves Chebeague’s only boatyard
Preserving working waterfront is one of the biggest challenges coastal communities face. Recent success stories usually involve community members working with a wide variety of groups, from nonprofit organizations to land trusts, to keep wharves and boatyards from becoming luxury summer homes. So the recent transfer of the Chebeague Island Boatyard is unusual. It was
APHRODITE revs up again
The Brooklin Boat on Blue Hill Bay has rebuilt the APHRODITE, a 74-foot speedboat originally constructed in 1937 for financier Jock Whitney, whose family philanthropy extends to Maine’s art treasures. He used this sleek, torpedo-stern launch to commute from his Manhasset home to his Wall Street office, a 45-minute cruise. He would settle back to
Making It Simple – Writer explains technical systems for boat owners
Nigel Calder, formerly a resident of Alna, Maine, and now hailing from Maryland’s Eastern Shore, grew up in the English countryside. During grammar school he didn’t care for rugby and football and happily found a dinghy to sail in a nearby pond. So began his love affair with boats. After graduating from Exeter University, he
New Boat design firm goes “back to the drawing board”
It’s a firm whose motto could almost be called “I have seen the future, and it’s the past” or “back to the drawing board.” The actual name of this new company is Moose Island Design –Yacht, Commercial and Small Craft Design. It’s located in Eastport. This is not to say that the three MID partners,
Reverse Sheer
From his home at the head of Somes Sound, E. Farnham Butler can see his life’s work, the Mount Desert Yacht Yard, and out to the sea that still calls to him. At 96, he is still sharp and willing to discuss the boatbuilding that sustained him for a lifetime. From his living room he
Cod fishery advocate is new Canadian fisheries minister
A longtime critic of the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is now himself in charge of the department, as a result of the Jan. 23 federal election that brought the Conservative Party to power after 13 years. A Member of Parliament from St. John’s South-Mount Pearl, Newfoundland, Loyola Hearn was named to his