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Surprise

On summer days on the water, we see what we are used to seeing: lobstermen about their work; little power boats buzzing here and there, soon come, soon gone; sailing yachts of various sizes and rigs. We see seals, porpoises, the occasional whale, gulls, ospreys, once in a while an eagle or a tern. These

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FROM THE DECK:Images

Images. That is the photographer’s name for what we ordinary people call pictures, photographs. Most of us take pictures with a “blink box,” an ordinary camera or perhaps one of those disposable creatures with automatic focus, automatic exposure and a simple flash. Aim your blink box at your boat. Two hours later you will have

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Hot Pursuit

In the last days of July, 1914, Europe resounded with saber rattling, mobilizations, counter mobilizations and ultimata back and forth – and with sincere efforts for peaceful solutions to insoluble problems. However, no one was at war when the North German Lloyd liner KRONPRINZESSIN CECILE sailed from New York for Southampton, England. She carried 1,1216

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From the Deck: Some launching!

On a foggy September 27, Hodgdon Yachts of East Boothbay launched the 154-foot ketch SCHEHERAZADE for Bill and Barbara Stewart of New York and Mt. Desert. She is the largest sailing yacht in New England, indeed on the east coast and some say in the western hemisphere. She has been four years a-building and she

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The Admiral’s Daughter

A quiet, cloudy day on Boothbay Harbor and a light, southeasterly air, barely enough to fill the sails of our Friendship sloop EASTWARD but enough to please our one passenger, who was now at the wheel. She was a durable-looking lady, perhaps in her 50s and she spoke with a strong European accent, which I

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From the Deck The loss of K-14

Early in July 1944, near the end of World War II, a German submarine had been reported near Mt. Desert Rock. Besides the patrol craft assigned to the area, the blimp K-14 was sent from Lakehurst, New Jersey, useful because it could hover over one spot and direct a surface attack. On the night of

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