1974 FSS Yearbook

5toop ‘Days July 25, 26, 27 • 1974

The Friendship Sloop “Dictator’ In Fiberglass Dedication Doctor Myron H. Hahn, long time owner of the oldest Friendship Sloop ever to race in our regatta, passed away this winter. Known simply as “Doc,” Myron had spent most of his summers sailing in Muscongus Bay for fifty years. He was our Vice President in 1966 and ’67. DICTATOR — 31’x26’xll’x5′ – Draft 5,300 – Lead Keel 17,500 Displacement – Sail Area 761 PEMAQUID — 25’x21’x8′ 8″x4′ – Draft 2,000 – Lead Keel 7,000 Displacement – Sail Area 432 f HULLS AVAILABLE 25′ $4,200. 31′ $6,400. JARVIS NEWMAN, Builder Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 (207) 244-3860 ••-•• .. : :;; ; . – . • • • s ” ”

FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY PRESIDENT Frederick Brown (owner of Vida Mia) VICE PRESIDENT Dr. Henry O. White (owner of Sarah Mead) SECRETARY Betty Roberts — Friendship, Maine TREASURER Ernst Wiegleb (owner of Chrissy) ASSISTANT TREASURER Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HISTORIAN Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HONORARY PRESIDENT Bernard Mackenzie HONORARY MEMBERS Howard Chapelle, Cyrus Hamlin, William Danforth. John Gould, A. K. Watson, Herald Jones, Albert Roberts, Betty Roberts 1974 Committees RACE COMMITTEE William Danforth, Chairman Connie Pratt. Elbert Pratt Randy Danforth OFFICIAL HANDICAPPER Cyrus Hamlin SCHOLARSHIP FUND William Pendleton TOWN COMMITTEE Douglas Lash, Chairman Everyone in town willing to help PROGRAM COMMITTEE Al Roberts. Chairman William Thissell, William Pendleton ASSISTANT SECRETARIES Nancy Penniman, Dot Gould. Linda Nelson MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES Lincoln Ridgeway — Race Committee Chairman OFFICIAL PIPER Donald Duncan OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Bill Olson OFFICIAL CANNONEER Al Roberts Welcome WELCOME: to Friendship for the fourteenth year. When the whole thing started, no one foresaw the possibility that the Friendship Sloop races would evolve into a three-day regatta that would attract thousands of people and see 50 sloops competing. Eating and sleeping facilities are scarce, but we have provided what we can. The free taxi service will be operating, so park your car and leave it parked — we’ll be happy to take you around town. The Museum is open for your pleasure. On Saturday there will be a spectator boat if you’re in- terested in being out where the sloops are racing. Our loud speaker and radio system will keep the landlubbers informed of what is going on. The information booth will answer your questions, and the V.F.W. and others will supply you with snacks and lobster meals. The list of events in this booklet will give you a lot of pertinent information and the center fold, while not as attractive as some, will show you where the sloops will be sailing so you can keep out of their way while watching from a safe dis- tance. Don’t forget that the wake from your boat can upset the skipper of a sloop considerably. We have an ambulance on stand-by. Please help us make it unneces- sary to use it. Accolades Everyone who works for the Friendship Sloop Society receives the same salary, and every year their pay is doubled, but once in a while in the past we have paid special attention to the work done by a particular officer or member. Bill Danforth, our race committee chairman, and Cy Hamlin, our official handicapper, are two of our workers to whom we cannot say “thank you” often enough. Without them we could not survive. We’ve said it in the past, and we say it once more — “Thanks — and well done” to them both. FOLLOW THE RACES ON THE GOOD TIME CAPT. BOB FISH Iv. 1 1:30 a. m. and Iv. 1 -.45 p. m. Fares — $3.50

Past Regatta Winners 1961 Governor’s Trophy — VOYAGER (one race) 1962 Gorvenor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — AMITY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1,963 Governor’s Trophy — DOWNEASTER Eda Lawry Trophy — JOLLY BUCCANEER Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1964 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — CHR1SSY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — MARGIN 1965 Governor’s Trophy — DiRIGO Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — DIRIGO Palawan Trophy — HERITAGE Wonalancet Trophy — HERITAGE 1966 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER George Morriil Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah D. Morse Trophy — CHRISSY 1967 Governor’s Trophy — DIRIGO Eda Lawry Trophy — not awarded, race called for fog Lash Bros. Trophy — not awarded, race called for fog Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Morriil Trophy — EASTWARD (presented for finishing in fog) Jonah D. Morse Trophy — BLACKJACK 1968 Governor’s Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Palawan Trophy — HERITAGE Morriil Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah D. Morse Trophy — CHRISSY 1969 Governor’s Trophy — EAGLE Eda Lawry Trophy — EAGLE Lash Bros. Trophy — ECHO Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Morriil Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah Morse Trophy — EAGLE Anjacaa Trophy — FRIENDSHIP Seiler Trophy — CHANCE 1970 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — GLADIATOR Lash Bros. Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Morriil Trophy — COCKLE Bruno & Stillman — PHOENIX Jonah Morse Trophy — BLACKJACK Anjacaa Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — COCKLE Jarvis Newman Trophy — PHOENIX Seiler Trophy — TANNIS Gould Grandfather Trophy — GLADIATOR 1971 All three races cancelled because of fog and lack of wind. Gladiator Trophy — SEPOY Seiler Trophy — VIDA MIA Nickerson Trophy — SARAH MEAD 1972 Governor’s Trophy — ELLIE T Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY Lash Bros. Trophy — TANNIS Morriil Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Bruno & Stillman — SALATIA Jonah Morse Trophy — CHRISSY Anjacaa Trophy — ELLIE T Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Class D Overall — PHOENIX Jarvis Newman Trophy — ELLIE T Seiler Trophy — SARAH MEAD Gould Grandfather Trophy — TANNIS Gladiator Trophy — VOGEL FREI Nickerson Trophy — VOYAGER 1973 Governor’s Trophy — SARAH MEAD Eda Lawry Trophy — DICTATOR Lash Bros. Trophy — PATIENCE Morriil Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Bruno & Stillman Trophy — MAGI Jonah Morse Troph> CHANCE Anjacaa Trophy —SARAH MEAD Palawan Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Class D Overall — CALLIPYGOUS Jarvis Newman Trophy — SALATIA Seiler Trophy — GYPSY Gould Grandfather Trophy — Kim Newman (DICTATOR) Gladiator Trophy — SEPOY Nickerson Trophy — Kip Files (CHANCE) Trophies Following is a list ot’thc trophies presented each year and what they are presented for: Governor’s Trophy — to overall winner in Classes A & B Eda Lawry Trophy — to Class A winner of Saturday race Lash Bros. Trophy — to Class B winner of Saturday race Morriil Trophy — to Class C winner of Saturday race Bruno & Stillman Trophy — to Class D winner of Saturday race Jonah Morse Trophy — to Class A overall winner Anjacaa Trophy — to Class B overall winner Palawan Trophy — to Class C overall winner Jarvis Newman — to winning 25′ Pemaquid design Friendship Seiler Trophy — to the friendliest Friendship Gould Grandfather Trophy — to the winning sloop with the youngest crew member. Gladiator Trophy — to the sloop coming the greatest distance Nickerson Trophy — to the sloop with the youngest skipper that actually was in command during the races Burns Trophy — last boat in on Saturday, presented by the Burns family this year in memory of Dr. Hahn President’s Message It has been a wonderful year. The 1973 regatta was great fun. Thanks again to the workers who made it so. Thanks to the response to my request for ideas which would enhance the sloop society and its activities. Many of the suggestions will be used. You will see them as you go along and participate in the next regatta. We are going to have the 1974 Regatta for all who can make it come hell or high water or an energy crisis. Al Roberts edited the book “Enduring Friendships.” He, Betty, and Bill Danforth, and others have over these many years made the Sloop Society a wonderful organization. Not only by their work but by their attitude of Friendship, cooperation, and love. They have made this the “Enduring Friendship Sloop Society.” Because of this and what the Sloop Society means to so many, it is absolutely essential that steps be taken which will guarantee that the Society will endure like the sloops themselves. It is just too great to let anything happen to it. Therefore I am proposing that a means such as a board of trustees be established for the purpose of de- veloping a program that will make the Society one that will continue for- ever. I thank everyone for the excellent cooperation et al during the past year. Let’s go on in the same way, and have many more years of this wonderful experience. Ted Brown, President

List of Events FIRST RACE THURSDAY, JULY 25 9:30 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting 12:00 Noon Starting Time of First Race “Gam Night” for Skippers & Sloops SECOND RACE FRIDAY, JULY 26 9:30 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting Starting Time of Second Race Chicken Barbecue 12:00 Noon 6:00 P. M. 6:30 P. M. Water Events for Youngsters Harbor Lights – at dusk THIRD RACE SATURDAY, JULY 27 9:00 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting 10:30 A. M. Parade of Sloops 12:00 Noon Start of Third Race 12:00 Noon Lobster meal served continously until 6:00 P. M. on hillside facing the Harbor. Snacks and lobster meals served in several places. Information Booth will give full particulars. Open House at Boat Shops and Museum. Please make use of the free “Village Shuttle” to see these points of interest. 1:30-2:30 Field Events for Children at Harborside. 7:30 P. M. Awards Banquet served in the Town Hall by reservation only. (MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES — Aug. 24 & 25) Corinthian Yacht Club — Marblehead, Mass. CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE PROGRAM WILL BE NOTED AT THE INFORMATION BOOTH AND ON THE WHARVES. 9

About The Old Friendship Sloops . .. A tourist arrived in Friendship about 3:30 P. M. on August 25, 1973. He stopped his car in the neighborhood of one of our Senior Citizens, stuck his head out the window, and in a deep Rebel accent he said, “I was wondering if anybody around here remembers anything about the old Friendship SJoops?” Our Senior Citizen assumed that some joker was having his idea of fun, so he made answer, “Why, yes, I guess so.” So this tourist from Down South went into a fairly long-winded harangue which, separated from its Dixieland peculiarities, went as follows: “You see, sir, I happen to own a fairly good-sized sailing boat, so I know something about such things. Now, along in the 20’s and 30’s, there was a man here in Friendship who made what we sailing people call a Friend- ship Sloop, and I was hoping somebody might still be around who re- members.” Then this tourist took on a confidential expression, and he said, “I’d like to own a real Friendship Sloop if I could find somebody who could build one for me!” By this time our Senior Citizen wasn’t sure if his leg was getting a yank, or if this tourist fellow was simply ignorant of the Friendship Sloop Society, so our Senior Citizen played the middle of the road, and he said, “How big a sloop did you have in mind?” The truth is, as further conversation brought out, that this tourist had come here in complete innocence. He had never heard of the Friendship Sloop Society, and didn’t know any of the original Friendship Sloops are afloat. He was alone, on his way to the Maritimes for a vacation, and his coming to Friendship had been on a sudden impulse. He did know about Friendship Sloops, and for many years had admired pictures of them in books and magazines, and he knew that they originated in this area. He supposed that the whole subject was extinct, but he hoped to find some very old man in these parts who could remember well enough to build one. The man was visibly astonished when our Senior Citizen said, “You should-a been here in July, we had about fifty of ’em in the hah-b’h for a week.” “You did?” “Eyah, come from all ov-ver.” The upshot was arm-waving directions to get to the Lash Boat Yard and Kindling Wood Factory, and the Southerner started out the Martin Point Road looking for Winnie. He said he had in mind something about 30 feet, and if our Sloop Society membership some day includes a skipper whose conversation is a cross ‘twixt Uncle Remus and General Robert E. Lee, suh, you’ll know how it came about. 10 List of Friendship Sloops No. i. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. & Name Voyager Dictator Finette Golden Eagle Content Eastward Tannis Banshee Amity Mary Ann Shulamite Friendship Easting Vigor Vida Mia Retriever Jolly Bucaneer Chrissy Blackjack Moses Swann Wilbur Morse Class A A A A B B B A A B B A B B C B A A A A B Built By Charles Morse Robert McLain 1915 Wilbur Morse 1915 A. F. Morse 1910 S. M. Ford 1961 James Chadwick 1956 W. S. Carter 1937 Morse Wilbur Morse 1900 Lash Bros. 1958 S. Gannett 1938 Wilbur Morse 1902 C. A. Morse 1920 Morse (Thomaston) 1946 E. L. Stevens 1942 Gannet 1942 McLain 1909 Charles Morse 1912 Wilbur Morse 1900 Morse 1910 Carlton Simmons 1947 30′ John Kippin Ipswich, Mass. 31′ Jarvis Newman Southwest Harbor, Me. 47′ Frank Smith Westfield, Conn. 26′ William Haskell Marblehead, Mass. 25′ Robert Edwards Montclair, N. J. 32′ Roger Duncan West Concord, Mass. & East Boothbay, Me. 38′ John D. Cronin Sturbridge, Mass. 30′ Benjamin Waterworth New Bedford, Mass. 30′ James R. Wiggins Brooklin, Me. 31′ Dr. Joe Griffin Damariscotta, Me. 24′ James & Pauline Doolittle Five Islands, Me. 29′ Robert Cavanaugh Compton, R. I. 29′ James R. Pierpont Milford, Conn. 30′ Robert K. Emerson Hancock Point, Me. 30′ Frederick S. Brown Kittery, Me. 22′ John W. Rice Scituate, Mass. 30′ Ernst Wiegleb Pleasant Point, Me. 33′ William Pendleton Searsport, Me. 30′ Roland Earth Alna. Me. 30′ C. Wilfred Brann Gardiner & Friendship, Me. 11

GOUDY and STEVENS Designers and Builders of Yachts and Commercial Vessels Yacht Storage Metal Fabricators Repairing EAST BOOTHBAY, MAINE Tel. Boothbay Harbor 633-3521 or 633-3522 Area Code 207 Boothbay Railway Museum ROUTE 27 BOOTHBAY Maine’s Only 2 ft. Operating Railroad General Store and Antique Autos Grand Banks Schooner Museum 100 Commercial Street Boothbay Harbor, Maine 142-foot SHERMAN ZWICKER, one of the last of the Grand Banks fishing schooners. Historic marine exhibits. Stem to stern ship’s tour. OPEN DAILY 9 to 9 from May 25 to mid-September Compliments of MASON C. CARTER Marine Contractor Telephone 443-4018 u/ , • , . Woolwich, Maine 04579 List of Sloops – 22. Ellie T B 23. Depression A John Thorpe 1961 1899 26′ John Thorpe Woolwich, Me. 32′ Melvin & Louise Burns Friendship, Me. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. Ancient Mariner Sea Duck Virginia M Red Coat Bounty Susan Kidnapped White Eagle Nomad Smuggler Pal-O-Mine Mary C MarGin Chance Eleazur Downeaster Comesin Snafu Pam A A B B A A A B B C A B B C Wilbur Morse Morse Boatyard (ketch rig) Wilbur Morse 1910 Bob McKean Sid Carter Gannett 1932 Wilbur Morse 1902 Wilbur Morse Wilbur Morse 1906 Philip Nichols 1942 Gannet 1947 N. D. Clapp (Marconi rig) Wilbur Morse 1916 W. S. Carter 1938 Lash Bros. 1963 Ervin Jones 1962 Carlton Simmons 25′ 25′ 28′ 28′ 22″ 41″ 28′ 33′ 28. 27. 20′ 25′ 32′ 38′ 30′ 32′ 35′ 26′ 43. Gypsy J. P. Hennings 1963 Judson Grouse 1939 H. C. Vibber Waterford, Conn. Laurence Bershad Marblehead, Mass. Jaxon Vibber Waterford, Conn. Eric W. Osborn Bristol, R. I. Richard Bailey Peekskill, N.Y. N. Bradford Mack South Miami, Fla. Restored Ray Gold Newtown, Conn. Sinclair Kenney Edgewood, R. I. James B. L. Lane Winchester, Mass. Nathaniel Clapp Prides Crossing, Mass. Wm. Blodgett Waldoboro, Me. Dr. Thomas Files Ellsworth, Me. Capt. David Smith No. Bergen, N. J. Virginia Grew Dover, Mass. Carlton Wilder Jacksonville, Fla. Alfred Gastonguay Beverly, Mass. Kenneth Billings Manchester, Mass. 23′ Robert Lash Orland, Me. 13

LASH BROTHERS BOATYARD FRIENDSHIP, MAINE Telephone 832-7048 “Dirigo” Friendship Academy of Folklore (Back Side Campus) An unincorporated, disorganized, non-tax-exempt institution dedicated to the cultural uplift of the Friendship waterfront :•: :}: # :j: :•: Now proudly offering two full-length, two-sided, stereo recordings of authentic Down Maine conversations and stories: 1. Newt Hinckley Visits With John Gould At Friendship Back River 2. The Fastest Hound Dog In The State Of Maine The one titillates with numerous pleasantries done with TRUTH and VERACITY; the other relates the incredible tale ol” Wytopitlock’s speedy rabbit hound. For sale at Fisherman’s (Al’s) Wharf, Wallace’s Market, D. C. Lash’s Hardware, and other fine stores in the area. Or, postpaid by mail at $5.95 each from Friendship Academy of Folklore Friendship, Maine 04547 “Happy Friendship” List of S/oops – 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. Sazerac Flying Jib Dirigo Galatea Channel Fever Surprise Heritage Rights of Man Eagle Echo Right Bower locaste Old Baldy Tern Sarah Mead Old Salt Windward Columbia Kochab Amicitia Gallant Lady Venture Hieronymus Lucy Anne A B B C B C B A B A B B B A B C B B A A B B Wilbur Morse 1913 W. S. Carter 1936 Lash Bros. 1964 McKie Roth 1964 F. A. Provener 1939 Philip Nichols 1964 Elmer Collemer Murray Peterson 1962 W. A. Morse Lash Bros. 1965 Wilbur Morse 1915 Lee Boat Shop Rockland 1965 1912 J. S. Rockefeller 1965 Jerry Maxwell 1969 Newbert & Wallace 1965 Rob McLain & Son 1902 J. S. Rockefeller 1966 Lester Chadbourne Speers 1953 Lash Bros. 1965 Morse 1907 Morse 1912 Ralph Stanley 1962 James Hall 1967 35′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 33′ 33′ 29′ 32′ 30′ 31′ 22′ 33′ 25′ 21′ 30′ 32′ 25′ 23′ 28′ 33′ 33′ 27′ 33′ 25’ Roland Earth Snyder Aitken Alna, Me. Newton & Judy Hinckley Sudbury, Mass. Ernest Sprowl Searsmont, Me. John Kapelowitz Mt. View, Calif. Gordon Winslow Southport, Me. Bill Payne Monhegan, Me. W. K. Hadlock South Freeport, Me. Robert Morrison Metuchin, N. J. Philip Cronin Cambridge, Mass. Donald Huston Nahant, Mass. William Thon Port Clyde, Me. Charles B. Currier, Jr. Silver Spring, Md. Richard Salter Manchester, Mass. Franklin Perkins Lancaster, Mass. Dr. Henry O. White Camden, Me. Leon Knorr Rowayton, Conn. George Dowling Syracuse, N. Y. Fran & Lee Green Tonawanda, N. Y. Ted Charles City Island, N. Y. Emerson Stone Greenwich, Conn. Anthony Menkel, Jr. Birmingham, Mich. John Porteous Prouts Neck, Me. Albert Neilson Avondale, Pa. Otis Maxfield Louds Island, Me. 15

>^ de FOR A LONG LASTING FRIENDSHIP TRY MAINE “FOR A ‘SHORE THING’ IN COASTAL MAINE REAL ESTATE List of Sloops – ” TRY I C. R. deROCHEMONT, Realtor ^r-uviw/vicK WHARF LERMOND’S COVE (Chart 209) ROCKLAND, MAINE Excellent dockage for yachts up to 150′ in length, in landlocked cove, protected from all winds. 11′ water mean low tide. 110 and 220 elec- tricity outlets. 175 feet of float space. Fresh water available, also hot showers. Entire facility enclosed with chain link fence, watchman day and night. Area well lighted, very handy to all stores. For dockage information and reservations: Telephone (207) 596-6060. If God had intended man to have fibreglass boats He would have created fibreglass trees! 69. 70. 71. 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. Coast O Maine B Margaret Motte Gladiator A Temptress Dauphine Patience B Omaha Packet C Beagle Emmie B B Nimbus Sepoy B Regardless B Morning Star Perseverance D Philia Anne Francis Allegiance B Eagle Apogee D Avior B Vernell Smith 1966 Morse Boatyard 1967 Me Lain 1902 Philip Nichols 1934 Pamet Harbor Camden, 1951 Malcolm Brewer 1965 Morse 1901 C. Morse 1925 C. A. Morse 1905 Reginald Wilcox 1958 F. Buck & E. L. Adams 1941 Fred Dion 1963 A. Morse 1912 (ketch rig) Bruno & Stillman 1969 Kennebec Yacht, Inc. 1969 J. D. Maxwell 1974 Albert M. Harding 1970 McKie Roth, Jr. 1969 Bruno & Stillman 1969 McKie Roth, Jr. 1970 30′ 30′ 32′ 33′ 26′ 30′ 35′ 26′ 28′ 37′ 32′ 35′ 38′ 28′ 30′ 22′ 21′ 24′ 22′ 30′ 22′ John Rutledge Westwood, Mass. Michael Grove Sharon, Mass. William Zuber. Friendship, Me. Stuart Hancock Manasquan, N. J. Sea Scout Ship “Admiral Dunn” Westerly, R. I. Philip C. Morse, Jr. Naples, Fla. Philip Peterson Worcester, Mass. C. F. Hansel, Jr. Cranford, N. J. Matthew & Ed Spaulding Woodstock, N. H. Mrs. John Glenn Centre Island, N. Y. Reginald Wilcox Boothbay Harbor, Me. Fred Swigart New Orleans, La. Robert Fairbanks Riverside, Conn. Wm. Williams Swansea, Mass. Robert Wolff Cambridge, N. Y. John Lasuer, Jr. Hampton, N. H. Bruce Myers Yarmouth, Me. Jeremy D. Maxwell Spruce Head, Me. Albert M. Harding Kennebunkport, Me. Henry S. Goodwin Avon, Conn. H. M. Landemare Toms River, N. J. Julia & Bertha Chittenden Edgartown, Mass.

List of Sloops – 0Southport, Maine 04576 MAINE SAILING CENTER CORONADO LIGHTNING COLUMBIA PACESHIP m 23′ Traiicrabie S. Divers 29/25 Half Ton Complete Ships Store Full Service Yard Dive Locker (207) 633-2970 41′ Motor Sailer Parkways Compliments BROWNELL & CO., INC. Potwarp and Heading Twine Distributed Through Manset Marine Supply Co. 90. Salatia 91. Pacific Child 92. Puffin 93. Anna R 94. Diana 95. West-wind 96. Voyager 97. Gay Gamble 98. Down East 99. Buccaneer 100. Morning Watch 101. Inverary 102. Agustus 103. Solaster 104. Cockle 105. At Last 106. Hold Tight 107. Magi 108. Loon 109. Petrel 110. Amistad 111. Amos Swann 112. Secret 113. Yankee Pride 1 14. Solaster 115. Kittiwake D D B D A B D A D D C D D D A B D D D Jarvis Newman 1969 Bruno & Stillman 1970 James S. Rockefeller 1970 Kenneth Rich 1970 Jarvis Newman & James Rockefeller 1970 Morse Lash Bros. 1965 Bruno & Stillman 1970 Wilbur Morse 1890 Backman’s Boatyard 1970 Bruno & Stillman 1970 Tim Bliss Jarvis Newman 1970 Elmer Collemer 1950 Bruno & Stillman 1970 Jarvis Newman 1970 Passamaquoddy 1970 Newbert & Wallace G. Cooper 1933 Robert White 1971 W. A. Morse Philip Nichols 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 25′ Cyrus, Jed, & Philip Lauriat Southwest Harbor, Me. 30′ Arthur Cox Coronado, Calif. 25′ K. S. Axelson Waldoboro, Me. 25′ Kenneth Rich New London, N. H. 25′ Ebenezar Gay Hingham, Mass. 40′ Frank & Marcelle Savoy Beverly, Mass. 32′ Bernard MacKenzie Scituate, Mass. Francis P. Hardy Nashua, N. H. 30′ Edward Dodd St. Clair, Mich. 27′ Eugene Tirocchi Johnston, R. I. 26′ Donald Starr Boston, Mass. 30′ Norman MacNeil W. Newton, Mass. 37′ Tim Bliss Coconut Grove, Fla. 25′ Dr. Curtis Ruff Butler, Pa. 28′ Widgery Thomas, Jr. Portland, Me. 30′ Dr. Thomas Risley Beverly, Mass. 25′ John Cassidy Bangor, Me. 22′ Bill Johnston Southwest Harbor, Me. 37′ Hugh & Ruth Jacobs Darien, Conn. 31′ Earl White Spencerport, N. Y. 23′ Robert White League City, Texas 26′ Edward Kaelber Northeast Harbor, Me. 27′ Philip Nichols Round Pond, Me. 30′ James Craig Sea Bright, N. J. 30′ Mrs. John Chadwick Old Lyme, Conn. 30′ George D. Jackson Quincy, Mass.

List of Sloops – NEWBERT and WALLACE * _ ” e^^i^^rr*^ Boatbuilding Millwork THOMASTON – MAINE • **m ‘”**” :; ‘•’. ^- ,,;- CHAPMAN & CHAPMAN (T __^ MARINE INSURANCE TO FIT ^ecf^tO^ EVERY BOATOWNER’S NEED A AT VERY LOW RATES . . . )/ // Main Street ^^^ Damariscotta, Maine 04543 SINCE 1S59 Telephone (207) 563-3143 or (207) 832-5556 E. S. So/Vs and Rigging ROUTE 1 ROCKPORT BOHNDELL and SON :- 4 ” A h x /; ; asefc^O^R f.S%&*Z~~s- -T. „ Telephone 236-3549 l£a – ‘”” *lli|!t^-*-~ir”j^ 116. Tinqua D 117. Leading Light D 118. Wenonah D 119. Valhalla D 120. Reserved 121. Island Trader 122. Ray of Hope B 123. Resolute 124. Callipygous D 125. Jacataqua 126. Whim 127. Lucy S 128. Schoodic 129. Gisela R 130. Narwhal 131. Noahsark B 132. Vogel Frei B 133. Independence D 134. Angelus 135. Green Pepper D 136. Squirrel A 137. Wild Dutchman A 138. Red Jacket B 139. Tremolino Listings in Italics are member Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Bruno & Stillman 1971 Elmer Collemer 1960 Francis Nash & Ed Coffin, 1971 Charles Burnham Bruno & Stillman 1971 Al Paquette 1969 Chester Spear 1939 1890s Collemer & Lanning 1972 A. P. Schafer 1969 Jarvis Newman 1972 John Chase 1972 Wilbur Morse Bruno & Stillman Charles Collins 1973 Jarvis Newman Tom Morris 1973 Charles Morse 1920 Wilbur Morse 1906 R. P. Gardner 1973 Jarvis Newman Tom Morris 1973 boats that do not exist 30′ Warren A. Locke Milton, Mass. 30′ George Shaw Durham, N. H. 30′ Richard Sonderegger Marquette, Mich. 30′ Paul D. Wolfe Pittsburgh, Pa. 27′ Robert Mosher San Diego, Claif. 25′ Ed Coffin Owls Head, Me. 28′ Charles Burnham South Essex, Mass. 30′ 25′ Edward Lewis Falmouth, Mass. 20′ Wm. A. Flanders Abington, Mass. 28′ Jonathan Smith Concord, Mass. 31′ Bruce Lanning Winter Harbor, Me. 25′ Andrew P. Schafer Rosedale, L. I., N.Y. 25′ Jim Rosenbaum Milwaukee, Wis. 30′ John Chase Lynnfield, Mass. 30′ Herman Samitsch Miami, Fla. 30′ Frederick Schwarzman Far Hills, N. J. 22′ Charles Collins Bass River, Mass. 25′ James Wilmerding Huntington, N.Y. John E. Harrington, Jr. Moody, Me. Peter M. Camplin Kennebunk, Me. 46′ William Van Zee Miami, Fla. R. P. Gardner Rowley, Mass, 25′ Helen & John Jurkowski Kingston, N.Y. any more. Gone but not forgotten. 20 21

ORDER YOUR COPY HERE List of Sloops – ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS The Friendship Sloop Society’s Book edited by Al Roberts 140. Brandywine 141. Recovery 142. Psyche 143. Matelot 144. Ribbit D D McKie Roth 1968 Jim Hall 1974 Tom Morris 1974 Tom Morris 1974 21′ Paul & Fraley Johnson Mark, Dave, Chris Campbell, Calif. James Hall Rowley, Mass. Peter Archbold Pittsford, N.Y. 25’ Gerard Miller Perrysburg, Ohio 25 W. Mark Murphy Buffalo, N.Y. Non-Members ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS The story of Maine’s Friendship sloops, from turn-of-the-century lobster boats to today’s affectionately admired cruising craft. More than 125 photographs, sketches and plans. Enduring Friendships includes an illustrated account of the building of a Friendship; a chapter on racing Friendships using distance handi- capping, and a description of the Friendship Sloop Society’s colorful annual regatta, first held in 1961. Sixty pages are devoted to photo- graphs and descriptions of most of the society’s registered sloops (97 when the book went to press), and there are twelve pages of sloop plans. 160 pages book size $11.95 Mail to: International Marine Publishing Co. Camden, Maine 04843 Send me copies of ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS ($11.95) ( ) Payment enclosed. ( ) Bill me, plus shipping. (Maine residents please add 5 percent sales tax) Name . Street Address City & State Zip Code. Name Amity Amity Poole Angus Aurara Carolyn Dottie G Duchess El Yanqui Estelle A. Irene Jesse May Maria Nor Easter Pemaquid III Princess Red Wing Sea Gull Spirit of Joshua Spoondrift Surprise Tecumseh Volunteer Wild Wind Black Witch Yankee Trader Built by W. S. Carter (ferro-cement) Simms, Scituate Simms, Scituate Wilbur Morse McLain C. Morse Charles Burnham Wilbur Morse Wilbur Morse W. S. Carter W. Morse Gannet K. Rider Albion Morse 1909 Present Owner Banjamin Plotkin, Norwalk, Conn. Burlington, Vt. Elio P. Oliva, Centerville, Mass. Richard Steele, Rockport, Me. A. J. Rousseau, Warwick, R. I. H. Reese Mitchell, Houghton, Mich. Gene Peltier, Wilmington, Calif. Mystic Seaport, Mystic, Conn. Warren Huguley Fair Haven, N. J. Stanley Gratt, Chicago, 111. Robert Synnestvedt, Jenkintown, Pa. George McKinnon, Sillery, Que., Canada Joe Richards, Key Biscayne, Fla. Marjorie DeBold, Middletown, Conn. Mike Dolan, Hollywood, Fla. James Tazelaar, McLean, Va. Harold Tweedy, New Rochelle, N. Y. Peter Boback, Fairfield, Conn. Ralph Robinson, Miami, Fla. Brian Neri, Buffalo, N.Y. Robert Standen. Manhattan Beach, Calif. Donald Davis, Newport Beach, San Francisco, Calif. Robert Wydler

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In 1890 the Sewall Company at Bath had launched the Rappahannock, first of four over-size sailing ves- sels which were dubbed "shipentine," and she was unique enough until the other three were launched. With this series, Sewall said that wooden con- struction had gone as far as it could with big ships, and in 1894 they launched our first steel sailing vessel, the Dirigo. She was a four-masted bark, and was unique briefly. German shipyards brought the steel sailing vessel to perfection in the next few years, and in 1902 turned out the Preussen — the only five-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on all five masts. Nobody had any trouble naming her when she passed. She did have a sort of a sister ship, the Potosi, but the Potosi was a bark. The two vessels made about the same speed at sea, but the Preussen was the one you could spot for sure. Sloop sailors will find some of the Preussen's specs interesting. She was registered at Lloyds at gross 5081 tons; net 4788 tons; displacement 11,150 tons. LOA 433 feet; registered length 407-8 feet; extreme breadth 53-6 feet; moulded depth 32-6 feet; loaded draft 8-23 meters. She spread 48 sails in all, a total of 59,000 square feet. Her middle mast, the tallest, was 68 feet from keel to truck. Her lower yards were 31-2 meters, the royal yards 16 meters. How would you like to handle her in Handicap Alley? All masts, yards, and spars were of steel. Standing rigging was of wire, and running rigging mostly flexible wire, with a minimum of hemp. Hal- yards and braces ran to main deck capstans and gypsyheads, with steam power. On her maiden voyage, in the nitrate trade, the Preussen arrived in Iquique 65 days out, but averaged 62 days in later voyages, Hamburg to Iquique. Her fastest sailing was done on the port tack running up the West Coast, when she'd do almost 400 miles noon to noon. She frequently av- eraged 17 knots for days at a time. After ten voyages in the nitrate trade, the Preussen was leased to Standard Oil (1908) to take oil cargo to Japan. She thus made her first voyage to the United States, Cuxhaven to New York, arriving April 13, 1908, 33 days out. Leaving New York she arrived Yokohama, 112 days out. Which, of course, are magnificent performances for a full-built mod- ern steel square-rigger. On the Pacific voyage she clocked off 3019 miles in 11 days. 27 Ralph W. Stanley Boatbuilding and Storage Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 (207) 244-3795 Builders Supplies — Lumber International Dutch Boy Paints SPROWL & LASH, Inc. MARINE AND GENERAL HARDWARE Dial 594-5452 5 Payne Avenue Rockland, Maine 04841 DAMARISCOTTA APPLIANCE & OUTBOARD CO. and CHASSE'S MARINA Sales and Service Since 1941 JOHNSON Outboard Motors OMC Stern Drives trailers OLD TOWN BOATS CANOES MARINE SUPPLIES SALES RENTALS STORAGE Street Telephone 28 Damariscotta, Maine Her speed was her undoing. On her 14th voyage she was "butting down the Channel" on a mad November day, 1910. Hazy night, dropping glass, freshening southerly. A passenger vessel headed from Dover to Dieppe, the Brighton, should have dropped astern, but the master misjudged the speed of the Preussen and crossed her bow. The clipper bow of the Preussen shot over the decks of the Brighton and did above-water damage. The Preussen was holed forward and her bowsprit carried away. It was the making storm, and not so much the damage, that cost the Preussen. By the time tugs arrived, and several did, the sea was violent. The Preussen drifted onto the English shore near Dover, and finally broke in two. One half disappeared shortly and the other remained until well after World War. The crew was rescued, and the ship and cargo were systematically salvaged. The cargo is interesting: furnace coke, cement, wall-paper, wood, wax, earthenware, glassware, enamel ware, barbed wire, brown paper, string, school slates, lamps, ornaments, and over 100 German-made pianos — these last were all saved. No gold moidores and no cheap tin trays! So the Preussen, the only five-masted, square-rigged sailing vessel, came to her bitter end. She had one little thing in common with our distinctive Sloops. You knew what she was when she went by. Trade Winds Motor Inn DOWNTOWN ROCKLAND, MAINE Overlooking Picturesque Rockland Harbor Restaurant and Cocktail Lounge 72 Modern Units — Telephones — TV — Ceramic Tile Baths Air-Conditioned — Individual Thermo Control Heat Inside Pool — Open Year 'Round — Telephone (207) 596-6661 Health Club and Sauna acket Telephone 596-6443 EXCELLENT FOOD SERVED IN DELIGHTFUL ATMOSPHERE Your Favorite Cocktails Available From Our Bar Building A New House? Remodeling? Sprucing Up An Old House? Need Furnishings ? Try StOllillgtOll Flirilitlire Co. First "Sadie has everything" 352 Main Street Rockland NORTH LUBEC MFG. & CANNING CO. C A Q L E • H A N D ~~* ~~ PACKERS OF SARDINES North Lubec, Maine Rockland, Maine Telephone 207-733-5524 - 207-594-4302 SINCE 1885 Handicapping The unique system of handicapping the Friendship Sloop Races has proved to be an excellent one. From its inception, the idea of picking up a lobster buoy just as the original sloops did, was an intriguing one. The setting of the buoys and retying the small buoy to the large one each day was a lot of work, but added to the spirit of the races. Last year we had over fifty sloops racing and in order to get all the buoys stretched out to accommodate this huge fleet, we thought we were going to have to move Muscongus Island about a half mile. To circumvent this, our able Race Committee Chairman and Handicapper came up with the idea of halving the distance of the handicap buoys and then having each sloop run the handicap leg twice. This solution also makes it possible to shorten the race course by half its distance in the eventuality of fog offshore or some other unforeseen difficulty — thus making the handicaps still equitable for every sloop. So there will still be a numbered flag for every sloop, each set at a proper distance for that particular sloop's capabilities. However, each sloop will merely round the buoy with the proper number on it, and will not have to pick up a small buoy. With 50 sloops bearing down on you as you attempted to pick up a lobster buoy from the water, this was getting to be a hazardous moment, and more than one was missed. Occasionally an over zealous deck hand found himself swimming a couple of miles offshore, and dodging not only ice cakes, but competing sloops, as well. There's an old saying that "discretion is the better part of valor" or something like that. Anyway — we've modified our handicapping system. How To Buy A Cannon When the annual meeting authorized Al Roberts to acquire a saluting gun so home-coming sloops might be traditionally and properly welcomed (the old gun having given up) a letter went to a company down south in Dixie — a reasonable overture since this company makes and sells cannons. Back came a reply (not too promptly). The company wrote, "We are out of stock of all cannons at this time. Please order our catalog at $2 as it will show our complete line and prices." 31 MAINE COAST SEAFOOD CORP, A division of COASTAL FISHERIES Maine Fisheries We started something two years ago, that we feel must be continued. In 1972 we asked the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries to write us a couple of articles for this program. We suggested one about lobsters, and one about shrimp. The Department was happy to oblige and we ran both articles. They were so well received we asked for two more in 1973. These two were about herring and alewives. Once more the response to the articles was enthusiastic, so this year we're continuing with articles about clams and scallops. We hope you enjoy them as you become an expert on the Maine fisheries. ED. The Soft-Shell Clam by Dan Kelly Maine Department of Marine Resources The soft-shell clam, Mya arenaria, is found from Labrador to North Carolina on the East Coast and in a number of scattered locations on the West Coast. The East Coast has two centers of abundance: Maine to Massachusetts in the north and Chesapeake Bay in the south. In the north, most populations are intertidal, although some are subtidal. In Chesa- peake Bay, nearly the entire resource is subtidal. In New England, the soft-shell clam has been used for food or ground fish bait since colonial days, although the first white settlers made use of the clam resource for food mostly in time of dire need. Elder Brewster of the Plymouth Colony wrote that during the winter of 1620-21 he often had only clams to eat. Northern New England settlers appear to have con- sidered the clam as a last resort food item. The unfortunate association of hard times and privation with the clam resource appears to have retarded early commercial development of the species — an attitude which today's gourmets may find difficult to understand. Large finds of clam shells in kitchen middens bear eloquent testimony that the Indian, long before the European appearance, had long held the soft-shell clam in high esteem as a food resource. For purposes of historical summary, the dominant commercial use of soft-shell clams and the periods of such uses are as follows: Dominant Use Years Salt bait 1850-1875 Steamers (small clams steamed in shells) 1875-1900 Canned 1900-1940 Fresh market (shucked) 1940 - to date Although these dates should not be considered as exact, they indicate the shift from one major use of the resource to another. While soft-shell clams were a source of food and of bait until 1850, no one bought or sold them commercially. The Maine clam fishery is a hand-labor industry. Clams are dug with four-tined short-handled hoes or forks from the intertidal areas of coves, bays, and estuaries when the flats are exposed at ebb-tide. 33 You Will Enjoy Smooth Sailing When You Purchase Your New or Used Car and Truck New or Used Mobile Home New or Used Travel or Tent Trailer or Some of Our Fine Service from Harold Ralph, Chevrolet Route 1, Waldoboro 832-5321 or 832-5814 Roland A. Genthner, Inc. Cities Service Distributor Waldoboro Station Moody's Motel and Restaurant WALDOBORO PHONE 832-5362 22 MODERN UNITS - HEAT - TELEVISION RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS HOME COOKED PASTRY PHONE 832-7468 Proprietors: Mr. and Mrs. Percy Moody 34 Soft-shell clams live in sediments varying from compacted marine blue clay to coarse sand-cobble mixtures, in a zone extending from below ex- treme low water nearly to mean high water. The term "flat" applies to that part of ocean bottom exposed during low tide, and which may extend seaward a mile or more, depending on the slope of the bottom and the range of the tide. In Maine, soft-shell clams are known simply as "clams." Elsewhere they are known as soft-shell clams, long-necked clams, manninose, and steamer clams or simply "steamers." Soft-shell clams live all along the Maine coast. They are found in tidal river systems and on the flats of islands miles at sea. The body of the clam is encased in two elongated valves or shells, hinged by an interlocking projection and ligament. Retractable siphons, consisting of two muscular tubes, are extended to the surface of the flats during feeding. Food and oxygen-bearing water are drawn in through the larger tube and water and waste are expelled through the smaller tube or through the opening around the foot. The foot at the lower end of the clam is a burrowing organ. Clams less than an inch in diameter use this foot to move about over the flats and to burrow into their holes by jetting water from around the foot opening. Generally, clams burrow approximately two and one-half times their long- est diameter. The rate of growth of the clam is shown by the width between the con- centric growth-interruption lines of the shell. These interruption lines are normally caused by winter growth cessation. A fast-growing shell will have wide bands between the lines, but in a slow-growing clam the inter- ruption lines may be fused or run together. If clams are disturbed by being dug, washed, or otherwise moved out of their burrows, they may cease to grow for a short period of time. When this happens, a false annual ring develops in the shell. Clams are male or female, and their sex can be determined by micro- scopic examination to distinguish the eggs of the female from the sperm of the male. A 2'/2-inch female may spawn about three million eggs a year, and a male of the same size produces sperm numbering in the billions. Spawning occurs primarily from June to September, when water temperatures are most favorable and conducive. Although favorable water temperatures affect spawning, clams spawn spasmodically — and in some years live larvae are present in Maine waters nearly year around. Fertilized eggs develop into larvae which drift or swim and grow in the water for several weeks. At the end of the free-swimming period, the clam larva has undergone many physical changes, including the formation of the shell. Without magnification, it is still too small to be seen by the naked eye and under the microscope somewhat resembles a small quahog. At this stage, the swimming organ begins to degenerate and the larva goes to the bottom to crawl about with its foot. It then attaches itself to some object by means of its byssus, a thread-like substance which looks very much like the silken thread spun by certain moths and butterflies to attach their cocoons to twigs or leaves. As a rule the young clam is permanently established in its burrow before it is an inch long. Meanwhile it may be carried by water currents unknown distances. In addition to clam diggers and pollution, both natural and man- caused, there are a number of other factors which contribute to the mortal- 35 THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP PEMAQUID — LOA 25' - LWL 21' - Beam 8' 8" - Draft 4' 3" Sail Area 430' - Displacement 7000 DICTATOR — LOA 31' 10" - LWL 26' - Beam 10' 8l/2" Draft 5' 1" - Displacement 17,500 - Sail Area 646 Day Sailer Two, three and four berth cruiser finished to stock plans or custom built using Jarvis Newman's fiberglass hull and deck. For Information Contact THOMAS D. C. MORRIS, Builder Telephone (201) 244-3213 Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 HOLMES PACKING CORP. ROCKLAND & EASTPORT Packers of Fine Maine Sardines ity figure of the soft-shell clam. Some of these include the green crab, the clam's greatest predator, the moonshell, starfish, horseshoe crabs, sand- worms, ground fish, sea crows, ducks, and gulls. The Maine Department of Marine Resources Laws and Regulations under Commercial License state, "It is unlawful for any person to dig or take any clams, quahogs, oysters or mussels from the flats, shores or coastal waters of the State without having a current written license from the Com- missioner . . . " In addition, coastal municipalities may acquire certain privileges and obligations in regard to their shellfish resources, as detailed in Maine De- partment of Marine Resources Laws and Regulations. Municipalities may pass specific ordinances governing the taking of shellfish from the flats and waters of the town. Municipal ordinances currently in force may be changed at regular or special town meetings. Also, additional towns may take advantage of State regulations. Therefore, it is wise to consult with local authorities and local Marine Resources wardens before digging shellfish in Maine coastal communities. There are also areas along the coast closed, by the State, because of pollution or cooperative town-state shellfish management programs. Boundaries of such areas are changed on occasion because of varying sani- tary conditions as well as management practices. Local and State fisheries officers can inform one on closure boundaries in specific areas. There are forty-three Maine municipalities that currently have local ordinances affecting shellfish. From its lowly beginnings with the first white settlers, the Maine soft- shell clam has risen to splendid epicurean heights and is now acclaimed, not alone in Maine, but also world wide, as a taste delight unexcelled in versatility. Soft-shell clams are popular steamed, deep-fried, in chowders, clam cakes, and similar processed forms as well as in traditional Maine clambakes. Preliminary figures indicate that 1973 Maine landings of soft-shell clams are 7,260,488 pounds for an estimated value of $5,701,697 — which is sure to make a lot of people happy as a clam. MARINE COLLOIDS, INC. Products from the Sea ROCKLAND - MAINE 37 HATCH WELL DRILLERS NOBLEBORO, MAINE 04555 ROTARY AND CABLE TOOL DRILLING ADNEY M. PECK, JR. Phone (207) 563-3003 JOSEPH E. BALL, JR. Phone (207) 529-5521 CJuoddq Pilot —Easipori- pinkij sloop — LOA LWL Beam Draft Cockpit Sail 31'7" zs'3" I0'6" 5'0' 9'0" 719 s Designed and iiuilr hi] PENOBSCOT BOAT WORKS Rockport, Main* 04856 Tel. 207-236-2761 The Owl and Camden's Unique Bookmotel Browse in Our International Marine Room The Turtle The Sea Scallop by Dan Kelly Maine Department of Marine Resources Among the many varieties of shellfish which have found favor with seafood gourmets, perhaps one of the best known and most widely sought after is the sea scallop. It has long been consumed in a great variety of forms — deep-fried scallops being one that can be found on restaurant menus everywhere — as its tender sweet-flavored meat is popular with gastronomical experts and novices alike. The sea scallop is marketed as both fresh and frozen meats. In the United States only the adductor muscle is eaten. The sea scallop fishery had its beginning in Maine waters where popu- lations occur discretely in major estuaries and embayments from the Pis- cataqua River to the St. Croix River. The greatest known sea scallop grounds are reported to have been found between the 20- and the 50- fathom curves on Georges Bank. Populations of this largest American scallop — sea scallop or Atlantic deep sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) — occur from Labrador to New Jersey. The sea scallop is fan-shaped, nearly circular, with valves almost flat to slightly convex. The interior of the shell is flaky white. The exterior color is yellowish gray to purplish gray or dirty white. The scallop has 30 to 40 eyes around the edge of the mantle and is capable of swimming by jet propulsion. Individual animals with an estimated age of 18-20 years and a diameter of nearly 9 inches (225mm in height and 210mm in width) have been re- corded in Maine. Vertical distribution of the scallop in Maine ranges from mean low water in some areas to depths of several hundred feet in others. Con- centrations of commercial importance are generally limited to the area from Penobscot Bay eastward. Commercial fishing has also been carried on sporadically in western Maine waters. Frequently scuba divers are able to gather scallops in commercial quantities from rocky bottoms that are impossible to drag with conventional scallop gear. The Maine scallop fishery appears to have had its beginning about 1880 but records of landings are extant only since 1887, and then with several gaps, principally in the 1890's and between the end of World War I and the 1930's. Biological research on the scallop, in addition to the commercial fish- ery, also had its beginning in Maine with the Department of Marine Re- sources (formerly the Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries). Although the research in Maine has been intermittent, the location of the inshore populations and relatively easy access to growing areas has generally made it possible to obtain biological information not easily attainable elsewhere. LLOYD W. PRESCOTT 11 ELKINS STREET SOUTH BOSTON, MASS. 02127 PHONE: (617) 268-1037 Frank W. Winne & Son, Inc. 44 N. Front Street, Phila., Pa. 19106 (215) 627-8080 Twine - Cordage - Tape and Wire ESTABLISHED 1895 to Visit v PERRY'S TROPICAL NUT HOUSE Route U. S. No. 1, Belfast, Maine 04915 Next to Jed's Restaurant Earl A. Stanley A n d W. C. Ladd and Sons Insurance Since 1854 ROCKLAND — WALDOBORO — FRIENDSHIP VINALHAVEN — NEW HARBOR In Maine inshore waters, sea scallops grow rapidly. Attained sizes at various ages have been determined by Baird as follows: Growing season 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Age '/2 yr. 1 !/2 yrs. yrs. yrs. !/2 yrs. 5'/2 yrs. 6Vz yrs. 7'/2 yrs. 8 Vi yrs. 9]/2 yrs. Size 2mm 5-12mm 2.2 in. 2.9 3.5 4.1 4.4 4.7 4.9 in. 5.1 in. m. in. in. in. in. The habit young scallops have of attaching themselves to shells and other anchors by means of their byssus has led commercial fishermen to return shucked shells to the grounds whence they came. Since the very small scallops apparently attach themselves to bryozoa at some time during the larval period, it would appear that this process may be an essential part of the scallop's early life history. Observations made on scallops held at the Marine Resources research laboratory in Boothbay Harbor indicate that scallops up to about three inches in diameter are active for about six months each year; except during the spawning season (August-October) and during the winter (January- March). As the spawning season approached, they attached themselves to the bottom of the holding tanks by means of their byssus. The only data that indicate why abundance fluctuations have taken place are records of seawater temperature taken at Boothbay Harbor by the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service or its predecessor agencies since March 1905. Since the offspring of any year's spawning — August-October — becomes of major importance to the fishery six years later, it appears from a study of temperature and production records that an association exists between sea water temperature six years earlier and highs and lows of scallop landings. Inshore scallop populations in Maine declined steadily after 1950, and by 1960 had reached the lowest population on record since 1899. During the period 1947-1950, annual landings from the inshore grounds had averaged 500,000 pounds. A consistent decline occurred after 1950, and in 1960 the catch was only 72,000 pounds. 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WAJCH FOR REED’S WEATHERVANE : Fair or Foul Weather “‘fl’! 1 All You Old Salts and Landlubbers, Head For REED’S GIFT SHOP ROUTE 1 SOUTH WARREN, MAINE Open May thru Dec. 24th V V V v X Yachts With Character at Wayfarer Marine Mike Hall Donald Harding Sea Street Camden, Maine 04843 207-236-8188 Maiden Voyage June 21, 1956 By Roger Duncan No one knows what a new boat will do. Calculations are made, plans drawn the boat lofted, timbered, and planked; but until she is launched, no one knows how she will float until she is actually underway; no one knows how she will sail. No boat ever had fairer prospects for success than EASTWARD. She had been designed by Murray Peterson, artist and engineer. She had been built by Jimmy Chadwick, who put a cabinet-maker’s care into every joint in heavy oak timbers and awkward knees. She had been launched in May and lay alongside the wharf in Pemaquid Harbor, fitting out. The work was done in a fever of haste, principally because we just could not wait to see how she would sail after a year and a half of working on her and waiting for her. We ballasted her in a hurry, passing down from the wharf sash weights, sections of street-car rails, pieces of iron castings from an old piano, plates from a retired boiler, engine heads, whatever had come to hand in the past year. If it did not all fit in very compactly, we did the best we could, chock- ing off the big ugly pieces with jagged bits and hoping she wouldn’t prove so tender as to roll the whole cargo to leeward in a puff. We picked up the mast bodily at low water, slid it over the edge of the wharf, and hung it from an “Armstrong h’ister” designed for lifting lobster crates. As the heavy spar hung creaking, poised over the mast hole, one of the boys rushed up just in time with the mast hoops, steamed and riveted the summer before, and slipped them over the butt. Before the spar set- tled into its step, Mary shoved under it a little horeshoe good luck charm and a new dime. We had no time for the traditional gold piece. The upper ends of the wire rigging we had spliced the summer before. We had slipped them over the top of the spar as it lay on the wharf. The lower ends we seized up around the dead-eyes as they hung. We set up lanyards of manila rope, for we had been able to find no Russian hemp. The manila would hold until we got home. 1 climbed the mast with a block in my teeth and shackled it to the throat halyard band. Wouldn’t it have been easier to do it before the mast was stepped? Of course it would, but we were in too much of a hurry and forgot it. Our fourteen-year-old twins hoisted me aloft in a bosun’s chair and passed up to me on a line, the headstays, peak and jib halyard blocks and ends of halyards to be rove off. Meanwhile, on deck, Mary, our son John, and my brother bent mainsail, staysail and jib and stretched them to the spars. We had our lunch in a tangle of manila and marline, of new canvas and wire rigging; but by mid-afternoon, order became discernible. We weren’t really ready’to go to sea. Rigging was seized up instead of spliced. Hal- yards were new and kinky, two sheets were belayed on the same cleat, the main sheet had a half twist in it for lack of an extra shackle. The mast was wedged with rough rectangular wedges ripped out in a hurry on the band saw and there was as yet no canvas mast coat. The engine was entirely out of action its base half full of water and its future much in doubt. Never- theless halyards were spliced in and led fair. Hooks and shackles aloft were tight and well moused with marline. Sails were properly bent, and we had a fair wind home. AA

Owe KM A Complete Service . from design to the finished product. THE COURIER-GAZETTE One Park Drive Rockland, Maine 04841 THE COURIER-GAZETTE Published on Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday of each week, we are a hometown newspaper cov- ering 26 communities. COURIER PUBLICATIONS Special publications include annual edition State O’ Maine Facts; Maine Coastal Cooking; Jubilee Cookbook; Maine Cook- ery, Then and Now; Waldo Tyler’s World; Cuddles, The True Story of a Befuddled Maine Woodchuck. THE COASTAL COURIER A summer weekly, covering items and current events of in- terest to our summer visitors. Maine’s major tourist publica- tion. PRINTING DEPARTMENT All phases of fine printing from artwork to finished product are done in our modern Commercial Printing Department. Another of Maine’s Summer Events Maine Seafoods Festival ROCKLAND August 1-2-3-4 Four Days of Fun and Feasting 46 EASTWARD lay, stern to the wind, in the narrow channel between the wharf and the rocky little island opposite. 1 could turn her at the wharf, set the staysail, and swing her off before the wind, but I had no idea how short she would turn or even if she would swing off at all with that great mainsail holding her bow to the wind. So I ran out an anchor to leeward of the island, cast off from the wharf, and lay head to the wind with room to swing either way. Then we set the mainsail for the first time. It seemed the size of a circus tent, swinging the boom about over my head, flapping heavily in the brisk easterly. When the boys finally got the peak up, though, and the slack came out of it, it hung quietly enough, the reef points pattering. With my brother ready on the anchor line, one boy on the staysail halyard, another on the jib, Mary and John in the cockpit to tend sheets, I paused for a long look around. Suppose she didn’t swing away from the wind but just sagged sideways into the end of the island? Suppose she proved to be so tender that she just lay down and drifted ignominiously to leeward? Suppose unsuspected hor- rors. Well, we could always anchor again if we had to. Anyway, standing at the wheel and looking at it wouldn’t help. “Got the anchor.” My brother hauled steadily and EASTWARD moved slowly ahead. As she came up on the anchor, I rolled the wheel to port, hoping to cast her bow that way. Even with the little way she had, she answered the helm. The anchor broke out. The staysail sizzled up the stay. Mary sheeted it home and it filled to port. Up went the jib. I had the wheel hard over, the main sheet slack in my hand. EASTWARD turned with dignity, the mainsail filled, she began to move ahead at once, turned more quickly and was under way as if she did it every day. We gybed her over and started down Pemaquid Harbor. She did not feel like a small boat at all but like a vessel. She was not bouncy; she did not roll up on her side when she gybed but shoved her lee side down into the Atlantic and took a solid hold on it. When she met the first little chop, she brushed through it, scattering it to each side, business- like. To the first swell she lifted her clipper bow as if to look over the top of the next one. The water closed smoothly astern, leaving no long scar and dragging no ugly quarter-wave. Unready as she was, ragged as to rig- ging and helpless as to engine, we felt she was a vessel to be proud of. With the wave of one arm as we swept around the point I tried to express to Mur- ray and Jimmy on the wharf my overpowering admiration for the beauty, strength, and grace they had created. ^^^S^J-UWj^S’? ,…., ^ ^^ i<«iM«i^.f.jK:';;|gy^^r^