1963 FSS Yearbook

Welcome . . . k. . THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY FEYLER FISH CO. Amity — Owner, James R. iggms Rockland, Maine Once again we welcome one and all to Friendship — the town that truly strives to live up to its wonderful name! Year in and year out we try to make friendship a vital part of our community life, but on Sloop Days we make a special effort to put our best foot forward and our right hand extended, to make one and all feel comfortably at home. We have provided free off the street parking for everyone so you don’t have to worry about the heavy traffic. We have made available a free shuttle service so you can leave your car parked and travel freely around town without fuss or bother. For those who have small children, the Ladies Aid has opened the vestry of the Methodist Church to afford you a place to get away from the confusion for a few moments, where you may pause, catch your breath and start out with renewed vigor. The ladies will also have tea, coffee, and sand- wiches with which to refresh you. The other organizations in town will be offering simular services all over town. Lobster rolls, boibd lobsters, souvenirs, etc., will be handled by the Pythian Sisters in the Hall in the village, the V.F.W. and V.F.W. Auxiliary, also in the village. The W.A.F.D. and church groups, etc., will handle the special events like the chicken barbecue Friday evening, the lobster-clam bake Saturday afternoon, and the Skippers’ Banquet in the Town Hall on Saturday evening. This is open to anyone who is interested, but we strongly advise making rsservations ahead of time, if possible. As this goes to press, special activities are being planned for the teen- agers for Friday evening at 8:30 in the Town Hall. The adults will enjoy the feeling of friendship that pervades the harbor area as friends and neighbors gather at dusk on the wharves, and in their boats in a greeting to the sloops on Friday evening. The activities this year take in a three day period, starting with the arrival of ths sloops on Wednesday, July 24th, and extending through the sloop races, events for youngsters, and other events, winding up Saturday evening with the presentation of trophies at the Skippers’ Banquet. The Public Address System will bs helpful in keeping you informed of what is going on, and the information booth will provide more specific de- tails about any problem or question you have. This little booklet will serve to answer many of your questions, and is made possible by the advertisements so kindly given by our many friends.

Foreground: Eastward — Owners, Roger and Mary Duncan THIS SPACE CONTRIBUTED BY Wall Rope Co. and The Harris Co. Introduction The Friendship Sloop Society was not organized for the purpose of digging out historical data about the early Sloops and their builders, but only to promote the annual Sloop Regatta on Muscongus Bay. However, so much interest has developed in the subject that we have gone to the descendants of the best-known builders to learn what we can of the early beginnings before it is too late. It has been most rewarding, and we are happy to present our results on various pages of this souvenir program. We will try to bring other stories in the future, as we hear of other sources of information.

List of Events Chrissy — Owner, Ernest Wiegleb This Space Confr/’bi/red by Marine Colloids, Inc. General Offices — New York City PLANT — CROCKETT’S POINT, ROCKLAND Explanation of Races Thursday — Preliminary warm-up race from Friendship to Georges Harbor, followed by a picnic on Allen Island. Start from anchor at 10:00 a. m. off Wharves in Friendship — Time allowance handicap applied at start — Course “D” or “E”. Friday — 18 Mile Ocean Race — Flying start across line in Friendship Har- bor at 11:00 a. m. to Stake Boat and return. Course “D” or alternate will be used to suit conditions. Handicaps applied at start. Saturday — Friendship Sloop Day (Annual Homecoming Race) — Start from anchor at 11:00 a. m. Course to Stake Boat and return. Course “D” – “E” or alternate may be used. Two classes will race separately. The above races will be started by a Race Committee vessel flying International code signals on starboard spreader. Each boat to answer to an assigned code flag at start. When signal is hoisted aloft sloop is to up anchor and start as quickly as possible. 6 THURSDAY, JULY 25 – Preliminary Race and Picnic for Crews FRIDAY, JULY 26 – Second Race 6:00 P.M. Chicken Barbecue 8:30 P.M. Youth Entertainment in Town Hall At sundown there will be the Light Ceremony at the harbor with lights on the boats, wharves and the shore. SATURDAY, JULY 27 – FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAY 9:00 A.M. Captains meet for final instructions. 11:00 A.M. Race will start from anchor and follow an 18 mile course on Muscongus Bay. 11:30 A.M. Open House — at Boat Shops. 12:00 noon Snacks served in several places. 1:00 P.M. Lobster – Clam Bake — Hillside facing harbor. Served con- tinually until 6:00 P.M. Events for youngsters — rowing, swimming and small out- boards. 3:30 P.M. Sloops should be approaching finish line opposite the wharves in Friendship Harbor. 4 – 6 P.M. Snacks and Lobster – Clam Bake still being served. 7:00 P.M. “Skippers’ Banquet” served in the Town Hall. Trophies and prizes will be presented to the winners. If there are any changes to be made after this program goes to press notices will be posted at the Information Booth and on the wharves.

Charles Carter Dressing Up for the Parade DAVE’S SEAFOOD MARKET KALER’S CORNER – OLD ROUTE 1 WALDOBORO FISH OF ALL KINDS Lobster, alive and cooked — Clams — French Fries Onion Rings — Fried Clams — Bar-b-cue Chickens OPEN 6 DAYS A WEEK 9:00-9:00 WEEKDAYS — SATURDAY and SUNDAY 9:00-11:00 CLOSED MONDAY Mrs. Ruth Prior It was a pleasant, sunny kitchen, with a pot of coffe3 and a plate of fresh doughnuts to whet the conversa- tion, and the women gathered were recalling interesting features of ths recent Friendship Sloop Regatta. The hostess, Mrs. Crosby Prior was filling the coffee cups when she turned to Betty Roberts and said, “How is it the Sloop Society has never mentioned the sloops my father built?” “Did he build many sloops?” asked Betty. “He certainly did!” was the reply. “From the year I was born, he built a sloop each winter for twenty-six years.” “Twenty-six sloops!” exclaimed Betty. “I have heard your father built some sloops, but I had no idea it was so many, nor do I remember hearing what his first name was.” Ruth Prior drew herself up proud- ly, “My father was Charles Carter!” Then Mrs. Prior proceeded to relate a story which, in genera! must have been typical of the building of the early sloops. Charles Carter would spend the winter building a new boat, use it during the summer to set trawls, then sell it and go to work on another. Here Betty inquired how he learned his boat-building skill. “Well,” said Mrs. Prior, “all the men on Bremen Island grew up with boat-building. When my father started his first sloop in 1892 he asked his uncle how to plank her. The uncle replied, “Charles, you go ahead and plank her, and you’ll never have to ask anyone how to plank a boat again.” The big day for the children was launching day. Word would be spread around that the boat would go in the next day. When the time came, everyone, especially the children, would be on hand to haul on the ropes to pull the boat into the water. In between borning and caring for her eleven children, Charles’ wife made all the sails for his boats. She would take the “bight” down the middle of the sailcloth on her old treadle sewing machine. Then Charles would take tha material to the hay field, lay it out and cut it as he wanted it. His wife then sewed the pieces together in order and finished it off. Whether you ever made a sail or not, you can imagine just what a contribution this was to the success of the sloops. It was such a homespun, practical skill as this that developed the Friend- ship Sloop. This skill, with narry a slide rule nor mathematical formula is still used by descendants of the Carters, the McLains and the Morses, and the ships they build today vie for trophies in the annual Friendship Sloop Regatta. Rosa Carter, sister to Ruth, told us about a race on the Fourth of July about 1905 from Friendship to Round Pond. Charles had two sloops in the race, the Chandleer and Hiawatha. The Chandleer came in first winning a silver cup for the proud builder. 9

RELIANCE I Character, purely traditional. Construction, modern. Wherever she goes, this unusual gaff-rigged fiberglass sloop will command attention. Self-bailing cockpit, self-tending jib for single-handed sailing — and with 2 bunks and a head, she’s perfect for week-end cruising and family day-sailing. LOA, 19′. Beam, 6′ 9″. Sail area, 227 sq. ft. Keel/CB. Fiberglass hull and deck, wood trim, hollow Sitka spruce spars, foam flotation. Complete details on request. 782 MAIN ST., W. WARWICK, R.I. ~-*J—..^^. • DAMARISCOTTA, MAINE LIVE MAINE LOBSTERS AND STEAMER CLAMS Shipped Direct to Your Home All Year Round. SEND FOR FREE CATALOG “D” OF SEAFOOD GIFTS DAMARISCOTTA, MAINE RESTAURANT — Dining Indoors and Out. COCKTAILS AND BEER SERVED. Visit 1880 Schooner Lois Candage Open Daily from 11:30 a. m. on. 21 Miles from Friendship OLD ROUTE ONE AT THE DAMARISCOTTA BRIDGE SALTWATER FARM PIER Telephone LO 3-3318 10 Eugene McLain A call on Mrs. Nettie Winchen- bach brought out the story of her father’s sloop building. Eugene Mc- Lain built sixteen boats before his un- timely death at sea. He learned his trade while work- ing for Charles Morse in Friendship. Every morning he would row from Bremen Long Island to Friendship, walk up to what is now the Dwight Wotton place on Martin’s Point, work ten hours for fifteen cents an hour, and row home again in the evening. In 1883, at the age of twenty, he started building sloops for him- self. He, like the others, cut his own wood on the mainland and took it by boat to Bremen Long Island. He would build one every winter, take her to Monhegan to fish during the summer, and sell her in the fall. He would hire a man to go with him and the two of them would hand-line all summer. One year, he even sold his boat on the fishing bank at Monhegan, returned home, payed the hired man his summer’s wages and let him go, and started another boat right away. Mrs. Nettie Winchenbacli In 1883 he started with the Martha E., and in successive years built the Lottie, Champion, Mary C., Jenny Hooper, Mogul, Nettie, Briganza, Two Sisters, Rough Rider, Paul Revere, Uncle Sam, Myrtle E., Ralph A., and Mystic Bell. These fifteen were all sloops, and the 16th, the Martha E. McLain, was a schooner. It was from the deck of this schooner that, on Jan. llth, 1911, Eugene was washed overboard in a gale at the age of 48. The Uncle Sam at one time was pounded over a reef in a storm and all hands abandoned her, giving her up for lost. She was reclaimed and found to have no leaks. These sloops, like the men who built them, were made of good strong stuff. It is believed the Myrtle E., Eugene’s 13th boat and built about 1906, is currently named the Jolly Buccaneer which has delighted the spectators in the two Friendship Sloop Regattas which have been sailed in Muscongus Somewhere along the line, the axe heads have replaced the rocks. Her picture adorns the covar of this booklet. 11

De PATSY’S LANES BOWLING SNACK BAR Air Conditioned NEWEST, MOST MODERN LANES ON THE COAST Open 7 Days a Week 10 A. M. – 12 P. M. WEEKDAYS 2 P. M. – 11 P. M. SUNDAYS FOR RESERVATIONS CALL 832-4420 WALDOBORO, MAINE BOWL OFTEN FOR HEALTH AND RECREATION Roland A. Genthner, Inc. Cities Service Distributor WALDOBORO STATION – – – OPEN 24 HOURS 12 Almond D. Bremen Long Island The eighty-one year old man stood in his doorway and looked at the strangers on his doorstsp as they in- troduced themselves. People from Friendship. Did he have time to talk with them about the early builders of the Friendship Sloop? Ths mere mention of “Friendship Sloop” to a person who knows any- thing about this able craft will bring a soft smile to the face and a gleam of interest to the eye, and the change on the face of this man as he invited us to corns in, was good to see. There is no greater thrill for a Friendship Sloop enthusiast than to talk with the men who actually built these beautiful sloops. Thus it was with honor that we sat with Almond McLain one afternoon to hear the stories of his family and the building of sloops on Bremen Long Island. As he talked, his countenance lighted with rightful pride and love for the boats he had helped to build so well. Bremen Long Island certainly plays a big part in the history of the Sloops. The shore was lined with boat shops. Neighbors, fathers, sons and brothers were all building sloops in shops side by side. There was George Washington (Wash) Carter and his sons, George, Abdon and Norris. Robert McLain and his sons, Robert E., Eugene, Almond and Alexander, were con- structiong sloops side by side with Charles Carter, Vincent Collamore, William Prior, George Prior and others. In the year 1900 alone, there were 22 sloops constructed on Bremen Long Island. Most of the lumber for these sloops never saw anything but a common rip-saw. The wood was all cut on the mainland, and for the most part came from the end of Pemaquid Pond, Bristol Mills and Damariscotta. At Bristol Mills, there was a saw mill with the ends open so a team of horses could pull the oak trees right into the mill. When the lumber was turned out, it was all shipped to Bremen Long Island by boat. Those long pieces of lumber 25′ – 30′ – 35′ were stretched across two dories and floated in this way to the island. Almond says he thinks his father, Robert McLain, built the sloop that hauled the first lobster trap. The boat was a lap-stroke, 19 feet long, and Robert never gave her a name. (Incidentally, Almond’s mother, Mary E. Mc- Lain, was the oldest sister of Wilbur Morse, whose shop in Friendship turned out so many sloops.) Almond McLain himself said he worked a ten hour day for $2.00. He worked with his father, and together they built six sloops, of which Lottie Mae, Mamie E. McLain, Cake-walk, and Maude Grandeur were four. The Lottie Mae is currently named “Truant” and may be seen sitting in the middle of Sears- port. 13

MACK BOTTLING CO BERTON H. SCOTT, Prop. Bottlers of Grape and Orange Crush Frostie Root Beer, Old Jamaica Beverages All Beverages Made from Pure Spring Water WALDOBORO, MAINE TEL. 832-5835 FRIENDSHIP — A Friendly Town ARCHIE WALLACE Groceries — Texaco Gas Italian Sandwiches, Ice Cream, Soda S. E. PRIOR Paints — Marine Hardware CARLTON SIMMONS Boat Builder ROUND TOP DAIRY Retail Delivery in Friendship Call Collect 563-3708 FRIENDSHIP MARKET Groceries — Meats — Fruits Ice Cream — Sandwiches “DROP ANCHOR” Housekeeping Cabins – Week or Month Beach and Boats. Inquire Robert Lash, Jr., 832-9548 FRIENDSHIP PLUMBING & HEATING CO., INC. Sherman F. Baird, Robert H. Kelwick Our Lobster Industry Salutes You DAVIS BROTHERS AL ROBERTS RALPH SIMMONS SPRUCE HEAD LOBSTER CORP. Friendship * Spruce Head DONALD KENNISTON Lobster Trap Stock Route 1 — Warren, Maine BRISTOL LOBSTER SALES Bristol, Conn. MAINE COAST SEAFOOD CORP. Rockport, Maine ROCKLAND LOBSTER SALES Rockland, Maine RACKLIFF & WITHAM Tenants Harbor, Maine PETER HOGSETH Lobster Plugs Saugus, Mass. MASON CARTER — Marine Contractor — Woolwich, Maine 14 Warren Morse One of the most ardent descendants of the early sloop builders is Carleton Morse, of Morse Island in Friend- ship, the son of War- ren Morse. Carleton was only eight years of age when his father died, but he has preserved much of the memorabilia of Warren Morse’s boat- building career at the century-old Morse home on the island in Morse’s Bay. As quoted by Dave Getchell in an article appearing in the No- vembsr 1962 issue of National/Maine Coast Fisherman, “Carleton . . Carlton Simmons Displays a Warren Morse Model declares, ‘Morse Island was the birthplace of the first and finest Friendship-built sloops’,” and when one recalls that Rob McLain, George Carter and others, including young Wilbur Morss, were building sloops on Bremen Long Island about the same time that Warren started build- ing on Morse Island in 1870, the statement is partially correct, at least. Fortunately, it is not the provinca of the Friendship Sloop Society to rule on “firsts” and “finests”, and we heartily agree that (again quoting Dave Getchell) “Warren Morse deserves his share of the credit for thoss beautiful boats.” In fact, we included his picture in our book, “Ships That Came Home”, Oliver Morse and his brothers Cornelius and Edward built many fishing schooners and smaller craft on Morse Island in Friendship, and Oliver’s son Warren, when he returned from the sea and settled down to boat-building, used the third floor of a 40′ x 40′ fish-salting and drying building for his boat- shop. (There was not enough clearance on the first two floors.) Illustrative of the many difficulties overcome by the pioneer sloop- builders, the finished boats had to be lowered to the’ground, then turned at right angles and launched. Warren’s largest sloop was a 45-footer, and ex- tended bsyond the walls of the building in which it was built. (Temporary staging was needed by the workmen.) It must have been an engineering feet of some magnitude to get that one down to the ground! Warren built skiffs, dorys, center-board sloops, fishing boats as well as sloops for thirty-five years. He died in 1905. ‘(5

Plumb How Much is a Sloop ? Many a yachtsman has come to Maine, drooling at the thought of getting a beautiful new Friendship Sloop built “for a song”, so to speak, only to beat a hasty retreat from an irate builder singing an entirely different tune, and breathing fire that anyone should dream a “sloop boat” could be built for any such ridiculous figure. Reports that the early sloops were built and delivered complete for as little as $450.00 are quite true, as can be surmised from the Charles Carter article elsewhere in the program. Almond McLain has the best story on low-cost sloop building. He tells of one of the early builders who cut his own wood, fashioned iron from junk he picked up and saved, and made a sloop for almost nothing. But that was many years ago. In “Princess – New York”, Joe Richards tells how, as an impecunious 29 year old artist, he bought and rebuilt an old Friendship Sloop. The story of his struggles, his ingenuity and his sacrifices is proof positive that only a YOUNG man could live to write a book after undergoing such an ordeal. In Chapter 20, Joe tells of finding an exact duplicate of his “Princess”, and of his amazement at the amount her owner had expended to rebuild her. But let Joe tell it: “He looked me in the eye, took a deep pull on his cigar and blew out the round sum: ‘Twenty thousand dollars’.” “Twenty thousand dollars. I went back to Princess talking to myself . . . Twenty thousand dollars! . . . I lay in the bunk and watched a star do a veil dance with a flimsy scrap of cloud . . . Twenty thousand, holy crow!” 16 Now comes news of the building of a Friendship Sloop in Scituate, Massachusetts, with a price tag which makes the Joe Richards story above sound like a modest figure. The contrast to today’s prices and those of “many years ago” does not account for all of the difference. The sloop built last summer by the Simms Yacht Yard for Mr. Joseph Plumb we would guess is the finest Friendship Sloop ever built. Mr. Plumb is a man who knows and loves fine things, and is willing to pay for them. Details of construction of his new sloop were so interesting that our treasurer, Carlton Simmons, took the picture which is shown here. Mr. Harold Simms supplied the details at our request. Teakwood (priceless to you and me) is used for all the decking, with polyurethane caulking compound in the seams: all bright-work is in teak, including the entire companionway, seats, etc. Since teak doesn’t steam-bend (we are told), the transom was carved from solid teak chunks, which were then spleened together. The transom is decorated with an eagle carved of wood and gold- leafed. The rope trim pattern shown in the accompanying picture was carved of wood, then cast in bronze and gold-leafed. It took two days to file the lay of the strands. Trailboards are partially gold-leafed and the carved eagle figurehead is gold-leafed. Planking is of African Mahogany. Hollow spars were designed by Eldridge-Mclnnis and made by Pigeon Hollow Spar Company and Simms Yacht Yard. Turnbuckles with dead-eyes and chain plates cast in bronze are hidden in the shrouds by traditional lanyards, added for the effect. All turnbuckles were Lawley designed and made. Hoops on the mast are of laminated oak with cast bronze fittings for the sail. All bronze fittings were especially de- signed and cast for this yacht by Taylor Foundry in Quincy, Massachusetts. The compass pedestal was specially designed by Simms Yacht Yard to take a depth indicator and throttle-clutch control. The head is enclosed with specially designed sliding door for easy access. There is an oil-burning Shipmate Stove. The engine is a Mercedes-Benz 35 horsepower diesel. Thsre is a folding canvas hood over the companionway. The cabin trunk is molded and constructed on specially made forms to glue as a single unit. The cabin top is fiber-glassed instead of canvased. There is an electric bilge pump for handling two compartments. The muffler is Monel metal. There is a 3,000 pound lead keel and approximately 2,000 pounds of lead for inside ballast. We are deeply grateful to Mr. Simms for sending the above details, for this — What? Oh! the price. Well, Mr. Simms closes his letter with this statement: “As far as price goes, we can only say that it cost in excess of $30,000.00.” SIMMS YACHT YARD DRIFTWAY SCITUATE MASSACHUSETTS 17

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1962 Winners. Left to right: Ted Brown, James Wiggins, Roger Duncan, Bill Pendleton, Gerald Kinney, Ernest Wiegleb. DONORS OF TROPHIES The Department of Economic Development The Lash Brothers Boatyard, Friendship Miss Eda Lawry (Granddaughter of Wilbur Morse) Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries Burnham and Morrill Co. Friendship Sloop Society Betty and Al Roberts TROPHIES FOR YOUNGSTERS, SWIMMING AND ROWING GOOD LUCK from THOMASTON FRIENDS DAVIS FUNERAL SERVICE Thomaston — Rockland THOMASTON STEEL WORKS Steel Fabrication, Gas, Electric and Heliarc Welding, Marine Fabrication FALES & SON General Merchandise Dial 374-6431 Cushing, Maine J. C. ROBINSON & SON Lumber and Building Supplies Tel. 354-6525 OVERLOCK’S Lumber and Building Supplies South Warren, Maine Friendship Sloop Races Winners JULY 22, 1961 Order of Finish 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. Boat Eastward Mary Ann Ellie T. Voyager Amity Jolly Buccaneer Black Jack Vida Mia Golden Eagle Tannis II L’Aigle D’Or Sadie M. Wilbur Morse Wanderer Thursday, August 9 AUGUST 9, 10, 11, 1962 Friday, August 10 CLASS “A” Saturday, August 11 Order of Finish 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Boat Amity Voyager Golden Eagle Black Jack White Eagle Chrissy Jolly Buccaneer Amity White Eagle Black Jack Voyager Golden Eagle Chrissy Jolly Buccaneer (withdrew) Amity Black Jack Chrissy White Eagle Voyager Golden Eagle Depression CLASS “B” 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. MarGin Eastward Ellie T. Sadie M. Content Wilbur Morse Vida Mia Pal-O-Mine Eastward MarGin Content Wilbur Morse Sadie M. Vida Mia Ellie T. Pal-O-Mine Eastward Vida Mia MarGin Content Pal-O-Mine Ellie T. Wilbur Morse Sadie M. The sloops pictured in this program are the three winners in each class on Saturday, Aug. 11, 1962. On the cover is Jolly Buccaneer. 20 21

Andrew Crowe & Sons Inc. ST. GEORGE, MAINE CROWELON POT WARP NYLON HEADING TWINE KNOTLESS NYLON SEINES List of Friendship Sloops Off To a Flying Start WE SPECIALIZE IN INSTANT HOUSING FOR PERSONS 18 TO 88 YEARS OF AGE SEE US FOR THE BEST DEAL IN HOUSING Detroiter, Gibraltar, Buddy and Many Other Makes HAROLD C. RALPH MOBILE HOMES ROUTE 1,WALDOBORO TELEPHONE 832-532] Sloops listed with the Friendship Sloop Society as of publication of this program, plus a few others we have found out about. Those taking part in the race will be announced during the regatta. Name Amity Banshee Black Jack Eleazar Ellie T. Finette Fly-A-Way Friendship Golden Eagle Built By Morse Morse Wilbur Morse Bounty Carolyn Chance Chrissy Content Depression Dictator Dottie G. Easting Eastward Gannett Morse S. M. Ford Robert McLain Bremen Simms Scituate C. A. Morse James Chadwick Pemaquid 22′ SO’ 25′ 32′ 31′ 27′ 29′ 32′ W. S. Carter John Thorpe Wilbur Morse Wilbur Morse A. F. Morse Jolly Buccaneer McLain Bremen L’Aigle B’Or Gannett Length Present Owner 30′ James R. Wiggins, Washington, D. C. 30′ Benjamin Waterworth, New Bedford, Mass. 33′ William Pendleton, Suffield, Conn., and Searsport, Maine George McFadden, Glenside, Pa. A. J. Rousseau, Warwick, R. I. Thomas Files, East Orange, N. J. Ernest Wiegleb, Hawthorne, N. J. Stuart Ford, Bailey Island, Me. Dr. Myron Hahn, Bremen, Maine and Boston, Mass. Dr. Alan Chesney, Baltimore, Md.. and Deer Isle, Maine Joseph Plumb, Rochester, Mass. James R. Pierpont, Milford, Conn. Roger and Mary Duncan, Concord Mass., and Newagen, Maine 38′ Harry Schelhorn. New Milford, N. J. 26′ John Thorpe, Bath, Maine 47′ Frank Smith, Westerfield, Conn. 21′ Julian Dodge, Danvers, Mass. 29′ Robert Cavanaugh, Scituate, Mass. 26′ William Haskell, Marblehead, Mass. 45′ Richard Swanson, Winchester, Mass. 24′ John Adams, Jr. Marblehead, Mass. 99 23

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BOSTON & ROCKLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. Direct Service: BOSTON — COASTAL MAINE — NOVA SCOTIA PHONE 207/594-8484 CONGRATULATIONS to the home of the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP THOMASTON OFFICE FIRST NATIONAL BANK O F P O R T L A N D MEMBER FDIC Compliments of Lambeth Rope Corporation NEW BEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS Manufacturers of FILAMENT NYLON and POLYPROPYLENE POT WARP Represented by: I. CLIFTON POOR, 3 Second St., Scarboro, Maine 26 Cy Hamlin It is high time we introduced our handicapper, who did such an excel- lent job for us in our first two regattas, and who is planning to add a calcula- tion based on each boat’s previous performance, which should make the finishes even closer this year. Cyrus Hamlin, of Manset, Maine, was born in Orange, New Jersey, in July, 1918. After his formal schooling he entered the Mill River Boat Works, Oceanside, N. Y., as apprentice draftsman and boatbuilder, and then came to Southwest Harbor, Maine, where he did all actual design work for the Henry R. Hinkley Co., and the Southwest Boat Corp., on such boats as the 97′ dragger “Bonaventure”, the 85′ dragger “Mary Ross”, the 64′ ferry “Vinal Haven II”, the 30′ Army Motor Mine Yawls. After serving with the U. S. Army Engineers for two years (1944-1946) he was granted the first work-and-study fellowship at the famous Experimental Towing Tank at Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, N. J. In addition to his experimental work on sailing yachts there, he found time to woo and marry Jean Barklie. They now have ihree children, aged 6, 9, and 13. Shortly after returning to his former employers in Southwest Harbor, he formed a designing partnership with E. Farnham Butler, proprietor of Mt. Desert Yacht Yard, Inc. During the next six years, he helped create the “Controversy” family of light displacement, reverse sheer, glued-strip cruising auxiliaries, including the “Amphibi-con”, first sea-going trailable auxiliary, and the 28′ sloop “Hara” which made a crossing from New York to Greece without incident. In 1956 he established his own designing and marine survey office. Among the more interesting projects during this period have been: Design of a 48′ cruising yawl; a 27′ cruising sloop; of which 26 have been built in Yugoslavia for the U. S. market. Two months as consultant to the Cruising Club of America, making basic changes in handicap rating rules. Devising, setting up, and administering a handicapping system for sail-boats, based on distance, now used by the Retired Skippers Race and the Friendship Sloop Races. Cy has two patents — one covering the “Controversy” configuration, and the other covering use of water-filled bilge keels for stability. You have read his articles in “Yachting” magazine, “Scientific Amsri- can” and “Fishing Vessels of the World, Volume II”, and the Grolier Encyclo- pedia just published has a 7,000-word entry over his name, covering sail- boats, sailing and rigging. He is a member of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engi- neers; Maine Boatbuilders and Repairs Association; Amateur Yacht Research Society; Blue Water Sailing Club; South Bay Cruising Club. He is qualified to measure for the Cruising Club of America; Bar Har- bor Yacht Club; Northeast Harbor Fleet; and Seal Harbor Yacht Club. We are fortunate to have the services of so eminent an authority to do our handicapping. But more than that, he endeared himself to us the very first year when our handicap buoys all sank out of sight and left us with no way to pick a winner. “Cy” Hamlin had accepted our invitation to be our guest for the big day, and arrived with his family to enjoy the race. When he heard of our misfortune, and while the race was in progress, he sat down and re-handi- capped the entrants on an elapsed-time basis instead of the distance basis he had used. Thereby, he literally “saved our hides” for us. Is: it any wonder we are pleased to present our handicapper? 27

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