1971 FSS Yearbook
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s PAGE CONTRIBUTED BY COLUMBIAN ROPE CO. MANSET MARINE SUPPLY CO. Friendship This year the Town of Friendship saw fit to dedicate the Town Report to the Friendship Sloop Society. The Society in publishing this Eleventh Annual Pro- gram is not dedicating the issue — instead we wish to gratefully acknowledge the tribute paid us by the citizens of the Town through their Selectmen. May we quote from the Town Report Dedication: “But most important is the respect and admira- tion which has developed between us residents and the Sloop Society members. We have found them to be nice folks — the kind we like to have around, and they in turn have been at- tracted to Friendship by its simplicity, its beauty, and the warmth of our welcome. It has become more than just a Sloop Race for all concerned. —” CREDITS: Art for cover: Peter James Marios — Art for interior pages: William Than, Donna Weisel — Illustration for this page: courtesy Bruno & Stillman — Illustration for “Windjammers”: Courtesy Smithsonian Institution — Printed by The Courier-Gazette, Rockland, Maine
FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY PRESIDENT William Pendleton (owner of Blackjack) VICE PRESIDENT Frederick S. Brown (owner of Vida Mia) SECRETARY Betty Roberts—Friendship, Maine TREASURER Ernst Wiegleb (owner of Chrissy) ASSISTANT TREASURER Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HISTORIAN Carlton Simmons — Friendship, Maine HONORARY MEMBERS Howard Chapelle, Cyrus Hamlin, William Danforth, John Gould, A. K. Watson, Herald Jones HONORARY PRESIDENT Bernard MacKenzie 1971 COMMITTEES RACE COMMITTEE William Danforth – Chairman Connie Pratt – Elbert Pratt OFFICIAL HANDICAPPER Cyrus Hamlin TOWN COMMITTEE Douglas Lash, Chairman Everyone in Town Willing to Help PROGRAM COMMITTEE Al Roberts – Chairman Charles Weisel – Amos Hamburger William Thissel – Nancy Penniman Peter Manos SCHOLARSHIP FUND William Pendleton OFFICIAL PHOTOGRAPHER Carlton Simmons MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES Bernard MacKenzie – Chairman Lincoln Ridgway – Race Committee Chairman Evolution When the boats now known as Friendship Sloops were first being built they had no name. They were neither a class boat nor a classy boat, but their longevity and revival attests to the fact they were a thing of beauty and had great appeal. One of the questions most often asked today is, “How long is a Friendship Sloop?” The answer seems to be, “As long as you like,” because no two people ever seemed to want the same size until recently, when plans have become available. Some of the early Friendships, and their forerunners, the Muscongus Bay Sloop (mostly centerboarders) were monsters by today’s standards. In the days when the McLains, Carters, Collamores, and Priors were building sloops on Bremen Long Island at the turn of the century, most of them were over 40 feet, while today most of them are 30 feet or less, the most popular of which is the 25-foot PEMAQUID design. Abdon Carter’s biggest sloop was the 50-foot BESSIE M which he built for himself and powered with a one cylinder 8 h.p. Bridgeport gasoline engine. George Washington Prior built the 48-foot HIGHLAND BELLE and the McLains built SKY PILOT (later known as the JOLLY BUC- CANEER) was 45′ long. In 1915 Wilbur Morse’s yard turned out the 47-foot FINNETTE. Several others were over 40 feet long. Today the Friendship Sloop Society lists the 15-foot DEPARTURE, and the 21-foot TERN as well as nearly a half dozen 22 footers, and as many 25-foot PEMAQUIDS. The natural question is “why the change?” The waters and weather of Muscongus Bay haven’t changed enough to warrant a difference in design of our boats. What has changed has been the use to which these great character boats are now put. Originally they were work boats, and were used for seining, lobstering, handlining, or what have you. Their size depended upon the use for which they were intended. Today they are being built strictly for pleasure and their size depends more upon the size of the builder’s family, and whether he intends to do a little day sailing, or extended cruising — “To each his own.” As these lovely boats evolved from the first work boats of over 80 years ago, with much the same lines as those being built today, to a more finely finished pleasure boat, the most significant change has been their reduction in size. To be sure, their purpose for being has changed, and their con- struction has changed, (fiberglass and ferro-cement) but the name they acquired when Wilbur Morse was turning them out in such great numbers, and their classic beauty have remained. They are known everywhere. The very word “Friendship” seems to have a mystical quality. It has many connotations to many people, but throughout the English speaking world today, whenever and wherever the Town of Friendship, Maine, is mentioned, Someone will say “Oh — Friend- ship Sloops.” If you don’t believe it — try it!
Past Regatta Winners 1961 Governor’s Trophy — VOYAGER (one race) 1962 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — AMITY Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1963 Governor’s Trophy — DOWNEASTER Eda Lawry Trophy — JOLLY BUCCANEER Lash Bros. Trophy — EASTWARD 1964 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — CHRISSY 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 Morrill 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 Morrill 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 Morrill 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 Morrill Trophy — CHANNEL FEVER Jonah Morse Trophy — EAGLE Anjacaa Trophy — FRIENDSHIP 1970 Governor’s Trophy — EASTWARD Eda Lawry Trophy — GLADIATOR Lash Bros. Trophy — RIGHTS OF MAN Morrill Trophy — COCKLE Bruno & Stillman — PHOENIX Jonah Morse Trophy — BLACKJACK Anjacca Trophy — EASTWARD Palawan Trophy — COCKLE Jarvis Newman Trophy — PHOENIX List of Events FIRST RACE THURSDAY, JULY 29 9:30 A. M. Skippers’ Meeting 12:00 Noon Starting Time of First Race “Gam Night” for Skippers & Sloops SECOND RACE FRIDAY, JULY 30 9:30 A M. Skippers’ Meeting 12:00 Noon Starting Time of Second Race 6:00 P. M. Chicken Barbecue 6:30 P. M. Water Events for Youngsters THIRD RACE SATURDAY, JULY 31 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 continually 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 reserva- tion only. (MASSACHUSETTS BAY RACES — Aug. 14 & 15; Corinthian Yacht Club — Marblehead, Mass. CHANGES OR ADDITIONS TO THE PROGRAM WILL BE NOTED AT THE INFORMATION BOOTH AND ON THE WHARVES. 7
how the Friendship Sloops race Friendship Sloop racing waters. A course of 12 miles might be from the starting line to buoy A, then to buoy B, and then to buoy C. From buoy C each Sloop must run down Handicap Alley 1 until she finds her own buoy. She must pick it up and return to round buoy C again and then continue to the finish line. Handicap Alley 2 could be used alternatively. FOLLOW THE RACES ON THE AA/V GOOD TIME SATURDAY, JULY 31 Captain Bob Fish 7. Tannis 8. Banshee B A 9. Arnity A 10. Mary Anne B 11. Old Friendly B 12. Friendship A 13. Easting B 14. Vigor B 15. Vida Mia C 16. Retriever B 17. Jolly Buccaneer A 18. Chrissy A 19. Blackjack A Friendship Sloops Built By Length Present Owner Charles Morse 30′ Robert McLain 31′ 1915 Wilbur Morse 47′ 1915 A. F. Morse 26′ 1910 S. M. Ford 25′ 1961 James Chadwick 32′ 1956 W. S. Carter 38′ 1937 Morse 30′ Wilbur Morse 30′ 1900 Lash Bros. 31′ 1958 S. Gannet 24′ 1938 Wilbur Morse 29′ 1902 C. A. Morse 29′ 1920 Morse (Thomaston) 30′ 1946 John Kippin Ipswich, Mass. Peter Chesney Deer Isle, Maine Frank Smith Westfield, Conn. William Haskell Marblehead, Mass. Robert Edwards Montclair, N. J. Roger Duncan West Concord, Mass. & Newagen, Maine John D. Cronin Sturbridge, Mass. Benjamin Waterworth New Bedford, Mass. James R. Wiggins Brooklin, Me. Dr. Joe Griffin Damariscotta, Me. Donald Hall Amherst, Mass. Robert Cavanaugh Compton, R. I. James R. Pierpont Milford, Conn. Robert K. Emerson Hancock Point, Maine E. L. Stevens 1942 Gannet 1942 McLain (Bremen) 1909 Charles Morse 1912 Wilbur Morse 1900 30′ 22′ 45′ 30′ 33′ Frederick S. Brown Kittery, Maine John W. Rice Scituate, Mass. Bill Johnson Miami, Florida Ernst Wiegleb Pleasant Point, Me. William Pendleton Suffield, Conn. & Searsport, Maine
SPECIFICATIONS LOA 30’6″, LWL 25′ beam 10′ draft 4’6″ displacement 12,540 Ibs. sail area 860 sq. ft. spars Sitka spruce standing rigging stainless steel power options gasoline or diesel 15.5 to 30 HP. Bruno & Stiiiman Yacht Company, Inc. Ageless beauty Time-tested design Carefully researched in every detail,the Friendship 30 carries on a traditional design that follows almost a century of proven performance as a four-season work and pleasure boat. Now, as an authentic replica, it is offered in durable fiberglass with a rich blend of teak and mahogany. The Friendship 30 is intended for the blue water sailor with an eye for weatherly lines and a sturdy rig. Responsive to the lightest breeze, yet stiff and steady in gusty going, she is designed for extended cruising comfort for a family of four or six. friendship Sloops EAST COAST PUANT: Fox Point Road, Nowlngton, N.H. SALES REPRESENTATIVES: Hawkin*& Falet, Bristol, R.I. and Old Saybrook, Conn. Page Marina Service*, Camden, Maine Dealer territories available; Florida, Chesapeake Bay, and Great Lakes List of Sloops – 20 thru 39 20. Joeanna A 21. Wilbur Morse B 22. Ellie T B 23. Depression A 24. Ancient Mariner A 25. Sea Duck 26. Virginia M A 27. Red Coat B 28. Bounty 29. Susan 30. Kidnapped 31. White Eagle 32. Nomad 33. Smuggler 34. Pal-0-Mine 35. Mary C 36. MarGin 37. Chance 38. Eleazar 39. Downeaster B A C A B B Morse 1910 Carlton Simmons 1945 John Thorpe 1961 1899 Wilbur Morse Morse Boatyard (ketch rig) Wilbur Morse 1910 Bob McKean Sid Carter Gannett Wilbur Morse 1902 Wilbur Morse Wilbur Morse 1906 Philip Nichols Gannet 1947 N. D. Clapp (Marconi rig) Wilbur Morse 1916 W. S. Carter 1938 Lash Bros. 1963 30′ Roger Mercaldi Beverly, Mass. 30′ C. Wilfred Brann Gardiner & Friendship, Me. 26′ John Thorpe Woolwich, Maine 32′ Dr. Myron Hahn Friendship, Me. & Boston, Mass. 25′ H. C. Vibber Waterford, Conn. 36′ Laurence Bershad Marblehead, Mass. 28′ Jaxon Vibber Waterford, Conn. 28′ Eric W. Osborn Bristol, R. I. 22′ Dr. Roy Gumpel Rye, N. Y. 41′ N. Bradford Mack South Miami, Fla. Restored by new owner 28′ Robert Montana Meredith, N. H. 40′ James E. Ford Middletown, Conn. 28′ Arthur A. Krause Chester, Conn. 27′ James B. L. Lane Winchester, Mass. 20′ Nathaniel Clapp Prides Crossing, Mass. 25′ Wm. Blodgett Waldoboro, Me. 32′ Dr. Thomas Files East Orange, N. J. 38′ David Smith No. Bergen, N. J. 30′ Dr. John Lachman VUlanova, Pa. Dr. James R. McLamb Kittery, Maine 11
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L/sl of Sloops – 60 thru 79 ROCKLAND’S NEWEST” CHUCK WAGON RESTAURANT MAIN STREET – ROCKLAND OPPOSITE PUBLIC LANDING GIANT CHARCOAL PIT WESTERN STEER IN WESTERN ATMOSPHERE COCKTAILS SERVED DAMARISCOTTA APPLIANCE & OUTBOARD CO. and CHASSE’S MARINA Sales and Service Since 1941 JOHNSON Outboard Motors OMC Stern Drives^ trailers boats and Canoes OLD TOWN OUACHITA WELLCRAFT MARINE SUPPLIES SALES RENTALS STORAGE Lower Elm Street Telephone 563-3456 Damariscotta, Maine 14 Hi 60. R 61i If 62. r 63. 64. 65. j 66. 67. 68 69. tf 70 71. ‘ f 72. 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. « < I Old Salt A Windward B Columbia C Kochab B Amicitia B Gallant Lady A Venture A Hieronymus - B Lucy Anne B Coast 0 Maine B Margaret Motte Gladiator A Temptress Dauphine Patience B Omaha Packet C Beagle Emmie B B Nimbus A^ ^ J( _j<3rl ,-:24:’!3;/o* I’&)!&:’••’,-‘-•’ -jcr/f’:’ 17 »«•#«•&!•.••• : •iff,*’ //&/ » -i i 7.- 7. ¥%^i 2i/i (rfe: ;.-jfSi^K W3W; l6. • •••” ‘3»**i^sj?i’S|9 ::3’r”35 (VV ‘•• rT^ .- ‘ • ‘Vjiejpv -. J N f . • Ol 19 “2’i-.|7-:-.:;i;’;i-;;22*”?’>b, .-•’ 34 46 *P; 63; ,g rotch IS* :. •o./tf3 “*•%!!& 30 26;8.>37 *l ,j3….;%/..«• i«i,.U2 i’^’:”-31 ^ 40 39; ..-.47 38 Cowlila*
Everybody including the men who go on our trawlers that bring in the fish from the sea to be processed in this most modern plant enjoy watching the Sloop races and wish the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAYS Every Success. M/V Ocean M/V Surf M/V Crest M/V Tide M/V Wave M/V Storm National Sea Products, Inc. ROCKLAND – MAINE CONGRATULATIONS to the home of the FRIENDSHIP SLOOP MAINE NATIONAL BANK THOMASTON and ROCKLAND PROCK MARINE CO. / 7 MARINE DRILLING, DREDGING & DOCK WORK ANY TIME OF YEAR MAIN STREET, ROCKLAND – PHONE 594-5609 WALDOBORO – PHONE 832-4652 44 Maine’s Maritime Academy The Maine Maritime Academy, at Castine, Maine, offering a unique combi- nation of academic, professional, and how-to-do-it education, is one of the nation’s leading institutions of merchant marine officer training, providing young men with unexcelled opportunities for rewarding careers at sea. Academy midshipmen, after a rigorous four-year program, earn bachelor of science degrees, third officer licenses in the merchant marine, and where qualified, commissions in the U. S. Naval Reserve or U. S. Coast Guard Re- serve. New facilities at Castine, nearing completion, combined with a 10,000 ton “floating laboratory” and the only nuclear propulsion center in northern New England, provide unmatched tools for the study of applied marine engineering and nautical science. Founded in 1941, the Academy today has an enrollment of 550 men, and is the second largest of the nation’s five state marime academies. Forced to mark time for many years, for lack of sufficient funding, the Academy is now in its third year of an ambitious development program, designed to complete a modern academic, residential and technical complex for an enrollment of 600 students. The Academy is headed by Rear Adm. Edward A. Rodgers, MMA. Super- intendent. A graduate of the U. S. Naval Academy in 1940, Admiral Rodgers earned his master’s degree at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and had a distinguished record at sea and in naval aviation before launching a second career in educational administration in 1964. He is a former professor of naval science and commanding officer of the NROTC at Harvard University. A faculty of 50 officers, drawn from the merchant marine, Navy, and the academic world provides a unique blend of instruction. The midshipmen major in Nautical Science of Marine Engineering, but they complete minors in such fields as Oceanography, Naval Architecture, Natural Science, Social Science and the Humanities. Academy midshipmen spend many hours in the classroom, of course, but in no other college is there such an emphasis on bare-knuckles, do-it-yourself practical training. Maine men learn what makes a steamship run not only by studying blueprints and engineering manuals, but by crawling down into the bilges and taking machinery apart; they learn navigation by standing on a rolling deck with sextant in hand, and they learn about corrosion by chipping and scraping and painting the hull of a steamship. continued
VISIT ROCKPORT HARBOR DURING FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAYS Luncheon – Dinner – Cocktails – On The Waterfront Come by car . . . or tie up your boat at our pier. Gulf gas & diesel fuel – 12 ton Travelift – Dockage & Guest Moorings Luke and Norma Allen ROCKPORT HARBOR, MAINE Telephone 236-2330 fair Breezes” *r.m uenose. Boatyar CHESTER., NOVA SCOTIA ti hav« been cus4om building qualify w
Windjammers Irving Nevells “Windjammers”: A magic word that brings a faraway gleam into many an eye in tall office buildings, stores, shops or maybe a mid- west farmhouse. It brings to memory quiet evenings anchored in a secluded harbor, a guitar strumming on deck while the moon makes a shining pathway on the water from across the bay; or a lobster bake on the beach of a lovely coastal island. By definition, a windjammer is any craft that depends on wind and sails to go from here to there, but to the residents of the Penobscot Bay area it refers only to the trim unique fleet of two- masted schooners that sail out of Camden Harbor every Monday morning from June through September laden with tourists starting a happy vacation week cruising the coastal waters. There are six vessels in the fleet. Five are built on the New England coaster model with clipper bow and broad beam. The sixth is a converted Gloucester Fisherman with spoon bow and narrow beam. Three were built as cargo carriers in the era of sail. The venerable, Stephen Taber, is one hundred years old this year and is still sound as a nut. She has been in the vacation cruise business a long time and at one time or another has been owned by three of the captains now owning newer schooners. The Mattie, built around the turn of the century is one of the Captain Frank Swift fleet. Swift is the daddy of the vacation cruises out of Camden. The Merchantile, built in 1915 is another Swift vessel. When the captain retired in 1961 he sold the two schooners and the business, “Windjammer Cruises,” to Captain Jim Nisbet, who built a smaller schooner for the cruise business, the forty-five foot Mistress. She is a coaster model with clipper bow, high white rail all around and tall topmast with topsail. She is the only one of the Camden fleet with inboard diesel power. The smallest of the six, she carries six passengers and a crew of two. The other craft built strictly for vacation cruises is the Mary Day. Built in the mid-sixties by Harvey Gamage in South Bristol, she was designed by owner, Captain Havilah (Bud) Hawkins, based on his years of experience sailing cruise schooners. The Gloucester Fisherman, Adventure, is the largest and fastest of the six. She is said to have been high liner out of Gloucester for many years before being converted to a cruise schooner. 48 Monday morning sailings attract quite a crowd to the Public Landing of both local people and summer visitors to watch the passengers go aboard with their luggage. After all are accounted for and last minute supplies put aboard, the lines are cast off and the husky little yawl boats take over, nudging the big schooners away from the wharf, through the congested inner harbor with its yachts and lobster boats and out into the outer harbor where the sails are hoisted and the cruise really begins. They sail back Saturday morning and dock after lunch and unless a guest is a chronic complainer, he or she has spent a glorious week to be recalled throughout the winter. Many people enjoy the cruises so much that they return year after year. They come from all over including many foreign countries and from all walks of life: retired couples, middle-aged couples spending a week of their vacation, younger people in search of romance and adventure and others with the love of the sea who cannot afford their own yacht or live too far inland to make boat ownership practicable. Two more young Camden skippers will make their bow this June in vessels that were outfitted for the cruises in the summer of 1970. Skip Hawkins will sail the Joseph W. Hawkins, built as the Marconi rigged topsail schooner yacht named the Jane Dore in the early twenties, in Government service during World War II, and then a scallop dragger out of New Bedford. With a new inboard engine, new spars, rigging and sails when she sailed into Camden Harbor late last fall many thought she was the handsomest schooner there. Dale Alexander rebuilt an old Portland pilot boat last summer and also outfitted with a new set of spars, sails and rigging. He removed the large auxiliary engine to make more cabin space and to make the craft more in character with the older vessels. Renamed, Timberwind, she makes her bow in June. The two-masted schooner, Richard Robbins, is an overflow from Camden, sailing out of Rockland as there was no space available for her in Camden’s inner harbor. She started her career as a Chesapeake Bay oyster boat and was rebuilt into a cruise craft by a syndicate that now operates her. The Victory Chimes, also sailing out of Rockland is said to be the largest sailing vessel registered for the passenger business. She is a three-masted schooner with topsails and makes a beautiful picture with all sails set. The Camden Chamber of Commerce has designated Camden as “The Windjammer Capital of the World,” and in number of craft engaged in the business and background, this seems to be true but sea minded people in southern New England are catching on. The two-masted topsail schooner, Shenandoah, made her bow in the mid-sixties, sailing from Vineyard Haven and another of the same rig built in South Bristol by Harvey Gamage, will make her bow in May 1971. Named Bill of Rights, owner Joe Davis will sail her out of Newport, R.I. The cruise skippers are a combination of sailor and business man that marked the successful captain of a square rigger in the golden age of sail. They are all youthful with the exception of Captain Frederick B. Guild, who has been around a few more years. He started in the twenties with a yacht service shop and waterfront restaurant on the old Eastern S.S. wharf in Sargentville. Came the depression and this little business folded. Guild moved to Castine and tried his hand at day sailing parties in a Friendship Sloop. Then 4Q
ROCKLAND MERCHANTS Invite You To Visit The Farnsworth Museum OPEN WEEKDAYS: 10 A. M. – 5 P. M.; SUNDAY 1 P. M, – 5. P. M. Closed Mondays Except June, July, August gRDORUmO.mHOE MILLER’S GARAGE, INC. Chrysler – Plymouth – Valiant Land Rover – Our 51st Year 25-31 Rankin Street, Rockland EMIL RIVERS, INC. Machine Shop ANDRUS FLOWER SHOP Floral Designs For AH Occasions Main Street, Rockland GREGORY’S Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Pendleton Sportswear – Topsiders LLOYD REXALL DRUG STORE Prescription Specialists EDWARDS and CO. Rockland Telephone 594-8481 Wholesale Distributors of Ice Cream Frozen Foods – Paper – Candy MAINE COAST PRINTERS Printers and Publishers MUSICLAND Jewelry Photographic Supplies – Nikon 399 Main Street Tel. 594-4552 COFFIN’S Men’s and Boys’ Clothing Telephone 594-4755 BICKNELL MANUFACTURING CO. Contractors Supplies Stone Working Tools UNITED HOME FURNITURE CO. “Everything For The Home” Rockland, Maine F. J. O’HARA & SONS, INC. Wholesale Fish Producers and Processors SENTER – CRANE’S A Quality Department Store GOODNOW’S PHARMACY S&H Green Stamps Prescription Druggists Russell Stover Candies SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO. 285 Main Street, Rockland Phone 594-4451 GIFFORD’S Commercial Photography Film Service and Custom Framing BOYNTON CHEVROLET Chevrolet • Chevelle – Camaro Chevy II – Corvette – Trucks Telephone 236-3356 Camden 50 a Naval Reserve officer in World War II on the submarine patrol. His first successful cruise schooner was the Stephen Taber which he sold to Jim Sharp when he acquired the Victory Chimes which he has been sailing out of Rockland for some years. Last summer he purchased the wharf in the cove adjacent to the Ferry landing and docked the big three master there over the winter. He had formerly kept her in wet storage in Castine. Captain Jim Sharp who sails the Adventure out of Camden, is a product of the Main Line section west of Philadelphia. His first venture was when he and a group of other young men acquired a yacht and sailed her to the Bahamas for charters. Coming North, he sailed the Stephen Taber for a year before purchasing Adventure from a syndicate that had sailed her for several years out of Rockland. Sharp now has his own wharf adjacent to the Public Landing in Camden where he also berths the Bowdoin, MacMillan’s Arctic exploration vessel restored by Sharp, who now operates her as a museum, charging a small fee to go aboard and inspect the famous old schooner. Les Bex who sails Mattie, Mercantile and Mistress, is a native of Illinois, another proof that one does not have to be a Mainer to sail a vacation cruise vessel. You just have to have the love of the sea in your heart. Bex had been on the week’s cruise in one of the windjammers and when Captain Jim Nisbet offered them for sale, Les bought them and seems to be happy with his little fleet. Captain Bud Hawkins’ family had a summer cottage in Sedgwick and he spent much time around the waterfront there in his early years developing a great love of the sea. He designed and built some of the sweetest peapods while spending much of his time around Frank Day’s boat yard across the river in Brooklin. He married Frank’s daughter Mary and named his new schooner, Mary Day. Bud sailed two other cruise schooners before building the Mary: The Stephen Taber and the Alice Wentworth. He started out with the Taber then acquired the Wentworth and sailed them both for a couple of seasons, the Taber being under the command of Capt. Cy Cousins. The ancient Stephen Taber, after passing through the hands of many different owners, has for the present come to rest with Captain Orvill Young of Lincolnville. Young has had shipyard and yachting experience plus some seasons before the mast on the other schooners. He berths the Taber outside of the Adventure at Sharp’s wharf. Mrs. Young goes cook and two other hands make up the crew. She accommodates twenty-three passengers and seems to sail with a full complement every week. Young Skip Hawkins, still in his twenties, grew up around the Camden waterfront and on his uncle’s vessels. He has had enough experience sailing charter boats to get his master’s ticket and y^ill make his bow as a cruise skipper this June. The other young Camden skipper, Dale Alexander, is a teacher during the school year and seems to have chosen a profitable and exciting way to spend his summer vacations. These capable, enterprising young cruise captains and their vessels, old and new, are a part of the summer picture that we hope will go on and on for many years until the skippers mellow with age like their vessels. 51
-tockla Das Visitors to Sloops Days are invited to one of the most unusual exhibits on the Maine Coast by CWO Kenneth N. Black, commanding officer at the Rockland Coast Guard Station on Tillson Avenue in the heart of the coastal city’s fishing industry. While tiny Friendship Museum in the old brick school with its mementos of sloops and builders of bygone days is a must for between-race visits, that of Skipper Black runs a historical gamut of the Coast Guard since it was the Light- house Service down through today. The exhibit is probably one of the most informal devised — only one small room is totally dedicated to display cases — the rest fits in as part of the every- day life and duty of the station, from the entranceway marked outside by a large bell and light, to the working and recreation decks on the first floor Vis- itors meander among working Coast Guardsmen who take time out when pos- sible to answer questions about the various marine memorabilia on walls, tables and floors. Rescued from possible General Service Administration surplus sales, or gleaned from long forgotten storerooms are bells, whistles, buoys, sirens, lights, naviga- tion and rescue gear which have been put back into “always ready” (Semper Paratus) by an enthused station crew. Even the materials from which the display cases were manufactured by the men have historic significance — such as the great curved storm panel glass from Newburyport, Mass. Light of 1788; others from Rockland Breakwater’s 1877 Light; White Head Island, Heron Neck and others. There is nothing static about the exhibit. Taking cues from modern museums and Walt Disney, Black’s men have rigged “audio-visual” items to work on demand — including foghorns (toned down of course) and a siren that can wail. On the walls an “evolution” of timers flash lights in correct sequence; on the floor a “faking box” holds linen line ready to be fired from an early “Lyle Gun” to deliver a breeches buoy to a wrecked ship; a more modern counter- part, rifle-like for shoulder firing, hangs on the wall. There’s a Castle Rock Island fog signal from Boston Harbor; the Cuckolds brass-and-glass beacon from Boothbay Harbor — now replaced by an airways type beacon — and there’s a tiny brass surfman’s tag. There’s a lifesaving service barometer pre- 1915 recognized by the difference in the crossed oars and boathook symbol from today’s. 52 A giant “fourth order” French lens of 1821 from Burnt Island Light off Boothbay; an ultra-modern sonobuoy made by VAST of Waldoboro; and a full- size practice torpedo are part of the display. Each summer CWO Black loans at Maine Seafoods Festival time (first weekend in August) a bell striker to an ancient bell mounted down the harbor a piece in front of the Rockland Courier-Gazette. Other strikers of varying design are in the station. Some large lights have become illuminated coffee tables in officer rooms; clicking apparatus changes burnt-out bulbs as they do on buoys at sea; small things like the embroidered “K” of a Keeper’s Hat to the giant brass telescope from Hampton (N. H.) Beach lifeboat station line the shelves. Visitors touch buttons to make things run, flash or sound; explanatory cards describe the age, development and use of other items. The Coast Guard has two “official” museums on the East Coast. They are at Portsmouth, Virginia, where a lightship pulled ashore is the center of a park- site; and the Academy Museum at New London, Conn. For CWO Kenneth Black and the men at the Rockland station there hasn’t been any service money involved; it’s a labor of love. Things just come to the exhibit — such as a taffrail log from a grateful fisherman rescued from a buoy in Penobscot Bay; or some keepsake from a Coast Guard family as well as those treasures of surplus for which Black constantly searches. And the Rockland Coast Guard Exhibit may not be a museum — but it’s the next thing to it. FRIENDSHIP RACES A listing vessel with billowed sheets, “Speed ‘er up — there’s others to beat.’ Starboard tack has right-of-way, Nearing the end — on the third day. Handi-cap alley — to the right, Tack until the marker’s in sight. “There she is! — Now take it slow, Catch it the first time — or by we’ll go.” We’ve got the buoy — our bait, Turn about or it’ll be too late. “There goes one — there goes two, We are third! What’d I tell you?” Last leg marker’s now been shown, “This is it! We’re headed home, Starboard tack and turn about. Hear our excited skipper shout. The finish line’s a coming, straight ahead We’ll beat ’em yet—if we be dead. “Keep on going, till the gun goes pop, No — wind — no! Please don’t stop!” Debbie Cunningham (Age 15) 53
Compliments of Bath Savings Institution Main Office — Front Street, Bath Branch Office — Church Street, Damariscotta Member Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Compliments of MASON E. CARTER Marine Contractor Telephone 443-4018 Woolwich, Maine 04579 MARINE COLLOIDS, INC. Products from the Sea ROCKLAND – MAINE HOLMES PACKING CORP. ROCKLAND & EASTPORT Packers of Fine Maine Sardines 5 Rockland’s Fisheries Ft ay Gross Even before the white man began tinkering with the ecology, that part of the shore of West Penobscot Bay known as Rockland Harbor was a fishing center. Indians called it Big Landing and came from great distances to harvest the many species found in its waters and along its shores. Today, fish landed and processed in Rockland is found on tables far beyond the wildest imagination of those first residents of the area. The evolution of the fishing business is easily traced in Rockland as techniques and public demand for varieties of fish have ebbed and flowed. And each change has hinged on new technology to overcome the perishable character of fish. A century ago, literally hundreds of small fishing boats operated out of Rockland and brought in daily catches to be salted or dried. Most brought in their catch every day because icing down fish was not common. Only the best table fish which were of considerable value were kept on ice. Long lining or tub trawling was the way fish were caught in quantity and cod and haddock were prevalent. They were dried in the sun, salted in casks or smoked. But the gasoline engine began to change all that. Early in the 20th century, the forerunner of today’s draggers began to show up and larger quantitites of fish could be caught by a crew. Yet fresh fish still went out by rail on ice and the rest was salted and dried. Crockett’s Point in Rock- land, the industrial heart as well as fishing center of Rockland, was covered with drying racks or flakes until Clarence Birdseye developed a blast freezing process. Of course, in the meantime the development of the can had brought herring into popularity as sardines. All through these years, Rockland, because it was a transporta- tion center for mid-coast Maine, was rapidly becoming the Lobster Capital of the World. Only two of the scores of lobster firms which once did business here still operate out of Rockland because many have moved closer to cleaner water and clusters of fishermen. However, three sardine factories (Holmes Packing, North Lubec Canning and Port Clyde Packing Company) employ hundreds of women and produce thousands of cans of sardines each year. Deep sea trawling for ocean perch, known locally as red fish, accounts for Rocklands being the largest fish port in Maine and one of the top six in New England. Trawlers up to 160 feet long travel as far as the Gulf of St. Lawrence in search of the bottom dwelling schools. F. J. O’Hara and Sons, a venerable name in the New England fishing industry, has the most modern fleet on the Atlantic Coast and processes tons of quick frozen fillets of ocean perch every year. National Sea Products, Inc., a subsidiary of the mammoth Canadian fishery National Sea Products, Ltd., has the most modern processing plant in New England here. In addition to freezing fresh fish its vessels land, the firm produces breaded cooked portions from blocks of fish imported from Canada and abroad. continued
MOODY TOR. LAND TRANSPORTATION! AMP FUK1 TOO – “DRU/E PONTV is carried on by a great group of “young men.” The blowers are Vermont (Mott) Frie, aged 79 and James Ceroine in his 60s. The entire operation of blown glass depends on the skill of their hands and their breaths. The blower, be he Jim or Mott, steps up to the glowing furnace door. Inside the molten glass is fiery red at about 2,100 degrees. The blower takes up his blow pipe (about 5 feet long), dips it in the furnace and the craft of making a bottle begins. Holding the pipe in his fingertips, the blower turns it slowly to start twisting on glass. He then spins the pipe rapidly to gather molten glass until his sensitive fingers tell him that the weight is right. Out comes the pipe, with the glass looking like brilliant orange butter. The blower rolls and shapes the blob on a cone for a mo- ment, lifts the pipe to his mouth and puffs lightly to round out the glow- ing mass. Moving swiftly, the blower dips the glass blob into the mold. The mold is closed swiftly and the “green glass” man blows hard and quickly to spread the glass over the mold face. He stops suddenly, twists the pipe away and turns back to the furnace. Seconds later, the mold is opened to show a beautifully shaped bottle, still glowing red on the sides and neck. Working in the mold pit is William T. Wilson, 82 years old, who says that he cannot remember when he started in the glass factory. Much of the finish work is in the hands of Orie Charlesworth, 78 years old. “I blew for over 50 years,” Charlesworth tells visitors. “I retired in 1960 and went up to 200 pounds and nearly went nuts. I came back to work, now I’m 78 and useful. After the Charlesworth touch, Wescott generally attaches handles to pitchers. He has worked 55 years in glass. Then the completed bit of ware goes to another veteran — Hester Tate, 80 years old, who puts bottles into the annealing oven where they are gradually cooled. Another genuine old-timer is Archibald Brown, a healthy philosopher of 81. Brown mixes the batches and prepares the molten glass. The workday at Clevengers begins at 6:30 a. m., and continues until 12 noon, with breaks for coffee. There is no overtime. Quitting time means 12 noon and no later. What isn’t blown today will be blown tomorrow; when men reach 75 years of age they are entitled to a calm outlook. Clevenger Brothers Glass Works allows visitors to watch the whole process, but if there are too many, or people get in their way, they are firmly informed that this is a place for blowing glass and the production of various items and please leave. So the beautiful blue bottle bearing the Friendship Sloop on one side and the seal of Clevenger Glass Works on the other depicts two rare items, both showing quality with age. 61
^ WATCH FOR REED’S WEATHERVANE Fair or Foul Weather All You Old Salts and Landlubbers, Head For REED’S GIFT SHOP ROUTE 1 SOUTH WARREN, MAINE Open May 1st to Dec. 24th v NEWBERT and WALLACE /L. Boatbuilding Millwork THOMASTON – MAINE DAVIS FUNERAL HOMES, INC Russell E. Murphy and E. Roy Moss, Jr. THOMASTON ROCKLAND Serving Friendship Over 50 Years Uncle Charlie’s Tune Francis W. Hatch I have noted in your race program samples of poetry in praise of the sloop you honor. Maybe I can add something in this department. In Boston there is an outfit called the Tavern Club. John Gould has spoken there. The members, young and old, write and produce their own plays. One in recent years had to do with cruising downcast. There was a song in the show which delighted the members. It was a collaboration between Brad Trafford, a prominent Boston attorney, and George Homans, a Harvard Sociologist, who once write a delightful piece called “Sailing with Uncle Charlie.” “Uncle Charlie” in this case was the late and distinguished Charles Francis Adams, a racing skipper who was prouder of his victories during Race Week at Marblehead than of the fact that he had been Secretary of the Navy. I place the lyric herewith on the Friendship altar and with it convey the warmest greetings from Castine. Introduction: A cup defender Is much too tender O, Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean Leaves me without emotion And as for the Sceptre I’m glad the limeys kept her You can have the Nefertiti I want something much — more — Meaty. Refrain: I want a Friendship Sloop Just an old Friendship Sloop With a peak you can drop in a squall, And a bowsprit full of jibs Four inch planking in her ribs And no engine to fuss with at all. Just fill her bilge full of rock Hard up the gaff chock-a-block Set the mainsail to give her a shove And as you head back to port At your Mt. Desert resort There’ll be room in the cockpit for love. I want a Friendship Sloop Just an old Friendship Sloop Risin’ slow to the swell of the sea Though there’s many a slip Twixt an old salt and his ship She has always behaved for me. Ever since sailin’ began All a ship needs is a man A man with a heart and a brain But he hasn’t hit his pinnacle Til he’s bundled ‘neath the binnacle of a sloop from Friendship, Maine. 62
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WALDOBORO GARAGE CO J. H. MILLER, Owner CARS TRUCKS Sales and Service HEATING OIL DIVISION LOUIS “RED” MARTIN, Manager WALDOBORO, MAINE TELEPHONE 832-5317 HALL FUNERAL HOME Serving Friendship 832-5541 ALFRED STORER Coal – Lumber Complete Line of Building Materials Dutch Boy Paints does it-•• best;! FRIENDSHIP STREET WALDOBORO, MAINE Down East women are noted for being good cooks and their favorite “receets” travel far and wide. They are passed down through the genera- tions from mother to daughter and from neighbor to neighbor and friend to friend. Friendshippers are no strangers to good “vittles” and Helen Simmons, wife of Carlton, our historian, photographer, and sometimes treasurer, thought we should pass along some of our favorite “receets” to you good people. Here are a few Helen has put together for your approval. come and get it! LOBSTER STEW Fry lobster meat in plenty of real butter. Heat milk; put the two to- gether and boil once. Add a little sugar and more butter if desired. Ap- proximately one lobster and one quart of milk will serve two. CLAM CHOWDER 25 clams 6 potatoes 1 onion ‘/s pound finely cut salt pork 2 teaspoons salt ‘/s teaspoon pepper 1 pint water and clam liquid 1 quart milk Chop clams. Pan-fry pork in chowder kettle for five minutes, add onion (whole), and cook slowly until onion is yellow. Add potatoes (sliced), clams, (sliced), clam liquid and water, and seasoning. Cover and simmer 30 minutes. Add scalded milk and serve. FISH CHOWDER 2 pounds fish (clear meat, fresh or frozen) 3 cups sliced potatoes 1/3 cup onion, cut fine ‘/2 cup salt pork, fried out (use only the fat) 1 teaspoon salt l/4 teaspoon pepper 2 cups water Cook onion in pork fat, add potatoes and water. Cook until potatoes continued 67
Best of Luck To All Sloop Race Contestants While Enjoying Sloop Days in Friendship or When Leaving For Home Visit Us For Your Automotive Needs GULF GAS, OIL AND TIRES – MECHANICAL AND BODY REPAIRS NEW AND USED CARS AND TRUCKS MOBILE HOMES AND TRAVEL TRAILERS HAROLD C. RALPH, Chevrolet Telephone 832-5321 Route 1, Waldoboro Compliments of Rockland Shrimp Corp. P.O. Box 581 Rockland, Maine 04841 Telephone 594-8325 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 are soft add fish which has been steamed over boiling water for one-half hour. When done, add one cup milk and one-eighth cup butter. DRY FISH CHOWDER Same as above except use salt cod and be sure to soak it in fresh water at least three times to remove the salt FISH CAK±.» 1 cup fresh or cooked salted fish 2 cups cold or hot mashed potatoes 1 egg Pepper Make into balls or cakes and fry. SCALLOPED CLAMS 1 pint clams Bread crumbs BUttChop clams, then add in layers in buttered dish. Clam water enough to cover. Bake one hour. ^ CASSERQLE Cook fish in water and lemon juice. Place three cups offish in casserole. Add one teaspoon dried parsley, two tablespoons flour, one-half cup milk, salt and^epper and butter (cheese if desired), three tablespoons bread crumbs. Bake 25 minutes at 375 degrees. JEEP SALAD Cut up and add any amount of the following: Lettuce, carrots, cauli- flower, celery, tomatoes, sweet peppers, radishes, boiled eggs, Swiss cheese, garlic, chopped ham, olives, cold potatoes, onion. Serve with hot Roll out biscuit (or Bisquick) dough about three-eighths inch thick. Cut and wrlp around hot dog. Bake until dough is done, 10 to 12 minutes in hot oven. IRISH MOSS Put a piece of bleached moss about the size of an egg in one and one- half pints of milk. Boil, strain, and add sugar and vanilla to taste. Cool before eating. vmEGAR CANDY 1 cup sugar 1 cup molasses 1 tablespoon vinegar Butter (l/2 size of egg) 2 dZlVutif brittle in water, then pour into large greased pan so it will be thin. Good for colds. Clean and dress two coots. Place in large pan and bake in oven until the odor in kitchen becomes obnoxious. v-trhf,n w;th anv eood Throw coots and pan in trash can and spray kitchen with any good of sardines and place between two slices of bread. Excellent with a glass of beer. 68 69
after you leave Herald Jones It was Monday morning after the regatta: I had bailed out the boats and was ascending the steps to where my wife was weeding the garden, transplanting new shoots, thinning out the beds or any number of pleasant chores which would keep her out-of-doors where she loves to be. Suddenly, another “Boom” from the busy little cannon which had welcomed the Sloops as they sailed into the harbor and was now bidding them farewell and a safe journey back to their home port. “That must be about the last of them. Let’s go over and watch it sail out”‘ She accepted my hand and only groaned a little as she stood upright. From the pier we watched the sloop come about and head down the bay her pennant waving a gay farewell from the peak. “Pretty, isn’t she,” from me. “Yes, they’re all pretty.” Then she added, “But don’t you feel she’s some- thing more than just a lovely sail on the horizon?” “Such as?” “Well, history rides her bowsprit. She represents the aspirations of ma’,- his ability to fashion the good life. She was designed for a special purpose — she fulfilled her destiny ably — and here she is, three-quarters of a century later carving out a place for herself in our modern world.” “Well said, my dear. It gives me a warm feeling to realize that we’re part of her modern world. We fathered her; we’re proud of her accomplishments and proud of ourselves that she bears our name. A town needs to be proud of something. Let’s go down to the wharf and see if Betty and AI are catchina un on a bit of rest.” F As we walked leisurely along the wooded road, waving to a friend here stopping to chat with another, a car drew up and we recognized Jim Napier’s friendly grin. Jim puts up signs along the road, the parking lots, the information center, and spends a lot of time during the regatta to make sure things eo well in those areas. 70 “There goes the last one! Things will be quiet around here from now until next July.” It was quiet. Last week we couldn’t have chatted like this with cars passing, boats buzzing in the harbor, the loud speaker keeping the crowds informed. Now there were no cars, and the lobstermen had long since departed on their daily fishing chore. Suddenly, an idea. “Jim, you’re part of this show. What is the thing that’s uppermost in your mind, now that it’s over?” Jim’s reply came without hesitation: “How can three or four thousand peo- ple spend the better part of a week here, and leave it so clean? I came down here at six o’clock yesterday morning to take down the signs and pick up the mess, and I could have stayed in bed! There just wasn’t any mess: I didn’t even bother.” He was right. The boat owners, the crews, their families — even the spectators had been careful to keep the area clean. “Friendship Sloop fans must be the right kind of people.” “You just finding that out?” Again, his good grin as he moved on. When we came to the open field, the view of the harbor hit me in the face like a blow: EMPTY! For a week, the water had been crowded with boats of all descriptions, even including the “Victory Chimes” for one night: dozens of small boats, short masted catboats, tall masted schooners and Marconi-rigged sloops, stately houseboats, gouty cruisers and utilitarian lobster boats, colored flags flying. Now, only skiffs and a few lobster boats at their moorings. I suppose there must be almost a hundred of them, so the harbor was far from empty, but it hadn’t taken me long to become accustomed to the gay bustle of Sloop Days. Now that the visitors had departed, there was only emptiness, even for one who likes the quiet solitude of a fishing village. Betty Roberts was the first to welcome us when we reached the wharf, and I asked her my question: “Betty, now that they’ve gone, what is uppermost in your mind right now?” Her moment’s pause showed she had several things “uppermost,” and had to sort out the important one. “Now I’ll have time to sit down and really chat with people.” That would be Betty; she loves people, and a friendly chat with all who come is part and parcel of her life. That friendliness is an important factor in the success of “Sloop Days” and the Friendship Sloop Society. Remember my suggestion (back aways) that we see if Betty and Al were getting a bit of rest? Well, they weren’t, but I finally cornered Al long enough to pop my question. The answer came quickly. “One more bit of equipment to put away, and that comes down tomorrow morning.” “Which one?” “The platform for the loud speaker! All the rest — the information tent; the handicap buoys; the extra telephone booth; the shuttle cars; the planks and crates to sit on — nothing to do till next year!!” He grinned. And there you have Al Roberts. His efficient, tireless energy is another important factor in the success of “Sloop Days,” the new book, “Enduring Friendships,” and the Friendship Sloop Society itself. So next year, God willing, there’ll be another Friendship Sloop Regatta, with Betty and Al, and Friendship: the harbor filled with laughter and flags and gaiety — craft of all sizes, and the cannon popping welcomes to arriving guests of honor — the Friendship Sloops.
25′ Friendship Sloop Pemaquid in Fiberglass Draft — 4′ 3″ SA — 432 Disp. — 7000 LOA — 25 ft. LWL — 21 ft. Beam — 8′ 8″ Keel — 2000 lead JARVIS W. NEWMAN Southwest Harbor, Maine 04679 207 244-3860 Mack – Clark Bottling Co WALDOBORO – NEWCASTLE Berton H. Scott, Prop. TEL. 832-5835 or 563-3145 Bottlers and Distributors of ORANGE, GRAPE, and STRAWBERRY CRUSH CLICQUOT CLUB – FROSTIE ROOT BEER – MOXIE OLD JAMAICA BEVERAGES SLENDER DIETETIC BEVERAGES Pierce Marine Service, Inc. Boothbay Harbor, Maine 633-2922 MAINE’S MOST MODERN MARINA FACILITY SALES — SERVICE — STORAGE Rebuilding the Chrissy Ernest L H. Wiegleb Ever since my retirement from railroad construction work and my move to Maine, I have been anticipating extensive reconditioning of my original Friendship Sloop “CHRISSY,” built in 1912. I was hoping to postpone it until work on our new home was completed, and I could make a regular retirement project out of it. However, sailing in the summer of 1969, I contacted with the Crotch Island Ledges, and this brought me to the conclusion that something would have to be done very soon. After hauling out in the fall of 1969, I stripped the interior of the boat completely and found conditions of the frames (locally called timbers) and most of the fastenings appalling. I guess the boat was held together by its reputation. The boat apparently had been retimbered several times, the old frames had not been removed, so there was very little space to put in new ones. I decided to replace all frames with the exception of five white oak ones, which had been put in ten years ago and were as hard as iron. I put braces under the main deck beams at both ends of the cabin, where main bulkheads had been, to prevent sag, and decided to make new frames 114 ” by 2″ and ordered new oak from Newbert & Wallace in Thomaston. I talked about my project with Mr. Roy Wallace, also discussed kinds of new fastenings. Mr. Wallace advised me to use bronze nails and screws, which I did. Also, I decided at this time to replace remaining original oak planks. These planks were brittle and had some rot in various places. These and several others were going to be replaced with cedar. The necessary cedar was purchased from Monroe’s in Lincolnville. After getting most of my material, I proceeded with the work in the spring of 1970. In order not to lose any of the shape of the hull, I removed only about 18″ of old timbers and all galvanized fastenings at one time starting at the bow. Cleaned the space completely and applied cuprinol. Then I put in new frames spaced approximately 9″ centers. I was able to use full-length timbers without removing the deck, due to the slope from the bow past midship. In order to be able to easier bend and clamp frames in to position I cut holes in the planks to be removed for the use of heavy clamps. This gave the hull a somewhat grotesque and doubtful appearance and led to numerous questions by lots of people, who stopped along the road to talk and ask questions, “How did I expect the boat to float,’ and “how I was going to patch those holes,” etc., etc., etc. I set up a cooker made out of an old hot water tank loaned to me by Charley Jameson and an old oil burner loaned by Carlton Simmons. I got a wide slab of !3/4″ oak 10 feet long and set this up as a pattern board. Old timbers removed were laid on this board and lines drawn for their curves, then 1″ steel pins set in the appropriate spots for me to prebend frames before installing in the hull. Each frame was cooked at least an hour until a test showed it limber enough for bending. Frames were bent to Predeter- mined shape and then clamped to a strap across the bend to the side ot the timber, so it would not lose its shape, while taking it into the boat and clamping it into place. This worked perfectly until I progressed past midships to a point where the “S” curves made it necessary to put frames in two pieces. I used a side lap of at least 10 inches at each frame. Also,
Take a year-round Friendship “cruise” with ‘feoWH&tf’ The Magazine of Maine, for $5.50 a year. DOWN EAST MAGAZINE, CAMDEN, MAINE 04843 FRIENDSHIP DESION I ‘WOP'”) [CUKcry ] IN FRIENDSHIP VILLAGE Representing the fine artists and craftsmen of Friendship, Maine 10:00-5:3; All Summer Children Welcome Come On Over and Hang Around last year, more than 2200 visitors from almost every state and many foreign countries , signed our Guestbook. won’t you stop in too ? . . . we’re just minutes away.. . down the Friendship Road. THE WALDOBORO GALLERY a non-profit organization I removed two planks on each side, one at the turn of the bilge and one where the curves were most severe, parallel to the keel. This made it pos- sible to draw frames down to the planking. I continued using the strap method on the upper part of the frame. The lower ones were bent into place without prebending. It also became necessary to run a saw into frames before bending where curves were hard. At the sternpost where the knuckle is most severe I had to laminate frames completely. A total of 66 frames were put into the boat. They were fastened with bronze holdfast nails and everdur screws where old holes could be used over again. All butt blocks were replaced and everdur screw fastened, My pattern board was cut up for floors, which were placed at each frame. These were fastened to keel with everdur drifts and two bronze bolts to each timber. It was also decided to put in bilge stringers to bridge the lapped frames and otherwise strengthen and stiffen the hull. These were 4″ wide 1″ thick oak, that went the whole length of the hull with scarf joints. From sternpost to mast I put in additional two pieces of 2″ by 1″ oak. I removed and replaced 16 pieces of planking, several full-length. I plugged some 1500 old fastening holes and put in over 3000 new bungs over new fastenings. Planed and sanded outside of hull. Garboards were caulked by a professional caulker. He caulked and put in polysulphide seam compound in all remaining seams. All pockets in keel which were not used over were filled with Marine Tech, an epoxy compound. Spaces and pockets between frames at stem and sternpost and horn timbers had been filled with pitch which had to be removed in order to get ends of the old frames and their fastenings out. The pitch acted as a good preservative and made it very difficult to get them out. I found that no one handles pitch these days and was advised by Mr. Roy Wallace to use cement. I used Sakrete at the bow and the stern posts and used pitch at the horntimbers which had been salvaged. I put on a priming coat of paint aided by the unusually warm days of last December before putting on the wintercover. This spring I put in all new cedar ceil- ing, and am now ready to reinstall bulkheads, fittings, engine, stove head and other equipment. I owe special thanks to Bruce Morang, who came up several week- ends from Wakefield, Mass, to help. To Les Freeman of Friendship, for use of some of his equipment and his 240 pounds which was of great help on a few occasions, bucking up when refastening the more springy parts of the hull. nree Young Fellers” sailing Dr. Hahn’s Depression in last year’s Regatta are: )/•. Myron Hahn, Charles Murphy, and Les Young, whose combined ages are ipproximately 265 years. If you add Depression’s 72 years, that totals out to almost 3Vi centuries of experience in sailing a Friendship! Three D, D. L,
preserve the old . . . conserve for the future The Gushing Historical Society The Gushing Historical Society was founded and incorporated the summer of 1969 with the same goals as all historical societies . . . to preserve the old. We have added to conserve for the future, as you will find in our number many avid conservationists, and we live very happily together. As in many areas, we found that much of our history was fast disappearing through papers, letters, books, and artifacts being taken to other parts of the country by people who had moved here for the summer. Ancient cemeteries were lost . . . markers overgrown, and cellar excavations fallen in. A handful of people knew through the reading of Eaton’s ANNALS OF WARREN that the St. George River was the pioneers’ road into the main and that a very early settlement had existed with forts and two blockhouses. General Samuel Waldo had granted lands to these early settlers on numbered lots below the blockhouse in Thomaston to Pleasant Point . . . we had them . . . where were the grist mills . . . the sawmills . . . the brickyards . . . the lime kilns? We were after good hard historical facts . . . but marvelous legends abounded in this land where the good Scotch-Irish inhabitants believed in witches and warlocks and things that go bump in the night. There are stories of pirate treasure; there are writings upon the ledges of the shore . . . underground pas- sages, and, in fact, an underground timber house, which was found in a state of decay when the first settler in the northern part of town arrived in 1736. Material started pouring in. Folks who had held onto their family records seemed somewhat relieved we would care for them . . . it is all to be a book some- day . . . what a story Gushing will make . . . and we’ll have it all … the legends, too. Funding is necessary to build a house for our growing collection. Last sum- mer we held an old-fashioned day at the Olson Farm at Hathorn’s Point . . . the site of the last celebration in the town when they observed their one-hundredth birthday . . . in 1889. It was carefully planned to include what folks used to have fun doing. The good homely things . . . a clambake with corn in the husk . . . picnic lunches in a grove on the shore. A schooner arrived in the river bearing descendents of early settlers . . . she was hailed from the shore by three cannon volleys. Through- out the day the barn housed our historical museum, and arts and crafts shop. The Olson House was open for the first time with a fabulous exhibit of working drawings and watercolors by Andrew Wyeth (our half-a-year son) . . . done exclusively in and around the farm. The afternoon was taken up by pigtail, freckle and blueberry-pie-eating contests . . . and a whopping big corn-husking bee. Topping off the day was an auction and square dancing. 76 From the moment the Boy Scouts raised the flag to the strains of “America the Beautiful,” till the flag was lowered, a certain wonderful feeling seemed to overtake all of us … perhaps best described in the following which appeared as a preface to an album sent to Joseph E. Levine, who generously donated the premises for the occasion: “The day dawned . . . clear, bright . . . almost crisp for an August morning. “A young Union cavalryman and a handsome hawk-beaked Indian climbed to the bell loft of the old Broad Cove Church. “As the peal of the bell resounded down the river valley, the little village of Gushing suddenly sprang into action. Knee breeches and tri-cornes . . . ging- ham and calico gowns . . . bonnets and caps . . . feathered Indians appeared behind the wheels of Maine-plated automobiles. “Blue clouds of smoke appeared from the shores of Hathorn Point . . . down at the Olson Farm. The clambake fire had been going since before dawn. “A gentle breeze had sprung up as folks began to arrive . . . this would hasten the arrival of the Irma Ann, a schooner bearing more of the celebrants. “A tall young man in a stovepipe hat stepped to the granite block before the Olson House. A descendant of the captain who commanded the blockhouse in the Indian War of 1753 . . . he led the Pledge of Allegiance to Old Glory, which had been raised by the Boy Scouts. As she fluttered and snapped from the pole, a clear soprano voice rang out . . . ‘For beautiful . . . for spacious skies . . . America . . . America.’ There wasn’t a heart that didn’t have a sudden swelling . . . almost an ache for this precious moment . . . this wonder- ful day . . . the friends . . . our country home and our beloved nation. It seemed life as it could be … or used to be … was ours for a day. “Three resounding volleys came from the shore . . . the cannon was signaling the arrival of the schooner. Early Settler’s Day had officially begun.” We vowed not to do the expected thing . . . so there will not be an Early Set- tler’s Day this year . . . but there is something in the wind. We need a lot more in our fund before we can buy or build a home for our collection . . . or start a book. We hope you will watch for our project and do come and join us!! Ruth M. Jones Aiken President 77
M Owe ^4 Complete Service front 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 State O’ Maine Facts, Maine Coastal Cooking, JubileeCookbook,Handy Wine Guide, and Maine Scenes. 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 R O C K L A N D August 5-6-7-8 Four Days of Fun and Feasting Open Sesame That soft spoken, young looking man with a great sense of humor you see standing on the wharf over there is the builder and ex-owner of the Sloop CONTENT an ex vice-president of the Sloop Society . . . his name? — oh, Stuart Ford. After he retired Stu got busy and built the CONTENT — that was^lO years ago! Four years ago he had his unposed picture taken in a bos’n’s chair at the top of his mast at 6:30 A. M. This winter Carlton Simmons took the accompanying picture on Stuart’s 80th birthday. At this birthday party Stuart reminisced about the incident related below. When you see Stuart on the wharf this summer watching the races and cheering Robert Edwards on in his CONTENT you will know as Stuart says in his story that Friendship is a magic work — to Stu it means his beloved sloop, and to you, the rare opportunity of meeting a very special person. Stu recalls: While cruising down to Winter Harbor in 1966 with my shipmate Pierson Curtis, we sailed one fine day into North Haven. A head appeared from a sailboat cabin, and seeing a Friendship Sloop called to us to take the only guest mooring in sight. We went ashore for lunch and to try to find a barber shop. I felt this was essential if I were to be recognizable at the annual “Sloop Days” and races at Friendship on our way back to Bailey Island. The lunch continued on page 81 78 79
Think . . . McLoon Lobster Co., Inc. ROCKLAND When You Want Lobsters two weeks hence . . . The fourth annual Friendship Arts and Crafts Show will be held in Armstrong Memorial Hall August 13 and 14. This show began in the fall of 1967 when some amateur artists of the Friendship Village Society decided Friendship might have an art show. The show would be for the display of their own works and that of other Friendship people mainly for fun but also with the hope of interesting younger people in developing creative talents. The first show was a success with more than twenty contributors of paintings, photographs, sculptures, and rugs. Moreover, the show had a ’cause.’ Enough funds were contributed by visitors to provide materials for art instruction in the Village School, as no formal art program was available at that time. Donna Weisel volunteered to give classroom instruction in painting. The ensuing year Donna’s health precluded her carrying out her plans. However, the federally-funded Project Treasure Hunt launched its two-year program of six-week sessions of professional art instruction in area schools. The following summer a second art show provided more funds and enjoyed the participation of more exhibitors. Joyce Jameson, who was chairman of the show, volunteered to ‘apprentice’ during Treasure Hunt’s second year for the six-week session in Friendship. Joyce graduated from the apprenticeship and continued the program on her own for the remainder of the year with the aid of art show funds. Children’s art was a special feature of the 1970 show. The large sampling of intriguing works from the school program was testimony to its success. The fourth show now being planned is open, as before, to Friendship residents and summer visitors of any age who would like to display their art or craft. New exhibitors are particularly welcome. Anyone interested in participating may contact Joyce Jameson (Mrs. Elmer Jameson, III). Walter Foster continued from page 78 counter man told us that there used to be a barber shop just across the street, but that the barber had taken a job with a family on Vinalhaven and would occasionally give one a haircut in the evening by special appointment at his home about a half mile up the road. After walking much more than the half mile, a kindly gentleman picked me up in his car and dropped me off in front of a neat island home. A pleasant woman answered my knock and I said, “Rumor has it that your husband sometimes cuts hair in the evening.” She confirmed the rumor, but said he could not do it that evening as he had to go to Rockland. I told her that we were moored in the harbor in a Friendship Sloop, but were going downeast in the morning. We went back aboard, had supper, and were enjoying the sunset when an outboard powered skiff came by. The man in it called, “Where’s the man who wants a haircut?’ I spoke up and was soon landed on a float. As we went up the ramp he said, “You don’t mind riding in a Cadillac, do you?” On answering him that I would ride in most anything, we indeed got into a well kept Cadillac. “I got this in Florida last winter, had to have some work done on it, so I got all told about seven-hundred in it.” When we stopped at his home, I started for the house. “Not in the house — out in the shed.” I cor- rected my course slightly to port and we entered his shed. There was a work bench, lobster trap gear, and things useful and otherwise that col- lect through the years. In the waning light I could make out an ancient barber chair over which he lit a naked electric bulb. “Climb aboard” and the operation began. Lacking any water, there was no lather nor trimming with a razor, for which in the limited light I was just as glad. When he finished, I asked him what I owed him. “That will be just one dollar.” I allowed that the transportation by boat and car, and both ways was surely worth another dollar. His answer — “I won’t refuse it.” Back in the Cadillac, down to the float and out to the CONTENT where he spent a social hour with us with the appropriate libations before say- ing “Good night.” I am convinced that a Friendship Sloop is a magic Open Sesame for anything one needs in the vicinity of salt water. 01
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