1983 FSS Yearbook
📄 Download PDF23rd Annual Homecoming Friendship, Maine July 27, 28, 29, 30 1983 YEARBOOK AND GUIDE
LET’S BUILD A FAST FRIENDSHIP TOGETHER. DICTATOR 31’x10’8″x5′ PEMAQUID 25’x8’8″x4’3″ At Jaruis Newman, Inc., we continue the tradition of Maine’s Friendship Sloop in hand /aid-up fiberglass with two of the finest and fittest sloops available. Both the 31′ DICTA TOR and 25′ PEMAQUID are a sailors delight, providing all the beauty and ease of handling these time honored sloops, plus the low maintenance of fiberglass that leaves you more time for sailing, while others are scraping, sanding and painting. Please write to us for our brochures on these two fine sailboats. J^rvis P.O. Box 707, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 207-244-3860 President’s Message There is a deep aura of nostalgia that binds us all together. This nostalgia is difficult to define other than a gut feeling of deep respect for the people and their boats that have gone before us. This feeling permeates the Sloop Society and gives it direction. Everything needs a reason for being and we should be proud to be a part of perpetuating the story of Friendship sloops. We are the fortunate ones who have experienced the feeling of tradition, excitement and respect for Friendship sloops and everything they stand for. Sail on into your own little chunk of history with a smooth sea and a fair breeze. Bill Hadlock, Heritage HERITAGE Boutilier Photo
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TO SKIPPER A FRIENDSHIP SLOOP by J. Malcolm Barter 3 O CQ < Skipper's meeting. Captain Barter 4th from the left. The 10 o'clock Skippers' Meeting is over. All attending have heard the race committee announce that the Portland Weather Bureau predicts clear skies, no fog, and a south-southwest wind of 15 to 20 miles an hour. Another Friendship Sloop Race is on; starting time at 12 noon in outer Friendship Har- bor, the course to be posted on the committee boat before the first gun. What is to take place within two hours is a competition unique in yacht rac- ing, at least on the New England Coast and probably nowhere else except maybe among an assortment of ole-time gaff-riggers in England. Sloops designed at the end of the last century as fishermen's workboats — sturdy craft of oak and pine, gaff-rigged with a long, dipping bowsprit, a clipper bow and an elliptical stern — will be competing among their own kind (originals, and replicas in wood and fiberglass, of varying lengths) over a course of 12 miles or more around Muscongus Bay, where they were conceived. To own a Friendship Sloop is to possess a boat of character, a nautical treasure. To skipper one is a privilege that I was fortunate to enjoy for sixteen years, sailing first in Downeaster in 1963 and 1964 and in Dirigo, bald- headed and later with topsails, from 1965 until she was sold in 1979. Both 30-footers were built by Lash Brothers Boatyard of Friendship. Two of the Lash brothers who helped build them, Douglas and Harold, sailed with me as crew, as did some of their sons and daughters. A skipper's role at Friendship begins long before that briefing session on the dock. He must check to make sure that all his crew are on hand and their names given to the secretary of the Friendship Sloop Society to be relayed to the announcer on the public address system for the parade of sloops around the harbor on Saturday. He must make certain that his boat is ready to sail and is properly equipped; a lifejacket for everyone who will be on board and a life ring to throw to anyone who might fall overboard; also a compass, chart of Muscongus Bay, numbers on the sail, and a radar reflector (a foot-square cardboard box covered with aluminum foil and with a line attached for hoisting it aloft will suffice) in case the race committee boat or the Coast Guard has to come looking in a fog for unreported sloops. He must also have seen to it that his boat has undergone her periodic measurement for handicap, and that he or the boat owner has signed the necessary waiver releasing the race committee and the Friendship Sloop Society from any liability should his boat or anyone on it be involved in a mishap during the race. In most cases, the skipper and the boat owner will be one and the same, but not always. Nor will the skipper always be the helmsman, although he generally assumes that role. But whether the skipper steers the boat himself or gives instructions to the person at the helm, he's the man in charge. No matter what previous racing experience a skipper may have, sailing a Friendship Sloop is different. It doesn't handle like a "Lightning" or one of those assembly-line, plastic-hulled sloops with a tall skinny mast, a boom so short it ends forward of the pedestal wheel, and with a big genoa jib extending aft almost to the stern. A Friendship Sloop doesn't carry a spinnaker down- wind. She relies instead on that big, barn door of a mainsail swung out on one side and with whatever headsails, jib, forestaysail, or flying jib, that can be wung out on the other. On Dirigo, we'd hold her jib topsail out by pushing a long pole against the sheet fastened aft. With that huge sail aloft bellied full, Dirigo would go downhill like a train of cars. Also, we found out early on what most Friendship Sloop skippers have since discovered: that in light air a Friendship Sloop will go faster down wind when down by the head. Nowadays, one sees one or two persons out on the bowsprit and with most of the rest of the crew well forward as the sloops come winging home to the finish line in Friendship Harbor. Since the mast on a Friendship Sloop is stepped well up in the eyes of her, most sloops have a weather helm. We found that by carrying a luff up as far as the first three hoops when going to weather in a stiff breeze we could gain as much as a half knot as a result of reducing drag on the rudder. A Friendship Sloop skipper must have at least a rudimentary knowledge of the racing rules: namely, a boat on the starboard tack has the right of way (Bill Danforth liked to stress that point when he was race committee chairman), and if another boat has an inside overlap when approaching a mark of the course, you have to give her room to round it. The skipper should also know his boat: possess familiarity with all her running rigging and how everything is supposed to work, know how to distribute bodies aboard to maintain balance and trim (not everybody can ride around the course in the cockpit; some have to sit or lie on the side deck), and be able to decide how much sail to carry in different kinds of wind. Before the annual races, we always took Downeaster and Dirigo out weekends for trial runs to tune up the boat and practice handling sails, especially the jib topsail. What in the beginning resembled a Chinese fire drill as we brought Dirigo about soon became a smooth routine. Then, there are tactics. Among his many duties, the skipper is generally the tactician. He makes the final decision where to cross the starting line (the weather end of the line is not always the most advantageous because of too many boats clustered there fouling each other's air); when to tack; and which boats to cover or to keep dogging, waiting for an opportunity to slip ahead. He constantly watches the telltale yarns on the shrouds for any slight change in the wind and keeps an eye peeled to weather for any signs of a freshening breeze — the smoke from the overhead exhaust of a lobsterboat, rippling on the water, or a big cruising yacht with a bone in her teeth. A wise skipper keeps his crew apprised of what he plans to do and seeks the advice of seasoned crew members who have sailed with him before. He makes it a point to assign some job to all aboard, even if for some first-timer, it Wholesale, Incorporated *Zr*rz&ters^&s£rr 50 Park St., Rockland, Me. 04841 (594-5443) Beer & Soda At Discount Prices Groceries • Tobacco • Paper Goods • Institutional Products • Charcoal • And More Glen Cove ME 04846 (207) 594-9531 1-800-432-1702 Obstetricians/Gynecologists, Peter R. Shrier, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Albert J. Lantinen, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. Certified Nurse Midwife, Susan E. Harris, R.N., C.N.M. Board Certified Specialists WEATHER for commercial fishing vessels or pleasure boats is FAIR and so is the treatment at: BAR HARBOR BANKING & TRUST COMPANY HALL FUNERAL HOME Serving Your Town 832-5541 is only straightening the wind yarns should they become tangled in the rigg- ing as the boat is tacked. The old Navy saying applies to Friendship Slooping: "A good ship is a taut ship, a taut ship is a good ship." Sailing to win, a skipper is responsible for getting the most out of both his sloop and his crew, but not so as to endanger the boat or the boats of others, nor, like Captain Bligh, to the point of causing mutiny in the cockpit. When you come right down to it, racing a Friendship Sloop is more than just a test of seamanship. It's a joyful occasion. Lucky indeed are those fortunate to ex- perience it. Downeaster won the Governor's Cup in 1963, and Dingo in 1965 and 1967. Dirigo also won the Maine Retired Skip- pers' Race at Castine in 1978 with owner-skipper Ernest Sprowl at the helm. In that race a skipper must be 65 years or older and have been born in the State of Maine. Capt. Barter at the helm of Dirigo Boutilier Photo THE FRIENDSHIP COLLECTION Designed By Special commissions accepted. For brochure please send $1.00 to: Howard Gallagher has skillfully combined his knowledge of boats and fine craftsmanship to produce this unique collection of Friend- ships. The Collection offers a dozen different cop- per and brass replicas of Friendship Sloops; including Christmas ornaments, mobiles, wind chimes, silhouettes, fully-rigged l/z hull and 3 dimensional models priced from $5.00 to $500.00. Howard Gallagher, c/o Maine Gather- ing, Public Landing, Camden, Maine 04843. Thanks to our friends in Friendship . . . . TAMARACK Maine Coon Cats Marjorie Winchenpaw purrs0nality Pets Deborah Wescott Timber Pt. Friendship, Me. Tel. 207-832-5307 Village Grill Take-Out Monday - Saturday 11:00-8:00 • Lobster & Crabmeat Rolls • Pizzas _ ,- , 7- . _ ,, , • rrencn fries • Hamburgers _ ,-, . D. _ « , , . , • Onion Rings • sandwiches We Carry Getty Gas FALES AND SON General Merchandise 354-6431 Gushing Friendship Plumbing & Heating Friendship, Maine Friendship 832-5327 Rockland 594-8691 G.E. Appliances - Fuel Oil • Propane Gas Electrical work - burner service - low prices and we service what we sell Red Jacket Water Systems Kerr Wood Furnaces Cantherm Heat Pump System LETTER TO THE MAN WHO FOLLOWED THE RACE Dear Sam, It was good to get your letter about how fast and maneuverable is your new power boat and also your account of the Friendship Sloop race. I hope your pictures come out well. I agree that the sloop skipper who threw a bottle at you and referred to Glass Slipper as a "damned old stink pot" was not acting entirely in the spirit of the Friendship Sloop Society, but perhaps I can im- agine why he did it. A sail boat going to windward in a light breeze and smooth water generates a unique magic of balance in motion. The wind acts on the sails to move the boat ahead. As she gathers speed, she adds the wind of her going, moves a little faster, and so gradually builds a gentle speed dependent on her own momentum. The sun is warm; the breeze is cool. The taut sail whispers; the weather rigging, the sheets and halyards barely sigh; the water ripples under the bow, slides gently aft, and closes astern leaving no seam. The skipper with his hand on the sensitive tiller holds the gentle tensions carefully balanced, feels in his finger tips the momentum building. He lives in a quiet world of wind and water, sun and silence. Now, if he happens to be engaged in a race at the same time, his concen- tration is doubled and tension increases as the square. The momentum must be steadily built, the balance carefully maintained. No one must move sud- denly. The sails must be precisely trimmed and kept hard full, and the boat must be held up to the wind. At the same time, the competitors must be watched carefully. Is one creeping to windward where he can force us to sail in his dirty air? Is another tacking to gain the right of way? Will we pass ahead of him or will we have to give way? Are we gaining fast enough on one ahead to give us an overlap at the buoy? And then you come charging up from astern, your wake a long scar on the surface of the bay, your engine shattering the quiet morning. You stand at the gleaming controls on the flying bridge, range up alongside to windward, wave cheerfully, and pick up your camera. Your high bridge interferes with the steady flow of wind. The waves of your wake catch up with the sloop, lifting her stern, burying her bow, rolling her to windward so the boom slats over and back, shaking the wind out of her sails, destroying the momentum so carefully cultivated. The smell of your exhaust envelops the sloop, symboliz- ing the destruction you have caused and the advantage you have conferred on the competitors. Can you wonder that even a friendly skipper might feel More Friendship Friends FRIENDSHIP MARKET MAIN ST. FRIENDSHIP, MAINE 04547 A.M. P.M. Set Sail Drop Anchor Mon - Sat 8:00 6:00 Friday 8:00 8:00 Sunday 9:00 1:00 TELEPHONE: 832-4283 OWNERS: John & Norma Black GROCERIES, MEAT, PRODUCE MEDUNCOOK COUNTRY STORE Friendship, Maine 04547 Sue & Tony Campagna, Props. Hardware - Marine Supplies - Paint - Appliances WALLACE MARKET FRIENDSHIP, ME ARCHIE & IVERNIA Gasoline — Oil — Groceries Meats — Hot Sandwiches Pizzas — Soda — Italian Sandwiches FRIENDSHIP TRAP COMPANY in l/inyl- C~'aa ire oLooiter Urapi ROUTE 97 FRIENDSHIP, MAINE 04547 PHONE (207)354-2545 Racing in light air Boutilier Photo so frustrated as to refer to your lovely Glass Slipper as a "damned old stink pot" and even be driven to hurl a bottle at your vanishing stern? The next time you go out to watch a race, stay to leeward of all the com- petitors, move slowly through the water, stay well clear of the marks of the course, and use your telephoto lens. It may be that you will not be noticed during the day, that you will at length build a reputation as a good seaman, and that you will be welcome aboard a sloop when the anchor is down. Fair winds, Joe Other events, museums and other things to do in the area Jfla/ne ROCKLAND Our 36th year. Selected as one of the "Top 100" events in North America for 1983. August 5,6,7 Photo, Cooking & Sardine Packing Contests Parades - Crafts - Street Dance - Pageant -10 K Road Race - Lobster Race - Run by Volunteers for Charity. The Maine Maritime Museum, owner of Chance, is pleased to participate with the Friendship Sloop Society in "Friendship Sloop Days," 1983. MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM Membership includes Free admission, newsletter, discount on boat plans and publications, research assistance, boat- building workshops, members events and more. For information, please write Maine Maritime Museum, 963 Washington St., Bath, Maine 04530 207-4436311 More area events and things to do Come. Step into Yesterday and tour the Age of Sail. A classic collection of marine paintings, models and artifacts from the era of sail and trade dramatically arranged in a group of buildings which include :;-£ several sea captains' homes and - .. the former Tcwn Hall. Daily 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Open through October 15 Sunday 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Penobscot Marine Museum • Route One • Searsport, Maine WRKD WMCM KNOX BROADCASTING CO., INC. 415 MAIN ST. ROCKLAND Classes in Calisthenics for for men, women, children 594-2901 Equipment Room, featuring a cross- country skiing simulator — showers Nutritional Programs — Massage Judi Draper Shepard Director 465 Main St. Rockland, ME. 04841 5 AM TO 10 PM 6 DAYS A WEEK More area events and things to do . . Union Presenting "CAPTAIN BOB'S" GREAT UNION COUNTRY FLEA MARKET AND AUCTION "Mittoast Maine's Largest Flea Market" Route 17 and 131 785-4455 Union liny Tourist Hlohway from Augusta (Internet* ««) lout* Ta Cemden And «etl Of Tlie Caait FoJI or partial e»tate« and other good WFFKI Y THURSDAY NlfiHT ajnilerimenis wonted lor our weekly VVCC:rl_I inunOLJHI INlun I OIK1|eV,,. A really dean, down home. counlry fair otmo»ph«r» cr«at»d by Captain Bob and Ruth Simard plui all fh. r«olly nie« lolki v»ho i«t up a) our ll*o market. CAPT. BOB S «UTH SIMARD AUCTIONS START AT 7:00 PM RUTH'S GALLEY Serving R«ally Good "Down Hom« Horn. Cook»d M«ali • Main«'« 8.11 lobit.r Roll • Full Courl« Mtolj T • Booth and Counter S»rvi« Avoilobl* • Sandwich** • Doily Special* • B«v«rog«$ • 15 Flavors of tc« , Croom • Homemade Deuerti • Specializing In Fr«lh Main* S^rioodi. Op«n at 7:00 for breakfast . . . closet ol 8:00 p.n OUR FLEA MARKET FEATURES: > New and Uwd Tools • Antiques • Fabrics • Household Hems • Books • Bottles • Coins > Glassware • New and Used Clothing • Pointing. • Sporting Equipment • Maine Arts and Crofts • Nautical Hems • local Farm Vegetables and Produce • Lobster Traps and Buoys • Furniture • Maine Souvenirs . . . and Much Much More “NOUS PARLONfFKANCAIS” FROM CAPTAIN BOB’S Jt-FOOT LOBSTER BOAT * Live Main* lob*t«n. Clam*. _ CrabfTHral and oth«f Frsnh £. Main* S«iood.. i Ag*d wood bb*t«r trap* and bwoyt. OUI LOUTEkTS AM THI LOWEST PRICED IN MID-COAST MAINE! OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK. 7 A.M.-5 P.M., STARTING APRIL 30 RAIN OR SHINE TEL 785-4455 “THE UNDERCOVER FLEA MARKET” KNO ‘MATTHEWS, MAINE HERITAGE” UNION FAIR August 21 – 27 Harness Horse Racing Daily Giant Midway Horse, Steer, Oxen, and Tractor Pulling Nightly Entertainment featuring Blueberry Festival Day August 27 MATTHlws’MUSEUM of MAINE HERITAGE Featuring “FEATURE ATTRACTION” Hodge One Room School House & Thousands of Rural Life Tools ANNUAL STATE °Pen dai1^’ except Mondays ~ 12:0° nOOn tO 5:°° OF MAINE BLUEBERRY FESTIVAL JulV l through Labor Day A COUSIN OF THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP by Hugh G. Williams Friendships were not the only sloops that evolved on Muscongus Bay’s Bremen Long Island. During the years before Wilbur Morse moved his shop from there to Friendship Harbor, several other types — generically known as Muscongus Bay sloops — were developed and widely used for inshore fishing. One of these, which I owned as a boy in the 1930’s, provided me with not only my first experiences of ocean sailing but also a chance to appreciate the unique qualities of these able little workboats. I wish I had made better use of this knowledge. First a word about design. A Friendship sloop came into her full glory beating home against a screeching westerly with a heavy catch of groundfish in her hold. But her smaller cousins, intended for lobstering, weir work, mackerel jigging and fishing around the ledges, were specialized toward handiness, carrying capacity, dependability in all weathers, and steadiness as a working platform, often for one man working alone. They were characteriz- ed by rather generous beam, large open cockpits, plumb bows with a very fine entrance,-and a beautifully clean run. A sizeable mainsail was set on an unstayed mast that was stepped well forward; a small foretriangle consisted of a single medium sized jib or two very small ones. Some were keel boats with a severely hard turn to the bilge, but many others, especially the older models, were centerboarders. The twenty-two foot Lucille, built by Tom Brackett of New Harbor soon after 1900, came to me tired and worn at the end of a strenuous and unpampered working life. Parts of her deck could be penetrated by any deter- mined forefinger. Her bilge, packed mostly with beach-rock ballast and scrap iron, was daily filled by an inexhaustible spring of salt water, and in its tomato- bisque-like visibility the leak was impossible to locate. Lucille ‘s sails seemed to have been stored in a coal cellar full of mice. Construction was ponderous — in the local phrase, ‘gormy’. Her oak tiller, if recycled as a baseball bat, could have slugged a fly ball deep into the stands, and it demanded respect from a helmsman of whatever age, height and weight. The mast, with the girth of a utility pole, was planted nearly in the eyes of her and applied an awesome downward thrust whenever Lucille plunged into a deep trough between seas. Protruding nearly three feet over the stern, the main boom made reefing a memorable adventure. A tiny cuddy just forward of ten feet of wide-open cockpit, gave grudging shelter in a rain shower. By no criteria was she a sensitive boat. But the virtues of her type were all there. Her stability was marvelous; she had obviously provided secure footing for the lobsterman and plenty of space for his traps, bait barrels and baskets for the catch itself. The generous main- sail allowed her to be handled like a catboat while slaloming in and out around a string of traps, with no need for tending jib sheets or continually guiding them around a weedy, waterlogged lobster pot. Native materials had been used almost exclusively; cleats and the forward bitts were of oak, as was
More things to do . . . . MUSEUMS Come uisit the ^£> SHORE VILLAGE MUSEUM ^ 104 Limerock St. • Rockland, ME A WORKING MUSEUM RESTORATION WORKSHOP – DISPLAY BUILDING – GIFT SHOP OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK • 10:00 A.M. TO 5:00 P.M. OPERATIONAL DISPLAYS MOST WEEKENDS LOCATION • 2 Mite south of Rockbnd on Route 73 – WATCH FOR SIGNS For Informitkxi Call 594-9219 OWLS HEAD OF More things to do. … FISHING CHARTERS SEA BEST IN MID COAST ME H . DAILY TRIPS • C.G. APPROVED -ALLGEAR PROVIDED HENRIETTA CAPT.John Earl Rockland Public Landing 30 PASSENGERS 40 FT DIESEL CALL 594-5411 For Reservations Model of an early Muscongus Bay Sloop Smithsonian Institute’ Photo #2364 the massive well that held the rudder post. The size of the mast, a stout native spruce, eliminated expensive wire rigging and reduced windage. With the mainsail strapped in and the tiny headsails doused, she would lie perfectly still in the wind’s eye for handlining or jigging a few mackerel. Her weight made ranging up to a mooring or a wharf so easy that in this respect all other boats have been spoiled for me. Fast? Wel-1, in a twenty-knot westerly, with the sheets started a bit, she’d go like blazes. I should have made much better use of her good qualities than I did. However, being young, foolish and possessed of a lavish imagination, I was determined to convert Lucille into a cruising yacht. A friendly and tolerant fisherman who was also a skilled shipwright made the deck tight and sound. In response to my fears about that expanse of cockpit (‘What’ll I do if we take a big breaking sea aboard?’), he built a cabin- house that stood up like “The Texas” on one of Mark Twain’s sidewheelers. Now it was no longer possible to set up two full-length folding cots in that dangerously spacious cockpit and simply throw a tarpaulin over the boom for shelter. Instead there were two miserable pine shelves that no mattress would ever fit, and a hitherto insignificant deck-beam that caught me right across the forehead whenever I tried to sit up. Still, the outside could be varnished and a natty-looking life ring with ‘Lucille’ painted on it mounted on the roof. And, a sardonic cousin pointed out, she’d be lots faster down wind. Who, in those days, ever heard of a yacht without standing rigging? Therefore, on went a pair of shrouds that produced windage, much romantic humming when it breezed up, and some continually frozen-up turnbuckles to work on.
More things to do. . . . Sail a Windjammer . . . . VICTORY CHIMES New England’s outstanding windjammer vacation. Largest passenger schooner under U.S. flag – Excellent food – comfortable staterooms. U.S. Coast Guard inspected. Free brochure – see our ad on back cover. Maine Sailing Vacation A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE $395 weekly July and Aug. Lower rates off season For brochure call 207-236-9063 207-763-3137 Schooner Timberwind Copt. Dill Alexander Box 2470, Rockport, Maine 04856 The Only Windjammer in Rockport! Sail to the Islands of Maine on a truly unusual Vacation. Enjoy a good breeze, an exciting day sailing, a quiet harbor, a huge deli- cious dinner, new friends £ great memories for an entire week! $395 (lower offseason) includes everything. 2 Free brochures. Cap’n Jim Sharp – Sch. ADVENTURE Sch.ROSEWAY Box 696C. Camden, ME04843. Tel. 207-236-4449 ^^^^ Largest Windjammers In Thf C.nmdm Flrrl Compliments of “Angelique” Angelique Length 95′ Beam 23′ Ketch Rig 31 Guests Res. 236-8873 «3apt. Mike & Myrna Anderson Yankee Packet Co. Box.736 Camden, ME. 04843 207-236-8873 Maine Windjammer COASTING SCHOONERS ISAAC H. EVANS LEWIS R. FRENCH HERITAGE Come sail with us for a week filled with exciting sailing, good food, informal fun, beautiful scenery and new friends. For Brochures Write Captains Lee & Foss Box 482-D Roc/eland, Maine 04841 207-594-8007 Sail the MAINE coast aboard the historic Weekly cruises aboard the historic schooner Stephen Taber. $395 in- cludes hearty meals, a lobster bake, brisk sailing, a turn at the wheel, total relaxation & much more. Call 207- 236-3520 or write for brochure. Schooner Stephen Taber weekly cruises I For brochures write: SCHOONER STEPHEN TABER 70 ELM ST. DRAWER B, CAMDEN, MAINE 04&43 Tel. (307) 236-3520 Capt. Williams at the helm of Lucille about 1932 Maine Maritime Museum An exotic impulse dictated that those mildewed sails be dyed, so a few days went into boiling them in a tub of catecue, a reddish preservative generally used on a seine net. From then on, after every shower, Lucille looked like the sole survivor of an eighteenth-century naval battle. Steel wool wouldn’t begin to get that red stain off the decks; it merely left particles of rust that added a sickeningly measly effect. During the years I owned her, Lucille was constantly used for day-sailing, picnicking and fishing trips, duties for which her original lay-out would have suited her ideally. I think she made one cruise, which lasted all of three days. But I’d at least had the grace not to rename her Moonshadow or Windsong. She was finally sold to an Ohioan who put her on a flat car and shipped her out to Lake Erie. The story that got back to us was that eventually she had sunk in a heavy blow. Those beach-rocks and pieces of scrap iron doubtless took her down with very little fuss. Hearing this, I got to thinking about that ballast and what it might have done to a group of us one afternoon, but these feelings were indeed mixed. A hard, rain-laden southerly Vvas raising a steep breaking chop outside New Harbor, and we sailed Lucille out into it. About ten minutes under way, somebody noticed a pencil-sized jet of water geysering up from one side of the transom, though this would happen on only one tack. Out came buckets and pump, and we managed easily to keep up with it, as Lucille was so steady on her feet. Such sailing in a stiff and sea-kindly boat was so ex- hilarating that we kept at it till nearly dark — driving her hard on the offshore
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lore boat people . . . . Evinrude – OMC Stern Drive – Grady/White – Privateer – Old Town – Corson – Mercruiser SALES AND SERVICE Visit Our Pier and Marina in the Historic Harbor r and the Seascape Restaurant w Harbor Corporation Water Street at Dockside • Thomaston, Maine 354-2200 SAILMAK1R Estella A. Mystic Seaport Photo COTTON & DACKON SAILS TEL. (207) 633-5071 BOX 71, EAST BOOTHBAY, MAINE 04544 Newman Marine Jarvis Newman, broker Box 11, Main St. S.W. Harbor, Me. 04679 244-5400 Friendship Sloops For Sale LENGTH 22 ‘ 22′ 25′ 25′ 25′ 25′ 25′ 25′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 30′ 31′ 31′ 31′ 33’ CONSTRUCTION FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS WOOD WOOD FIBERGLASS WOOD WOOD WOOD FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS FIBERGLASS WOOD YEAR 70 82 78 73 80 65 71/78 71 69 65 72 68 76 78 78 39 BERTHS 2 2 4 4 4 2 4 2 4 4 5 4 5 4 4 4 POWER OB UNIV. VOLVO VOLVO VOLVO UNIV. CB OB YAN. UNIV. VOLVO WEST. PERK. UNIV. WEST. WEST. PRICE $ 13,000 $ 21,000 $ 39,500 $ 38,000 $ 82,000 $ 25,000 $ 25,000 $ 18,500 3 47,500 $ 22,000 $ 45,000 $ 30,000 $ 79,000 $ 66,000 $ 98,000 $ 16,800 Complete descriptions on these Friendships are available as well as other sail and power boats. JARVIS NEWMAN, BROKER It has always been the sea that sustained life. The first settlers came by sea, and they stayed because of the abundance of fish, herring, and clams. Morse Island had 2 fish drying plants and shipped a boat load of dried fish every week to New York. In the late 1800’s lobstering was prevalent. This is the time the Friendship Sloop came into the picture. 1901 was the year 22 Friendship Sloops were built along the shore of Bremen Long Island. Everywhere along the shores boats of all kinds were being built, but it is the Friendship Sloop that has become the queen of the fleet. Right up to the pre- sent time Friendship sloops and lobstering have a very great influence. Around the turn of the century a Friendship Sloop could be purchased for $400 and lobsters were seven cents a lobster. Today a Friendship Sloop can go for as much as $65,000 and lobsters average about $2.75 per pound. A quarry did a big business providing granite for many uses even Grant’s Tomb, but here again it was because the granite could be shipped out by sea. We may be living with the dread of nuclear confrontations, strikes and other problems but life in Friendship has found strength to carry on because of the sea. 240 years that old ocean has helped and it is a sure thing it will for 240 years more. BREWER’S BOATYARD INC. Storage, Repairs, Supplies 30 ton Travelift – Paint Shop Machine Shop – Re-powering Two Complete Marinas Boothbay Harbor & Southport Gas, Diesel, Ice, Charts Showers, Laundry, Power Sales, Brokerage, Charters Authorized Dealers for Wellcraft, Starwind Sea Ox, Del Quay Dories Johnson Outboards Shoreline Trailers 207-633-2970 Wishing fair Sky and swift Breezes for Sloop Days ’83 ON THE RIVER IN THOMASTON MERCURY – MERCRUISER Sales & Service – Boat Trailers Small Boats – Dinghys – Brokerage MARINE SERVICE COMPLETE MARINE SERVICES M O N – F R I 8 – 5 354-8777 SAT UNTIL 2 Slip Rent * Boat & Motor Repairs * Storage LOCATED AT MARINE PARK ON ROCKPORT HARBOR ENJOY DAYSAILING / DOWN EAST DRASCOMBES RETAIL SALES AND RENTALS OF CANOES, SAILBOATS, ROWING SHELLS, MOSS TENTS RENTALS – DAY SAILING, ALSO WEEKLY AND MONTHLY RENTALS JENNIFER PAINE (207)236-8188 (207) 594-2266 (Residence/after hours) P.O. BOX 378 ROCKPORT, MAINE 04856
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Thanks to our friends from Damariscotta it with flowers’ DAMARISCOTTA, ME 04543 563-3445 Member FDIC E FIRST FATKDWAIL BANK DAMARISCOTTA,MAINE ID4IS43 Serving: Damariscotta Boothbay Harbor Waldoboro (207)563-3195 (207)633-5149 (207)832-5373 “Finding Ways to Serve You Better Every Day” CHEVROLET Strong Chevrolet-Buick, Inc. 563-8185 Damariscotta, Maine FRIENDSHIP SLOOP BUCKLE THOMPSON’S STUDIO FINE GOLD AND SILVER JEWELRY AND GIFT ITEMS SELECTION OF GEMS FOR CUSTOM DESIGN OPEN 10-4, M – F, SAT. BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BACK MEADOW ROAD, DAMARISCOTTA • TEL. 563-5280 PORTLAND ATTACKED On July 25, 1982, Portland celebrated its 350th anniversary, part of the celebration being a re-enactment of the destruction of the city in 1775 by a British force. The account of the battle and the heroic part played in it by Capt. Dick Baiter’s sloop Liberty is told by the Portland Press Herald and Capt. Salter. Colonists, British get ‘rowdy’ By Tom Bradley Staff Writer Three British ships tacked toward the Eastern Promenade, firing cannon at the modest village of four houses, a white church and a pair of outhouses. After a seemingly endless period of exchanging mock fire with the settle- ment, the gunships scored a direct Celebration 350 “hit.” The top of the men’s outhouse was blown off in a puff of talcum-powder white smoke. Then it caught fire and burned, and the fire spread to the adjacent outhouse. Some of the more than 15,000 people on the heights above cheered and applauded the long-awaited destruction Sunday afternoon. “Where’s the guy running out with his pants around his knees?” joked one spectator. The direct hit was later identified as the turning point of the mock Revolu- tionary War battle — a re-enactment of the British bombardment and burning of Old Falmouth (Portland) on Oct. 18, 1775. The British hit was premeditated. “A little vulgarity never hurt,” said Charles Hatch of Boxford, Mass., a member of the Essex Regiment, which made up a number of the characters on both sides. Meanwhile, the British ships continued to avoid the mock cannonfire from shore — not to mention the motorboats and sailing ships moored off the pro- menade. Then the second terrible thing happened. A house was hit and collapsed. Then another house somehow caught fire, and the fire spread to still another house and from there to the church. They burned to the ground, sending bits of cardboard soaring into the air and leaving one modest cardboard structure remaining. The sun went behind the clouds, and the brightness was replaced by a gloom. The mass destruction prior to the landing of British troops hadn’t been planned. The plan was that the one house would be burned, but “the wind immediately shifted to the wrong direction,” said Hatch. The result was that a British landing party suffered boos and casualties so a few soldiers could torch the last house. Both sides of colorfully costumed soldiers shot their muskets at close range, and the British finally pulled back. The spectators who were able to stand the pace and find a place to see cheered for the good guys. Then the audience wandered back to booths selling hot dogs, hamburgers, onion rings, french fries, lobster dinners and pizza.
V19AL UUI IU» 111 WdlUUUUlU HOME OF THE MAINE HANDPAINTED BLUEBERRY WARE JOHN FANCY INC. Environmental Consultants Technical Services in Wastewater Treatment Air Monitoring Laboratory Analysis 207-832-7584 14 Jefferson St. Waldoboro, ME. 04572 SERVING THE UNITED STATES WITH REFRIGERATED AND DRY GOODS SERVICE & R.C.MOORE INC. TRANSPORTATION Richard C. Moore, President P.O. Box 346 – Rt 1 Waldoboro, Maine 04572 Maine Office U.S. Watts 207-832-5889 800-341-1568 832-4493 CONVENIENCE STORE WE NOW HAVE VIDEO GAMES & PINBALL MACHINES Featuring – Groceries • Beer • Soda • Sandwiches – Hot Coffee Cigarettes • Tobacco • Gasoline • Oil HOURS M-T 6 am-8 pm, F-S 6 am-9 pm, Sun 8 am-5 pm Sales Roland Genthner, Inc. Service U.S. Route One, 832-6333 Waldoboro OUR GULF PRODUCTS SUPPLIED BY MARITIME OIL Scenes of pillage and plunder EXCERPT FROM THE LOG OF SLOOP LIBERTY 1225 Rounding House Island. Sighted three gunships off East Promenade, Old Falmouth (Portland) and smoke on the shore. 1227 Observed vessels thru the glass from weather shrouds. All three vessels flying British ensigns and engaged in shelling colonist settle- ment ashore. One house hit and collapsed. Two other homes and a church afire. Vessels obviously came inshore under cover of darkness and being uncontested, are now fully engaged in waging mass destruction on our colonists. Surely, they will attempt to land troops to complete their mayhem! 1228 Sounded Beat to Quarters, and rigged for action. Set our racing jib and largest ensign to let the enemy see that we are eager. Below deck can be heard the sounds of children’s toys finally being stowed, the clatter of gear being dragged clear of our trusty cannon, “Old Toby,” and hatchways being screwed and battened down. 1232 Gun crew ready at their station. Remainder of crew and guests stand keenly along either side of the deck, as if on Saturday’s Parade of Sloops in Friendship Harbor. 1238 Orders passed to load and run out “Old Toby.” 1240 Cleared for action. 1255 Maneuvered to windward of lead vessel, as they briefly retreated to resupply their powder and balls from below decks. Hailed same as we came within earshot: “Ahoy British vessel. You are in colonial waters; standby to strike your colors or be sunk!” 1257 Enemy declines to strike. 1303 Drew abeam and fired full broadside into enemy’s rigging, leaving her dismasted and dead in the water, effectively striking her colors for her. 1311 Quickly reloaded, jibed, and rounded under stern of second vessel. Raked her decks from astern. Felled her captain and drove crew below decks, as she ran hard aground on shallows close inshore. 1318 Third vessel reluctant to engage us. Her crew attempted to escape in longboats.
lore waidoooro menus . S. H. Weston & Sons Co. On U.S. Route I, Waldoboro, Maine 04572 Dial 832-5367 HARDWARE – APPLIANCES – PLUMBING & HEATING BULK & BOTTLED GAS SERVICE Serving Mid-Coast Maine proudly and professionally since 1938 Harold C. Ralph CHEVROLET & MOBILE HOMES Route One, Waldoboro, Maine Tel. 832-5814 or 832-5321 STORER LUMBER STORETR M B E R . Complete line of LUMBER BUILDING MATERIALS MASON SUPPLIES DUTCH BOY PAINTS COAL Friendship Street 832-5241 and 832-4929 Waldoboro HELP SAVINGS GROW FASTER! Waldoboro Savings and Loan Association Telephone Waldoboro: 832-7521 / Camden and Rockland: 594-4181 The Safety of Your Savings is insured to $100,000 by FSLIC Shop Liberty 1420 Ran down and captured same. Turned them over to thankful local authorities ashore. 1423 Secured from Quarters. 1430 Set course for inner harbor. 1505 Secured to anchor in 4 fathoms off east side of harbor. Ordered one measure of grog for all hands. Two for captain. THE FESSENDON’S WALDOBORO, MAINE ‘Your complete craft supply shop” BRANDYWINE STAINED GLASS STUDIOS * Window Commissions of All Kinds * We specialize in nautical designs featuring your boat, carefully done from your blueprints & photos. * Please Drop in or Call for our Brochure * U.S. -1 – P. O. Box 36, Warren, Maine 04864 – 207-273-2453
CAPPY’S camden, maine Continuous Service from 7:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m. We monitor Channel 16. Call ahead for box lunches. On the public landing, a short row from Wayfare Marine. Eventually everyone shows up at Cappy’s Antiques Gifts Cafe’ “Listed on the Natl. Register of Historical Places” Fresh Baked Croissants L ocal Homemade Chocolates Morning Coffee Afternoon Tea Superb Lunches Served with Beer & Wine Lunch Served 11-3 SNOW’S Open Mon • Sat 8 Closed Sunday 374 Main St. Rockland -594-8094 “Dine in Beautiful Jefferson ” DAMARISCOTTA LAKE FARM RESTAURANT & COCKTAIL LOUNGE DAILY SPECIALS NEW HOURS Dinner Tues. – Sit. 5:30-9 Sunday 12:30-3 ; 5:30-8 Lunches Tues. – Sit. 11:30 – 2 Closed Mondays JUNCTION ROUTES 32 & 126 JEFFERSON TEL. 549-7953 Lobster ROCKLAND CHUCK WAGON FAMILY RESTAURANT OVERLOOKING ROCKLAND HARBOR COCKTAILS AVAILABLE 275 Main Street Rockland, Maine OPEN FOR BREAKFAST JUNE • SEPT. 1982 Regatta Winners First Overall Second Overall Third Overall Class A Class B Class C Class D Pemaquid Middle of Fleet Longest Voyage Youngest Skipper Youngest Crew Governor’s Trophy President’s Trophy Seller Trophy Jonah Morse Trophy Anjaaca Trophy Burnham & Morrill Trophy Herald Jones Trophy Jarvis Newman Trophy Bill Danforth Trophy Gladiator Trophy Nickerson Trophy Grandfather Trophy Post Office Trophy SARAH MEAD LOON RESOLUTE CHANCE SARAH MEAD SCHOODIC PHOENIX SALATIA CHRISTANIA BANSHEE GLADIATOR CHRISTANIA OLLIE M. Ted Hanks Hugh Jacob Charlie Burnham Alan Goldstein Ted Hanks Bruce Lanning Al Beck The Lauriats William Davis John Wojcik Bob Zuber (17) Becky Davis (3) Kent Murphy srwr 31 Elm Street South Camden 236-8911 11:30 a.m. ’til closing 7 days a week OUR FULL MENU CHOICES INCLUDE Ham & Cheese, Butter, Cheese, Almond, Apple, Chocolate Our freshly baked croissants »Take a break with us>. are available for take-out at L”””” 7./”;,y~ “‘*” 8a.m. daily. Inside or on the court yard deck (weather permitting). The Resort in Maine A year round resort on 230 acres overlooking the ocean. Enjoy nightly entertainment in our Breakwater Lounge and gourmet cuisine in our Baypoint Restaurant with a view of the 18-hole golf course and Penobscot Bay. There’s swimming and tennis, indoors or outdoors; saunas, health room, a jogging trail, game rooms, gift shop, and the unique coast of Maine. All with that special Samoset Touch. You’ll be impressed. Hie Samoset, on Penobscot Bay. The resort in Maine. For reservations, call (207) 594-2511. Rockport, Maine 04856
lore fine area restaurants . . . . Telephone 207-594-2131 LVIGATOR MOTOR INN across from the Maine State Ferry Terminal 520 Main Street Rockland, ME. 04841 Paul and Elaine Devine UJiwdd Wtctot 9an Red fyankd ReftlouJuwl ami 303 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND, MAINE 04841 On Picturesque Rockland Harbor Telephone (207) 596-6661 WAYFARER EAST HOTEL FEATURING A FULL MENU INCLUDING: 2 Hot Boiled Lobsters $11.95* Prime Rib, Full Liquor License US Route 1 * Subject to market fluctuations Corner of Park/Union Rockland – 596-6870 FISHERMAN’S WHARF INN & MOTEL WELCOME FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAYS Restaurant • Cocktail Lounge • Rooms • Gifts “In-Town Center Waterfront” Area Code (207) 633-5090 Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04538 AN INN OVER THE WATER HANDICAPPING FRIENDSHIP SLOOPS by Roger F. Duncan In the days when sloops were used regularly as work boats, races were often organized on holidays to see whose boat could be first around a course. There was sometimes a cup for the winner, and it was hinted that occasionally wagers were made on the outcome. When yachting became popular around Boston, Newport, and New York and owners did not have to use their boats to make their livings but had time to race them frequently, an effort was made to determine not only which was the fastest boat but who was the most skillful skipper. One method was to make all the boats the same — hence class racing and the development of great fleets of Star boats, Flying Dutchmen, and Lasers. Another method was to give the faster boat a handicap, to require the faster boat to beat the slower boat by a certain number of minutes in order to be declared the winner. This soon became a very complicated procedure. As the handicap formula was refined, boats were built to beat the rule, and the rule was even further refin- ed. With Friendship sloops, however, which were not built to beat a rule but to haul lobster traps, the handicap formula can be considerably simplified because all the boats are similar in design although of different sizes. Hence as most other things are about equal, length and sail area are the principal fac- tors in the formula. A longer boat can be driven faster through the water, and the boat with the greater sail area has the greater driving power under or- dinary conditions. The outcome of all the calculation, however, is a “rating,” usually close to the waterline length of the boat. From this is calculated an average speed for each boat and the number of seconds per mile which one boat will gain on another. With this information, there are basically three ways in which a race may be handicapped. Corrected Time In running a race with forty contestants, all with different handicaps, they all start together, they all sail the same course, and the time of each boat is taken. The correction for each boat’s time is calculated and an order of finish based on the corrected times is drawn up. The winner, then, is seldom the first boat to finish, for a boat finishing in the middle of the fleet or even last may take home the cup. Spectators watching the finish can tell which boat covered the course the fastest but can have no idea of who is the real winner until some time after the last boat has finished. Also this method is subject to some inequities because the wind may drop or the tide turn after the leaders finish and thus penalize the slower boats unduly. Handicap Alley Another method of applying the handicap is to start all the boats together but to make the faster boats sail farther. Thus somewhere during the race, all except the slowest boat must sail off at right angles to the course for a distance proportional to the time each must give the slowest boat. This has been the method most used by the Friendship Sloop Society and is illustrated on the chart at page 24. In the beginning, when only about a dozen sloops started, a lobster buoy was set out in handicap alley for each one. Because Friendship sloops were originally much used for lobstering, it seemed appropriate that
lore fine area restaurants . . . . VISIT ROCKPORT HARBOR DURING FRIENDSHIP SLOOP DAYS Luncheon – Dinner – Cocktails – On The Waterfront OPEN ALL YEAR Come by car… or tie up your boat at our pier. Gulf gas & diesel fuel – 15-ton Travelift – Dockage & Guest Moorings ROCKPORT HARBOR, MAINE Telephone 236-2330 Moody’s Motel and Restaurant WALDOBORO PHONE 832-5362 22 MODERN UNITS — HEAT — TELEVISION RESTAURANT OPEN 24 HOURS HOME COOKED PASTRY PHONE 832-7468 Proprietor: Mr. Moody Wte (^keeckako LEWIS POINT DAMARISCOTTA, MAINE 04543 Not all roads lead to The Cheechako — but yours should! A no smoking section is always available Reservations now accepted 563-3536 each should pick up his buoy and bring it in. This involved so much time for the Race Committee in re-setting buoys for the next race, however, that boats were required only to round their buoys. Now with nearly fifty boats in the race, they are grouped so that those with about the same handicap round the same buoy and there are only about a dozen buoys set out. After the race starts, with all forty-odd boats crossing the starting line more or less together, the contestants soon sort themselves out, the faster ones ranging ahead and the slower ones dropping back. The race resolves itself into a procession with a few close encounters as more skillful or fortunate skippers pick up a draft of wind off an island or get a lift from a fair tide. As the fleet approaches the buoy at the entrance to handicap alley and makes a right-angle turn to reach down the line of turning buoys, there is often some crowding and occasional desperate shouts for buoy room, but soon the skipper finds himself headed across Muscongus Bay on a port tack reach, crowded among boats of his own size vying for windward positions or bearing off to crowd by to leeward. The faster boats are far ahead and the slower ones well astern. Suddenly a boat close ahead gybes right in front of him, rounding her mark, and heads back, .directly toward him, madly shouting “STAR- BOARD”. Our skipper must give way, avoiding a sloop to leeward of him and aware of a spear of a bowsprit almost overhanging his taffrail. And suddenly he is right on his own mark, tacking right in front of a big sloop on his weather quarter, bearing down on him, a bone in her teeth, her mainsail blocking out half the sky and her lookout completely occupied in searching ahead through binoculars for a more distant mark. As his crew trims sails for the reach back to the mark at the head of the alley, he finds himself with the right of way over boats still coming down but whose skippers are trying to keep ahead of their immediate competition, find their own marks, and perhaps eat lunch at the same time. When he rounds the buoy at the head of the alley, he finds a new boat race. Ahead lie a number of smaller, slower boats who have profited by their short handicaps. To win, he must catch all of them. He is overhauling them hand over fist, but the race may not last long enough to catch them all. Mean- while, the big boats astern are rolling up on him, the water roaring under their bows and their tall topsails blanketing everything ahead of them. Instead of a fairly stable procession of boats forming something like a parade, we have a most unstable crowd of yachts each desperately trying to catch the prizes ahead and as desperately fleeing from the pirates astern. If the handicapper has done his work perfectly, the whole fleet will cross the finish line together. It has never happened that way but frequently the whole fleet will finish within the hour. Sazerac (44) and Laperouse (156) have gybed in front of Phoenix (91)
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CHEVRON FULL SERVICE 8:00-5:30 MON. - FRI. 8:00-5:00 SATURDAY Tel. 594-2312 Knox Redemption Ctr. ALL BRANDS BEER AND SODA 10:00-5:30 MON.—FRI. 10:00-5:00 SATURDAY 149 Park St., Rockland Apogee, Heritage, Olhe M, and Kochab running home. Boutilier Photo MEASURE UP PLEASE We are requesting that all sloops be remeasured this year so that handicap data can be updated. A new, simplified measurement form will be available to all skippers here in Friendship, and also at Marblehead in August. Please note the deadline for all remeasurements and reclassification is December 1, 1983. Your 1984 assigned handicap will be "permanent" (or until the boat's hull is rebuilt, or her standing rigging and sail area significantly altered). -Bruce N. Morang, Race Committee Chairman NATIONAL CAR RENTAL Renting & Leasing We feature GM Cars SHEPARD MOTORS, INC. Route 1, Rockland, Maine A/C 207-594-8424 testi co-op Bull Food) ML InrodiUn U.Fnc.1 OpmTo Tie Public 216 S. MAIN ST. 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"Catch the taste" of these Bounty Favorites. Lobster • Live or boiled Clams - Whole, Shucked or Steamed Fresh Fish cut daily Slack-salted fish strips To find Bounty Seafoods, turn right from Main Street, 1/4 mile down Tillson Avenue towards the waterfront. &5&5S&S&35&S851515&3S5&35 ECONOMY CLOTHES IS YOUR HEADQUARTERS FOR: Outdoor Apparel • Jeans & Corduroy • Rain Gear • Fishing Boots & Leather Boots • Camping Supplies By • WOOLHICH • LEVI • LEE • SERVUS BOOTS HERMAN BOOTS • WRANGLER • TIMBERLAND -Sporting Goods Fishing Gear' Rods Reels Supplies By ADIDAS • NIKE • EVERLAST • ETONIC WILSON • NEW BALANCE • CONVERSE MAIL ORDERS ACCEPTED - MASTERCARD - VISA - AMERICAN EXPRESS ECONOMY CLOTHES 464 MAIN STREET ROCKLAND, MAINE 04841 TEL. 207-594-8636 1%, fci^-^.WM ;k ^^, v& $A - •• ^ 1F-~~^A S^ ^fesps^v. R ' '•• -- -^^^^^^^^' No. & Name 5 Content 6 Eastward 9 Amity 13 Easting 15 VidaMia 18 Chrissy 21 Wilbur Morse 22 EllieT. 24 Ancient Mariner 27 Sarah E 32 Nomad 37 Chance 40 Comesin 42 Selkie 43 Gypsy 44 Sazerac 49 Surprise 50 Heritage 52 Rights of Man 53 Eagle 57 Old Baldy 58 Tern 59 Sarah Mead List of Member Friendship Sloops Classification of Sloops: CLASS A— Originals built 1920 or CLASS B — Replicas built of wood CLASS C— Near Replicas CLASS D— Replicas built of other Class Built By Length B Stuart M. Ford 25' 1961 B James Chadwick 32' 1956 A Wilbur Morse 30' 1900 B C.A.Morse 29' 1920 C E.L.Stevens 30' 1942 A Charles Morse 30' 1912 B Carlton Simmons 30' 1947 B John Thorpe 25' 1961 A Wilbur Morse 25' Circa 1900 B Robert B. McKean 25' 1939 A Wilbur Morse 33' 1906 A Wilbur Morse 31' 1916 B Irvin Jones 32' 1962 C Carlton Simmona 26' J.P. Hennings 1963 C Judson Grouse 23' 1939 A Wilbur Morse 33' 1913 B Phil Nichols 33' Round Pond 1965 C Elmer Collemer 29' Murray Peterson 1962 B Lash Bros. 30' 1965 A Wilbur Morse 31' 1915 B J.S. Rockefeller 25' 1965 B Jerry Maxwell 21' 1969 B Newbert& Wallace 30' 1963 before 1921 or after material than wood Present Owner Robert Edwards Naples, FL Roger & Mary Duncan East Boothbay, ME James R. Wiggins Brooklin, ME James R. Pierpont Milford, CT George Loos N. Cape May, NJ Ernst Wiegleb Pleasant Point, ME Karl Keiser & Thomas Olson Cundy's Harbor, ME John Collins, IV East Hampton, NY Holt & Virginia Vibber Waterford, CT Eldon & Elizabeth Homsey Wilmington, DE Craig Rowley Amston, CT Maine Maritime Museum Bath, Maine Mr. & Mrs. Carlton Wilder Green Cove Springs, FL Albert McDougall Byfield, MA Bob & Jane Lash Orland, ME D. Aitken, Woodside, CA R. Barth, Alna, ME R. Snyder, Whitefield, ME D. Stover, Alna, ME Robert P. Phaneuf Chelmsford, MA Bill & Barbara Hadlock South Freeport, ME Philip Cronin Cambridge, MA Donald Huston Nahant, MA Dorothy Ahlgren Kittery Point, ME Michael Bull Stratford, VT Ted & Consuelo Hanks Jefferson, ME lore . . . . Places to visit in Rockland (207) 594-9246 gourmet leatherware • cards • paper • picnic supplies 395 main St. rockland, maine 04841 FARNSWORTH MEMORIAL BUILDING 352 MAIN ST. ROCKLAND, ME. COMPLETE HOME FURNISHINGS HITCHCOCK FURNITURE Simmons & Slumberiand Mattresses & Hide-A-Beds Upholstered Furniture Braided & Oriental Rugs Unfinished Furniture Nursery Furniture Delivery Available 594-8118 I Q N T l A C - u i C K MC. "RoCK.t.AMS~SA IMC ^/'•ci-.J _^ /--^ TOR. LAND TltAUSPOgTATlQM AHO FUN TOO - t>RWE PONTIAC – SPICK-OPEL- TEL. 594-5000 — WE AI-SO For reorders or a free facial: Alice Kinney Rockland, Maine 207-594-5355 HOMEPORT LOBSTER COMPANY Wholesale – Retail Lobsters & Seafood We carry “Fresh Maine” Lobsters, Steamers, Mussels Live, Cooked or packed to travel! We are open 7 days a week! You can find us on Mechanic St., next to the New Fish Pier! Open 6 am to 8 pm — 594-5356 64 Amicitia B 66 Venture A 69 Coast O’Maine B 70 Spirit B (formerly Symboion) 71 Gladiator A 75 Omaha A 80 Headway B 82 Morning Star A 84 Philia 88 Apogee D 90 Salatia D 91 Phoenix D 94 Diana D 95 Westwind A 96 Voyager B Lash Bros. 1965 Morse 1912 Vernel! Smith 1967 Roger Morse 1967 Alexander McLain 1902 Morse 1901 F. Buck& A. Adams 1941 Albion Morse 1912 Ken nebec Yacht 1969 Bruno &Stillman 1969 Jarvis Newman 1969 Bruno &Stillman 1970 Jarvis Newman & James Rockefeller 1970 Morse 1902 Lash Bros. 1965 33′ Jeff & Susan Pontiff Plymouth, MA 27′ R. Stevens Kleinschmidt Pittsfield, ME 30′ John & Billie Rutledge Kittery, ME 30′ Christopher Beebe. Friendship, ME 32′ William Zuber Friendship, ME Stuart Hancock Manasquan, NJ 35′ C.F. Hansel, Jr. Cranford, NJ 35′ Christopher Head Stow, MA 28′ Robert Wolff Cambridge, NY 22′ Richard Condon Atkinson, NH 30′ H.M. Landemare Toms River, NJ 25′ Cyrus, Jed, Cynthia & Miff Lauriat Southwest Harbor, ME 30′ Anne & Alfred Beck Exeter, NH 25′ Ebenezer Gay Hingham, MA 40′ John Fassak Cincinnati, OH 32′ Bernard MacKenzie Scituate, MA * * * *1983 Winners * * * *
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Where the Mountains I moat the Sea ROCKPORT – CAMDEN LINCOLNVILLE • Unique Shops • Concerts, Theatre • Historic Homes • Restaurants • Art & Antique Shops • Windjammers • Country Inns, Motels, Resorts & Camping For More Information Wrlto: Tha Rockport-Camden-Lincolnvilld Chamber of Commerce, Box 246, Camden, Maine 04843 Visit Camden by the Sea . and their many fine shops . ROCKPQRT BLUEPRINT SERVICE A COMPLETE DIAZO PRINTING SERVICE One of Maine’s most complete selections of drafting, commercial and fine art supplies 236-2696 HIGHLAND MILL MALI. CAMDEN. MAINE or MAIM Summer Hours: 9 a.m. to 10 p.m. Fine Gifts & Clothing A boutique you won’t want to miss! av Camdcn.Me. 26 Main*!.. ffclfast.Mc. 124 Main a. Ellsworl.h.Me. Earrings by Michael Good 20 main street, camden, maine 04843 184 Perseverance B W. Simms 27′ 1963 185 Calypso B J.Philip Ham 27′ 1968-1978 186 Ragtime Annie C Bolger & Apollonio 27′ 1975 187 Peregrine B Ralph Stanley 27′ 1977 189 Tradition D Jarvis Newman 31′ Roger Nehrbass 1977-81 192 Kervin Riggs Fitashim Boatworks 22′ 196 Endeavor B Ralph Stanley 27′ 1979 197 Christania Jarvis Newman 31′ William Davis 1978 199 Trinity D J.Newman/ 31′ Liberation Yachts 201 Endeavor D Jarvis Newman 31′ James Genthner 1978 202 Arrival D Jarvis Newman 31′ Robert Niedrach 1979-81 205 Day Star C Richard Mosher 281/2′ Under Construction 206 Mary Eliza D J. Newman/W. Clarke 31′ 1979 210 John-B D ElioOliva 23′ 1974 William & Elizabeth Reed Higganum, CT J. Philip & Beverly Ham Holden, MA Barry & Judy Stoodley Unity, ME Peter Blanchard, Ml Short Hills, NJ Roger & Donna Nehrbass Port Washington, Wl John Chase Carrboro, NC Betsy Holtzman Southwest Harbor, ME William Davis Five Islands, ME Doug & Michele Jacoby Marblehead, MA James Genthner Fairhaven, MA Robert & Anne Niedrach Amherst, NH Richard, Sally & Daniel Mosher Kalamazoo, Ml Wyndham Clarke Washington, DC Al Perrin Canandaigua, NY SHaU^ASttaUA Commercial St. Camden – 763-3976 Handmade Toys Dolls, Clowns, and children’s marionettes. THE OWL AND THE C.otr.1 >*** todlnl /^M TURTLE BOOKSHOP **»x Ait and Room 8 “”J B Room OlIoWi V £iSsLff Muin« Room >$r””J^ Room Camden, Maine 04843 Book Orders Customer Service 207-236-2302 207-236-4769 The Windjammer Log” on the Windjammers available at of Penobscot Bay. bookstores for ‘ $5. 95 or from AUDIO VISUAL PRODUCTIONS P.O. Box 718 Camden, Maine 04843
ore fine stores to visit . . . . Camden UNIQUE «<-, Natural Fiber Knits' * Maine Wool Sweaters * 100% Cotton Sweaters * Maine Wool Yarn & Supplies * Pottery * Notes & Postcards * Baskets 2 Bayview St., Camden • Open 7 days. n«EO«*DO«aMA«OWAl.NUTOMA«OG«YnfAMUKOKMQIMBUYAQSHEDl/Aa GOHCALO W.VES D IA Unique Wooden Experiences Camden National Bank A close friend, close to home. DOWNTOWN CAMDEN CAMDEN SQUARE ROCKLAND UNION THOMASTON Member FDIC 211 Ansa 212 Achates 213 Amie 214 Gaivota 215 Ellen Anne 216 Amity 217 Odyssey James Hamilton 27' 1981 Nick Roth 22' 1980 Bob Holcomb 25' 1978 Jarvis Newman 31' Malcolm Pettegrow 1982 Passamaquoddy Yachts 1968 W. S. Carter 1941 Shoreline Boats 1972 47' James & Ann Hamilton Andover, MA Richard Leigh Nashville, TN Hal & Pauline Hanson Perry Lovelace Edmonds, WA John & Barbara Bush Cotuit, MA R. Colinan Lincoln, Rl John F. Nichols New York, NY Peter Haynicz E. Stroudsburg, PA Sloops that are Gone but not Forgotten. 8 Banshee 17 Jolly Bucaneer 29 Susan 55 Right Bower 78 Emmie B 108 Loon 111 Amos Swann 116 Tinqua 190 Aikane(1983) Non-Member Sloops The Friendship Sloop Society lists of members and non-members are maintained by Secretary Caroline Zuber in Friendship. Any corrections, errors or omissions to these lists should be promptly brought to her attention. 1. Voyager 2. Dictator 3. Finette 4. Golden Eagle 7. Tannis 10. Mary Ann 11. Shulamite 12. Friendship 14. Vigor 16. Retriever 19. Blackjack 20. Moses Swann 22. EllieT. 23. Depression 25. Sea Duck 26. Virginia M. 27. Sarah E. 28. Bounty 30. Kidnapped 31. White Eagle 33. Smuggler 34. Pal O' Mine 35. Mary C. 36. Margin 38. Eleazar 39. Downeaster 41. Snafu 45. Flying Jib 46. Dirigo 47. Galatea 48. Channel Fever 51. (No Name) 52. Rights of Man 54. Echo 56. locaste 60. Old Salt 61. Windward 62. Columbia 63. Kochab 65. Gallant Lady 67. Hieronymous 68. Robin L. 72. Temptress 73. West Indian 74. Patience 76. Packet 77. Beagle 79. Nimbus 81. Regardless 82. Morning Star 83. Perseverance 85. Ann Francis 86. Allegiance 87. Eagle 89. Avior 92. Puffin 93. Anna R. 97. Gannet 98. Down East 99. Buccaneer 100. Morning Watch 101. Minerva 102. Agustus 103. Solaster 104. Cockle 106. Hold Tight 107. Magi 110. Amistad 114. Pearle 115. Kittiwake 119. Valhalla 121. Island Trader 126. Whim 127. Lucy S. 129. Gisella R. 132. Vogel Frei 133. Independence 134. Four Sons 135. Green Pepper 136. Squirrel 137. Friendship 138. Red Jacket 139. Covenant 140. Brandywine 141. Renascence 142. Albatross 143. Matelot 144. Ribbit 145. Deliverance 147. Anna B. 148. Sloop Out of Water 150. Woodchips 151. Departure 152. Ollie M. 153. Angelus 154. Muscongus 155. Queequeg 156. Departure 158. Eva R. 161. Jenny 169. Defiance 170. Lady of the Wind 171. Golden Anchor 175. Edelweiss 181. Surprise 182. Charity 193. Lady 194. Huckleberry Belle 195. Princess 198. Baylady 200. New Venture 201. Endeavor 203. Aurora 204. Marie-Anne 207. Lanette-M 208. Friendship 20,9. Friend Ship
Vfore fine stores to visit . . . . Carnden GOOD HflNDS Studios & Gallery — safe harbor for the finer things in life. 236-8700 Public Landing Camden, Me. Windsurfer Windsurfer s CAMDEN ,— WINDSPORTS I.WS.S. Lessons Renta/s Next to Haskell & Corthell • 17 Mechanic St. • 236-4381 M Windsurfer Windsurfer The besl names in sight and sound are here* 06-*" 39 main *««* Can***- niimis Buttons Traditional Men's Clothing The Finest European and American Sailing Attire 36 Bay View Street, Camden, Maine Letter from Wilbur Morse in reply to an inquiry from Capt. Jordan of Islesford, Maine: Friendship Oct. 18, 1893 Mr. Jordan Dear Sir Yours Received in regard to the price of boats All riged first class every way 24 ft. $275 26 $300 28 $375 that is the prices that we have been haveing keel or senterbord as to the iron i have not built any with iron on the keel dont know what it would cost would put the iron on for what the iron would cost that is would not charge anything for the work only you pay for the iron Respectfully yours Wilbur A. Morse This is particularly interesting because it fixes the date at which Morse first built a boat with an iron keel. He agreed with Capt. Jordan to build the 26-foot Wanderer in 1894. Also it shows that centerboard sloops were still be- ing built in 1893, long after the deeper and heavier Friendship sloops had become popular. On a morning of thick fog with the sun burning through, I said to a fisherman friend, "Well at least it's clear overhead, Naamon." "Yes," he replied, "but the hell of it is, Roge, we ain't bound that way." In Florida where marine growth is rapid and luxuriant, it is said that wise fishermen mix a pound of red pepper into every gallon of bottom paint. Whether barnacles don't like hot Mexican food or whether they sneeze themselves off before they can take good hold, we don't know. However, whatever works in Florida should do very well in Maine. Try it. On navigating in the fog. "It'll be all right if you make it all right." Squalls in Maine can blow very hard. The old skipper told of coming in from Monhegan in a sloop, seeing a squall make up over New Harbor. He took in all sail and tied it down, but it blew so hard.that the sloop heeled to her washboards under bare poles and the dory was blown clear out of water and turned over three times. He knew because there were three kinks in the painter when he came to go ashore.
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FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY Join Us. The Friendship Sloop Society welcomes any interested person to become a member. Members receive all letters and publications of the Society, a membership card, and a window decal. We welcome your interest, and hope that you will support the purpose of the Friendship Sloop Society. The by- laws state “The purpose of this Society shall be to encourage the building and sailing of Friendship Sloops, and to provide a medium for owners and friends to meet and enjoy each other around a common interest.” If you share in this interest, please complete the membership application below. Complete and send to: Secretary Friendship Sloop Society Friendship, Maine 04547 Name Mailing Address Date: Type of Membership: Sloop Owner $20.00( Associate $20.00( Amount enclosed: Joint Cooperative (no vote) $25.00( ) $ 5.00( )
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