CHEBACCO BOATS

Published on July 8, 2013 by in Talk

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Mike will be doing some romote reporting on the next Boattalk, Tuesday July 9, 2013.  He is helping to deliver the Lewis Story, a replica of a Chebacco Boat which were common work boats made here in New England right after the Revolutionary War.  The Story was built by Harold Burnham in Essex, Massachusetts in 1998.  Mike is helping to bring her to Somes Sound for the Mt. Desert Historical Society.  Looks like the weather is going to be a bit on the rainy side and the Story only has a small deck in the front for protection from the elements.  We’ll probably hear about that and more when Mike calls in to Boattalk 10 am 89.9 fm in the Blue Hill area and 99.9 fm Bangor; also streaming on the web at weru.org.  Mt. Desert Island Historical Society for a full listing of events including free sails.

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Boat magazines

Published on July 1, 2013 by in Talk

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Mike and I both frequently find interesting things to talk about on Boattalk while reading some of the local boating magazines, four of which we pick-up free (we’re both quite cheap) at many locations here on the coast of Maine.  Here are six that I have on my desk right now.  They are all available on line and all have different perspectives, which is just what we are looking for.  So not to play favorites, here they are in alphabetical order:
 
Fishermen’s Voice   www.fishermensvoice.com  As the title says, this newspaper format monthly gives the views and hopes of Maine fishermen.  Our friend Laurie Shreiber frequently has articles here and she does a very good job at thorough reporting of fishing issues.  Lee Wilbur tells good stories of boatbuilding and local people.
 
Maine Coastal News  www.mainescoast.com  This is another newspaper style monthly produced pretty much by a two person shop that packs an amazing amount of information of boatbuilding, boat racing, history, classifieds and more.  Jon Johansen takes you right into many of the boat shops and yards for current news and photos.
 
Messing About in Boats  www.messingaboutinboats.com  A subscription monthly magazine that has been published for a long time in Massachussetts with a world wide readership.  It is devoted to small boats and builders, pro and amatuer.  Home boatbuilders love this mag.  Extensive classifieds.
 
Points East www.pointseast.com  Produced in New Hampshire, this monthly covers boating from Long Island Sound to Eastport and sometimes beyond.  Mostly a cruiser’s mag, with some sport fishing news and good classifieds, they have a full list of events for boaters and reader submitted articles.  We like reading Dave Roper.
 
Woodenboat  www.woodenboat.com  A high end subscription monthly magazine for anyone who owns, builds, wishes, and/or likes boats.  Always excellent articles and photographs (and drawings) make this locally produced mag a worldwide product.    Also good classifieds.
 
The Working Waterfront  www.workingwaterfront.com   Published monthly by Maine’s own Island Institute, with a weekly email edition, they have a lot of information about Maine coastal living and people.  
 
This is certainly not a complete list and you are welcome to add more by contacting us through our contact us page.  a.s.     

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SLOCUM GLIDERS

Published on June 10, 2013 by in Slocum Gliders

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The robots are coming.  Slocum gliders are very interesting unmanned vessels with a variety of applications.  If time permits, we will be discussing them with Mark Baumgarten of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on the June 11, 2013 edition of boattalk.  Here is the link to Mark’s website.  www.dcs.whoi.edu  a.s.

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Boattalk May 2013

Published on April 23, 2013 by in Talk

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The state of the state’s fisheries will be the major topic on the next Boattalk, Tuesday May 14 at 10am Eastern time.  On WERU-fm 89.9 Blue Hill and 99.9 Bangor and streaming live at www.weru.org   We plan to have Senator Denis Damon of Penobscot East, and Paul Anderson of Maine Sea Grant in the studio to talk about our problems with and plans for Maine’s Marine resources.  As always it will be a call-in show, so we hope you will participate also.  In addition we will be talking with David Galinas of Penobscot Bay Pilots about the Heavy Metal Boat Show happening May 18 in Belfast.  Check out Maritime Day Website.

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Boattalk April 9, 2013

Published on April 7, 2013 by in Talk

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Captain Sonny Perkins will be joining the rusty anchors on the next Boattalk Tuesday April 9 at 10am Eastern time.  Sonny has worked around the world on various commercial vessels and has the stories to prove it.  It will be an interesting show for sure.  a.s.

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NERACOOS

Published on April 5, 2013 by in Talk

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If you are a data junkie or just want to know what the tides are, here’s an interesting website for ocean conditions for the greater Gulf of Maine.   www.neracoos.org   It has all sorts of windows to real-time data and informative reports.  Bouy, there’s a lot going on.  a.s.

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Boattalk March 2013

Published on March 9, 2013 by in Talk

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Tuesday March 12th Boattalk streams live at www.weru.org at 10am EDT starting with a conversation with Phineas Sprague about the Maine Boatbuilder’s Show, which happens on March 15-17.  Phineas sent the below picture as an example of the “Wall of Fame” they have there.  It’s a great show with all sorts of things to see and talk about.  Say hello to Boattalk buddy Havilah Hawkens while your there and ask him about the waterspout picture.  We will also be talking with Greg Roscoe of Seaworthy Productions about a video about Raw Faith that will be coming out soon.  And, as usual, it is a call-in show and you never know what might surface.  a.s.

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Raw Faith Video

Published on February 18, 2013 by in Talk

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On our March 12 Boattalk we will be talking with Greg Roscoe of Seaworthy Productions who is putting the finishing touches on a video about Raw Faith which was built by the McKay family downeast to take handicapped children on sea adventures.  It is an interesting story with a sad ending and should be an entertaining discussion.  Tuesday March 12 at 10am Eastern time on WERU-fm 89.9 Blue Hill and 99.9 Bangor, also streaming on the web at www.weru.org   podcast will be available here and at weru.org a day or two after the broadcast.  Greg’s website is seaworthyproductions.com    rawfaith-4.1-jpeg-766x1024rawfaith-11-1024x696

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Birchbark Canoe Building

Published on February 6, 2013 by in Talk

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first four of two dozen pix of making a birchbark canoe.  a.s.

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Facebook

Published on January 18, 2013 by in Talk

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Well, we finally got around to it and made a facebook page for Boattalk. It’s an easy place to file all your complaints about past shows. Just look for Boattalk in the Facebook Homepage. a.s.

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