Out for a Sunday afternoon cruise to Georges Harbor with friends Tom and Stacy I spied in the cove behind the old Burnt Island Coast Guard station a wooden mast and a flash of varnished mahogany. Of course I headed over and found the Annie T . Its owner Tony Dall was, of course, happy to talk about his boat. It was more than a day's work to build it even by the legendary Maine boat builders Paul Bryant and son's Riverside Boat Company on the Damariscotta River in Newcastle, Maine . [You can learn about them from this write-up: Paul Bryant to Talk About Boats in Newcastle - The Lincoln County News]
Double planked mahogany, it was designed by C. Raymond Hunt of the [still in business] legendary Concordia Company. You'll find the boat's specs here in a classified ad for another one. - gwc
Small town moment in Friendship, Maine: Our lawn man toppled from his riding mower on a slope; couldn't get the big man up; called 911; two ambulances arrive. One of the EMTs hops on the mower, finishes cutting the lawn. pic.twitter.com/z5fGd8VrGW
Lobstering in Maine, unlike Canada and New Hampshire, is usually a single boat owned by a single license holder - with the number of licenses limited to 4,600 statewide. The typical boat is a two man crew (captain and sternman, occasionally a `third nerd') which sells its entire catch to a lobster wholesaler who sells him bait and fuel. Traps cost about $70 each with an 800 trap limit per boat. And then there's the boat. So they are small independent businesses with the Republican politics that generally go with that - including a reluctant embrace/resistance to the federal conservation measures that have shrunken (or conserved) the fisheries.
But the Trump years have been tumultuous - the tariffs imposed on China which reciprocated and the pandemic closure of restaurants have had a huge impact. - gwc
Maine Lobster: Which lobster fishing towns got the most Paycheck Protection Program money?
Maine lobster fishermen got 1,361 forgivable Paycheck Protection Program loans to offset the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. The amount of each loan is equal to about eight weeks of last year's wages. For many lobstermen, their wages are what's left over after making boat payments, paying crew and wharf fees and buying bait, fuel, and insurance.
While the PPP participation rate was high, many lobstermen lamented the lack of clear program guidelines. Some got rejected at the start because they were sole proprietors, and the application date for that group was later. Others balked when they were told different things about how they could use the forgivable loan so they wouldn’t have to repay it.
The sternmen and deckhands who work on the boat but do not own the business were initially left out of the PPP program, forced to apply on their own as independent contractors instead of being paid from the captain’s loan. That eventually changed, but only after most of the PPP money was spent. Most sternmen ended up on unemployment, according to banks that processed the loans.
West Coast Fish Boats
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Let’s limit this post to fish boats made of wood, like the classic 1930s
Western Flyer, built for sardines and salmon and now recently reburbished .
. . or...
A heck of a hill
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Thursday – photo by Mitch Waxman After having descended along the German
Square stairs as described in prior posts, a humble narrator found himself
in Pitt...
Wakespeed WS500 Compared To ARCO Zeus—What Matters
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*Article*A comparison of the two regulators cutting through all the details
to what really matters, but more importantly, a look at how to evaluate all
tec...
'Why Aren't You Writing?'
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(Neill Rea and Fern Sutherland in the New Zealand series, "The Brokenwood
Mysteries.") Lately, some friends have been asking what I'm doing.My
answer is, ...
Mexican Mixiotes
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[image: A portion of mixiotes made with squirrel, bundle opened up.]
Mixiotes are Mexico's version of foods cooked in parchment. It's an
ancient, versatile...
#31 Volcán Tajumulco, Guatemala High Point
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At 13,845 feet tall, Tajumulco is not only the highest mountain in
Guatemala but also the highest in all of Central America. Because if its
remote locati...
40TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE LOSS OF THE AMERICA’S CUP
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SEPTEMBER 26, 1983 AUSTRALIA II DEFEATED LIBERTY 4-3 IN A BEST OF 7 SERIES
TO WIN THE AMERICA’S CUP. THE RIGHT THING HAPPENED FOR ALL THE WRONG
REASONS. I...
INSTALLING THE 48 VOLT LITHIUM BATTERY
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One of the nice things about electric propulsion in a sailboat is the
ability to upgrade parts of it as new technology comes along. When I made
the conver...
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
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My last art post was about the simply awful Hogarth exhibition at the Tate,
which was just terrible, having no interest in art or Hogarth or historical
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Hitching a Ride
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At sea, sometimes birds find places to land on the boat and rest for a
while. Usually they land on the rail, which is easy to land on.
(Continued...)
Drilling Shaft Hole
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Hi Everybody. First post here. I’ve been slowly building a Monaco. At the
point where i need to drill the shaft hole through the hull. I’ve seen a
number...
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Nach langer Krankheit ist meine liebe Frau Martina sanft in meinen Armen
entschlafen. Mancher, der unseren Blog über die Jahre verfolgt hat, wird
vielleich...
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Looking for something a bit different? Check out our Facebook Page with a
great little video gearing up for our summer fun!
And we Have Pirate Pizza - a ...
On the Road Again
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We are off again..This time to warmer Climes in the Caribbean. We brought
our departure forward by 2 days as we had a good weather window. We left in
Qu...
Red Dot on the Ocean
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Matt’s life and voyage have been made into a feature-length documentary,
Red Dot on the Ocean. Learn how you can see it at RedDotontheOcean.com
Rumour has it…
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Rumour has it that I was sailing this yacht last month on the Baltic Sea
and that they have started to build a very similar version for a third
attempt at ...
The End
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After almost two months at sea and more than 5,000 miles, Issuma reached
Norfolk, Virginia. This was both my longest passage and my longest
singlehanded p...
Sea Chair – Art from A Plastic Ocean
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Have a look at this beautiful video that speaks to the fact that the ocean
is full of all the consumer plastics we use that just Won’t. Go. Away!
These cle...
NRDC Defends California's Ivory Law in Court
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Elly Pepper, Legislative Advocate, Washington, DC: Last year, California
became the third state in the country to pass legislation (Assembly Bill
96) restr...
DAY 71 | Making the call
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[image: DAY 71 | An unmatched trilogy of Antarctic achievements]
The post DAY 71 | Making the call appeared first on Shackleton Solo.
Italian Travels
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[image: Italian Travels]
A few photos of Barb, Bono, and Jim's adventures in Italy.
Date: Apr 2, 2015
Number of Photos in Album: 61
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The Alexandra Shackleton on display at the ANMM
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The Alexandra Shackleton (our James Caird replica) is now on display at the
Australian National Maritime Museum, taking pride of place in the foyer as
part...
Enjoying the Snow
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A few weeks back I realized that we hadn't taken Fitz downhill skiing in
the backcountry at all. We've gone on tours in RMNP with Fitz in the
Chariot, but...
Star Island Shark Tournament Video
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Here's the film debut of the Small Fortune from last month's Star Island
Shark Tournament. No winning fish this year but we're crossing our fingers
for ...
Northwest Passage 2012 - ARCTIC DREAMS Video
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Looking back on 2012 hindsight is 20/20... ARCTIC DREAMS lead by Bob
Shepton aboard DODOS DELIGHT did an amazing 7,000 mile feat.... rather than
tell you ...
Design 90 - 76'-6" Shoal Draft Schooner
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Only two drawings were prepared for this preliminary design proposal; a
Lines Plan and a Sail & Deck Plan. I believe the Lines Plan that is shown
here i...
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Young Larry Blog - a continuation of Dermot's account of Young Larry's
transit of the Northwest Passage. We hope to up-date the blog at least once
a week....
Brooklyn Botanical Garden
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Took a look around on a cold (free) day. Yeah, it’s free admission on most
weekdays through the winter!
There is a lot going on with plants during the cold ...
