The memorial cross at Georges Harbor
five miles south of my mooring at Hatchet Cove, Friendship,
Maine
When we first came to Friendship thirty years ago, this was Brian Reed's wharf. It's the Carter family's now.
The Reeds and the Carters had fishing camps on Benner Island about five miles south.
Betsy Wyeth then bought two islands - Allen and Benner - of the four that make up Georges Harbor where English explorer George Waymouth first landed on the coast of Maine in 1605. In 1905 the State of Maine erected a granite cross on Allen and claimed it as the founding of Maine. The Carters swung a deal with Betsy Wyeth who had a big wharf built on Allen Island and a house for her family on the south side of Benner. The Carters still have traps stored there. They are buyers as well as fishermen now. Below are shots of Carter's wharf at Hatchet Cove, Friendship now.
BrAvery's haul today - about 1,000 lbs.
@$7lb - before fuel, boat, crew, truck
It isn't easy
Salt
dinghy dock
Bait - redfish heads from iceland
Diesel oil
Some bait is local - menhaden (pogies or bunker)
netted in the Cove or the St. George River
Product of Iceland
Clara - boatyard dog
A monhegan skiff
"Do not expect a warning shot"
Harvester wharf (fka Brian's wharf)
Hatchet Cove, Friendship, ME
Storage shed The wharf Refrigerated bait shed
Spotted this vessel northbound on the North River outside our window yesterday. I checked it on Marinetraffic.com and found my way to Northstar Marine and this story of its acquisition for east coast offshore wind power work.
