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Dangerous But Lucrative Business: Maine Scallop Diving
Scallop diving is dangerous business, make no mistake about it. Divers plunge into the icy waters of downeast Maine, sometimes sixty to seventy feet down, all while the water temperature sits in the mid 30s and the winter winds howl above its choppy surface. It’s dangerous all right, but it’s… SEE MORE
Working Ships from Maine to New Bedford and New York
Midcoast Maine is (or was) home to all three yards responsible for the vessels in this collection of historic images, all part of the Penobscot Marine Museum's collections. ACT I was built at Harvey F. Gamage in South Bristol; that yard closed in 1981. Washburn & Doughty moved its operation… SEE MORE
Perry Creek: Finding Comfort Just Beyond the Uncomfortable
“Hey Tom, where are the trail markers?”, Mary Ann asked, unconcerned. “They're over here,” I said to my wife and hiking partner. I didn’t really know where they were, the little hatchet blazes with a fading dab of paint, or the rock cairns that mark the trails around Perry Creek,… SEE MORE
Building Boats, Building a Community in Brooklin
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/31677696[/embed] Brooklin, Maine, population about 750. There is a small sign as you drive into town calling this place the Boatbuilding Capital of the World. In junior high school kids are part of a project where they go into the woods and pick out a tree to be cut down,… SEE MORE
Heading Down the Road to Delicious Coastal Adventures
Fresh Crabmeat. Live Lobster. Cherrystones, Mussels, Clams. The handmade signs that decorate the roadsides of downeast Maine are clues to the region’s seafood industry, an independent and enterpreneurial collage of individuals and families who dig for clams and worms, collect periwinkles, dredge for scallops, rake seaweed, trap lobsters and crabs,… SEE MORE
An Essay in Color and Light: Penobscot Bay Skies
The sky over Penobscot Bay, the jewel of Maine's famous rockbound coast, provides boaters with an astounding array of colors and a light that is continually changing with each passing season. An early morning sunrise in Camden can bring a pleasing pallet of blues, pinks, and reds. Sunsets over the… SEE MORE
Sail Power: The Views of Onne van der Wal
[embed]https://www.vimeo.com/31663390[/embed] "There is a balance between the science and the art. You have to be able to row away from your boat at the end of the day and enjoy looking back at it, or you're not getting anywhere." — Nat Benjamin, wooden boat designer and builder Wooden sailboats are… SEE MORE
The Boat School Charts a New Course of Its Own
Last spring, Husson University decided to halt classes at The Boat School in Eastport, Maine, as of graduation day 2012. As a result of this decision, the school did not take on a freshman class for the upcoming fall semester. This was disheartening to all in the industry, to say… SEE MORE
Understanding the Science, Industry Behind Scallop Fishing
The nearshore sea scallop fishery in Maine state waters has fluctuated over the years and declined recently. Scallops still thrive in Cobscook Bay, where harvesters collected them by hand (SCUBA diving, hence the descriptor "diver-caught" or just "diver scallop”) and by dredge. Dredge and trawl are the primary methods of… SEE MORE
A Dinghy Like No Other
One of the aspects of boating that I appreciate the most is that it serves as the great equalizer: the handyman on his five-thousand dollar yard sale special may be having just as much fun on the bay as the venture capitalist on his multimillion-dollar yacht. And yet, when I’m… SEE MORE
Powered by Sabre and Back Cove, DiMillo's Doubles Sales
We love to hear about how our partners on USHarbors are helping each other succeed, and that certainly sounds like the case with DiMillo's Yacht Sales in Portland. The yacht dealer, who also has an office in Glen Cove, New York, told Mainebiz that his sales have doubled twice over… SEE MORE
Scalloping for a Living; a Dangerous Pursuit
Scallop diving is dangerous business, make no mistake about it. Divers plunge into the icy waters of down east Maine, sometimes sixty to seventy feet down, all while the water temperature sits in the mid 30’s and the winter winds howl above the oceans choppy surface. It’s dangerous alright, but… SEE MORE