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A front brought a rain line through last night. May all storms be like this one. Early arriving clouds did kill any chance for a sunset. I did feel the need to get up at 4:30 to make sure that the building winds would cause us no problem. However at 5:30 the winds quit. Not […]

So this year’s race unfolded as so many do – wait for wind, get frustrated when others boats find it first and then charge around the course working to beat one’s handicap and, thus, other boats. The big boys get to catch up fighting to finish first. That boat  claims line honors, has bragging rights […]

It’s the morning of THE big race of the summer up here. The sky is gray and the water is oil slick smooth. No wind. If the skies clear a good sea breeze usually develops. Come nine o’clock skippers meeting little has changed. Come ten when boats need to head for the start line a […]

Maine’s woods are never neat, no competition for the photogenically clear understory of, say, the giant redwoods in California. Winter storms kill trees. Some crack off and lean over on the next tree. Some dry out and remain standing almost forever. Some rot standing. They are always interesting and no more so than on Warren […]

Warren Island: one of Maine’s little gems.  It’s a island state park without any regular transportation to and from. So boaters like ourselves pick up a park mooring and dinghy in to a nice dock. Campers often come over with loaded down canoes. Their camp sites come with more than an adequate supply of firewood […]

A day to hang up one’s oils slicks and rest. In the winter the lobster industry runs seven days a week but in the summer, Sunday is a day off. Why? According to the lobster buyer Dee talked with in Rockland too many cruisers are out on the water. When that happens “they will pick […]

Those who keep track of such things tell us that sunsets are the most photographed subject. Our life style makes it easy to contribute to the statistics. Our presence in Penobscot Bay also makes it easy to photograph windjammers as they are everywhere. We rarely anchor without a windjammer neighbor. They provide great background for […]

We have a request to show Dee in her scrimshaw class. So here she is. Long ago I learned that, when photographing anyone who does manual labor or a craft of any sort, go for the hands. The hands will tell a story.
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We are back at the WoodenBoat School so Dee can do a week of scratching Corian for practice in a scrimshaw class. Yep, Corian is the training material of choice. But that’s not the story. Jim here is the story. The last time we were here, I captured him working on a new figurehead. It […]

Race days for Friendship Sloops. A raging regatta this is not. The only egos on the loose are those of boys who, as always, feel the need to generate their own excitement in this case with pirate songs and water balloon barrages during the pre-start maneuvering. By all outward appearances we have a race. There […]