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FEATURES

Wilbur Yachts: A Family Business, A Business’s Family
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When you talk entrepreneurial spirit on the coast of Maine, you talk Wilbur Yachts.
BY BRIAN ROBBINS

Crafting Time
There’s an old saying that the best boat is the last boat, and for Mr. Sam Guild this proved to be true.
BY RICHARD KING

When the Birds Come Calling
The life path of Wing Goodale, conservation biologist.
BY DONNIE MULLEN

The Shaped Art of Sam Cady
This painter from Friendship has broken free from the tyranny of the rectangle. He creates work that is part painting and part sculpture.
BY CARL LITTLE

MAINE BOATS, HOMES & HARBORS SHOW
Tradition Shapes Innovation™ at our seventh annual boat and home show. August 7-9, 2009, on the waterfront in Rockland: boats in the water, boats on land, fine art, architecture, furniture, gifts, jewelry, food, live music, zany events, and loads of fun.

A Farmhouse Full of Ships
Up a narrow wooden staircase, under several layers of wallpaper in bedrooms that once belonged to children, early-nineteenth-century illustrations of enough ships and watercraft to fill a small harbor have been discovered.
BY ROBERT LLOYD WEBB

Knots, Nautical Miles, & King Henry’s Nose
In the nautical world, we mean what we say and say what we mean.
ILLUSTRATIONS AND STORY BY JAN ADKINS

The State of Maine’s Beaches
Some are accessible, some are not. Some are stable, some are not. Some are clean, some are not. All are our responsibility.
BY CATHERINE SCHMITT

DEPARTMENTS

PUBLISHER'S LETTER

BOATYARD DOG®
Harley and Dylan

LETTERS
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VIEW FROM THE PORCH
More from Bill, the earth remains on its axis, and why we don’t annex Canada.
BY PETER BASS

AWANADJO ALMANACK
Most of us can’t tell one crow from another.
BY ROB MCCALL

A POSTCARD IN TIME
The Fishing Is Excellent Here
BY PETER H. SPECTRE

A LETTER FROM MATINICUS
Don’t Believe a Word of It!
BY EVA MURRAY

FROM WHENCE WE CAME
From Hornblower to the Sea Scouts: Forester, Kent, and Lane
BY PETER H. SPECTRE

OFF THE DRAWING BOARD
The Rockport 41
BY ART PAINE

BOOK REVIEW
A Coastal Companion
REVIEWED BY LINDA HEDMAN BEYUS

MAINELY GOURMET
Two Village Stores
BY PETER H. SPECTRE

GUNKHOLING WITH GIZMO
Hog Island, Muscongus Bay
BY BEN ELLISON