The current issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors magazine is on newsstands and in the mail now! To order your copy or to subscribe, just call us toll free: 800-565-4951. To whet your appetite, selected departments are available online: click here or use the links (in blue) below. FEATURES The Maine I Love Burnt Island: One photographer’s vision of the beauty of Maine’s landscape. PHOTOGRAPH BY PETER H. SPECTRE Click Here to view an online gallery of Peter's photos Carving a Place in the Fox Islands: J. Murray Howe, II Japanese-influenced art and architecture on Maine coast islands? Have a look at this. BY MARGARET HOWE EWING | PHOTOGRAPHS BY C. JAMES SMITH Thinking Big in Belfast: Front Street Shipyard When six veterans of the Maine marine industry decided to build a new boatyard in Belfast, they went all out. TEXT & PHOTOGRAPHS BY ERIC COLBY A Boatbuilder’s Second Career Ralph Stanley, a boatbuilder and fiddle player of renown, also builds and repairs violins. BY ALESSANDRO VITELLI | PHOTOGRAPHS BY JOE DEVENNEY Boats of the Year 2011 Our annual roundup of boatbuilding projects from Maine and beyond. BY JENNIFER WILSON MCINTOSH The Isobel, Brooklin Boat Yard, by Art Paine Eastern 248 and North Shore 22, Eastern Boats and Grey Barn Boatworks, by John Snyder Saint Ayles Skiff, Hewes & Company, by Greg Rössel Aleria, Johanson Boatworks by John Snyder Benito, John’s Bay Boat Company by Brian Robbins Leadership 44, Morris Yachts by Steve Callahan Dark Harbor 12½, Northeast Boat by Art Paine Sabre 48 Salon Express, Sabre Yachts by John Snyder Bay Raider 17 and 20, Swallow Boats by Art Paine The Tessie Ann, Robinhood Marine Center by Ben Ellison Outboard Skiffs, Salt Water Workshop and Allied Boat Works by Brian Robbins DEPARTMENTS
PUBLISHER'S LETTER BOATYARD DOG® Winslow LETTERS We welcome your comments, and we print them too! VIEW FROM THE PORCH Let us bask in our misguided glory, take the time to pack a proper shrimp roll, and smoke a stogie in honor of ever-more-powerful boats. BY PETER BASS AWANADJO ALMANACK One of the things I love about winter is having time to think BY ROB MCCALL A POSTCARD IN TIME Build a Boat, Gain Your Freedom BY PETER H. SPECTRE A LETTER FROM AWAY Maine Forever Stays in My Mind BY INGRID CODE MAINELY GOURMET The Lost Kitchen, Belfast BY KIM RIDLEY GUNKHOLING WITH GIZMO Casco Passage BY BEN ELLISON |  Issue 118 | March 2012 Volume 25 | Number 1 Click image to expand On the cover: A peek inside a Sabre 48 Salon Express. Photograph by Billy Black Click image to see a larger view. Issue 118 Advertiser List |