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Maine Coastal News
Publisher's Note
P.O. Box 710
After two months of running around the Looking for other options, I called
Winterport, Maine 04496-0710 U.S.A.
coast looking for a berth and a way to get Billing’s Diesel and Marine, but they had two
(207) 223-8846 Fax (207) 223-9004
SATURN there has come to an end. other large vessels looking for space. I then
E-mail - igmatats@aol.com
I thought finding a berth for a 117-foot thought about Dysart’s Marina in South-
tug would be difficult, but not nearly impos- west Harbor, but this was actually getting
Web site: www.mainescoast.com sible. The first place we went was Rockland; going away from people, who could help with
however most of the places that she could go the project. I then called and talked to Arthur
would have an issue in heavy weather. What Fournier, who owns the tugs in Belfast and
about Maine Maritime Academy? The tug is has ties all the way down the East Coast. He
a non-profit and it would be great to get some tried to help, but had nothing to offer.
of the students involved with her. The prob- After hours and hours eating up more
lem here was simply no room. I might have than six weeks of time, I stopped by Kustom
been able to go out and sit on a mooring, but Steel in Brewer, which is ten miles up the
during the coldest days of the winter SAT- Penobscot River from where SATURN was
URN needs to be heated. sitting. This is the old McGilvery shipyard
Thinking harder, what about Booth- and there were a couple of options there.
bay? I called one place and they had room, Owner Brent Phinney and I looked at a cove
but the cost was just over $1,700, certainly thinking we could slide her in there. I was not
Maine Coastal News is dedicated to covering the waterfront of State of Maine. It covers
not in the budget. Another place was more comfortable with this thinking she might roll.
commercial fishing, yachting (power and sail), boat yard and waterfront news and maritime history. reasonable at $1,000, but there was another The best spot would be between his pier and
Maine Coastal News is published 12 times per year.
tug or two needing that spot. Another spot an old barge that he was cutting up and
The distribution of Maine Coastal News is from Eastport to Kittery and is free on the
came up and we could sit on a mooring in the modifying. Well, after getting a beautiful tow
newsstand. It also can be by subscription. A year subscription, 12 issues, is $20.00. A single copy
harbor until the cold weather hit and then up the river, SATURN was placed tempo-
is $2.00, which covers the postage. Foreign rates for subscriptions are $40.00 per year.
come into the dock for three months. This rarily on a Bangor dock. As soon as Kustom
The Maine Coastal News office is located at 966 North Main Street, Winterport, Maine.
Comments or additional information write: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport,
was promising, but as a dead ship, not able Steel removes their docks for the season
Maine 04496.
to move on her own power, we still had to get SATURN will slide across the river and
her there. Without getting an actual cost nestle into her winter berth, thankfully.
figure, but knowing that the cost per hour Being at Kustom Steel opens up a lot of
several years ago was $500, this was going to options, all of them good. We have already
be prohibitive with the budget I had to work had some welding work done, and once she
with. Well, then I learned that there was a tug partially grounds out in her new berth we will
Publisher Jon B. Johansen
at Rockland that was heading to Boothbay weld up the thru-hulls so that during the
and what about getting her to come up take winter I do not have to worry about her
Editor-in-Chief Rachel Elward
SATURN down with her? Well, first she had freezing up. Also in her new berth we will be
a job to do in Bucksport, which was taking a able to do some bottom work, like paint and
barge down to Rockland, and she would not zincs. That alone could save upwards of
Advertising Deadlines: The deadline for the December issue is 14 November.
come back for at least two weeks. Being $10,000 for a haul out at a shipyard. The goal
The deadline for the January issue is 12 December.
heavily pressured to move from the dock I now is getting her to look great by the end of
was presently tied to I really could not wait. next summer.
MCN's Calendar of Coastal Events
– October 31 Summer Exhibits at OCTOBER DECEMBER 27-30 USA Junior Olympic Sailing
Museum of Yachting and IYRS 30-Nov 3 Fort Lauderdale International Boat 2 “The 6-Meter Class” Festival - Orange Bowl International
Museum of Yachting / Fort Show Toby Rodes Youth Regatta
Adams State Park, Newport Bahia Mar Yachting Center; Greater Dinner at Café Zelda US Sailing Center & Coral Reef
IYRS Newport Campus / 449 Thames Fort Lauderdale/ Broward County 528 Thames Street Yacht Club, Miami, FL
Street, Newport Convention Center; Fort Lauderdale Grande Lecture at IYRS Bill Scheuermann -
The International Yacht Restoration Hotel & Yacht Club; Hyatt Regency Pier 66 449 Thames Street obregatta@gmail.com
School and The Museum of Yachting will Hotel & Marina; Hall of Fame Marina; and At 1930 hrs www.coralreefyachtclub.org/
coordinate exhibits with restoration Las Olas Marina Newport, RI index.cfm?menu=7560
projects in summer ’08, so visitors to Fort Lauderdale, FL Info: (401) 848-5777
Newport can see restorations underway
and learn about the history of these NOVEMBER 6-7 USA Junior Olympic Sailing Festival
watercraft and the individuals who 4 “The International 14: Evolution of US Sailing Center of Martin County,
designed them and sailed onboard in the Oldest International Sailing Class” Jensen Beach, FL
displays of historic photos, artifacts, Steve Clark Peter Strong - peter@usscmc.org
and film footage. The summer ’08 Dinner at Café Zelda www.usscmc.org
exhibits focus on Sparkman & Stephens 528 Thames Street
and the people behind the famous one- Lecture at IYRS
designs and ocean racers that put this 449 Thames Street
design firm on the map, coupled with the At 1930 hrs
building of a replica of the S&S-designed Newport, RI
6-Meter Cherokee. At IYRS, shipwrights Info: (401) 848-5777
will be working on the restoration of the
133-foot 1885 schooner yacht Coronet 18 “The History of the Huckins Yacht
while the museum hosts an exhibit on the Corporation”
voyages of Arthur Curtiss James (1867– Cindy and Buddy Purcell
1941), who owned and cruised Dinner at Café Zelda
worldwide onboard Coronet and his 528 Thames Street
series of Aloha yachts. Also on view will Lecture at IYRS
be an exhibit on the America’s Cup 449 Thames Street
during the Newport years from 1930– At 1930 hrs
1983, when Cup syndicates competed in Newport, RI
J/Class and 12-Meter yachts. Info: (401) 848-5777
IYRS
449 Thames Street 19-20 Maine Marine Trade Association
Newport, RI 2008 Annual Conference and Maine’s North
Info: www.iyrs.org/401-848-5777 Star Alliance Initiative third annual
symposium
Samoset Resort
Rockport
Info: (207) 287-4599 or
207-773-8725
Rusty Court's CASEY ANNE off Boothbay Harbor.
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