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ECS - My visit to Maine to attend the Privateer Lynx launching in late July at Rockport Marine was a wonderful occasion and the opportunity to explore about the area turned out to be a fine one for it certainly lives up to its reputation as "The Jewel of the Maine Coast." The Camden Rockport Camping campgrounds wilderness tenting area was my base of operations for my stay and proved to be an excellent choice. Nan, the proprietor, turned out to be a most gracious host. She is quite the sailor too - having sailed across the Pacific Ocean on a voyage with her husband in her youth. From the campgrounds it is but a short journey into Rockport and Camden to explore about the myriad of shops and restauarants in the area. An early stop for me turned out to be the Owl & Turtle Bookshop at 8 Bay View Street, one of the finest book stores in Maine. They have an outstanding maritime selection of books. I was then fortunate indeed to come upon the Camden Deli and their outstanding menu selection of sandwiches and homemade soups along with their Green Mountain Coffees. The Harbor view of the marina from their back room dining area is most astounding as the pictures below will attest. If you are in search of schooner sailing adventures this is the place to go. You can also drop by the Chamber of Commerce office and grab some brochures.
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Penobscot Marine Museum
Maine's Oldest Maritime Museum
US Route 1 and Church Street,
P.O. Box 498
Searsport, Maine 04974-0498
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David Jones Yacht Brokerage
Camden, Maine
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Maine Windjammer Cruises
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Advertise here. See our Tradewinds Page for details.
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International Marine publishes "good books about boats." Such as the following.
Crothers, William L. / The American-Built Clipper Ship / An International Marine/McGraw-Hill Companies Book, Camden, Maine, 1997 / Cover Painting of the Red Jacket by Percy A. Sutton, courtesy the Penobscot Marine Museum, Searsport, Maine. www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org / ECS - Whenever the American people decide to build clipper ships again, this is the book that will tell them how to do it.
They also publish Ragged Mountain Press. Sports and outdoor books that will take you off the beaten path.
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12/25/03 ~ ECS ~Ahoy Mainers,
Wonderful maritime news!
A treasure-trove of 1500 Tall Ships pictures have recently been found by Model shipwright Steve Priske in Coos Bay, Oregon, and are of the 65 Tall ships that were built there by shipwrights, many of them from the State of Maine, that sailed around the Horn at the time of the California Gold Rush, and resumed their ship-building activities in Coos Bay.
Many of these Tall Ships were built by Captain Asa Meade Simpson who was from the State of Maine, who also spent some time working in the New York shipyards in the late 1840s, as did some of the other Maine shipwrights, and one can certainly see the influence in the magnificant Barkentines and Schooners that were built in the Coos Bay shipyards in the later part of the 19th Century and the early years of the 20th.
This is clearly evident in the picture of the three-masted Barkentine Gardiner City to the right.
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The Clipper Ship Red Jacket built in Rockland, Maine in 1853.
Camden - Rockport - Lincolnville Chamber of Commerce (207) 236-4404 "The Jewel of the Maine Coast" Where the Mountains Meet the Sea
On Sunday morning I took a one hour drive North up Route 1 to Searsport and the Penobscot Marine Museum where one can certainly find treasures celebrating Maine's seafaring heritage just like the brochure says. The collection of maritime paintings by Thomas and James Buttersworth is supurb. I was particularly intrigued with the outstanding ship's model of the Red Jacket and this large British chart of the South China Sea. Also of great interest to me was the "From Bark to Canvas: The Evolution of the Maine Canoe." From this exhibit one can also learn all about the passionate early 20th Century wilderness waterway pastime of "Canoedling." The Library was closed for the weekend unfortunately for me so I did not get the chance to check out their supurb archive that is known throughout the maritime world for its fine collections. A perfect excuse for me to return to Maine again next summer. Whatever works.
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The Era of the Clipper Ships / Maritime Links Ship's Store / Directory / McKay Clan Bibliography / Introduction / Home _______________________________________
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Paddles and Oars Handcrafted by Shaw and Tenney since 1858 ____________________________________
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The Senaca Chief Red Jacket for whom the clipper ship Red Jacket was named after. According to American Clipper Ships, "The extreme clipper ship Red Jacket was justly celebrated for the delicate beauty of her graceful lines throughout. Her arched stem was as pleasing to the eye as was her powerful but exquisitely modeled stern, while her spars and rigging were perfectly proportioned. To the end of her days as a sailing ship she was everywhere considered as the handsomest of the large clipper ships put afloat by American builders. Her entrance lines were hollow and her ends long and very sharp. She had three decks and her dimensions, according to Lloyd's Register were, 251: 2 x 44 x 31 feet; tonnage, 2305. She was modeled by Samuel H. Pook and built by George Thomas, at Rockland, Me, and was owned by Seacomb & Taylor of Boston. She was launched Nov. 2, 1853, and a week thereafter was towed to New York to receive her spars and rigging." The Red Jacket was indeed Samuel H. Pook's masterpiece and astounded the maritime world wherever she sailed. We call upon the people of the great state of Maine to take up the challenge of building a new historic interpretation of this remarkable clipper ship. _____________________________ Penobscot Bay
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Painting by John Stobart _______________________  Maine Boats & Harbors The Magazine of the Coast _______________________ After a visit to the giftshop I drove on back down Route 1. It was a glorious late July afternoon and the lure of the sea was impossible to resist. Soon I was keeping an eye out for a beach. Before long I found one complete with a lagoon and a magnificent panorama of offshore islands and sailing vessels catching the fair winds of the afternoon. I went for a long walk down the beach and a swim in the lagoon. Around sundown I retuned to Camden and wandered through the park down to the marina wharves to take a look at all the boats. I booked a sailing on a schooner for a 10 a.m. two-hour sail for the following Monday morning. The ocean mists blew in with the morning tide and upon my arrival on the wharf I learned that the 10 a.m.schooner sailing was cancelled. My hope of a sailing adventure had come and gone, just like the tide, and I had to be on my way surely to return another day to the "Jewel of the Maine Coast." I'll leave you all now with some links to check out on the new Maine Tradewinds Page. Happy sails. ______________________
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