Correspondents: Voices from the Field

Our correspondents are like the friends you run into at the post office who fill you in on their latest adventures. Chosen for their expertise, they will be your eyes and ears up and down the length of the Maine coast. Come here for an eclectic mix of writing on a wide variety of topics: boat maintenance, cruising destinations, gardening, bird watching, home design, great food, where to go, what to see. This is a section to visit often.

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    View from the Porch

    Flora and fauna “from away,” the no-impact lobster trap, this sporting life, and gleanings from the state’s newspapers.
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    View from the Porch

    A closed cannery, a shameless parade in Portland, a thrash to windward at 16 knots in 8 knots of wind, and an artificial reef for the recently departed.
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    Water Ways: What’s On the Menu?

    By Melissa Waterman - We love to eat lobsters, but what do lobsters love to eat?
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    Water Ways: A World Unknown

    By Melissa Waterman - Spring is when we feel the urge to explore.
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    View from the Porch

    The trains in Maine are hard to explain, the best view in the Pine Tree State, and Herbie bites the (saw) dust.
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    Water Ways: Navigation

    By Melissa Waterman - It is possible to find your way in the world using your own built-in computer: your brain.

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors
Correspondents

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Peter Bass
Ben Ellison
John K. Hanson, Jr.
Maine Windjammers
Marie Malin
Eva Murray
Peter Neill
Michael Porter
Peter H. Spectre
Lynette L. Walther
Melissa Waterman

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