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Issue 130 Table of Contents

June/July 2014

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FEATURES

A Boat for All Ages: The Herreshoff 12½ Sturdy, comfortable and versatile, this design has stood the test of time BY BILL MAYHER **BONUS CONTENT: Video: Go for a short sail on a Herreshoff 12½

At Home in Port Boatbuilders kick back on their waterborne dreams BY LAURIE SCHREIBER

I Should Have Named Her Serendipity Who hasn't wanted to own a model of his sailboat? BY C. DANIEL SMITH
**BONUS CONTENT: A love letter to the Concordia Yawl in "A Yacht for the Ages" by Elizabeth Meyer

Life Below the Mooring Ball If you set it, they will come BY RUTH HILL
**BONUS CONTENT: Video: Get a close-up at otherwordly shrimp

A Quiet Exhibition Visual arts must be seen to be appreciated BY PETER H. SPECTRE
**BONUS CONTENT: Slideshow of artist Christine Henehan's paintings

In the Garden The useful and lovely plant known as mullein BY LYNETTE L. WALTHER

William Irvine's Maine Scottish-born painter of modernist landscapes BY CARL LITTLE

The Saga of the Lorna R. A beloved boat is found again and restored to top racing shape BY KRISTINA DAY OSGOOD
**BONUS CONTENT: 2014 Maine Lobster Boat Race Schedule **VIDEO: Hear the roar of the engines and watch the action in the trailer for "Relentless Quest, World's Fastest Lobsterboat," an independent production about Maine's lobsterboat racing series by Portland production company Persistence Media. IN EVERY ISSUE

PUBLISHER'S LETTER The Spirit of Home

BOATYARD DOG® Unabashed Boat Enthusiast

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR We welcome your comments, and we print them too!

VIEW FROM THE PORCH BY PETER BASS

AWANADJO ALMANACK BY ROB MCCALL

THE MAINE I LOVE Photograph by Ann-e Blanchard DEPARTMENTS

A LETTER FROM HOME How we got a boat and finally met our neighbors BY BROOKE WILLIAMS

A POSTCARD IN TIME "Give me donuts or give me death!" BY PETER H. SPECTRE

MY BOAT, MY HARBOR Adventures in a Boston Whaler shaped an artist's world vision BY ERIC HOPKINS **BONUS CONTENT: Boston Whaler Musings by Bill Mayher

OFF THE DRAWING BOARD Harrier 25 Sport BY ART PAINE

A LETTER FROM AWAY An amateur sets out to build his own runabout BY DALE R. HAMILTON

SMALL ADVENTURES Damariscotta: Waiting to be discovered BY MIMI BIGELOW STEADMAN

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Issue 130 Issue 130 | June/July 2014
Volume 27 | Number 3
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On the cover: The powerboat, Buffalo Soldier, shown here cruising across West Penobscot Bay with the Camden Hills in the background, was designed by C. Raymond Hunt and built more than 50 years ago. The new Hunt Harrier 25 Sport has many of the same great qualities. Photo by Polly Saltonstall.
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