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Issue 132 Table of Contents

Winter 2015

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FEATURES

Sailing into the Future Hodgdon Yachts builds a cutting-edge ocean racer BY TOM GROENING

Tiny Houses Mainers love their ice shacks BY KAY STEPHENS

FDR's Beloved Island A favorite retreat, Campobello helped shape Roosevelt and his family BY JANET MENDELSOHN
**BONUS CONTENT: Travel across the border to Campobello Island in a Small Adventure by Lee Wilbur.

On the Land and on the Lake The buoyant Amphicar can handle both BY W. HODDING CARTER
**BONUS VIDEO CONTENT: Go for a lake ride in the Stovers’ Amphicar.

Gray Seals Swim Back Into Maine Once-rare carnivores winter on Seal Island BY TONY OPPERSDORFF
**BONUS VIDEO CONTENT: Experience Seal Island on a February day in “Boat Ride to the Wild Side” by Billy Ray Sims.

Art Flotilla Artist Celeste Roberge’s seaweed boats float the imagination BY CARL LITTLE

MJM: Mary Johnstone’s Motorboat A powerboat designed and built by sailors BY PETER BASS

Father and Daughter Lettercutters Chiseling meaning into stone in Belfast BY DONNA GOLD

Cold Enough Yet? The science behind sea smoke BY CATHERINE SCHMITT

Ode to the Stones When life gives you rocks, grow rock gardens BY LYNETTE L. WALTHER
**BONUS CONTENT: Two Maine rock gardens.

From Classic Icon to Iconoclastic Hinckley gets back into building sailboats BY ALESSANDRO VITELLI
IN EVERY ISSUE

PUBLISHER'S LETTER The Color of Adventure

BOATYARD DOG® Gatsby: The New World Champion

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 Jim Dugan DEPARTMENTS

MAINE COURSE Sea Salt: The Spice of Life BY KAREN O. ZIMMERMANN

A POSTCARD IN TIME Can’t Get No Satisfaction BY PETER H. SPECTRE

OFF THE DRAWING BOARD The Marlin Heritage 23 and the Selkie BY ART PAINE

A LETTER FROM AWAY A Race Back in Time BY ALICE GREENWAY

SMALL ADVENTURES Southwest Harbor: The quiet side of Mt. Desert BY MIMI BIGELOW STEADMAN

MY BOAT, MY HARBOR Every Boat Has a Story to Tell BY SALLY GIDDINGS SMITH

Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors, Issue 132 Issue 132 | Winter Issue 2015 Volume 27 | Number 5
 
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On the cover: Bob and Nancy Stover of Belfast, Maine, take their Amphicar for a cruise on Megunticook Lake in Camden. See the story on page 36. Photo by Jamie Bloomquist
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