Polly Saltonstall
Windjammers Along The Coast
Maine's windjammers: iconic symbols of the coast
Great Island: A Yard for All Seasons
Maine’s stellar reputation for new boat construction gets the limelight. But it is all-purpose yards like Great Island Boat Yard with their capacity for service, repairs and refits that are the backbone of the state’s maritime industry today. Searching for more meaningful lives, Great Island owners Steve and Stephanie Rowe left high-powered corporate jobs to run the yard.
Architectural Sparkle: Lowe Hardware
Founded by Bill Lowe of Owls Head, Maine, who started out making special metal fittings for yachts, Lowe Hardware has expanded into the high-end custom hardware home market. The company makes doorknobs, pulls, hinges, cabinet handles, and even fittings for furniture, in finishes that range from shiny or rough bronze to gold-plated brass or nickel.
Islesford Boatworks: Tubby Legs
<em>Tubby Legs</em>, a Finboat designed by Harry Bryan of New Brunswick, Canada, has a flexible fin off the stern. Reciprocating foot pedals push the fin back and forth, propelling the vessel through the water like an undulating fish. It’s the eighth boat built at Islesford Boatworks, a summer boatbuilding school.
Books of Note - Issue 133
A selection of books about food, houses, and a maritime designer.
Communities Set Sail
Community sailing programs are reaching out to a growing new audience by offering multi-season programs and by hosting high school sailing teams.
Rebirth for a historic mill
An old mill in Freedom is a model for adaptive re-use. After a 40-year vacancy, it is filled with new life, including an alternative school and a restaurant.
Polly's Folly Fall Regatta
Annual fall regatta draws a crowd.
Lyman Morse, Green Building
Boatbuilding in a 22,400-square-foot state-of-the-art , energy-efficient and environmentally responsible “green” building
