Coastal Regions

A Letter from the Publisher - Issue 104
Tradition shapes innovation

Boatyard Dog - Rosh and Ian - Issue 104
Boatyard Dog®: Rosh and Ian - Issue 104

Awanadjo Almanack - Issue 104
There was a time when nearly all the earth’s fresh water was drinkable.

Maine Boatbuilders Show 2009
The crowds turned out in Portland for the Maine Boatbuilders Show, held over three sunny days in mid-March. There was no shortage of great boatbuilding on display.

Jim Brown, 1917-2008: One Lucky Man
North Haven Boatbuilder Jim Brown, 1917-2008: Weather delayed the ferry, so he was laid out the old-fashioned way, in the boat shop, in a coffin built by his son and grandson.

Water Ways: Love is a Many Splendored Thing
<strong> By Melissa Waterman</strong> - What do Greek myths, brigantines, and shrimp reproduction have in common?

Maine Events - March 2009
<a href="/online/maine-events/march-2009">Jazz in Hope, Maine Maple Sunday and the Maine Boatbuilders Show. Click to view all March Events >></a>

Water Ways: An Answer to Global Warming?
<strong> By Melissa Waterman</strong> - Could the tiny, gluttonous, carbon-dioxide-eating diatom really save the planet?

A Letter from Matinicus - Survival Rations
<strong>By Eva Murray</strong> - Freight is tackled by all civilians, swarming sometimes like ants, and not above loading one man's provisions into another man's rig.

A Letter from Matinicus - Don't Tell The Nurse
<strong>By Eva Murray</strong> - Everybody, regardless of history, ethics, or severity of bait smell, is welcome aboard the 'Beam, and there is always something in the cookie jar.