Issue 171 Table of Contents

A Family-Run Company with Booming Sales and Service Work
He started with a marina, but Christopher DiMillo has expanded his company into yacht sales and service work with multiple locations along the East Coast.

A Special Boat Comes Home
You often read stories about boat rebuilds, but finding and transporting those old boats can be just as much of an adventure, as this story shows.

An Odd Fellows Hall is Reborn
Brooklin’s historic Order of Odd Fellows Hall was on the verge of falling down, when a team of new owners stepped in and breathed new life into the classic structure.

Bend in the River
A trip to Ireland, fly fishing, and memories.

Bloodworms, new boats, and old schooners
The latest news

Boats and history and the future
Boats and history and the future

Bowdoin turns 100
A century after it was built to explore remote Arctic regions, the schooner Bowdoin still sails northward, although now the passengers are mostly students.

Doing What Came Naturally
A familiar face in the marine world, Bentley Collins helped grow Sabre and its sister company Back Cove Yachts into premier boatbuilders.

Equipoise
A new 44-foot sloop designed by Jim Taylor and built at Brooklin Boat Yard will be used for day sailing and racing on the West Coast.

Great White Sharks in Maine
Data shows great white sharks, once on the verge of disappearing, are making a comeback along the Maine coast.

Huckleberry and Stella!
Huckleberry and Stella!

Letters to the Editor — Issue 171
Power on, adventures, Dolphin ancestry

Maine’s Proud History of Building Boats
Mainers have built thousands of boats and ships in the last 200 years. Four are the state’s signature types, wherever they are found: the canoe, the peapod, Friendship sloops, and lobsterboats.

Michael Torlen
In his series “Ocean Blues,” artist Michael Torlen reflects on the fate of our water planet.

Southport
Take a tour of Southport Island

The Artist Who Runs the Georgetown Dump
Artists have flocked to Georgetown since the early 1900s. Today, the painter Jim Coombs lives and works there. Georgetown residents see him whenever they go to the dump, which he manages.

The Maine I Love
Boats and the natural world by Art Paine

The Sunrise Skiff
A little homemade skiff proves to be the perfect boat for harbor outings.

Welcome Downeast
Fledgling crows, cherry tomatoes, and jellyfish

Schoodic Institute at Acadia National Park
Schoodic Institute is the largest of 18 Research Learning Centers in the National Park System