Last nights sunset at Cape Frochu, Nova Scotia.
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Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Book Recommendation: The Keeper Of The Light
The Keeper Of The Light
Authored by Doug Mills
List Price: $19.99
8.5" x 11" (21.59 x 27.94 cm)
Full Color on White paper
40 pages
ISBN-13: 978-1467909976
ISBN-10: 1467909971
BISAC: Travel / United States / Northeast / New England
In 1912 my grandfather, Albert D. Mills was keeper of the Rockland Breakwater lighthouse. Over the past 100 years the light has guarded the entrance to Rockland harbor. Come and share the beauty of a national treasure as seen through the lens of my camera
Doug Mills is the grandson and great grandson of Maine Lighthouse keepers, with a heritage of ship builders and sea captains. In his Photo Book you can see the passion that he has for this subject. The book is in an 8.5x 11 coffee table format filled with full color photographs of the lighthouse and the historic sailing vessels that call Rockland home.
To celebrate the upcoming Lighthouse Special of The MaineSail Magazine we are offering a very special price to our readers!
ONLY $15.00
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Monday, January 30, 2012
The Nina and Pinta
The Nina and Pinta
I do not know what I expected when I boarded the Nina and Pinta on their resent visit to Portland, Maine.
The first thing that grabs your attention is the size. Not a bad size for sailing around the bay, but to attempt to cross an uncharted ocean. Maybe that is why the sailors were only payed a portion of their pay the rest on completion of the trip. Now I assumed that like now, when your watch was done you could go below to your bunk and clill till your next watch, Not So. Below deck would be filled with the cargo and provisions needed for the trip and everything needed when they arrived at their destination. When your watch was done you would need to find a place on the deck to rest, preferably on a pile of rope or cargo as the deck would very often be awash with cold seawater.
Nothing was easy. Just launching the long boat was a job, as everything was covered in tar to make it waterproof and to protect it from the effects of the harsh ocean environment. This meant that the boat weighed about twice as much as our modern boats.
Everything was done by hand, from steering the boat with a tiller to the raising of the anchor.
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Painted By A Master
Photos taken today!
There is just enough fog to make the landscape look like it was painted by a master painter.
Cape Frochu, Nova Scotia
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Saturday, January 28, 2012
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Great Schooner Race: A Maine tradition since 1977.
"The Great Schooner Race: A Maine tradition since 1977."
is a repost from the Fall 2011 issue.
The MaineSail Magazine Fall 2011
is available in a:
Large Format
8.5x11
Book Bound
Large Print Edition
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