Preview: Among Old Friends Part 7 – BAGATELLE, ANNIE & VULCAN
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October 21, 2023
Email this Video to a FriendWith this final episode in the Benjamin River, we hope you’ve enjoyed the time with Maynard and Doug as much as we have. On to the next harbor full of beautiful boats next summer!
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11 Responses So Far to “Among Old Friends Part 7 – BAGATELLE, ANNIE & VULCAN”
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David and Margaret Tew says:
The local boatyard in our cove pulls and sets the dozens of moorings here every season. There’s an outflow from a fresh water pond which causes ice sheets to form over the salt starting in January. When the ice sheets get blown out to sea they would damage and even slice off mooring buoys if they weren’t pulled. Of course they could rig winter spars but I’m glad they don’t. It makes the harbor look so very different and pristine in winter without them. The barge they use for hauling, checking, repairing and setting moorings is a WWII flat-bottom scow fitted with a big diesel “outboard” engine that mounts on the stern and turns the boat in it’s own length. It makes for some interesting days watching the two guys maneuver around doing their work so efficiently with nothing but two-finger hand signals well into the darkening days of December.
Tony Jarvis says:
What is the little yawl that comes right after Grayling?
Maynard Bray says:
Lily Catchpole, a Bolger-designed Chebacco boat that we discuss in part 4 of this series.
David Bicks says:
So, this will have to get us through the winter. Thanks. Cheers,
Steve Stone says:
Ohhhhh, we have plenty of good stuff for the winter, David. :)
Robert Kunzig says:
The Mrs and I were camping at Camden Hills just north of Camden when she wished to walk the town and do some shopping. I was very content with sitting near the dinghy float/dock and just watching the harbor, for hours! Delightful. Intesting enough during that time I noticed that the weather that had been forcasted did not look right in the sky to the NE. Sure enough that sitting time saved us from being stuck in what would have been two days of rain. We pulled up stakes and got out just as the rain began to fall. She had her time and I had mine. Simply lovely up there
Eric Takakjian says:
All great boats, so fun to see.
Patrick Filardi says:
Don’t get up to Maine much but when I do I have to get out in a kayak and just drink in the beautiful wooden boats, a bit like I would imagine what heaven may be like.
John Wujack says:
Thank you for this series. Most enjoyable and always worthy of repeated viewing.
Walter Allan says:
Benjamin River is a close second to Center Harbor. Nice tour.
John Fuller says:
What wonderful stories and conversations about old boats and old styles of boats. If any boater or sailor could do their life over I would choose one of the old style sailboats to do it with. Newer fibreglass yachts will never have the same mystique and allure of an old wooden cutter. You have a wonderful site that takes the mind and heart back to better times and simpler times.