Traces Maine's four hundred year maritime history, from the earliest exploration of the coast, through the rise of the fishing industry, to the demise of coastal trade

Coastal Maine: A Maritime History

History

Duncan, Roger F.

Americas

W.W. Norton & Co., Inc.

At age eighty, Roger Duncan decides it is time to build a new yacht. His methods are as surprising as his timing. This is the story of why to build a 28-foot schooner, not how to build one. It is the story of why, particularly, to build a wooden sailing vessel that relies on age-old methods and materials, yet also embraces newfangled technologies. But mostly it is the story of the people--the score of craftsmen and craftswomen, friends, and family--who give their skill, advice, support, and time to turn Dorothy Elizabeth from an idea into a graceful, seaworthy reality. You will meet Ralph Stanley of Southwest Harbor, Maine, one of the world's great designers and builders of traditional wooden boats. You will meet Mary Chandler Duncan, a poet and the author's wife, soul mate, and first mate. You will meet Nat Wilson, sail maker, who took time out from building topsails for the USS Constitution to build sails for Dorothy Elizabeth. You will meet Frank Luke, neighbor, boatyard owner, all-around helper, and the man who launched Dorothy Elizabeth. And you will meet many other singular people drawn together by the building of a boat.

Dorothy Elizabeth: Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner

Engineering & Transportation

Transportation

W.W.Norton&Company

At age eighty, the author decides it is time to build a new yacht. His methods are as surprising as his timing. This is the story of Dorothy Elizabeth, a 28-foot schooner. Particularly, it is the story of why to build a traditional wooden sailing vessel that relies on age-old methods and materials, yet also embraces newfangled technologies. But mostly it is the story of the people―a score of craftsmen and craftswomen, friends, and family―who give their skill, advice, support, ingenuity, and time to turn the idea of Dorothy Elizabeth into a graceful, seaworthy reality. You will meet Ralph Stanley of Southwest Harbor, Maine, one of the world's great designers and builders of traditional wooden boats, and a disarmingly plainspoken master craftsman in the maritime Maine tradition. You will meet Mary Chandler Duncan, a poet and the author's wife, soul mate, and first mate. You will meet Nat Wilson, sail maker, who took time out from building topsails for the USS Constitution to build sails for Dorothy Elizabeth. You will meet Frank Luke, neighbor, boatyard owner, all-around helper, and the man who launched Dorothy Elizabeth. And you will meet many other singular people up and down the coast from Portland, Maine, to Lunnenberg, Nova Scotia, and beyond, drawn together by the building of a boat.

A Cruising Guide to The New England Coast, Including The Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and The Coast of New Brunswick

Sports & Outdoors

Water Sports

Dodd, Mead

Here, revised and updated through 1994, is the latest edition of the most complete and authoritative cruising guide to the New England coast, including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick. Helping to make the New England coast safer and more accessible, the "Guide" has been the bible for Eastern sailors and powerboaters for more than half a century, providing valuable up-to-date piloting information as well as a charming historical and cultural portrait of this country's favorite cruising grounds.

A cruising guide to the New England coast: Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick

A cruising guide to the New England coast, including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick [hardcover] Duncan, Roger F [Jan 01, 1983]

A cruising guide to the New England coast, including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick

An account of the author's cruise from Maine to New brunswick in his Friendship sloop Eastward. A reprint of the International marine 1976 publication.

Eastward, A Maine Cruise in a Friendship Sloop

International Marine Publishing Sloop

Banking on a lifetime of wending his way through thick, damp Down East air, Roger Duncan neatly and concisely lays out the tricks of safe piloting in pea-soup visibility. His touch is as light as it is expert and some of his anecdotes are downright hilarious.

Sailing in the Fog (Seamanship Series)

Science & Math

Technology

Intl Marine Pub Co

A fascinating and comprehensive chronicle of four hundred years of maritime history along the Maine coast. Roger Duncan recounts four hundred years of Maine's rich maritime history, from the early seafarers' discovery of its valuable resources and the families that settled the land, to Maine's role in the history of the US in peacetime and in war. He traces the changes in Maine's economy over the past century: the demise of the coastal trade; the burgeoning popularity of pleasure boating after World War II; the hardships that beset the fishing and lumber industries; and the rise of tourism. This anecdotal panorama of people, land, boats, and water will absorb historians, nautical enthusiasts, and New Englanders alike. 105 black-and-white photographs and illustrations, 18 maps

Countryman Press

In 1775, just prior to the start of the American Revolution, the British schooner Halifax was wrecked off the Maine coast. The pilot of the vessel was a Colonial seaman who'd been impressed into the Royal Navy. Drawing on true events and real people, noted maritime author and historian Roger Duncan traces the fictional life of Halifax's pilot in this historical novel.

The Reluctant Patriot

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Down East Books

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Coastal Maine: A Maritime History

Dorothy Elizabeth: Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner

Dorothy Elizabeth: Building a Traditional Wooden Schooner

A Cruising Guide to The New England Coast, Including The Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and The Coast of New Brunswick

A cruising guide to the New England coast: Including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick

A cruising guide to the New England coast, including the Hudson River, Long Island Sound, and the coast of New Brunswick

Eastward, A Maine Cruise in a Friendship Sloop

Sailing in the Fog (Seamanship Series)

Coastal Maine: A Maritime History

The Reluctant Patriot