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Capture America Journal: Maine: The Schooner Heritage (4/5)
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Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Maine: The Schooner Heritage (4/5). Welcome back to the Schooner Heritage. This is the fourth article of a five article series - I suggest you read the previous articles for context. For #1 Click Here,. And #3 Click Here. We are celebrating Rico and Peg's 11th anniversary, heading out to a little island that the captain claims is named "Lobstah Island," but further investigation reveals is "Shivers Island.". Sean serves lunch on deck - fish chowder with sandwiches. We meet Step...
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Capture America Journal: Maine: The Schooner Heritage (5/5)
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Thursday, August 6, 2015. Maine: The Schooner Heritage (5/5). Welcome back to the Schooner Heritage. This is day 5 of a 5 day series - if you have not read the first four articles I suggest you do. For #1 Click Here,. For #2 Click Here,. For #3 Click Here. And for #4 Click Here. We awaken in a place called the "Little Thorofare" so we can explore another town tomorrow. Doug decides it is time for a swim. The water temperature is:. Now, I can't have an old schoolmaster out-do me, can I? This town sits ato...
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Capture America Journal: Maine: The Schooner Heritage (2/5)
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Monday, August 3, 2015. Maine: The Schooner Heritage (2/5). Welcome back to the Schooner Heritage. This is article #2 in a 5 article series - if you have not read article #1 please Click Here. Yesterday we got to know captains Doug and Linda Lee a bit, we kicked the rudder on the schooner - or the tires if you will - to make sure it is sea-worthy and now we are heading out for a six day cruise along the coast of Maine. Coffee comes up on deck at seven am and breakfast is served at eight. Linda boards "Su...
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Capture America Journal: NC Portsmouth Island abandoned settlement
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Saturday, May 16, 2015. NC Portsmouth Island abandoned settlement. In the last two days we have taken a look at Ocracoke NC. But there is a big part of the Ocracoke story we have been missing. Ocracoke used to have a "sister city" named Portsmouth. But Portsmouth was abandoned 44 years ago. To get there we have to cross a few miles of water - across the inlet between Ocracoke Island and the northern end of Core Bank. Meet Captain Rudy Austin. Rudy's son Donald also has a unique business here. There was a...
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Capture America Journal: Maine: The Schooner Heritage (1/5)
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Sunday, August 2, 2015. Maine: The Schooner Heritage (1/5). Welcome to the Heritage. A coasting schooner berthed in Rockland Maine. For many of us, the word Heritage is associated with traditions, with cultural identity - it is a word that can have a variety of deep meanings. And as we saw in the last article on Rockland,. This area has a long tradition of building wooden vessels to ply the seas. Doug and Linda met in college at Pratt where Doug was studying Mechanical Engineering and Linda was studying ...
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Capture America Journal: Maine: The Schooner Heritage (3/5)
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Tuesday, August 4, 2015. Maine: The Schooner Heritage (3/5). Welcome back to the Schooner Heritage. This is the third of a five article series - please read Article #1. If you want to see this in context. We arrived in a harbor by the town of Castine last night, and after breakfast we will head over to the town's harbor to explore. Sean has bread ready to go in the oven, so he can't make the trip into town with us. The crew wipes the moisture off of "Lois Lane," the dinghy used to ferry passengers. 26 ye...