Wake of the CoastersOld photographs add interest to these recollections of the days of New England's coasting vessels...the author shipped aboard his first coaster at the age of fourteen. |
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aboard Alice anchor Annie & Reuben ashore Author's collection bay coaster Ben Paschal boom Boothbay Harbor Boston bought bowsprit boxboards built Calais Cap'n Cape Captain cargo carried chain Closson coal coastermen coasters coasting trade Courtesy Cove crew deck deckload Deer Isle down-east dude east fleet fly rail fore and aft foremast forward freight gear George hailed halyard hand handsome hauled hull Island jibboom John John Bracewell later Lavolta lime loaded Long Island Sound looked lumber trade Machias Maine coast mainsail Massachusetts mast master mate Nova Scotia old schooner once operated owners packet packet trade Penobscot Bay port Portland pumps rebuilt River Rockland sail schooner ship sloop sold South spars stern stone trade tack tackle Thomaston three-master tons topmast topsail towed trip twenties two-master usually vessels Vinalhaven weather Wentworth wharf wheel winch heads wind windlass wood yawl-boat York