Maine Boat Builders' Show

[Ian McColgin]

Coming up 21 - 23 March.

Anyone want to raft up for a gam at one of those place that are a little dark and serve libations?

[Hughman]

Libations? At a boat show? You're kidding, right?
;)

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Chris Coose and I are trying to plan a get-together or two but our phone calls have been passing each other like ships in the ...oh, nevermind. It looks like a party at Chris's on Friday night and one here on Saturday night. My wife and kids are going to be in New Jersey so I'll have the house to myself. Does anyone need a place to stay? Lots of extra beds. Chris has some extra room also.
Man, I really look forward to this show. 2-4 inches of snow forcast for tomorrow. This boatshow really lifts my spirits. :D

Steven

[abe]

Expect to drive downeast on Friday, Mar.21st. Will contact Ed H., Brian C. and others who made the trip with us last year. Anyone who would like to car pool, just shout here or send e-mail. I am at exit 50 on Rt. 495 near Haverhill, Ma. and will depart 7:45am.

Steven, Chris, Ian, Hughman, Ish, Ross and many more: Lets get together and share war stories!

abe

[JimConlin]

I'm to be an exhibitor (exhibitionist?) again. This year, they tell me i'll be indoors. How decadent!

[Chris Coose]

Friday 3PM and on at Chris Coose's (2 blocks from the show)

Saturday 2-5PM at Chris' for those just up for the day.

Saturday 5PM (taking liberties here Steve) at Steve Bauer's.

Sunday AM coffee at Chris'??

Hugh usually hangs a communication can at his spot

[ 03-16-2003, 11:01 AM: Message edited by: Chris Coose ]

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Chris Coose:

Hugh usually hangs a communication can at his spot:D :D

Ahem, well. To clarify: The Galapagos Post Office* will open a branch at the Penobscot Marine Museum Booth on the second floor, next to the coffee pot.
*The proverbial cask for the whalers mail.

[Bob Perkins]

This will be my first one, I'm very exited to go. Not sure if we are staying yet though.

Hope it is as good as I think it will be smile.gif

[abe]

Bob Perkins, seeing that you are from the "Boston area", please consider my invite to join us(Four to date) for the trip to Portland, Friday the 21st. Have room for two more passengers in the van.

E-mail or post here and directions will be forthcoming.

Hope to hear from you.

abe

[ 03-09-2003, 05:25 PM: Message edited by: abe ]

[Carlsboats]

Would like to go to the Portland Show, and have a change to meet with some of you poster people.
Would be driving up from Pt. Judith, RI and would have room in my Explorer, if anyone needs a lift.
Don't have any hotel reservation yet, though, and would appreciate tips on low/no cost options, if any of you Mainers can offer guidance. Need space just for myself, and possibly for a Block Island sailing buddy who took in the show last year and says he would like to go again.

[Carlsboats]

Do either Steve Bauer or Chris Coose still have
bunk space for Fri/Sat nights for Maine Boat
Show? Eager to attend and looking for housing plus chance to meet with WB "forumites".

[Bob Perkins]

Abe,

Thanks for the invite smile.gif

We are heading up friday and staying with friends that night another 1/2 hour north.

Have Fun!
Bob

[brian.cunningham]

Originally posted by abe:
Expect to drive downeast on Friday, Mar.21st. Will contact Ed H., Brian C. and others who made the trip with us last year. Anyone who would like to car pool, just shout here or send e-mail. I am at exit 50 on Rt. 495 near Haverhill, Ma. and will depart 7:45am.

Steven, Chris, Ian, Hughman, Ish, Ross and many more: Lets get together and share war stories!

abeSee ya there!

[Chris Coose]

Carls,
I've got futon and floor space in a private studio apartment which will also be used for get togethers.
e-mail me

[skuthorp]

Down at Goolwa the weekend before Mike, Phil, Chris andMarg and I will toast you all at the Maine show on the next in good Aussie red. Cheers!! :D :D

[holzbt]

HELP- I've got three large bags full of fire helmets and turnout coats that need to end up in Cherryfield, ME. I don't think I'll be able to attend the show but am hoping someone from on or near Long Island who is going might have room for this stuff. If I can get it to Maine my friend should be able to make a day trip south to pick it up. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Roger

[abe]

Web site link for the Show is below. Check out the exhibitors, over 200, along with 25 woodenboat builders, many with web page links.

http://www.portlandcompany.com/bshow.html

abe

[ 03-13-2003, 08:17 AM: Message edited by: abe ]

[Ken Hutchins]

Roger;
I will be travelling from Va to home (New Hampshire)next Thursday night and then onto the Maine show Friday or Saturday. If no one else comes forward perhaps I can help. Space is a problem with me but if necessary I can find enough nooks and crannies. I am travelling with a Wrangler and a small pop up camper.
Hopefully someone else will have more space.
Please e-mail me your phone # so I can get back to you by cell phone next week.

[ 03-13-2003, 09:10 AM: Message edited by: Ken Hutchins ]

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Carl, I've got plenty of room. Thad is staying here, too. E-mail me.

Steven

[imported_Steven Bauer]

I just checked my private messages, maybe Thad is staying with Chris. Thad, did you get my PM? Still lot's of room.
Steven

[Mr. Know It All]

Originally posted by abe:
Web site link for the Show is below. Check out the exhibitors, over 200, along with 25 woodenboat builders, many with web page links.

http://www.portlandcompany.com/bshow.html

abe=========================================

25 wooden boat builders in one place? :eek:

......and I was so pleased to find the Cleveland Amateur Boat Builder's Society(the only one) booth at the Cleveland Ohio boat show. :rolleyes:

Maine surely must be the center of the Universe Chris. smile.gif
Peace---> Kevin in Ohio

P.S. If anyone sees any Lyman Boats please,please,please take pictures. :D

[Chris Coose]

Kevin,
Not only do we enjoy the best boat show in the world, we have authentic shops all along the coast where builders eek out livings building their dreams.
We have a supply of material which supports traditional building practice.
We have a bunch of schools that teach wood boat building.
We have a couple of spectacular museums that support the tradition.
We have a coast that attracts the use of every craft (except PWC's and hobies because the water is too cold).
Most everyboat yard has a couple of beauts and a couple of flower pots.
Wood boats are honored and revered.

Our forum sponsors like it in Maine.

The boat show at PYS is the celebration of the season to come and the traditions that got us here(which BTY includes craft built with FG planks).
The place is filled with the energy reflected by the boats and builders that show up there.

PS the food caterer is the best! Coffee and chili are to die for.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

And right next door to the show is Hamilton Marine - a fantastic chandlery that caters to fisherman and recreational boaters. That's where I bought all the bronze screws, copper rivets, etc. for my Thistle. And where I'll buy the epoxy for my Eun Mara. :D

See you there!
Steven

[Sailman58]

Can I expect to see the entire show in a day?

[imported_Steven Bauer]

Yes, if you don't spend too much time yakking with the builders. That's the difference between this show and the big plastic show at the Civic Center this weekend. The CC show has sales reps and finance officers from the big banks - the Boatbuilder's Show has the actual people who built the boats! It's usually pretty crowded in the morning and thins out a little in the afternoon.

Steven

[Chris Coose]

And just up the hill from the show will be scurvy forum members meeting to tell more lies in person.

See schedule of gams above.

[John M]

I've attended this show the past two years and I'll be going up to Portland this year. I've also attended the "National Sailboat Show" in Annapolis a few times and the Portland show has it beat by a (nautical) mile, if you like wooden boats IMO.

The family will be spending a week in South West Harbor, ME in July and I will also be attending the boat show in Rockland. The family may not see me much as I roam the waterfront looking for wooden boats and builders and checking out the maritime museums. I'm sure looking forward to it.

And thanks Mainers for putting up with us tourists. I know the traffic gets a bit heavy in the summer, but we'll support the economy.

John M

[Doug Wood]

and by the time of the show, it may even get above freezing...
;)

[abe]

Weather may break soon.

http://www.srh.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/MEZ024.php?warnzone=mez024&warncounty=mec005

[acme401]

Does anyone know the name of the Irish bar in the Old Port District,maybe on Fore st.,not far from the Regency hotel? . . . . . . .and I don't mean that big red free standing building with the Irish bar.
Thanks in Advance!

[imported_Steven Bauer]

The Irish bar in the Old Port on Commercial Street is Ri Ra. The big red one by the Civic Center is the Brian Boru. And the other one is Molly's.

Steven

[Mike H.]

Chris, I had a lot of second thoughts about
your invitation and almost bought my plane
ticket but decided I need to hang on to the
money right now. Maybe this summer?

You guys and gals have fun next weekend. smile.gif

[Chris Coose]

Mike,
Clearly, of the two times to come to Maine, summer is it.
I've got a sailing trip already planned where we could set off for one of the coastal islands, set up a camp. Sue could paint land and sea scapes and we could molest some game fish.

[Mike H.]

Email us with the details Chris. It sounds
like an offer that cannot be refused. smile.gif

[Raven 271]

Is it just me? When I go to the home page for the 2003 Maine Boatbuilders Show nothing will open.If I click the exhibitors nothing happens . . . . . . . . . .Is it just Me?

[abe]

Ahem, well. To clarify: The Galapagos Post Office* will open a branch at the Penobscot Marine Museum Booth on the second floor, next to the coffee pot.
*The proverbial cask for the whalers mail. Hugh, Can you have five mugs of black coffee ready for the Mass/Nh rowdies about 11:00 am Friday?

abe

[Willin']

Acme 401,

The new Irish Pub just down Fore Street is called Bull Feeny's. It's about a year old and usually has pretty good music on Fridays and Saturdays for free. Very friendly in a prefabricated sort of way, with good pub grub. Plus it's smoke free. It's a great place.

Molly's changed hands recently and has a completely new vibe. The jury is still out. It's smoke free too.

Brian Boru is the closest thing I've ever seen to a real Irish pub in this country. Usually quite crowded, always very smokey, has great traditional music for free on Sunday afternoons. I enjoy the friendly attitude and music but have a minimal tolerance for tobacco, so usually take my money elsewheres.

There are any number of smoke free EBS locations in the Old Port within crawling distance of the boatbuilder's show.

Cheers,

Mark

[Hughman]

Originally posted by abe:
Hugh, Can you have five mugs of black coffee ready for the Mass/Nh rowdies about 11:00 am Friday?

abe[/QB]Yup.

[imported_Steven Bauer]

So are you coming Joe? It's only 5 hours 10 minutes.

www.mapquest.com (http://www.mapquest.com)

Steven

[ 03-21-2003, 09:04 AM: Message edited by: Steven.Bauer ]

[Chris Coose]

Address for Chris' rendevous is 87 St. Lawrence St.
Phone anytime. 207-831-1792.

[ROWE BOATS]

Being a sometime exhibitor and always attendee since the first show, I'm really glad to see the enthusiasm for this great boat show. Hope you all have a great time. Watch out for the ice and the nuts on the road, and have a safe trip.

[Joe Dupere]

My wife and I are planning to day trip down from Orono on Saturday. We're probably going to spend the morning at the show, and then stop by Chris' home in the afternoon. I hope to meet some of you there.

Then on to North Yarmouth for a contra dance!! I need something to keep my mind occupied.

Joe.

P.S. Hey Ish, are you going?

[Chris Coose]

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid56/paf0cb0af27408e7f9885d67b4e66342d/fc787361.jpg

left to right
?, Hugh, a lurker, Steven, Andy, Swmbo to Ian, Ian, Ed, Chris, a lurker

[paul oman]

It is a great show! I visit it every year and always plan to exhibit there 'next year' but hte waiting list is somethng like 2 years! Thus, I just go and admire the boats.... I will be walking thru - sat. morn/afternoon.

paul oman
www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html (http://www.epoxyproducts.com/marine.html)

[imported_Steven Bauer]

More pics on Ross's thread in Misc - Boats

Steven

[Ralph M Bohm]

There is a boat builders show this weekend in Maine???

I have to become more involved plan better.

[Ed Harrow]

Small correction: not "a lurker", The Lurker. There is a difference, LOL. Brian is hiding behind Hugh.

[ 03-23-2003, 01:51 PM: Message edited by: Ed Harrow ]

[brian.cunningham]

hiding out :D

Actually quick foot traffic jog while the picture was being snapped. :rolleyes:

Great time, great people, great boats!

[TomFF]

Any more pictures anyone?

[Ian McColgin]

What a delight the show was, and what a particular delight hanging at Chris's for a bit Friday evening was, and dinner after - thanks again Karl.

Mary Ellen remarked that she'd not seen a bunch of guys hanging just sharing and not having ego get in the way. For my part, it was because there were people there with talents I so deeply envy. In general, as the talk drifted from boat building to sailing to waterfront conservation and development issues, it was clear that the reason was that we all really care. What a great time.

An aside - Hugh mentioned that he's been working up various gams through the museum. It would probably spoil the spontenaity of it all to record one, but just imagine being a fly on the wall for, say, the schooner captains' gam.

There was one strangly bad exhibit - a skiff builder from a state other than Maine. Even the 'good side' showed very poor plank lining and the bad side had a bow wave of starteling dimension. The plywood planking scarf were poorly done - looked like the wood slipped during cure - and the fastenings that held the planks snug at least during drying were puttied over screws.

Hmmm.

I wanted to go ask the guy what he was there, why anyone would spend over $3G for the thing, and why he even had a business card. Being a bit of a hacker myself, I'm pretty tolerant of work that's rough, but this was just plain over the top and would have earned at best 5 marshmellows as a junior high project.

The rest of the show was totally wonderful.

[ 03-24-2003, 12:04 PM: Message edited by: Ian McColgin ]

[Hughman]

Originally posted by Ian McColgin:
An aside - Hugh mentioned that he's been working up various gams through the museum. It would probably spoil the spontenaity of it all to record one, but just imagine being a fly on the wall for, say, the schooner captains' gam.
Ian-
Everyone is invited to be the bug of your choice on the wall at the schooner captains gam. The gams are recorded, too.
Check the Woodenboat calender for details: March 28, and April 11.

http://www.woodenboat.com/calendar.htm

Hugh