Here is a small sampling from the collection of 35mm negatives I donated to Penobscot Marine Museum (PMM) in 2013. They’ve been scanned but are not yet on the Museum’s website so I’m deeply grateful for allowing OCH this preview. Hard to believe that about 40 years have gone by since I took this batch!
There are many more images of all kinds, and by a variety of photographers, that you can view on the Museum’s website. Click here and you’ll go directly to PMM’s photo collections where, to date, there are over 100,000 pictures to look at. At this point the PMM site, based on the Past Perfect cataloging application, is cumbersome to navigate, but believe me, there is some really great stuff there. High-quality enlargements of any image can be ordered; just click here.
Speaking of clicking, remember that any of the following photos can be enlarged simply by clicking on it. You’ll see small arrows at the left and right borders of the enlargement that enable you to scroll from photo to photo without returning to this page. There’s also a slideshow option to save your fingers.
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Gary Cousins says:
Re: Caption under SPIRIT.
I sailed with Paul Bates to Brooklin on SPIRIT. With a hurricane offshore and thunderstorms over the shore, it was quite an adventure.
Lorentz Ottzen says:
My thanks to Maynard for these wonderful photos. It is like going back to a more
simple and beautiful time.
And kudos to the OCH crew.
I needed this,
Lorentz Ottzen
eugene connolly says:
Clear as a mirror. They don ‘t look so old to me. I am 89. Think ’bout time to go in for a rebuild and ask Maynard to photo me then! Gene Connolly New Haven, CT. formerly Redding, CT, Noank,CT, South Freeport, ME and Marblehead, MA. Thank you for sharing your passions!
Frank Crumbaugh says:
Grateful. Very grateful.
David Tew says:
It’s great to see Sonny Hodgdon’s shop again with Paquet V under construction. My first wood boat building job was there in that shop, so well laid out for efficient work.
JOHN BENNING says:
DAVID I BOUGHT PAQUET V FROM FRED SHEAFER AFTER HE BOUGHT IT BACK FROM BIRMINGHAM AND SENT IT TO HINCKELYS FOR A REDO, FRED NOT WELL ENOUGH TO RUN THE BOAT AND SOLD IT TO ME 19987 WE RAN IT FOR 23 YEARS OUT OF MARBLEHEAD AND SOLD IT SADLY 2018. OVER THOSE YEARS IT WAS CARED FOR BY BOOTHBAY REGIONAL AND LAST AT GREAT ISLAND. IT WAS A WONDERFUL YACHT AND WE DID YOUR BEST TO MAINTAIN IT. SONNY HODGDON GAVE ME THE BUILDER’S BURGEE AS HE AND FRED DID NOT PART ON FRIENDLY TERMS.NOW OWN ONE OF THE FIVE BLACK HORSE YACHTS BUILT IN HARPSWELL.
NOT THE SAME. [email protected]
David Tew says:
John- Birmingham? Alabama? I believe we saw you from time to time when you may have passed through or kept Paquet V in Maine yards. I went aboard to have a look at Great Island when you had her for sale. It was good to see her in such great condition. Where is she now, I wonder?
Nat Bray says:
Great memories!
Ron Shafer says:
Thank you Maynard–these are wonderful! I was interested to see the photo of FALCON. My grandfather was the original owner of the Madelyn of Noank, another Bob Whittaker boat launched in 1947. I think she was the largest of the type at 39′ 8″ on deck.
Daniel Burns says:
Really nice photos, thanks for recording the not so distant past and passing that along!
Wolfgang Doughty says:
A time not wasted
Marty Bartlett says:
Thanks Maynard,see you soon.
Reminds me of perching on the transom of my Cape Cod Kitten headed home in Nauset marsh with a smart southwester that decided when and where we would tack.Marty Bartlett.
John Wujack says:
Maynard, Again, Thanks for sharing. Sobering to think of the 80’s as “old.”
Steve Stone says:
It’s like I was there. And there. And there…
Alec Brainerd says:
Thanks Maynard, thoroughly enjoyed those!
Philip Myer says:
Thank you Maynard, another batch of wonderful photos.