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France
2007 |
As
guests of Defi du Trait Station Maine's ambassadors were treated
to rowing, sailing, much music, and many fine meals in the homes
of our French hosts. Crew members, who earned their way through
a year of hard work, found work was, again, the universal language
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2006
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A
year in the life of Station Maine. How can we live in the prettiest
place in the world without enjoying all that the midcoast offers?
Tobogganing and Ice Carving broke up the steady winter rowing
for Juniors and High School crews. Expeditions through the woods
as well as on the shore helped us to know and love our coast.
This year's highlight was the racing season, for which the crew
trained arduously after school every day, training that included
running and push-ups and ended with Hull's Ice Breaker in November. |
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Building
the Red Jacket - 2005 |
Core
Cell Foam is a relatively new material and technique in boat
building. It has a high strength to weight ratio, won't soak
up water, and can't rot. More than half the boats currently being
built in the United States are built of foam. The Marine Tech
class of the Mid-Coast School
of Technology built the Red Jacket out of this state
of the art material, preparing them to join generations of Mainers
in our boat building heritage. They
also built the fabulous trailer from which Red Jacket was launched
on May 21, 2005. Read
about the launch. |


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Lifeguard
Training - 2005 |
The
Watch Captains of Station Maine studied as lifeguards at the
Penobscot Bay YMCA
in preparation for our anticipated expedition down the mighty
Penobscot. |
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Winter
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Winter
involved a Junior's Mixer at the Y, continuing sail making,
and the never ending job of painting a wooden vessel. |

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Joie
de Vivre (Joy of Life) |
The
heart of Station Maine's rowing program, Joie de Vivre (then
unnamed) was sold to us unfinished by Wilmington Delaware with
the stricture that she was to be put into use in a youth program.
Time and trailer were donated by a generous friend to move her
to her new home in Maine. We built a shed over her, and turned
to with scrapers, paint, and wood under the direction or Rob
Eddy and Sam Slaymaker. She was launched in the protected harbors
of Rockland Harbor in June, 2003. |

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France
2004 |
The
International Challenge for Youth Seamanship offered a unique
opportunity for Station Maine to combine our crew with a crew
of young French sailors. The venture could not have been more
successful. As seamen, as friends, as contestants, and as ambassadores,
the young people of Station Maine and Le Trait gave us all hope
for a brighter tomorrow. (see Station
Maine Reports from France) |



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Italy
2003 |
Station
Maine is committed to international exchange. When the young
rowers of Genoa, Italy invited us to join them for a maritime
festival, we jumped at the opportunity to row and sail with young
people from France and Italy. We were splendidly hosted, taken
on a traditional schooner, and even had the opportunity to play
hacky sack in Piza. We returned the gesture of friendship in
July when four Italian rowers joined us in Maine for three weeks
of adventure that included receiving the key to the city of Rockland
and sail making for Genoa's yet unfinished gig. (see Waging
Peace) |

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Sailmaking
2002-2003 |
Joie
de Vivre's sails were made from Oceanus sail cloth, donated for
the project. Sailmaker Doug Pope instructed the sailmaking crew
of Station Maine through the lofting, lay-out, and machine stitching.
We then took the project to Master Sailmaker Nat Wilson for instruction
in traditional hand work. |
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Winter
2002-2003 |
The
winter of 2002-2003 was among the coldest in recent memory, with
temperatures well below zero and chill factors well below that.
With rare cancellations, the intrepid Station crew braved the
elements at sunrise throughout the coldest weather. The cold
of a Maine winter was no problem for Santa Claus and company
either, seen here arriving to open the Christmas season in Rockland
Harbor. (See Living the
Good Life) |

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Juniors
2003 |
The
Junior rowing team was born when Annie Nixon, a teacher at Ashwood
Waldorf school, approached Station Maine to start a program for
her class of 10 -12 year olds. Coached by Cassady Stonrati, the
Juniors made us proud in their recent race against young rowers
from Vinalhaven. |

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Fund
raising |
We
do our youth no favor by handing them European vacations on a
silver platter. The young rowers of Station Maine raise money
in a variety of ways to pay for their adventures. |

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Rockland
2002 |
Station
Maine came into existence in the spring of 2001 when Sev Slaymaker,
a local teen, organized Team Maine for the purpose of participating
in the International Contest of Seamanship, held that year in
Rockland. Now, as Station Maine, we continue to participate in
local and international sailing and rowing events. |

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