Boat Talk

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Joel Mann Key Discussion Points: a) woodenboat school scholarship for available for aspiring young woman. b) talked with dave and stacy now in florida. d) call-ins guests: Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop About the hosts: Alan Sprague a.k.a. Flounder of the Soul Show, has been a programmer at WERU since the glaciers receded. For thirty years...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Key Discussion Points: a) dave and stacy near new orleans b) docking d) call-ins guests: Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop The post BoatTalk 1/14/20: loopers, call-ins, current and local first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: John Greenman Key Discussion Points: a) dave and stacy near st. louis b) docking d) call-ins e) jon johanson and boatbuilder’s forum guests: Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop The post BoatTalk 12/10/19: loopers, call-ins, current and local first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: John Greenman Key Discussion Points: a) big restoration at french and webb b) report in progress of the great loop d) printed boat e) what pilots do guests: Skip Strong Pen Bay Pilots Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop The post BoatTalk 11/12/19: driving big boats, still looping first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Pub...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: John Greenman Key Discussion Points: a) book recommended by mike, book recommended by listeners. b) report in progress of the great loop. c) driving a ship while watching videos Guest: Dave Rowe by phone doing the great loop The post BoatTalk 10/8/19: great loop, refrigerators, books, docking, more first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Mai...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Key Discussion Points: a) maine boats homes and harbors book list b) report in progress of the great loop c) boats going on their sides guests: Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop The post BoatTalk 9/10/19: great loop, lobster boat races, car carriers falling over, more first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Pu...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Key Discussion Points: a) sea level rise has some crying in their beer b) report in progress of the great loop Guest: Dave Rowe by phone doing the loop The post BoatTalk 7/9/19: the great loop first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague and Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Houseboats off-shore, bottom line on holding tanks Guests: Jon Johansen, Maine Coastal News Molly Mulhern, Apprentice Shop, Rockland, Me. The post BoatTalk 6/11/19: Near-shore ecology first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Key Discussion Points : a) houseboats offshore,   b) Writing for gCaptain c)sailing and cooking d) racing around the world, e) more guests:  Jon Johansen Maine Coastal News              Emily Whebbe Sailing the Bakery The post BoatTalk 5/17/19: houseboats,...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: John Greenman Houseboats, lobsters to china, penobscot marine museum, old photos Today on Boattalk Mike Joyce and Alan Sprague discussed the usual wide variety of marine related items, from houseboats to lobsters for China to old photos. A listener called in the express her appreciation for Penobscot Marine Museum and their collections. Kev...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic:varied nautical Key Discussion Points: a) winter offshore bird count b) sinking islands and shifting poles c) the nautical scribe and books we like Guest: Joe Mosier – The Nautical Scribe Bookstore The post BoatTalk 2/12/19 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Maine built boats Key Discussion Points: a) lobster wars movie coming to bar harbor b) maine built boat qualities c) maine coastal news Guests: Jon Johanson President of the Board Maine Built Boats, publisher of Maine Coastal News David Abel Boston Globe reporter, film maker The post BoatTalk 12/11/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Veterans’ Day Key Discussion Points: a) being a navigator in the old navy b) new atlantic hot spot c) magic pipe costs $3.2 million Guests: Charlie Pugh US Navy retired The post BoatTalk 11/13/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Sailing the Maine Coast Key Discussion Points: a) Ben Emory’s new book “Sailor for the Wild” b) protecting maine islands from exploitation c) global warming and the maine coadt Guest: Ben Emory conservationist, author The post BoatTalk 10/9/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Arc...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Eastport boat school Key Discussion Points: a) plastic in the water b) herring, whales, and fishermen c) restarting the eastport boat school Guests: Dean Pike Eastport Boat School Jon Johansen Maine Coastal News The post BoatTalk 9/11/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topics: shellback dinghy regatta, portland yacht sevices new travelift, owls head transportation museum auction boats, any more cheap shorefront available? Guests: Jim Petersen shellback regatta Phineas Sprague Portland Yacht Services Toby Owls Head Transportation Museum The post BoatTalk 8/14/18 first appeared on WERU 89...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: lobsters, more Key Discussion Points: a) down east book b) canadian immigrant imports c) LOBSTERS Guests: Chris White author The Last Lobster Frank Gotwals Stonington fisherman The post BoatTalk 7/10/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Herring, buoys, lobsters, more Key Discussion Points: a) mid-water trawls hearings b) delivering a ferry c) somebody is stealing buoy bells Guest: Zack Klyver Maine Whale Watch The post BoatTalk 6/12/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Maine Ocean School, bottom paint, ugly boats Key Discussion Points: a) starting a marine magnet school b) what a marine magnet school will offer and produce c) comments on water based bottom paints and clean-up Guests: Eric Jergenon Maine Ocean School Carla Scocchi “ “ “ The post BoatTalk 5/8/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blu...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic:several boatting subjects Key Discussion Points: -David Moses Bridges the movie and the man -sea level rise in some places? -Maine Boatbuilder’s Show Guest: Michael Reisman Mary Wadswoth Cancer Center The post BoatTalk 4/10/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archiv...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Come Boating Rockland Key Discussion Points: a) global warming and boating b) rowing giggs for fun and sport c) electric bottom paint Guest: John Dillenbach, Come Boating Rockland, Me. The post BoatTalk 2/13/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Public Affairs Archives .

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Bad year for whales, slick future for oil -What’s happening to the whales? -Problems with oil exploration -Blackbeard’s book club Guests: Zachary Klyver Naturalist, Researcher, Conservationist Jeff Dobbs Jeff Dobbs Productions filmaker The post BoatTalk 1/9/18 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topics variety, many global warming Key Discussion Points: a) Naomi Klein’s book No is Not the Answer b) administration about to open East coast to oil drilling c) Paul Molyneaux’s new book Doryman’s Reflection The post BoatTalk 12/12/17 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Maine Local News and Publ...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne Program Topic: variety of topics, maine boatbuilder’s conference, downeast institute, global warming, railroad tugs, drifting in the pacific, comments on last month’s show Key Discussion Points: a)comments on lasts months report on el faro sinking, b) comment about untangling an outboard from lobster lines c) report a...

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Mike Joyce Engineer: Amy Browne el faro report, local rescues, global warming denial, more a) el faro report b) are global science rejectors evil? c) larry albee’s rescue account d) another fish boat sinks, this one gets saved Guest: Larry Albee Hardwood Island caretaker pre-recorded The post BoatTalk 10/10/17 first appeared on WERU 89.9 FM Blue Hill, Mai...