Peter Behrens's Blog, page 7

On Eggemoggin Reach

 

The Reach is a ten-mile wide stripe of saltwater between Deer Isle, Maine and towns of Brooklin and Sedgwick on the mainland. Eggemoggin Reach  connects Blue Hill Bay and Jericho Bay at the eastern end with Penobscot Bay on the western. Eggemoggin is an Abenaki word. It translates to "the fish weir place". It's a "Reach" because, thanks to the prevailing SW wind, it can often be sailed 'on a reach', i.e. perpendicular to the wind, a very favorable point of sail. Here are some boats we encountered over the last few weeks of sailing.

"Gesture", at work and (below) at rest. Sparkman & Stephens design, an ocean racer built  1942.                                                           "Luna" is simplicity afloat. The Buzzards Bay 25 is a Herreshoff design from early 1900s.
Schooner Angelique
"Wild Horses" built at Brooklin Boatyard, 1998.
Lobster yacht.
International One-Design, a class of sailboats developed about 90 years ago for day-racing.
Good old Scout, the trusty station wagon of the seas. I think she sees more of the Reach than any other boat in Center Harbor. Cape Dory 25, built 1975.

1967 Chevrolet Camaro Rally Sport

Blue Hill, Maine. We posted a 1969 Camaro SS. another '69 Camaro, straight outta Winterport.

1985 Chevrolet K-20

 

Deer Isle, Maine. ex-Navy truck. And here's a 1940s ex-Navy Reo 1 1/2 ton.

Surfin' Merc. Capitola, Calif,

 photos©Jill Goldman 2025. That's a 1964 Mercury Montclair with a 'Breezeway' rear window.

1979 Cadillac Eldorado. Brooklin, Maine

  We have posted this car before. Summer car. Hard too resist. Speaking of summer cars, here's a Cutlass convertible. And do you remember our post on 1961, we think the best year for American cars in terms of style if not, perhaps, engineering.

Jeep Grand Wagoneer. Blue Hill, Maine.

We postured another Grand Wagoneer, also in Maine, with a bunch of Wagoneer links in that post.

1965 Ford Mustang & 1969 Ford Mustang.

Caught both ponies in Maine this week. We posted Sarge's 1965 Ford Mustang convertible a while back



 

c. 1967 Buick Skylark

 

All photos from Markus Anstadt, in Colorado. Here's a '66 Buick Skylark we caught on a snowy morning in Maine. And a 1961 Buick Skylark convertible we caught on a sunny afternoon.

1971 Land Rover Series 2A . Harraseeket Harbor, Maine.

 

VW Squareback & Vanagon Pickup, Northeast Harbor, Maine.

Here's another Squareback we posted from Brooklin, ME. And another S'back... from the other Brooklyn. And a Vanagon Transporter posted, from New Hampshire.