Blustering wind greeted the sailers entered in the annual Race Around Islesboro Saturday morning.
And it didn’t take long the for race to begin from the Northport Yacht Club in Bayside.
The sails filled immediately and soon they were almost out of site.
The season’s winding down. Soon the moorings will be empty and sailors will only be dreaming about the next race.
Here’s the Northport Yacht Club’s website.
Bill Laurita explains why you don’t want to do this at home. It’s not that you can’t, but why would you?
Click here to see the larger version of this video. And here are Part One and Part Two of the interview.
Swans Island Blankets, 231 Atlantic Highway, Route 1, Northport, ME 04849, 207-338-9691,
Visit them on the web — www.swansislandblankets.com
Their showroom and studio is located just north of the bridge that crosses the Ducktrap River, above Lincolnville and Camden, and below Belfast.
Bill Laurita explains why you should have both a winter and a summer blanket. And how they get their yarn from an isolated island in Maine.
Click here to see the larger version of the video. And here is Part One of the interview. (And Part Three.)
Swans Island Blankets, 231 Atlantic Highway, Route 1, Northport, ME 04849, 207-338-9691,
Visit them on the web – www.swansislandblankets.com
Their showroom and studio is located just north of the bridge that crosses the Ducktrap River, above Lincolnville and Camden, and below Belfast.
Italy has cashmere, Maine has Swans Island Blankets.
Located in midcoast Maine, in modest Northport, they have become renowned worldwide for their magnificent, hand-made, blankets. You’ll find them listed by many of the leading designers as a must-have. And they could only be made in Maine.
Bill Laurita, one of the talented owners, gives us Part One of his own story, and Maine has a staring role.
Click here to see the larger version of the video. (Part Two and Part Three.)
Swans Island Blankets, 231 Atlantic Highway, Route 1, Northport, ME 04849, 207-338-9691, www.swansislandblankets.com
Their showroom and studio is located just north of the bridge that crosses the Ducktrap River, above Lincolnville and Camden, and below Belfast.
See Part One and Part Two.
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