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“Ludicrous, ”Art Paine’s Luders 16. (Photo courtesy Come Boating!) Come Boating! Belfast’s Community Boating Organization and the Belfast Free Library are teaming up once again to offer the Winter Adventure Series. This year the series of evening programs about adventures on the water will be offered virtually. The next program, Tuesday, Feb. 9, at 6:30 p.m., will feature a presentation by Art Paine, “Boats Light Up My Life;” a 76 year old sea dog describes his lifelong love of designing, building, and restoring boats. And why he can’t quit working in boat shops. Paine and his twin brother, Chuck, got an early start in boat building, building their first boat together at age 14. Nowadays Paine is a boating journalist (Wooden Boat Magazine, Maine Boats and Harbors), and an even better known marine artist, according to Come Boating, in a news release. But he especially enjoys what he describes as the best job of his life, rebuilding vintage classic boats ....
Come Boating! Winter Adventure Series talks with Doug Welch Event Location: Event has passed Come Boating! Belfast’s Community Boating Organization and the Belfast Free Library are teaming up once again to offer the Winter Adventure Series. This year the series of three evening programs about adventures on the water will be offered virtually. The first program, on Tuesday, Jan. 12, at 6:30 p.m., will feature a presentation by Doug Welch, executive director of The Maine Island Trail Association (MITA). Welch will show his film To Row and Let Go, about his experiences with ocean rowing, building a boat at the legendary Wooden Boat School, and exploring 34 islands on the Maine Island Trail. ....