Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100Maine Woolens was founded in 2009. Our flag ship store in Freeport offers finely woven blankets and throws in cotton and wools that are made in our Brunswick, Maine mill. We weave with the best American fibers available including combed cotton, Supima cotton and Merino wools. We feel the quality of our Maine made products are second to none. Family-Owned Old World Butcher Shop & Market Come find all the great flavors of the holidays in one store! OpenDaily8am-6pm • 799-3374 101OceanStreet,SouthPortland Doubletakes 48 p o r t l a n d monthly magazine vy purchased the original Sultana in 1768 to enforce the Townsend Acts (Tea Taxes), [it] conducted a detailed survey of the schoo- ner, a document that is still part of the col- lection of the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich, England. The modern Sultana was built directly from a copy of these docu- ments. The Royal Navy also preserved cop- ies of both the Captain’s and Sailing Master’s logbooks, which provide two first-hand, day- to-day accounts of Sultana’s activities on the coast of Colonial North America between the fall of 1768 and the spring of 1772. The Captain of Sultana was a 25-year-old Lieu- tenant from Philadelphia named John Inglis, and the Master was an Englishman named David Bruce…” S o what was it like to sail with the bad guys, depending on your point of view? “Sultana’s day-to-day operations in- volved stopping and searching merchant ships coming into ports along the East Coast of Colonial North America. Mer- chant ships were required to have an offi- cial manifest showing what items they had onboard and documenting that the proper taxes had been paid. When Sultana stopped a merchant vessel, they’d send a small boarding party over to inspect the vessel’s cargo to determine if the goods she had on- board matched the manifest. If addition- al, undocumented goods were found, this was an indication the vessel was engaged in smuggling, at which point Sultana’s crew would seize the vessel and sail her in com- pany with Sultana to the closest official port of entry. Once in port, formal charges could be brought against the captain/owner of the offending vessel and a trial could be held to determine guilt.” Tax for the memories, Sultana! A final note. Some nautical documents reflect Sultana’s creation as a “yacht,” though others credit Cleopatra’s Barge of Salem as the first yacht in America. Mc- Mullan replies: “Sultana is referred to as a ‘yacht’ in a 1768 letter from the Royal Na- vy requesting her initial survey. At that time the term ‘yacht’ did not have the same meaning it does today but rather referred to a specific vessel in a merchant’s fleet that he used for personal travel. As such, a ‘yacht’ would still have been a commercial vessel but would have had slightly nicer accom- modations for the owner.” n