About

The ‘Port and Starboard Yacht Club is believed to be the oldest yacht club in Maine. It has remained small but active since the 1960’s. We anticipate more details to come in the summer of 2018 as a new effort goes into a public facing website.

Origin – The Port and Starboard Yacht Club started up in 1967.  A (sail) race between Art Totman in Yellow Jacket and Bill Transue Sr.  in Elsewhere was the first event that lead to the founding of the Club.  Bill won, by the way.

The next year, it was Art who took The Cup.  More people joined the race in ensuing years and a solid core formed around the racing sailors.  Dr. Karl Larson became a member early on, and became the Commodore after Art Totman had carried that flag for the first 10 years.

Harry Fish won many of the races.  In each and every race picture, Harry’s boat is far ahead of the pack, or not in the picture at all, because he had already finished.  Including Bill Transue Jr., the above are the original charter members.

The races took place in the area of Bucks Harbor, Jonesport Reach, around Roque Island and Mark Island.  There was  a race every year, except 1970 when Art was in school.

In 1975, the Club re-enacted the historic “boarding of the Margaretta by the Unity”.  Harry Fish’s boat  (posing as the American O’Brien from the Unity) had 17 people aboard.  Art Totman ( posing as the Englishman, Captain Moore) was paraded through Machias
after his capture.

Two other members with great influence in the early years of the Club were Arnold Selwood and Alan Graves.  Dana Urquhart, one of the past Commodores also joined early on and participated in
many races.  For years, Art Totman was the unofficial club historian, but Tom Transue and Harry Fish, Jr. have offered to take on that role with help from many sharp minds with fading memories.  They will take on the role of cataloging (and publishing here) Art’s collection of photographs and newspaper clippings dating from the early years of the club.

(text taken from a previous site with minor edits: http://medowinweb.com/Port/Log.html )