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October 2004
Maine; Charting a New Course
Maybe you've taken a vacation in Maine. And maybe along the way you discovered Boothbay, a popular spot 35 miles south of Augusta, the kind of place travelers envision when they dream of this state. You might have driven down narrow Route 96 to East Boothbay, past archetypal saltbox houses and others with bunting hung from wraparound porches. And perhaps you ate a lobster roll on the sunny deck of Lobsterman's Wharf restaurant, overlooking the boat-filled, pine-lined Damariscotta River - all while watching actual lobstermen tend their traps. A perfect afternoon in Maine.
But were you so contentedly enjoying the scenery that you missed the 40-foot high building next-door? It belongs to one of the world's premier superyahct builders, Hodgdon Yachts, whose most recent launch was the highly-praised 154-foot 7-inch Scheherezade (that's eight inches shorter than a Boeing 757). The vessel is replete with not only 500 hand-carved black-walnut seashells on interior borders, but also servers running 15 touch screens that control navigation, mechanical, entertainment, and other systems. Now, 188 years after its founding....
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