The 20th Anniversary, Fifth Edition!

The definitive cruising reference to Maine's complex coast – its deep bays and rivers, its offshore islands, its secret gunkholes, and its fabled cruising harbors.

Additional coverage of New Brunswick's Fundy coast and the Saint John River.
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Most people think of lobsters in terms of melted butter and paper bibs, or wharves reeking of barreled bait. But Maine photographer Greg Currier presents a very different side of America's favorite crustacean, one flooded with the brilliant colors of the buoys, boats, traps, and foul-weather gear of the working lobsterman. Currier captures the beauty in the everyday experience of lobstering, as well as in the peaceful predawn start of a lobsterman's day. From the neon glow of buoys stacked for use to a working harbor aglow at sunset, these truly are the colors of lobstering.

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A number of recent books have been written about commercial fishermen, but very few have been written by commercial fishermen. Snug Harbor is the real thing, for the author grew up in a fishing family and, thanks to the inspiration of his grandfather, "Cap" who almost single-handedly created the port of Point Judith, in southern Rhode Island, Sam became a successful captain in his own right. Here, you'll read firsthand accounts of a terrifying vessel sinking in the middle of the night, and dragging up unexploded depth charges and great white sharks in the nets. You'll also meet a whole host of colorful characters -- from loving grandmothers to eccentric neighbors -- who played a role in shaping the author's life and seafaring career.

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