Rockland Harbor Mgmt Commission meeting 3/20/18 AUDIO

Audio recordings of the March 20, 2018 meeting of the Rockland Harbor Management Commission, held in City Council chambers..  

Part 1 Intro, Public Comments, 2min 58sec

Part 2 Intro Part 2 1 min 10 sec

Part 3 Yachting solutions pier expansion and the South Channel 7min 2 sec

Part 4 discuss Yachting Solutions scenic impacts. 7min 

Part 5 Cruise ship moratorium 10min 38sec

Part 6  Federal anchorage discussion 4min 33sec

Part 7 HMC Recommendations 5min 38sec

Part 8. HMC Recommendations Pt 2  10min 16sec

Part 9 HMC Recommendations Pt 3  5min23sec

Part 10 HMC Recommendations Pt 4 9min57sec

Part 11 HMC Recommendations Pt 5. 10min 41sec

Part 12  New Business Part 1. 6min 12sec

Part 13   New Business Part 2 to end 6min 34sec

Full 93 minute meeting

Owls Head waters getting federalized. Listen to 12/12/17 meeting on federal anchorage proposal.

Are Owls Head's outer waters getting Federalised?

Listen to a 14 minute discussion, (mp3)  at the 12/12/17 Rockland Harbor Mgmt Commission meeting, on a plan to designate a federal anchorage area off Owls Head, to facilitate cruise ships bringing passengers to Rockland Harbor

Rockland Harbor civic boundaries, Rockport, Rockland & Owls Head

 Penobscot Bay & River Pilots Association has asked the US Coast Guard to designate the waters of Owls Head's Broad Cove as  a Federal Anchorage Area,  specifically to facilitate projected increases in visits to Rockland Harbor  by large cruise ships. Read  July 6, 2017 submission to USCG by David Gelinas  president of Penobscot Bay & River Pilots

On December 12, 2017 the Rockland Harbor Management Commission had a  discussion of  the Federal Anchorage proposal. LISTEN TO THE 14 MINUTE DISCUSSION (mp3)

Gelinas, a veteran ships pilot, told the Coasties that rising cruise ship traffic  to Penobscot bay calls for  more methodical  management of anchorage use by oversized cruise ships  at the mouth of Rockland Harbor. much of which is within the town borders of Owls Head.

"Not only are the numbers of cruise ships on the increase," Gelinas wrote "but the average size of such vessels is on the increase as well. Having a larger, dedicated anchorage area will assist in keeping this traffic coming to our state, and will serve all mariners with a clear illustration of where such vessels will likely anchor when coming to Penobscot Bay."

Rockland Harbor Commission reviewed plan to reorganize inner harbor.11/20/17 AUDIO mp3s

On November 20, 2017 the Rockland Harbor Management Commission heard from Mike Sabatini of Landmark Corp and Bill Morong of Yachting Solutions on remaking Rockland's inner harbor  Listen below  to the presentations

Pt 0 Introduction. 1min 27sec

Part 1 Mike Sabatini. Landmark Corp 1. 5min 13sec

Part 2 Mike Sabatini 7min 2 sec

Part 3 Mike Sabatini  7min 40sec

Part 4 Yachting Solutions  6min 36 sec

Part 5  Yachting  Solutions  8min 8sec

Part 6  Landmark and Yacht Solutions 6min 33sec

Part 7 Yachting Solutions &Landmark Corp 7min 46sec

Part 8.Yachting Solutions   6min 51sec

Full Harbor Management commission meeting 57 min

Mating attendees Harbor Commission members David Leon, Peter Smith, Melissa Maker, Louise McLellan Ruf;  Harbormaster Matt Riley;  Rockland development director Julie Nash; Mike Sabatini, engineer Landmark Corp;  Bill Morong & father (Bill) Yachting Solutions LLC;  Stuart Smith, landowner   Ron Huber Friends of Penobscot Bay/WRFR,  Lynne Barnard, Rockland public, Andy O'Brienm Free Press.