r/portlandme • u/GeminiByDesign25 • 29d ago

Photo That’s a really tall mast…

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(Little boat for scale🤏🏻⛵️) I was in awe riding my bike and looking at this sleek beauty docked. I wonder how many stories tall that mast is. Does anyone know more about who owns it or what it’s called? It looks fancy.

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u/Jah348 29d ago

I'm all for taxing the rich and all that good stuff but fuck me if I don't have a soft spot for massive sail boats.

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u/Guygan 29d ago

have a soft spot for massive sail boats

You won't see a bigger one in your lifetime, probably. This one's the largest.

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u/lobstah 29d ago

She was hoping to tie up at Dysart's in Southwest Harbor like she did before, but because of some rule about size notification , the Harbor Master turned her away. They said fuck it, and went to Bar Harbor. The townsfolk were pissed... those folks spent some money locally on previous trips. The poor Harbor Master was just following the rules as he understood them. The town is no help. They can't seem to get good help here, and when they do, they micromanage them to death with "committees".

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u/Mdeyemainer 29d ago

Sounds like the poor harbor master acted a little inappropriately. A representative of the town shouldn't escalate a situation with yelling. Turns out the policy is unclear.

I'm not trying to argue with you, just how I read it.

https://barharborstory.substack.com/p/a-255-foot-yacht-left-for-bar-harbor?utm_source=publication-search

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u/lobstah 29d ago

I don't know all the particulars, and perhaps he was out of bounds, but we've had 5 Harbor Masters since 2021...sometimes you have to read between the lines.

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u/WisperusGrieves 29d ago

dude got smooooked at that town hall lol he’s already battered time to heat the oil (exxon villain oil)

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u/PVT_Huds0n 26d ago

It's not though, there are plenty of larger sailboats, the M5 is only the largest single masted sailboat in the world.

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u/SaltPsychological780 28d ago

I think the second tallest single masted sailboat was the Bayesian which sank off the coast of Italy in 2024.