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Article: MAINE'S ROCKY COAST CHARMS OUTER BANKER.(CAROLINA COAST)(Editorial)

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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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July 7, 1996
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Byline: Ronald L. Speer

BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Travel has always turned me on. Whenever I tour unfamiliar territory in this diverse nation, I fall in love.

It's happened once again.

This time I'm smitten by the rocky harbors of the coastal communities of New England. The villages are gorgeous: clean, busy and neat. The still-functioning relics of our colonial days are pages out of history for a Nebraska-farm visitor.

And for a man who loves to sail, they are especially alluring.

Hundreds of sailboats swing with fishing boats on moorings in hundreds of harbors, where renowned captains of clipper ships once plied the seven seas ...

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