Tag Archives: York Maine
Perkins Cove Fisherman Richard “Rick” Smith Knight Jr. of York, Maine, has passed away
Rick was born on March 28, 1945 in York, Maine, the son of the late Richard S. Knight, Sr. and Barbara Helen Weare. He died June 27, 2021. Rick served as a marine engineer in the Merchant Marine, traveling the world nine times. This period, as well as his time at Maine Maritime Academy, provided ample material for many interesting stories, which he loved to tell to his friends and family. Fishing out of Perkins Cove in Ogunquit for over 40 years, Rick first had a dragger, the “Barbara Helen”, and later his lobster boat, the “Michelle D”. Rick loved being on the water, and deeply treasured the friendships and brotherhood that he had with the other fishermen in the cove. >click to read< 10:20
A love of lobstering
Seventy-seven-year-old George “Elly” Sewall, a York native, has spent six decades on the water. Sewall is one of the few working fishermen around to still to have a private dock behind his home near Sewall’s Bridge in York (which happens to be named after his ancestors.) It is here on his property that Sewall houses his boat, gear, workshop and everything he needs to fish, all comfortably surrounded within sight of the house he has lived in with his wife for the past 50 years. Read the rest here 08:52
