Boat Talk

Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Jon Johansen
Engineers: Pepin Mittelhauser, Matt Murphy

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval.

About the hosts:
Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Jon Johansen
Engineers: Pepin Mittelhauser, John Greenman

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval.

About the hosts:
Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Alan Sprague & Jon Johansen
Engineers: Pepin Mittelhauser, John Greenman

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval.

About the hosts:
Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Jon Johansen and Matt Murphy
Engineers: Pepin Mittelhauser, John Greenman, Amy Browne

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval.

This month:
Boatyard News, International Maritime Film Festival in Bucksport

Guest/s:
John Paul LaLonde, International Maritime Film Festival

About the hosts:
Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Jon Johansen and Alan Sprague
Engineers: John Greenman, Amy Browne

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval.

This month:
Boatyard News, Lobster boat racing, Tom Robinson rowing across the Pacific Ocean, Off Center Harbor videos, whale entanglement update.

Guest/s:
Steve Stone, Off Center Harbor

About the hosts:
Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Jon Johansen and Alan Sprague
Engineers: John Greenman, Amy Browne

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval

This month:
Graphene, next boatbuilding material, Tom Robinson rowing across the pacific, other crazy rowers. Mike Joyce’s interview with a fisherman who spent the night on a bouy in the middle of winter.

Guest/s:

About the hosts:

Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Jon Johansen and Alan Sprague
Engineers: John Greenman, Pepin Mittelhauser, Amy Browne

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval

This month:
In depth discovery of the many things Penobscot Marine Museum has to offer.

Guest/s:
Karen Smith, Executive Director of of the Penobscot Marine Museum

About the hosts:

Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

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Producers/Hosts: Jon Johansen and Alan Sprague
Engineers: John Greenman, Pepin Mittelhauser, Amy Browne

BoatTalk is the call-in show for people contemplating all things naval

This month:
Busy boatyards. Kirsten Neuschafer wins Golden Globe 2022 round the world race beating 15 men. Giffy Full, frequent past BoatTalk guest returns with more stories. We talk with Pat Sullivan of the Museum Maritime Pets in Rockland.

Guest/s:
Giffy Full
Pat Sullivan, The Museum of Maritime Pets, Sharpes Wharf, Rockland, ME

About the hosts:

Alan Sprague is a retired boat carpenter and a volunteer at WERU for over thirty years. He and the late Mike Joyce started Boattalk in 2003 and Alan carries on.

Jon Johansen is the editor and roving reporter for the Maine Coastal News. He is Chairman of the Board of the Penobscot Marine Museum, President of Maine Built Boats, President of Maine Lobster Boat Racing, and Director of the International Maritime Library in his spare time.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download