WEBVTT THIS IS "CHRONICLE AND E." EXPLORING MILES OF INCREDIBLE COASTLINE, PREPARING FOR HIS MISSION. BY FOOT, BY KAYAK, SCHOONER. FUNDING THE GIANT THE STAIRS. AND A 1950'S THROWBACK THAT STILL WORKS TODAY. THEY COME OUT AND BRING IT OUT ON A TRAY. EXPLORING THE BACK ROADS OF MAINE. CONFIDENCE. EATING LOBSTER IN A WHITE SHIRT WITHOUT A BIB. TED IS IN HARPSWELL, MAINE, HOME TO 200 MILES OF COASTLINE. IT IS A HIDDEN GEM ON THE COAST. EVERY PENINSULA IS DIFFERENT. EVERY LITTLE TOWN WAS IN A TOWN IS DIFFERENT. THEY ALL HAVE THEIR PERSONALITY AND HISTORY AND BACKGROUND. THE COAST OF MAINE IS FAMOUS FOR ITS NARROW PENINSULAS JUTTING INTO DUBLIN ANTICS. THIS IS THE FINGERTIP OF ONE OF ITS MOST ICONIC ONES ON BAILEY ISLAND IN HARPSWELL. MAINE'S LARGEST CITY IS ONLY 20 MILES OR SO ACROSS THE WATER TO THE SOUTHWEST. BOTH THE YEAR ROUNDERS AND SUMMER FOLKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN DETERMINED TO KEEP IT THAT WAY. IN FACT, IT IS THE SPLIT PENINSULAS THAT GIVE HARPSWELL OVER 200 MILES OF COASTLINE, MORE THAN A KNEE OTHER TOWN IN MAINE WILL STEP WITH IT SHELTERED HARBORS, IT'S CRASHING SURE OF AROUND -- ALONG ROCKY SHORES, THIS PART OF THE MAINE COAST IS TOUGH TO PEG. IT IS BEAUTIFUL. ALL OF ITS MOODS. MOST PEOPLE WOULD LIKE THE SANDY BEACH WITH THE LITTLE UMBRELLA DRINK IN THE HAND. THAT IS FINE ALSO BUT YOU'RE NOT GOING TO FIND THAT HERE. TED: KEN IS THE AUTHOR OF "THE HIDDEN COAST OF MAINE." I LIVED ON THE COAST FOR A NOVEL OF YEARS AND SALE SOUTH IN THE SUMMER AND COME BACK IN THE WINTER. PEOPLE WOULD SAY WHY DON'T YOU STAY IN THE BAHAMAS AND I SAID THERE ARE ALL VERY PRETTY BUT THERE IS REALLY NOTHING TO MATCH THE MAINE COAST. TED: PLENTY OF NATIVES FEEL THE SAME WAY BUT SO DO SOME TRANSPLANTS LIKE AN HUTCHINS, A MAIN PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WAS ORIGINALLY FROM THE SOUTH. SHE NEVER PLANNED ON HER PASSIONATE CONNECTION WITH THE COAST. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR A TOTALLY LIFE-CHANGING EVENT THAT NOW WE CAN SAY 10 YEARS LATER, IT HAS GIVEN US AN AMAZING DEDICATION TO THE ART OF PHOTOGRAPHY. TED: 10 YEARS AGO, AND WAS LIVING THE GOOD LIFE IN NEW ORLEANS WITH HER HUSBAND. THEN CAME KATRINA. SIX HOURS AFTER KATRINA WENT THROUGH, I WAS OUT OF BUSINESS. NO PROFESSION LEFT. IT WAS WASHED AWAY BUT WE KNEW THE DAY AFTER THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO DO SOMETHING OTHER THAN LIVED IN NEW ORLEANS BECAUSE EVERYTHING WAS GONE. TED: FAR TO THE NORTH, MAINE'S BAILEY ISLAND BECKON. WE MOVED TO BAILEY ISLAND 34 YEARS AGO AND HAVE BEEN COMING BACK AS OFTEN AS WE COULD AND HUTCH SPENT ALL HIS SUMMERS ON BAILEY ISLAND SO FOR HIM, IT IS HOME AND I LEARNED TO LOVE IT THE FIRST TIME I WAS HERE. TED: TODAY, THEY HAVE MADE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS HERE, TAKING ADVANTAGE OF A BACKGROUND THAT IS AS VARIED AS IT IS EYE-CATCHING. MAINE IS LEGENDARY FOR THE LIGHT. TED: DO YOU FEEL LIKE A MAINER? AS MUCH AS I CAN BE. TED: VERY DAVIS ALSO CAME FROM OKLAHOMA AND COLORADO. HIS WIFE WAS RAISED ON BAILEY ISLAND. A MET THROUGH A PASSION FOR SAILING, WHAT THEY INDULGE FULL-TIME AS THE OWNERS OF THE SCHOONER ALERT. SHE IS A 50 FOOT WOODEN SAILING VESSEL. SHE IS BASED OFF OF THE NEW ENGLAND FISHING LINERS THAT USED TO FISH YEAR. TED: THE ALERT TAKES PASSENGERS OUT ON CRUISES THAT CAN LAST A COUPLE HOURS OR MOST OF THE DAY. THEY LIKE TO KEEP THINGS AS MAIN AS IT GETS. I THINK THIS IS WHAT PEOPLE REALLY COME UP HERE TO FIND. TED: IT IS NOT EVERY DAY THEY HAVE A LOT OF FUN ON BOARD. ON THIS DAY, NOT A LOT OF WIND BUT THANKFULLY, A LOT OF SUNSHINE AND BLUE SKY. WE CAN GO INTO OPEN OCEAN OR WE CAN GO INTO THE ISLAND. EVERY DAY IS DIFFERENT. WE LIKE TO RUN WITH IT. TED: AND THEY DO. ON DECK, IT IS A FAMILY AFFAIR. THEIR TWO-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER ACCOMPANIES THEM ALONG WITH BETHANY'S MOTHER. WE HAVE WORKED VERY HARD AND DILIGENTLY AND HAD A LOT OF FUN BRINGING SAILING CHARTERS TO BAILEY ISLAND AND RAISING OUR OWN FAMILY IN THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE. THEY HAVE DONE ALL THE WORK BY THEMSELVES. INCREDIBLE. IT ARE PROUD TO SHOW OFF A GORGEOUS SCHOONER. AND LITTLE MARGARET IS THE YOUNGEST CREW MEMBER ON BOARD. JUST BY A LITTLE BIT. ON WE MOVE TO SOMEONE WHO WAS NOT SO GREAT AS AN EMPLOYEE. PROBABLY ONE OF THE WORST IN