Local Maine culture isn't well documented. Burt and I is total fiction. You can get the real stuff in well researched books, mostly fiction, of Maine island life. I think it's important for cruisers to have some background to who that guy really is in the lobster boat going by.

These comics aren't a documentary of Maine island life, but the kid that creates them is a Mainer(who's seen a lot of the world) and a keen observer. My whole family finds them a riot(we've lived a bit of this), even if there's a lot of 'cussin'.

As well as the Taft Cruising guide, some novels I've listed like the Wooden Nickel, and Active Captain app, download a few O'change comics to play while you're anchored off a working Maine island, should round out your Cruising Guide to Maine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S0atpn4mejs&list=UUkumi1a6ngf7PjOlzijZFOw