The Cranberry Isles Futures Group
1999 Boat Survey
These summary results are compiled from the questionaire mailed out to all known residents of Great Cranberry and Islesford in the winter of 1999.
| Question | Response | |
|---|---|---|
| Year Round Residents | Summer Residents | |
| 1. Do you live on Islesford or Cranberry Island? | ||
| year round more than 6 months/yr. summer only |
14 2 0 |
0 0 52 |
| 2. Do you operate an off island business that provides services on island? | ||
| yes no |
0 14 |
1 51 |
| 3. If so, how many employees ride the mailboat between October and May? | ||
| less than once a week 1-3 times a week 5-6 times a week |
0 0 0 |
0 0 3 |
| 4. If a resident, how many in your household? | ||
| adults children |
32 12 |
72 25 |
| 5. How many in your household ride the mailboat? | ||
| less than once a week 1-3 times a week 5-6 times a week |
12 24 2 |
32 42 6 |
| 6. How many members of your family regularly work off island? | ||
| daily several times a week several times a month |
3 2 0 |
1 5 0 |
| 7. Have you ever moved off the island to work or for school reasons because boat schedules did not meet your needs? | ||
| yes no |
6 8 |
5 1 |
| 8. If you lived off island, did you commute back to the island to work? | ||
| yes no |
3 5 |
3 1 |
| 9. If the boat schedule was different would you ride more often? | ||
| yes no |
9 4 |
16 22 |
Note: The results of questions 10-15 are summarized in the graph below. | ||
| 10. If there were only three trips each day, when would you most like to see boats leave the islands in the morning? | ||
| 6-7am 7-8am 8-9am other |
6 7 2 0 |
6 23 14 0 |
| 11. What time would you like to leave Northeast Harbor in the morning? | ||
| 6-7am 7-8am other |
2 7 0 |
4 18 3 |
| 12. What time would you like to have the mid-day boat leave the islands? | ||
| 10-11am 11-12am 12-1pm other |
5 10 0 0 |
5 25 8 0 |
| 13. What time would you like to have the mid-day boat leave Northeast? | ||
| 10-11am 11-12am 12-1pm other |
1 8 6 0 |
1 12 22 0 |
| 14. What time would you like the afternoon boat to leave the islands? | ||
| 3-4pm 4-5pm 5-6pm other |
3 9 0 0 |
8 15 13 0 |
| 15. What time would you like the afternoon boat to leave Northeast? | ||
| 3-4pm 4-5pm 5-6pm other |
4 4 7 0 |
3 9 24 5 |
Boat Survey Summary Graphs
Remarks by Bruce Komusin
The survey seems to apply only to winter boats, when the current schedule is only 3 boats per day.Everyone who responded wants to spend more time on the mainland. Both year-round and summer residents want the morning boat to leave the islands at least 1 hour earlier (2 hours for year-rounders), and the evening boat from Northeast Harbor to return 2 hours later. Everyone wants the midday boat from Northeast Harbor 1 hour later.
Everyone also seems to want the evening boat from the islands 1 hour later, the summer residents more markedly so.
