February 22, 2010 – 9:24 am
Three weeks ago the National Trust for Historic Preservation named the 2010 Dozen Distinctive Destinations. What a surprise and pleasure it was to read that Rockland Maine was named one of them! Of course if you’ve been to Rockland, and the Riggin for that matter, you already know what a great place it is. We are incredibly [...]
February 19, 2010 – 5:55 pm
Congratulations to Jim Laracey who was the random winner of February’s “Where are we?” contest who correctly guessed that we were sailing by the Curtis Island Lighthouse at the head of Camden harbor.
We hope Jim will enjoy the March issue of Maine Boats, Homes, and Harbors!
February 15, 2010 – 6:27 pm
We thought it was about time we do another “Where are we?” contest as it’s been a year since our last one! So without further ado….
Name this lighthouse and on what bay, cove, or harbor you can find it. To enter for a copy of the March issue of Maine Boats, Home, and Harbors post your [...]
January 27, 2010 – 10:29 am
Lanterns on deck
Photograph by Jim Karg
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January 27, 2010 – 9:15 am
Where can you get your free copy of the J&E Riggin 2010 screensaver featuring 50 stunning images made by particpants of our annual Fall Photography Cruise with Frank M. Chillemi? Right here of course!
A great big thank you to all who submitted their photographs to make this incredible screensaver – David Thaler, Susan Lynch, Cathy & [...]
January 25, 2010 – 9:25 am
There are so many wonderful photos that our passengers have shared with us, they deserve to be shared with everyone.
Instead of telling you about the changes we’ve made to our photo page, click on over to take a look for yourself – after all so much of what we do is visual!
January 22, 2010 – 9:02 am
For those of you who have not reserved your 2010 windjammer trip yet, there are only 12 days left to take advantage of our early booking discount. Reserved your sailing vacation before February 1st to recieve your 5% early booking discount (10% if you’ve sailed with us before)! Dates are filling fast….call us today!
Speaking of [...]
December 21, 2009 – 11:43 am
This is the schooner’s first Christmas in Lermond Cove and to celebrate Captain Jon put Christmas lights up. He started on the bowsprit, climbed the foremast, climbed down, then up the main mast, and down again, finally ending the string of lights on the transom. Cap, Annie, Chloe, Ella and I all went down later that night to [...]
December 14, 2009 – 5:15 pm
In case you haven’t been to our website in awhile, last month we posted our 2009 Fall Photo Album put together by New York photographer Frank M. Chillemi. Frank is also our Fall Photography cruise instructor and author of Windjammers, Lighthouses, and Other Treasures of the Maine Coast
As always Frank has caputred beauiful images of [...]
December 10, 2009 – 1:34 pm
Save America’s Treasures, a part of the National Parks Service, has awarded Association for Maritime Preservation (AMP) a $300,000 matching grant. What does this mean for the Riggin? AMP has agreed to take on the rebuild of the Riggin as their first project!
While the actual work on the boat will begin the fall of 2010, [...]
