Please forgive us in advance be we are taking a little trip back in time and going a little techno here for this post. When Captains Jon & Annie took over stewardship of the Schooner J&E Riggin in winter of 1997/1998, as part of the package of boat and business, they inherited a one page [...]
Last week we thought it was time for us to have some sort of game or challenge. A couple of years ago we did a “Where in the world” challenge where you all sent photos of you wearing your Riggin gear. We got some great photos and had a ton of fun! Starting this week [...]
Everywhere we turn it seems that there’s a “National” day for any food items you can think of. After doing a little research and a lot of laughing in the office we’ve discovered in April alone the national food holidays include National Carmel Popcorn Day, Coffee Cake Day, Day of the Mushroom, National Cheeseball Day, and Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. [...]
What I see and hear from folks more often than any other around the subject of food, focuses on wanting food preparation to be easy and quick. Or maybe this is just me talking to myself as dinnertime approaches and I’ve been testing recipes all day and still have nothing that actually constitutes a meal [...]
Turns out 36% of you watch both new and repeat episodes and 25% of you watch it every time it airs on every channel it airs on! Love it! Only 3 of the poll takers do not watch NCIS….it’s okay, we like you anyway. It wasn’t a surprise to see that it was a tie for [...]
There’s always a reason to pick up knitting needles and delicious yarn, and now we have a very good reason to do just that. From now until March 26th, as a fundraiser for the Ashwood Waldorf School, we will be knitting as many 8” squares as we can and gathering pledges & sponsors per square [...]
While brainstorming for this months newsletter we thought we’d do something fun. How many of you are NCIS fans? We know, completely random and having nothing to do with the boat, but all of us here in the Riggin office are huge fans. So just for fun we’ve set up this poll to see how [...]
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 [...]
The PBS program American Experience will air a five-part mini-series starting this Monday, April 13th called We Shall Remain: America Through Native Eyes. In March of last year Captain Jon Finger, Schooner J&E Riggin, Capt. Owen Dorr, Schooner Nathaniel Bowditch, Capt Noah Barnes, Schooner Stephen Taber, Capt Garth Wells, Schooner Lewis R. French, and Paul [...]
Frank M. Chillemi, our ship’s photographer, loves the Bug Head products. One off season day, he and ur crew member, Ericka decided to have a little photographic fun. Erika suited up in a Bug Head tuilik, a dry/wet suit that kayakers wear to keep themselves dry. Frank made the photo in less then 10 minutes and [...]
