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 many [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The voting has ended and while MaineWindjammer didn’t win the Shorty Award for travel this year we were in great company. The other 5 finalists consisted of WildEarth – LIVE wildlife 24/7 from Djuma in South Africa. LIVE safari; CruiseSource – Cruise Advice, Deals, Reviews and FUN!; SoulTravelers – Family on 3rd year of open ended [...]
Every year the Penobscot Bay Chamber of Commerce, of which both schooners are members, holds an annual awards ceremony honoring various businesses. Awards such as the Waterfront Enhancement Award, Community Service Award, Downtown Business District Interior and Exterior Improvement Award and the Community Spirit Award. This year one of our favorite restaurants, “From humble [...]
I just feel compelled to point out to those who have been asking for Captain Jon to post on the blog, that the one about Andrew Wyeth is his first. Hurray for him! It only takes a small miracle to get these captains of historic sailing vessels anywhere near the computer much less contributing on [...]
In late December "MaineWindjammer' (the Twitter name for the Schooner J&E Riggin) was nominated for a Shorty Award – the equivalent of an Oscar for movies, in the category of Travel. Twitter writers from all over the world were nominated. The great news is we found out earlier this week that 'MaineWindjammer' is a [...]
Can you guess where this photo was taken?
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Hint: This lighthouse you would be much more likely to see on a six day [...]
