The goal is to launch the Stephen Taber and haul the Riggin, all on the same tide. Even shallow draft vessels like the Riggin and the Taber need to be hauled at high tide to allow enough water underneath them. As we arrived at the shipyard, Capt. Noah Barnes and crew were putting their last minute touches on the Taber. [...]
Every spring the Schooner J&E Riggin hosts an annual Work & Learn Week. This will be our 5th year and we couldn’t be more excited. This year the Association for Maritime Preservation (website coming very soon) will be sponsoring the event and providing the “learning” part of the experience! Last year over 240 hrs were [...]
As many of you may already know, Capt. Jon and I have been involved for over a year in the Restorative Justice program with the two teens who vandalized the Riggin last winter. Many of you have asked about that process and this article gives a very good description of what the Restorative Justice process [...]
The Schooner Timberwind‘s last cruise of the season was the Oct. 3-5 Birthday Cruise, marking her 77th year. A week later she headed down to the shipyard to undergo some winter repairs. You can see it all here, we will be posting updates and pictures of her progress, so stay tuned! Capt. Bob
WHY are government sites so NON intuitive? On most any site from which you’d like to purchase something, the principles have figured out how to make it easy. Good on them. But woe to the poor sole who has to pre-enroll for a TWIC card, look up a Coast Guard regulation, renew an FCC license, [...]
As a very few of you may know, the boys who vandalized the Riggin this winter have been down working on the boat this outfitting season helping us get ready to sail. Many of you who called with support or wrote your wonderful letters thought this would be a fitting consequence for the deeds done [...]
This 2008 work week we had a surprise visitor from the past. Not our past, but the Riggin’s past. Dave, a man who helped rebuild the Riggin in the mid-seventies, came to do similar work thirty years later. He crewed on the Riggin for Dave and Sue Allen, previous owners in the Maine windjammer fleet, [...]
Each year we host an annual work week. This was our fourth, sponsored by the Portland Time Bank and Association for Maritime Preservation. We had a record number, 240 volunteer hours! Thank you so much to all of you who came from Michigan, Pennsylvania and Maine to help. We worked hard, laughed a ton, enjoyed [...]
Our decks are 80 years old and you might need a little work if you were that old too. We’ve got the wood to replace all of the decks, laying in wait for a big winter project. Another big winter project I should say. Meanwhile, we still have work that is necessary to maintain the [...]
The Timberwind has had gorgeous weather for their haul out. Lucky ducks. Last year this time we had to shovel snow off the railway! They plan to sand the topsides and at least paint the waterline and they’ll do the entire bottom. The crew has all arrived and they’ll get their intro by fire during [...]
