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 [...]
One of the rainy day projects Captain Jon has been working on is a small repair to the fore gaff. The fore gaff is the upper spar attached to the forward mast, the lower spar is the boom (the one you duck from so you don’t get hit in the head!) Captain Jon used Douglas [...]
This morning upon arriving at the office I saw Cap walking across the yard with the look of “I have something to show you”. I always get excited when I see this look because it means I’m going to learn something or see something that if I didn’t work here I would never have the [...]
Captain Jon Finger’s Windjammer Christmas Cards have been highly anticipated every year since he started painting them in 1999. Every year Capt Jon sketches and then paints in watercolor a beautiful scene from the Maine coast always containing an image of the historic Maine windjammer, Schooner J&E Riggin. We now offer those same sailing themed Christmas cards [...]
One of the smaller, but very important projects, we are working on while hauled out is replacing our zincs. Below is an excerpt about what Zincs are and why we use them from an article by Don Casey in BoatUS. “Any time you have two different metals that are physically or electrically connected [...]
On Monday we hauled our Maine windjammer, the J&E Riggin, out of the water for the second time this year. While we normally haul out in the spring for annual maintenance, this fall we hauled to work on a few projects that we don’t have time to do in the spring. And because we are hauled [...]
Whew! What a crazy, fun, busy and exciting summer we’ve had. Hopefully you were able to get out and enjoy the beautiful summer weather with hiking, swimming, playing in your garden and perhaps out sailing with us! We are just days away from the end of the sailing season and what a season it’s been. We [...]
Your hosts aboard the Maine Windjammer, Schooner J&E Riggin. What is your favorite part about the sailing season? Just being out in the sun and wind – the elements, the people, and the food. It’s a pleasant way to spend the afternoon What’s your sign? Leo What is your favorite food? Pasta What is your [...]
A few folks have been asking how the planning for the rebuild next winter is going so we thought we’d give you a quick update. We have made the decision to haul the schooner out at North End Shipyard for this project, keeping jobs local and supporting our local economy. It will be nice to have [...]
