Day One: Too excited to sleep, most everyone’s up early Monday morning. The crew is bucketing down the decks, packing ice and loading wood. A week’s worth of provisions is carefully loaded and packed in ice, and arranged in the order of when they will be used. Annie has been up since 4:30; coffee is [...]
January 7, 2011 – 9:45 am
Are you considering a Maine sailing cruise this year? If you weren’t….why not? And if you are already planning to come sail the Maine coast – now is the perfect time to book. Through February 1st first time passengers are eligible for our 5% early booking discount on any of our windjammer cruises and if you’ve sailed [...]
September 29, 2010 – 9:53 am
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While they are not full time crew members, part of what makes the experience on the J&E Riggin so special is that the whole family sails. If you have a question – Chloe and Ella are sure to have the answer. Can you imagine having a 120 foot wooden schooner as your summer playground?! It’s [...]
Next we’d like to introduce (or reintroduce if you sailed with us last year) you to Scott Pavageaux from Dallas, Texas. What did you do over the winter? I spent last winter cooking in a restaurant and working on metal sculptures. I made my way back to Maine with a road trip stopping in to visit [...]
The 2010 sailing season starts in 10 days and we thought this would be a great time to give you a small introduction to your crew. We did a little Q& A with our crew so that you can get to know them before you sail. First up…. Bo Willoughby. Where are you from? Winslow, Maine Why [...]
We are now on Facebook, My Space, Twitter and Linkedin. We get Digged and Stumbled Upon. We have message board, our own photo albums on Photo Bucket and Flikr and have an account with You Tube. I’ve been blogging for a year now and while I have a much better understanding of what I’m doing, [...]