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2010 Windjammer Crew – Capts Jon & Annie

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 [...]

2010 Windjammer Crew – Chloe & Ella

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 [...]

2010 Windjammer Crew – Toni

And we have Toni Ridout also from Dallas, Texas who is joining us for her 3rd season on the J&E Riggin. Annie is very happy to have her helpful hands in the galley! What did you do over the winter?  I did some traveling- I went to Florida, Colorado, Oklahoma, Philadelphia, New York and Boston. [...]

Another Maine sailing season comes to a close

The 2009 season has ended, the boat is ready for our cold and snowy Maine winter that’s coming much sooner than we’d like (we’ve already had our first bit of snow!!) and the crew is off on their next adventure. We’d like to say thank you to all our first time sailors, repeat guests and [...]

Schooner Adventure Chosen to Compete for Preservation Funding

Help us make history by saving history. American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation just named Schooner Adventure as a participant in this year’s Partners in Preservation program in Greater Boston. If successful, Adventure will receive $100,000 for new spars. Schooner Adventure is one of 25 sites selected now competing in a five-week [...]

Andrew Wyeth – A Legend Passes On

This morning I find myself bent over the kitchen table in the process of matting and framing my latest watercolor of the Riggin sailing past a snow-covered Owl's Head Lighthouse.  This was the painting we used for this year's holiday card.  As I was standing back to adjust the level of the painting in the [...]

We have winners of our “Where in the world” contest!

Wow, what a great response we had to the “Where in the World” contest where you sent us photos of you in your Riggin gear.  We received dozens of photos of you from Annapolis, MD to Dallas, TX to Dakar, Senegal. We are very happy to announce our winners – one in each of the [...]

Riggin Contest Update – Exumas

"Where in the world is the Riggin?" contest.  You’ve got until October of 2008 to send us your pictures of you or your buddies in Riggin gear.    We want to see how far we can travel even if we aren’t there ourselves!  Here Harold sports his denim shirt and Eileen shows off her Riggin [...]

Rhubarb-Raspberry Crisp with Pecan Streusel

Recipe by Anne Mahle. Click recipe title for printable version or At Home with Annie for an archived copy of the e-newsletter. This dessert includes one of my favorite fruits – maybe it’s really a vegetable – foodies are still haggling over which. Whatever it is, I love it and I have great family memories [...]

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