We love contests! To date our favorite has been one we called “Where in the World is your Riggin Gear?” an idea that hatched from a photo of a Riggin passenger in her denim Riggin shirt while posing by iguanas in the Galápagos. As office meetings happened this fall we talked about doing another year-long contest. [...]
As 2011 comes into its final days – the office is going on a stay-cation. We will be back in the first few days of 2012 well-rested and ready to go. But before we go we want to wish all you a very blessed Christmas and a ‘wicked good’ start to the New Year.
We are happy to announce the release of our newly redesigned brochure! When we redesigned the J&E Riggin website a few months ago we knew we needed a new brochure to match. If you’d like to receive a copy please fill out the online request form. After tweaking language and going through hundreds of photos we had [...]
We have the end of the 2011 sailing season in sight as we get ready to wrap up summer and pull out the fleece for fall. For those of you that sailed with us this summer we have some great memories and hope you do as well. It is with these memories still fresh in [...]
Come join the Schooner J&E Riggin’s Maine Lighthouse & Lobster Cruise™ - there is still space left on our August 26th 4 day trip and on the September 19th 6 day trip! Maine Lighthouses from Maine Office of Tourism on Vimeo.
The highlight of the week for many of our passengers is our traditional Maine lobster bake. It’s an all-you-can-eat feast; seven whole lobsters eaten by one person, a girl scout!, in one sitting is the record (please do not try this at home). After anchoring near an undisturbed island in the early afternoon, the yawl [...]
Day Six: Saturday morning we raise anchor early and head back home. Last minute group photos are taken, addresses exchanged, and a hearty brunch is served to tide everyone over on their way home. We tie up in Rockland amid relaxed, revitalized smiles and see everyone ashore hugs and goodbyes. This post wraps up our [...]
Day Five: As the week goes by everyone relaxes more and more and rises later and later. But coffee is still ready at 7 for early risers, and several passengers take our peapod out for a quiet row. By Friday everyone is an ol’ salt and is ready help get the Riggin underway; the Captain calls out [...]
Day Four: It’s early morning yet, but excitement starts to build as Cap’n Jon returns from an early trip with a crate full of fresh lobsters. After breakfast Pearl ferries us ashore to Stonington. Stonington, on the southern tip of Deer Isle, is aptly named. There is abundant evidence in town and on the surrounding islands of [...]
Day Three: Wanting to explore a bit, several of us go ashore and walk out to Burnt Coat Harbor Light on Hockamock Head, admiring wildflowers and seashells on our route. We take pictures and leave the wildflowers and seashells for others to appreciate as well. Singing to raise the sails, the cadence is easy to adopt [...]
