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 [...]
Day Two: It’s a sunny morning and this is the warmest harbor we will be in all week long. My girls know it – so they talk me into going swimming with them. This convinces a few adventurous folks to give it a try also. Some are in and out – you almost wonder if [...]
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 [...]
Our sailing season has been underway for a couple of weeks now and it’s been wonderful to be back out on the bay. Most of our June schedule is made up of 3 and 4 day trips with only one or two 6 day trips. These shorter trips are a great way for those who have [...]
Have you been going over your bucket list and seeing that line where it says “do a windjammer cruise”? Did you read an article in a magazine or online talking about Maine windjammer cruises and found yourself thinking “that sounds like fun”? Were you in Maine at some point and looked out over the harbor [...]
“Vacations are good for your health.” The other day we stumbled upon a great article about taking a mindful vacation to recharge and clear your head. We all get into the routine of day to day life whether a stay-at-home mom, full time worker bee, busy executive or retired and living it up. Every now and [...]
It’s May and the smell of grilling throughout a neighborhood during the dinner hour is a smell that lets me know that we’ve firmly arrived in summer. Grilling is easy and healthy and we Americans just love it. There are a few simple techniques that can make your grilling almost foolproof. I have also included [...]
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 [...]
Last year, it was suggested to the captains that we host a Riggin Relic* trip. We think this sounds like fun, so here’s the deal – we have scheduled a 10 day trip - June 21st 30th 2012. Just imagine sailing out beyond Penobscot Bay, living around the islands in Frenchman, Blue Hill and Jericho Bays. Sailing with [...]
