Windjammer July Newsletter

Windjammer Association July 2009 NEWSLETTER

Schooner America

Maine Windjamming

The Maine Windjammer Association

Schooner A.J. Meerwald

Schooner A. J. MEERWALD

Captain Brenda Thomas

Captain Brenda Thomas of the Maine Windjammer

Schooner ISAAC H. EVANS

Bluenose II Visits Maine

Bluenose II to Visit Maine Maritime Museum , Bath, Maine
In conjunction with our Net Worth Fisheries exhibit, the replica of the famed Grand Banks fishing schooner BLUENOSE II will be docked and open for tours July 5 thru July 7. A glorious reign as Queen of the North Atlantic began with her launching from Lunenburg’s Smith and Rhuland boatyard on March 26, 1921. It tragically ended a quarter century later. In 1963, Bluenose II was launched from the same shipyard, built by many of the men who had worked on the Original Bluenose. Bluenose II is acknowledged to have the largest working mainsail in the world it measures 4,150 square feet. The total sail area measures over 11,000 square feet and BLUENOSE II is 143 feet in length.

Windjammer June Newsletter

Maine Windjammer Association June 2009 Newsletter

Penobscot Bay Storm

Sudden storm on Penobscot Bay Downeast

Schooner French Bucks Harbor

Schooner LEWIS R. FRENCH anchored in Bucks Harbor, Maine

Pulpit Harbor

Sunset Pulpit Harbor, North Haven, Maine

Schooner American Eagle

Schooner American Eagle entering Bucks Harbor, South Brooksville, Maine

Bowdoin Sets Sail North for Summer

Schooner Bowdoin underway for Newfoundland and Labrador as part of a summer-long initiative called Celebrating Bartlett 2009. Bowdoin will serve as a traveling ambassador for Celebrating Bartlett 2009 which marks the 100th anniversary of Adm. Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole in 1909 and the role played in that endeavor by Canadian Capt. Robert Bartlett.

On assignment Aboard HERITAGE

I'm off on assignment aboard the schooner HERITAGE out of Rockland, Maine I'll be back June 14 with many new images.

Windjammers Downeast New Book

My New Book WINDJAMMERS DOWNEAST : WoodenBoat Publications. A pictorial tribute to the boats of Penobscot Bay, which make their living carrying sight seers and eco-tourists along the coast of Maine.