Fri, 04/30/2021 - 11:15am
The Stephen Taber loaded with cordwood. (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
The Lewis R. French, circa 1900 (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Lewis R. French (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Lewis R. French (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Stephen Taber (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
The Stephen Taber (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
Midcoast Maine is home to America’s oldest commercial sailing vessels, the
Schooner Lewis R. French of Camden and the
Schooner Stephen Taber of Rockland, and the two of them have seen it all. As the oldest still operating commercial sailing vessels in the U.S., they have survived the Great Depression, both world wars, and the 1918 and 2020 pandemics. This summer – their 150th years afloat – they will set sail once again, plying the East coast as they have for a century and a half.
LISA KRISTOFF Tue, 02/23/2021 - 8:00am
Planning a festival of the size and caliber of Boothbay Harbor’s Windjammer Days (WJD) during these COVID-19 times is challenging, but the Friends of Windjammer Days continue moving plans forward.
“The board of directors has decided to follow the lead of the Big Easy as far as the street parade goes,” said Pete Ripley.
This year, a stationary street parade is planned and on the schedule for Wednesday, June 30. The parade has two themes: “Historic Schooners,” in honor of Grand Marshals John Foss of Schooner
American Eagle and Doug and Linda Lee of Schooner