Updated July 25 With wind in sails, Friendship Sloops descend on Rockland Harbor for 60th races Three-day event includes all manner of Maine weather conditions as the beautiful, majestic, originally designed-for-fishing boats with storied, working-class history return to compete after missing 2020 due to pandemic. By Ken WaltzSports Director: Courier Gazette & Camden Herald Share With the Rockland Breakwater as a backdrop, Jabberwocky races on July 24 in the Friendship Sloop Society's annual regatta in Rockland. Ken Waltz ROCKLAND — Not even rain, heavy winds or hail for a period of time on one of the three days — or remnants of an ongoing pandemic — could stop an historic fleet of boats from making their appointed rounds around the course during the Friendship Sloops Society’s 60th Homecoming Sailing Regatta Thursday through Saturday, July 22-24 in and around Rockland Harbor and Owls Head.