Gathering of the Fleet
Wednesday, June 26, 2024
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Photo credits: Michael Leonard https://www.phototourismbymike.com
While Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor offers a week full of events, it is the Windjammers who we have gathered to celebrate. They are each a vessel of living history and their entrance into the harbor each June is not only treasured by those who turn out year after year to watch, but they are also revered and respected for keeping an important piece of our past as part of our present. The Windjammers will gather off Cabbage Island to begin their glide into Boothbay Harbor under full sail. They will start arriving shortly after 1 pm. You can view them from both the east and west side of the harbor including Whale park, the Footbridge, Fisherman's Memorial, as well as the Aquarium on McKown Point just to name a few spots. New this year, we will have a drone sending live footage to a large screen in Whale Park. Some of bigger schooners will need to stay in the outer harbor while others will come in and anchor. The best way to see all of the schooners is out on the water. There are many boat tours offered that day. You can learn about the different trips below. To learn more about each of the participating schooners, please visit our Windjammers page.
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