Every year to honor the schooners who join us for Windjammer Days, the Friends of Windjammer Days invite the captains and crew to enjoy a Maine clambake out on Cabbage Island.

We are grateful for our Cabbage Island Clambake sponsors who help us welcome these schooners to Boothbay Harbor

Thomas E. Lannon

Captain Heath Ellis
Homeport Gloucester, Massachusetts
49 Guests
LOA 90’
schooner.org
The building of Schooner Thomas E. Lannon was truly a labor of love and the sailing continues as a family affair to this day. She was built in 1997 and is named for the captain’s maternal great grandfather who fished out of Gloucester from 1901-1943. She is meticulously maintained and it shows as she glides through the water. We are thrilled to have her joining us for Windjammer Days.

Eastwind

Captain Sean Griffiths
Homeport Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Guests 21
LOA 65'
schoonereastwind.com
Her home is Pier 6, Fisherman's Wharf Inn, offers 4 trips daily
Harold and Doris Smith have built six schooners by hand with the Schooner Eastwind being the newest in their fleet. As if that is not remarkable enough, the Smiths sailed around the world twice with their three children, and wrote two books about their voyages, “Sailing Three Oceans” and
Dreams of Natural Places”. Schooner Eastwind was built in 1999. Five of the schooners they built are named Appledore.  Eastwind, their sixth schooner, is a sistership of the Appledores. 

Applejack (formerly Lazy Jack)

Captain Sean Rowley
Homeport Boothbay Harbor, Maine
Guests 14
LOA 48’

Her home is Pier One, Boothbay Harbor Marina, offering sails daily
The Applejack was built in 1947 and takes her lines from the traditions of the great Gloucester fishing schooners of the 1800’s. Under a full press, Applejack carries a mainsail, foresail, staysail, jib, jib topsail and a fisherman. She was a renowned charter boat in the Bahamas in 1950’s until the late 60’s. Sailing a route from Ipswich Mass, to Man O War Cay to Cuba carrying various cargos for her master including rum, guns, cigars and passengers.

Sycamore

Captain Fred Bowers
Homeport Wiscassett, Maine
Guests 6
LOA 52'
The Sycamore is a steel, two -masted schooner build by Fred Bowers over 16 years.  It is a steel representation of a pinky schooner, one of two vessel designs originally used in Maine's fisheries in the early 19th century. She is named after sycamore trees that surrounded the builder's home growing up. They are a source of fond memories and good feelings. We welcome The Sycamore and celebrate Captain Bower's accomplishment.

Virginia

LOA 51'
The pinnace Virginia was the first English ocean-going ship built in the Americas.  It was built in 1607-1608 at the Popham Colony’s Fort St George located near the mouth of the Kennebec River.  There were about 100 colonists (all men and boys) including a shipwright Mr Digby of London.  Virginia was built to aid in coastal exploration and fishing, but was repurposed when the colony was abandoned in October 1608 and was used to return some of the colonists to England.  The building of Virginia is the beginning of Maine’s 400 year tradition of quality shipbuilding.  After sailing to England in 1608, Virginia was sold to the Jamestown colony and in 1609 crossed the Atlantic again.

Maine’s First Ship is 51 foot reconstruction of the Virginia, meeting Coast Guard requirements allowing it to be used as a floating classroom for students of all ages.

Viginia was built by a crew of volunteers in and around the Bath Freight Shed.  Virginia was launched on June 4, 2022 and construction continues in the water.

Pilot Cutter Hesper

Captain Tom Hollyday; Owner Eben Wilson
Homeport Camden, Maine
LOA 60'
canvasandpinesailing.com

Hesper was built in Queek Quay, Cornwall in 2004. She was built by world renowned Pilot Cutter shipwright Luke Powell. Luke has gone on to build 9 of these beautiful cutters. Eve of St. Mawes, Agnes, Lizzie May, Hesper, Ezra, Freya, Amelie Rose, Tallulah and Pellew all are great testaments to Cornish boat building and the West Country.

Hesper was built for long distance cruising. She has been up to Greenland, down south to the Azores, and as far east as Sweden. She has summered in Scotland, and been to France (what a charmed life!). She was designed to be sturdy, and to take care of the people on board.

Her recent build lends herself to a cozy, safe and comfortable sailing experience on board.

American Eagle

Captain Tyler King
Homeport Rockland, ME
26 Guests
LOA 122’
https://www.schooneramericaneagle.com

Schooner American Eagle was launched in 1930 and was the last fishing schooner built in Gloucester, Massachusetts. She is 122 ft and can accommodate 26 overnight guests. In 1984, 53 years of hard fishing had taken its toll. Great effort went into her reconstruction. Today she looks and feels like a new boat. Her fair lines, solid timber and tarred rigging are as they were three generations ago. We welcome her as she joins the other schooners sailing into the harbor surrounded by welcoming mariners, various band concerts, a parade ashore, and the evening fireworks.

Lion’s Whelp

Captain Phineas Sprague

Homeport Portland, ME
LOA 64’9”
http://www.schoonerlionswhelp.com/

LION'S WHELP is truly a one-of-a-kind yacht. Stunningly beautiful, this traditionally lined Alden Schooner was built with cutting-edge tehchnology to the highest possible standards, making her as capable a world wide cruising vessel as possible. She has been featured in Cruising World magazine.

One of her co-owners, who runs a substantial yacht yard (Portland Yacht Services) and has done a prior circumnavigation on a schooner, sought to build or acquire another vessel capable of cruising anywhere in the world. Equally important was that she be a reasonable vessel to maintain, sail locally with a small crew, and be so carefully built and detailed in construction that her longevity would be assured. After several years of searching, an uncompleted Alden designed hull was found in California. The vessel was purchased in 1999 and brought to his own yard where the repairs warranted from the improper storage of the hull were done, the hull completed in 2001, and the balance of the construction project (decks, systems and interior) completed in 2003. As a consequence the 1986 hull number assigned belies the true age of this magnificent yacht as she really was completed in 2003.

Mercantile

Captain Shawn Griffith
LOA 115’

The well-loved Mercantile is a joy to behold and is often referred to as the “Prettiest coaster on the Bay.” This vessel was built and operated for almost her entire career in the area of Penobscot Bay in Maine.  A familiar sight in many local ports for more than 100 years, she is dear to the hearts of many of the island old-timers. Built in 1916 and restored in 1989, she is 115 feet overall (80 feet on deck) and has accommodations for 29 passengers. A shoal-draft vessel, she was designed to take on and discharge cargo in out of the way places inaccessible to deeper draft vessels. Today, this feature allows her to explore secluded ports including some that the Mercantile originally served as a cargo vessel. This lovely schooner began sailing out of Camden in 1945 as part of Frank Swift’s Maine Windjammer Cruises® fleet. During a total restoration in 1989, the Mercantile was refit with a new galley and accommodations while maintaining her authentic character.

Captain Alex Peacock and a crew of cadets will be sailing the icy waters of the North Atlantic to the shore of Labrador. The vessel will visit ports along the way and lay the groundwork for a historic 2024 trip to the Arctic that replicates past voyages made by explorer Donald MacMillan.

Bowdoin

Captain Alexander Peacock
Homeport Castine, Maine
34 Guests
LOA 88’
mainemaritime.edu/waterfront/schooner-bowdoin/

Acquired by Maine Maritime in 1988, built in 1921 at Hodgdon Brothers, she is the only American schooner built for arctic exploration. Schooner Bowdoin has had 29 voyages above the Arctic Circle. During WWII, she was commissioned USS Bowdoin where she received several decorations including the American Defense Service Medal with “A” device. Today she serves as the training vessel for Maine Maritime cadets. Always welcomed back with a warm greeting.

Tyrone

Captain Rayford Chew
Homeport Boothbay Harbor, Maine
6 Guests
LOA 73’
schoonertyrone.com
Schooner Tyrone was designed by Sam Crocker and built in 1939 by the Simms Brothers in Dorchester, Massachusetts. She is heavily built for her size with mahogany planks and teak decks. Her beam is 15 feet. Today she is used as a teaching vessel for those who want to learn how to sail on a weekend or week long sailing expedition. It is a delight to see her old world elegance on the water. She shines when she catches the wind in her sails.

True North

Captain Andrew Grainger
Homeport Boston, Massachusetts
Summer Home Pemaquid, Maine
Guests  6
LOA 56'
Schooner True North is joining us for the Parade of Sail! She was built in 1939 by Goudy & Stevens over in East Boothbay and is 56 ft overall. She is an Alden Schooner and there are only about 45 or so original Alden Schooners left in the world.  We are delighted she can join us.

Alert

Captains Bethany McNelly-Davis and Perry Davis
Homeport Bailey Island, Maine
Guests 28
LOA 70'
seaescapecottages.com
or visit Alert Boothbay Harbor Sailing Schedule

The Schooner Alert is a 70 foot traditional wooden plank on frame design. She was designed and built by Paul Rollins and a team of shipwrights in York, Maine. In 1992 she was christened Tall Cotton and sailed between Florida and Mt. Desert Island, Maine. Later she was converted into a commercial fishing vessel and renamed Alert. She fished for six years out of Portland, Maine and was then sold to Perry Davis and Bethany McNelly-Davis. They converted the fishing vessel Alert into a United States Coast Guard inspected passenger vessel that they operate out of Bailey Island, Maine from Memorial Day to Columbus Day.

Isaac H. Evans

Homeport Boothbay Harbor, ME
Guests 38
LOA 99'

The Isaac H. Evans is the oldest surviving oyster fishing schooner in existence and is recognized as a National Historic Landmark. Built in 1886 in Mauricetown, New Jersey, she spent the majority of her years dredging for oysters in the Delaware Bay. She is under new ownership as of 2021, sailing under Captain Joshua Jacques. The Isaac H. Evans now hails out of Boothbay Harbor Maine where she offers her guests the chance to be a part of history. On board this National Historic Landmark you can help the crew hoist the sails, take in the quintessential Maine coast views, and sail on board the oldest surviving oyster fishing schooner built in 1886.

Isabella

Captain Harold Burnham
Homeport Gloucester, Massachusetts
6 Guests
LOA 38’
theisabella.com
Isabella was crafted in 2006 at the Burnham boat yard. She is a traditional Essex-built vessel. Isabella is a wooden gaff rigged schooner and was modeled after the fishing boats that came out of Cape Ann during the early 1800s.

When and If

Captain Seth Salzmann
Homeport Salem, MA
LOA 603.5'
https://www.sailwhenandif.com

With her storied past, productive present, and bright future, When And If has a narrative all her own. She was commissioned by General George S Patton from the illustrious naval architect John Alden, and built by FF Pendleton of Wiscasset, ME to sail around the world “When the war is over, and if I live through it.”

Gleam

Andy Tyska
Homeport Boothbay Harbor, ME
LOA: 68' 1"

Vessel designer was Clinton Crane and builder wasHharry B. Nevins. Gleam represents a style of very much-admired past America’s Cup yachts. While she never raced in the America's Cup herself, she was an America's cup trial horse on more than one occasion.

Originally, she was named Akaba, but during construction was changed to Gleam because Mrs. Crane had read the Alfred Lord Tennyson piece “Merlin and the Gleam” and thought it would be appropriate to name her Gleam after reading “All but in Heaven hovers the Gleam. Follow, follow, follow the Gleam.”

Gleam has been featured on “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous,” The Discovery Channel and PBS. She has also graced the pages of countless magazines such as Town and Country, Wooden Boat, Sailing World, Classic Boat and Yachting World, just to name a few. Her interior was selected to appear in the book of Classic Yacht Interiors.

Malabar X

Captain Seth Salzmann
24 Guests
LOA 58’

The Malabar X is the tenth personal yacht made by its own designer. The world famous architect John Gale Alden. This yacht is one of the most important of the naval recreation design history. It was the last personal Alden’s Schooner and the most victorious one. Being the summit of the architect’s career.

In 1930 won the Bermuda Race on its class and in 1932 won it again leaded by the yacht designer. In this same regatta five other Alden’s Schooners ranked in the first ten positions. It was the swan’s song of the American Schooner, condemned because of its lack of a large spinnaker for the bearing courses due to too low foremast.

The Malabar X was damage by the Rob Hurricane, which hurled against the mooring dock causing severe damages to the yacht. Shortly after was bought for 35.000 dollars, according to the Lloyd’s Register and submitted to a meticulous restoration, under Alden’s supervision, what enables to recognize easily the original parts.

Nowadays the Malabar X sails gracefully in the Mediterranean waters with a Spanish flag and port registered in Barcelona.

Thank you to Malabar X’s vessel sponsors, Valley Beverage and Carousel Marina.

Vessel line up subject to change based on weather and other considerations