Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine: A Guide to the Famous Windjammer Fleet and Other Traditional Sailing Vessels - Softcover

Virginia L. Thorndike

9780892723898: Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine: A Guide to the Famous Windjammer Fleet and Other Traditional Sailing Vessels

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0892723890 ISBN 13: 9780892723898

Publisher: Down East Books, 1996

A revision of what has become a well-known guide, Windjammer Watching on the Coast of Maine provides a systematic review of the windjammer fleet in midcoast Maine, as well as some from away that sail here. Virginia Thorndike tells us how to identify all the individual vessels and gives the histories and vital statistics for each. This is an essential guide for anyone interested in taking a windjammer cruise, for boaters cruising the coast of Maine who want to identify windjammers they see, and for armchair sailors who enjoy reading about these traditional sailing vessels, most of which began their careers as cargo carriers, pilot boats, fishermen, and private yachts.

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About the Author:

Virginia Thorndike has always been fascinated by boats, islands, Maine history, and Maine people. She's also good at searching out and listening to the folks who know fascinating stories about these topics, and as a result she has produced a series of highly entertaining books. She lives in Morrill, Maine.

The vessels in the windjammer fleet today range in age from more than 130 years to less than a decade. The older craft have worked in various capacities all along the Atlantic coast. Some were built as coasting schooners, performing the service that trucks fulfill today, carrying raw material, produce, and supplies from one coastal community to another. Others made ocean passages carrying freight. Some fished for swordfish on the Grand Bands, or for cod and mackerel, or for oysters on Delaware Bay. A couple served as pilot boats, delivering pilots to guide ships into New England ports. A few were originally built as private yachts. The Bowdoin was built for scientific exploration and education; although she is not now part of the windjammer fleet, she was once, and continues to make her home in Penobscot Bay.

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