The gaff-rigged ketch “Angelique” was moored off of Little Babson Island in Great Cove when we awoke yesterday morning. She overnighted there and put her passengers ashore to tour the WoodenBoat School campus. Here you see her passengers returning from that tour yesterday.:
As you can see from the vessel’s flags, there were somewhat significant wind gusts then, perhaps 10-to-15-mile MPH, which apparently influenced her Captain to motor out of the Cove instead of raising the windjammer’s beautiful reddish tanbark-like sails. That was a disappointment.
“Angelique” is one of the few vessels in the windjammer fleet that have inboard motors. She’s young by fleet standards, having been designed for tourist cruising and been launched in 1980. She hails from Camden, Maine, and was on a four-night tour of Down East lighthouses, according to her schedule. This was her third visit to the Cove this season.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on July 18, 2025.)