Yesterday was a two-jammer day in Great Cove, but I didn’t find that out until the massive HERITAGE raised sails and moved out, disclosing the smaller AMERICAN EAGLE anchored directly behind her from my perspective. The two schooners apparently did some overnight rafting.
The 145-foot HERITAGE home-ports in Rockland, Maine, and her schedule says that she was on a five-night cruise along the Maine coast. (She has a habit of sleeping with her mainsail and one topsail up.) Here see her at her overnight anchorage off Babson Island and eventually putting up sails during the morning’s low tide:
She left the Cove in light wind yesterday morning without putting up any staysail or jib:
When the HERTITAGE left, there was her neighbor, the 123-foot AMERICAN EAGLE! (She sleeps with no sails on, so was hard to see.) She’s also from Rockland, and her schedule says that she’s on a six-night “Unscripted Adventure.” She soon raised sails and left the Cove with with staysail and jib up in the light and erratic wind:
As far as I can tell, yesterday’s visit to the Cove was the HERITAGE’S fourth and AMERICAN EAGLE’S second, since the cruising season opened in late spring. (Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on July 30, 2025.)