Here you see the first wave of sailboats in yesterday’s Annual Eggemoggin Reach Regatta. That’s the WoodenBoat pier and float in Great Cove. The boats sailed south down the Reach, circled around Halibut Rocks, and returned to finish just off Babson Island, which shelters the Cove’s south entrance. Then, most boats anchored in the Cove as the sun began to set:
The day was virtually perfect for sailing. The appare:ntly delicious dinner and merry party that followed on the WoodenBoat campus must have made the day a memorable occasion for participants.
The 15-mile race is billed as the largest wooden boat regatta in the world. It’s limited to wooden sailboats of 24 feet in length or larger and has sailed the same course since 1985. I took many photographs of the boats as they approached or crossed the finish line in the lowering sun, including this early finisher:
I may create a post on our website to show more of them and will send you a link if and when that happens.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on August 2, 2025.)