There was a 2-for-1 “Sail” here yesterday. Here you see the morning’s dawn light finding the sleek J&E RIGGIN asleep in Great Cove, where she overnighted. As she was going out of the Cove at mid-day, old STEPHEN TABER came in. They hailed each other in passing:
The RIGGIN is a 120-foot schooner out of Rockport, Maine, that was launched in 1927. According to her schedule, she was on – don’t laugh – a “Maine Knitting Retreat.” (You’d be surprised at how many knitters, male and female, there are.) The TABER is a 110-foot schooner out of Rockland that was launched in 1871. She reportedly was on a “Captain’s Choice” cruise of Co-Captain Noah Barnes’s favorite spots. (His wife Jane apparently is the other Captain.)
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on August 7, 2025.)