Here you see the AMERICAN EAGLE ghosting out of Great Cove in yesterday’s fog. She apparently overnighted there and raised sails in the morning as the fog was creeping into the Cove. She was on a 6-night “Unscripted Adventure,” according to her schedule. That fog likely will make the cruise more adventuresome.
Of course, there are “pea-soup” fogs and other serious weather conditions that will cause a windjammer to remain at anchor or to stop cruising and “wait things out” in someplace safe. However, our windjammers seem to travel through many fogs without significant concern, but certainly with care.
Despite their days-of-yore looks, the commercial coastal cruisers have modern safety amenities, including radar, depth sounders and GPS plotters. They’ll also post lookouts, sail slowly and blast foghorn signals, when advisable.
The EAGLE reportedly is 122-123 feet long overall (92’ on deck) and can accommodate up to 26 guests in 14 small cabins. She was launched under a different name as a fishing schooner in 1930 in Glouster, Massachusetts. She wasn’t converted to a Maine passenger cruiser until 1986, according to reports. She now hails from Rockland, Maine.
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on July 29, 2026.)