The Annual WoodenBoat Windjammer Sail-In occurred yesterday afternoon. Due to other commmitments, I got to Great Cove late for the full parade. Some ‘jammers already were achoring and/or rafting up for the night:
MARY DAY calling it a day
MARY DAY and others rafting up
Thankfully, the captains of several beauties apparently felt that the show must go on a little longer. The finale was spectacular:
LADONA sailing; MARY DAY anchored
STEPHEN TABER going west; LADONA going south
GRACE BAILEY going north; LADONA and WoodenBoat staff and students going south
MARY DAY watches GRACE BAILEY strut her stuf
GRACE BAILEY up close and personal
LEWIS R. FRENCH with foresail down
J&E RIGGIN calling it a day
STEPHEN TABER passes behind MARY DAY
STEPHEN TABER gets a good breeze
STEPHEN TABER one of the last to stop parading
WoodenBoat staff and students always get the best seats:
As night fell, the moon rose and the rafted widjammers celebrated a very good day:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on September 15, 2026.)