Jim Sharp, Joins Boothbay Harbor’s 50th Annual Windjammer Days

Famed Historian and Sea Captain, Jim Sharp, Joins Boothbay Harbor’s 50^th Annual Windjammer Days!

Boothbay Harbor, Maine-- (April 3, 2012) Historian and Sea Captain, Jim Sharp has been added to the list of events taking place during the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber’s 50^th Annual Windjammer Days Festival bringing an even greater reference for attendees to understand the beauty and significance of the historic tall ships.

Jim will be present at the Boothbay Region Historical Society from 4:00 to 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday June 26^th 2012 to give an informative and entertaining talk about Maritime History.

Realizing early on that a suit and tie were not his calling, Jim found a passion for sailing and decided to dedicate his life and career to it. His first purchase was a 44’ Alden classic yawl that he took over and set out for the Bahamas to become a charter captain.

After Jim’s stint in the Bahamas, he came to Camden, Maine to discover the Windjammer fleet. His first was the Schooner Stephen Taber, the oldest commercial sailing vessel in the U.S. He later purchased the schooner Adventure and pursued a rebuilding while working on the Arctic Schooner Bowdoin.

Jim developed a passion for rebuilding boats and went on to work on over 30 vessels, sailboats, tugboats, freight boats and even a Dutch built canal boat on which he and his wife Meg sailed throughout Europe.

Jim is also the author of his memoirs, “With Reckless Abandon.” He later donated is schooner Adventure to a preservation in Gloucester and purchased the old Outward Bound Property in Rockland to open the Sail, Power and Steam Museum, Children’s Museum, professional office building, marina and boat shop.

Maritime History with Captain Jim Sharp will have limited seating. For reservations please call 207-633-0820.

For more information contact: Catherine Wygant, Executive Director at 207-633-2352 or Catherine@boothbayharbor.com.

To learn more about Windjammer Days visit the Chamber’s website at www.boothbayharbor.com or find us Facebook.

Windjammer Days 2012 sponsors include Pinnacle Vodka, Downeast Energy, The First Federal Savings Bank, KeyBank, N.A., Bath Savings Institution, The First, N.A, J. Edward Knight, Pepsi Bottling Company, Marshall Tents & Events, Cabbage Island Clambakes, Hannaford, Blake Builders, Pottle Realty Group, Margaret Jones Perritt, Lyn & George Doran, Boothbay Region Land Trust, Maine Department of Marine Resources, The Boothbay Region Y-Arts Chorus, Boothbay Playhouse, Harbor Children’s Center, U.S Coast Guard, Boothbay Region Historical Society, Flagship Motor Inn, WHOM 94.9 and the Boothbay Register.