A Total of Twelve Tall Ships Will Attend the 50th Annual Windjammer Days Festival!

A Total of Twelve Tall Ships Will Attend the 50th Annual Windjammer Days Festival!
Editor: David Mills


BOOTHBAY HARBOR, ME - The Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce is pleased to announce that the Schooner Bowdoin will be attending the  50th Annual Windjammer Day’s Festival  making the total number of ships 12 and one of the best turnout of windjammers in recent years.  This event is scheduled to take place June 24 th - 27th with the schooners in Linekin Bay on the 26th and in the harbor on 27th.

Maine Maritime Academy's, The Schooner Bowdoin, was completely rebuilt in the 80's at Percy & Small Shipyard, Maine Maritime Museum in Bath.  This 88 foot wooden schooner was originally launched in 1921 by Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard in East Boothbay.  The Bowdoin made 26 voyages to the Arctic between 1921 and 1954 and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1989.

“We are thrilled to have such an amazing fleet of tall ships for our 50th annual Windjammer Days.  This group of 12majestic ships will make our event a spectacular celebration honoring their important place in Boothbay's history," said Catherine Wygant, Executive Director at the Boothbay Harbor Region Chamber of Commerce.

Here is a list of all of the ships that will be in Boothbay Harbor for the 50th Annual Windjammer Days Festival:

Schooner Bowdoin
The Amistad, Freedom Schooner
The Sherman Zwicker
Schooner Eastwind
Schooner Heritage
Schooner Lazy Jack
Schooner American Eagle
Schooner Harvey Gamage
Schooner Spirit of Massachussetts
Schooner Timberwind
Schooner Nathaniel Bowditch
Schooner Lewis R. French

To learn more about Windjammer Days and to track updates, visit the Chamber's website at www.boothbayharbor.com or find us on Facebook.

Windjammer Days 2012 sponsors include “Pinnacle Vodka” White Rock Distilleries, Inc., WMTW Channel 8, Downeast Energy, The First Federal Savings Bank, KeyBank, N.A., O'Donnell, Lee, McCowan & Phillips, LLC, Bath Savings Institution, The First, N.A, J. Experience Maritime Maine, Spruce Point Inn, J. Edward Knight Insurance, Pepsi Bottling Company, Marshall Tents & Events, Cabbage Island Clambakes, Carousel Marina, Hannaford, Blake Builders, Pottle Realty Group, Steve & Ann Demeranville, Margaret Jones Perritt, Lyn & George Doran, Dale & Richard McCoy, George McAvoy, Brooke Hubner, Boothbay Region Land Trust, Maine Department of Marine Resources, Boothbay Region Y-Arts Chorus, Boothbay Playhouse, Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club, Boothbay Country Club, Hodgdon Island Inn, Harbor Children’s Center, U.S Coast Guard, Boothbay Region Historical Society, Flagship Motor Inn, WHOM 94.9 and the Boothbay Register.