This coastal schooner spent Sunday night in Great Cove; you see her here leaving early yesterday morning being pushed by her motorized yawlboat lashed to the stern.
She’s a rare sight this year. Maine’s Covid 19 guidelines were eased recently to allow vessels to offer chartered cruises starting in July. The number of passengers has been limited among other behavior safety guides.
There are only two schooners in our area now offering over-night cruises, according to the Ellsworth American, and this is one of them. She’s the Stephen Taber and she’s on a five-night cruise that costs $1,128 per person, according to the ship’s website. (That’s a bargain for the ship’s renowned food, lodging, and get-away-from-it-all cruises along our beautiful coast.)
The Taber is a 110-foot windjammer that was launched in 1871 and still does not have an engine (except for that powerful yawlboat). When there’s a good wind and she’s flying everything she has, however, the Taber is breath-taking:
(Brooklin, Maine)