It takes more than a plague to cancel the annual Eggemoggin Reach Regatta for wooden sailboats. It finished in light wind and at low tide in Great Cove yesterday afternoon. The same 15-mile route has been used since the beginning of the race in 1985.
Nonetheless, this plague did prevent the usual ERR partying on the WoodenBoat Campus after the race. Only once in its history was the race cancelled, and that was due to pea soup fog – but, the party was held then, when only good cheer was contagious.
The images here are of the boats approaching the finish line at one pf the entrances to Great Cove. We may do a special on this Regatta, if and when we cull and edit our more than 200 images of the race. (It’s easy for a photographer to go crazy when he sees this beautiful sight.)
(Brooklin, Maine)