Here you see yesterday’s dawn sunlight touching little Martha and big Angelique as they sleep in Great Cove. It was a wonderful sight, especially since we haven’t been able to see the Cove on many mornings lately, due to heavy fog.
Martha is a local legend. She was built in 1967 by the famed Brooklin naval architect Joel White for his even more famous father, the New York- and Brooklin-based author E.B. White. Martha was named after Joel’s daughter, E.B.’s granddaughter.
She’s a sloop-rigged Crocker Pocket Cruiser that is almost 20 feet long overall (19’ 9”). After E.B.’s death, Martha was sold by the White family to Rich Hilsinger, Director of the WoodenBoat School here, who promised to keep her in Brooklin. Here’s an archive image of Rich sailing her in the Cove:
Leighton Archive Image
Angelique is a 130-foot topsail ketch. She was built in 1980 for the tourist trade and is designed to look like a 19th Century English North Sea trawler. Nonetheless, Angelique has unseen modern touches, including a metal hull, full (not retractable) keel, and two powerful diesel engines. Here’s a close-up of her yesterday:
(Brooklin, Maine)