Last Thursday, three schooners came into Great Cove to overnight there: The Stephen Taber (launched 1871), the J&E Riggin (1927), and the American Eagle (1930). Here you see the Eagle in the foreground and the Taber behind her.
As you see in the above image, the Taber’s crew and passengers were on Babson Island, beginning one of that schooner’s famous lobster bakes – fresh fruit and cheese; fresh lobster; steak; chicken, corn on the cob, fine wines and other beverages; freshly-baked breads, and “signature” desserts, according to the vessel’s website.
Meanwhile, the low-slung Riggin appeared to be starting that vessel’s cocktail hour in the lovely light of the setting sun:
At dawn the next morning, the Eagle’s sleeping passengers were probably unaware of the passing of an early-working lobster boat, but the two symbols of Down East Maine did present an iconic image for a few minutes:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on July 12 and 13, 2022.)