There was just one thing wrong with Monday morning at Great Cove. Sure, it was a beautiful day: sunny, yet cool; big, cloudless sky, and intriguing boats posing alluringly so that we could see two views of their lines instead of one.
HOWEVER, there was little more than a snake’s breath of wind. The WoodenBoat School class on open boat sailing appeared to be giving up and ROWING their Caledonia Yawl back to its mooring, as you’ll see if you look closely at the above image and the one below
As for the first image above, the Caledonia under sail and oars at 9 o’clock is a 19.5’ double-ender named “Swifty”; at 6 o’clock, there’s an 18’ Westpointer named “Geronimo”; at 3 o’clock, there’s an 18’8” Mackinaw ketch that I’ve only heard called “the Mackinaw”; and, at 12 o’clock, there’s a catboat named “Fiona” that looks to be about 16’ long.
Here’s “Swifty” when she got to her mooring buoy:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on August 21, 2023.)