Yesterday, Great Cove could have been used to illustrate some of Maine’s immodest summer slogans, such as “America’s Vacationland” and “Maine: The Way Life Should Be.”
It was sunny, but cool; there were brisk sea breezes, but nothing that would scare a sailor. Which was good, because WoodenBoat School sailing students and others were out on the waters in force, perhaps inspiring another slogan: “Maine: The Way Sailing Should Be.” Here you see some of the WBS small boats water-bugging in the Cove yesterday morning:
On the left, those are three 121/2-footers (two Havens and a Herreshoff, I think); on the right with red sails, that’s an18.8-foot Mackinaw ketch slashing by. Note the different uses of the sails: In the same patch of North-Northwest wind (coming basically from the right of the image), one sailboat was sailing south (to the left); two were sailing north, and one was sailing west, roughly speaking.
As for the east, a nearby 16-foot WBS catboat was at this time sailing roughly east, while a WBS kayak class headed Southwest:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on June 28, 2024.)