Entertaining. Sometimes thrilling. Always fun, always unpredictable. From parades to relay races to lobster-eating and golf, the 55th Windjammer Days Festival didn’t disappoint!

And now .... drum roll, please ...

Golf Tourney

First Place team (with a to par net of -23 and a total net of 48) :

Tom and Deb Yale, Philip Laughlin and Gene Fitzpatrick 

Sponsor: Boothbay Harbor Country Club

Miss Windjammer 

Suzannah “Suzie” Edwards

Lobster Eating Champ

Michael Vitton

Sponsor: Samuel Adams 

Codfish Relay Races

First Place -Got Algae- 5:09

Second Place: Team Flash-5:23

Third Place: Tierney Trotters-5:45

(All winning teams received $100 cash)

Sponsors: Samuel Adams Beer and Herger3.com

Street Parade

First Place: Sherry Williams Brown Daycare: “Sherri’s Little Sailors”

Second Place: Heidi Fuller Garden and Lawn Care; “Save Our Pollinators”

Third Place: Lighthouse Learning Center/Kimberly Crocker Hilgendorf

Tug of War Across the Harbor

New Champs: Budweiser/ Bud Light – sponsored by Federal Distributors

Second Place: McSeagull’s

Third Place: Maine Coast Contracting

Sponsors: Yale Cordage, Bud Light, Boothbay Harbor Electric

Lighted Boat Parade

Best In Show - “Blown Budget” -  Nick Upham
Most Elegant - “Flying Cloud” -  Tom Woodin
Most Colorful Vessel - “Breakaway III” - Pete Ripley
Classic Beauty - “Nellie G II” - George McEvoy
Most Spirited Boat - “Ranger”- Ron Ginger
Fleet Favorite - “Lunatic Fringe” - Matthew Burnham
Best Party Boat - “Casey Anne” -  Rusty Court
Crowd Pleaser - “Further Punishment” -  Frank Fassett
Most Patriotic - “Brite & Fair II” -  Bill Hunt
... And .. the “Joy Makers”
“Sarah Mead” -  Nate Jones
“Osprey” -  Rob Wheeler
“High Bid” -  Jeff Scarinza
“Panacea” -  Jeff Curtis
“Island Mode” - Boothbay Harbor Oceanside Golf Resort