2014 Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor, Maine

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Windjammer Days marks the kick off to summer in the Boothbay region and is a time to reconnect with family, friends and neighbors after the long winter, an opportunity to support local businesses and welcome visitors.

It is a time to honor our maritime history and celebrate the vital role it plays in the lives of all who live here.

—Friends of Windjammer Days

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Read the full PDF of Windjammer Days 2014 here.

SUNDAY, JUNE 22, 2014

11:30 a.m.
Windjammer Days Golf Tournament at the Boothbay Harbor Country Club
11:30 a.m. Luncheon followed by a 1 p.m. shot gun tournament start. For more information, call Dianne Gimbel 207-504-0242.

1 p.m.
Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club One Design Race: The race will take place between the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard and the Tumbler Island buoy and can be best viewed from the Department of Marine Resources, McKown Point Road in West Boothbay Harbor. Sponsored by the Boothbay Harbor Yacht Club and the Boothbay Harbor One Design Association. For more information, call 207-633-5750.

MONDAY, JUNE 23, 2014

5 p.m.
Artist reception at the Greenleaf Inn

TUESDAY, JUNE 24, 2014

9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Whale Park Friends of Windjammer Days tent open
Information and shuttle maps are available.

9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
3rd Annual Artists Alley
As part of the exciting expansion of our Windjammer Days Festival for the third consecutive year the Artists Alley will be staged on the By-Way. Regional artists will display fine arts and fine crafts and watch a few artists in action. The By-Way and Bridge Street in Boothbay Harbor will be blocked off for the day.

9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Kids Alley
Kids Alley will have games and activities for all ages! The By-Way and Bridge Street in Boothbay Harbor will be blocked off for the day.

10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Pirates of the Dark Rose Puppet Show
The classic story of how the Pirates found the buried treasure, on Treasure Island. Told with puppets for the young scallywags on a large treasure map.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tours of the United States Coast Guard Station, West Boothbay Harbor, McKown Point: A unique opportunity to talk to our Coast Guard personnel and view the operational and logistics capabilities of our local station. Free shuttle service stop at the USCG Station.

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Show on the Boothbay Common

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Windjammers for Wee Mateys: Boothbay Harbor Memorial Library Lawn: Crafts and games along with some story telling makes for great fun! For more information, call 207-633-3112. Maine State Aquarium will bring a touch tank (weather permitting).

10:30, 11:30 a.m.
1, 2:30, 3:30, 4:15 p.m.
Maine State Aquarium, McKown Point: Lobster Talk, Shark Talk, DMR Lab Tour and Public Feeding. Free shuttle service at MSA.

11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Food booths open: $5 featured items at locations around town.

12 p.m.
Lobster Eating Contest: Open to all to participate. Each participant purchases two lobsters. The person who can pick out and eat both lobsters — claws, knuckles and tail first, wins!

12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Pirates of the Dark Rose Duels and Meet Oreo the Pirate Bird
Pirates are a quarrelsome lot, and pirate quarrels are settled with steel on shore! It's in the Pirate Code. The dock will ring with the sound of cutlasses and rapiers, and, perhaps, boarding axes as the differences are decided by which pirate survives the fight.

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Primo Cubano

1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Recruiting for Pirates: Kids Tent, Boothbay House Hill
Boys and girls, lads and lasses, and older gentlemen and ladies, all those who have been thinking of a life of piracy: Join up with the Pirates of the Dark Rose to keep the British from putting a stop to all the pirate fun when they attack the next day. We take apprentice pirates from 6-60 years old as long as they will look like a pirate on Wednesday. Pirate Recruit Training will cover:

The pirate flag, the “Jolly Rodger,” The Pirate Articles that the pirate crews sign to govern themselves, pirate food, cutlass lessons, pirate dentistry (tooth worms removed), pirate weapons (grappling hooks, axes and flintlocks), intimidation or "vaporing" as it's called to scare the prey. Get your pirate gear!

1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Watch the Windjammer fleet under full sail off Ocean Point and entering Linekin Bay. The fleet can be seen Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning at anchor in Linekin Bay.

3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Annual Antique Boat Parade
Watch years of the boating world cruise past you! This event takes place in the harbor with 40-plus antique boats participating. Watch from the downtown Whale Park, from the footbridge or on the deck of one of the many restaurants on the water. After the parade, walk across the famous footbridge over to the Rocktide Inn and meet and interact with the boat captains and view their classy vessels up close on the inn's dock.

4 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Join Noel Arrington, Paul Johnson and Amber Jones, a popular Boothbay Harbor region local trio, as they take center stage with their signature stylings.

5 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Boothbay Region Community Band
Boothbay residents Becky and Alfred Roberts gathered fellow musicians together in 1991 to form the Boothbay Region Alumni and Community Band, now known as the Boothbay Region Community Band.

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Restaurants around town will have featured “Windjammer Days” entrées of the day for $20 (with $5 of each one sold to benefit the Windjammer Days Festival).

6 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Cannon lessons with a pirate shoot out: Join Captain Crudbeard, master gunner through the authentic drill of the Royal Navy of the 1700s.

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Pan Fried Steel

7:30 p.m.
Red Cloak Haunted History Tours: Take a lantern lit walk with The Lady in the Red Cloak, learning of Windjammer history, seafaring superstitions, pirate tales and ghost stories of early Boothbay Harbor. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes, and is appropriate for all ages. Participation is by reservation only. $15 adults, $7 children under 12, free children under 5. 207-380-3806.

9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
McSeagull's presents Gunther Brown: www.facebook.com/guntherbrown
Mine Oyster presents Thunder Bay: www.facebook.com/thunderbaybbme

WEDNESDAY, June 25, 2014

7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Pancake Breakfast: Come enjoy a delicious breakfast at McSeagull's.
$10 per person

9 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Whale Park Friends of Windjammer Days tent open

9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.
Weapons demonstration: See how pirates of old took their prey. Using pirate's flags, grappling hooks, pistols and cutlass; this is gripping show-and-tell. Public Pier, Whale Park.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Arts & Crafts Show on the Boothbay Common

10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Whale Park Concert: Recorded Music

10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Kids Tent Activities: Boothbay Region Land Trust, Boothbay House Hill. Face painting, knot tying, flag and sail making, book printing and model boatbuilding. Free temporary tattoos for sailors and pirates, and balloon sculptures with Twinkles and Fumbles the clowns.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tours of the United States Coast Guard Station, West Boothbay Harbor, McKown Point: A unique opportunity to talk to our Coast Guard personnel and view the operational and logistics capabilities of our local station. Free Shuttle Service stop at the USCG Station.

10:30, 11:30 a.m., 1, 2:30 p.m.
Maine State Aquarium, McKown Point: Lobster talk, shark talk, DMR lab tour. Free shuttle service at MSA. Aquarium closing at 3 p.m. for parade attendance.

10:30 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
Cannon lessons with a pirate shoot out: Join Captain Crudbeard, master gunner through the authentic drill of the Royal Navy of the 1700s. Go through the drill and fire the gun! Public Pier, Whale Park

11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Food booths open: $5 featured items at locations around town

12 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.
British Invasion Attack on Boothbay Harbor Public Landing
Live: ATTACK ON BOOTHBAY HARBOR! The Pirates of the Dark Rose are vowed to keep on with their wicked fun in Boothbay Harbor with Captain Crudbeard and their motley crew at the helm of the Must Roos pirate ship. The British governor has vowed to stop the fun. Stand back and watch the drama unfold as captains Randy and Nate navigate Friendship Sloop Sarah Mead into the Harbor to help thwart the British attack on our coastal town. If you want to see if lawlessness or virtue prevails, watch the battle at the Public Landing, Whale Park.

1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Windjammer fleet arrives under full sail!
The moment you have been waiting for! Watch from the Downtown Whale Park, the footbridge or the Fisherman's Memorial (just to name a few spots) as 11 historic schooners glide into our harbor.

3 p.m. to 3 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Perpetual e-Motion

3 p.m.
Cod Fish Races: 4-person teams. One member of the team dresses in oil pants and jacket and boots and carries two cod fish around a set course. Upon their return, they trade outfits and fish with the next member of the relay team. First team with all members back, wins!

4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Windjammer Days Street Parade

5 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Restaurants around town will have featured “Windjammer Days” entrées of the day for $20 (with $5 of each one sold to benefit the Windjammer Days Festival).

5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: Y-Arts

7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Whale Park Stage Concert: HD RnB HDRnB is an original R&B/soul/groove band founded by in late 2010, featuring Henley Douglas Jr. (sax), Douglas Gimbel (vocals), John Iltis (drums), Eric Reardon (guitar), Squantch (trombone) and David Walker (bass). Henley Douglas Jr.'s early career includes stints with the Big Dig Saxophone Quartet, and Skin, a Boston-based funk-rock outfit that’s opened for acts like the Neville Brothers and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. He founded the Heavy Metal Horns, a band that reached international acclaim in the ’90s, and for 10 years, fronted the Boston Horns, a funk/jazz band also featuring HMH alum Garret Savluk.

7:30 p.m.
Red Cloak Haunted History Tours: Take a lantern lit walk with The Lady in the Red Cloak, learning of Windjammer history, seafaring superstitions, pirate tales and ghost stories of early Boothbay Harbor. The tour lasts approximately 90 minutes and is appropriate for all ages. Participation is by reservation only. $15 adults, $7 children under 12, free children under 5. 207-380-3806.

8 p.m. to 8:15 p.m.
Grand Prize Winners announced:
One Grand Prize Raffle Winner
Second Prize Raffle Winner
50/50 Winner

9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
McSeagull's presents: Gunther Brown, www.facebook.com/guntherbrown
Mine Oyster presents: Douglas Gimbel HDRnB, www.facebook.com/hdrnb

9:15 p.m. CANCELED
Fireworks Spectacular over the Harbor!

THURSDAY, June 26 2014

7 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Watch the Windjammer Fleet leave the harbor: A list of boat trips will be available at the Friends of Windjammers tent in the Whale Park.

7:30 p.m.
Opera House Concert: Tim Sample.
Maine's Humorist Laureate and hometown boy returns to the Opera House stage. Advance tickets $20.

9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
Mine Oyster presents Cinnamon: www.facebook.com/cinnamonmainemusic

FRIDAY, June 27 2014

5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Oyster Shucking Contest on Pier One in front of Mine Oyster

8 p.m.
Opera House Concert: The Mallett Brothers Band. These young Maine musicians are beginning to get national recognition.
Advance tickets $15

9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
McSeagull's presents The Boneheads: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boneheads/130896153629128
Mine Oyster presents Jason Spooner: www.facebook.com/jason.spooner.336?fref=ts

SATURDAY, June 28 2014

8 a.m.
34th annual Boothbay Region YMCA Rocky Coast Road Race 5k & 10k Run, 5k Walk and 1-mile Kids' Fun Run. Registration is online or at the Y.
The 5k and 10k races begin at 8 a.m. and the Kids' Fun Run at 8:30 a.m.
Register by June 20 to receive a free performance race shirt.

9 p.m. to 12 a.m.
McSeagull's presents The Boneheads: www.facebook.com/pages/The-Boneheads/130896153629128
Mine Oyster presents In Too Deep

Times and specifics subject to change without notice. Please call venues for updates.

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