The 57th annual Windjammer Days were a draw for nearly 10,000 people, according to Friends of Windjammer Days.
“Like the last six that we've run, I felt we did a good job with the…
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The Windjammer Days lighted boat parade, scheduled for Saturday, June 29 was postponed due to weather concerns.
The parade, the final event of the festival, has been rescheduled for…
Thursday, June 27 was the fifth day of the 2019 Windjammer Days festival. The annual Antique Boat Parade had about two dozen boats, and the golf tournament took center stage in the afternoon.…
Boothbay Region Historical Society presented a photo exhibit during Windjammer Days called “The Age of Fishing Under Sail.” The photos highlighted the Nickerson family of Boothbay and the…
Windjammer Days Day 5
The fifth day of Windjammer Days 2019, June 27, featured the annual Antique Boat Parade. Music in Whale Park included the Capital Band. More boat pictures are on the gallery page.
This is what Windjammer Days is all about. The massive sailing vessels arrive for the annual festival on Wednesday afternoon: No rain, a few clouds and lots of people to greet them as they entered…
Day 4 of Windjammer Days 2019 was highlighted by pirate antics, the arrival of the windjammers, the lobster eating contest, the cod race, street parade and music at Whale Park.
More photos…
Wednesday, June 26 marks day four of the 57th annual festival - and it’s a biggie!
Pirate shenanigans, tours at…
The second and third days of the 57th annual Windjammer Days Festival (June 23-29) featured the open house at Nat Wilson’s sail loft, the…
And they yanked the arms right off the other teams, OK, not really, but Clear Stream Construction did yank the rope out of all of their opponents’ hands. That’s right, Clear Stream…
Alana LaCourse, 9, won the Boothbay’s Got Talent competition and was crowned Miss Windjammer 2019 on Monday night, June 24 at Boothbay Region YMCA. LaCourse did a tap dance routine for her talent…
Fine weather favored the annual Fishermen’s Memorial and Blessing of the Fleet which helped open Windjammer Days 2019. Baritone Smith Climo led visitors …
The 15th annual Rock Skipping Contest took on a new meaning on Sunday, June 23 because for the first time it was a benefit for Boothbay Region…
The 57th annual Windjammer Days kicked off June 23 with the One Design Race, the Memorial Service/Blessing of the Fleet, and the Arthur Webster Memorial Rock Skipping Contest.
For the 57th year, Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days are upon us … and what a rockin’ good time those seven days, June…
The 18” x 24” black and white photographs lining the top of the wall entreat you to step back in time … back to the days when four and five-masted schooners were regular visitors to the Boothbay…
Join us on Monday, June 24, at 6 p.m. in the Boothbay Region YMCA Gymnasium for the 2019 Boothbay's Got Talent Competition! Watch as contestants are judged on their poise, interview and special…
It’s that time of year again! We are gearing up for the Windjammer Days Street Parade. This year the parade is on Wednesday, June 26 at 4 p.m. The Grand Marshals are the members of the Boothbay…
Maine Maritime Museum
Beginning June 5, Maine Maritime Museum is excited to offer sailing trips aboard the 1906 schooner Mary E., the last surviving schooner built on the Kennebec River, was…
Two big pieces of sailing history, schooners Ernestina-Morrissey and Bowdoin, sit a couple hundred feet apart at Bristol Marine in Boothbay Harbor keeping some of the East Coast’…
Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days returns for its 57th season, with the return of many favorite offerings along with fun new events to the week-long celebration of the region’s…
Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival
The Friends of Windjammer Days have been working diligently the past few months on the 57th annual Boothbay Harbor Windjammer Days Festival sailing into the harbor June 23-29. This year marks the…
The Friends of Windjammer Days(FWJD) loved all eight designs submitted for the first T-shirt design contest. The contest was the brainchild of new FWJD member Rosemary Bourette who was on hand to…
Windjammer Days Festival
New Friends of Windjammer Days committee member Rosemary Bourette came on board with one cool, artsy idea this winter: invite the area school kids to create a design for T-shirts. Through the help…
The Windjammer Days Festival Committee invites Boothbay region student artists to submit a design for this year’s official festival T-shirt. The deadline to submit a design is Friday, Feb. 8. A…
From 1860 to 1930, schooners ruled the seas. Schooners were the fastest and most reliable means of transporting cargo whether it was sailing in the Pacific Ocean or along the Great Lakes. …
After 38 years of business on Boothbay Harbor’s Pier 1, Mountain Tops Tees will be closing its doors. But when one door closes, another opens, or in this case, the same door: Mark and Dianne…
