Sailing Vacations
A Maine Windjammer

Good morning everyone. The rain here yesterday did not slow things down at all. The crew worked diligently in the barn and in the shop to put some finishing touches on the small boats and the varnish work. Mary and Jen, the varnish divas, sanded and put a fresh coat of varnish on the wheel and multiple other items in the loft of the barn. Sara and Becki puttied the seams and painted the yawl boat bottom. It all looks beautiful and puts us one day closer to sailing, not that we are counting the days or anything like that. Have a great day. Be well. Do good.

Good morning everyone. The crew did a great job this weekend painting the cabin houses, the covering boards, and tarring the rig. They put in some long days and everything looks beautiful. The weather appears to be cooperating as well giving us a few days to let the paint “kick” and harden. Today we celebrate the feast of St George, the fearless knight that battled the fire breathing dragon when all others had failed and prevailed to save the city. The story is a favorite of our kids. Who doesn’t love a good old fashioned knight who looks danger in the eye and goes headlong in to battle despite their fears? The story could well be as much about perseverance as well as it is about courage. I think this crew has found some of the spirit of St George as they have worked through the challenges of the last month and the shining paintwork is there to prove it. Have a great day. Be well. Do good.

Good morning everyone. The paint is flowing fast and furious here. Becki and Sara enjoyed the opportunity to get out from under the cover and get aloft in the rig on the main mast to do some tarring. Jen and Mary, as you can see, lovingly applied the beige with roller and brush. Today we paint the white cabin houses. Have a great day. Be well. Do good.

Good morning everyone. A lovely Currier and Ives morning here in mid-April with a fresh 5" of snow on the ground. We spent yesterday preparing for the storm and here it is. The yawl boat is safely tucked back in to the barn. Small boats have been shuffled. We managed to get some sanding done outdoors to keep the dust down inside the barn. Even with our vacuum systems the dust gets into the air. You will notice that the crew are always wearing respirators and some of you may wonder what they really look like. The photo for this blog shows Becka stripping a varnished hatch that was just repaired with a new piece of wood right down the center. She did a beautiful job and we stained it with a mahogany wood filler to try to smooth out the years of experience this hatch has seen. As I tell the crew, "it ain't a Steinway". Still we do the best we can to get a fresh coat of paint on to everything that is exposed to the weather and all of the high traffic areas bel...

Good morning everyone. We have another snowstorm on the way for this afternoon and tonight. They say there is another storm on the way for Sunday as well. Today we will focus our efforts here at the global headquarters. Like squirrels gathering nuts we will be busy, busy. We will be shifting projects, small boats, blocks, and davits, indoors and out Yesterday was sunny and we were able to put the paint and varnish to a number of items aboard. The crew did a great job painting window frames and hatch combings. Mary’s touch with the varnish brush added to the sparkle. Jen and Mary will be varnishing the main cabin sole today. Have a great day. Be well. Do good.

Good Morning Everyone. Maintenance update from the global headquarters: windows, screens, skylight covers, lanterns, Suzannah. We have been busy in the office these last few weeks and I am ready to get going on some barn projects. Kaitlyn and Jen have managed to get a few things done out in the barn. Kaitlyn finished painting all the windows, fixing all the screens and painting those as well. Pictured here are the buff skylight covers all done, nary a brush mark to be seen. Kaitlyn and Jen did a great job. Sawyer started a refinishing project last fall, a small boat named Suzannah. That 8’ pram that I built years ago has been sitting in the dooryard for years and has proved great practice for Sawyer and Kaitlyn. You would hardly think that oil lamps need maintenance but they do rust out in the weather and I have been told by the local hardware store that the particular variety we have will no longer be available. Since we have so many spare parts for these I figured we better try...