Mary Day earns Cutty Sark, Windward Class awards in 2013 Great Schooner Race
The Nathaniel Bowditch overtakes the Mary Day and J. & E. Riggin during the 2013 Great Schooner Race in Penobscot Bay, racing from Islesboro's Gilkey Harbor to Rockland Harbor. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
The Mary Day catches the J. & E. Riggin, which is working to catch up to the Stephen Taber. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
Mercantile and Angelique. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
Cinematographers Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer submitted more than a dozen photos from the Great Schooner Race to share with PenBayPilot.com readers. Read about them at ChibiMoku.com. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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Cinematographers Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer are working in Belfast for a month, and were invited to photograph this year's Great Schooner Race. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
Capt. Barry King aboard his coaster Mary Day. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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Sailing past the Rockland Breakwater Light during the July 5 Great Schooner Race. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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The Nathaniel Bowditch overtakes the Mary Day and J. & E. Riggin during the 2013 Great Schooner Race in Penobscot Bay, racing from Islesboro's Gilkey Harbor to Rockland Harbor. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
The Mary Day catches the J. & E. Riggin, which is working to catch up to the Stephen Taber. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
Mercantile and Angelique. (Courtesy Steve Pixley)
Cinematographers Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer submitted more than a dozen photos from the Great Schooner Race to share with PenBayPilot.com readers. Read about them at ChibiMoku.com. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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Cinematographers Joshua and Natsuko Shaffer are working in Belfast for a month, and were invited to photograph this year's Great Schooner Race. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
Capt. Barry King aboard his coaster Mary Day. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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Sailing past the Rockland Breakwater Light during the July 5 Great Schooner Race. (Courtesy Chibi Moku)
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ROCKLAND — The Maine Windjammer Association's 37th annual Great Schooner Race got underway July 5, with 17 schooners, coasters, yachts and ketches vying for 11 awards.
In total, the vessels — ranging in size from 34-feet (length on deck) to 132-feet — were sorted into four classes. Each class was awarded first, second and third places in the race between Islesboro's Gilkey Harbor and Rockland Harbor.
The Flying Jib Class cannon start was at 11 a.m., followed by the Coaster Class start at 11:15 a.m., the Leeward Class at 11:30 a.m. and finally the big boats, the Windward Class at 11:45 a.m.
The awards ceremony was held at Sharp's Point South Friday night at 7:30 p.m., a few hours after the last schooner finished the race. The 90-foot coaster Mary Day, homeported in Camden, won both the Windward Class and the Cutty Sark Award, for first place winner overall. The Mary Day was built in 1962 and is owned and operated by Capts. Barry King and Jen Martin.
Winners from the 2013 Great Schooner Race
(All schooners raced in classes based on vessel size and design)
Cutty Sark Award
• First Overall - Mary Day
Flying Jib Class (under 50 feet)
• First Place - Lazy Jack II
• Second Place - Olad
• Third Place - Prudence
Coasters Class (pre-World War I vessels)
• First Place - Stephen Taber
• Second Place - Grace Bailey
• Third Place - Lewis R. French
Leeward Class (post-World War I vessels)
• First Place - Nathaniel Bowditch
• Second Place - Angelique
• Third Place - Heritage
Windward Class (largest vessels)
• First Place - Mary Day
• Second Place - American Eagle
Participating schooners:
American Eagle - 92-foot Fishing Schooner; built in 1930 in Gloucester, Mass.
Homeport: Rockland
Capt. John Foss
Angelique – 95-foot Cruise Ketch; built in 1980 in Palatka, Fla.
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Mike McHenry
Grace Bailey – 80-foot Coaster; built in 1882 in Patchogue, N.Y.
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Ray Williamson
Heritage – 95-foot Coaster; built in 1983 in Rockland
Homeport: Rockland
Capts. Doug and Linda Lee
Heron – 52-foot Yacht; built in 2003 in Camden
Homeport: Rockport
Capt. Nigel Bower
Isaac H. Evans – 65-foot Coaster; built in 1886 in Mauricetown, N.J.
Homeport: Rockland
Capt. Brenda Thomas
J.& E. Riggin – 89-foot Oyster Dredger; built in 1927 in Dorchester, N.J.
Homeport: Rockland
Capts. Jon Finger and Anne Mahle
Lazy Jack II – 45-foot Yacht; built in 2004 in Hope
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Sean O'Connor
Lewis R. French – 64-foot Coaster; built in 1871 in Christmas Cove
Homeport: Camden
Capts. Garth Wells and Jenny Tobin
Mary Day – 90-foot Coaster; built in 1962 in So. Bristol
Homeport: Camden
Capts. Barry King and Jen Martin
Mercantile – 78-foot Coaster; built in 1916 in Little Deer Isle
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Andrew Gardiner
Mistress – 46-foot Yacht; built in 1960 in Little Deer Isle
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Gus Aprans
Nathaniel Bowditch – 82-foot Yacht/Fishing; built in 1922 in E. Boothbay
Homeport: Rockland
Capt. Owen Dorr
Olad – 48-foot Yacht; built in 1927 in Osterville, Mass.
Homeport: Camden
Capt. Aaron Lincoln
Prudence – 34-foot Yacht Ketch; built in 1987 in Rockport
Homeport: Rockport
Capt. Neal Parker
Stephen Taber – 68-foot Coaster; built in 1871 in Glen Head, N.Y.
Homeport: Rockland
Capt. Noah Barnes
Victory Chimes – 132-foot Ram Schooner; built in 1900 in Bethel, Del.
Homeport: Rockland
Capt. Kip Files
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