There were so many events packed into Gloucester’s annual Labor Day Weekend ‘Schooner Festival’ that I had to be selective, and concentrated on the boats.
FRIDAY: The dory shop at Maritime Gloucester reminds us that the trades are alive and well.Crew on Columbia use their own dory to inspect the hull, while docked at I4C2.The vantage point was good from The Fort, as Thomas E Lannon came in.SATURDAY: I sailed the inner harbor on our sloop Troll. Ocean Alliance was hosting.Dennis Sullivan, all the way from Wisconsin, docked at Ocean Alliance, Rocky Neck.Ardelle had the same idea, taking guests out around the harbor.Better exercise than I was getting. Ten Pound Island beyond.Public deck tours on Malabar X, American Eagle, and Adventure, at I4C2.SUNDAY: The breakwater is great for viewing the Parade of Sail; Ernestina-Morrissey.Adventure is always a crowd pleaser.Adventure rounding the breakwater and heading out to the race starting line.Columbia dwarfs everyone else; Thomas E Lannon at left.Preparing to raise Columbia’s third jib on the forestay.Spectators in their vintage motorboat.It’s just a matter of scale. There’s fun to be had on Jette and on American Eagle.Early afternoon turned into a ‘progressive lunch’ visiting friends along the shore.Start of the class of large schooners.Columbia and the others returning to the harbor, capping off a perfect race day.
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