The fog on the Annisquam…. While not conducive to a great beach or a boat day, was at least pretty. So, there’s that.

My View of Life on the Dock
The fog on the Annisquam…. While not conducive to a great beach or a boat day, was at least pretty. So, there’s that.

What a weekend!!! We loved every minute of the Rendezvous and the International Dory Races! One more epic weekend in the books for Gloucester! Woot Woot. We went on the Pride of Baltimore II for the Sunday morning Schooner Gam in the fog (what? fog this weekend interfering with an activity????) and it was simply fantastic. Thank you visiting schooners, Maritime Gloucester, International Dory Race Committee, Gloucester 400+ and the City of Gloucester for yet another amazing event. Hail to Michael DeKoster; we could hear his laugh clearly across the harbor even if we couldn’t see him very well.







The Young Gloucester Scientist’s Club Presents: Community Garden Scavenger Hunt on Friday, July 14 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.
Join the Sawyer Free Libraryfor an afternoon of garden bed exploring, scavenger hunting and a little bit of dirt-based science! In this hour long field trip to the Burnham Field Community Garden the Library’s friends at Backyard Growers will share some of the science behind growing and harvesting your own food.
This program is suitable for 4th-8th graders. Registration is required. Click HERE or go to SawyerFreeLibrary.org
And don’t forget to stop at SFL at 21 Main Street and check our new SEED LIBRARY partnership!







Climbing Tree…

Where has the time gone? College in less than two months. This can’t be real.

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Here are a few photos from a walk I took along the temporary docks installed at I4C2 on Rogers St to view the schooners Columbia and Pride of Baltimore. Other schooners come and go but deck tours continue today Sunday July 9 from 2-4 PM at the Maritime Dock as well as the I4C2 dock. You really should take advantage of this unique opportunity (and it’s free!). The Maritime Gloucester Museum and exhibits are also free admission but you need a timed entry ticket ( link here ).







Hot off the presses…..update on fireworks:

The Cut made their first post on June 5th, just over a month ago and has posted 13 times and has garnered 141 followers.
Here’s the link to follow them on Insta- https://instagram.com/thecutgloucester

Let’s get that follow number up for them GMG style. Click the link and follow them for interior construction pics of how it’s coming along and I’m guessing the news about what big bands will be coming to play there.

And here’s a video we taped with Travis Siewers a couple of days ago detailing what will be going on:
Sanctuary…

The American side of the traditional International Dory Races were held today off the dock at Maritime Gloucester on Harbor Loop. There were spectators lining the dock areas and also at the Coast Guard Station to watch (thank you Coast Guard for allowing the spectators to watch from that vantage point!) Five races were held and the US was represented by AJ and Kadin Lewis for the Juniors (happy 18th birthday AJ!); Womens Ashley Smith and Rachel Cecilio; Masters Joe Sanfilippo and Erik Dembrowski; Seniors Sam Taormina and Peter Taormina, Women 50+ (I am sorry I did not get full names or correct spellings, so input appreciated and corrections can be made) Elin Af Klinteberg and Linda Geary. The US took home the title for the Juniors and the Masters. The Canadians won the Womens and Senior races. The Women 50+ was exhibition only and the Canadian team prevailed. I did not get any of the Canadian team members names so I apologize but I hope the pictures tell the story for you.
In August, the rowers go to Lunenberg Nova Scotia to have another set of races there. A few more than my normal number of pictures, but it was 5 races!
























The International Dory Races will be held today Saturday July 6 at the Harbor Loop Maritime Gloucester dock starting at 10 AM! See you there!



Here are a couple of video clips from our recent Sunset Greet the Fleet Sail aboard the Schooner Ardelle. Just breathe and enjoy. But also, get to Maritime Gloucester on the Harbor Loop so you don’t miss any of the fun! The International Dory Races are scheduled for 10 AM to start the day Saturday July 8 2023. See you then!