Sunday of schooner Festival 2025

Oh, what a weekend.   The Schooner Festival is definitely on the top of my favorites.  Sunday the weather was amazing, sails, sun and blue ocean.  Thank you to the committee and Maritime Gloucester for this great event.

An amazing Saturday

On Saturday, Schooner Festival 2025 was amazing.  The sun and clouds added to a beautiful day.

Rick and I went on the Ardelle was a great sail.

Cape Ann Plein

On Sunday the artist were painting in our beautiful gardens on Stacy Boulevard.  Thank you, Generous Gardeners, for all your hard work.

Storm prep. Long Beach photos Aug. & Sept. #RockportMA

image: Aug 18

Photo blocks from Long Beach, Rockport & Gloucester, Ma.:

Sept. 14, 2023

When it’s time it’s time. The lifeguard chairs, most of the stairs, and the footbridge are removed every year, and for this season it was at sunrise Sept 14. Rockport DPW is also on top of the storm prep ahead of this weekend’s Tropical Storm warning forecast. They work fast to beat the tides.

september 1,2 / schooner festival

I saw this beach chair and thought perfect chair for Schooner Festival weekend. Imagine chairs on the boulevard printed with custom vessels (iconic racers and current ones). The smoke in the sky again from fires in Canada.

september 8- Black SEa and black clouds then blue Sky, no rain or rainbow

When the sea is black, the photo with the blue sky pockets and the clouds like waves–the last sequentially–was unexpected. Note the scale of the Long Beach cottages vs. clouds.

August 18

Parade of Sails. Schooner Festival #GloucesterMA 400+

Aug.* September 3, 2023 Blooms, crowds, sails. Views from Stacy Boulevard and vicinity. Sky at times hazy smoky from wildfires as has been common during this summer.

*typo update–or clearly wishing for more summer 🙂

Boat Parade of lights has passed under Piatt Andrew Bridge #GloucesterMA

Here they come! Good number of boats!

Saturday of Schooner Festival

We went on the beautiful Lannon to start the Schooner Festival on Saturday.  Great time as usual sailing around Gloucester Harbor.

Saturday aboard The Lannon

What an amazing beautiful day on Saturday during 2021 Schooner Festival. Love Schooner Festival.

Visitors to Gloucester-194

From Houlton Maine and Beverly Mass during Schooner Festival

 

SAFE TRAVELS COLUMBIA!

Schooner Columbia departing Gloucester Friday morning with the Captain waving bye to Charlotte 🙂

How majestic to see the towering masts of the Columbia in our harbor during Schooner Fest!

Columbia: How the classic Fisherman’s Cup schooner was reborn

Schooner Dock Walk

I took some time yesterday morning to walk a couple of docks and admire a few schooners up close.  They are incredibly magnificent….true pieces of maritime art.

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BEAUTIFUL SCENES FROM AROUND THE HARBOR DURING SCHOONER FEST

Gloucester in all her glory- part two-filming B-roll around the Harbor