We have been having some beautiful sailing this week and it looks like the weekend will also have great weather and great winds. As this season is getting under way, it seems like there are more traditional boats out there than modern boats. Just yesterday we sailed right by two of the Camden, Maine Windjammer fleet. What a beautiful sight to watch Mary Day and Angelique setting their sails and heading down the bay!

Earlier this week my son’s class was on a field trip to Aldemere Farms, so I sailed up into the harbor and blasted the horn. My son loved it and so did the class. It is not every day that you see a tall ship only 30 feet from the shore… I had a great time myself.

Sincerely,
Aaron Lincoln
Captain/ Owner

We are so excited to be heading into this sailing season today with such incredible weather and winds forecast. We couldn’t have custom ordered a better weekend to open the season and we hope you are all feeling the pull of the open seas the way we are. It is great to be alive, winter is a dim and foggy memory on a day like today.

I look forward to sailing again with old friends and new ones, too. It’s great to have a job that you don’t have to use an alarm to get out of bed for.

Our first trip today is at 12:30, so come and join us!

Sincerely,
Aaron Lincoln
Captain/ Owner

I just dropped off the life raft in Ellsworth for its annual inspection. I decided to take a break on my way home and eat my lunch on the beach in Searsport, Maine. When I climbed down to the beach I heard some thing moving around the corner. Just then two deer jumped in the water. I watched them for my whole lunch. They swam almost all the way to Islesboro , three miles away while I ate.

It reminded me of a time that a moose followed me into Camden Harbor. That moose followed me all the way into the inner harbor. I could not believe it. That moose swam at three knots. It was so incredible I bought a camera for the boat the next day so if it happened again I could prove that it was not just another good yarn, told by a sailor.

I am always talking about seals and whales on my trips, but sometimes it is not a marine mammal passing by, it is a fuzzy one from land.

Here I am in Camden, Maine. It’s February 17, 2009 and I have wicked cabin fever. In two weeks I will start fitting out the boat for the next season and I can’t wait. Every winter I sit in my office and plan/ dream about what the next year will bring and I get excited. I just booked nine people today for the 2009 Windjammer Parade. All I could think of was sailing in Penobscot Bay where there were tall ships as far as the eye could see. The parade may be a few months away, but not in my head. I am ready to go sailing.

I know that a lot of people are worried about the economy, but I remain optimistic. Camden, and Maine as whole, has always weathered bad economical times simply because we are a safe, beautiful, and economical Vacation Destination. Camden has great lodging, food, and is friendly. Not to mention, we have the mountains and the sea and a great down town.

While you are here let me take you out for a sail, and let me show you where I grew up, on the bay. I will answer your questions and show you some marine wildlife while we sail by the islands and the lobstermen hard at work. Besides if you’re here we are the #1 of things to do in town according to Tripavisor.com. So come and see for yourself