The following photos were all taken between 12:30 and 1:00, my favorites from a half hour’s harvest of photos just before the race began. I’ll number them for reference purposes in case you choose to comment.
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All photos, WVD, who will post the race–the recalled one and the real one–in the following days. Post time is always noon.
Again, I was crewing on Artemis. Check out her site here.
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September 6, 2022 at 11:38 am
Lee Rust
That’s quite a fleet of schooners! The recent Schooner festival in Wiscasset ME had just two; ‘When & If’ and ‘Tyrone’.
September 7, 2022 at 8:50 am
tugster
Gloucester has done this for a while, and the races before that . . . a century ago . . . entailed schooners coming in with the catch from The Banks to sell in the market. First in got the highest price and the descriptor as the “highliner.” https://www.maritimegloucester.org/sf-history