From our September 2024 issue
There’s a magazine headquartered on the Maine coast that celebrated a milestone anniversary this year. Or, okay, there are two, but we’re not talking about ourselves in this case. Rather this other magazine just marked 50 years of covering a rather niche, traditional aspect of seafaring. The magazine also operates a boat school, and members of Maine’s windjammer fleet gather there every summer for some on-the-water fun, such as, in the moment captured here, racing in rowboats while one teammate balances an egg on a spoon (if the egg breaks, the team is disqualified). The rest of the summer, the school is mostly concerned with instruction in sailing and boatbuilding. Although the curriculum is wide ranging and geared to all skill levels, the school is very particular about one thing: materials.
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