Schooner Lewis R. French

01/03/2025

How we feel going into the new year, knowing that we'll be sailing by late spring! Happy New Year!

12/19/2024

We’ve partnered with the Maine Tourism Association for several years now, and have hosted a number of fantastic interns! If you live in Maine or know a young person or two interested in hospitality, this is a great way to get Paid experience working in the industry!
The next generation of sailors has to come from somewhere 😉

It's never too early to start thinking about a summer internship! With nearly 100 paid internship offerings throughout the state, there's an opportunity for you to explore your interests within the tourism and hospitality industry right now! Visit TourismforME.com/internships to find your experience today.

12/19/2024

12/17/2024

The Big Three- Good morning from the Coast of Maine. I took this shot yesterday afternoon after making a coffee delivery. It was close to low tide so I was able to slide along the slippery seaweed to get a little closer. Once again, a big thank you to Windjammer Angelique, Schooner Lewis R. French, and Schooner Mary Day for bringing even more beauty to Camden Harbor during this time of year!

How is everyone? We are getting rain so the coffee seems to taste just a little better this morning! We are doing our best to get all orders out the door the same day we receive them and we appreciate every order we receive! Comfort & Joy once again is my Coffee of the Day.

Enjoy the day my friends and have a thoughtful Tuesday.- Dan
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Maine Windjammer Association
Visit Maine

12/11/2024

Alex and Nathan did a great job resplitting and stacking next year's firewood!

Any guesses about how much firewood we go through in a season?

12/05/2024

12/04/2024

A perfect relaxing day of sailing on the French!

12/02/2024

We have holiday ornaments in stock!
Ken put together a limited run of 20 cedar ornaments, to bring a little Lewis R. French into your holidays.
You can find these in our online store here: https://lewisrfrench.square.site

11/21/2024

Hah!

11/21/2024

Fleet events are my favorite trips! Getting to see all the other windjammers in their finery and lofty canvas stirs the soul.

We have space on the Gam, the Camden Windjammer Festival, and the WoodenBoat Rendezvous if you'd like to join us!

Photo credit: Fred Leblanc, The Maine Windjammer Association

11/14/2024

Q: Are guests allowed to help sail the vessel?

A: Anything you may (within reason), and nothing you must.
We invite our shipmates to help with everything from heaving up the anchor and furling the mainsail, to peeling apples and chopping broccoli. Or read and take photos while the activity goes on around you.

The fun part is immersing yourself in the environment, whether it's taking a trick at the helm or absorbing the sunset as we ghost along to our anchorage.

Photo Credit: Anne Conover, the Maine Windjammer Association

11/12/2024

This summer we made it a few miles south of Camden, all the way to Christmas Cove, where the French was built!
Can you ID this lighthouse we passed on the way?

11/05/2024

You know what I love about windjamming?
We visit places you'd never see if you weren't cruising with us.
One evening this summer we had a lobster bake on an island, that didn't even have a name on the chart.
So we named it "Not-There-At-High-Tide Island"
You had to have been there...
🏖🚣⛵️

10/29/2024

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Email from Schooner Lewis R. French What happened in 2024?..... Big Things!!!   Cheers to a Great Year! We've had a great year full of fun and good cheer, and we're so grateful to everyone who sailed

10/24/2024

Scott Marx is pretty skilled with a camera! Congratulations 🎉 I remember that storm

Shoutout to Scott Marx for winning the Landscape Award in this year's WideOpen: Excellence in Photography exhibition, for the piece Racing the Storm. This award was sponsored by the Ohio University Chaddock + Morrow College of Fine Arts.

09/25/2024

09/07/2024

Penobscot Bay winds have been great this year! We were hauling with only 4 of our sails up. Windjammer life is good!

&Captain