Portland Schooner Co.

03/20/2025

Setting sail with a promise to protect the waves that carry us🌊

03/17/2025

Maine. Wooden. Historic.

We love the sea and our handcrafted, wooden vessels that sail it proudly. Two of our vessels are over 100 years old and represent some of the finest examples of Maine’s rich shipbuilding heritage.

These historic vessels can be experienced May through October aboard a public sail, lighthouse cruise, or on a private charter!

03/13/2025

Dreaming of warm summer days✨🌊

We’re excited the weather’s finally getting warmer! Our season starts May 9th which is only 57 days away

Book your tickets now https://www.portlandschooner.com/windjammer-sails-and-lighthouse-cruises and join us for the first sail of the season!

03/11/2025

Are you looking for a venue to host a birthday party, rehearsal dinner, baby shower, or corporate event?

Ballast by Portland Schooner Co. is our boutique event space located in the heart of the historic Old Port in Portland, Maine. It is an intimate gathering space with a warm, historic touch overflowing with old world charm. The perfect place to host your curated private event, dinner, or celebration! https://www.ballastevents.com

We can accommodate groups up to 50 for a seated meal and 90-100 for a standing cocktail event. We have an on-site commercial kitchen and dining furniture available for your needs.

We also offer land and sea packages and our fleet of historic boats are available to charter to complement your reception, rehearsal dinner, or special event at Ballast!

More background on Ballast:
Ballast opened doors in 2023. Its name comes from the cobblestones lining Fore St., which some say were once used as ballasts to steady incoming vessels from across the Atlantic. The space came as a natural partner to Portland Schooner Co. A stable location on land to provide a gathering place for when the seas become too rough to sail and the weather doesn’t cooperate. It has since expanded to become a premier event space to host your gathering or event!

11/07/2024

As we wrap up our season, we want to thank everyone who came out with us this year! We love giving people a Maine experience they’ll never forget, and we look forward to getting back out on the water again in May 2025!⚓️🌊

10/13/2024

Only a couple more weeks of the season left! Don’t forget to grab tickets before it’s too late. Our October schedules are below:

Sailing⛵️
1st Afternoon Sail: 11:00 AM - 1:00 PM
2nd Afternoon Sail: 1:30 PM - 3:30 PM
Sunset Sail: 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Motorboat lighthouse cruises🚤

Morning Cruise: 10:30 AM - 12 PM
1st Afternoon Cruise: 12:30 AM - 2 PM
2nd Afternoon Cruise: 2:30 PM - 4 PM
Sunset Cruise: 4:30 PM - 6 PM

10/01/2024

Happy October 1st! The sun is setting on our season and we’re sailing into our last month🌅🍂

We invite you all to come out and enjoy the fall breezes on the water with us while you still can! Put on your favorite sweater and come enjoy Casco Bay from the water

09/02/2024

Summer may be coming to a close, but we are still sailing through October!

After today, our fall sailing schedule is as follows⛵️:

Morning Sail: 9:30am - 11:30am
1st Afternoon Sail: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
2nd Afternoon Sail: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
Sunset Sail: 5:00pm - 7:00pm

Our fall lighthouse cruise schedule is also below🚤:

Morning Cruise: 9:30am - 11:00am
1st Afternoon Cruise: 11:30pm - 1:00pm
2nd Afternoon Cruise: 1:30pm - 3:00pm
3rd Afternoon Cruise: 3:30pm - 5:00pm
Sunset Cruise: 5:30pm - 7:00pm

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08/14/2024

100 year old schooner Bagheera sailing through the harbor🌊

Thanks to deckhand Makenna for capturing this photo!

08/08/2024

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Join us for the final three sailings of our summer collaboration with ! Experience the stunning coastal views with a refreshing Bard beverage in hand on these dates:

August 9th
August 16th
August 23rd

Grab your tickets at www.portlandschooner.com and set sail with us aboard the Windjammer Sails. We can’t wait to see you there! ☕️

08/07/2024

Share this with someone you want to go sailing with!

Don’t forget, we are sailing daily through October! There’s still plenty of time to get out on the water with us and enjoy the sights and scenes of Casco Bay from a historic sailboat⛵️

07/31/2024

Sunset sailing views from Portland, Maine🌅🌊⚓️

Is Portland on your travel bucket list, a place you’ve visited, or home?

We feel very lucky to call this beautiful place home and would love to hear what you love about Portland!

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https://www.portlandschooner.com

07/29/2024

Check this authentic Maine experience off your bucket list and take your next gathering from ordinary to extraordinary aboard one of our classic Maine schooners!

Whether you are planning a corporate outing, family celebration, or a wedding, we would be happy to help plan/host your event!

FMI please visit: www.portlandschooner.com/charters

07/24/2024

Check out these awesome shots of our captains and crew!

It takes an immense amount of care and attention to maintain our historic sailing vessels. We appreciate the tremendous effort given by our hardworking captains and crew. Feel free to ask any questions you have about maintaining historic wooden boats below⚓️🌊

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07/18/2024

We’re extremely excited that Bard Coffee will be onboard our next 6 Friday morning sails at 10:30am serving complimentary coffee!☕️🌊 Get your Friday morning sail tickets now and join us! https://www.portlandschooner.com/sailing-tickets

We added more dates to our pop-up collab with this summer, bringing you the beauty of the coast with craft-made beverages to boast aboard the iconic Windjammer Sails!

Tickets are available on portlandschooner.com! Our team will be preparing complimentary beverages for the upcoming following 10:30am morning sail dates:

July 19
July 26
August 2
August 9
August 16
August 23

We can’t wait to see you aboard!

07/15/2024

Our schooner Bagheera is 100 years old this year!

Bagheera was designed by famed yacht designer, John Alden. For construction, Alden turned to the rich shipbuilding heritage of Maine and found able craftsmen at Rice Brothers Shipyard in East Boothbay. In the 1920s, Bagheera sailed in the Bermuda Race at least once before being delivered to the Great Lakes, where she won the annual Chicago-Mackinac Race for several years in a row.

In her 100 years of cruising the world’s oceans, Bagheera has crossed the Atlantic, cruised areas of the Pacific, including the Galapagos, and spent many years in the Caribbean Sea. She was transported back home to Maine in 2002 as the first boat in the our fleet!

https://www.portlandschooner.com/history

07/09/2024

Timberwind is a 96’ two-masted schooner that was built in 1931 by Victor Cole at Union Wharf in Portland. For nearly four decades, until 1969, it was named the Portland Pilot and was responsible for meeting incoming vessels outside the harbor and piloting them to their berths. It was also briefly commandeered for service by the Coast Guard during World War II. Timberwind is certified by the US Coast Guard to carry 45 passengers on deck and is on the National Register of Historic Places. She sails daily May-October!

Photo: .pullen

https://www.portlandschooner.com/history

07/07/2024

Wendameen is an 88’ schooner designed by the famed yacht designer, John Alden. She was built in East Boothbay, Maine, and launched in 1912 when she took center stage in the golden era of fast, sleek ocean schooners. Inactive since the 1930s, she was thoroughly restored in the late 1980s and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Wendameen is certified by the US Coast Guard to carry 49 passengers on deck. She sails daily May-October from the Maine State Pier and is 112 years old this year!

You can read more about Wendameen here: https://www.portlandschooner.com/history

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