"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that sixty years after artist-sailor Capt

Authors

James P. Brown

Source

Down East

Date

12-1-1995

Pages

35-36

Abstract

"Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that sixty years after artist-sailor Capt. Frank Swift pioneered windjammer cruising Down East in old cargo schooners, Maine Windjammer Cruises, successors to the last of the swift fleet offered to take out any of the fleet's pre-1990 customer for a week's cruise last summer at the original price they paid. About thirty nostalgic fans took up the offer, paying as little as $35 for a six-day trip. Among those fans were Lucille Harrington, of Rochester, New York, who sailed aboard the "Lillian" in 1945, and Mrs. Martha "Mattie" Schneider, Mosher, who sailed sailed aboard the "Mattie"in 1941.

Subjects

Maine Windjammer Cruises, Sailing

Recommended Citation

Brown, James P., ""Along the Waterfront" piece reporting that sixty years after artist-sailor Capt" (1995). Maine News Index - Down East Magazine. 2209.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_downeast/2209