Schooner American Eagle Newsletter
October  2019
 
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         This month marked our busiest season for a decade. It was quite a moment captured below as sailing gave way to the work the crew and I do to get the American Eagle ready for the 2020 sailing. Five of the guests in the picture stayed for the first phase of fall rip-up, storing blankets, mattresses, sails, lifejackets, and some pizza!



Sails off within the hour

Where did  2019 go? 
Sailed as far east as Grand Manan, New Brunswick
As far west as Cape Ann, Massachusetts 
Good whale watching on both of our longer adventures
Returning shipmates from as far back as 1986 and as recently as July
Guests from spry nonagenarians (four) to teenagers with parents (20)
Came in last in the Windward Class Great Schooner Race in July
Twelfth win in the Mayor's Race for the Esperanto Cup
Fourteen different kinds of pies
And an eagle on a fir tree!

courtesy of Ralph Smith




 Cruise News


              It wouldn't be October on board without...the Pumpkins Progress

courtesy of Steph Grant




          
courtesy of Margery Sly

On the last cruise the patch expanded overnight




courtesy of Nancy Fleming


 left to right: TSU Horned frog, Ned and Nancy; Panther head, Christa; John's Bay lobsterboat, Logan; Smiley face, Sarah 



courtesy of Nancy Fleming


Breakfast in Pulpit Harbor when things started to get a little weird

courtesy of Nancy Fleming

Getting ready for deer season



courtesy of Nancy Fleming

Antlered for fall



courtesy of Sarah Collins

This was on the September cruise to Gloucester;
 too good a picture to not include in October.



  Crews News

courtesy of Nancy Fleming

Off comes the jib


courtesy of Nancy Fleming

and the foresail


courtesy of Sarah Collins

Day three of fall layup




And, by day six, that's Sarah slushing the foremast.




courtesy of Ali Spaulding

Kevin, Asher, Christa, and Matthew..the crew at Christa's cabin in the woods, channeling Game of Thrones.


  Postcards From Away

 
You just can't keep these people at home.
Tom and Elfi in New York


 
Ralph reports that there are some good brewery in Europe.
Who knew?






 
courtesy of Sean Sheppard
  

And there's always next summer!

  John and the crew




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