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