Pulling boats in Maine (pictures)

[guillemot]

Originally in Designs/Plans:

For my first job after college I lived and worked on a couple of pulling boats at the Chewonki Foundation in Maine for a few summers. In 2000 I lived on the Mackinaw boat "Guillemot" (LOD 29') as the "captain" with six teenage kids for two months.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid170/p0def65247792aa71324df2736fca36f0/f3ef3f5f.jpg
The Guillemot

and travelled with a companion Crotch Island Pinky named "Petrel".

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid170/p0822b107d70c0b12d17def919bcc47df/f3ef3f77.jpg
The Petrel

It was a great experience for the kids to live outside, see the water, pull at the oars, and sleep on board.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid170/pb8d32a854739b8551ac73ba56284db17/f3ef3f6e.jpg

I loved it for all the same reasons. Plus, how better to spend a summer than this?:
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid170/pe0ed786590517389e8e724a6bfee94f7/f3ef3f87.jpg
Guillemot sailing to anchor

Does anyone else have pulling boat photos/stories to share?

Jeff

[ 05-30-2005, 01:59 PM: Message edited by: guillemot ]

[bamamick]

Jeff, looks like you lived a dream. Beautiful pictures. Thanks for posting.

Mickey Lake

[martin schulz]

Ahh - always great to see the Spritsail rigg at work.

If you think about all those people that believe the Bermuda rigg is the only rigg there is...