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Sunday, September 1, 2013

Set Sail: Gloucester Schooner Festival - Short Video of Roseway, Lannon, and Adventure racing in today's Schooner Race

Set Sail: Gloucester Schooner Festival

Short Video of Roseway, Lannon, and Adventure

racing in today's Schooner Race

Photos from 2013 Schooner Race - Gloucester Schooner Festival

"Tyrone"

Congratulations to the Schooner AMERICAN EAGLE for winning the Esperanto Cup in this year's Mayor's Race. Congrats also to the Schooner Tyrone for winning the Cameron Cup and to Tillicum 1 for winning the Ramsey Plate. See the complete results at: http://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/doc/13-RaceResults.pdfhttp://gloucesterschoonerfestival.net/doc/13-RaceResults.pdf

Race Start with committee boat "High Flyer" and Capt. Bob Smith (father of photographer Melissa Abbott) manning the cannon. Schooners from left to right: AmericanEagle, Tyrone, and Thomas Lannon

Another photo of Race Start: American Eagle, Tyrone, Thomas Lannon

"Adirondack" and "Virginia"

"Adventure" and "Virginia"

"Liberty Clipper"

"Adventure"

"Roseway"

Tyrone and Thomas Lannon

Roseway

Adventure

All photos by Melissa Abbott

Wednesday, August 28, 2013

Originally, the Schooner "American Eagle" was once a Gloucester fishing vessel for fifty odd years. Here she is docked at Cruiseport Gloucester during the 2012 Schooner Festival - photos by Anthony Marks

The Schooner American Eagle docked at
Cruiseport Gloucester during the 2012 Schooner Festival.

Originally, the Schooner "American Eagle" was once a Gloucester fishing vessel for fifty
odd years owned by the father in law and his brothers (the Piscitello's)

of Anthony Marks, the photographer.
She is now a Windjammer in Maine. http://www.schooneramericaneagle.com/

The schooner American Eagle was the last schooner built in Gloucester, it was built in Vincent’s cove were the electric company is now next to Gorton’s.

she was launched sideways.