Maine Windjammer Tours

True seafarers say the best way to see Maine is from the sea. We agree. Once you have watched a golden Maine sunrise from the deck of a windjammer, surrounded by the blue Atlantic waters, you will never forget that magical moment.

Tacking around pine tree islands under full sail on a three-masted schooner at sunset, watching the bright orange sun disappear over Maine's rocky coastline, now that is living.

Maine schooners and windjammer tours explore the coast from the best vantage, by boat. Maine's jutting coastline is over 3,500 miles long with dramatic rocky peninsulas and hidden coves and inlets. There are numerous Maine sailing charter companies, you can choose from. Many from the Camden Harbor area, where the boat's captain and crew set sails and serve you 3 squareas a day.

Sailing excursions range from a 2-day trips to week long adventures touring beautiful Maine harbors and the dramatic coastline, spotting Maine seal and Maine sea birds or helping the crew hoist sails into the wind.

Most Maine Windjammer companies are very accommodating and can take you to nearby islands or just a cruise to nowhere so you and your yachting guests can enjoy the scenery and the Maine wildlife. 

Maine Windjammers charter 2, 3, 5 and 7 day Maine Coast cruises. Imagine a week long sailing vacation on an historic tall ship, sleeping to the calming sound of the waves and the mast swaying, and waking to sunrise over the Atlantic and fresh breakfast prepared by your yacht's crew.

Sailing in Casco Bay, or a charter in Penobscot Bay from Camden or Rockport, are great places to start your Maine windjammer excursion. There are so many islands to visit. Your captain might drop the hook, and anchor off the shores of Vinalhaven, home to lobster fisherman and fishing author Linda Greenlaw who wrote about the Perfect Storm in her book "The Hungry Ocean".

Bar Harbor, and nearby Southwest Harbor on Mount Desert Island, are boatbuilding and sailing capitals of Maine. You can take a sailboat tour out of Bar Harbor, or a wooden schooner charter from Southwest Harbor near Acadia National Park.

Maine Windjammer sailing vacations are generally all-inclusive packages - your yacht lodging, three homemade meals a day, and sailing instructions are all part of your sailing charter package. Of course, the spectacular Maine scenery is always included in your schooner charter.

You won't be asked to swab the decks or walk the plank, but you might learn to sail a windjammer, and raise the mainsail, when spending a week onboard a ship. Any windjammer trip will surely involve plenty of seafaring legends of shipwrecks and ghost boats while you cruise.

You never know what you'll discover during your Downeast sailing adventure on the Maine Coast; dolphins, seal, puffins, a whale or a mega yacht. If you are in the right place (Maine) at the right time, you might watch an entire windjammer fleet sail by or a glorious parade of Tall ships under sail.

Maine Windjammers
American Eagle l Captain John Foss l Homeport: Rockland, Maine

Angelique l Captain Mike & Lynne McHenry l Homeport: Camden, Maine

Heritage l Captains Doug & Linda Lee l Homeport: Rockland, Maine

Isaac H. Evans l Captain Brenda Thomas l Homeport: Rockland, Maine l Family-friendly schooner.

Lewis R. French l Captains Garth Wells & Jenny Tobin l Homeport: Camden, Maine

Mary Day l Captains Barry King & Jen Martin l Homeport: Camden, Maine

Nathaniel Bowditch l Captain Owen & Cathie Dorr l Homeport: Rockland, Maine

Stephen Taber l Captain Noah & Jane Barnes l Homeport: Rockland, Maine

Timberwind l Captain Bob Tassi l Homeport: Rockport, Maine

Victory Chimes l Captains Kip Files & Paul DeGaeta l Homeport: Rockland, Maine - The Maine fleet's largest schooner.

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