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Historic schooner J. & E. Riggin Courtesy J. & E. Riggin
ROCKLAND The new owners of the historic Rockland-based schooner J. & E. Riggin are looking forward to their first season of taking passengers around the Midcoast on their own vessel, confident that people are looking for experiences outside.
But Capts. Justin Schaefer and Jocelyn Schmidt – who took ownership of the 120-foot Maine schooner on Feb. 5. – are no strangers to the local windjammer fleet or the Riggin.
Capts. Justin Schaefer and Jocelyn Schmidt recently bought the historic schooner J. & E. Riggin.
Photo courtesy of J. & E. Riggin.
Schaefer first stepped aboard the Riggin as a 13-year-old passenger when his parents booked a trip 15 years ago. A native of Long Island, New York, Schaefer said he had been on dinghies and 30- to-40-foot yachts but there was something different when he went aboard the Riggin.
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