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The Stephen Taber loaded with cordwood. (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
The Lewis R. French, circa 1900 (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Lewis R. French (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Lewis R. French (Photo courtesy Schooner Lewis R. French)
The Stephen Taber (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
The Stephen Taber (Photo courtesy Schooner Stephen Taber)
Midcoast Maine is home to America’s oldest commercial sailing vessels, the
Schooner Lewis R. French of Camden and the
Schooner Stephen Taber of Rockland, and the two of them have seen it all. As the oldest still operating commercial sailing vessels in the U.S., they have survived the Great Depression, both world wars, and the 1918 and 2020 pandemics. This summer – their 150th years afloat – they will set sail once again, plying the East coast as they have for a century and a half.
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Like hand-in-glove, yacht charters from the U.S. Virgin Islands traditionally include stops in the British Virgin Islands. The BVI’s closed borders due to the COVID-19 pandemic has prompted charter companies and crews to come up with USVI-only charter itineraries. Even after the beautiful BVI re-opens, USVI-only itineraries are perfect for U.S. residents that don’t have a passport and thus can’t travel to the BVI or for those who’d like to experience a few off-the-beaten-track anchorages.
“The USVI’s may be overlooked for their neighbor, the BVIs, but you’ll find that familiar Caribbean welcome and impressive beaches in the USVIs too,” says Dan Lockyer, vice president of global tourism for Annapolis, MD-based Dream Yacht Charter, which opened its USVI base at St. Thomas’ Compass Point Marina in June 2020. “St. John is renowned for its beautiful coastline and fine snorkeling among coral reefs, vibrant colored fish, turtles and ra