Ship sets sail on mission to vaccinate Maine's most isolated communities The Maine Seacoast Mission crew boarded its ship, Sunbeam, Friday morning and set sail to vaccinate 200 residents on four of the state's most isolated islands Author: Sam Rogers (NEWS CENTER Maine) Published: 2:03 PM EST February 26, 2021 Updated: 7:02 AM EST February 27, 2021 MOUNT DESERT, Maine — It was a quiet Friday morning on the docks in Northeast Harbor, but one ship set sail on a mission to distribute and administer 200 COVID-19 vaccination shots to Maine's island residents. “The Maine Seacoast Mission has been supporting Maine’s most isolated communities. Since 1905 we've been at it, this is not even our first pandemic," President John Zavodny said.