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The Atlas Obscura Podcast

Maine Windjammers

The Atlas Obscura Podcast

SiriusXM Podcasts & Atlas Obscura

Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.61.8K Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

We go back in time to another era of travel and take a trip on the oldest commercial sailing vessel in the United States. Click here to learn more about windjammers and here to book a trip with Captain Becky. This episode was made in partnership with the Maine Office of Tourism.

Transcript

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0:00.0

You're standing on the deck and you've got a muffin in one hand and a cup of coffee in

0:12.4

the other and you're seeing the faces of the people around you, you're seeing the water,

0:20.5

you're seeing the islands.

0:22.5

You'll feel a little dampness in the air, a little moisture landing around you and on

0:27.8

your clothes and on your shoulders.

0:30.4

You'll smell the wood smoke coming from the galley and you might smell some baked goods

0:34.4

and bread or something cooking down there.

0:37.5

You'll hear the sound of the waves laughing on the side of the boat, you'll hear the breeze

0:42.1

through the sails.

0:44.4

You might see some seagulls or some offspring or a bald eagle flying through the air following

0:49.3

us.

0:50.3

Seagulls like to follow us at times, then you'll be seeing islands, the green of the islands

0:54.3

standing out against the blue of the water.

0:57.3

The sky, clear and sun, maybe you'll see another wind jammer down the bay and remind

1:02.5

you of how cool what you're doing is.

1:10.2

I'm Dylan Therese and this is Atlas Obscura, a celebration of the world's strange, incredible

1:15.4

and wondrous places.

1:17.4

This episode was made in partnership with the main office of tourism.

1:21.0

If you ever read about pirates or high seas adventures when you are a kid, if you ever

1:25.9

dreamt about the ocean breeze through your hair, wind catching sails, the horizon opening

1:32.5

out in front of you, we have got the place for you.

1:37.4

It's a place where the romanticism of sailing still lives on.

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