Winter 2025

Our sailing season for 2024 is done, and Virginia is resting in a calm harbor at Strouts Point Wharf in South Freeport, Maine. She willRead More

Sail on Virginia

We have reached another historic moment for Maine’s First Ship as we move to operational mode and open up the reservation system for tours andRead More

Virginia in Portland

After a stormy but not very cold winter in Wiscasset, Virginia returned to her wharf in Bath on Monday April 29. However, she will onlyRead More

open fire cooking

Spring 2024

After a stormy, wet, and not very cold winter, spring is coming to Midcoast Maine, and to Maine’s First Ship. In March we got yetRead More

Winter 2024

Winter seems like a quiet time at Maine’s First Ship, with Virginia under her tarps in Wiscasset, and the Fright Shed cold and lonely exceptRead More

Fall 2023

As summer slides into fall, Maine’s First Ship and Virginia look back at a summer of sailing, sea trials, crew training, and the resulting reworkRead More

Windjammer Days

Virginia is going sailing! Summer has come an Virginia is going sailing. Virginia is visiting Boothbay Harbor for Windjammer Days as the newest (and smallest) of theRead More

Virginia Homecoming

Virginia is coming home! Spring has come and Virginia is coming home. The homecoming has been delayed by a winter storm which took out oneRead More

Annual Meeting 2023

Virginia at WIscasset Town Dock Sunday March 26, 2023 – 3pm The annual meeting of Maine’s First Ship was  held on Sunday March 26, 2023Read More

Winter 2022-2023

This winter Virginia has moved to the Wiscasset Town Dock. The Kennebec is to dangerous a place due to ice flows from the 130 milesRead More