Sailing Virginia 2025 This summer and fall, Virginia will again be hosting public sailings on the Kennebec River. The 2-hour sailings are on Friday afternoonsRead More
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Virginia has spent a quiet winter at the protected wharf of the Strouts Point Wharf Company in South Freeport. It is spring now, and VirginiaRead More
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
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
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
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 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
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
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 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