Schooner Mary Day

Name: Schooner Mary Day
Address: Atlantic Avenue, Camden, ME, 04843, US
Telephone: +18009922218
Price range: $$$
Rating: 4.9

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Windjammer cruises aboard the schooner Mary Day. Offering 3,4,5 & 6 day sailing adventures departing from Camden, Maine. Unplug, unwind, refresh & relax!
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The historic schooner Mary Day offers affordable and unique windjammer sailing vacations departing from Camden, Maine. Windjammer cruises are overnight sailing vacations offering guests a chance to "unplug" from from the modern world, leaving their cars and cares ashore to sail back in time to a simpler, more relaxing way of life. Special themed cruises include nature tours, lighthouse tours, and cultural history with shore side visits each day to remote fishing villages and scenic Maine coast destinations.

10/30/2026

Let’s see what is happening under the cover.

10/27/2026

Good afternoon everyone! Fall is the time of year when we start splitting firewood for next season. The schooner uses about 7-8 cords of mixed hardwood every year. We get the wood regular split and then run it through the hydraulic splitter to get what we call “designer firewood.” Designer firewood drys faster and gives the cook more control over the fire. And if you have ever visited the galley you know that “Diamond’s” firebox is relatively small. The finer split burns more readily in the firebox. Cooking, heating and hot water are all made possible by firewood. It is a beautiful day. Better get back to it.

10/23/2026

I am going to miss this crew. Thank you for a great season. Thank you for all your hard work. Thank you for the laughter. Fair winds and following seas always.

10/20/2026

Tarring the rig today…a good thing to do after the cover goes on. This is Penelope’s Peter Pan shadow on the cover. She can fly!

10/20/2026

With the cover on and the spars (booms, gaffs, topmasts) nestled on their stands we get to lay down some varnish. Getting a jump on next year’s maintenance is a big plus during the last few warm days of October. Nick is having too much fun trying not to bump his hair into the adjacent varnish. Thanks to the crew for taking such loving care of your schooner.

10/18/2026

It was a frosty morning here at the docks in Camden. But the wind was flat calm which is what we have been waiting for. It has been blowing too hard to roll the shrink wrap for the last 4 days. We took advantage of the morning calm to get the boat covered. The wind is just coming southwest in the harbor so I would say our timing was perfect. Now we wait for calm dry weather to shrink the plastic tight.

10/08/2026

We are breaking down the staging and ready to launch on the morning tide. The crew and shipwrights have busted their butts getting us to this point. The Coast Guard has given us their blessing with a complete frame and fastener survey and hull exam. We are thankful for all the good energy that has visited us during this extended yard period. Mary Day is happy and healthy and ready for more great sailing!

10/07/2026

Nick fabricating new zincs for the schooner. Sacrificial zincs are bolted to the ballast keel to protect the keel bolts. We recycle used zincs to make new ones. The zincs we make are a little beefier than the ones sold at the marine store. And zincs are expensive. Making our own zincs takes a couple hours but saves us money and is a great use for used zincs. Nick is a welder by training and loves melting metal. This is right up his alley.

10/05/2026

Beautiful light on the railway at the end of a stormy afternoon. Hail and pouring rain forced us to hide under the boat while the heavens opened up. The wind has come northwest behind the thunderstorm and things look clear for the next few days. Good painting weather. By Wednesday morning we are forecast to have our first heavy frost. I still have my summer shorts on. I am not letting go of a beautiful summer yet!

10/02/2026

A beautiful sunrise here on the railway. You can see we have a couple planks off the starboard side. Everything looks good. The shipwrights are rocking’!

Address

Atlantic Avenue
Camden, ME
04843

Telephone

+18009922218

Website

https://www.SchoonerMaryDay.com/

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