Schooner American Eagle

09/03/2026

Join us for a day sail in American Eagle’s original home port of Gloucester, Massachusetts! We will be offering 5 sails through the holiday weekend as a part of the Gloucester Schooner Festival.

Friday, September 4th
⛵️4-hour sail, 10-2—lunch included!
⛵️2-hour sail, 4-6

Saturday, September 5th
⛵️4-hour sail, 10-2—lunch included!
⛵️2-hour sail, 4-6

Sunday, September 6th
⛵️7-hour sail, 9-4, Gloucester Schooner Festival Parade of Sail & Race—join us as we defend our title of the Esperanto Cup🏆

Find the link to book online through the link in our bio, or give our office a call at (207) 701-35037.

📸 Chelsea Victoria

09/01/2026

Excited to be back!

AMERICAN EAGLE will be in the Gloucester Schooner Festival.
Home Port: Rockland, ME. Length on Deck: 92 ft
GSF Location: I4C2 Dock
The American Eagle was built in Gloucester in 1930 as an auxiliary fishing schooner. She is now recognized as a National Historic Landmark. The schooner has had a varied life since her launch in 1930; first as an auxiliary schooner, then an eastern-rig dragger, and now as a windjammer.

07/22/2026

Sailing is better when you do it with friends!

Honored to have participated in Sail4th 250 and Sail Boston alongside Captain Dennis at the beginning of this month.

Between making the journey from Midcoast Maine, to New York Harbor, up to Boston, and safely back home again, seeing familiar faces along the way made the many miles in between worth it.

Special thank you to IGBostonSouthShore || Photographers for the wonderful picture!

07/14/2026

Of all the photos we have seen of us from Sail4th in New York City, this one is for sure a favorite.

Sailing up the Hudson River as we pass our hometown friends at Maine Maritime Academy and their new training ship, The State of Maine, with a flyover from Red Arrows—doesn’t get much cooler than that.

Special thanks to Alex M. Philip for snapping the photo that will most definitely live in the office for decades to come.

07/12/2026

Honored to have taken part in, yet again, another historic event!

05/22/2026

This past weekend, the crew of the Schooner American Eagle was awarded a Certificate of Merit from the United States Coast Guard in the “recognition of notable services that have assisted greatly in furthering the aims and functions of the Coast Guard.”

In June of 2024, the crew of the American Eagle— specially Captain Tyler King, First Mate Courtney King, and Deckhand Katharine Hassenfratz— responded to a person in the water. The man they rescued had fallen off his sail boat in Rockland Harbor while trying to put the battens in his mainsail and was unable to untie his swim ladder. Courtney and Katharine deployed the lifeboat and were able to assist him back aboard while performing medical checks while waiting for the Coast Guard to arrive to the scene. Other crew members— Deckhand Elias Porter, Messmate Nate Cooper, and Cook Marty McHugh-Mullane— were crucial in keeping passengers calm and assisting Captain Tyler in maneuvering the schooner.

“With the keen awareness and rapid intervention displayed by the crew of the Schooner American Eagle, a sailors life was able to be saved. Captain King and his crew serve as a shining example for all mariners. Their selfless devotion to the safety of life at sea is most heartily commended and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Coast Guard.”