The body of water in this photo is the thoroughfare between Isle au Haut and Kimball Island. The disreputable looking character in the foreground is yours truly. (I promise to replace this photo as soon as a better one becomes available!)

The vessel in the background is what my family used to refer to as a "windjammer". I am not well acquainted with nautical terminology, so I can't say that this is necessarily the most accurate term (I suspect that "windjammer" is sort of catch-all, used to refer to any large boat with sails).

This sort of vessel is a common sight in the thoroughfare in summer when many such boats are cruising the Maine coast. While a poor soul such as myself can just barely conceive of the kind of financial resources one would need in order to acquire and maintain such a boat, I've always liked them. There is a certain quiet grace about a vessel that slips through the ocean under the power of sail.

This photo was taken at about 2:00 pm EST, July 1997 by Jennifer Hughes

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