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BOWDOIN

Bowdoin.

Bowdoin.

Bowdoin.

Bowdoin.

Bowdoin.

Vessel Website

Specification

Name: BOWDOIN
Class: B
Nationality: United States of America
Year built: 1921
Rig: Gaff Schooner 2

About

Number of trainees: 12
Number of permanent crew: 6

Biography

Maine’s official state vessel, the schooner Bowdoin, will be participating in numerous events throughout the summer and fall to support local and regional communities.

The Schooner Bowdoin was built during the winter of 1920-21 for the famed Arctic explorer Donald B. MacMillan, and launched from Hodgdon Brothers Shipyard in East Boothbay, Maine. At 88 feet long, 21 feet wide, and weighing 66 tons the Bowdoin is the smallest vessel designed expressly for Arctic work. In 1921-22, the design of the ship proved to be perfect for MacMillan’s Arctic work, and he sailed the Bowdoin more than 300,000 miles over 26 voyages through the frozen North in exploration and scientific studies.

The Bowdoin was completely rebuilt in 1980-84 by Maine Maritime Museum’s boatshop, Percy & Small Shipyard. It has been the official state vessel of Maine since 1988.

Maine Maritime Academy is the only college in the United States with a dedicated sail training program that actually leads to a USCG license as mate on an auxiliary sail vessel. Students may start with no prior sailing experience and graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree, a USCG license, and all necessary certificates. As a student at MMA, you will have the opportunity to develop a network of connections throughout the sail training industry. You’ll learn to sail on our fleet of sailing dinghies, gradually working your way up to skipper the 35 foot schooner Puritan (a Crocker designed gaff-rigged wooden schooner), then our 50 foot ketch Blue Angel, and finally our 80-foot, 1921-built, wooden schooner Bowdoin. You will work your way through a challenging series of tacks, jibes, heaving-to, anchoring, and man overboard recovery, all under sail.

Find your adventure

BOWDOIN

Specification

About

Biography

Reasons To Sail

Sail Training Programme

Relive the Races

The adventure starts here

Visit our sail on board site to go sail training

BOWDOIN

Vessel stats

Specification

About

Biography

Reasons To Sail

Sail Training Programme

Relive the Races

The adventure starts here

Visit our sail on board site to go sail training