Schooner Appledore sets sail from Camden to Key West
The Appledore’s southbound delivery crew (left to right) are Duryea Decker Griffith, Steve West, Tom Hollyday, Drew Salsibuty, Jan Lane Tullos, Kenneth Derek Hoffmann, Dylan Salzman, Jeff Salzman and John McKean. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
From Lincolnville, Duryea’s parents and siblings came to see the boat off. Left to right are Tom Griffith, Tora Decker Griffith, Lisa Decker Griffith and Gavin Griffith.
Sarah Harlow, Simone Gomes and Janelle Dishner stopped by to wish their favorite schooner a safe sail to Key West.
The Appledore’s southbound delivery crew (left to right) are Duryea Decker Griffith, Steve West, Tom Hollyday, Drew Salsibuty, Jan Lane Tullos, Kenneth Derek Hoffmann, Dylan Salzman, Jeff Salzman and John McKean. (Photos by Chris Wolf)
From Lincolnville, Duryea’s parents and siblings came to see the boat off. Left to right are Tom Griffith, Tora Decker Griffith, Lisa Decker Griffith and Gavin Griffith.
Sarah Harlow, Simone Gomes and Janelle Dishner stopped by to wish their favorite schooner a safe sail to Key West.
CAMDEN — The schooner Appledore II left its home port in Camden on Sunday, Nov. 9, bound for the warmer waters of Key West, Florida. The Appledore II will spend the winter months in the tropical waters before returning to Camden in June of to begin another summer sailing season.
This trip will mark the 51st time the Appledore II has sailed to Key West from Camden.
At 86 feet in length, the Appledore II was built for heavy offshore adventuring. Her builder, Herb Smith, of Boothbay, sailed the Appledore on an 18-month journey — and her maiden voyage — around the world in 1978.
Sturdy and strong, the Appledore has been chronicled in two books and been the subject of many photographs and films.
The Appledore II is one of five schooners all built by Smith and all named Appledore. When in Camden, the Appledore II ties up at Bay View Wharf in front of Peter Otts and the Grand Harbor Inn. The schooner makes day sails four times a day in the summer. In Florida, the boat does two trips a day that include a sail to offer tourists a view of the famous Key West sunsets.
John and Jane McKean, of Camden, have owned the Appledore II since 1987 and have operated the boat for the past 27 years.
As John McKean is fond of saying, “we are under old management.”
Event Date
Address
United States
