Crewing Up the Harvey Gamage for 2026
The Harvey Gamage is a 131' is a traditional gaff-rigged schooner launched in 1973 from the Harvey F. Gamage Shipyard in South Bristol, Maine. The last of the many commercial wooden shipyard in Maine. She was designed by McCurdy & Rhodes, Naval Architects in Cold Spring Harbor, New York and Frederick W. Bates of Damariscotta, Maine. She is a USCG inspected vessel both as a passenger vessel (subchapter T) and a sail training vessel (46 CFR 166 subchapter R-Nautical Schools). As governments of maritime countries recognize Sail Training as an essential component of developing and maintaining an essential merchant marine force, the US Congress created a special service category of vessel for Sail Training and the Harvey Gamage is one of a handful of vessels licensed for this service. She has been educating students at sea along the east coast of North American almost continuously since her launch. She has 26 bunks for accommodating 26 students, with 9 professional crew. As a training vessel, she takes crews of students along the eastern seaboard, from her home port in Maine to various destinations ranging from the Canadian Maritimes to the isles of the Caribbean.