Meet Our Fleet

Friend Ship and Wild Rose are classic sailing sloops featuring bronze hardware, intricate rigging, and rich, highly detailed woodwork reminiscent of a time gone by. Goldenrod is a miniature version, used exclusively for intimate private charters and our Learn To Sail programming. Lake Champlain is exceptional sailing territory for these historic ships. Our knowledgeable crew members have a wealth of knowledge, stories, and legends that make this region so historically unique and interesting.

Sailing Lake Champlain In Classic Style

Goldenrod

Capacity of 4
Smallest seating area
Smallest center table
22’ on deck

Sailing Into The Past

On a gaff-rigged Friendship Sloop

Except for their capacity and seating space in the cockpit, Friend Ship and Wild Rose are so similar that most folks can't tell them apart!

Sometimes, in order to make things work logistically, we adjust public cruise reservations from Friend Ship to Wild Rose and vice versa.

Goldenrod is a miniature version of Friend Ship and Wild Rose used exclusively for intimate private charters and our Learn To Sail programming.

Friend Ship

Capacity of 12
Larger seating area
Larger center table
32’ on deck

Wild Rose

Capacity of 6
Smaller seating area
Smaller center table
32’ on deck

19th Century Design

Originally designed in 1904 for lobster and cod fishing in Maine, Friend Ship and Wild Rose, and Goldenrod are traditional, wooden-rigged Friendship Sloops. The folks in and around Friendship, Maine honed a design that could get them home in any kind of weather and were safe and sturdy enough to hold a good day's fishing haul. Due to their stability, comfort, and charm, Friendship sloops are the perfect vessels for experiencing Lake Champlain under sail.

Jarvis Newman built Friend Ship and Wild Rose in his Southwest Harbor, ME workshop

The Dictator under major renovations in Jarvis Newman's workshop.

The Dictator - The original 1904 Friendship Sloop from which our ships were replicated

Additional offerings from Whistling Man

Buttercup

Buttercup is a fully canopied and cushioned picnic boat featuring custom wooden tables and all the accoutrements necessary for a perfect picnic on the water.

See Buttercup