Start time and place. We will meet between 8:00 and 8:30 on Saturday morning, Aug. 16. Our gathering spot is the Maine State Pier in Portland. This is the pier at the Casco Bay Ferry terminal on Commercial St. in Portland, and it’s where the schooner Bagheera is tied up. We’ll be on Bagheera for two weeks at the beginning of October, so this is your chance to see her before we actually get on board.
We’ll have light breakfast food available (including coffee and juices), so if you find that getting here is a bit hectic, you will have a chance to fuel up here. Parents/guardians/etc. are certainly welcome to come (and there will be sufficient food for them).
Parking is challenging near the Maine State Pier, so I recommend that you pull in, drop off your stuff where you see me and our group, then go park the car (if you have parents/guardians/etc. wishing to see the group before departure).
If you have a spare bag with extra clothes, etc., that you want to NOT take for the first month or so of the ESS, then this is the place where you’ll drop it off.
This is also the spot where you’ll return to at the end of the ESS (actually, it will end over on Peaks Island, but this is a logical pick-up spot) on Saturday, October 18.