In the past, I've always dragged the family along on
cruises aboard chartered boats in the San Juans
and Gulf Islands. It's getting harder to talk them
into that as various interests diverge. I'm considering
a 4 or 7 day Maine windjammer cruise in September to
get my sailing fix after the kids get back into school.
This would be a side trip from a business trip from
Oregon back to New England (which makes for tax deductible
travel, since I'm self employed---the air travel would
be deductible, but not the windjammer cruise.)

Does anyone have any experience with these cruises? Will
I enjoy the sailing, or will it be just a bouncy motel room
with a really small window?

Is mid September a good time for sailing in the area
around Mt. Desert Island?

Secondary question: Does anyone have any recent experience
with the Mystic Seaport museum in Connecticut? A few days
there are a second choice if the windjammer cruise doesn't
work out.

Mark Borgerson