The boat wins out June 23, 2016HomeAmerican Eagle, Captain John Foss, Carol L. Douglas, coasting trade, Lewis R. French, Maine, plein air, Pulpit Harbor, Rockland, schooner, windjammer By Carol Douglas It is ironic that so many of the contemporary Maine windjammers are from ‘away’, because in the 19th century Maine led the nation in schooners and sloops engaged in the coasting trade.