Beautiful Sailing Aboard The Gift

About Us

Captain Steven Perkins was born and raised in Wells to a family whose ties to the ocean around Wells Bay go back 200 years. He assisted his father and grandfather in clamming and lobstering before college, and worked on a party boat and dragger during school vacations. After completing a BA, Steve earned his USCG Captain’s license and soon had his own vessel. He worked the party fishing trade summers and rigged his boat for commercial fishing in the winters for several years out of Perkins Cove in Ogunquit. Before long he bought a steel dragger and moved to commercial fishing full time. For the next 25 years Steve prospered in his field, eventually owning two large steel draggers. He moved the boats to fish out of Gloucester, Massachusetts, home of American fishing since the early 1600’s.

Over the years, Steve and his wife Judy vacationed on sailboats whenever possible, chartering sailboats in the US Virgin Islands and in downeast Maine. They always kept an eye out for the sailboat that would call to them. In August, 1999, while chartering a 34’ Tartan sloop out of Boothbay Harbor, the decision was made to go for broke and get a sailboat. In a one-week whirlwind, they found and bought their own 34’ Tartan sloop: The Gift.

Today The Gift sails out of quiet Wells Harbor, Maine, where it is our pleasure to share the peacefulness and excitement of sailing with you. Steven has had his USCG Captain’s license for over 30 years, has extensive knowledge of local waters, and has spent the last 35 years working year round on the ocean off Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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