![]() ![]() ![]() The Cabbage Island Clambakes are owned and run by brothers Wayne and Bob Moore. The same, though the families are entirely different. The real boat is the Bennie Alice, named for 95-year-old Bennie Alice Moore, mother of the owners, who runs the island gift shop.Ģ) The clambakes are family-owned and run. In my books, the boat is the Jackie II, named for protagonist Julia Snowden’s mother, Jacqueline. Also the same, the boats are named for the matriarch. I thought, in the interest of setting expectations for potential visitors, I would point out some of the differences between my fictional Snowden Family Clambake and the real thing.ġ) On the way to the clambake, you cruise on a former party boat which takes you on a harbor tour. ![]() I did pick up some island gossip and anecdotes which will probably make their way into a future book, but I was “hardly working.” We had a perfect day for the excursion, and I had a lovely, lovely time. In an interview, Hank Phillippi Ryan once asked me if I could ever attend a clambake again and not be working. Now that the first three books are out, a handful of people have written me to say that inspired by the books, they came to Boothbay Harbor for vacation and have gone to the “real clambake.” Last weekend, which was the long July 4th weekend, my daughter-in-law requested for her birthday that the whole family, including her mom who was up visiting from Virginia, go out to the Cabbage Island Clambake. ![]() My husband, my daughter and I getting ready to board the Bennie Alice ![]()
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