Historic Maritime Moment — pat morss

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Two Historic Gloucester fishing schooners are currently up on the ways for maintenance at Gloucester Marine Railways, on Rocky Neck.

Looking at the schooners, across Smith Cove from Beacon Marine in East Gloucester.
Adventure (1926) and Ernestina-Morrissey (1894) are both National Historic Landmarks.
Both were built at John F James & Son Shipyard, in Essex, for Gloucester’s fishing fleet.
Ernestina-Morrissey, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, sails out of New Bedford.
Looking between the schooners that are framing two contemporary fishing vessels.
Part of Adventure’s maintenance will be replacement of her 70+ year old rudder.
Winching the rudder up couldn’t slip the pins out above the hinges.
Even cutting off the top of the rudder didn’t get enough play in the rudder post.
Strategizing Plan B. When successful, the new rudder will be fabricated here at the railways.
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