Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

The creator of goodmorninggloucester.org Lover of all things Gloucester and Cape Ann. GMG where we bring you the very best our town has to offer because we love to share all the great news and believe that by promoting others in our community everyone wins.

ROSEWAY Racing in Gloucester From Al Bezanson

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Hi Joey…… I managed to get this photo of ROSEWAY in the 2006 Gloucester Schooner Race from GREEN DRAGON.  She is Essex-built, in 1925, and was purchased by the Boston Harbor Pilots in 1941.  The pilots also worked from the schooner PILOT built at the same yard in 1924.  Now that schooner is called HIGHLANDER SEA, berthed right here at Rocky Neck Railways. 

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I feel slightly connected to these two schooners for in 1962-63 I lived on Long Wharf with GREEN DRAGON right adjacent to the pilots office.  The schooners alternated on station for a week, year round, and were a regular sight standing off Nahant under trysail.  I think it was Monday mornings one or the other came alongside Long Wharf briefly to drop off or board pilots, and on one occasion I caught a glimpse from our window of ROSEWAY during a whiteout snowstorm.

Here is a 1963 Polaroid photo from our  Long Wharf apartment looking over GREEN DRAGON’s masts at T-Wharf.  The cooling water outflow from the Quincy Market Cold Storage warehouse kept the slip ice-free and we sailed year-round.  This site is now occupied by Larry Cannon’s Waterboat Marina.

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Al Bezanson

Good Harbor Beach Voted Boston.com Best Beach In The Northeast #Boom! All We Do Is Win Baby!

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By a mere 38 votes! Cranes 264; GHB 302!
http://www.boston.com/travel/explorene/specials/summer/special/beach_bonanza_new_england/

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First $9.99 Fresh Lobster Meat Roll Of The Day Served At Surfside Subs And To A FOB

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@Surfsidelb: @Joey_C Happy customer, and GMG reader Tony Ashdon picks up the first $9.99 lobster roll of the day at Surfside! http://p.twimg.com/A0RUT0aCYAA3eug.jpg

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Matty Picked Those Lobsters This Morning at the Dock. Doesn’t get any fresher. No frozen meat at Surfside baby.
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$50 Gift Card At The Manchester Athletic Club For New Adult Memberships- Go!

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It’s where I go and the hands down best facilities anywhere on the North Shore Call now-

978-526-8900

Unless you don’t want that $50 gift card,

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Good Ole Salty Jazz Band Tears Up the Rose Baker Senior Center From Ron Gilson

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After several intermissions to clear the stage of panties thrown at the musicians the capacity crowd was whipped into a frenzy. 

The riot police was called in after the third encore when several senior citizens were spotted hanging from the chandelier in the Rose Baker Ballroom.

Community Photos 8/14/12

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joey,
I very much enjoy your web and look forward to getting each evening.
Thanks for your hard work in keeping this going.
Peter Seminara

Jones Creek early morning

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Eddie takes a break after his fabulous set at the Blues Festival from Wendy MorganIMG_0431

Joey edit:

Funny, that doesn’t look like Ed Collard

Joey,
     I would like to post this photo on GMG.
My husband took it yesterday.  It’s of Stubby, the Harbor Loop cat.
Helen E. Corbeil
Gloucester Resident

Stubby

Gloucester Harbor Schooner Race Coverage

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Ardelle vs Lannon From Bruce Slifer-

Great time last night on the Ardelle.  Challenge race/knot tying/chanty singing/man overborard contest–wound up in a dead heat (right Tom?).

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Gloucester Harbor Schooner Challenge: The Start From Bill O’Connor

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Hi Joey,

Here’s a shot of the Gloucester Harbor Schooner Challenge just after it started Monday night!

Enjoy, ~Bill O’Connor North Shore Kid

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Community Photos

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Hi Joey,

Lots of beautiful boats off of Front Beach in Rockport last evening, 8/9.  Maybe a touring group?  Thought you might like this photo, Shalin Liu in the background.

Thanks,

Vicki Gamage

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Sefatia’s Surprise 50th Birthday Party Photos by Anthony Marks

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Al and I Are Determined To Get You Down To Gloucester Maritime For The Gloucester Schooner Races This Year- August 31st to September 2nd

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You Better Recognize!!!!

Mark your calendars, make your hotel ressies this is an awesome event.  What you may not realize is there are a ton of opportunities to sail aboard these boats for the races, and even if you can’t sail aboard them just going down to visit is worth it to see these beautiful vessels.

You don’t have to be a schoonerhead or loud-ass sea shanty crazy to enjoy the majesty of these boats and the friendly crews aboard them. 

Al writes-

Hi Joey…. This photo is from the 2011 Schooner Race, taken by Amy Beaudet aboard GREEN DRAGON.  The race last year was a beam reach with six legs, which is to say we made five 180 degree turns.  Thus we  were treated repeatedly to breathtaking close up views of every schooner.

This is AMERICAN EAGLE, the last fishing schooner built in Gloucester (1930) with ALABAMA (1926) close astern.  These schooners are not replicas.  They have been kept alive by passionate owners and countless dedicated and talented people.

http://www.schooneramericaneagle.com/about/history.htm

http://www.theblackdogtallships.com/

Al Bezanson

American Eagle with Alabama astern

Twenty-Eighth Annual

Gloucester Schooner Festival™

August 31 – September 2, 2012

The Festival is sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE
(subject to change)

Friday, August 31, 2012

All Day Arrival of Participating Vessels.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm              
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.

5:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Mayor’s Reception for invited guests. Sponsored by the Schooner Adventure.

Saturday, September 1, 2012

10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Maritime Gloucester Heritage Day Maritime Gloucester (formerly the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center), located at 23 Harbor Loop in downtown Gloucester, will host its annual Heritage Day celebration from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm. The Center’s exhibits and aquarium will be open free of charge throughout the day. Free to all.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

7:30 pm
Boat "Parade of Lights".

9:15 pm
Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor. (following Parade of Lights, time approximate)
(The Gloucester Fireworks Committee is in need of more donations for the Labor Day weekend fireworks. Donations may be made to The Gloucester Fund, 45 Middle St., Gloucester, MA 01930. Please notate "fireworks" on your donation.)

Sunday, September 2, 2012

8:30 am
Skippers Meeting for all Schooners sailing in Mayor’s Race at Solomon Jacobs Park, immediately adjacent to the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop.

11:00 am to1:30 pm
Shuttle Bus to Eastern Point Light, from Eastern Point Gate (Eastern Point Boulevard at Farrington Avenue) to watch the start of the Mayor’s Race. Free of Charge.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.

10:30 am to 12:00 pm
Parade of Sail as Schooners proceed from Inner Harbor, past the Fishermen’s Memorial on Stacy Boulevard, to the race starting area off Eastern Point.

10:30 am
Parade of Sail Breakfast at Beauport, Sleeper-McCann House. Come for the best view of the parade of sail. Coffee and light breakfast will be available on a first-come, first-served basis. $3 Historic New England members, $5 non-members. Reservations required. Call 978-283-0800.

1:00 pm
Start of Mayor’s Race for Esperanto Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy and Betty Ramsey Trophy off Eastern Point.

1:00 pm to 4:00 pm            
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

6:00 pm to 8:00 pm
Reception and Awards Ceremony for contestants and invited guests.

Monday, September 3, 2012

"Rain Day" for recovery from postponements caused by inclement weather. ONLY IF REQUIRED.

10:00 am to 5:00 pm            
Maritime Gloucester visiting hours.

Never Has a Cooler Buoy Been Painted By a Cooler Chick Than Lily Linquata

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Here’s Lily making the delivery of my very own custom painted GMG lobster buoy.

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Does your business or organization have one of Lily’s killer buoy’s?  Did you want a decorative buoy for your home or office?  Check out Lily’s www.gloucestergoods.com and order up one or a dozen for yourself and your friends, they make killer gifts.

Don’t go showing up at that wedding shower with yet another butter dish.  I’m telling you, you don’t wanna be that person that shows up with the 17th butter dish and then have to watch the bride-to-be feign her excitement over said 17th gifted butter dish.  Show up with a killer Lily Linqs custom buoy with the bride and groom’s names on it with a anchor in the middle or a lobster or some shit like that.  They’ll love it trust me. 

They’ll love it way more than that 17th gifted buttah dish I’ll tell you that and then you know what happens?  Everyone at that bridal shower talks about how thoughtful you were for getting such a unique and treasured gift.  See, that’s how it works at bridal showers. 

You’re either the person bringing the kick-ass lily Linq’s Custom Buoy or you’re the stiff bringing the 17th buttah dish. 

Don’t be the bearer of the 17th buttah dish.

www.gloucestergoods.com

Wagging for Schooners From Al Bezanson

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Joey…. Here’s a shot from GREEN DRAGON a couple years ago when BLUENOSE II was still around.  Maggie here is savoring the odor of the haddock chowder wafting over from the Canadians’ galley and hoping for a chance to clean their bowls when they come ashore.  What happened was that she missed out on the chowder but did manage to grab the skipper’s hot dog when he was on the dock.  Hence the invasion of the BLUENOSE ll’s crew.  Fortunately we had a good supply of Fishermen’s Brew iced down and were able to calm them.

Maggie was also in attendance at ARDELLE’S launching, and here can be seen interviewing Cooper.  You can see Maggie’s blog here… it’s a long thread but scrolling down through it will acquaint you with some of her pals like Effie on Effie.

http://www.amschooner.org/node/639

Attack from Bluenose IIMaggie and Cooper at Ardelle launch

Jiddu Krishnamurti Quote of The Week From Greg Bover

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August 9, 2012

“In oneself lies the whole world and if you know how to look and learn, the door is there and the key is in your hand. Nobody on earth can give you either the key or the door to open, except yourself.”

Born in rural India during the British raj, Krishnamurti was discovered, nurtured, educated and promoted by Charles Leadbeater and Annie Besant of the Theosophical Society as a “World Teacher” whose coming they had foretold. As the leader of the Order of the Star in the East he spoke widely in Britain and the US on Theosophic teachings, but in the late 1920’s, renounced his assigned role and dissolved the Order. Krishnamurti spent the rest of his long life as an independent speaker on spiritual matters, expounding the view that ritual and dogma are not necessary for the pursuit of self-knowledge. Alan Watts, Joseph Campbell, Depak Chopra, Bruce Lee, IndiraGandhi and Jackson Pollock all cite him as an influence on their thinking. “Truth is a pathless land” he said. He died at his long-time retreat in Ojai, California.

Greg Bover