Kay Ellis Writes-
Hi Joey,
This is of the Wednesday night shakedown sail for Tom and his buddies.
We start sailing this weekend, May 4th & 5th from 1-3. Wahoo!
Category: Schooner
Ardelle will be launched Sat. at Maritime Gloucester
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Al Bezanson Asks- Whatizit?
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Harold Burnham Refreshes ARDELLE for 2013 Season From Kathy Chapman
Harold Burnham, Master Shipwright and 2012 National Heritage Fellow performs yearly maintenance on his “pinky” schooner ARDELLE.
"During the season (May- October) the ARDELLE operates out of Maritime Gloucester daily for public and private sails and also serves as the research and educational vessel for the center."
– From their website: http://schoonerardelle.com/
Photos © Kathy Chapman 2013
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Schooner Festival A Look Back. 2008
Schooner Festival A Look Back. 2008
Can’t wait for this years Schooner Festival.
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Community Photos 4/11/13
Merritt Hewitt submits this photo of the Schooner Adventure At The East Gloucester Marine Railways
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Community Stuff 4/10/13
Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – April 12, 2013 (10am) – rescheduled from snowed out March date
Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Ghosts of Vincent Cove:
The Shipbuilders and their Vessels” See images and hear about the ship builders and their vessels in Gloucester’s Vincent Cove, the area now filled in where the Senior Center now sits. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.
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Putting Ardelle On The Railways photos by Anthony Marks
Hi Joey
The Ardelle was pulled up on the railways Saturday at noon,it took
about an hour to complete the job.
All the best Anthony
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Maine Boatbuilders Show with Harold Burnham
Al Bezanson submits-
The Maine Boatbuilders Show runs from March 15th through the 17th in Portland. This is what Peter Spectre wrote in WoodenBoat, “the exhibits were real boats, and the parts for real boats, and service for real people, and the folks in attendance were real boat enthusiasts.” The show takes place in a boatyard – the Portland Company, a complex of old wooden buildings. It takes the better part of a day to work through the exhibits. Schooner friends of mine from “away” have been gathering there for years for a weekend rendezvous.
http://www.portlandcompany.com/boatShow/
The show includes a program of seminars and on Friday March 15th Harold Burnham will be making a presentation on “Building and Launching Ardelle” with photos from Dan Tobyne and video from Len Burgess. This is my amateur shot of the launch.
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The MBBS features all kinds of exhibits you won’t find at the likes of a Boston boat show. Here is another real person who exhibits there – Mudd Sharrigan, age 86, champion swimmer and maker of seaman’s knives. He has no website and this is the only place he exhibits. Mudd was a legend in the early 50’s amongst us early hotrodders. Now he lives in Wiscasset. I sailed up the Sheepscot for a visit to his little home shop a couple years ago. Mudd crafts every detail of these knives and sheaths by hand.
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Mudd on the right with my shipmate Jay Irwin.
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Mudd’s seaman’s knife. He has hand crafted close to 700 of these.
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This was a drive chain on a Harley before Mudd forged it. If you want a handle fashioned from an old schooner he has a collection of remnants from the four masters, Hester and Luther Little that use to nestle in the mud below the Route 1 bridge.
Check it out. And if you go be sure to have lunch at the show. Real food for real people at realistic prices.
Al Bezanson
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Harold Burnham on This Old House Tonight
Al Bezanson Submits-
The PBS show This Old House will be featuring Harold Burnham and a sail on Ardelle at 6 PM tonight, Friday, March 8th. Here’s a preview
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Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – March 8, 2013
Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – March 8, 2013 (10am)
Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Ghosts of Vincent Cove:
The Shipbuilders and their Vessels” See images and hear about the ship builders and their vessels in Gloucester’s Vincent Cove, the area now filled in where the Senior Center now sits. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.
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Schooner Ernestina 119 years old!
Len Burgess forwards the link-
Now 119 years old, the SCHOONER ERNESTINA (formely EFFIE M. MORRISSEY) was Essex-built in the Winter of 1893-94 and launch on Feb. 1, 1894. Designed by George Melville McClain and built at the James & Tarr, Essex, MA. the builder was Willard Burnham.
Be sure to read the link below to her great history as a…Grand Banks fishing schooner…Extensive Arctic exploration…U.S. military survey and supply…Cape Verdean packet trader, and now a National Historical Landmark of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park, official sailing vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Under SEMA (Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association) Ernestina is being restored and will be operated as an educational enterprise. Other agencies and organizations committed to her stewardship are DCR, the Ernestina Commission and the National Park Service. History: http://www.ernestina.org/about/about-ernestina/history/
-LB
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Testimony: Worker saw rot during Bounty’s repair
This is terrible.
This Captain made horrible horrible decisions.
By Aaron Applegate
The Virginian-Pilot
© February 13, 2013
The wooden tall ship Bounty set sail toward Hurricane Sandy with an unknown amount of rot in its frame despite warnings from a shipwright that had recently worked on the boat, according to testimony heard Wednesday.
Todd Kosakowski, a project manager at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine, said the rot was found when replacing two interior planks the Bounty crew targeted for repair.
He testified on the second day of a Coast Guard hearing in Portsmouth into the Oct. 29 sinking of the Bounty during the hurricane, about 90 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras. The Bounty’s captain, Robin Walbridge, was never found. Another crew member died.
Kosakowski said that while the ship was in the yard in September and October, he informed Walbridge about the framing damage. Walbridge, he said, decided he would have it fixed the next time the Bounty was hauled out.
"I told him I was more than worried about what we found and voiced my concerns a couple of different times," he said.
For the entire article click here
You may remember we followed this story as it unfolded last October-
17 Abandon HMS Bounty off N.C. coast
Posted on October 29, 2012 by Joey C
The HMS Bounty which was the feature ship in Gloucester’s Schooner Festival Last Summer was taking on water out at sea and it’s 17 person crew just abandoned ship.
Uhmmm does this not beg the question-
“WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING OUT TO SEA ON THIS BOAT WHEN THEY’VE BEEN FORCASTING THIS STORM FOR OVER A WEEK?”
Somebody’s got some splainin’ to do!
17 abandon stricken ship off N.C. coast
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The Bounty Arrives in Gloucester Harbor
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Gloucester Welcomes HMS BOUNTY
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My Incredible Adventure- The Bounty
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Community Stuff 2/6/13
Schooner Adventure’s History Sharing Program – February 8, 2013 (10am)
Come see images of old Gloucester and share your own memories during these free monthly presentations at the Rose Baker Senior Center. This month – “Ghosts of Vincent Cove:
The Shipbuilders and their Vessels” See images and hear about the ship builders and their vessels from Gloucester’s Vincent Cove, the area now filled in where the Senior Center sits. (Program supported by New England Biolabs Foundation). For more information – call Schooner Adventure @978-281-8079.
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Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
Fred Bodin Submits-
Gloucester Harbor, circa 1900
This 5×7 inch glass negative was part of a panorama, that swept to the right to include Downtown and the Fort. At the time, horse–drawn wagons would transport fishermen to the ships and fish back to market. In my 33 years here, I saw the harbor frozen once. Being a foolish young man, I walked from the Old Yacht Club on Rocky Neck about 1/4 of the way out to Ten Pound Island. I turned around and creeped back. Lesson learned.
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo 82 Main Street Gloucester, MA 01930
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Adventure Hauled At The East Gloucester Marine Railways
Mary Barker Writes-
Hi Joey,
The Adventure got hauled out on the Marine Railway on Monday, 1.14.13, so
some planks could be replaced. I was invited aboard, as the Adventure’s
photographer, to get a unique perspective on the process. This is my very
naïve, non-technical explanation of the process. The guys on the docks and
on the Adventure first had to move the Adventure from her berth over to the
railway. This was done mainly by manpower using brute strength, ropes and
tide assist. Donny King did add a bit of motor support with the Scotia Girl
in the beginning. Once the Adventure got around the end of the pier and
was moved into place along the Railway cradle (with direction by the Railway
coordinator), the guys cranked up the cradle supports to secure the
Adventure. The scuba diver then went down to check that everything was set
up properly with the supports. Once he gave the okay, the Railway
coordinator signaled the engine house to start up the engines which drive
the chain winch, which took the Adventure on a forward and upward
trajectory. Although I’ve seen this done before from just outside the
engine house, it was so powerful seeing it all up close (literally hanging
over the edge of the vessel at times). I never cease to be inspired by and
in awe of these guys and what they do. These folks have always taken the
time to welcome me and to educate me. My hats are off to everyone at the
Marine Railway and the Adventure. Here are a few photos.
Mary Barker
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Thank You Fred and Did You Know That Fred’s Photo is the Label for Ryan and Wood Knockabout Gin?
After getting home from work much later than anticipated last night I raced in, and took a bath and made dinner for my husband simultaneously, and then panicked over not having time enough to prepare my food contribution for GMG’s holiday bash hosted by Fred Bodin. Recalling Joey’s suggestion about giving a gift of Ryan and Wood spirits, I made a quick stop at the liquor store on my way over. I know very little about spirits and decided to do what I often do when purchasing wine, which is to find the prettiest label. The Knockabout Gin looked especially appealing, with a striking schooner in black and white, and crisp blue border. Fred accepted the bottle graciously and I poured some drinks. Later that evening Fred’s girlfriend, Janet, mentioned that she thought I had given him that particular selection because I knew that it was Fred’s photo on the label. No I didn’t know, but there it is–a gorgeous Fred Bodin photo of a Knockabout schooner!
Fred Bodin’s Knockabout Gin Label of the Schooner Adventure
The party was still going strong when I arrived and it was fantastic to see so many super nice, wonderful FOBS all in one place. Great to meet you Al Bezanson and Sarah Kelly and to put a face to your exceptional comments and posts!
Many, many thanks to Fred and Janet for hosting a sensational party!!!
Honestly I don’t have much experience from which to draw a comparison but found the Ryan and Wood Knockabout Gin deliciously aromatic and flavorful. According to the Ryan and Wood website, the gin is distilled in small batches in a custom built copper pot still and the list of ingredients include juniper berries, coriander seed, angelica root, orris root, orange peel, and licorice root.
Knockabout Schooners, from the Ryan and Wood website: “Knockabout gin is named to honor the fishing schooners built at the turn of the century. Their design eliminated the bowsprit to allow for easier handling at the crowded wharves. It also helped prevent loss of life at sea due to fishermen being washed off the bowsprit while working the heavy sails in the challenging waters of the North Atlantic.”
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Chickity Check It Video- Hurricane Sandy Rescue: HMS Bounty Survivors Interview
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Community Photos 11/4/12
Ed Boynton writes-
Hi Joe,
Recently had the chance to photo the "babe" as she steams out of the Annisquam river where it was docked at the Cape Ann Marina for the hurricane last week. We took it up river for storm protection from Sandy last week. Worked out well, no damage.
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Video- HMS Bounty Final Voyage From Gloucester MA
Video from Dwight Hebert
Good Morning Gloucester 