Category: Schooner

Working On The Rigging- Schooner Work

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

They were doing some big time work up in the rigging.  This cat was way up there disconnecting some stays that connected the two masts.  Barefoot.  My knees would be knocking so hard if I got 10 feet off the ground, never-mind way up at the top of the mast like this. Schooner Festival is coming this weekend- don’t forget!   If you haven’t been down to see it yet we have some insider tips coming for you later from Daisy Nell, Chairperson of the Gloucester Schooner Festival 09

Click here for the Gloucester Schooner Festival 09 Info Page and bookmark

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/category/schooner/ for the continually updated news feed coming to you directly as soon as the info comes in.

Check back for videos coming later.

Working On The Rigging- Schooner Work, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

A little Closer
A little Closer
Closer Still- Way Up High
Closer Still- Way Up High

Zero Fear Of Heights
Zero Fear Of Heights

Everything You Need To Know About The Schooner Festival

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Twenty-Fifth Annual
Gloucester
Schooner Festival
September 4 – 7, 2009

Click here for a list of Schooners that will sail in the Mayor’s Race on Sunday, September 6, 2009.

Race Results
2008 ~ 2007 ~ 2006 ~ 2005 ~ 2004 ~ 2003 ~ 2002 ~ 2001

Weekend Schedule (2009)

Notice of Race (2009)

Race Application (2009)

Sailing Instructions
Traditional Small Craft Races (2009)
Parade of Sail (2009)
Mayor’s Race (2009)

Chamber Artist Donald A. Mosher

A Tribute to Armand Sindoni

Cape Ann’s Schooners
Thomas E. Lannon, Leading the Parade of Sail
Adventure, Hosting the Mayor’s Reception, and
Lewis H. Story, Flagship for the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. The Bald Eagle from Gloucester, Maine from Essex and Green Dragon from Manchester.

Click here for information on the restoration efforts
for the 114-year old Schooner Ernestina.

American Schooner Association
American Sail Training Association

25th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival Next Weekend!

Posted on by Sharon
25th Annual
Gloucester Schooner Festival
September 4 – 7, 2009

The Festival is sponsored by the Cape Ann Chamber of Commerce
(Schedule will be updated as events are confirmed. Last update: 8/17/2009.)

FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Friday, September 4, 2009

All Day Arrival of Participating Vessels.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center visiting hours.

5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Mayor’s Reception for invited guests.

Saturday, September 5, 2009

10:00 a.m.
Skippers Meeting for all Traditional Small Craft, at Solomon Jacobs Park, immediately adjacent to the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Deck Tours aboard the Adventure and Children’s Activities dockside at Cruiseport Gloucester.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Bluenose II Open House at Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Day at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center on Harbor Loop. Free to all.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

12:00 noon – 4:30 p.m.
Open House at US Coast Guard Station, Harbor Loop.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Start of Sailing Races for Traditional Small Craft, off Eastern Point Light.

1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Search & Rescue Demonstration by the U.S. Coast Guard off Harbor Loop.

6:00 p.m.
Festival Crew Party for invited guests. Gloucester House Restaurant.

7:30 p.m.
Boat “Parade of Lights”.

9:15 p.m.
Fireworks Display over Gloucester Harbor. (following Parade of Lights, time approximate)

Sunday, September 6, 2009

8:00 a.m.
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.

9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
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.

9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
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.

10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Deck Tours aboard the Adventure and Children’s Activities dockside at Cruiseport Gloucester.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Essex Shipbuilding Museum visiting hours.

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center visiting hours.

11:00 a.m.
Start of Mayor’s Race for Esperanto Cup, Ned Cameron Trophy and Betty Ramsey Trophy off Eastern Point.

1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Cape Ann Museum visiting hours.

6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Reception and Awards Ceremony for contestants and invited guests at the U.S. Coast Guard Station on Harbor Loop.

Monday, September 7, 2009

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

10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center visiting hours.

For more info, click here.

Gloucester Tall Ships Video From The UK

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
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This from Robbo who lives in Southport, a seaside town about 18 miles north of Liverpool,  150 miles north of Gloucester, England.

He came to visit our Gloucester earlier this year and sent along the link to this video he took in Gloucester, England of the Gloucester Docks and the Tall Ship Festival they had there.

Gloucester at Dawn- Schooner Westward Docked At The State Fish Pier

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

It’s pretty cool that The Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center loans out bikes to the crew of visiting Schooners.  Whenever I talk to visiting crews they always tell me that Gloucester is one of their favorite ports because of the hospitality.  I wonder if that’s true or if they say that in every port they are at.  My guess is that they really do like it here.  Don’t forget Schooner Festival Labor Day Weekend!

click the pic for the full sized version

Gloucester at Dawn- Schooner Westward Docked At The State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Schooner Festival Tips From Tracy At The Chamber Of Commerce

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro
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click the picture to view the video

My Incredible Adventure- The Liberty Clipper

Posted on by Sharon

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Home Port: Boston
Rig: Gaff Topsail Schooner
Year Built: 1983
Sparred Length: 125 Feet
Draft: 8 Feet
Beam: 25 Feet
Hull: Steel
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The 125-foot Schooner ‘Liberty Clipper’ is a majestic steel replica of an 18th century clipper ship.

The term clipper as applied to ships may derive from the idea of them cutting through the water. Clipper bows were distinctively narrow and heavily raked forward, which allowed them to rapidly clip through the waves. The cutting notion is also suggested by the other class of vessel built for speed, the cutter. One of the meanings of clip since the 17th century is “to fly or move quickly”, possibly deriving from the sound of wings. The term clipper originally applied to a fast horse and most likely derives from the term clip meaning “speed”, as in “going at a good clip”.

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R and W Distillery

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

As Bobby Ryan said to me in our tour “We like to name our vessels after significant Gloucester vessels“.  Here you see what Bobby was talking about with the two fermentation tanks named Adventure and Thomas E Lannon.

Look for part two of our video tour at 1PM

R and W Distillery, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Knockabout Gin, Folly Cove Rum and Beauport Vodka
Knockabout Gin, Folly Cove Rum and Beauport Vodka



My Incredible Adventure- The Schooner Roseway

Posted on by Sharon

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Sharon Lowe Photos
When we were heading into Boston Harbor, the Roseway sailed by us. DSC_1922 [Desktop Resolution]Beautiful as always! Always nice when she visits Gloucester!

The Roseway is a wooden gaff-rigged schooner launched on November 24, 1925 in Essex, Massachusetts. She is now restored and listed as a National Historic Landmark.

She is currently operated by World Ocean School, a non-profit educational organization based in Camden, Maine.

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Here are more links to more information on the Roseway:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseway

http://www.worldoceanschool.org/

http://wos2.worldoceanschool.org/wp-content/uploads/fishermans-cup-race_9508.pdf

My Incredible Adventure – Heading into Boston Harbor

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Attention: Tom Ellis Has Your Lunch Box

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

If you lost your lunch box thingie off the back of your motorcycle near 128 and 133 interchange Tom Ellis at The Schooner Thomas E Lannon found it.  If you can describe the contents you can go pick it up at & Seas Wharf where the Lannon ties up.

For information about the Lannon and directions click this text

My Incredible Adventure- Using Dividers

Posted on by Sharon

Captain Amanda teaches Alice how to measure distance with the dividers
Captain Amanda teaches Alice how to measure distance with the dividers

How to use dividers

Using dividers and the latitude scale on your nautical chart, you are able to measure distance in nautical miles. (Remember, do not use longitudes to measure distance. Longitude lines converge at the poles and the distance between them changes relative to your position on the earth.)

One minute equals one nautical mile. Examine the scale of your chart. In these examples, our chart is in degrees and minutes.

Place one point of the dividers at position A and the other point at at position B. Then, maintaining the spread, measure the distance using the latitude scale. In this case, the distance is 15 minutes or 15 nautical miles. Always use the latitude scale located in the same horizontal region that you are measuring.

Sail Gloucester Forum Video

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

courtesy Betsy Works (thanks Betsy)

Please forgive the blurriness- it’s a file that runs over an hour long which needed to be compressed so it would stream for y’all.

I’m particularly fond of the opening statement which I knew nothing about til I played the file after 8 hours of compressing and uploading.

click to play video
click to play video

My Incredible Adventure- Hauling out the Anchor Part II

Posted on by Sharon

  • Anchor is Aweigh – Anchor is off the sea bottom when being heaved in .
  • Anchor is Foul – Anchor cable is caught around the fluke or an object is caught around the anchor .
  • Anchor Watch – A member or members of the crew that keep watch and check to see whether the anchor is dragging and the the drift of the ship. This is prudent when anchored in heavy weather, or where wind direction may change dangerously.
  • Anchor Windlass – A windlass is a winch-like device used to assist in the raising of the anchor.
  • Anchor Chain A chain attached to the anchor. The chain acts partially as a weight to keep the anchor lying next to the ground so that it can dig in better.
  • Anchor Rode A line (chain, nylon or steel cable) used to hold a vessel fast   to  the anchor.

My Incredible Adventure- Navigation

Posted on by Sharon

  • Compass
    This is a very important Navigation Tool. Its function is to determine the direction of the course. There are many types of Compasses. Some of these include handheld Compass, marine Compass, Magnetic Compass, and steering Compass.
  • Charts
    A Chart holds a set of information which is valuable and useful in Navigation. Some terms that you may encounter when using Charts are:

    • Projection
      The way a curved surface is represented on paper is called Projection. One example is a Mercator Projection. This is a cylindrical map projection where the meridians are equidistant, parallel, and vertical lines, while the parallels of latitude are horizontal, straight line the spaces of which increase from the Equator.
    • Sounding
      This is a measured depth of the water.
    • Scale
      The Chart can either be small-scale or large-scale. A small-scale Chart covers a large area in less detail and is used in planning, plotting positions, and navigating off shore. On the other hand, a large-scale Chart covers a more detailed projection of small area and is used in coastal Navigation
  • Plotting Equipment
    Navigation also requires a set of equipment for any plotting work on paper Charts. Aside from a Chart table in which you will do your Chart Work, you need Dividers to measure distances on the Charts, Plotter or parallel rulers, and pencils for making marks.
  • Logs
    A Log is a good tool which displays important data such as the distance sailed and speed. Other types of Logs show other information including average and maximum speed reached.

These are the basic tools in Sailing Navigation. There are other devices used in Sailing, depending on the type of Sailboat, weather, and the experience of the sailor when it comes to Navigation.

My Incredible Adventure- Alice and the Monkey’s Fist

Posted on by Sharon

Alice

11 year old Alice learned how to tie a Monkey’s Fist monkey fistfrom her grandmother, Sally, who was also on the Spirit trip. In the evening or when there was down time, Alice would make tiny fists and taught us how to make them.

From Wikipedia:

A monkey’s fist or monkey paw is a type of knot, so named because it looks somewhat like a small bunched fist/paw. It also looks somewhat like a volleyball or an older style football. It is tied at the end of a rope to serve as a weight, making it easier to throw, and also as an ornamental knot. This type of weighted rope can be used as an improvised weapon, called a slungshot by sailors. It was also used in the past as an anchor in rock climbing, by stuffing it into a crack, but this is obsolete and dangerous.

Click here  to make your own MONKEY’S FIST!


My Incredible Adventure- Owen and Dave climb the rigging

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Here’s a great story from DownEast.com aboard the Angelique – one of the ships that visited Gloucester last week

My Incredible Adventure- Logan Airport

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As we entered Boston’s inner harbor, we were directly in line with the runway at Logan. Deafening!

Schooner Thomas E Lannon

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

She sure is purty.

For more info- http://www.schooner.org/

Schooner Thomas E Lannon, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Schooner Thomas E Lannon
Schooner Thomas E Lannon