Good Morning Gloucester

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01:34 Cape Ann Plein Air Discussion With James Caviston, Karen Ristuben and Chuck Haybeck

27:06 Ken Hecht Why He Is Running For Ward 2 City Councillor

41:17 Trails and Sails

41:32 Feather and Wedge Sunday Brunch and Make Your Own Bloody Mary Bar

43:38 Parson’s Street Mural

45:07 Thanks Thomas Philbrook

46:11 Toad Hall Closing

49:22 Manship Residency and Studio

55:19 Backyard Growers Growdown Event

59:24 Aria McElhenny Is a Monster Grant Writer

01:00:20 Dan Allen’s Peace Love and Honey

01:04:00 Kestrel Naturalist Meet-Up

01:09:40 Kim Smith Is An Essex Heritage Commissioner

01:13:04 Solo Italiano In Portland Chef Paolo Laboa

01:17:00 Indian Restaurant in Gloucester

01:18:22 Lone Gull American Thanks To Karen Pischke

01:18:47 Honeycomb In Hamilton Lesson For Madeline

After the fog, rain and wind what a tremendous weekend.  Back to shorts, flip flops, beach and fun on the water.  From sunrise to sunset Sunday was a gift.

We had a truly summer like night out on the Ardelle last night for a sunset cruise and while I scan through all my pics I’m drawn to the ones that I took coming in after the sunset.   Squeaking out every little bit of warm weather mother nature is giving us!!

Just stepped off of our super early flight out of Kentucky and landed in Newark hungry and in desperate need of coffee.

We have a three hour lay over and a little work to do so we saddled up at a breakfast counter with work space and put in our virtual order.  Super easy and convenient…but felt a little weird about the total lack of interaction.  Good news is you don’t need to tip the iPAd.

Hope all involved are ok. Help was on site.  May need an alternate route.

My son Brian forwarded to me this post on oldsaltdog.com. As the post points out, Highlander Sea spent some years at the Gloucester Marine Railways undergoing a major refit .

Pilot, New Schooner Restaurant/Bar Opens in Brooklyn to Cheers and a Few Jeers

Posted on August 8, 2017 by Rick Spilman

Highlander Sea Under Sail, Photo: fraseryachts.com

Pilot, a new seasonal restaurant and bar on an historic schooner has opened in Brooklyn, NY, off Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Pier 6 on the East River. The opening has been met with cheers and a few jeers. The cheers are from those who enjoy the opportunity to dine on the water, and jeers from those who would prefer that the Highlander Sea, ex-Pilot, be restored and continue sailing.

The restaurant on the deck of a schooner is the second such venture by Alex and Miles Pincus, who also own Grand Banks, a seasonal restaurant on the fishing schooner Sherman Zwickerdocked at Pier 25 in Manhattan. See our review from 2014.

Highlander Sea, originally christened Pilot, was a gaff-rigged topsail schooner built in 1924 in Essex, Massachusetts by J.F. James and Sons. Designed by Starling Burgess, she served for 47 years as a Boston harbor pilot ship.

In the 1970’s she was sold through several owner who used her for voyaging and sail training.  Renamed Star Pilot and then Highlander Sea, the schooner was purchased in 2002 and underwent a major refit to serve as a community tall ship for Port Huron, Michigan. In 2011, the schooner was moved to Gloucester, MA and subsequently put up for sale.  Her arrival in New York in 2016 was captured by Will van Dorp on his Tugster blog.

Here are some previous posts on GMG documenting the schooner’s stay here in Gloucester.

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2015/09/23/uncovered/

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/01/15/lookouts-on-highlander-sea/

https://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2011/10/01/schooner-highlander-sea-at-marine-railways/