In and Out of the Fog
In and Out of the Fog
Tag: Beautiful Industry
The Gloucester Fleet
The Gloucester Fleet
“The Christina Eleni”
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Phyllis A Restoration Photos From Len Burgess
The 1925 ‘Phyllis A.’ is now high and dry at the start of it’s restoration process at the Gloucester Marine Railways.
–Len Burgess
The Phyllis A. Marine Association is in the process of the restoration of this gill-netting fishing ship and has received some funding from the citizens of Gloucester through the Community Preservation Act.
A brief history of the Phyllis A. from "The Wheel House", How it all started!
Albert Arnold, the man who had the vessel built, owned a boat before the Phyllis A. called the Anna T. Captains Albert, Cy Tysver, and Mike Shoares, all “Michigan Bears”, had her built in Essex in 1913. She was about the same size as the future Phyllis A. and also a gill-netter. In 1923, Albert loaned the Anna T. to a family friend. Unfortunately, she was lost on the bar off Wingersheek Beach in the Annisquam River. The pilot house of the Anna T. floated to shore and was dragged up next to “the frog rock” (rocks painted to look like frogs) and made a shed out of it. The Anna T.’s pilot house/shed is there still today, sitting just south of frog rocks.
The insurance company paid Albert $4500 for the wreck, which he used to commission the building of the Phyllis A. at the Warner Shipyard, in Kennebunkport, Maine. Phil Boudain joined the venture with his nets, and when the Phyllis A. came down the ways in 1925, they set off gillnetting together.
Fishing the Phyllis A. has always been a family affair. Son Alvin Arnold took over from Captain Albert and sons Kenneth and Robert crewed. Later on, the youngest son, Richard, took on the captain’s position. From the beginning, Mrs. Arnold kept the books and kept everyone moving. Young Phyllis Arnold, though not a crew member, was present with the family when the vessel was christened and named for her. Then 3, she cried when she broke the bottle of champagne on the bow and splashed on the beautiful new deck!
Phyllis A. Marine Association
Our mission is not only the promotion of the industry and preservation of the vessel, but to provide the historical education of the fishing industry for our children.
Last Spring, the Phyllis A. Marine Association offered an educational program to East Gloucester Elementary School. Capt. Richard Arnold has done programs for the students of Veteran’s Memorial School and was interested in offering that program to the students of East Gloucester School. The program consists of a short movie about the Phyllis A., a short lecture, Q&A, and display of artifacts. The program lasts about one hour and can be designed to fit the needs of the students and teachers. This pilot program is offered free of charge. We hope to expand to more schools this Spring.
Phyllis A. Marine Association
c/o 39 Mount Pleasant Avenue
Gloucester, Massachusetts 01930
info@phyllis-a.org
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Wicked Tuna! F/V Hard Merchandise T-Shirts
Wicked Tuna! F/V Hard Merchandise T-Shirts!
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The Yorktown Backs out and Heads out to Sea. 5/26/2012
The Yorktown Backs out and Heads out to Sea. 5/26/2012
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Gloucester At Dawn- Maritime Gloucester 4:41AM 5/19/12
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Gloucester At Dawn The South Channel Gloucester Harbor From Captain Joe and Sons Parking Lot 5:01AM 4/22/12
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Come and Get It!
Lobster Season Starts To Slowly Ramp Up.
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Independence Day
Independence Day
Tugboat Independence
from the Gloucester Daily Times;
The Independence’s many roles for Neptune GDF Suez provide “safety and security responsibilities, a communication conduit to the maritime community and logistical support for (tanker) personnel and equipment,” White said. Neptune GDF Suez has also offered Independence’s firefighting capability to the city of Gloucester should a waterfront fire ever occur.” CLICK HERE TO READ THE WHOLE ARTICLE
Also check out “Tugster” for some great photos and info on all things NYC Tugboats!
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“HARMONY” Returns to Gloucester
“HARMONY” Returns to Gloucester
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Gloucester At Dawn, The State Fish Pier 4:58AM 4/23/12
As always click the photo for the full sized view
I dig the reflections especially the red on the wet herring vats in the right hand part of the picture which are reflections of the port side red navigation light on the F/V Endevour.
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Wood and Steel
Wood and Steel
The Phyllis A is scheduled to be hauled out On may 2nd
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Click here for the Phyllis A Facebook Page
Click here for the Phyllis A website
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Gloucester At Dawn Cruiseport and Rose’s Marine 4:57AM 4/23/12
It was raining pretty good but I set up the tripod first and then attached the camera and held my baseball cap over it. This was a 6.5 second exposure. More to come.
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The Schooner Thomas E Lannon Hauled Out At Rose’s 4:45 AM 4/19/12
It’s almost that time of year when all the really cool stuff around happens. At the Top of my list for anyone coming into town on a nice day is a sail aboard the Thomas E Lannon. Bottom line if a tourist had one thing to do and only one thing I’d tell them on a nice day to take a cruise aboard what I consider to be the most beautiful ship in the harbor.
Not only is the ship beautiful, but you also get to experience the warm genuine hospitality of some of the finest representatives our city has to offer The Ellis family. Captain Tom, his wife and sons are just the nicest most sincere, fun loving people you’d ever want to meet.
There is hospitality that is, you know, kinda forced, which in my book is fine because in the absence of the warm fuzzy true genuine friendliness I’ll take a forced friendliness over bad or rude service any day. But from the minute you enter the booking office and you meet Kay you realize there is nothing phony about the Schooner Lannon’s operation. They just happen to be really good at what they do, they love it and they provide a great experience genuinely and naturally- the best of all worlds!
This is not to say there aren’t a bunch of other very cool things to do around town like whale watches, deep sea fishing, Visiting The cape Ann Museum or The Heritage Center, coffee at one of our great coffee shops, breakfast at our many awesome breakfast joints, ect, ect. I’m just saying, you give me a sunny 70 degree day and I have folks in from out of town, A guaranteed great time is to be had aboard The Thomas E Lannon.
Here are some early morning photos I took of her on the blocks at rose’s Marine where she is being sanded down and getting freshened up for the fun season ahead!
We will be having our GMG Folly Cove Rum and Old Cuban Cigar Co cruise this summer, as soon as Kay and I lock down the dates I’ll let y’all know.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Rose’s Marine 4:55AM 4/16/12
When I took this photo I figured the boat in the background would be the focal point but then when I was looking at it in my photo editor the grain in the wood decking in the foreground really stood out to me.
Click on it for the full sized version and tell me what you see.
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Gloucester at Dawn View From Captain Joe and Sons -Black and White Panorama 5:15AM 4/16/12
While the city sleeps…
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Gloucester At Dawn 5:13AM 3/31/12 Gloucester Harbor
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You can actually see inside the pilot houses of the boats.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Captain Joe and Sons 5:10AM 3/31/12
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This one looks really nice full screen. The detail in the background is stuff the human eye doesnt see at ths time of the morning but is only captured with the long exposure taken at three different focal lengths and then combined so everything is in relative focus.
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Gloucester At Dawn- Harbor Cove 4:55AM 3/31/12
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Lobster boats, dories, reflections off the water, symmetry, repetition, Gloucester at dawn, Rocky Neck In the background, Cape Pond Ice, the inner working harbor, there’s really not much this one is missing.
Available as an 8×10, 16×20 prints or 16x 20 canvas print which I think just make the reflections and colors pop in a painterly way (the Canvas wraps also don’t require framing).
contact me at goodmorninggloucester@yahoo.com if you would like one for yourself or for a gift. Be sure to click on it to see the detail present when blown up.
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Gloucester At Dawn 5:12AM 3/31/12 South Channel From Captain Joe and Sons
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Hope you like it. This one is gong in my favorites pile. I may even blow it up for myself.
to me it’s very atmospheric with both the boats in the fore and background somewhat visible even though it’s very early morning. It was a 4 second exposure, f4.5, iso 200.
Good Morning Gloucester 