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Video- The Schooner Ardelle Hits The Water From Roger Torre

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Excitement Builds and Off She Goes!

Launch Of the Ardelle Photos From Anthony Marks

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Thanks for the contributions form our GMG community we will be bringing you lots of Ardelle coverage.

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Unique Essex Side Launch of Wooden Schooner Ardelle Set for Today July 9th and Ardelle Photos From Len Burgess

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

The "Ardelle" getting ready for the Launch on Saturday.
Shot this from the "Lewis Story", the Shipbuilding Museum Schooner, coming home to
Essex for the "Ardelle" celebration on Wednesday.
-Len Burgess

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Vessel Will Careen Down the Ways and Hit the Essex River Basin with a Splash

Laurie Fullerton writes-

On Saturday, July 9 between 6 and 7 p.m. a historic Essex side launch of a 50-foot double sawn frame, two-masted, wooden schooner will take place at the Burnham Boatyard in Essex, MA. Ardelle was built by Harold Burnham, 44, of Essex who is an eleventh generation Master Shipwright. He will launch the vessel using the Essex side launch – where the massive schooner is literally leaned on its side and sent careening into the river basin.
Burnham is part of a shipbuilding legacy that dates back to the first settlers of Essex in the 1600s. With Essex’s long history as a shipbuilding town, where generations of shipwrights built vessels on the banks of the Essex River using the unique Essex side launch technique over three centuries..

"Essex shipwrights always used the simplest method they could to get the finished boat out of the way of the one they were about to start," said Burnham "The most popular method in Essex was called a side launch. Side launches were carried out by just leaning the vessels over onto a single way and skating them into the water on their own keel and one bilge."

"Of course, in today’s world the idea of sending a hundred tons of oak sliding on one side over smoking grease sounds dangerous, but that is only because we don’t do it much anymore. Just imagine the looks you would get from a 19th-century shipbuilder if you tried to explain to him what it is like to pass a car on an undivided highway. The truth is that of the approximately 3,300 vessels launched in Essex, we know of none that was seriously damaged in a launching accident. Further, there is no record of anyone being seriously hurt or killed at one of our launchings, either.

Len Burgess Photos-

Final preparations for the launch on Saturday.
Len Burgess

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Burnham House Photo From Len Burgess

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Late afternoon near high tide.
There never seems to be a bad time to shoot this great old house.
Len Burgess

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My Sources Tell Me…..

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

That Captain Dusty’s Will Open and Ice Cream Location May 1st In The Schooners Plaza In Essex Where Puna’s Market Used To Be. On the Corner of Haskell Ct and Eastern Ave In Essex

I haven’t confirmed this but that’s the scuttlebut anyway.  Smile

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Just thought you might wanna know.

Thanks for the tip LS

ARDELLE Week 30

Posted on by Marty Luster

Work on the Pinky Schooner ARDELLE continues into spring at the H.G. Burnham Boatyard in Essex. Planking and caulking are nearing completion.

Colors indicate caulking progress.

Boat builder Harold Burnham at work.

 

Steaming a plank.

Talkin Essex Clamfest With Sue Lufkin

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Here’s GMG contributor Laurie Lufkin’s Mom Sue-

Thanks For Watching

Tom Shea’s On the Essex Causeway Featuring $2.75 Draft Beer And Incredible Views

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

I was driving home and saw the sign below for $2.75 Draft Beers at Tom Shea’s.  That struck me as an excellent value when you consider the beautiful room and views that Tom Shea’s has.  It was enough to make me pull over and take a picture to share with y’all.

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The View

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Essex At Dawn- The Essex River 4:40AM 7/18/10

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Essex River In the Ice 2/1/20

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Amazing to me that a tidal salt water river freezes over as often as the Essex River does.

Essex River In the Ice 2/1/20, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Essex Ma- Hog Island and Cranes Beach 2/1/10

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Driving home from a fun filled morning in Gloucester with Snoop Maddie Mad I was lucky that she dozed off just long enough for me to take some nice shots in Essex.

Essex- Hog Island and Cranes Beach 2/1/10, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Free tour, Fall Festival at Greenbelt planned for Sept. 26

Posted on by Sharon

From the Beacon–

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The Essex County Greenbelt Association will host two free events on Saturday, Sept. 26, at the Cox Reservation, Greenbelt’s headquarters, 82 Eastern Ave., Essex.

From 9-10:30 a.m., join Greenbelt’s Executive Director Ed Becker as he tours the meadows and marshland of the Cox Reservation. Becker will describe some of the extensive natural and human history of the reservation and will culminate the walk with a tour of the new “green” headquarters. This event is part of the Essex National Heritage Area’s Trails & Sails: A Weekend of Walks and Water.

From noon to 4 p.m., Greenbelt will host the annual Fall Festival. This day of free traditional family fun features pumpkin decorating, apple cider pressing, pony rides, hayrides, face painting, farm animals, an interactive snake show, chowder tasting by Woodman’s of Essex and more.

For more information, call the Essex County Greenbelt Association at 978-768-7241.

Essex At Dawn- Essex River 4:40AM 7/11/09

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Essex At Dawn- Essex River 4:40AM 7/11/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

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