Tag: Schooner
Shorpy: Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Handling a cargo from the fishing banks."
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Gloucester, Massachusetts, circa 1905. "Handling a cargo from the fishing banks." 8×10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company.
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Great Sunset Sail With a Little Wind and A Great Sunset- Photos Len Burgess
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Thomas E. Lannon entering "The Inner Harbor" on August 2, 2011 Photo Christopher Lewis
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Gloucester Photos Released By Boston Public Library
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Gloucester fishing schooner getting ready to sail for mackerel
File name: 08_06_007003
Title: Gloucester fishing schooner getting ready to sail for mackerel
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1930 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Fishing industry; Piers & wharves; Fishermen; Fishing boats
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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Cigar and Rum Sail Photos From John Simmons
Joey…….
Had a Great time In Gloucester. As well as the Cigar & Rum Cruise. The sunset (moon rise) cruise was a totally remarkable view of Gloucester. I love Good Harbor Beach as I do every year. The lobsters Mike Collins and I picked up from you were fabulous. Keep up the tremendous work on GMG. I’ll see you again next year
Treat Everyday as Game Day,
John Simmons
Erie, PA
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GMG Rum and Cigar Sail 07/14/2011
GMG Rum and Cigar Sail 07/14/2011
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Video- The Schooner Ardelle Hits The Water From Roger Torre
Excitement Builds and Off She Goes!
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Launch Of the Ardelle Photos From Anthony Marks
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
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
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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Top Pick For Saturday- VIEW THE LAUNCH OF THE SCHOONER ARDELLE FROM THE ESSEX SHIPBUILDING MUSEUM
SATURDAY, JULY 9 STARTING AT 3:00 PM
Join us at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s Shipyard on Saturday, July 9, 2011 to view the launching of the Pinky Schooner Ardelle that is being built by Harold A. Burnham, an eleventh generation Essex shipwright. On Labor Day 2010 we celebrated the signing of her keel and the raising of her first frames. It was an exciting day and all who attended had a great time. Harold is now ready to launch the Schooner Ardelle and we will be there to celebrate.
It’s not often that wooden schooners are launched anywhere in this country, and we are fortunate to have in Essex a craftsman who knows how to build a wooden schooner the same way they were built centuries ago. Harold Burnham and a band of volunteers have spent the last 10 months building this vessel. They’ve been outside in snow storms, rain, and blistering heat. On Saturday, July 9th between 6 – 7 pm she will finally hit the water using the time honored, and exciting, Essex side launch. The Essex Shipbuilding Museum is one of the best places to view a launch from the H.A. Burnham Boatbuilding yard, and we plan on celebrating. Starting at 3 pm we will have live music from Michael Forney’s Bluegrass Band, Daisy Nell and Captain Stan and the second graders from Essex Elementary will perform songs from “The Stowaway Mouse”, hot dogs and Italian sausages from Kayem, chowder from Woodman’s of Essex , and all kinds of beverages. So, mark your calendars and join us!
Check Out Marty Luster’s Week By Week Photo Progress Of The Ardelle Being Built Here
Marty Luster Photo-
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Chickity Check It! Daisy Nell writes children’s book about Essex Schooner Ardelle
Our Friend Daisy Nell Has Written a book about The Essex Schooner Ardelle.
Here is a video we did a couple of years back in which Daisy explains the term “Schooner”
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USS Constitution– Gloucester 1931-07
Adam Gaffin, The legendary blogger behind Boston’s most influential online news source- Universal Hub forwarded the link to this picture to me-
Here is the info behind the photo-
USS Constitution – Gloucester
File name: 08_06_007749
Title: USS Constitution – Gloucester
Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer)
Date created: 1931-07
Physical description: 1 negative : glass, black & white ; 4 x 5 in.
Genre: Glass negatives
Subjects: Constitution (Frigate); Sailing ships; Public sculpture
Notes: Title and date from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.
Collection: Leslie Jones Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
Rights: Copyright © Leslie Jones.
Preferred citation: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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Video The Schooner Thomas E. Lannon Turns 14 and We’re Aboard To Celebrate
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Happy Birthday To The Schooner Lannon
The Family was honored to sail on the 14th Birthday Sail aboard the Schooner Thomas E. Lannon last night on her 14th Birthday. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again- There is no more beautiful boat in Gloucester Harbor and going on an afternoon sail is a MUST DO activity for anyone- tourist or resident alike.
Do yourself a favor and book a sail here- Schooner.org
This will be a family collaboration post as The Bean and Snoop Maddie Mad both helped take pictures for the entry-
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Gamage Done
The Harvey Gamage Done for the Day
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Tom on the Thom From Len
Captain Tom Ellis waves hello from the Thomas E. Lannon
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Aboard The Thomas E. Lannon With Captain Tom Ellis
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Chickity Check it! The Bluenose II Reconstruction/Construction Project
I have no idea how they call it a reconstruction as it seems like they are building an entirely new boat. The Bluenose II was an incredibly beautiful boat but according to The Queens new Life in Canada blog, it’s keel was warped and they totally deconstructed it.
So they built this enormous structure to rebuild build another Bluenose II.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBPS12r9R0w
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5MT2wj1VP8
Click the thumbnail to go to The Queens New Life In Canada for fantastic photos of the construction process
Here are some of my pictures of The Bluenose II when she was in Gloucester August 31, 2008-
Captain Phil Watson Aboard The Bluenose II
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Mike the Lobsterman on the Wreck of the Schooner Jennie M. At Salisbury, Ma
Adam Bolonsky Forwards-
Mike the lobsterman waxes philosophical and provides background info on the wreck of the Jennie M. off Salisbury Beach. Mike was visiting a friend at the beach during a winter gale as the waves and surge uncovered the wreck.
The Jennie M. foundered in a nor’easter off Ipswich and Salisbury as she was running granite paving stones down the east coast. Like the wreck at Long Beach in Rockport, winter storms uncover and expose the buried schooner’s ribs every couple of years.
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Above: The Jennie M. breaks up off Salibury Beach. The image combines a photograph with hand-drawn details (the gulls and the surfmen) – a common newspaper illustration technique.
Sole survivor was the ship’s cat. Local rumor has it that the schooner was carrying more untaxed liquor than paving stones.
Good Morning Gloucester 