My View of Life on the Dock
John Morris came by to talk about his new book a 448 page documentation of Gloucester Fishing in the age of sail (1623-1939).
John spent 10 years of his life writing and researching this book. Watch the video and see some of the incredible pictures and details within this masterpiece.
June 10th book signing and reading at Sawyer Free Library.
Read Gail McCarthy’s Gloucester Daily Times piece with John here
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Harriet Webster
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
After my Daily Meditating session I took these Photos of the Adventure at the Marine Railways.
In a few weeks I’ll have to find a quiet spot, because this parking lot will be filled.
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Schooner Thomas Lannon
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I don’t know much about Ships, but I can tell a refitting when I see it.
The Isles of Shoals Steam Ship Co. looks to be going Green.
They’re adding masts and a Bowsprite to The Thomas Laihgton
Here are few Photos to prove it.
I think the Thomas Laihgton is scheduled to be in this years Schooner Festival!
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The STV UNICORN, High and Dry
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Here’s just one of the number of incredible exhibits to see at the Cape Ann Museum. This is what the flake yards looked like. The cod would be split open , de-boned and laid out in triangle shapes flat on drying racks.
When I was about 12 years old at our dock we were splitting and salting cod for a Norwegian company. Frank and my job was to pull off any globules of blood or liver after the cod got split and de-boned. We had a big stainless steel tank and the triangular shaped cod would come down the conveyor to us and plop into the stainless tank. Usually up around the nape of the cod rack there would be a liver still attached that we would need to rip off and give the rack a good washing to get nice and white before salting.
After that we would lay the whale cod split flat onto pallets, pour the salt over them and stack them up. I can remember the whole cooler being stacked up with pallet upon pallet of salted cod waiting to dry and then for the trailer truck to pick them up.
Exhibit at Cape Ann Museum, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Schooner Work Aboard The Roseway At The Gloucester Marine Railways, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn- Schooner Adventure 4:45AM 9/30/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Many apologies to Carin. For some reason her photo did not display in the GMG Photo contest slideshow. As they say, Stuff happens. Please check out her great photos here. Thanks again for all who entered the contest. Another photo contest is coming soon.
I wonder how old those blocks are. They are the same types we used to use years ago before we switched over to the stainless ones.
Vintage Blocks On The Spirit Of Massachusetts, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Schooner Bluenose II 4:45AM 9/6/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
We’ve got some really serious footage up close to the action coming for you.
Schooner Bluenose II 4:45AM 9/6/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 