Tag: Schooners
Ron Gilson Discusses Gloucester Fishing in the 20s, 50s and Today Part I
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Homeward Bound ~ Gloucester
Homeward Bound ~ Gloucester, circa 1930 Chester Walen/©Fredrik D. BodinThis dory fishing schooner is racing to market in Gloucester. She’s wearing her winter rig: Topmasts removed with no upper canvas to improve stability – a requirement in fall, winter, and spring, when gale force winds and mountainous waves in the North Atlantic are typical. The rig, along with distant patches of snow in Stage Fort Park, suggest to me that this is springtime. Her crew is assembled on deck, preparing for docking, and probably quite glad to be home. Off the schooner’s bow is the Fort. The two large buildings were fish processing plants, sitting on what are now empty lots.
Image printed archivally from the original 5×7 inch film negative in my darkroom. Image #A9157-420
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Fred
Fredrik D. Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
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Schooners Spirit Of Massachusetts and Harvey Gamage On The Railways At Rose’s Marine
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Gloucester Schooner Festival 2011 Saturday Morning
Gloucester Schooner Festival 2011 Saturday Morning
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Granite Schooner, Lanes Cove
Granite Schooner Flora Condon, Lanes Cove, 1909 John I. Coggeshall/©Bodin Historic Photo
The three masted schooner Flora Condon loading Cape Ann granite in Lanes Cove. Granite blocks were wheeled on a gallymander along a ramp and then lowered with block and tackle into the ship’s hold. The schooner was 123 feet long, and was built in 1872 in Belfast, Maine. She was lost off Cape Cod in December of 1911. John Ingersoll Coggeshall (1856 – 1927) was an accomplished sea-landscape painter and photographer, for whom Coggeshall Road in Lanesville is named.
Printed from the original 8×10 inch glass negative in my darkroom.
Fred Bodin
Bodin Historic Photo
82 Main Street
Gloucester, MA 01930
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It’s like going back in time…
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Paul Frontiero 2010 Parade Of Sails Video Part I
The new Harbor Patrol Boat Leads The Parade
Good job Paul but….
What, no “Fantaaastics”?
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The Schooners are coming!….are here, some are.
Gloucester is getting ready for the 2010 Schooner Festival.
The Schooners Harvey Gamage and The Westward arrived tonight
at the State Fish Pier.
For more Info on the 2010 Gloucester, Ma Schooner Festival click the links below
http://www.capeannvacations.com/Schooner/Guide/2010GloucesterSchoonerFestival.pdf
http://www.capeannvacations.com/schooner/schedule/
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Spirit of Massachusetts
Built by New England Historic Seaport at the Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
*Launched in 1984*
| Length Overall: | 125 feet |
| Length of the Waterline: | 81 feet |
| Length on Deck: | 100 feet |
| Draft: | 11 feet |
| Height from Waterline to Main Topmast Truck: | 100 feet 6 inches |
| Beam: | 24 feet |
| Gross Tons: | 90 tons |
| Sails: | Mainsail, Foresail, Jumbo, Jib, Jib Topsail, Fore Gaff-Topsail, Main Gaff-Topsail,Fisherman |
| Sail Area: | 7000 Square Feet |
| Keel: | Greenheart |
| Hull: | Long Leaf Yellow Pine and White Oak |
| Frames: | White Oak |
| Masts: | Douglas Fir |
| Spars: | Douglas Fir |
| Deck: | Douglas Fir |
| Main Engine: | 220 h.p. John Deere |
| Freshwater Capacity: | 600 gallons |
| Diesel Fuel Capacity: | 570 gallons |
| Number of Students: | 20 |
| Number of Crew: | 8-11 |
Spirit of Massachusetts was launched on April 28, 1984 at the Charleston Navy Yard in Boston, Massachusetts. She is modeled after the 1889 fishing schooner Fredonia, designed by Edward Burgess. The Gloucester fishing schooners were widely known as “fast and able” vessels, and Fredonia was widely known for her speed. Spirit of Massachusetts proudly upholds that tradition to this day.
Spirit of Massachusetts was built by her original owners for service as a sail training vessel for young people. She also served as a good-will ambassador for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1984 until 1987. Ocean Classroom Foundation began chartering Spirit for our own educational programs in 1997, and subsequently purchased her in 2000.
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Think Summer!
Yeah, I know Joey. More Boats!?
From the Schooner Festival. It’s almost here!
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Looks like Old Time Gloucester
The Lettie Howard in the Parade of Sail before the Mayor’s Cup Race a couple of years ago
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Aft Deck Of The Schooner Alabama 4:55AM 8/30/08
Here is the aft deck of the Schooner Alabama, tied up in between Rose’s Marine and Cruiseport Gloucester. To see many more pictures of the schooners while they are in town check out Jay Albert’s CapeAnnImages
Jay lives for Schoonerfest,. It’s his superbowl and Fiesta all wrapped up in one.
Aft Deck Of The Schooner Alabama 4:55AM 8/30/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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The Wheel of The Schooner Alabama
The Wheel of The Schooner Alabama, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 