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Post Irene Wrap-up: How the Ships & Boats Coped with the Storm
Hurricane Irene has swept past, not as bad as she could have been, but bad enough, nevertheless. Downgraded to a tropical storm by 9AM this morning, she still caused significant flooding on the East...
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70th Anniversary Celebration of the Charles W Morgan at Mystic Seaport
Sail the Morgan 2014 is hosting a week-long celebration of the arrival of the last American wooden whaleship, the Charles W. Morgan, in Mystic, Connecticut. The celebration running from ”October 28...
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Shanty Sings All Over – Mystic, New York, San Francisco, Port Townsend &...
William Main Doerflinger Memorial Sea Shanty Sessions at the Noble Maritime Collection at Snug Harbor This Saturday night, January7th, the Mystic Seaport will be hosting a “Chantey Blast and Pub Sing“...
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Help Save the Schooner Lettie G. Howard
The Lettie G. Howard is in trouble. The wooden Fredonia schooner was built in Essex, Massachusetts in 1893. She was acquired by the South Street Seaport Museum in 1968 and was designated a National...
View ArticleFor the Love of Sea Music – Mystic Seaport’s 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival
Mystic Seaport has put together a wonderful short video where lovers of sea music speak of just it means to them, just in time for the Seaport’s upcoming 33rd Annual Sea Music Festival from June 7-10,...
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21st Annual Wooden Boat Show at Mystic Seaport, June 29-July 1
For anyone who loves wooden boats, Mystic Seaport is the place to be this weekend. Starting Friday and running through the weekend, the 21st Annual WoodenBoat Show will feature a fleet of beautiful...
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Charles W. Morgan Day at Mystic Seaport
This Saturday November 10, 2012, from 10 a.m. – 7:30 p.m,, the Mystic Seaport Museum is celebrating the 71st anniversary of the arrival in Mystic of the whale ship Charles W. Morgan. The Morgan was...
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The “Shutter Plank” Goes on the Whaleship Charles W. Morgan Today at Mystic...
Correction: The original post listed the wrong date for the anticipated launching of the Charles W. Morgan. The correct date is July 21, 2013. Congratulations to the Mystic Seaport Museum and all...
View ArticleCharles W. Morgan Restoration
We posted yesterday about the “shutter plank” being fastened to the whaleship Charles W. Morgan in Mystic Seaport in Connecticut. The Morgan, built in 1841, is America’s last surviving wooden...
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Captain Wanted for 172 Year Old Whaling Ship, Charles W. Morgan – No Captain...
Mystic Seaport is looking for a new captain for the newly rebuilt whaling ship, Charles W. Morgan. The whaler first sailed in 1841 and is scheduled to undertake a three month voyage next summer. The...
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Gods Mortals and Protectors — Figureheads at Mystic Seaport
There is a magic to ship’s figureheads. In Conrad’s Mirror of the Sea who wrote about the ships and figureheads that he saw on London’s docks: It was a noble gathering of the fairest and the...
View ArticleThe Cooperage at Mystic Seaport: A Woodworking Craft
Just about 40 years ago, while a student studying naval architecture, I had a summer job working for a major oil company in New York City. One weekend, two friends and I took a train out to visit...
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The Return of the Schooner Amistad
Photo: Sean D. Elliot/The Day The schooner Amistad, the official flagship of the State of Connecticut, has seen difficult times in recent years. Built fifteen years ago at Mystic Seaport, until...
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Journey to Restoration: Mayflower II at Mystic Seaport DuPont Shipyard
Mystic Seaport’s Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard is working in partnership with Plimoth Plantation to restore Mayflower II. Mayflower II will move back to its berth at the Plimouth Plantation for...
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Bringing History to Life: Interpreters at Mystic Seaport
The first time I visited Mystic Seaport Museum was around 1974 when, as a student of naval architecture with a summer job in New York City, I took the train out to Mystic, CT. It was like no museum I...
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Mystic Seaport, Scavaging Ship’s Timbers From Hurricanes & Happenstance
In 2009, we posted about how thousands of trees downed by Hurricane Ike in Galveston, TX proved to be a literal and figurative windfall for Mystic Seaport in rebuilding the historic whaling ship,...
View ArticleHauling the Mayflower II at Mystic Seaport
I hope everyone who celebrates the American holiday is having a wonderful Thanksgiving. The holiday is associated with a group of English settlers now known as the Pilgrims who arrived on the...
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Mystic Seaport Chantey Blast and Pub Sing
Next Saturday, January 14th, the Mystic Seaport Museum, in Mystic, CT, is hosting its annual Chantey Blast and Pub Sing from 1-5 PM at Frohsinn Hall, 54 Greenmanville Ave., directly across the street...
View ArticleOn Land and On Sea: A Century of Women in the Rosenfeld Collection at Mystic...
In 2011, we posted about the Rosenfeld Collection at the Mystic Seaport with a particular focus on their maritime photography. Mystic Seaport has a new exhibit of another aspect of the work of the...
View ArticleThe WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport
A wonderful video promoting the Mystic Seaport Museum‘s Annual WoodenBoat Show, which began yesterday and runs through Sunday, July 2nd. There are more than 100 traditional and classic wooden boats of...
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