Mystic, CT 2021
Tuesday, August 31, 2021
Monday, August 30, 2021
Sunday, August 29, 2021
WG
Mystic, CT 2021
Housed in an old velvet mill, the Mystic Seaport Collection Research Center is home to over two million examples of maritime art, artifacts, tools, buildings, imprints and other documents. Also stored here are hundreds of historic boats. Researchers can make an appointment to visit the CRC, but during the Wooden Boat Show weekend, it was open to the public. These boats are for research purposes only, and are not displayed. I spent a good amount of time wandering amongst the boats, all catalogued and organized. I hope to give some sense of what can seen here in the next few posts.
Saturday, August 28, 2021
The Shallop Jane Stevens
Mystic, CT 2021
A shallop is a 17th century small coastal boat without a deck which can be sailed or rowed. A boat similar to this replica was probably one of the first boats built by the colonists of Popham Colony in Maine in 1607.
Friday, August 27, 2021
Charles W Morgan
Mystic, CT 2021
The Morgan is the last wooden whaling ship in existence and has been pictured in this blog many times previously. Currently it is out of the water undergoing routine maintenance, scheduled for every 3 years.
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Rob and his Boat
Mystic, CT 2021
After a hiatus of one year, the annual Wooden Boat Show returned to Mystic Seaport. The show was not as big as previous years, most likely due to Covid, but there were a number home-made wooden boats on display. Pictured with his boat here is Robert Wallace, who told me it took him 20 years to build his boat. That's a true labor of love.
Wednesday, August 25, 2021
Tuesday, August 24, 2021
Monday, August 23, 2021
Sunday, August 22, 2021
Nettle
Mystic, CT 2021
This is a Buzzard's Bay 12-1/2 sailboat designed by the legendary N.G Herreschoff and built by the Herreschoff Manufacturing Company in Bristol, RI in 1914. There were 365 of these boats built of wood. The were exceptionally seaworthy and were used to train sailors.
Saturday, August 21, 2021
Friday, August 20, 2021
Thursday, August 19, 2021
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Tuesday, August 17, 2021
Monday, August 16, 2021
Sunday, August 15, 2021
Saturday, August 14, 2021
Peacemaker
New London, CT 2021
Please excuse the absence of posts this past week. I'm migrating to a new Windows PC laptop after years of using an iMac. I think I have things figured out on how to upload new pictures from an SD Card to my laptop, such that these pictures are added to my Apple Photos Library in iCloud making them available on all my Apple devices for editing. I can do basic editing and return edited pictures to the laptop for posting here on the blog. It's not ideal, and I hope it will be temporary as won't be able to use my trusty iMac for an indeterminate period of time. This is my first attempt. This tall ship, Peacemaker was recently docked in New London.
Sunday, August 8, 2021
USS Hyman C Rickover, SSN-795
Groton, CT 2021
The USS Hyman C Rickover, SSN-795 is the latest submarine to bear the name of the "Father of the Nuclear Navy", Admiral Hyman C Rickover. It was christened on July 31, outside of the General Dynamics' Electric Boar division in Groton, CT. It's the latest submarine belonging the the Virginia Class, of nuclear-powered, cruise missile fast attack submarines. You don't get a chance to see these submarines out of the water that often.
Saturday, August 7, 2021
Friday, August 6, 2021
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Wednesday, August 4, 2021
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Monday, August 2, 2021
Sunday, August 1, 2021
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