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By: Millivers Travels » Blog Archive » Don’t Mess with Mother Weather

Mon, 19 Sep 2011 05:10:54 +0000

[...] on that day no one in his right mind would have attempted passage. (Later in the journey, the boat ended up on the shore near the village of Saltaire on Fire Island, New York, after the crew reportedly got seasick and [...]

By: Walter

Walter — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:56:22 +0000

I have the boat ” Sea Helen ” at my shop in Lunenburg, N.S She was wrecked some years ago on the beach in Kingsburg N.S. by a fellow from the states who bought her from a guy named Klaus, who I am pretty sure built her and sailed her around the world. After she was wrecked a fellow named Mel had her for a number of years where she stayed at the back harbour in Lunenburg , N.S. and often sank at the wharf. She was then sold for $1.00 to a gal named Lindsay who brought her to my shop with hopes of restoring her, she was abandon at my shop where she to this day. I have used the rig, foremast, main boom and gaff for a rig in my 60 year old Bush Island boat that I have been sailing for about five years now.
Walter

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 00:44:58 +0000

I have the boat out back at my shop in Lunenburg, N.S. She is the “Sea Helen” owned and built I am pretty sure by a fellow named Klaus, then the guy from the states who wrecked her off of Kingsburg N.S. then Mel, then Lindsay and friends and then abandon. It is a total wreck now. I salvaged the rig which I put parts of ( foremast, boom & gaff ) in my 60 year old Bush Island boat and sail the pants off of her,,,,,,,

By: Adrian Allen

Adrian Allen — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 21:46:27 +0000

Heart breaking ; I am in the middle of restoring a Colvin Tamarack steel schooner in Michigan. I’ll remember this out come and do my best to avoid it.

By: D

Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:51:12 +0000

I have a few hours of “the labor of love on that lady”

Keep me up-dated guys

By: d

Mon, 04 Apr 2011 18:28:38 +0000

she is not insured….

By: Capn Dave

Capn Dave — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:53:09 +0000

Having rescued my fair share of small boats, this one appears eminently salvageable – in large part because she is made of steel. Others are right, the insurance companies will grind in with conditions and requirements and write the boat off completely. (Note I would like to see Sea Tow call this a “soft grounding” which is their legal justification for conducting salvage.) More often than not the owners are just too darn discouraged to care. Sad to say but someone may end up with a nice boat for the salvage price.

By: Buck

Buck — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:48:41 +0000

How sad. If towing were free of charge, she’d be sailing right now. Steel hull probably still in great condition.

By: paulb

paulb — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 13:15:51 +0000

I hate seeing this.

By: Allen Baker

Allen Baker — Sun, 03 Apr 2011 07:18:40 +0000

Thanks for coming out Will.

A song keeps playing in the back of my head….