The dark season and the end of 2009 trigger an impulse to look back. Wood . . . there’s been a fair amount of it this year especially from Mystic, the Dutch barges, and of course Onrust. The following are mostly built on Cape Ann, a place once synonymous with shipbuilding from wood. The tradition continues at Burnham’s , who’ve added the magic of blogging to their craft.
Here’s a short set of wooden vessels for your pleasure. And a contest to heighten your fun: Arrange these woodies from youngest . . oldest. I’ll try not to give it away, but if I do, I make no apology. A warning, though, this is so link-heavy that I won’t post tomorrow.
First, for Jolea, it’s Appledore III. It seems there’s a whole fleet of vessels by the name Appledore. As an aside, I love the color/name SS Melon. Honeydew, I’d guess.
For Paul, whose father used to work on her decks, it’s Phyllis A.
It’s Essex-built schooner Adventure, paired here with steel trawler Sea Farmer II.
For Bowsprite, here are some shanteys; it’s the best I can offer after an unsuccessful search for Daisy Nell’s version of a shantey about Adventure. By the way, ‘sprite, you’ve never told us the port where said slipped shantey singing transpired.
I’d love to position myself in a dory full-frontally to Adventure so as to best foto those hussy-red hawses, which sounds like a project for my next trip to Gloucester, eh amigoes?
Evelina M. Goulart. Will she or won’t?
Little Sandra (ex-Anthony & Josephine) with eastern rig side trawling gear. Little Sandra’s age info here, as well as lots of interesting tuna and whale info about Stellwagen. A great schooner link is this one featuring a foto of Little Sandra but you have to scroll through.
So here are the ages: Appledore III–1984. Little Sandra–1946. Evelina M. Goulart–1927. Adventure–1926. Phyllis A. –1923. Even older–by a generation–is Lettie G. Howard, languishing in the sixth boro (although there’s a hearty maintenance crew) and featured here.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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December 9, 2009 at 9:54 pm
Jolea
Thanks for the shout out! LOL I do love the Appledore… She is currently day and sunset sailing from the Schooner Wharf Bar in Key West. Go down and say hello to Capt Justin, Capt Dylan, Matt, Damien, Bryan and Evan. They are good guys and always looking to have a good time! 🙂
December 9, 2009 at 9:56 pm
Jolea
Here is Appledore’s website for those of you interested : http://www.appledore2.com/index.html
December 10, 2009 at 10:09 am
soundbounder
Great post Will
December 10, 2009 at 5:26 pm
Mage B
Oh, I was way off on the dates. Goodness.