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Baidarka . . . an intriguing name for a ketch . . . docked in Waterford, New York and headed home!! Keep your eyes peeled for them soon in the sixth boro.
Can you guess the name of this tug with Halloween decoration in the wheelhouse? Answer follows.
So they do . . . as do poltergeists, especially in the Hudson Valley. This is in the tributary of Catskill Creek.
Any wagers on the name of this old wooden yacht, overgrown in a marina across from Dunderberg Mountain?
I really wanted to add a preposition “of” between the top and middle lines here.
Atlantic Salvor . . . here with a scow in the KVK, lines and name make my heart beat faster.
Deborah Quinn waits at the old Jakobson yard in Oyster Bay. I’ve never seen her in the sixth boro.
Canvasback lies in Mystic . . . seeing and being seen among the beauties at Mystic, as is
true of Sinbad VI.
So, those spiderwebs . . . were in the house of hard-to-read The Chancellor, on the wall in Waterford last weekend.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Mystic, to quote Soundbounder, is “Disneyland for [proud] water rats” and thrills even the dogs, at least water dogs. Can you figure out what’s happening here?
Kingston II was launched in 1937 after being assembled by apprentice welders at Electric Boat.
Amazon (an 1885 screw schooner) graces Mystic with her beauty until her lightning-charred electronics are repaired. Just beyond her with the wildly raked masts is Amistad, also in for repairs.
Amazon (83′ waterline x 15′ beam) embodies long and lean.
Breck Marshall, a Crosby catboat, sails like a dream.
Mina is a sweet “launchetta” from exactly a century ago.
Growler leaves early on Columbus Day.
Be-puddinged garvey with dory and high-and-dry whaleship Morgan.
And the dog question . . . John Paul (launched 1967, ex-Katrina, Nickie B, and U. T. 1) , moored for part of weekend, had a blueclaw on a piece of fendering designed to allow assisting of submarine. Dog saw crab and became so curious it nearly tried walking on water.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp. More on some of these vessels soon.
Mystic Seaport . . a magical place for me for over 20 years! I’ve done research there and watched Amistad being built. Some fotos of Amistad tomorrow.
From this weekend, Mystic has even more magic: more fotos of Pegasus there, surrounded by fantastic vessels and people. Below, from left to right: Araminta, Cangarda (WOW!!! and more later), Pegasus, and Joseph Conrad.
Peg with lots of happy visitors next to L. A. Dunton, built in Essex, MA in 1921 and now hasn’t sailed since 1963 . . . if my memory serves me well.
More of Peg, happy visitors, and Dunton.
Foreground left to right: motor launch Resolute, Araminta, Sabino, Peg, and Dunton’s headrig. Sabino is a 1908 . .. Maine-built steamer that once ran my recent waters . . . the Merrimack.
Some of same vessels as seen from Cangarda‘s bow.
Catboat Breck Marshall comes nosing past Peg. More pics of Breck Marshall soon.
As a “flying horse whisperer,” I know Pegasus feels honored to have spent the weekend at Mystic. If you haven’t been to the Tugs exhibit at Mystic yet, go . . . soon, so that you can go again and again after that.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
Pegasus, westbound across the Sound, is back in
the sixth boro as I write, having traversed the American Mediterranean. She basked in attention
of thousands of
folks as well as dozens of vessels who loved her visit. Where?
Mystic! More fotos tomorrow.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp, who–along with the entire crew– needs some sleep.
The question in the title got its definitive answer some months back. For now, I want to add more evidence as collected at the 18th Annual WoodenBoat Show at Mystic Seaport this weekend.
Exhibit 1: Xena. Ever see a curved mast? See more Xena and read the discussion at this site featuring fotos from the 2007 Show. Raked masts in the background are from Amistad.
Call it curved or sickle-shaped? Is there a technical name for the sail type?
Exhibit 2: a sweet boat. Guess the name?
Yes!
Exhibit 3: Goblin . . . her tender is Goblette.
“Figurehead” assumes front and center location, so what should I call a figure atop the cabin roof?
Breck Marshall sailed constantly
helmed by a sailor who made it seem so simple and maneuverable that I left the Show wanting to learn this too.
After weeks of almost non-stop rain, to see these and many other wooden boats at Mystic made my soul happy. More to come. Xena was my favorite. I’d love to hear from anyone else who attended and what they liked best.
All fotos by Will Van Dorp.
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