tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65560345243397887282024-02-25T23:28:36.536-05:0070.8%'Salarøy is a 41' fembøring, a Norwegian workboat in Tromsø Norway. Courtesy Hildringstimens båtgalleri - http://www.hildringstimen.no/batlista.htmThomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.comBlogger318125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-47798664064522296382021-05-09T18:38:00.000-04:002021-05-09T18:38:11.631-04:00Minimalist cruising part six: Sisters? Sopranino & Thunderbird<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO21a2mfWHQu8NRnq-LM6IhI6cRTTG9EHCXHXzPvu3-6yrQOHp38gOtErM9oEeHKJZQqpqWoFr2Q_KtqDIAlT6PA-m6zPzhnKov9K9UYGvRvoLUDFiby-_MpFFtoBgHqcUxl8ibRFnwdSl/s1600-h/Myth+of+Malham.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271719226795973426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO21a2mfWHQu8NRnq-LM6IhI6cRTTG9EHCXHXzPvu3-6yrQOHp38gOtErM9oEeHKJZQqpqWoFr2Q_KtqDIAlT6PA-m6zPzhnKov9K9UYGvRvoLUDFiby-_MpFFtoBgHqcUxl8ibRFnwdSl/s400/Myth+of+Malham.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 400px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 300px;" /></a>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3eUfz5PLrVZ1OxP940jz8LWF3_vJrLyu-1Gy-9KMs-yYHtFC1FoAUSEPQZcZhUfgjQC0nVTQqM4g3qMge5x1PmCMGEZoyQlgk7oGfnxr2SUMpe6aw9xqmlEhIVi3CA6tyqptQoRZr88G/s1600-h/t+bird+hances.JPG" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271705530329315794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq3eUfz5PLrVZ1OxP940jz8LWF3_vJrLyu-1Gy-9KMs-yYHtFC1FoAUSEPQZcZhUfgjQC0nVTQqM4g3qMge5x1PmCMGEZoyQlgk7oGfnxr2SUMpe6aw9xqmlEhIVi3CA6tyqptQoRZr88G/s400/t+bird+hances.JPG" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; height: 271px; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; width: 400px;" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Top: Myth of Malham</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Minim, after Sporanino</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Minim</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Sopranino plans</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Thunderbird plans</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Thunderbitd full view</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10px;">Thunderbird at the apex of the Chesapeake</span></div><div>
</div><div><div style="text-align: left;">Question: Did Laurent Giles' <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sopranino</span> and<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Myth of Malham</span> give birth to Ben Seaborn's <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sierra</span> and then the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Thunderbird</span>? I think it's possible,at least in part. Look closely. Especially at the drawings.
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</div><div>Steve Bunnell, who wrote about Seaborn in WoodenBoat #148 and the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Thunderbird</span> in #149, cites <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Myth</span>, designed by the revered British designer <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Laurent_Giles">J. Laurent Giles</a> in collaboration with <a href="http://johnillingworth.blogspot.com/">John</a><a href="http://johnillingworth.blogspot.com/"> Illingworth</a>, as a major influence on Seattle based Seaborn's thinking postwar. New materials and techniques developed during the war years were to allow new thinking and led to the development of light displacement racing cruising boats, "big dinghies" with a cabin.</div><div>
</div><div>That was also the thinking of Patrick Ellam, sailing out of Brightlingsea, when he approached Laurent Giles to design a craft to criteria he'd arrived at through experimental voyages in his Theta, essentially a decked over sailing canoe with enough room for two which he sailed across the English channel at least four times.. He was quite surprised at Giles immediate acceptance of the project. The result was <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sopranino</span>, a name derived from a musical term for woodwinds indicating a smaller instrument achieving a higher octave ....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sopranino</span> was really small, 19'6, with a bulb keel and reverse sheer and she definitely sounded a higher octave. Huge innovations cooked up by Ellam, Laurent Giles and John Illingworth, who consulted on the plans as drawn by Giles and is credited with being the father of modern ocean racing. On september 6, 1951 Patrick set out to cross the Atlantic in her , with Colin Mudie, an employee of Laurent Giles and who had actually penned the plans for <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Sopranino</span>, as crew. Sixteen months and 10,000 miles later they arrived in NY., effectively proving Patrick's theoretical musings. The voyage and experiment also resulted a must read little book, deserving of a niche in modern yacht evolution, appropriately titled <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Sopranino-Patrick-Ellam/dp/097153215X">Sopranino</a></span>.</div><div>
</div><div> By 1957 <a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.tbird50years.com/seaborn.pdf">Ben Seaborn </a>had absorbed the knowledge of light displacement experiments around the world yachting community and had several such designs under his belt. In that year he received a letter announcing a competition sponsored by the Douglas Fir Plywood Association. To be built in plywood, the design parameters for the competition were that it should be usable both for racing and cruising, it should sleep four, be capable of being built by reasonably skilled amateurs, be powered by an outboard and outperform other boats in its class! Quite a list for an unfamiliar, new technology. Initially Seaborn scoffed at this "challenge", as did most other designers receiving the notice letter. Eventually, however, he took the bait and consulted Ed Hoppen, a local boatbuilder intrigued with plywood construction. Their collaboration began and the result was the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Thunderbird</span>,which evolved from a previous design, the<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;"> Sierra</span>, a two person cruising boat. Needless to say the T'bird won the competition, and when completed surpassed all expectations in cruising ability, racing prowess and building techniques. Today a universally applauded design, Seaborn and Hoppen had hit upon a building method in which the molds became permanent bulkheads. Seaborn himself was awed by his creation, never expecting the stability and speed he'd found in this hard chine design. And she is accessible to the home builder. She was a hit. The class association reports that this is his most built design, with over1200 some odd registered boats. Plans are available for $50. from the Class Association! Reportedly this is a very fast racing yacht. Their PHRC rating has continued to move into more difficult ranges over the years and they have been known to sail upwind with their spinnaker set and survive 60 to 70 mph winds, winning races when others had to retire. A Japanese woman cruised one across the Pacific, east to west, an inexperienced sailor sailed one from Puget Sound to Hawaii, one owner has made several voyages to Alaska. Typically, this Ben Seaborn design,like many of his boats, has a very low windage cabin top and still manages to have an astounding amount of light in the interior.
Sadly, neither of these designers is still with us. Jack Laurent Giles was laid to rest in1969 and tragically, Ben Seaborn took his own life in January of 1960 at the age of 45, in part it's believed, because he felt himself a failure as a yacht designer. Jack passed away in 1969 after a long and successful career and his legacy lives on in his designs and in the <a href="http://www.laurentgiles.co.uk/">design firm</a> which bears his name. Ben's untimely death cut short a career which had already achieved greatness.</div><div>
</div><div>Both of these men were instrumental in planting the seeds which have born much fruit in the evoluition of yacht design and ultimately leading to the light displacement racing yachts of today, from the exquisite little <a href="http://www.minitransat650.com/">Mini Transat 650's </a>to the "Open' series of maxi yachts which dominate transatlantic and around the world racing. They also had a hand in enabling small boat cruising sailors such as<a href="http://thesimplesailor.com/index.html"> Roger Taylor</a> and many others to trust a light displacement boat to carry them safely across large oceans. All small boat sailors contemplating or making lengthy cruises owe them a debt of gratitude.</div><div>
</div><div>I have recently been very taken with the <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">Thunderbird</span>, for her speed, her seaworthiness , cruising ability and history. Found one, too, if I can figure out how to get her here. I enquired on the junk rig yahoo goup about the feasability of rigging her junk and <a href="http://home.triad.rr.com/boatbarn/arnek.htm">Arne Kverneland</a> replied that she's an excellent candidate, but would suffer a slight loss of performance. OK!. Anyone who would like to help me get this boat from Rhode Island to PA, either by land or sea, write to me.</div><div><div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The CW Morgan left Mystic Seaport yesterday, May 17, for the first time since 1941. She was towed to City Pier in New London for her final fitting out. Here are a few photos of her preparations from about a month ago, when her spars were lifted in. </span>These photos were taken by Muffy Aldrich and first appeared on her very cool blog '<a href="http://www.muffyaldrich.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Prep</a>'. Thanks, Muffy.</div>
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<br />Here's a bit from Mystic on the Morgan's captain Kip Files for the <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/38thvoyage/" target="_blank">38th Voyage</a>: <br /> As the owner and captain of the 132-foot, three-masted schooner Victory Chimes out of Rockland, Files is no stranger to sailing large ships without an engine. He is also the primary captain of the 207-foot barque Elissa, owned and operated by the Galveston Historical Foundation and Texas Seaport Museum. Files holds a U.S. Coast Guard Master Ocean License for Inspected Passenger Vessels of up to 1,600 Gross Tons. He has been a master of traditional sailing vessels since 1978. He also served on the boards of Tall Ships America (formerly the American Sail Training Association) and the Ocean Classroom Foundation. <br /><br /> “There are very few people in the world with the knowledge and experience of traditional square-rigged sailing necessary to do this job. Kip is one of those people and we are confident we have found the right person to lead the ship on her 38th Voyage,” said Steve White, president of Mystic Seaport.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This 'Virginia' is a replica launched in 2004.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The original 'Virginia', launched in 1916, was commissioned by the Virginia Pilot's Association</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">and designed "along the lines of an America's Cup defender! Her <a href="http://www.schoonervirginia.org/schooner-virginia-about-us/history-schooner-virginia/" target="_blank">history</a> is quite compelling. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">She's a replica of the Dutch Pinnace built in Amsterdam c. 1625 and sailed to the New World</span> in<span style="font-size: x-small;"> 1638 to establish a Swedish Colony</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">New Sweden was the first permanent European settlement in the Delaware Valley. Here is her grand poop deck.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I have to hand it to John Brady</span>, his staff and the volunteers at the<a href="http://www.phillyseaport.org/" target="_blank"> Independence Seaport Museum</a>. John had a vision a couple of years ago about how to grow this festival and it's paying off. There were more ships (7), more visitors and more vendors than ever before, despite dire weather forecasts, which as you can see from my photos, did not hold sway. I went down on Sunday, it was a beautiful day, a bit windy. These ships are amazing, every one of them, and seem to be a big hit with the public. All the schooners present traveled on down to Baltimore after the festival to compete in the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race.</div>
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My only disappointment was the paucity of small craft, which I am sure will be rectified in the future.</div>
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I have given more attention to ships new to the festival this year. If you'd like more of 'Gazella', 'Meerwald', 'Pride of Baltimore II' and the 'Kalmar Nyckel', see my <a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6556034524339788728#editor/target=post;postID=3810107506216669944;onPublishedMenu=posts;onClosedMenu=posts;postNum=9;src=postname" target="_blank">post</a> from last year.This is a great festival, and growing, make plans to attend next year!</div>
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As always, this gathering is a favorite destination each year and never fails to reward. This year, however, due to unforseen circumstances, I am not able to give a full report. Begging your indulgance, however, I urge you to seek out many (and I mean many) more photos of the weekend by visiting my friend Barry Long's website. Barry was there all weekend, took scads of photos and is publishing them on his Eyeinhand website, in the Marginalia section. Barry is a very skilled photographer and his images are stunning.<a href="http://www.eyeinhand.com/Marginalia/" target="_blank"> Don't miss these</a>. Also find more photos posted by the Museum on their Facebook page<a href="http://www.cbmm.org/mascf%20%E2%80%94%20at%20Chesapeake%20Bay%20Maritime%20Museum." target="_blank"> here</a>. Hopefully I'll have a more complete report next year, but in the mean time there's plenty to savor at these two sites.</div>
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Thanks to John Ford and Tracey Munson @ the <a href="http://www.cbmm.org/index.htm" target="_blank">CBMM</a> for their genorous support.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'The Old Order and The New', 1886.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'On The Yare Near Cantley', circa 1886</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I stumbled across this groundbreaking photographer while researching landscape photography several months ago. After poking around a bit I was quite surprised that I'd never heard anything about him, as he's so highly regarded as a pioneer of photography as an art form. It seems he worked primarily in the Norfolk Broads and East Anglia. His work abounds in scenes of the 'common folk' and work on the water, but is not limited to that, which you might assume from my selections.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Peter Henry Emerson (13 May 1856 – 12 May 1936) was a British writer and photographer. His photographs are early examples of promoting photography as an art form. He is known for taking photographs that displayed natural settings and for his disputes with the photographic establishment about the purpose and meaning of photography.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Emerson was born on La Palma Estate, a sugar plantation near Encrucijada, Cuba belonging to his American father, Henry Ezekiel Emerson and British mother, Jane, née Harris Billing. He was a distant relative of Samuel Morse and Ralph Waldo Emerson. He spent his early years in Cuba on his father's estate. During the American Civil War he spent some time at Wilmington, Delaware, but moved to England in 1869, after the death of his father. He was schooled at Cranleigh School where he was a noted scholar and athlete. He subsequently attended King's College London, before switching to Clare College, Cambridge in 1879 where he earned his medical degree in 1885.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Emerson was intelligent, well-educated and wealthy with a facility for clearly articulating his many strongly held opinions. In 1881 he married Miss Edith Amy Ainsworth and wrote his first book while on his honeymoon. The couple eventually had five children.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He bought his first camera in 1881 or 1882 to be used as a tool on bird-watching trips with his friend, the ornithologist A. T. Evans. In 1885 he was involved in the formation of the Camera Club of London, and the following year he was elected to the Council of the Photographic Society and abandoned his career as a surgeon to become a photographer and writer. As well as his particular attraction to nature he was also interested in billiards, rowing and meteorology.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Initially influenced by naturalistic French painting, he argued for similarly "naturalistic" photography and took photographs in sharp focus to record country life as clearly as possible. His first album of photographs, published in 1886, was entitled Life and Landscape on the Norfolk Broads, and it consisted of 40 platinum prints that were informed by these ideas. Before long, however, he became dissatisfied with rendering everything in sharp focus, considering that the undiscriminating emphasis it gave to all objects was unlike the way the human eye saw the world.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">He then experimented with soft focus, but was unhappy with the results that this gave too, experiencing difficulty with accurately recreating the depth and atmosphere which he saw as necessary to capture nature with precision. Despite his misgivings, he took many photographs of landscapes and rural life in the East Anglian fenlands and published seven further books of his photography through the next ten years. In the last two of these volumes, On English Lagoons (1893) and Marsh Leaves (1895), Emerson printed the photographs himself using photogravure, after having bad experiences with commercial printers.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">During his life Emerson fought against the British photographic establishment on a number of issues. In 1889 he published a controversial and influential book Naturalistic Photography for Students of the Art, in which he explained his philosophy of art and straightforward photography. The book was described by one writer as "the bombshell dropped at the tea party" because of the case it made that truthful and realistic photographs would replace contrived photography. This was a direct attack on the popular tradition of combining many photographs to produce one image that had been pioneered by O. G. Reijlander and Henry Peach Robinson in the 1850s. Some of Robinson's photographs were of twenty or more separate photographs combined to produce one image. This allowed the production of images that, especially in early days, could not have been produced indoors in low light, and it also made possible the creation of highly dramatic images, often in imitation of allegorical paintings. Emerson denounced this technique as false and claimed that photography should be seen as a genre of its own, not one that seeks to imitate other art forms.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">All Emerson's own pictures were taken in a single shot and without retouching, which was another form of manipulation that he strongly disagreed with, calling it "the process by which a good, bad, or indifferent photograph is converted into a bad drawing or painting".</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Emerson also believed that the photograph should be a true representation of that which the eye saw. Following contemporary optical theories, he produced photographs with one area of sharp focus while the remainder was unsharp. He vehemently pursued this argument about the nature of seeing and its representation in photography, to the discomfort of the photographic establishment.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Another of Emerson's passionate beliefs was that photography was an art and not a mechanical reproduction. An argument with the establishment ensued on this point as well, but Emerson found that his defence of photography as art failed, and he had to allow that photography was probably a form of mechanical reproduction. The pictures the Robinson school produced may have been "mechanical", but Emerson's may still be considered artistic, since they were not faithful reproductions of a scene but rather having depth as a result of his one-plane-sharp theory. When he lost the argument over the artistic nature of photography, Emerson did not publicise his photographic work but still continued to take photographs. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">The Whaleboats dance and parade</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Six whaleboats were present for the launch. Front row l to r: The Apprenticeshop, Great Lakes Boat Building School, and a boat from the Mystic collection, presumably a Willits Ansel build. Back row l to r: Rocking the Boat, Independence Seaport Museum and Independence Seaport Museum.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Speaking of the Independence Seaport, here are volunteers John Schwarzenbach and Wen Byar, along with CEO John Brady.</span></div>
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morning was inauspicious. Raining. But by the time we had breakfasted,
things were looking up, no rain and clearing skies, as they say, the
'Morgan' is a lucky boat. I was lucky as well, running into Dan McFadden
communications director at Mystic as I entered the Seaport. He directed
me to the dock alongside the 'LA Dunton' where the whaleboats were
asssembling for a parade to the 'Morgan' and back. I rushed over to find
all six of the project boats and a Mystic whaleboat rowing around the
river prior to assembling for the parade. Evelyn Ansel was calling the
shots and announced the beginning of the parade. I moved over to
Australia beach to catch them going by. Later, my companions and I took a
short cruise on the catboat 'Breck Marshall' to get a closer look at CW
and the watercraft invading the Mystic River for the celebration.
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the time the ceremonies began it was sunny and a bit hot. The affable
Steve White, President of Mystic Seaport, opened the proceedings.
Speeches ensued, by dignitaries, all quite good, actually, then a
prayer, and then we came to the Keynote address by the superb filmmaker
Ric Burns. Ric is a bit of an historian on American whaling and his
documentary 'Into the Deep' for PBS is must see for anyone remotely
interested in American whaling, or our history in general. His remarks
were cogent and perceptive and a coda to the day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Sarah
Bullard christened the 'Morgan'. She is a descendent of Charles W
Morgan. The bottle she used to strike the bow was filled water from the
North and South Atlantic, the Pacific and Indian Oceans as well as water
from New Bedford and Mystic, her original and current homeports with a
wee drop of rum added for good luck.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Beginning
in late May of 2014, the 'Morgan' will embark on another voyage. It
will be her 38th. She'll first sail south to New London for sail
training and seagoing preparations. Upon leaving New London she'll turn
upcoast and visit Newport, Vineyard Haven, New Bedford, Provincetown and
Boston. The 'Morgan' will then return to Mystic. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">According
to Dan McFadden at Mystic Seaport, her voyage and subsequent tenure as a
exhibit at Mystic revolves around four major themes: The American
Sailor as Icon, The influence of different cultures connecting at sea,
Whaling as an example of American enterprise and America's changing
relationship to the natural world. Dan states "The last is the most
significant: whales were hunted almost to extinction. Today America
celebrates the whale and works for it's recovery. Where once the
'Charles W Morgan's cargo was oil and bone, today her cargo is
knowledge."</span></span></div>
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my fervent hope that that's true. This massive work of preservation and
restoration, involving more than five years and millions of dollars,
and including the work done at the various institutions building the
whaleboats, is a monument to history, and quite valuable as an artifact.
But to fulfill her potential, the 'Morgan' must also become a potent
symbol for another kind of preservation, that of not only whales and
other cetaceans but for all worldwide fishing stocks and sea life, as
well as our seas themselves, all of which are in danger.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">As one speaker during the Launch ceremony quipped, It's all been said but not everyone has had a chance to say it...</span></span></div>
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would like to thank all those involved in this tremendous project, the
staff at Mystic, the shipwrights and volunteers who've brought this ship
back to life, all the folks involved in the whaleboat project.
Especially, Steve White for his tenacious commitment to see the project
through in financially difficult times, three generations of the Ansel
family for their commitment to preserving maritime knowledge and skills,
Dan McFadden for his help and generosity and to John Brady for inviting
me to be a part of the project. It has been and continues to be a great
honor.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The 28' sandbagger 'Annie' was built by D. O. Richmond about a half mile downriver from the Seaport in 1880 and came to Mystic in 1931 as the first boat in a collection that now numbers over 500 craft. Much more of her story<a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/locations/vessels/annie/" target="_blank"> here</a>. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'Aida' is a 33' keel/centerboard yawl built in 1926 by the Herreschoff Mfg. Co., designed by N. G. Herreschoff.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Recently restored by <a href="http://www.dhylanboats.com/" target="_blank">Doug Hylan</a></span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">in Brooklin, ME</span>. <span style="font-size: x-small;">More about 'Aida' <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/news/2013/aidas-new-home/" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">'Aida' is the most recent addition to the Seaport's fleet. There's a beautiful book about 'Aida' written by Maynard Bray available in the Seaport's bookstore.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The 'CW Morgan' in the water, on her cradle, "taking up" ie swelling her planks to a tight fit before her launch this Sunday, July 21, 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Continuing the theme of immensity, here are some of the spars waiting in the wings for rigging the ship. She'll be rigged after the launch.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">By way of supreme contrast, here's the microcruiser Scamp, a joint project of <a href="http://www.blogger.com/">The Small Craft Advisor</a> and noted NZ boat designer<a href="http://www.jwboatdesigns.co.nz/" target="_blank"> John Welsford</a>. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Jon Wilson, the creator of WoodenBoat Magazine. We had a short chat and Jon informed me that while he's still at WoodenBoat almost daily, he is also deeply involved as director of a non-profit called <a href="http://preparing and facilitating meetings between survivors of violent crimes and their offenders. " target="_blank">JUST</a> <a href="http://preparing and facilitating meetings between survivors of violent crimes and their offenders. " target="_blank">Alternatives</a> which mediates victim/offender dialogue. There is an in depth article about this man with a foot in two worlds from <a href="http://www.yankeemagazine.com/article/features/wooden-boat" target="_blank">Yankee Magazine</a>, well worth your time.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coasting Schoooner 'Austraila' was built in 1862 on Long Island. She served as a blockade runner based in the Bahamas during the Cival War, and consequentially spent over 60 years in the Chesapeake hauling goods.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Later she was acquired by the DuPont family as their yacht, and was donated to Mystic in 1951. In 1961 she was hauled for refit but the damage at that time was too great, she was retired to a shed on campus as an educational exhibit.<a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/locations/vessels/australia-coasting-schooner/" target="_blank"> Read more..,</a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tony and John back at the dock after a fun sail. I do not have lot's of experience in small craft and it was enlightening. Antonio Dias is a truly multifaceted man, artist, talented designer and writer, take a look at his<a href="http://antonio-dias.com/" target="_blank"> website</a>. Thanks, Tony. You can read an earlier post on this blog about Tony and his boat designs <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=ran+tan" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As I write this the <a href="http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/2013/07/08/world-skiff-championships-kicks-off/" target="_blank">Skiffie Worlds</a> are in full swing in Ullapool, on the northwest coast of Scotland.</span> The St Ayles skiffs are an Iain Oughtred design, lapstrake ply rowing boats, expressly conceived for the<a href="http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/" target="_blank"> Scottish Coastal Rowing Project</a>. The initial idea was for communities to build their boats and compete with other communities. It took off like wildfire. There are now over 50 boats in Scotland and the project has spread to North America, Britain, Australia, New Zealand and the Netherlands. The boats are built from cnc kits which interested groups purchase and the build themselves. For those who would like to dig a little deeper, there's loads of info<a href="http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/files/2013/06/PDF-Final-Full.pdf" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br />
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The sole competitor at the worlds from North America is an entry from the<a href="https://www.facebook.com/LCMaritimeMuseum?ref=stream&hc_location=stream" target="_blank"> Lake Champlain </a><a href="https://www.facebook.com/LCMaritimeMuseum?ref=stream&hc_location=stream" target="_blank">Maritime Museum</a>. But she's not the only St Ayles from the US in Ullapool. Also attending, but not competing, is 'Sephira', aka the Musical Ark. I was informed about this project by Alec Jordan, whose company <a href="http://jordanboats.co.uk/JB/" target="_blank">Jordan Boats</a> supplies the kits in the UK. Alec was in Mystic for the show, and though I'd corresponded with him in the past when writing about the project, we'd never met. I also met Gardner Pickering of <a href="http://www.cnc-marine-hewesco.com/boatkits.html" target="_blank">Hewes & Company</a>, the kit suppliers for North America. Alec was very keen for me to write about the Ark, as it was defaying some of the expense involved in traveling to Ullapool with a <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1003277448/the-musical-ark" target="_blank">kickstarter</a>. I'm pleased to say that they reached their goal Friday afternoon but are still open for business into tomorrow if you'd like to get involved. This is an "insanely great" project and must see.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Gannon and Benjamin whaleboat surfaced alongside the small boat docks</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Michelle is my liaison at Beetle and she has been great, responsive and on top of her game. </span></div>
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Great Lakes Boat Building School</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Beautifully finished interior, with bright ceiling planks, buff/cream planks and frames to compliment the blue grey.</span></div>
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The Apprenticeshop</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Center and right are apprentices Simon Jack and Dan Creishar, crew on the boat on it's sail to Mystic</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Skipper on the Apprenticeshop's sail and oar cruise from Rockland ME to Mystic, Brian McCarthy</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">My brother John views the RTB boat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"> Independence Seaport's boat occupying ground recently vacated by the CW Morgan.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Here Walt is warming up before the demo. Onlookers are l to r, John Armstrong, Bruce McKenzie, lead boatbuilder for the ISM and John Swarzenbach, longtime volunteer at the Workshop on the water.</span></div>
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Well, quite a storm. This is not meant to be a comprehensive report, but a bit of local news. And a plea for some help. Both <a href="http://beatonboatyard.com/" target="_blank">Beaton's</a> and the<a href="http://www.tuckertonseaport.org/" target="_blank"> Tuckerton Seaport</a> are reporting heavy damage. Both, as of Thursday, are in need of generators, so if any of you can help with this, try and contact them. It may not be easy, I'll post both their websites which have contact info, but phone lines are likely still out, cell also, my best guess is to contact via Facebook, where the requests were made.</div>
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As far as I can gather, CBMM, ISM and Mystic are all relatively unscathed, as are most of the 'tall ships' in this area.</div>
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Alas not so for Russ Mannheimer's <i>Sjogin</i>, a much adored double ender of Swedish design. She sank in the storm, moored at Beaton's. No word yet of her location or condition, though hopes of salvage are circulating on the Woodenboat Forum and FB. Time will tell. There a moment on this NBC<a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/49575012#49575012" target="_blank"> clip </a>where you can see <i>Sjogin</i> and Suzanne Beaton.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Inside the museum, the Sea Dogs were performing period music in period costume, very 18th C.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The <a href="http://www.kalmarnyckel.org/" target="_blank">Kalmar Nyckel</a> distinctly brought home the 17th C. So here we have about 400 years of nautical history in front of us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Kalmar Nyckel brought the first Swedish settlers to the New World in 1638.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The replica, Delaware's tall ship, is as bright and ornate as the original would have been.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The folks aboard established the first permanent settlement in the Delaware Valley, the Colony of New Sweden, at what is today Wilmington, DE.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I'd never been aboard her. She is aptly named.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">She is the second ship bearing that name, the first was tragically lost in a white squall</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">off Puerto Rico in 1986</span>.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Both ships were built as replicas of the Baltimore Clippers, which type helped win the war of 1812.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">The Gazela Primiero, commonly called the Gazela, is Philadelphia's tall ship. Built in 1901 in Setubal, <span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>Portugal</span> <span style="font-size: x-small;">for the Grand Banks fishery. Not a replica, she is the original article.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">I have no information about this charming little runabout, not even sure she was part of the festival, but she had a beguiling 1950's look about her.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Tugboat Jupiter also in the care of the <a href="http://www.gazela.org/index.html" target="_blank">Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild</a> (as is Gazela). Built in 1902 as a steam powered vessel, later converted to deisel, she worked in NY for Standard Oil. She came to Philly in 1999.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">AJ Meerwald is New Jersey's tall ship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Built in 1928, she's a Delaware Bay Oyster Schooner. She worked into the late 1970's and after a brief retirement was given over to her current protectors, <a href="http://www.ajmeerwald.org/index.htm" target="_blank">The Bayshore Discovery Project.</a></span><a href="http://www.ajmeerwald.org/index.htm" target="_blank"><br /></a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This sleek beast is the Summerwind.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">She is now a training vessel for the<a href="http://www.usmmasailingfoundation.org/Cruising-Sailing-Yachts-For-Sale/4-Schooner-Summerwind/View-details.html" target="_blank"> Merchant Marine Academy</a>. Built in 1929<span style="font-size: x-small;"> </span>in Thomaston ME for a wealthy industrialist who lost her due to the crash, she's had an interesting history. She serverd as an anti-submarine patrol off Montauk during <span style="font-size: x-small;">WWII. Just look at that elegant boom.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">She's immaculately maintained, this service being provided, in large part I was assured, by the first year gentlemen.</span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This is now a paid event, and I initially felt the price was a bit high until I realized that it included entrance to the museum's collection, things for children, but most of all a chance for a tall ship sail! I'm sure this event will grow both in popularity and recognition, as it has so much to offer. Well done. My only regret is that, through my own ignorance, I missed the second floor balcony beer garden.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coming in from the race is James Miller in <i>Fretless</i>, a 26' Tancook Whaler built by Peter Van Dine in Qwings, MD, 1979.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">While the above two boats were new to me, this Welsford Navigator, <i>Slip Jig</i>, is a perennial visitor,owner built by Kevin Brennan</span></div>
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<i> </i><span style="font-size: x-small;"><i>Rosie Parks</i> in her restoration shed. <br />The skipjack <i>Rosie Parks</i> was built in 1955 in Dorchester County by legendary boatbuilder Bronza Parks, for his brother, Captain Orville Parks, Sr. The sailing oyster dredging workboat was named after their mother. The skipjack is now under historic restoration at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum.</span></div>
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Sincere thanks to John Ford and Tracey Munson for easing my way, and to all the participants in #30!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">This is the oldest known image of the Chappy ferry in operation: Owner and skipper Charles B. Osborn unloads four passengers (and a valise) from his rowboat ferry at his boathouse pier, just south of what is now Edgartown Marine, circa 1895.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Anthony A. Bettencourt, 1929-1948 The fifth known owner of the Chappy ferry (1929-1948)</span></td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Laurence A. Mercier, 1962-1966 The eighth known owner of the Chappy ferry</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Jared N. Grant Era, 1966-1988 The ninth known owner of the Chappy ferry. The ON TIME III rounds the corner at Bend in the Road Beach in Edgartown on the day of her launch. The person supervising the tow is Lynn Murphy of Chilmark.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Debra J. Grant and Roy Hayes Era, 1988-2008 The tenth known owners of the Chappy ferry</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Peter S. Wells and Sally T. Snipes Era, 2008-present The eleventh known owners of the Chappy ferry</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">This camera barge was the original self-propelled, car-carrying Chappy ferry, built by Tony Bettencourt, Manuel Swartz Roberts, and others on Chappaquiddick Point in 1935. Her name was CITY OF CHAPPAQUIDDICK. Serving as the platform for the filming of the last act of JAWS may have been the last job she ever did.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Author Tom Dunlop and photographer Alison Shaw, who brought out the beautiful 'Schooner', the story of the building of the schooner <i>Rebecca</i> at the Gannon & Benjamin yard, have teamed up again to produce 'The Chappy Ferry Book'</span> a history of the ferry running between Edgartown on Martha's Vineyard and Chappaquiddick Island. It's delightful. The book is lushly illustrated, filled with archival photos from the very early rowboat years, through the Jaws' adventure and up to the present with contemporary work from Alison Shaw. Tom Dunlop deftly embellishes the history of the ferry with context, anecdote and occasional intrigue. Reading the book, it is clear that the ferry has become a well loved fixture of Island life. Regardless of whether or not you have any interest in the Vineyard or Chappy Island, this is the story of the evolution of a simple, but essential service. It transcends the mundane by revealing the humanity of those involved.Highly recommended. Comes with a nice little video as well.</div>
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The 'Chappy Ferry Book', 'Schooner', and Alison Shaw's beautifully photographed 'To The Harbor Light', Lighthouses of Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket and Cape Cod are all published by Vineyard Stories, which is a uniquely interesting <a href="http://vineyardstories.com/marthas-vineyard/" target="_blank">publishing house</a>, a whole other story. Visit them. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Willow ribbed skin on frame,</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">skillfully wrought </span><span style="font-size: small;">with exquisite detail.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Hillary Russell is the coordinator at the <a href="http://www.berkshireboatbuildingschool.org/" target="_blank">Berkshire Boat Building School</a>. His willow ribbed skin on frame double paddle canoe (his design) took top honors in the professional class.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: large;">John Gardner Small Craft Workshop</span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Lots of activity, and lots of boats, at the reinstated workshop!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.clintchaseboatbuilder.com/" target="_blank">Clint Chase</a> docking a Ducker.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A welcome surprise was this proa by Paul Soban.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Finely kitted out</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Looks a bit like a Gary Dierking <a href="http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/garyd/t2.html" target="_blank">T2</a></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Nesting boats!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The skin on frame above, a Monfort design, fits nicely into this ply boat. Both are beautifully constructed. Now where's that brochure?!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Michael Shari brought this captivating little Firefly.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">The National Firefly is an<a href="http://www.uffafox.com/" target="_blank"> Uffa Fox</a> design, originally built by<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Marine_Ltd" target="_blank"> Fairey M</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairey_Marine_Ltd" target="_blank">arine</a>.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.clcboats.com/" target="_blank">Chesapeake Light Craft</a> offered the elegant Sassafras canoe.</span></span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">B&B Yacht Designs brought the sprightly Mandy</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Graham Byrnes, owner of B&B, with accomplice.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">A lot of boats, and a lot of activity.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">Ed Greiner and Bud McIntire were down from the upper peninsula, Michigan, representing the <a href="http://www.glbbs.org/" target="_blank">Great Lakes Boat Building School</a>. They were also our dinner companions at the tribute dinner and added to our enjoyment of the evening.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">They trailered this stunning inboard launch, built entirely by students at the school. It's a Paul <a href="http://store.gartsideboats.com/products/16-ft-6-in-inboard-workboat-design-117" target="_blank">Gartside</a> design, #117, carvel construction. </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;">These two St Ayles skiffs were built, and are being raced, as part of WoodenBoats' <a href="http://www.woodenboat.com/boatbuilding-and-rowing-challenge" target="_blank">BARC</a> program.The program involves high school students in building and racing this Iain Oughtred design and was inspired by the example of the </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">My third year at this show and it's always a treat! The Family Boatbuilding program seems to increase exponentially every year. Next year they will likely need a larger large tent.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Seeing the incredible work being done vis a vis the Morgan restoration is inspiring. I met up with Graham McKay of <a href="http://www.lowellsboatshop.com/" target="_blank">Lowell's Boat Shop</a> and he's planning to begin a whaleboat for the Morgan in October. As of the show he said he was 70% funded, but has a little more to go, help if you can.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">A big round of thanks to Mystic Seaport, WoodenBoat and all the participants for another great show. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Originally posted on<a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> 70.8%</a> by Thomas Armstrong</span></span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Matt Murphy, Editor of WoodenBoat, opens the proceedings.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Nat and Ross, and Carl Cramer,publisher of WoodenBoat</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Always a treat at the WoodenBoat Show is the tribute dinner, recognizing folks who have made a considerable contribution to the wooden boat community</span>. <span style="font-size: small;">This years recipients were Nat Benjamin and Ross Gannon, owners, creators and resident gurus of the internationally acclaimed <a href="http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/" target="_blank">Gannon and</a> <a href="http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/" target="_blank">Benjamin Marine Railway</a> on Martha's Vineyard. </span> <span style="font-size: small;">The Railway was born in 1980 as a result of the pair's sailing into Vineyard Haven Harbor and finding no railway to haul them out and so effect repairs. What has grown from their initial impulse has become a unique establishment dedicated to producing the highest quality wooden boats, and something of a cultural fixture on the Vineyard.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">As in other years, there was a lineup of several speakers which included Matthew Stackpole, former executive director of the Martha's Vineyard Museum is currently working on the CW Morgan restoration, Emily Bramwell, Vineyard resident and owner of the 24' gaff sloop <a href="http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/photo.php?id=16" target="_blank"><i>Nell</i></a> a Nat Benjamin design built by the yard, Scott Dibiaso, skipper of<a href="http://gannonandbenjamin.com/projectdetail.php?project_id=65" target="_blank"> <i>Juno</i></a>, the teams largest to date, a 65' schooner, again Nat's design, built at the yard, Brian and Pam Malcolm, current owners of <a href="http://www.britishclassicyachtclub.org/register/rebecca.htm" target="_blank"><i>Rebecca</i></a> which they have sailed 25k miles,designed by Nat and built at the yard, Steve Corkery, legendary boat broker and Jon Wilson, founder of WoodenBoat magazine and who knew these guys before there was a WoodenBoat. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What emerged over the course of the evening was a portrait of a boatyard unlike any other. Called a 'magic place' and a 'temple of work' by Matthew Stackpole, he attested to a mingling of the tangible and spirit at the yard. No one, he allowed, is simply a visitor or client at this 'temple', all have a tool thrust into their unsuspecting hands, with some instruction. Emily Bramwell described how the addition of the railway/boatyard had a place in the forging of the islands identity. She related how, after a devastating fire in 1983, the community fell in and helped to save what could be salvaged and participated in the boatyard's resurrection. Scott Dibiaso had worked at the yard prior to becoming the skipper of <i>Juno</i>, recalled that the doors were unlocked and the lights on 24/7 and owners encouraged to work on their boats. Brian and Pam Malcom of <i>Rebecca</i> described the 2nd floor sail loft as pristine and compared it to the chaotic workshop, ankle deep in sawdust. Steve Corkery related an anecdote, which, if I could recall it all, would be titled "you call this a LEAK?". The last speaker was Jon Wilson, and he opened his remarks by reminding us all the work of these two giants of contemporary wooden boat building would not have been remotely possible without the behind the scenes support of their families. He went on to say that the Gannon and Benjamin boats are amazing to sail, a result of the blend of wisdom and experience brought to their design and construction. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">What I took away from the evening was a picture of a place somewhat paradoxical, and therefore very real. A place where a sort of hippie openness, a reverence for tradition, and the highest of work ethics and skill combine to indeed create a 'temple of work'. I feel I must investigate at first hand!</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Now, a disclaimer and an acknowledgement. In the above text I may or may not be quoting directly, but certainly within the spirit of the respective comments. Also, my own photos of Rebecca, taken at the show, were sadly ruined by an undetected bit of stuff on my camera lens, but serendipity came to the rescue. I have recently been contacted by the writing/photo team of Tom Dunlop and Alison Shaw, per a separate matter I'll write about later. These two produced the exquisite book '<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Schooner-Building-Wooden-Marthas-Vineyard/dp/0615342671" target="_blank">Schooner</a>', published by Vineyard Stories. The book is about the building of Rebecca and Alison Shaw kindly sent me some photos from their (highly recommended) work. I can't thank you enough. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">All three boats pictured above are Gannon and Benjamin productions and were present at Mystic for the weekend. The schooner Charlotte is the subject of a <a href="http://www.charlottethefilm.com/" target="_blank">documentary film</a>. She is Nat's personal boat, and an archive of her build is found<a href="http://www.gannonandbenjamin.com/projectdetail.php?project_id=56" target="_blank"> here</a>. <i>Eleda</i> is Ross' boat, designed by his nephew Antonio Salguero</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Originally posted on<a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> 70.8%</a> by Thomas Armstrong</span> </span> </div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">The two photos above courtesy<a href="http://ptldme.blogspot.com/2010_04_01_archive.html" target="_blank"> PTLDME</a> via John Brinton, thanks John.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This years <a href="http://www.thewoodenboatshow.com/" target="_blank">WoodenBoat Show</a> at <a href="http://www.mysticseaport.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=home.viewPage&page_id=58CDBE74-65B8-D398-78B82F78C63BCD4A" target="_blank">Mystic Seaport</a> was, as always, a great experience. One of the features of the show I enjoy most</span> <span style="font-size: small;">are the demonstrations, and this</span> <span style="font-size: small;">year they hit a home run. On both Friday and Saturday the CW Morgan crew demonstrated steam bending and planking for the big whaleship's restoration. A wow. The Morgan is being planked in a mix of white oak and longleaf yellow pine. These planks are 36' long, 14" wide and 3" thick and weigh in at an average of 500lbs. though there must be a bit of difference in the two species. I was unable to determine which I was photographing, but my money is on the pine. The plank is steamed for about 3 hrs. to make it pliable enough to conform to the shape of the hull.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The old adage is 'many hands make light work'. In the case of planking the Morgan, I would suggest that though there were indeed many hands involved, this is still not 'light' work. Once the new plank is in places it is clamped and wedged to allow the crew, a mix of volunteers and staff, to secure the plank with wooden trunnels and 7"silicon bronze spikes, robustly hammered into place as seen above.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">This demonstration was highly instructive, revealing the immense effort being poured into the restoration of this massive icon. It was also wildly popular with the show attendees, as you can see in my photo taken from the stairway which goes up to her deck. I had to push in just to get a narrow shot of the plank going into place. Once things calmed a bit I was given a hardhat and allowed to get a little closer to the action. This work is ongoing, with the hull being re-planked from the garboard planks up. The lower, garboard planks are deemed worthy to stay in place but will receive copper plating. The projected relaunch date is about a year from now, with a voyage to New Bedford planned for 2014. </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">Thanks to Mystic Seaport and WoodenBoat Magazine for continuing excellence, and a special thanks to John Brinton for his link.</span></span></span></div>
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</tbody></table>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-24739288605724138132012-06-12T21:54:00.000-04:002012-06-12T21:54:13.056-04:00Whitehalls blossom at the Workshop on the Water<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br />Fine entry of the carval boat, flanked by the whaleboat on the left and the lapstrake on the right.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">The lapstrake Whitehall growing up around her molds.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Whitehall is generally considered to be the quintessential American rowboat. The iconic design was derived from European models, fast rowing gigs, wherries and cutters. The name originates from Whitehall Street in New York City where they were first built. They ranged in length from 14 to 22 feet and are recognizable by their fine entry and distinctive wineglass transom. Considered to be one of the fastest, easiest rowing designs known they served as water taxi's, pleasure boats and are still a favorite with home and professional builders alike. They were first built in lapstrake and later carvel.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">In a program that incorporates both <a href="http://www.chadphila.org/" target="_blank">CHAD</a> students and workshop volunteers, two Whitehalls are currently underway at the Workshop on the Water in Philadelphia, one lapstrake and one carvel. They will join the workshop fleet when completed, hopefully by the end of June and will compete in rowing matches with the two extant Whitehalls in the small craft collection.<br /><br />The project, overseen by lead boatbuilder at <a href="http://www.phillyseaport.org/Workshoponthewater" target="_blank">Workshop on the Water</a> Bruce McKenzie, is building to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Gardner_%28boat_builder%29" target="_blank">John Gardner</a> plans, with slight modifications by Nick Pagon.<br /><br />See Gina Picton's student driven blog on the project<a href="http://wowstemtostern.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"> here</a>.<br /><br />A further intro and appreciation of Gardner and his work can be found at the<a href="http://www.tsca.net/gardner-begin.html" target="_blank"> TSCA</a>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><br />Illustration Credit &<a href="http://www.whoi.edu/main/copyright" target="_blank"> Copyright</a>: </span>Jack Cook, <a href="http://www.whoi.edu/" target="_blank">Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution</a>, Howard Perlman, <a href="http://ga.water.usgs.gov/" target="_blank">USGS</a><br /><b>Explanation</b>: How much of planet Earth is made of water? Very little, actually. Although<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=moSBExlLu2M" target="_blank"> oceans of water cover</a> about 70 percent of Earth's surface, these oceans are shallow<a href="http://www.cliffshade.com/colorado/images/earth_anatomy.gif" target="_blank"> compared</a> to the Earth's radius. The<a href="http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html" target="_blank"> above illustration</a> shows what would happen if all of<a href="http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=80696&i=7301" target="_blank"> the water</a> on or near the surface of the Earth were bunched up into a ball. The radius of this ball would be only about 700 kilometers, less than half the radius of the Earth's Moon, but slightly larger than Saturn's moon Rhea which, like many moons in our outer Solar System, is mostly water ice. How even this much water came to be on the Earth and whether any significant amount is trapped far beneath Earth's surface remain topics of research<span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-size: small;">The Inimitable <a href="http://www.inthepresentsea.com/the_actual_site/journal/journal.html" target="_blank">Webb Chiles</a> kindly sent me a link which I could not resist. Thanks, Webb.</span> </span></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-60859276138183163852012-04-15T16:39:00.025-04:002012-04-18T11:55:22.796-04:00"straight is the line of duty; curved is the line of beauty": G.L. Watson - the Art and Science of Yacht Design<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHsxyvx6ysgKhc-7oDSxwfNGjJXTV2YsW-KAroyQCo7hyww4djqcfhd03CvDVLKxvqnEBrlQZfAEbH3NbXUokI75E1juGnngtGNDKOtAc-Fo70HVI80MAPteu3ejTQ0A4vUWCskrDWDQ/s1600/P1013493.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 351px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRHsxyvx6ysgKhc-7oDSxwfNGjJXTV2YsW-KAroyQCo7hyww4djqcfhd03CvDVLKxvqnEBrlQZfAEbH3NbXUokI75E1juGnngtGNDKOtAc-Fo70HVI80MAPteu3ejTQ0A4vUWCskrDWDQ/s400/P1013493.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731739919060968210" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The handsome cover of this volume from the Pegg</span>y Bawn Press<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsSb8TW9ISNj8S-FvVmoEWD_0iV4EbsX4ldb8Y4NI9pTS6xfC00ykQsqhmK_YbOWBzm1-4ff7v4LikCRVxPpvyGn70-u5hua2D_y2QM4J75i1eO89dbYB1R6XlDOQyfewLnt_XiV72po/s1600/001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 304px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMsSb8TW9ISNj8S-FvVmoEWD_0iV4EbsX4ldb8Y4NI9pTS6xfC00ykQsqhmK_YbOWBzm1-4ff7v4LikCRVxPpvyGn70-u5hua2D_y2QM4J75i1eO89dbYB1R6XlDOQyfewLnt_XiV72po/s400/001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734658990794514" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">George Lennox Watson by Sir James Guthrie RSA<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBbD87nLhyphenhyphenj5VrJeZ46FGmhxOrPf69SX2JonhDpR4rHJp0EAd2XB0LQT35sZWSSxTAlcjQUXr1ok5Gs66f0lBDemu3zQ9Y02EG0A3l7fl4uFFsQtf0gDFbEAlZeinYDGIShoQ2A-1hp0/s1600/002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 288px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYBbD87nLhyphenhyphenj5VrJeZ46FGmhxOrPf69SX2JonhDpR4rHJp0EAd2XB0LQT35sZWSSxTAlcjQUXr1ok5Gs66f0lBDemu3zQ9Y02EG0A3l7fl4uFFsQtf0gDFbEAlZeinYDGIShoQ2A-1hp0/s400/002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734537516531442" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Peggy Bawn sailing herself off Brooklin, Maine, 2007<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v-0qu7wANQiwMAP_TVCbYjPbMVZ0_KRVW0g5-UNdlhia5FkTtm38_3VRbgBP5TAHTeyB7jG8UGcm6GWSD62ohEYE-sciIHoBaPZsrpG_KwRG0k3JtFhHcszUK-aCox8fQSu8LKykQik/s1600/013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-v-0qu7wANQiwMAP_TVCbYjPbMVZ0_KRVW0g5-UNdlhia5FkTtm38_3VRbgBP5TAHTeyB7jG8UGcm6GWSD62ohEYE-sciIHoBaPZsrpG_KwRG0k3JtFhHcszUK-aCox8fQSu8LKykQik/s400/013.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734405906901058" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Peggy Bawn</span> on Belfast Lough c.1894<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJaGPVTt5RYE6c20ANBxkLf7aCLZVwkbaHSmkS-4cMrzIIrouq7R6cnCjB64pEZIUh7YYR1RPonchu7tPqPdv_SI813EnhfuoUqZVgkf1DJjTFntuhiDxQUsBCGr8SDm26pCMUaZKaZM/s1600/004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 297px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYJaGPVTt5RYE6c20ANBxkLf7aCLZVwkbaHSmkS-4cMrzIIrouq7R6cnCjB64pEZIUh7YYR1RPonchu7tPqPdv_SI813EnhfuoUqZVgkf1DJjTFntuhiDxQUsBCGr8SDm26pCMUaZKaZM/s400/004.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734266599160162" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Shamrock II'</span>s launch, Clydeside<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE5jStth5HsaZygK-XcksBLXhyphenhyphenYvDjRwapRwXDKdXXORrPI4c66ZNtSg3PuyGCyclMH1dm6xLv_xZPFP7oM54THN4SCdBCB4GA_FjMy4cCDgsRfBH7246pRtsvZCwRaFMq-H8GGiM4Lg/s1600/006.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE5jStth5HsaZygK-XcksBLXhyphenhyphenYvDjRwapRwXDKdXXORrPI4c66ZNtSg3PuyGCyclMH1dm6xLv_xZPFP7oM54THN4SCdBCB4GA_FjMy4cCDgsRfBH7246pRtsvZCwRaFMq-H8GGiM4Lg/s400/006.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734135927671586" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hunter's Quay c.1882 Royal Clyde Regatta<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20ISTW3SMRRhlwafuoBBt6lTXn0F-47WiYGJlAHonuvKwLqTZo7qskf9yVLHBkula0xna0FzrrHg9ob5drt994D-IRkNhjDoOiKYXi7b5kwM3-ud-CRoC7l1PsB3DX8uba1zeAuab8Ko/s1600/007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20ISTW3SMRRhlwafuoBBt6lTXn0F-47WiYGJlAHonuvKwLqTZo7qskf9yVLHBkula0xna0FzrrHg9ob5drt994D-IRkNhjDoOiKYXi7b5kwM3-ud-CRoC7l1PsB3DX8uba1zeAuab8Ko/s400/007.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731734018013349842" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">In <span style="font-style: italic;">Famous Clyde Yachts</span>, Henry Sheilds painted Watson's 1884 5 tonner<span style="font-style: italic;"> Shona</span>. <span style="font-style: italic;">Shona</span> gained her fame in America as Charlie Barr's first command.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmvIYMC6N-b9IKDepf8btTw-eDhpUeFeeGK8VLf0Y-nYwFh5yqHbb7vZ9KXhTyX12OfxgWzkrJnOJZefOdm5fux3HIIQBphEzcRm1HD9QyWjjoBKO7w66VZbjzcSOIPPKAKGukY3BU_Q/s1600/009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 376px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmmvIYMC6N-b9IKDepf8btTw-eDhpUeFeeGK8VLf0Y-nYwFh5yqHbb7vZ9KXhTyX12OfxgWzkrJnOJZefOdm5fux3HIIQBphEzcRm1HD9QyWjjoBKO7w66VZbjzcSOIPPKAKGukY3BU_Q/s400/009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733893518966706" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">J. Stwart Clark's<span style="font-style: italic;"> Ornsay</span> on Rothsay Bay. </span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5AsYltZfmnTrJLBtFac9ztzXrnxJwr4K2cfNduhB6tC5pxjJxcvXg-JBDLAxL9cdjhUzVakYAtLPefzsjur8C-E5TSqLry-RThejJXfeFRf1wb6TAAUbqfMvX2CzcXS9UoTblAUz_9E/s1600/011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN5AsYltZfmnTrJLBtFac9ztzXrnxJwr4K2cfNduhB6tC5pxjJxcvXg-JBDLAxL9cdjhUzVakYAtLPefzsjur8C-E5TSqLry-RThejJXfeFRf1wb6TAAUbqfMvX2CzcXS9UoTblAUz_9E/s400/011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733708844993026" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Watson designed this Lowestoft Beach Yawl<span style="font-style: italic;"> Happy New Year IV</span>, 1893</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82FAQy4Tk4yAip3FmHW4j-IGSe6VmEGjPte6SoZZcXDCUZvtz6YZVEHcFXk0RLmRYYQuNxm0T3iUNidhZGN6wjA4hENgjLJU8C-6A-u2u-fYTLOLNoKvfcINvqkaM-TU0lWIxz0OH1bQ/s1600/012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 234px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg82FAQy4Tk4yAip3FmHW4j-IGSe6VmEGjPte6SoZZcXDCUZvtz6YZVEHcFXk0RLmRYYQuNxm0T3iUNidhZGN6wjA4hENgjLJU8C-6A-u2u-fYTLOLNoKvfcINvqkaM-TU0lWIxz0OH1bQ/s400/012.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733575868846690" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Spinnaker Letting Go</span> by Barlow Moore depicts Watson's <span style="font-style: italic;">Valkyrie II</span> losing the 1893 Americas Cup to Nat Herreshoff's <span style="font-style: italic;">Vigilant</span></span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqohAHsGUsgaxVzdkESw4gPciCyZ-P96biKnNTsVzFgUm1gpB9oRKj0s10Ad4fKT8JDx3hkhbmaFXGR29V4S_5wgr-ePVnmX1gMhZC-o_08_q36InxcjY7BlHveHUL11MTdjjPfP06J0/s1600/014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJqohAHsGUsgaxVzdkESw4gPciCyZ-P96biKnNTsVzFgUm1gpB9oRKj0s10Ad4fKT8JDx3hkhbmaFXGR29V4S_5wgr-ePVnmX1gMhZC-o_08_q36InxcjY7BlHveHUL11MTdjjPfP06J0/s400/014.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733420637538578" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Watson, c.1894<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxtPciRrbgC8r7Lx8qMr_z-KBWKg9qZ8hFfU02yhH6i95NdtL_QxDIZ36g9UF0imR1IOInYNGmJBVcdTTa4jr0XCi-iXUyBPPbN7_RpsA8l0aDQsURty3YbKpdaXIC5-Gw1XjLQmfSXU/s1600/016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 244px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijxtPciRrbgC8r7Lx8qMr_z-KBWKg9qZ8hFfU02yhH6i95NdtL_QxDIZ36g9UF0imR1IOInYNGmJBVcdTTa4jr0XCi-iXUyBPPbN7_RpsA8l0aDQsURty3YbKpdaXIC5-Gw1XjLQmfSXU/s400/016.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733274297718434" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Sir Thomas Liptons Watson designed<span style="font-style: italic;"> Shamrock II</span> in the 1901 America's Cup<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIYNCBXxTg4ED-s-7gCv6WQuhOeO4UZm9HGUhzPoVaPLb-ootCzrJEBHWezN99MHjM1_9tVKrC6cm6pfzNmp3A8BQIIer4lagD9gGV8-8CybkYx2b1VoFSWkjRfoHeSWt0sgmfVpRuFQ/s1600/017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIIYNCBXxTg4ED-s-7gCv6WQuhOeO4UZm9HGUhzPoVaPLb-ootCzrJEBHWezN99MHjM1_9tVKrC6cm6pfzNmp3A8BQIIer4lagD9gGV8-8CybkYx2b1VoFSWkjRfoHeSWt0sgmfVpRuFQ/s400/017.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731733101712072994" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A rare onboard view of <span style="font-style: italic;">Shamrock II</span></span><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size:85%;">during the 1901 Cup. That's Watson with binoculars</span>.<br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEvwQEto2kglarPwj6i8fU11ltMwj4g86sPPTe7d3QKxQXuMipG2densxJzjp44Ag0lm97PAZ1RpaQu0Dwr1_jBZ4duRqGYBNSlHs7SCsrh9iKMREH4AsPYF-qE10do665JOmXlPldsI/s1600/019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdEvwQEto2kglarPwj6i8fU11ltMwj4g86sPPTe7d3QKxQXuMipG2densxJzjp44Ag0lm97PAZ1RpaQu0Dwr1_jBZ4duRqGYBNSlHs7SCsrh9iKMREH4AsPYF-qE10do665JOmXlPldsI/s400/019.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5731732981212348962" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Queen of Scots (1903) designed for William Coats<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">I must confess that when I received this lavishly illustrated work, I had no knowledge of Watson or his renown. Gary MacMahon (see my<a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=AK+Ilen"> AK Ilen</a> posts) was a member of the production team for this sumptuous book through the work of his design firm<a href="http://www.copperreed.com/"> Copper Reed Studio</a> in Limerick, Ireland and was kind enough to send me a copy. The publisher, <a href="http://peggybawnpress.com/">Peggy Bawn Press</a>, is named after the small cruising/racing yacht, recently restored and pictured above. Below is a synopsis of this beautifully designed and exhaustively researched volume found on the publisher's website. I'm including this as it is far more succinct than I would be.<br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>"Martin Black’s biography of the great Scottish designer, George Lennox Watson, is much more than a record of his life and work during the Golden Age of Yacht Design. Perhaps uniquely, it also describes the emergence of the role of the modern independent designer, of any profession or discipline. Watson’s career spanned a seminal period in industrial and social development, marking the transition from instinctive and evolutionary craft work to the application of disciplined technological innovation, using new material technology and tank testing.<br />So this book sheds light on social and industrial history with hundreds of contemporary illustrations, most of which are previously unpublished. Watson’s genius shines through in early racing cutters carrying clouds of sail, pro-bono pioneering work on lifeboats, America’s Cup challengers, and ultimately in sumptuous steam yachts, Watson’s adage: Straight is the line of duty; curved is the line of beauty... is consistently evident.<br />Carrying his prodigious research lightly, the author’s work floats easily above its load waterline, including delightful mini biographies of the colourful leading characters. Even the footnotes are entertaining.<br />Meanwhile this extensive and ambitious first volume has an easy “dip-in” structure to be savoured in slices. For example, the chapters on the America’s Cup challenge the conventional histories with newly discovered first hand insider sources.<br />In recent years, through many superb restorations, classic yachting has found a significant nostalgic niche in the yachting media, if only because of the innate beauty of the yachts and the spectacle they provide. This has revived the reputations of designers Herreshoff and Fife, but Watson’s genius needed to be rescued from a relative obscurity which was triggered by his early death. Was he “the greatest yacht designer of the 19th century”, as Olin Stephens acknowledged? Read Martin Black’s book and see if you agree. At the very least, you will find that George Lennox Watson deserves his place among the pantheon of the greats.<br />Then you may also answer the question I posed initially; along the way, you will enjoy many illuminating experiences, and also a rattling good yarn!"<br /><br />Henry J Cooney<br /><br />While this is not an inexpensive book, it is one that deserves a place on the bookshelf of anyone interested in yacht design and/or the America's Cup. Have a look!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a></span></span></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-22487950368290771042012-04-11T19:37:00.015-04:002012-04-11T20:27:34.852-04:00Ullapool gets the nod<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nCnKSucY40frhAA_-rzkLPBASHLXSUHSKTPlFH3Tc9q1Jnktu4Po7g30PoPuwbHhK8AtoOoocA8xMI0M9L6uL8NqfbHNDwmbzjARpXsJIf5-rjML50jnSUgEfpVTPiowx4SByvlyY0A/s1600/image001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 259px; height: 259px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nCnKSucY40frhAA_-rzkLPBASHLXSUHSKTPlFH3Tc9q1Jnktu4Po7g30PoPuwbHhK8AtoOoocA8xMI0M9L6uL8NqfbHNDwmbzjARpXsJIf5-rjML50jnSUgEfpVTPiowx4SByvlyY0A/s400/image001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730293170227167010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8WMq7yR3NBkw0o2ZHHWu_ZBdFUeFLdJMLvddK4M27GNZo5tGqVyNmGu1jePmgAy1akLk2wHQzsjdjXb9VGvHKt8XO58Xu0qEgZabr-Frpt28yM-dMRKeC86vDA67EfprH79KJwo5ax0/s1600/18-10-03-ullapool-pier.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEic8WMq7yR3NBkw0o2ZHHWu_ZBdFUeFLdJMLvddK4M27GNZo5tGqVyNmGu1jePmgAy1akLk2wHQzsjdjXb9VGvHKt8XO58Xu0qEgZabr-Frpt28yM-dMRKeC86vDA67EfprH79KJwo5ax0/s400/18-10-03-ullapool-pier.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730293018558424434" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ullapool Pier<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBzTNgXzaVDjmQ2UomsEsOGTy874fa-xgCQTVAKnjrvodyI9ceSbqxQG1nirEaXzsnpt9YSEgzxzv_EAYIUmrgGTCQay9i6EGTLndmQTKIEZE5vD534H8_A33KxdgDQWxXh1WYA9Bso/s1600/13-08-11-040.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFXBzTNgXzaVDjmQ2UomsEsOGTy874fa-xgCQTVAKnjrvodyI9ceSbqxQG1nirEaXzsnpt9YSEgzxzv_EAYIUmrgGTCQay9i6EGTLndmQTKIEZE5vD534H8_A33KxdgDQWxXh1WYA9Bso/s400/13-08-11-040.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292902319680258" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">St. Ayles skiffs beached at Loch Broom<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpnV6kYdtxDchrmAurXy-JRY8eVKjSFKtwHOZoYLyQKHKlc2x4U_dSfV-cnKsEgwVGMb5cV6PkHYqj7SKhyphenhyphenS_lrg2sYtHDPXkX6tLqjKbjKrzNak5VqtZ2TVfwU0nn6fLff_aKHHQdjc/s1600/16-07-11-1198.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 282px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpnV6kYdtxDchrmAurXy-JRY8eVKjSFKtwHOZoYLyQKHKlc2x4U_dSfV-cnKsEgwVGMb5cV6PkHYqj7SKhyphenhyphenS_lrg2sYtHDPXkX6tLqjKbjKrzNak5VqtZ2TVfwU0nn6fLff_aKHHQdjc/s400/16-07-11-1198.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292766993236162" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Skiffie racing<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg-fvFMqOA_W0G_DQ7M9jXkMQv82Q68zmoIDHyN0nkho8MGKHm5z214BUf3BhYKYuqT5Fho6YASGKxnwnrEX7ilTEWJieSsCzebTXTsgifhaYGgkxfo1mujObIN4B_uGPtXa4nsld250/s1600/16-07-11-1069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 282px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLg-fvFMqOA_W0G_DQ7M9jXkMQv82Q68zmoIDHyN0nkho8MGKHm5z214BUf3BhYKYuqT5Fho6YASGKxnwnrEX7ilTEWJieSsCzebTXTsgifhaYGgkxfo1mujObIN4B_uGPtXa4nsld250/s400/16-07-11-1069.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292633552496546" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">A skiff in the foreground during Ullapool Tall Ships<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-oR_nqaGY2bpQwkiHBtIldWUHBkF5yeWQ9Ssw_F1HbsDY97r_Tpl7Svwz7km6bJau2SAfgndbFH9_qk783kjJovTEolzX4swqvk2Ex6tkkN5Tr-gUh0NgO_5o6j1qKEpCmkmXANmUWo/s1600/14-05-05-001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3-oR_nqaGY2bpQwkiHBtIldWUHBkF5yeWQ9Ssw_F1HbsDY97r_Tpl7Svwz7km6bJau2SAfgndbFH9_qk783kjJovTEolzX4swqvk2Ex6tkkN5Tr-gUh0NgO_5o6j1qKEpCmkmXANmUWo/s400/14-05-05-001.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292417205872018" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ullapool<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwC2PcdXgdy9fIy2NYDsAY5up9y3EanUn1C-J9FeNiv33rtP1TA9Wt_avs4GXpBOXHMnIuSn7c1WpV3Xyxd0K5S4qBBoJNaxsT_P0QpzphSjQeee5rtZ8h7Ahye_mRiy0BPCWvWP9v38/s1600/ullapool.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 283px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdwC2PcdXgdy9fIy2NYDsAY5up9y3EanUn1C-J9FeNiv33rtP1TA9Wt_avs4GXpBOXHMnIuSn7c1WpV3Xyxd0K5S4qBBoJNaxsT_P0QpzphSjQeee5rtZ8h7Ahye_mRiy0BPCWvWP9v38/s400/ullapool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292247608009922" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Harbour<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4rAg9AP1nsDtBJVfn-bhRIvQ4byc0iADfXEnX0YMdp5hESidaAim12s8MpSBwyEXo8dIuGBV4G59ajaYlytVfh8KDP5HF0Hu5-yT214CBgsogNEP52UUerjm2w2gDaM1PlRdieN4CIE/s1600/18-10-03-loch-broom.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw4rAg9AP1nsDtBJVfn-bhRIvQ4byc0iADfXEnX0YMdp5hESidaAim12s8MpSBwyEXo8dIuGBV4G59ajaYlytVfh8KDP5HF0Hu5-yT214CBgsogNEP52UUerjm2w2gDaM1PlRdieN4CIE/s400/18-10-03-loch-broom.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292122265018434" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Loch Broom<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOjk-qfjWHlI2QCxzpX8hWreO_JankjQ0MNtbGYbaduJm1waKfafccCYULeHpj0MYOMn7vZ_XwCTOiTjf0hUN5kJQ-CyUATiKPdve6sZVIwIzx_O2Q1JtOklolFFKa7cWGCcNpuPeStI/s1600/21-10-05-005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVOjk-qfjWHlI2QCxzpX8hWreO_JankjQ0MNtbGYbaduJm1waKfafccCYULeHpj0MYOMn7vZ_XwCTOiTjf0hUN5kJQ-CyUATiKPdve6sZVIwIzx_O2Q1JtOklolFFKa7cWGCcNpuPeStI/s400/21-10-05-005.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5730292001140247970" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Coigach</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">all images courtesy<br />SCRA World Skiff Championships</span><br /></div><br />Word came in my inbox today that Ullapool has been selected to host the Scottish Coastal Rowing Associations first ever World Skiffs Championship in 2013. What a great choice! I got to know Ullapool many years ago when I spent a summer just north of there on the Coigach coastline. A warm and welcoming town surrounded by spectacular mountains, moors and the sea, and the best fish & chips in the world. Here's the press release sent out by Chris Perkins for the Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;">St Ayles Skiff World Championships – 8th to 14th July 2013</span><br /></div><br />The Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club is delighted to announce that Ullapool has been selected by the Scottish Coastal Rowing Association as the venue for the first World Championship for Coastal Rowing using the St Ayles Skiff. With the astonishing growth of St Ayles Skiff building and rowing by communities internationally the time is right to run a Skiffie Worlds to give an opportunity for Rowers from across the Globe to meet in friendly competition.<br /><br />Ullapool, on the banks of Loch Broom, a large sheltered sea Loch in the Northwest of Scotland, is an ideal location to host such an event. With an existing infrastructure developed to cater for the needs of visitors and great community experience in running large cultural events SkiifieWorlds will be well within the capacity of the village.<br /><br />Ullapool Coastal Rowing Club together with their partner organisations, the Loch Broom Sailing Club, Coigach Community Rowing and the Ullapool Harbour Trustees look forward to welcoming visiting crews to our magnificent waters. A full programme of maritime and landbased activities and entertainment is planned culminating with the Prizegiving followed by a boisterous Ceilidh Dance on Saturday 13th.<br /><br />For more information please visit the dedicated Website<a href="http://skiffieworlds.com/"> http://skiffieworlds.com/</a>, a work in progress which will grow in detail as we get closer to the event.<br /><br /><br /><br />To find out more about the Iain Oughtred designed St. Ayles Skiff see my earlier <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/search?q=scottish+coastal+rowing">posts</a> and visit the <a href="http://scottishcoastalrowing.org/">Scottish Coastal Rowing </a>website.Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-36523261726977259282012-02-25T16:19:00.055-05:002012-02-26T20:29:12.208-05:00Penobscot Marine Museum Photo Archive<div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/everett-red-boutilier.html">Everett 'Red' Boutilier</a></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNu2V5TqvpitMgqCYpsUKoRpsddlVLBfUAvx4ijruFTqitl9MKfT21wap7uKSmNOutAf4HPGAQ_7_85qbSXwavp-Hd1PTGdwWSLhaK4qKhEKKlEDWCxHXQWvH902pohUi_KOAvoJxVUc/s1600/LB20052417245.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFNu2V5TqvpitMgqCYpsUKoRpsddlVLBfUAvx4ijruFTqitl9MKfT21wap7uKSmNOutAf4HPGAQ_7_85qbSXwavp-Hd1PTGdwWSLhaK4qKhEKKlEDWCxHXQWvH902pohUi_KOAvoJxVUc/s400/LB20052417245.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713193176633023810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">Number LB2005.24.17244<br />Collection Boutilier Collection<br />Description The J & E RIGGIN (89ft. LOA) Capts. Dave and Sue Allen - Skipper , Richard Robbins Sr.- January 22, 1975 at the North End Shipyard Rockland, Me. - aboard.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title J & E RIGGIN<br />Date January 22, 1975<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yyLBGMEj_ZR42WcDcBrIJe2NLLcK06yRBKJmd9TtnmvxS2Kjy1sIap45bxhljwbO5srNPSh_b7mO7FEUrV8sD_BCRgPwXIWZ-ZD1lCK-r9XU5jZX2nlux2ymS2tLlxLkvK56HOcOXiw/s1600/LB20052417275.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 315px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2yyLBGMEj_ZR42WcDcBrIJe2NLLcK06yRBKJmd9TtnmvxS2Kjy1sIap45bxhljwbO5srNPSh_b7mO7FEUrV8sD_BCRgPwXIWZ-ZD1lCK-r9XU5jZX2nlux2ymS2tLlxLkvK56HOcOXiw/s400/LB20052417275.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713193013004980322" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />LB2005.24.17275<br />Collection Boutilier Collection<br />Description The J & E RIGGIN (89ft. LOA) - August 13, 1977.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title J & E RIGGIN<br />Date August 13, 1977<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel-HmcL1ac1ndlU4jsJqz0nNKlpQ-Is8vHRfpa9B5Nra8rQhiU7fizK2GkVmkAIMrwOrmTL39gE7Jpb3SSbItr0yBI42YlOCmVDl3znkgzGnbyVgGIx6EZOEBnmGGfRdmLXx6etj9B54/s1600/LB20052417345.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 312px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhel-HmcL1ac1ndlU4jsJqz0nNKlpQ-Is8vHRfpa9B5Nra8rQhiU7fizK2GkVmkAIMrwOrmTL39gE7Jpb3SSbItr0yBI42YlOCmVDl3znkgzGnbyVgGIx6EZOEBnmGGfRdmLXx6etj9B54/s400/LB20052417345.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192881197088450" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2005.24.17345<br />Collection Boutilier Collection<br />Description Traditional Small Craft Association - overall scene - May 16, 1982.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Small Rowing Craft<br />Date May 16, 1982<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoho1f04p2dRl2-fCS7USw3rJ2vtXfBeZJOjjyVQu7OqhtscB6uGa-R1y9-jE8dW0FOAZkjj_B0d811E8jNUOVdYr4AimbURWTGPoaxIcGU-djRz1nGkq1Xml-WpWTP029lKfdyIo7fcc/s1600/LB20052417398.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoho1f04p2dRl2-fCS7USw3rJ2vtXfBeZJOjjyVQu7OqhtscB6uGa-R1y9-jE8dW0FOAZkjj_B0d811E8jNUOVdYr4AimbURWTGPoaxIcGU-djRz1nGkq1Xml-WpWTP029lKfdyIo7fcc/s400/LB20052417398.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192714251798802" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2005.24.17398<br />Collection Boutilier Collection<br />Description July 4, 1986 - Tall Ships 1986 - SAGRES II - 3 masted square .<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title TALL SHIPS 1986<br />Date July 4, 1986<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd2Dv7qgu3dunhhWL1xpXcdmV-zvK_GKno15zgIU5d6lqxegiqwF3iTled0vm971b6ivKQ1-2HjvHMQCUBTz5v7231GATKBIa-fP7TF22lJctAYkt-ChQ7hIxUi7oVeurCLls5UcZxEs/s1600/LB20052417453.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFd2Dv7qgu3dunhhWL1xpXcdmV-zvK_GKno15zgIU5d6lqxegiqwF3iTled0vm971b6ivKQ1-2HjvHMQCUBTz5v7231GATKBIa-fP7TF22lJctAYkt-ChQ7hIxUi7oVeurCLls5UcZxEs/s400/LB20052417453.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192581364281938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2005.24.17453<br />Collection Boutilier Collection<br />Description July 4, 1986 - Tall Ships 1986 - fire boat with hoses.<br />Object Name Negative, Film, Color<br />Title TALL SHIPS 1986<br />Date July 4, 1986<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/atlantic-fisherman.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Atlantic Fisherman</span></a><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7cuI5DWOHebbyQLl4vYfiHxKYTXVU4m0wlT8o_aS3G1_xl4a0q0pD9gnh24wUk9RdLMzv98gMEHxF0fy4VT0-gLKSSb19GrEcwcz9QTm74hQ222q0fCanCPe4Fiuk-ETXIt4CWyErDQ/s1600/LB1992301104.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 318px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz7cuI5DWOHebbyQLl4vYfiHxKYTXVU4m0wlT8o_aS3G1_xl4a0q0pD9gnh24wUk9RdLMzv98gMEHxF0fy4VT0-gLKSSb19GrEcwcz9QTm74hQ222q0fCanCPe4Fiuk-ETXIt4CWyErDQ/s400/LB1992301104.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192420741901570" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />LB1992.301.104<br />Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection<br />Description The LAUREN - afloat for first time at the dock at the Webber marina in Muscongus; LOA: 35’; beam 12’-7”; draft 3’.<br />Object Name Print, Photographic<br />Place Maine/ Lincoln County/ Muscongus<br />City Muscongus<br />County Lincoln County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date Pub.: Mar. 73<br />Photographer Boutilier, Everett L. ”Red”<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-TFNlIto0pxLYQU7hyphenhyphenbCqmbBW3DNZqAH7VIAnqIbRckn5_-BlvVJTEZwWICshXroD9ShrBtln_h5zAAhS8mTH8NcS0jWKt3sKow-aOYSCQexdQvqwZFBGFJU0S3PaKpdTOhTe5TZ3kI/s1600/LB1992301111.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQ-TFNlIto0pxLYQU7hyphenhyphenbCqmbBW3DNZqAH7VIAnqIbRckn5_-BlvVJTEZwWICshXroD9ShrBtln_h5zAAhS8mTH8NcS0jWKt3sKow-aOYSCQexdQvqwZFBGFJU0S3PaKpdTOhTe5TZ3kI/s400/LB1992301111.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192294087862018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1992.301.111<br />Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection<br />Description Harbor views at Corea, ME, with many lobster boats.<br />Object Name Print, Photographic<br />Place Maine/ Hancock County/ Corea<br />City Corea<br />County Hancock County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date Pub.: July 1960<br />Subjects Fishing boats<br /> Lobsterboats<br />Photographer/Creator French<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoo54TRrE3l34s9zogUVkrS_lXs1fLNRfLJHrrpIkBzTze0vxkd_-vhqZmKLRO00VAKJBMu38d7rU22vNjhuqBZFt5hLd2Y3AEPYIKnkTUnkVCoWWCQbjaoewXhbXPhSqE83UDnUMyeeE/s1600/LB199230113.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 283px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoo54TRrE3l34s9zogUVkrS_lXs1fLNRfLJHrrpIkBzTze0vxkd_-vhqZmKLRO00VAKJBMu38d7rU22vNjhuqBZFt5hLd2Y3AEPYIKnkTUnkVCoWWCQbjaoewXhbXPhSqE83UDnUMyeeE/s400/LB199230113.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713192109205655442" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1992.301.13<br />Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection<br />Description Getting nets ready for fall fishing.<br />Object Name Print, Photographic<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CdXNiBj0kEwwNLfmT2fWyaPniTM-ueB8avfgchGg_FyiuFP8Mzy37t-b1d6EAWzslGEWFAvSqMXhwbvB7sighgQBQeg8gPM1Ynq9JpV3rWeIt5su94UXVEor66Vh92QrZK0Thgwz0BE/s1600/LB1992301118.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 322px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-CdXNiBj0kEwwNLfmT2fWyaPniTM-ueB8avfgchGg_FyiuFP8Mzy37t-b1d6EAWzslGEWFAvSqMXhwbvB7sighgQBQeg8gPM1Ynq9JpV3rWeIt5su94UXVEor66Vh92QrZK0Thgwz0BE/s400/LB1992301118.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713191932190386866" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1992.301.118 Weir; 4 boats pursing up herring.<br />Object Name Print, Photographic<br />Place New Brunswick/ Grand Manan?<br />Date Pub.: Feb. 1952<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMLd6WIvDWfu_iwVAxZY5V8SlvC0lQ1EBKHtRau1qdkS8gxKhaAlWIXnb_yTpaLyqQxKiTtou3CCmj_cstY7OkMHRDNXa1FF52Qup7RI8BONoF3eDtrRKiG2IepcCp2eQf1WF-aTr5Yw/s1600/LB1992301148.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 304px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMLd6WIvDWfu_iwVAxZY5V8SlvC0lQ1EBKHtRau1qdkS8gxKhaAlWIXnb_yTpaLyqQxKiTtou3CCmj_cstY7OkMHRDNXa1FF52Qup7RI8BONoF3eDtrRKiG2IepcCp2eQf1WF-aTr5Yw/s400/LB1992301148.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713191758553285314" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Number LB1992.301.148<br />Collection Atlantic Fisherman Collection<br />Description Unloading sardines from dory to sardine carrier. This photo was used by B.F. Goodrich to advertise their suction hose in Atlantic Fisherman when the sardine pump was introduced. R.J. Peacock had three carriers working out of Portland in the 1950s:CONQUEROR, SEAWANHAKA, and SYLVINA E. BEAL.<br />Pub.: Aug. 1952</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/ruth-montgomery.html">Ruth Montgomery</a></span><br /></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixHlILzV1CXo41KOyxd3bgbnzJHZiG4IcCbjbezTURZWEetxGdYjTCd6o1sn-OqKp7MOBdf86aR01g5c2ulgRsO5D6yPgvHwwNYe8dpgCp251K5Qy1K-txgXxyPGdzX6L0337AnYf4Gk/s1600/LB199049B17C%25281%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 328px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgixHlILzV1CXo41KOyxd3bgbnzJHZiG4IcCbjbezTURZWEetxGdYjTCd6o1sn-OqKp7MOBdf86aR01g5c2ulgRsO5D6yPgvHwwNYe8dpgCp251K5Qy1K-txgXxyPGdzX6L0337AnYf4Gk/s400/LB199049B17C%25281%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713593665652323634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1990.49.188<br />Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection<br />Description The wreck at Little River, East Boothbay, Maine<br /><br />Original: Montgomery:’ The wreck at Little River’ Cataloger’s notes: East Boothbay<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title The wreck at Little River<br />Place Maine/ Lincoln County/ East Boothbay<br />City East Boothbay<br />County Lincoln County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date ---<br />Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth<br /><br /><br /></span></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNmAtdMaJlbe9w_H4ISF-2pQdsuzjsTfz7TTH1XnRMzGIesakzsSPz2J-WeH-qwuCX4Oqmn1_fsOG5mRHm1wzwInJEbuYREi5kkVNWllFwwyP9fVUDA1rUy-YKJlRVT4ANLn6q8nZVGPA/s1600/LB199049B2D.JPG"></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkVzdCvIRoMR17pmqnO0SmJ5qdfOowH0Lldb91Ghoc9Bjnn3p6lsXHYq5wfveUNXsgyThzICZuiGzOzGYmjxdEXWdeoOjspl66ZSbcE4c8NC0QvUnZ8pKmu6K7guYs8fE9wpuiiVIk48/s1600/LB199049B11H.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkVzdCvIRoMR17pmqnO0SmJ5qdfOowH0Lldb91Ghoc9Bjnn3p6lsXHYq5wfveUNXsgyThzICZuiGzOzGYmjxdEXWdeoOjspl66ZSbcE4c8NC0QvUnZ8pKmu6K7guYs8fE9wpuiiVIk48/s400/LB199049B11H.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713191087769006930" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1990.49.125<br />Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection<br />Description Steamer which carried group to picnic site<br /><br />Original: Montgomery:’ Steamer we went on to picnic’ Cataloger’s notes:<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Steamer we went on to picnic<br />Date ---<br />Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqWOMOg6j79AIwSw3bW3NU5H0kQBzX-HoyCZdi9QmwoKNiMfa_wj6XP1DgqpN5sImfoeTyIQnvxpdJwgK6rvVimO9XqMuwpUwsUhGmQHryCuHP6J8x3Z-KQLQW6M3bg3pyNquwFNCyik/s1600/LB199049B11L.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIqWOMOg6j79AIwSw3bW3NU5H0kQBzX-HoyCZdi9QmwoKNiMfa_wj6XP1DgqpN5sImfoeTyIQnvxpdJwgK6rvVimO9XqMuwpUwsUhGmQHryCuHP6J8x3Z-KQLQW6M3bg3pyNquwFNCyik/s400/LB199049B11L.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713190930733318594" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1990.49.129<br />Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection<br />Description ’Mita’ (dog) lying in chair, on board ship<br /><br />Original: Montgomery:’ Mita lying down in chair’ Cataloger’s notes: ALLANWILDE alongside ?<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Mita lying down in chair<br />Date ---<br />Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth</span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VnfY8uqSzN4WXZZMeyH3qG2jHrNdfdpHX63d-i7y5CP115u5-v2mjha5yogRx2MK6ok000w9lSM3mRcn5_M-jPJ6yZQVYWw0KlByfaDt2h68aC3fHA0WPHMzOZxXIi3HLWSWyoirCgU/s1600/LB199049B12C.JPG"></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MkBWeewBkrfDHbh9GsBdweb6kiDBbGN0739jmEXMr8rXVRgNdk8h5ilzSDkEVpBWbEqQeiC3wuNm0DRvc86gmANNLMUGwWYu2BMtkPWfW5IDRNKJ2TWdiErkrlb-LtmPI8Mko1gtPok/s1600/LB199049B16B.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 314px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MkBWeewBkrfDHbh9GsBdweb6kiDBbGN0739jmEXMr8rXVRgNdk8h5ilzSDkEVpBWbEqQeiC3wuNm0DRvc86gmANNLMUGwWYu2BMtkPWfW5IDRNKJ2TWdiErkrlb-LtmPI8Mko1gtPok/s400/LB199049B16B.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713190501280762018" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />LB1990.49.175<br />Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection<br />Description Gay Head<br /><br />Original: Montgomery:’ Gay head’ Cataloger’s notes:<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Gay head<br />Date ---<br />Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8fRPElPenCAbK1PzRr-DXgDa_BJv6w38pBKQbXGLvcB_SkE-17Wh0yegu-6thWcxrrIGNQi6qikvJi9XrvAzD15ofpZpx_nbf1yGfX0l31lO-vmjmMgo83LMn9PGnLE4si15WH2r_3M/s1600/LB199049B17C%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP8fRPElPenCAbK1PzRr-DXgDa_BJv6w38pBKQbXGLvcB_SkE-17Wh0yegu-6thWcxrrIGNQi6qikvJi9XrvAzD15ofpZpx_nbf1yGfX0l31lO-vmjmMgo83LMn9PGnLE4si15WH2r_3M/s400/LB199049B17C%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713190233719113586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB1990.49.189<br />Collection Ruth Montgomery Photographic Collection<br />Description Arthur (Arthur Libby Race) on the Shark<br /><br />Original: Montgomery:’ Arthur on the shark’ Cataloger’s notes: Arthur Libby Race<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Arthur on the shark<br />Date ---<br />Photographer/Creator Montgomery, Ruth</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/joanna-colcord.html"></a><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/joanna-colcord.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Joanna Colcord</span></a><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1SbqqHEWA5XbNmg3ShYzhON3Fr8L_pyFUmqAq4Atp3nbp2p2hI-XqZr4QDwbvx6qO_djJo2MUAH7oC65rfSfM68114C5t-im6r3FYrso1wBFa6ouBjHX9SwkIMKOdR-8k08MWqbcysg/s1600/LB2003611026.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 325px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1SbqqHEWA5XbNmg3ShYzhON3Fr8L_pyFUmqAq4Atp3nbp2p2hI-XqZr4QDwbvx6qO_djJo2MUAH7oC65rfSfM68114C5t-im6r3FYrso1wBFa6ouBjHX9SwkIMKOdR-8k08MWqbcysg/s400/LB2003611026.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189817728468386" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2003.61.1026<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Br ship DUNDEE off Stonecutter’s Island, Hong Kong<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Br ship DUNDEE off Stonecutter’s Island, Hong Kong<br />Place Hong Kong<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2tFnufMPixBorrrxpYplX6Qn44BlHJvLZnkFXpZvNhjoPG7vHnVI_KObjCRn3Zhp7aimIvV7px6UzA_uP4MavQKjuUVhJDBZDs-zPMCmU-of8f1uRsVO75R89f-RBz06UOmG3Tz9g48/s1600/LB2003611029.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA2tFnufMPixBorrrxpYplX6Qn44BlHJvLZnkFXpZvNhjoPG7vHnVI_KObjCRn3Zhp7aimIvV7px6UzA_uP4MavQKjuUVhJDBZDs-zPMCmU-of8f1uRsVO75R89f-RBz06UOmG3Tz9g48/s400/LB2003611029.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189663633558850" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2003.61.1029<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Market; Nassau, Bahamas<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Place Bahamas/ Nassau<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikBf-DScS_2jLd4yi7usmlK0Sw1qJCTSju7Ndd0xhGq0ji566FR6Gq3vfWISQY85vg5ZPahI4KQQd1O21vzTIq-2_YIGLPR4SNDx8T318fzsCjKbURMkyx7Gy9yBha7fb0omKtDwkBkA/s1600/LB2003611051.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 229px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikBf-DScS_2jLd4yi7usmlK0Sw1qJCTSju7Ndd0xhGq0ji566FR6Gq3vfWISQY85vg5ZPahI4KQQd1O21vzTIq-2_YIGLPR4SNDx8T318fzsCjKbURMkyx7Gy9yBha7fb0omKtDwkBkA/s400/LB2003611051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189547671603266" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2003.61.1051<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Botanic Station; Roseau, Dominica<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Place Dominica/ Roseau<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovhoakwTuY7OWnbO9AX10pPf5fLeF3B4Ppx-1RwCud-chfBkSNUz4pbeCcTS25dvipBjkQHuMT7Rd4vEBOm-l3z_0l-HPcncb5mh0a7liSbl7xeHwkbwcIVYZAcpHknAR0JLp88xHyIw/s1600/LB2003611084.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjovhoakwTuY7OWnbO9AX10pPf5fLeF3B4Ppx-1RwCud-chfBkSNUz4pbeCcTS25dvipBjkQHuMT7Rd4vEBOm-l3z_0l-HPcncb5mh0a7liSbl7xeHwkbwcIVYZAcpHknAR0JLp88xHyIw/s400/LB2003611084.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189435804976210" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br />LB2003.61.1084<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Figure in deck chair, aboard ship<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAnqLpTaI0JMAs5-qEZ329WGI6XsCMpKIB7WdgMXjXBb2FrEOrss5c4j7C0tEavESA2bquvpThOqNNwIdEcVqNhUunQ3C27H6_rIy7BSY_2RFsltfcyx0LXjzJEzSPUbHfInxOXd7Z6A/s1600/LB2003611099.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 239px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwAnqLpTaI0JMAs5-qEZ329WGI6XsCMpKIB7WdgMXjXBb2FrEOrss5c4j7C0tEavESA2bquvpThOqNNwIdEcVqNhUunQ3C27H6_rIy7BSY_2RFsltfcyx0LXjzJEzSPUbHfInxOXd7Z6A/s400/LB2003611099.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189245876230562" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2003.61.1099<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Street, palms, single figure<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIij4O30Qstr340h-vjphznkJ2KQp75hQD9RpeDmzAqo2OMwDPQbIWwNajIjP7MgjpIEm8Y1o0IJQNL4WixUU0sN0cgCyv85KWatXmApvOTd6VEia0gamixtiiSVoAsDR97PM0F_Z0wpQ/s1600/LB2003611108.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIij4O30Qstr340h-vjphznkJ2KQp75hQD9RpeDmzAqo2OMwDPQbIWwNajIjP7MgjpIEm8Y1o0IJQNL4WixUU0sN0cgCyv85KWatXmApvOTd6VEia0gamixtiiSVoAsDR97PM0F_Z0wpQ/s400/LB2003611108.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713189106973702498" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2003.61.1108<br />Collection Joanna C. Colcord Collection<br />Description Scott’s Head; Dominica<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Place Dominica<br />Photographer/Creator Colcord, Joanna C.</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/elmer-montgomery.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Elmer Montgomery</span></a><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR67zZBdKdpsEChWXuFDcycirZ-Br-NXB9e5LXDy1LoGMJ6w2c51vaQdECjklnyjaPXpjwLRJpwJqtyTFuQteRLzrWTKzhCzt0SMcwsB5XM9lw4_0GCXkOd978KEV-3Cxn1DdBDoMFFYo/s1600/LB200815110.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR67zZBdKdpsEChWXuFDcycirZ-Br-NXB9e5LXDy1LoGMJ6w2c51vaQdECjklnyjaPXpjwLRJpwJqtyTFuQteRLzrWTKzhCzt0SMcwsB5XM9lw4_0GCXkOd978KEV-3Cxn1DdBDoMFFYo/s400/LB200815110.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713188672603484514" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.15.110<br />Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection<br />Description Steamer NORTH HAVEN, Ex. ELECTRONIC, bought from Sydney, Nova Scotia in 1931, and began service in June. Sometime after 1942, went into government service out of Portland to installations in Casco Bay , then returned to Rockland briefly before joining the New York City Circle Line fleet. Being towed away.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Steamer NORTH HAVEN<br />Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland<br />City Rockland<br />County Knox County<br />State Maine, ME</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLXAiDRFQNXGv_5JgiyIqGzH-imgmuWCoJbqkDFbL1AhPgiI94sqZ6LA6NeACG-OmTS2zQckczsz5p8C9-F3UeNUx-JP9UzclWmEeiNbiSeboSy84ZeEaWEb6XcVHOMntAXkApxnX3IY/s1600/LB200815163.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 235px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRLXAiDRFQNXGv_5JgiyIqGzH-imgmuWCoJbqkDFbL1AhPgiI94sqZ6LA6NeACG-OmTS2zQckczsz5p8C9-F3UeNUx-JP9UzclWmEeiNbiSeboSy84ZeEaWEb6XcVHOMntAXkApxnX3IY/s400/LB200815163.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713188528350552610" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.15.163<br />Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection<br />Description Dragger ST. GEORGE under construction. Interior view including five workmen and keel timbers.<br />Exhibit Label BUILDING THE ST. GEORGE, 1939<br /><br />Albert Condon’s drawings for this 110’ dragger are, like all his work, very detailed. There’s no guessing the size, shape, and location of the pieces that go into building her. Snow’s Shipyard was already bustling before its wartime expansion. A new wooden dragger or seiner had slid off the ways every few months since the place was reorganized around 1936. Two other big ones like the ST. GEORGE (the NORTH STAR and BELMONT) followed in September, 1940 and April, 1941.<br />Before moving to Fairhaven, Massachusetts, Albert Condon had supervised construction at Snow’s. After the move, he continued drawing plans for Snow’s and for the Newbert & Wallace yard in Thomaston. Mystic Seaport now owns all of Albert Condon’s drawings.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Dragger ST. GEORGE<br />Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland<br />City Rockland<br />County Knox County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Search Term shipbuilding/ fishing<br />Photographer Montgomery, Elmer<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCBCbHlDLTWz-IucjGF16TMVlEm-5REqkWih-QBLAqyTpKp9ocaUvaD5x9hUofZ-2Z_b_YV9h0g2_uqN3ZenLI2x25qiSR0OQJuvlANiYSzFmxKGcTM36Lpvr1BM_jTq54qOJ7srNpGY/s1600/LB200815185.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 227px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcCBCbHlDLTWz-IucjGF16TMVlEm-5REqkWih-QBLAqyTpKp9ocaUvaD5x9hUofZ-2Z_b_YV9h0g2_uqN3ZenLI2x25qiSR0OQJuvlANiYSzFmxKGcTM36Lpvr1BM_jTq54qOJ7srNpGY/s400/LB200815185.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713188360802299058" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.15.185<br />Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection<br />Description View of DIRIGO FIRST’s deck with 12 dories on deck. Rigged for dory trawling.<br />DIRIGO FIRST was built in 1923 in South Freeport for the Dirigo Fish Co. on Union Wharf in Portland as a cod and mackerel boat.<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Dragger DIRIGO FIRST<br />Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland<br />City Rockland<br />County Knox County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Subjects Dories (Boats)<br />Rowboats<br />Fishing vessels<br />Search Terms dory<br />Search Term fishing<br />Photographer Montgomery, Elmer<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFgrfey6OkE57NVqRPbA5Q2WTrlvnMT8ikhUfh-rByi8J3wvnlabwAx3MSTQcGWumON1TyIf5gBCeyppjQ1a0cW8tdyVVuiThKG80jRZFDazSLRoDDKsukoL44Qodzzi_AJcTs-RcENg/s1600/LB200815187.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgFgrfey6OkE57NVqRPbA5Q2WTrlvnMT8ikhUfh-rByi8J3wvnlabwAx3MSTQcGWumON1TyIf5gBCeyppjQ1a0cW8tdyVVuiThKG80jRZFDazSLRoDDKsukoL44Qodzzi_AJcTs-RcENg/s400/LB200815187.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713188184499545810" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.15.187<br />Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection<br />Description 78’10” Dragger PELICAN under construction and nearly complete, on deck looking forward. Rail cap being installed. Designed by Albert Condon; plans are at Mystic Seaport (catalog #35.18)<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Dragger PELICAN<br />Place Maine/ Knox County/ Rockland<br />City Rockland<br />County Knox County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Search Term shipbuilding/ fishing<br />Photographer Montgomery, Elmer<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn3-uOzZ5wXfOiPYbjIHSWFsUdpb2UtQ26T2g8CXz8ZICTo0H1KJxfYFRrW6iCRIUc8i3XTJE7cr7t8rjocBU9Q5epnx6vQn47fwu-lOkN1fVz2dPR4yXeTXn68dXA7g7-oSIkSYJBiw/s1600/LB200815226.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqn3-uOzZ5wXfOiPYbjIHSWFsUdpb2UtQ26T2g8CXz8ZICTo0H1KJxfYFRrW6iCRIUc8i3XTJE7cr7t8rjocBU9Q5epnx6vQn47fwu-lOkN1fVz2dPR4yXeTXn68dXA7g7-oSIkSYJBiw/s400/LB200815226.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713187968540090530" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.15.226<br />Collection Elmer Montgomery Collection<br />Description Crescent Beach Fish weir in left background, Emery Island in center of photo<br />Object Name Negative, Film<br />Title Harbor scene<br />Place Maine/ Knox County/ Owls Head<br />City Owls Head<br />County Knox County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Search Term fishing<br />Photographer Montgomery, Elmer</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/photo-collections/Preston-Williams-Collection.html"><span style="font-size:130%;">Preston </span><span style="font-size:130%;">Williams </span></a><br /></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zF97ig9uk58748Tt_ZBVdv9EYJowDhsEwsiRTDK4yIOnVpkX3OdemyYiVjhh0HNb89td8Ye0z8qw1N1NYrK6SNL2_WHDLKBSFv4BygGxuxNQ8x6cN76loNCvLRw_CR8akvG64CjV-I4/s1600/LB20082610.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 321px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1zF97ig9uk58748Tt_ZBVdv9EYJowDhsEwsiRTDK4yIOnVpkX3OdemyYiVjhh0HNb89td8Ye0z8qw1N1NYrK6SNL2_WHDLKBSFv4BygGxuxNQ8x6cN76loNCvLRw_CR8akvG64CjV-I4/s400/LB20082610.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713187669227913234" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">LB2008.26.10<br />Collection MacEwen Collection<br />Description Vessels at High Head. Oct 1, 1899 (H. Floyd)<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Vessels, Highhead, Bangor<br />Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor<br />City Bangor<br />County Penobscot County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date Oct. 1, 1899<br />Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpS2GyxRqG1y6jB1fZB0-1FFkMYB8gFn1O_klJp_R6VGlvIsbVsDInpVVJ1UrZ60ay8Y3xrfw7sbhtj420VhnMYI5f7mlk7p_GBqn6sp8sMQsRvI9vhJpu8G8x4Xl34oA0CEHfSogrjI/s1600/LB20082643.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpS2GyxRqG1y6jB1fZB0-1FFkMYB8gFn1O_klJp_R6VGlvIsbVsDInpVVJ1UrZ60ay8Y3xrfw7sbhtj420VhnMYI5f7mlk7p_GBqn6sp8sMQsRvI9vhJpu8G8x4Xl34oA0CEHfSogrjI/s400/LB20082643.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713187476718022002" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"> LB2008.26.43<br />Collection MacEwen Collection<br />Description Old Bangor Suspension Bridge, Bangor-Brewer Bridge. Center span lost in spring flood Feb. 1902. View from Brewer 1903 (H. Floyd)<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Bangor-Brewer Bridge.<br />Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor<br />City Bangor<br />County Penobscot County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date 1903<br />Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?<br /></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaN52u_W5FbuBCK6TQnqw514rIm-G1LfkKjzlVHO3AyrszoSh2VP5d4d8bshkrP_H6RkVuDxtlRSW4DG5B6ilEcs58SrzXmg2F41_DxA0e-wPuZKqZ9kOwBHn63rwN4mBspoZtCq6qnc/s1600/LB20082675.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 305px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEaN52u_W5FbuBCK6TQnqw514rIm-G1LfkKjzlVHO3AyrszoSh2VP5d4d8bshkrP_H6RkVuDxtlRSW4DG5B6ilEcs58SrzXmg2F41_DxA0e-wPuZKqZ9kOwBHn63rwN4mBspoZtCq6qnc/s400/LB20082675.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713186543015526562" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><span style="font-size:78%;"> LB2008.26.75<br />Collection MacEwen Collection<br />Description Start of fire<br />Object Name Negative, Glass-plate<br />Title Bangor Fire 1911<br />Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor<br />City Bangor<br />County Penobscot County<br />State Maine, ME<br />Date 04/30/1911<br />Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?<br /></span><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknnuZq3zfaP0F6A48lU8wP2Wexu5Brwd1CVFPZjqcPVA0IWk2IPKvLWRFypZl5onBCiKx5sNGf9cj7-r30pVDf33k5JiStpTTofFp6bhKUbJ6vOX0B7c99d_OoqmVoyUP8V4mqz4bHWU/s1600/LB20082696.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 236px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjknnuZq3zfaP0F6A48lU8wP2Wexu5Brwd1CVFPZjqcPVA0IWk2IPKvLWRFypZl5onBCiKx5sNGf9cj7-r30pVDf33k5JiStpTTofFp6bhKUbJ6vOX0B7c99d_OoqmVoyUP8V4mqz4bHWU/s400/LB20082696.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5713186368449733042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> <span style="font-size:78%;"> LB2008.26.96</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Collection MacEwen Collection</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Description Burnt district</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Object Name Negative, Glass-plate</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Title Bangor Fire 1911</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Place Maine/ Penobscot County/ Bangor</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">City Bangor</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">County Penobscot County</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">State Maine, ME</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Photographer/Creator Williams, Preston ?<br /><br /><br />all photos courtesy Penobscot Marine Museum<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">This is an amazing resource.<br /><br />Ben Fuller and Kevin Johnson have been busy, very busy, in Searsport, ME. They've been keeping a small cadre of volunteers and staff members very busy as well.</span> Ben is the curator at the <a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/index.html">Penobscot Marine Museum</a>, Kevin the museum's photo archivist.<br />The museum is celebrating it's 75th anniversary and part of the celebration is the addition, as of February 12, of 20,000 newly digitized images to the museums digital photo archive, bringing the total to about 50,000. Wow. And that's only 1/2 of the total photo archive, and their goal is to get it all online, as well as all the museums other collections. Understand this huge repository of images is available now,<a href="http://www.penobscotmarinemuseum.org/Search-Database-Landing.html"> here</a>, free! I have offered a small sampling of various collections to whet your appetite. One could literally spend months. It's interesting to see a small, regional institution create a world class digital photo database. Hats off to Ben, Kevin and the rest of the team, more power to ya'.<br />I'm sure the museum can use all the help it can get, so if you enjoy this resource, please do something about it.<br /></div></div></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-62512073351874890942012-02-24T14:48:00.012-05:002012-02-24T17:35:09.346-05:00AK Ilen Restoration part four: Education and the Future<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjROLXishPUjI_dAxdMYs7SOP46dnMxKo1XxnLyPy935GMNxfjlkT95ZBbvZREFnbwr7eBIitdvBsZer4HywakPLF-dIumbeZvsQ96hKdqi20f7OrZuDSu3Y44lUoSH949gg0gIe2R5U/s1600/ilen-slimlogo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 366px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjROLXishPUjI_dAxdMYs7SOP46dnMxKo1XxnLyPy935GMNxfjlkT95ZBbvZREFnbwr7eBIitdvBsZer4HywakPLF-dIumbeZvsQ96hKdqi20f7OrZuDSu3Y44lUoSH949gg0gIe2R5U/s400/ilen-slimlogo.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712423148517641890" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfnwi3G41TDcMBbZzymcnzfdIFaUD12MZpswl4kyTLOpmzyfG2X7SQqhPFn30RKi0-4LgHMxUixRGXqBO1ROY88Bv5OcDJZB7F9_DREC1ECkwqnIg_Q6LnJhuHIk5-zAZ49wwBAMJLBs/s1600/img_0030_800x600.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzfnwi3G41TDcMBbZzymcnzfdIFaUD12MZpswl4kyTLOpmzyfG2X7SQqhPFn30RKi0-4LgHMxUixRGXqBO1ROY88Bv5OcDJZB7F9_DREC1ECkwqnIg_Q6LnJhuHIk5-zAZ49wwBAMJLBs/s400/img_0030_800x600.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712422635140680706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK: The Ilen mainmast at the AK Ilen Wooden Boatbuilding School<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrniFCdqc2w0MqHQCO9L2xHyiYo9Fln8Xz5KrCfSrdJszWQonGiN36zkEOo4UT5W4L-BMcxAZCDrXSQolnkNiD0-TeGP2oSQDwn7h6nx5mxq63m_Ym4qpDbo1WKDIKwCjQOjW1ynRS7Y/s1600/AK+boat.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrniFCdqc2w0MqHQCO9L2xHyiYo9Fln8Xz5KrCfSrdJszWQonGiN36zkEOo4UT5W4L-BMcxAZCDrXSQolnkNiD0-TeGP2oSQDwn7h6nx5mxq63m_Ym4qpDbo1WKDIKwCjQOjW1ynRS7Y/s400/AK+boat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712420586450766546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK: An ILEN School Instructor beside an old Kenmare Punt - thelines of this beautiful boat are being recorded so that new punt can be built at some point in the future<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XldWe0ferGRGqCXEQ37Ivflz7Qpe8VW1yyInWGX39vlypBR4IB2O2zkR7zPsKD9FVn7vYmZi7gAncnsSmXl0Y0Cle3DXrhsKQBhe0X2ODszqkcfjCRtmNBrDrMwCGvRHHc9o6E14kDE/s1600/1_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1XldWe0ferGRGqCXEQ37Ivflz7Qpe8VW1yyInWGX39vlypBR4IB2O2zkR7zPsKD9FVn7vYmZi7gAncnsSmXl0Y0Cle3DXrhsKQBhe0X2ODszqkcfjCRtmNBrDrMwCGvRHHc9o6E14kDE/s400/1_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712416869832761682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN: Work continues on the ILEN - here an ILEN Boatyard Shipwright is creating a template in marine play so that the precise shape can be transferred to a block of hardwood<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoxd0NiLgHaOR8DuXKkhgjGY8LZTLibG7lvKzdMHdbUFWCmxvr5FRZvNG7Khwk7Ks03JLfZzIYmlhjnj82C2hH4yKwhACpgJyJ5rgQe2auTPicAw-XZSNgfoG1UlXeNB8wLV8gAq0X2M/s1600/2_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipoxd0NiLgHaOR8DuXKkhgjGY8LZTLibG7lvKzdMHdbUFWCmxvr5FRZvNG7Khwk7Ks03JLfZzIYmlhjnj82C2hH4yKwhACpgJyJ5rgQe2auTPicAw-XZSNgfoG1UlXeNB8wLV8gAq0X2M/s400/2_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712417464019294706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK: An ILEN School Instructor moves rapidly ahead with the construction of a traditional Clare Curach - when all the laths are in place, he will turn the boat over and fit the frame to the gunwhale<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkIebo_47o7Z31cT_4VWwu3aCFXjCtVfW3doqSqpGIWehp_zHCqHcx-75doIKLcYU1n0i9J6CrbrCiJRA3n0wo1b8PgGHRcGbDsYiGr_PTSYO0EY7ICxIX4lZELw-Rtt2ft79gRAwiI8/s1600/3_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEkIebo_47o7Z31cT_4VWwu3aCFXjCtVfW3doqSqpGIWehp_zHCqHcx-75doIKLcYU1n0i9J6CrbrCiJRA3n0wo1b8PgGHRcGbDsYiGr_PTSYO0EY7ICxIX4lZELw-Rtt2ft79gRAwiI8/s400/3_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712417739081542034" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN: ILEN Shipwrights take a welcome winter break and,in seasonal mood, share a meal in the weeks before Christmas 2011<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rLPLjtYeiYLtPqqzz3kLxuvE-IOqgrTfIVrGR4eoE1v1VrThYq39-lkHLS5D1laF88YzXI_M7gWOW2Dj_phfz51y12Y-UlWK8kkuJp8XXDWIYH7Ge34DE2grXx6RLzpo4hPEvBPlXqU/s1600/4_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9rLPLjtYeiYLtPqqzz3kLxuvE-IOqgrTfIVrGR4eoE1v1VrThYq39-lkHLS5D1laF88YzXI_M7gWOW2Dj_phfz51y12Y-UlWK8kkuJp8XXDWIYH7Ge34DE2grXx6RLzpo4hPEvBPlXqU/s400/4_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712419168507467362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK 2: A trainee ILEN School Instructor plans his next project - great planks of Douglas Fir lie ready behind him for work on the spars and masts of the ILEN<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfKOV_n36Gux1vmizg-qpWl13GkkmxyzyBcT38G5uZpdNadpvfkn4wiVqmq2Q0lXWihFOxsQsLx9him6gu50HZ1IRCWfaANhC1TF2XDdF9-zodEaL8x66G-HoqijvM-V_eg_cyPBGwHg/s1600/5_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZfKOV_n36Gux1vmizg-qpWl13GkkmxyzyBcT38G5uZpdNadpvfkn4wiVqmq2Q0lXWihFOxsQsLx9him6gu50HZ1IRCWfaANhC1TF2XDdF9-zodEaL8x66G-HoqijvM-V_eg_cyPBGwHg/s400/5_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712418970677816402" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN: A Shipwright works inside the timbers of the ILEN's hull - his technical skill and expertise are balanced by the beauty of the form around him<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6Lo4oK0vjyM3ywF6kW5PCYarmFJHkGHyBclqBNkm40TImXP5s4bxtZtZMOPg4ECLVy7v3-eyME9en7-LLNXJVINkes51oqaUddgyiYAuT-FaACev9Hx3e4nfBE56mxxP4NILCylRk2I/s1600/6_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP6Lo4oK0vjyM3ywF6kW5PCYarmFJHkGHyBclqBNkm40TImXP5s4bxtZtZMOPg4ECLVy7v3-eyME9en7-LLNXJVINkes51oqaUddgyiYAuT-FaACev9Hx3e4nfBE56mxxP4NILCylRk2I/s400/6_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712418745483018274" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN: A Shipwright works on the foot of the ILEN's stem - the early morning light, streaming through the open window, illuminates perfectly what man can do with natural wood<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHslQB2dp6Ujx1kfku-I9KxNfUiCyUINPH-vr8zDKEUZvVpqIvCvLUmKMDKQ3Pi1iPb9lVoxG3xD_Kirhxqe95byNwB7VYU37pJ4pV3orIHkwGMZJYzQurxXoBVJgl8EjVwaiip8TGukg/s1600/7_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHslQB2dp6Ujx1kfku-I9KxNfUiCyUINPH-vr8zDKEUZvVpqIvCvLUmKMDKQ3Pi1iPb9lVoxG3xD_Kirhxqe95byNwB7VYU37pJ4pV3orIHkwGMZJYzQurxXoBVJgl8EjVwaiip8TGukg/s400/7_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712418552300445906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK: A young participant in the LIMERICK School absorbed in shaping the end of a lath to fit to the Curach behind him<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpFkO5Ec_QgKrlrS4lN7IVyQrQJ6qmUddgTSVXh3_B-QsVTyvrysl93IjyJjzXfy_e6cNcDVt96P6Yx3spJ7blm2RkvPrKLze6ESZIzg1auLF713mCnCBfrT5tm8RdK9fYCv1kIj7zek/s1600/8_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCpFkO5Ec_QgKrlrS4lN7IVyQrQJ6qmUddgTSVXh3_B-QsVTyvrysl93IjyJjzXfy_e6cNcDVt96P6Yx3spJ7blm2RkvPrKLze6ESZIzg1auLF713mCnCBfrT5tm8RdK9fYCv1kIj7zek/s400/8_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712418382404774226" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN 6: Shipwrights preparing to fit stanchions on the ILEN's starboard side forward<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_r6NphNTbGAEUc6DFF9SaL1u_3xsylszSe1zIXtcNi6ug-RKovWOOl4CODfoz6Swj6_E_pZEeXUW-SOmYjLXsr4WPDjAtttNV0OKvekrpsu72b70I-h87QnnsiWjhr7jBNEhnn0Trk8/s1600/9_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5_r6NphNTbGAEUc6DFF9SaL1u_3xsylszSe1zIXtcNi6ug-RKovWOOl4CODfoz6Swj6_E_pZEeXUW-SOmYjLXsr4WPDjAtttNV0OKvekrpsu72b70I-h87QnnsiWjhr7jBNEhnn0Trk8/s400/9_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712418199553737554" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">SKIBBEREEN: A senior ILEN Shipwright giving instructions on how to make a template for a lodging knee<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R5L7oZzP8cD74bLXc80ht_7ADycjcsJjjywFvnsi0B4IcGGklqU0RzI0h_7sY0RQVPhMFGqv-d0Fy5D4Vxzv-1QQVfZYlDB6ZSX50D0fhZ1wAx2KsDzuWW74zfirxh3i_Qy7lkUCnwY/s1600/10_AK"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9R5L7oZzP8cD74bLXc80ht_7ADycjcsJjjywFvnsi0B4IcGGklqU0RzI0h_7sY0RQVPhMFGqv-d0Fy5D4Vxzv-1QQVfZYlDB6ZSX50D0fhZ1wAx2KsDzuWW74zfirxh3i_Qy7lkUCnwY/s400/10_AK" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5712417949052623634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">LIMERICK: Seen through a scuttle (a porthole), an ILEN School Instructor checks the internal dimensions of the ILEN's main deckhouse<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">All photos courtesy the AK Ilen Company</span><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;">The story of the restoration of the Ilen is not just a story about saving one boat. The Ilen is at the center of the genesis of the <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a>, but the 'Maritime Adventure' is a living, growing entity, primarily involved in education but also looking broadly ahead to the future with involvement in the marine component of the EU integrated strategy for the Atlantic area. This last will explore the viability of wooden sail powered vessels as a piece of the European coastal economy... more on this later.<br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />The AK Ilen Co. is currently engaged in three major forays.<br /><br />The<a href="http://bigboatbuild.com/big-boat-build-wooden-boat-workshops.php"> Big Boat Build</a><a href="http://bigboatbuild.com/big-boat-build-wooden-boat-workshops.php">Workshops</a> in Baltimore, Cork, see my previous post for an explanation and testimonial.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/ilen-auxiliary-ketch-ilen-the-school.php">AK Ilen Wooden Boat Building School</a> in Limerick. Dr. Martin Kay, a principle of the Co. explained to me how the school works:<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"> "We don't offer programmes, we offer space in which to start the learning adventure. What people do in (the school) is up to them. We help them take stock: we accredit past experience and design pathways forward from vocational to academic achievement. It means that someone who has not succeeded with conventional education can come to us and say "Well I did manage to do that and I found this really interesting." Sometimes people come to us under police guard. Wherever they find themselves is where we start. And we find that their re-engagement in learning is transformational." </span><br /><br />And there's a new project on the Aran Island of Inisheer aimed at developing the islanders understanding of their traditional curach and how to build them efficiently. This program will begin in about two months and eventually morph into a local boat building center.<br /><br />Additionally, last summer the Co. formed a boatbuilding partnership with the <a href="http://www.nwboatschool.org/">Northwest School</a><a href="http://www.nwboatschool.org/">of Wooden Boat Building</a>. This is essentially an exhange program for instructors. Tim Lee,an instructor at the School was over last summer and will be coming again this year.<br /><br />Quite recently the Company decided to go into the mobile-classroom-and-workshop business which will work across Munster (initially across Cork, Kerry and Limerick but we shall extend it in time to Waterford, Clare and Tipperary).<br /><br />I asked Gary MacMahon, Director of the Co. about the formation and function of the Company and he replied on a couple of levels:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"The 'Company' was incorporated so that we could (be) associated at a corporate organizational level within Ireland. At it's most irreducible we follow an educational mission for the purpose of - enquiry and creativity. By way of clearer elaboration: (from a talk given by Gary on the occasion of the opening of the Boat Building School's new facility in Limerick last June).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">On this educational floor where we build wooden boats we witness the transformative effect of working with timber. This tangible, creative and awakening education of the heart, gives vitality to all who partake, and enables them to address other aspects of life with energy and confidence.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">And we awaken in two ways – the way of knowledge which is cognitive and of the head and the way of intuition which is perennial and of the heart.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">We have seen young people come in here, people who have never before had the privilege of engaging with their surroundings in a structured cultural manner, suddenly awaken, with courage and joy as they work with mallet and chisel.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">What is happening here works and we hope to maintain and expand it. Next week, master boat builder Timothy Lee comes from the United States, the current home of wooden boat building, to work with us for the summer, as visitor, teacher, external examiner and peer, to keep us in touch with the best there is.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Happiness is endemic to existence. We look forward to working with you to achieve that tumble home, or default position, of prosperity and harmony for life."</span><br /><br />Stated goals of the school are to foster the building of character, the taking of personal responsibility, the development of leadership skills and contributing to the community.<br /><br />Looking abroad and ahead are some exciting developments. Dr. Kay in particular is investing a great deal of energy in developing the AK Ilen Company's international presence and influence on European policy. In expressing to me his vision of how wooden boats can figure in the marine economy as a key component of the EU integrated strategy for the Atlantic area, Dr. Kay wrote:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">"Wooden boats driven principally by sail (i.e. with an auxiliary engine) can take part in the exciting new maritime economy and the projects being commissioned. They are ideally suited to servicing off-shore installations and aquaculture platforms. And having a low magnetic signature, they are ideal for carrying scientific projects, surveillance and so on. Wooden sailing boats are sustainable, in the sense that they are constructed from replenishable resources, they have a low carbon footprint and are powered by the wind. Wooden sailing boats are known to add value to the visitor experience - in other words, people like looking at them and will spend time and money coming to see where they are made. Local employment follows both the employment of wooden boats and increased tourism, and is accompanied by investment in coastal infrastructure and more business opportunities in turn. Wooden boats can even add options to coastal economies by providing alternatives for local sea routes where non-time sensitive cargoes are concerned. The arguments are strong but there is, I sense, some resistance to them even though naval specialists will concede that they are now having to consider using sails to power patrolling ships because the costs of diesel are so high.</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Voicing those arguments is why I started the Atlantic Wooden Boat Builders & Operators Group. My co-chairmen are the EU Commission (<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/maritimeaffairs_fisheries/index_en.htm">DG MARE</a>) and the former chairman of the EU <a href="http://www.proyectodorna.eu/index.php?idIdioma=3">DORNA</a> Project (preserving the nautical heritage) which concluded last autumn in Spain. His name is Lino Lema and he works for the Galician Maritime Council. DG MARE will now stand back and allow Lino and I to grow the involvement of Boat Builders and Operators from Portugal to Scotland. We shall be presenting the case for including sail power and wooden boats in rotuine coastal operations. We shall present projects promote local boatyard capacity. And I personally will help sail the Auxiliary Ketch ILEN into the ports of Cork, Falmouth, Douarnenez and so on, to bring products and people on their own adventures around our coasts."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Seen as a whole, the various activities of the AK Ilen Company represent a coherent business-oriented team which is delivering a highly innovative programme of education, working at the community, the vocational, the academic and policy levels. </span><span style="font-size:100%;">Truly, An Irish Maritime Adventure!<br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">Please join me in supporting their ongoing work.<br /></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">The Team</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Br. Anthony Keane</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Liam McElligott</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Gary Mac Mahon</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Eugene Pratt</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Paul Murphy</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dr. Martin Kay</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Dr. Andrew Hodgers</span></span><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">As I mentioned in the previous post I have been investigating the feasibility of organizing a group from North America to venture over to Baltimore and get in on the action, while there's time left to do it. Gary MacMahon has indicated that the AK Ilen Company would be very receptive to such a group. Any readers who think they might be interested in such an adventure should contact me via e-mail, zekeur at netzero dot net. Could be a great experience. I have no details yet, but would like to test the waters, let me know.</span></span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a></span><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="line-height:115%; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SAfont-family:";font-size:12.0pt;" ></span>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-35673752297433308652011-12-18T18:31:00.045-05:002011-12-21T20:10:16.235-05:00AK Ilen Restoration part three: The work<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgX06FpKLuV7WvSikGf-aa6wL-W-Q4Mk8bKKvrYet0lomKYxBx3X1bWhaINFyDKMdydbzvEZeIvTZTivj7taVWklly5RfcPvSKkaptqyrdgNN4743vsiADWuwOu1zVo3e9sFzCW4wZJg/s1600/heg+caulk+tools.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFgX06FpKLuV7WvSikGf-aa6wL-W-Q4Mk8bKKvrYet0lomKYxBx3X1bWhaINFyDKMdydbzvEZeIvTZTivj7taVWklly5RfcPvSKkaptqyrdgNN4743vsiADWuwOu1zVo3e9sFzCW4wZJg/s400/heg+caulk+tools.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687620419748376690" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Hegarty Bros. caulking tools</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFieOMWy-ZbAQxjxSLEc0D6g-mcD92aDWQyNuXn8hdO09Az8ywzNP_TGXHXFH0wNUOFjGcoWO38PGIPWzlj8EFBN4OqtTyMjJex-shmpCm_J8vbxScJnoyFSHgdQWSKr2G5zhIbJbvdk/s1600/kof-7.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaFieOMWy-ZbAQxjxSLEc0D6g-mcD92aDWQyNuXn8hdO09Az8ywzNP_TGXHXFH0wNUOFjGcoWO38PGIPWzlj8EFBN4OqtTyMjJex-shmpCm_J8vbxScJnoyFSHgdQWSKr2G5zhIbJbvdk/s400/kof-7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687620296733690882" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gene O’Neill and Fachtna O’Sullivan supervise the AK Ilen into her new home, an old grain store on the banks of the River Ilen.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpn7DWWM7zrdZ7IW3SwiT-ycwa5UQR9I-ACQWnC0XNnI1qiJmEPFNZk5KwhChZk8tTaTp01Y3gvb-lo4tiMrP_BsUF_b3bqq57yqeCUUv8T4I302hMfNPQQcsD5JqSMFhlr8LuIbC68C0/s1600/kof-8.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 211px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpn7DWWM7zrdZ7IW3SwiT-ycwa5UQR9I-ACQWnC0XNnI1qiJmEPFNZk5KwhChZk8tTaTp01Y3gvb-lo4tiMrP_BsUF_b3bqq57yqeCUUv8T4I302hMfNPQQcsD5JqSMFhlr8LuIbC68C0/s400/kof-8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687620164844641714" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">AK Ilen Hegarty’s Boatyard<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysrW-LcoZiirFCDpy4yWysQ6d8UQSMuYJchZLpFJWrNOS8N_f6so_Z7V3K_g9HajOnYlAn9fbCxBHYfCD7vbssXsh_pJs9Zh3cgUUHiiKYn5mH2b9GNs7KlKPcWKKxxo16rosx0USbjs/s1600/kof-12.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhysrW-LcoZiirFCDpy4yWysQ6d8UQSMuYJchZLpFJWrNOS8N_f6so_Z7V3K_g9HajOnYlAn9fbCxBHYfCD7vbssXsh_pJs9Zh3cgUUHiiKYn5mH2b9GNs7KlKPcWKKxxo16rosx0USbjs/s400/kof-12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687620034499186738" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Mary Johnny Joe O’Driscoll cleaning frames prior to removal, looking forward towards the bow.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNAEuc6EZAm3IZaEbZEdr60D0waK1ML2hQ-twznOqvLETh7TrdZ1sFXMAHtKWff1qHfOQXoEgdukjQ5nwhMNxGeejkzA2kjz3k5oKhkaQ_TsXArJvpBL4PkIKvrZXa6arIpDgSIt_oC0/s1600/kof-15.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTNAEuc6EZAm3IZaEbZEdr60D0waK1ML2hQ-twznOqvLETh7TrdZ1sFXMAHtKWff1qHfOQXoEgdukjQ5nwhMNxGeejkzA2kjz3k5oKhkaQ_TsXArJvpBL4PkIKvrZXa6arIpDgSIt_oC0/s400/kof-15.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619936116434642" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Liam Hegarty removing bronze fastenings to frame No 10<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfuj_89kh6QaqYYQGRE4re57OAwZHjO04ni4Anvsjoo_vacA60S52iZ-ZmrVT72vefqWD3dZr-HqwAX-rqtbu_4PUOoyPZuKi4GXyXSA0rZQ9jFjeaVnxY5fkC-906vjXbU4i6IzSujE/s1600/kof-45-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLfuj_89kh6QaqYYQGRE4re57OAwZHjO04ni4Anvsjoo_vacA60S52iZ-ZmrVT72vefqWD3dZr-HqwAX-rqtbu_4PUOoyPZuKi4GXyXSA0rZQ9jFjeaVnxY5fkC-906vjXbU4i6IzSujE/s400/kof-45-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619619686842482" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Gary Mac Mahon working on the stem of the AK Ilen<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3kYIxyURgk7s3PJrtJ1u3F98_2zh1DAAMMZsTVjCcxi6otxQGufzAigBLmTbQVUu6bXJEcxbM_bZP0ANX_pEcVAuBNhMUyjDa-J5v97AQ9My267PiAqwVH3lWf3i3XtJvuoMMoeDhJo/s1600/kof-46-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD3kYIxyURgk7s3PJrtJ1u3F98_2zh1DAAMMZsTVjCcxi6otxQGufzAigBLmTbQVUu6bXJEcxbM_bZP0ANX_pEcVAuBNhMUyjDa-J5v97AQ9My267PiAqwVH3lWf3i3XtJvuoMMoeDhJo/s400/kof-46-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619497796831090" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Many hands working together to re attach planking to stem<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKQqGCY3bUcIDm_bcL1HdOgpHyJFBaQ2eDjhHNnff2BuPabL_2myNqdGxDjWZYbtMszNBZ6ueAY8cDLRcWBErqWuuqw6CkO-YkD7VZ0xCUiqUhcG6YhyI-_i0lvsQ187MU88xnJTr59I/s1600/kof-55-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkKQqGCY3bUcIDm_bcL1HdOgpHyJFBaQ2eDjhHNnff2BuPabL_2myNqdGxDjWZYbtMszNBZ6ueAY8cDLRcWBErqWuuqw6CkO-YkD7VZ0xCUiqUhcG6YhyI-_i0lvsQ187MU88xnJTr59I/s400/kof-55-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619337588089730" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Cutting stern post tenon AK Ilen Restoration, in the background is a John Hegarty punt with frame moulds and battens in place, ready for framing.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUGZpqa2brOjdVIcI1lXU_Ptyy2Sj3y-_sX7LjUZkSbhULfghy3nDJ01gryIA8Mc9j70FPL6cv4jJcNElBI2viGrVcUPGB8AXK8-Mxukw2JC-ALLnNreANLTFGSy9xY0qCaQIVc47ckQ/s1600/kof-61-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrUGZpqa2brOjdVIcI1lXU_Ptyy2Sj3y-_sX7LjUZkSbhULfghy3nDJ01gryIA8Mc9j70FPL6cv4jJcNElBI2viGrVcUPGB8AXK8-Mxukw2JC-ALLnNreANLTFGSy9xY0qCaQIVc47ckQ/s400/kof-61-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619066009095458" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fitting the A K Ilen stern post<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8BGJ6e9iqmOcxaEvtjU9uJl0UiIQB7F-naNypmvty3zvLC1cZ12-d16_umN28AAHNHpPHCufxymY0iWinF86U6r1mavuRggOrqRQaVZT7-g3qdic7WN6O9W5CKo7OTbx6kJF0TEOS9Q/s1600/kof-67-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB8BGJ6e9iqmOcxaEvtjU9uJl0UiIQB7F-naNypmvty3zvLC1cZ12-d16_umN28AAHNHpPHCufxymY0iWinF86U6r1mavuRggOrqRQaVZT7-g3qdic7WN6O9W5CKo7OTbx6kJF0TEOS9Q/s400/kof-67-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618922973494210" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh checking bevel angle on oak frame No 19<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjwBCu6IZ6u4pv5iOnzamlohZiYcFdixbyuYbvdmaVpK-Ha6Hdg5m0milssehK4qZn8AyDdabitme4c7eA1PumBfYe1jsr9z-REXGbCFlLTYAcKDd_8yKVY5H-K08JUJ7dYc8hlpdtvM/s1600/kof-68-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjwBCu6IZ6u4pv5iOnzamlohZiYcFdixbyuYbvdmaVpK-Ha6Hdg5m0milssehK4qZn8AyDdabitme4c7eA1PumBfYe1jsr9z-REXGbCFlLTYAcKDd_8yKVY5H-K08JUJ7dYc8hlpdtvM/s400/kof-68-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618804892521730" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh cutting in a bevel with spokeshave<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl3qKzXj_oGfsTt6xskJ_wkQSGhBoG7e1VeOICzVtwXd62xZ6uZNwduVNwQOjHrNdWD3l_iu_VZhXofChzSW_cIwET4qoIeg9GRPhAfyAun6cAHy9kHxtg_KLgtTHneFka4Jng3NpEtk/s1600/kof-70-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwl3qKzXj_oGfsTt6xskJ_wkQSGhBoG7e1VeOICzVtwXd62xZ6uZNwduVNwQOjHrNdWD3l_iu_VZhXofChzSW_cIwET4qoIeg9GRPhAfyAun6cAHy9kHxtg_KLgtTHneFka4Jng3NpEtk/s400/kof-70-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618626418278370" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">John Hegarty frame No 16 Port side<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vLxQ9X_8KOCyeUyXJRRPGionJWmIp8ELE8gFQm0c24e0-2yzAo9_pCPM8zFZ_q8nQzslkj1r1tEOwGq00yEV4COY6cQA0OR65rDJ1BVMUSL_GZwvtxwODmXhJSOc9W06x6mKecsJpuY/s1600/kof-120.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-vLxQ9X_8KOCyeUyXJRRPGionJWmIp8ELE8gFQm0c24e0-2yzAo9_pCPM8zFZ_q8nQzslkj1r1tEOwGq00yEV4COY6cQA0OR65rDJ1BVMUSL_GZwvtxwODmXhJSOc9W06x6mKecsJpuY/s400/kof-120.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618440823726258" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Kieran Clancy, a workshop participant, setting up frame No1<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatJ1vgd8y9bUDW3q7Lquyvuhz8SnCUhXopKZvBQHig4xWUiVNhFqRYBrKpUDNL9HRjGrtC0orksI2HFycAimwcOYtkLS8bPSDGhQLW-XdgfJxbFczYj9fAxi9Q21KZAe9oumBi2JtiCA/s1600/kof-35bw-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 284px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiatJ1vgd8y9bUDW3q7Lquyvuhz8SnCUhXopKZvBQHig4xWUiVNhFqRYBrKpUDNL9HRjGrtC0orksI2HFycAimwcOYtkLS8bPSDGhQLW-XdgfJxbFczYj9fAxi9Q21KZAe9oumBi2JtiCA/s400/kof-35bw-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687619758608474514" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fitting of frame No. 1 to the ketch Ilen</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZIFznFetMDipZMaQnk1ONTIfVeouSOOVfYwLhT00g7nf2vAjTQige0Nnf25LfeAwMGw0F180yuAQKMK-kyWYuq1OHkDjFS730_1hd0Spt08g0Qy1kNkGI0LHXwikpIM7N2LMLfpPA60/s1600/kof-116-untitled_panorama.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 109px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXZIFznFetMDipZMaQnk1ONTIfVeouSOOVfYwLhT00g7nf2vAjTQige0Nnf25LfeAwMGw0F180yuAQKMK-kyWYuq1OHkDjFS730_1hd0Spt08g0Qy1kNkGI0LHXwikpIM7N2LMLfpPA60/s400/kof-116-untitled_panorama.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618244355918738" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Framing finished, looking aft towards the stern.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wkRfx8hHATGLKbKcrZGKIE8Eev8QyBDWYsxWRczSSnbfWLNETpol5-1HnVq4kBm9vYgqww_wk7L-LhEp5v2EseAQyso9rPoyk84i0HgbytHm5RYoWzCBf7YdZQ4pm29uGFWpzxv9lwM/s1600/kof-118-ilen-framing-party-28-05-10_2770.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-wkRfx8hHATGLKbKcrZGKIE8Eev8QyBDWYsxWRczSSnbfWLNETpol5-1HnVq4kBm9vYgqww_wk7L-LhEp5v2EseAQyso9rPoyk84i0HgbytHm5RYoWzCBf7YdZQ4pm29uGFWpzxv9lwM/s400/kof-118-ilen-framing-party-28-05-10_2770.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618134449746594" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Framing Out Ceremony May 2010<br />Br. Anthony Keane – Forester of Glenstal Abbey, Sir Cosmo Haskard – Falkland Islands Governor-General and Dr. Edward Walsh speaking about his role in the repatriation of the good ship Ilen.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS2RbfNry9XHC4p6WJ2DXCfWsq78wIF04fRf2bj7FoVTCwVyDwpvdcYb8HqMJwK1eCwBH9Cla_ZS6BlCHTSgQhTYnDPnTQ3j3pwTCCLGp4AdtzXoiQxP5FScQxpIjCll3pbc8WJvv6HI/s1600/ilen-framing-party-28-05-10_2780.1.jpeg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwS2RbfNry9XHC4p6WJ2DXCfWsq78wIF04fRf2bj7FoVTCwVyDwpvdcYb8HqMJwK1eCwBH9Cla_ZS6BlCHTSgQhTYnDPnTQ3j3pwTCCLGp4AdtzXoiQxP5FScQxpIjCll3pbc8WJvv6HI/s400/ilen-framing-party-28-05-10_2780.1.jpeg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687618025578687842" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"> Liam Hegarty Master shipwright holds a branch of an Irish Oak tree to symbolize growth and bring luck to the project and the good ship Ilen.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEWj8XFNsYCVeuwl878QI0nh3xMvCeqo3mHOrYtZ5K_VOryaSF61PxxLFfGHYPiQlidCBR5OeO88AP22NyqaUespJH3Q8Y_VMWm-943y1x2JmpkMHoF8SRXs4lgU4KDwtlnSMjKoloWA/s1600/kof-10026-03-10_1523.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 266px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWEWj8XFNsYCVeuwl878QI0nh3xMvCeqo3mHOrYtZ5K_VOryaSF61PxxLFfGHYPiQlidCBR5OeO88AP22NyqaUespJH3Q8Y_VMWm-943y1x2JmpkMHoF8SRXs4lgU4KDwtlnSMjKoloWA/s400/kof-10026-03-10_1523.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687617851434671666" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Looking down and forward into the AK Ilen fitting a mould / template No 21 above on the temporary deck beams used moulds are stored.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqB307qK7VZWogj1T8t4MRHsafXA_tQD4QXKLLBBBEKy9zLdMkUKtDJhgQ6tm6Ox74AnGR2KHN1z6VR2XS5kjSOSMV8QtIlmxt5yLvFohk3YdfJoWsSQYqSY0m_h1Zf3pm5uweVq8nPk/s1600/kof_3322.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoqB307qK7VZWogj1T8t4MRHsafXA_tQD4QXKLLBBBEKy9zLdMkUKtDJhgQ6tm6Ox74AnGR2KHN1z6VR2XS5kjSOSMV8QtIlmxt5yLvFohk3YdfJoWsSQYqSY0m_h1Zf3pm5uweVq8nPk/s400/kof_3322.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687617539791354194" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Getting clamps ready on the port side for the top sheer plank ( First new plank to be fitted on the Ilen )<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74w0ozL6GYlos5_SMunBeDypcm2wGbupn-d9KVFegQzjWT6UgN3r4hYCX7LQx9vIwdeCXzyT4DIhmsOKjdNFjJsoZFhBhpnrbPBudBn6avegTHq_8Y-BKRK_wT1s1GbhZrdNZxel5yh4/s1600/ilen-project-26-08-10-a_6654-copy.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj74w0ozL6GYlos5_SMunBeDypcm2wGbupn-d9KVFegQzjWT6UgN3r4hYCX7LQx9vIwdeCXzyT4DIhmsOKjdNFjJsoZFhBhpnrbPBudBn6avegTHq_8Y-BKRK_wT1s1GbhZrdNZxel5yh4/s400/ilen-project-26-08-10-a_6654-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687617414025462882" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">After fairing the frames a spiling batten is bent and twisted into position on the hull, it is tacked to the hull adjacent to the plank you plan to fit a new plank against.<br /><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNs4eVwBC4KtmPdu5vAdzGvcQUqQcToNwBaXOF_hEj9sNHO_BLEfxfWbLtGjqgRUY-m_dVAKlj89KGfWEhpQMaMbCs444yRf6UKlnu-Fu1s0D5Mnj1E2cnxrTRC_hTbE3X94ybli38zQ/s1600/ilen-project-7058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXNs4eVwBC4KtmPdu5vAdzGvcQUqQcToNwBaXOF_hEj9sNHO_BLEfxfWbLtGjqgRUY-m_dVAKlj89KGfWEhpQMaMbCs444yRf6UKlnu-Fu1s0D5Mnj1E2cnxrTRC_hTbE3X94ybli38zQ/s400/ilen-project-7058.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687617215968963266" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">The Ilen is now much stronger again as the top of each frame had been fixed between the sheer strake (the top plank) and the beam shelf.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjLiTXcY_gHGFOUBDTrX8MBjm_lNWeKgoCBbrdw20TpCROhQokkrK8ZPkbYPOvz4Z4Gz99pX29WtgXq-3_h5iYxhzajPkvkakNtnWto_Pe55yogZ2fpmKf3YoioLcuwi-6sI-GciuBlw/s1600/679.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLjLiTXcY_gHGFOUBDTrX8MBjm_lNWeKgoCBbrdw20TpCROhQokkrK8ZPkbYPOvz4Z4Gz99pX29WtgXq-3_h5iYxhzajPkvkakNtnWto_Pe55yogZ2fpmKf3YoioLcuwi-6sI-GciuBlw/s400/679.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687617080701348130" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Ilen Bronze casting workshop<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEmpRiisYT0aGoTCDVbnWgZS0XyjWP-IJBLtqebjP5houZqy-ZgUIWpJcm47kLj_7OXJ9P4zoPEP4D-iSoYkjsxyDn0NsZ5dO-75t7GRis92RerOWNcEuKBYw6Dh2LXCI-Wer2H093Ek/s1600/653.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 252px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYEmpRiisYT0aGoTCDVbnWgZS0XyjWP-IJBLtqebjP5houZqy-ZgUIWpJcm47kLj_7OXJ9P4zoPEP4D-iSoYkjsxyDn0NsZ5dO-75t7GRis92RerOWNcEuKBYw6Dh2LXCI-Wer2H093Ek/s400/653.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687616919626407570" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fitting deck beams<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWg6iMhSEvvgHLZdAMCmXPG6aK0XbCfPf7dbq0UcC5bvGFM4pbF10_ywOa8xSmTJ9HlHJyHdismMwKlB4QHnUSuRcLtpcabuFqQvjnaK9L49DlzG7_TgiWASrsUEz4V4I2fufMKlgtMk/s1600/1720.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaWg6iMhSEvvgHLZdAMCmXPG6aK0XbCfPf7dbq0UcC5bvGFM4pbF10_ywOa8xSmTJ9HlHJyHdismMwKlB4QHnUSuRcLtpcabuFqQvjnaK9L49DlzG7_TgiWASrsUEz4V4I2fufMKlgtMk/s400/1720.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687646362818637218" border="0" /></a>Fitting main poop/stern deck beam.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5BsfN2Ag5Eg-7gQEyTbrChqvFq4skfhukfiQDf3m3ktNddSArEKZjFoFK75LcjSDxbB9JqRHzjXTbNox4K9-kjg0NDx5RF2TydMGjhPYcSbqwzBLCngYuO7OE-0BIyHsZNcDwjK2u-U/s1600/667.-ilen-project-.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP5BsfN2Ag5Eg-7gQEyTbrChqvFq4skfhukfiQDf3m3ktNddSArEKZjFoFK75LcjSDxbB9JqRHzjXTbNox4K9-kjg0NDx5RF2TydMGjhPYcSbqwzBLCngYuO7OE-0BIyHsZNcDwjK2u-U/s400/667.-ilen-project-.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687616757629608386" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Fitting the Breast Hook, used to strengthen the bow of the Ilen, positioned horizontally across the bow.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 265px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ1Ya0mJdCEu6u5nHd5MLE_7r3smmiiciaiXvAZaDoXqgTDfjXRnIjxIea_5Rc9oTZg8cRoTMBWShHljRMhqF5e5SqajWKshxx2HeP7yHNtQj_0tcURCaYM7xaWn9Chd-UVUXT8AZ58e0/s400/1835.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687616400798725570" border="0" />Paddy Hegarty and Tim Lee working on the Hanging Knees which will support the main deck mast beams.<br />Instructor Tim Lee is from the <a href="http://www.nwboatschool.org/">North West School of Wooden Boat Building</a>, Port Townsend Washington USA, has been invited to work on the AK Ilen Project.<br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh184vdcRfvs89iBHuPsPpozUbCvTHvqswQScrobiobv1Kv_7y3L_FB7d5eDncUiQ7GR7kD_aGr1cVDHMhmFVUnrqt_SBKKwtLkyuI69urZqL9b40LoDiJmPG3pdt-NUcRlTs7VnkWCv2M/s1600/img_0023_800x600.1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh184vdcRfvs89iBHuPsPpozUbCvTHvqswQScrobiobv1Kv_7y3L_FB7d5eDncUiQ7GR7kD_aGr1cVDHMhmFVUnrqt_SBKKwtLkyuI69urZqL9b40LoDiJmPG3pdt-NUcRlTs7VnkWCv2M/s400/img_0023_800x600.1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687629523664781858" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Under construction in the AK Ilen Wooden Boatbuilding School – 50’ wooden main mast for the good ship Ilen. This is a composite construction of high grade close grain sitka spruce – sourced in Vancouver Island Canada.<br />Shipwright in charge – Toby Greystone<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy AK Ilen Company<br /></span><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW7GAqD8PksvNJyz2bBH0defPjBE0vD5Ma7r7WhdOw9PPlOeDrPJ87LMDFkqRgUvsrvb4_CzBwuTNpphiyZlx5PbFbvQ8mFrU8_XnNg6DMnepAq6tf2oFRNTzU8KAoQHNPNNnoH5WLTo/s1600/kof-112-ilen-project-28-05-10_2760.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 162px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDW7GAqD8PksvNJyz2bBH0defPjBE0vD5Ma7r7WhdOw9PPlOeDrPJ87LMDFkqRgUvsrvb4_CzBwuTNpphiyZlx5PbFbvQ8mFrU8_XnNg6DMnepAq6tf2oFRNTzU8KAoQHNPNNnoH5WLTo/s400/kof-112-ilen-project-28-05-10_2760.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687615848521833890" border="0" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />James Mc Laughlin’s finished carved Oak Escutcheon on the Ilen stern.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">All photos an captions courtesy Kevin O'Farrell except as noted</span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Ilen returned to her birthplace, the river Ilen in 1998 like a spawning salmon. She was deposited on the hard at the Hegarty Boatyard, and remained there for a decade while ownership and funding issues were negotiated. The elements took their toll on her during this time, and when, in April of 2008 she was ferried around to the old, immense corn 'shed' at Hegarty's she was in need of some tlc. A little more than that, really. She is basically being rebuilt from the keel up. The original keel and keelson have been saved, along with a few of her original frames. For the rest she is a reconstruction with new replacing the old. It's a huge project and still underway, though inching closer to completion.<br />The team leading the restoration are Liam and John Hegerty and <span style="font-size:100%;"> Fachtna O’Sullivan, all shipwrights at the Hegeraty Boatyard, one of the last surviving traditional boatyards in Ireland.<br /><br />Their work is being overseen by the Irish Department of the Marine so the Ilen can work as a Sail training ship. This gets to the heart of this project. Not just a restoration project, but one keenly oriented toward education and preservation, not just of this one boat but taking a wider view to the preservation of traditional boatbuilding and sailing skills, with an eye to the survival and perpetuation of Irish maritime heritage. One innovative way the restoration project is moving forward is through the <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/ilen-big-boat-build-workshops.php">Big Boat Build Workshops</a>, which both help to fund the restoration and offer public access to folks who wish work on the Ilen, learning boatbuilding skills from the masters at the </span>Hegarty Yard. <span style="font-size:100%;">Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh</span> has been a participant. The editor of '<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/">Traditional Boats of Ireland'</a> has this to say about the workshops:<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Big Boat Build - Participant Testimonial<br />"For more than a year I had promised myself a three-day excursion to Baltimore for the Ilen<br />workshop, Ireland’s largest wooden boat build. I have followed her progress for some time, on<br />one occasion spending an afternoon in the company of her one-time skipper, Falkland Islander<br />Terry Clifton, a wonderful man who, sadly, has since passed away. First stop was the Oldcourt<br />Inn where I was just in time to receive a bowl of delicious seafood chowder from Anne and to<br />meet the other workshop volunteers – Michael Ruane from Wexford, Eddie Cleary from<br />Tipperary, local man and former fisherman Bill Roycroft of Mizen Head, Dublinman Jim Murphy<br />and Dermot Falvey of Cork.<br />This motley crew had already begun work earlier in the day, so I had some catching up to do.<br />No problem. Outside the great venerable grain store housing the skeleton of the Ilen in<br />Hegarty’s Boatyard, we gathered to hear Brother Anthony describe the particular qualities that<br />make oak such an indispensable material in boat construction. His lucid talk veered from the<br />technical to the sacred as he explained oak’s strength and durability, as well as its enduring<br />position in Irish history and mythology.<br />Having been introduced to the mysteries of oak, it was then time to begin the work of cutting<br />and sculpting this hardy material to match the old oak frames of the Ilen. Barely audible<br />whispers, mutterings and body movements were being exchanged by the three experienced<br />shipwrights, brothers Liam and John Hegarty, and Fachtna O’Sullivan. Selecting suitable lengths<br />of beautiful Irish oak from which to cut the individual scantlings and futtocks was a task not to<br />be rushed. Fachtna disappeared repeatedly into the bowels of the old Ilen at this stage of the<br />process, emerging each time clutching a handful of bevels and carefully marking each massive<br />length of virgin timber prior to cutting it on the band saw.<br />Never was the saying ‘Many hands make light work’ more apt than when applied to the<br />rebuilding of the good ship Ilen. For there was indeed much heavy work involved in unfastening<br />and removing her old timbers and replacing them with new ones. What was striking though,<br />was the good humour of all throughout the work. I had wondered would the presence of<br />inexperienced men and women unnerve or annoy the shipwrights. As I tip-toed from frame to<br />frame, at times swaying about unsteadily, there was no rebuke from the sure-footed shipwrights.<br />Not at all, all three of them displayed admirable patience and good humour, pausing<br />occasionally to listen to a story or to exchange good-humoured banter. Before I finished up on<br />the Friday, I was convinced that not only did these shipwrights appreciate our assistance –<br />however inexpert – they enjoyed too the colour and the banter and energy we brought with us.<br />All of us novices were grateful too for the chance to contribute to this remarkable project, in<br />this extraordinary place. By Friday afternoon we had helped to complete two frames and we<br />were mighty pleased with ourselves. Roll on the next workshop!"<br />Críostóir Mac Cárthaigh<br />National Folklore Collection, University College Dublin<br />Dublin 4 </span><br /><br />The work continues today, though it's nearing completion.<br />I have been investigating the feasibility of organizing a group from North America to venture over to Baltimore and get in on the action, while there's time left to do it. Gary MacMahon has indicated that the <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a> would be very receptive to such a group. Any readers who think they might be interested in such an adventure should contact me via e-mail, zekeur at netzero dot net. Could be a great experience. I have no details yet, but would like to test the waters, let me know.<br /><br />Next post I'll be looking at the Ak Ilen Company's origin and it's multifaceted educational, cultural and skills preservation outreach. Stay with me.<br /><br />Huge thanks to <a href="http://www.facebook.com/KevinOFarrellPhotographer?ref=ts">Kevin O'Farrell</a> for his beautiful photos and his answers to my questions about the 'build'.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-10094627129333890142011-11-23T20:55:00.003-05:002011-11-24T22:02:02.962-05:00AK ILEN Restoration part two: Repatriation, from the Falklands to Ireland<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPU907rcKqrO-g5rXhwj5KWI81_spTYfF38b8o06B39Md-uw6yUQzGMiXjS1tAs3p7vvRDh7_I_XD59ERV2RJNtFRLHM3nFykSgcb6R4wfVHVeN828FxiGA5wmzgWxYIgtenSDIFvCJU/s1600/003.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 262px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiPU907rcKqrO-g5rXhwj5KWI81_spTYfF38b8o06B39Md-uw6yUQzGMiXjS1tAs3p7vvRDh7_I_XD59ERV2RJNtFRLHM3nFykSgcb6R4wfVHVeN828FxiGA5wmzgWxYIgtenSDIFvCJU/s400/003.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5678377901217715426" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Saoirse</span> while in Eric Ruck's ownership, hauled for caulking in Plymouth Habour, 1967.<br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLucGEvv7kbdX0ENkwSlLypBDkXufSnCw1dTmsd79eEIjGWoLBbY4ADuIxDKPBjjmH8uqf4-OrjjQhL6158izpGLcGU4mB09XK-47jAb_DgcZey5NvK-QfGUBLzQIGlqpjGs0XGiCX_Ik/s1600/211.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLucGEvv7kbdX0ENkwSlLypBDkXufSnCw1dTmsd79eEIjGWoLBbY4ADuIxDKPBjjmH8uqf4-OrjjQhL6158izpGLcGU4mB09XK-47jAb_DgcZey5NvK-QfGUBLzQIGlqpjGs0XGiCX_Ik/s400/211.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907951942172178" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> at Port Stanley sometime in the 70's<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXNP45_dV8bcJ1396GaHTUYIK4DDdTDku1cZef-T8TZnA3RNAltdQNpZTRky_AKGFJfpOgpg-35ZgKVVipe6NZjjAWy6dgbps3oRI9XY2p7VIjQz0SVr8kzOX8Dk3ffHtOGud56GzOAQ/s1600/e_scan_11.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 251px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXNP45_dV8bcJ1396GaHTUYIK4DDdTDku1cZef-T8TZnA3RNAltdQNpZTRky_AKGFJfpOgpg-35ZgKVVipe6NZjjAWy6dgbps3oRI9XY2p7VIjQz0SVr8kzOX8Dk3ffHtOGud56GzOAQ/s400/e_scan_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907855176520930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> being discharged at Alexander Basin Dublin Port 1997<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEJxty2E2WtGcCagj9xokY8jjTFA5x48Ec_UgAJkkA0OTreiTd1e2GgbNWjXuY7MAklU6TZ5D-6-aPlBTVyG1w2XTI3aXkpcun0dLW2So2-PbfBKNa5L2KPrzlGUrNBhe3kYAs7qkX1c/s1600/g_gmac-27.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 358px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXEJxty2E2WtGcCagj9xokY8jjTFA5x48Ec_UgAJkkA0OTreiTd1e2GgbNWjXuY7MAklU6TZ5D-6-aPlBTVyG1w2XTI3aXkpcun0dLW2So2-PbfBKNa5L2KPrzlGUrNBhe3kYAs7qkX1c/s400/g_gmac-27.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907712871510578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> motoring past the East Link Bridge Dublin to winter in the Grand Canal Basin 1997<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1Jz3HQIkehpOEOvHCP-iDOw7FhKng7giWUCxvvktfXTfyX-MaXrANjZ7KBltrAwdBbq3ZQlum2psfItbUz0VrYhJvFmBOgzoBM-xP4DML4iLz5kcCLE0nrMCTlk8_GA5qzfEdYCIKhI/s1600/g_gmac-58.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD1Jz3HQIkehpOEOvHCP-iDOw7FhKng7giWUCxvvktfXTfyX-MaXrANjZ7KBltrAwdBbq3ZQlum2psfItbUz0VrYhJvFmBOgzoBM-xP4DML4iLz5kcCLE0nrMCTlk8_GA5qzfEdYCIKhI/s400/g_gmac-58.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907427283248914" border="0" /></a>Paddy Barry, Gary MacMahon, Padraic de Bhaldraithe, John Reen, Paul Murphy, Martin O'Neill and Pat Redmond, sailing towards Glandore, West Cork. That's Gary on the port side of mizzen mast at the wheel.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczQn4ImncQoh650AqmEU8ayn_iN2QoKXT3Ykpdi6tAvqkJ66MVhKQQrQbW9kUbcFpB9dfnTOi2zcL9DXQM2o1k_8QDgdz78Amix3IQKubIE_2ySGMdffMcnOoyjD63MmeUidQyv-WE0I/s1600/g_gmac-43.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjczQn4ImncQoh650AqmEU8ayn_iN2QoKXT3Ykpdi6tAvqkJ66MVhKQQrQbW9kUbcFpB9dfnTOi2zcL9DXQM2o1k_8QDgdz78Amix3IQKubIE_2ySGMdffMcnOoyjD63MmeUidQyv-WE0I/s400/g_gmac-43.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907605897481410" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Running before a gentle breeze off Kinsale, West Cork.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy7o0ATQUryriJ2HF6ahI6jGQO4CZFEELQqRKm2HoK2S9nYoWN_gaDwJZPTRZgForsp9rTsB4xvkctiVGRv20_l1MFdjuZMDlnZF0Bl7jwC4JM7FzuHoqsBJl2k-XBPqcpPgIHiEE03c/s1600/g_gmac-60.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 261px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMy7o0ATQUryriJ2HF6ahI6jGQO4CZFEELQqRKm2HoK2S9nYoWN_gaDwJZPTRZgForsp9rTsB4xvkctiVGRv20_l1MFdjuZMDlnZF0Bl7jwC4JM7FzuHoqsBJl2k-XBPqcpPgIHiEE03c/s400/g_gmac-60.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907143581802930" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Glandore Harbour Pier - Classic Regatta 1998<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwmiPgSJ06gnlMvkpuJKG7EPVeTjWbbjVgZvWWt-iDlRU3fsVaqRb7_tWQylZPM5_b4u0OwcDw4sbQ2ZpMHf6dU8GK4qyl7c_iHrOYmFRqFMLyhWT-jyLnnz44CzZw4h80jKoasg-MxI/s1600/g_gmac-36.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRwmiPgSJ06gnlMvkpuJKG7EPVeTjWbbjVgZvWWt-iDlRU3fsVaqRb7_tWQylZPM5_b4u0OwcDw4sbQ2ZpMHf6dU8GK4qyl7c_iHrOYmFRqFMLyhWT-jyLnnz44CzZw4h80jKoasg-MxI/s400/g_gmac-36.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677907291482212242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Crew member Johnny Moynihan - popular Irish folk singer and musician in Crookhaven, West Cork.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23W7rhI2mE7rhrbBL8Oawhe3CxRX1gF-AzoEql3JAW2gaX5aGzxE0xE14fFJC26RskL68zG-rV8MfiXsxlDyaE3OohOHr9GxkxvmxOF1rYXRsjzQyP7QKfA37hyphenhyphenWRl0ILCPUFgGpW7oI/s1600/e_scan_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg23W7rhI2mE7rhrbBL8Oawhe3CxRX1gF-AzoEql3JAW2gaX5aGzxE0xE14fFJC26RskL68zG-rV8MfiXsxlDyaE3OohOHr9GxkxvmxOF1rYXRsjzQyP7QKfA37hyphenhyphenWRl0ILCPUFgGpW7oI/s400/e_scan_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677906986499868466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> sailing toward Cape Clear Island, West Cork with the O'Driscoll Castle of Gold and the Fastnet Rock in the background 1998.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISseVVkU5EYOKJKP73MzkzFEWs3xkY3GKpuDfqYerNRkozcotW_1TsKlJrrWH96hYaPNp7GhZNspYrHCP1MWm5t9pF1fTihAn8yQuXplShUjTPFrvGNV3o2dYEIazaTs6N4ojE8up93I/s1600/repat+3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiISseVVkU5EYOKJKP73MzkzFEWs3xkY3GKpuDfqYerNRkozcotW_1TsKlJrrWH96hYaPNp7GhZNspYrHCP1MWm5t9pF1fTihAn8yQuXplShUjTPFrvGNV3o2dYEIazaTs6N4ojE8up93I/s400/repat+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677906786639539906" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The <span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> sailing across Roaring Water Bay, West Cork 1998.<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSPRtdqteW7TP1vPwp_XSIyHCYm-xBLEZl-RaZ9ZrPMOyf5Tjnnt1KNlWISuufmwqRmGMcBnnRq7hFcvFEXka8Or1xJ_kuQYWO8_0eM05BvN8d7l1FE7tDCQj5ZqVxJrz1axMdwrSPT4/s1600/Ilen+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 270px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRSPRtdqteW7TP1vPwp_XSIyHCYm-xBLEZl-RaZ9ZrPMOyf5Tjnnt1KNlWISuufmwqRmGMcBnnRq7hFcvFEXka8Or1xJ_kuQYWO8_0eM05BvN8d7l1FE7tDCQj5ZqVxJrz1axMdwrSPT4/s400/Ilen+002.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5677909341155240770" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The <span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> tied alongside the coal store at Hegarty's Boatyard quay, Oldcourt,on the Ilen River, Summer 2000.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">photos and captions courtesy Gary MacMahon and AK Ilen Co.<br /><br /><br /></span><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Shortly after losing his wife Kitty in 1936 Conor O'Brien parted with another of his loves, <span style="font-style: italic;">Saoirse</span>. </span>She was sold to Eric Ruck in 1940 who cared for and enjoyed her into the 1970's. She was sold again and in 1980 was lost, despite the efforts of her last owner to save her, in Negril Bay, Jamaica, grounded and succumbing to the 190mph winds of hurricane Allen. The loss of this iconic ship, (not confirmed in Ireland until the late 1980's) which had nobly served Conor while a fisheries inspector during the Irish civil war, which had carried the Irish Free State tricolour around the world, was deeply felt by the Irish sailing community, perhaps none so keenly as Gary MacMahon, a Limerick sailor who'd been drawn to Conor's story, as many others were, and are.<br />Feeling the sting of this loss, Gary increasingly turned his attention to her sister ship, the <span style="font-style: italic;">A</span>uxillary <span style="font-style: italic;">K</span>etch<span style="font-style: italic;"> Ilen</span>. In the late 1990's Gary heard rumors that the Ilen was no longer working in the Falklands, that she had been sold and taken off to Chile. In February of '97 he contacted the harbormaster in Port Stanley and learned the<span style="font-style: italic;"> Ilen</span> was there, idle, and in the main in good health. Negotiations with the owner Paul Ellis ensued and with the help of the Hunt Museum Board in Limerick, she was purchased. She had now got to be brought back to Ireland.<br /><br />From Brother Anthony Keane OSB:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">In the 1990s, mariners tales of this heroic boat began to drift back to Ireland. During the Falklands War (1982) the Ilen was caught for a moment in the light of a flare and flashed through televised news clips to be instantly recognised in West Cork. Under one of the secret protocols of the Anglo-Irish Agreement, slipped in after midnight by Sean Donlon, Gary MacMahon flew out by RAF plane to Port Stanley, Falklands, to successfully negotiate her acquisition and return to Ireland. </span><br /><br />A major hurdle was the lack of a crane in Stanley harbor large enough to lift the <span style="font-style: italic;">Ilen</span> aboard a cargo vessell, and apparently she was in no shape to make the voyage. From the AK Ilen website:<br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Gary returned to Limerick and, with the assistance of Gerry Boland of Price Waterhouse Cooper, eventually resolved the difficult task of shipping the vessel. Ilen was lifted aboard the MV Angeliki in Port Stanley on 10 October 1997, using the cargo ship’s inboard crane.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">She was shipped to Dublin, where she wintered over in the Grand Canal Basin. In June of 1998 the Ilen was sailed round from Dublin with a crew of eight hardy souls to Baltimore, from whence she came. After a stopover in Glandore harbor, she tied up in Baltimore "to tumultuous applause from the huge crowd gathered to witness her return home". Like a salmon returning to spawn, she </span></span><span style="font-size:100%;">eventually made her way back to the river Ilen, within sight of her birthplace, and "Liam Hegarty and his team at Oldcourt, heirs to Ireland’s traditional timber ship-building skills, nobly and generously took her in to rest awhile".</span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;">She may have rested a bit too long, more like being in a coma, stored on the hard for several years, while ownership and funding matters were worked out. Some restorative work had been done once she was pulled, but rain and time negated those gains. In October of 2008, these issues having been resolved, the<span style="font-style: italic;"> AK Ilen</span> was brought into the large grain shed at Hegarty's Boat Yard, and the restoration commenced. But that is another story.<br /><br />Links:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a><br /><br /><a href="http://bigboatbuild.com/">Big Boat Build Workshop</a><br /><br />Deep thanks to Gary MacMahon, Kevin O'Farrell and Brother Anthony Keane OSB.<br /><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:78%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a></span></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6556034524339788728.post-34145390614344863062011-10-30T17:26:00.003-04:002011-11-16T13:30:34.479-05:00AK Ilen Restoration part one: Conor O'Brien<img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 125px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 76px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667969443468108050" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKteLqdtVpiEykZY0_RQgSYUHIMtipwLnfsHvedF7Ngj9aqAwBDPY1DVGUqWiDXO7W5E5qmTb9WIN23qRpzTCegJdNyCv4A9QCm7s3kZOjgscpb7bOyOdNKbtFb9fXyBgXvIZWRkFrrt0/s400/kelpie.jpg" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:85%;">Conor O'Brien and his sister Margaret aboard Kelpie</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.irishmilitaryonline.com/showthread.php?t=14788"> Irish Military Online</a></span></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvP5Ha6LNBkZILSthdA3uWyi8h5iYrHQVNh2lYhPCU388re9tnSXxYJ6-YrnD_c5BwuyMAvJtrFsNlxp-kOjyr_Ke_-mUo9hvr_yfHM5sS0gq_KYZPPQ78RD4oLXi0DuCV76Wpwi69jI/s1600/childersboat.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 380px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667969337491485922" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisvP5Ha6LNBkZILSthdA3uWyi8h5iYrHQVNh2lYhPCU388re9tnSXxYJ6-YrnD_c5BwuyMAvJtrFsNlxp-kOjyr_Ke_-mUo9hvr_yfHM5sS0gq_KYZPPQ78RD4oLXi0DuCV76Wpwi69jI/s400/childersboat.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Molly and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers">Erskine Childers</a> sailing Asgard in the Baltic,1910<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Asgard_Baltic_1910.JPG">Wikipedia</a></span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss4xBQnUm08ZgC5yks2xBTbkqXa4EFFFVb5III_iO8aDypKkZ2_lPyAHJj3kjYqVD7V7LB4yRlXX9wnNZ62v83OT-TMZbuG1DvQXC6kJ5l9_7-MJoPjSWVRJ22-ABCGPwvUKoWCrmWFE/s1600/Asjard.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 264px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667992475865542258" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgss4xBQnUm08ZgC5yks2xBTbkqXa4EFFFVb5III_iO8aDypKkZ2_lPyAHJj3kjYqVD7V7LB4yRlXX9wnNZ62v83OT-TMZbuG1DvQXC6kJ5l9_7-MJoPjSWVRJ22-ABCGPwvUKoWCrmWFE/s400/Asjard.jpg" border="0" /></a><br />Molly Childers and Mary Spring Rice aboard Asgard bound for Howth<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://echoesoferin.blogspot.com/2007/04/easter-rising-program-1-april-8-2007.html">Echoes of Erin</a></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QsxiDgOwCpn4DXM_lf98rs5w1biLBxq4F5XiZTKNaovtTVThuAdSkSSGl-0-tgT3j_p-ZjvjVmx4KyRbeRLZahm9oJ21uXCou2tJddUmo3wpY_8So5ZZYC08oTJyKejlTVN55wZPnVw/s1600/Ilen+003.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 324px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667969203049910994" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4QsxiDgOwCpn4DXM_lf98rs5w1biLBxq4F5XiZTKNaovtTVThuAdSkSSGl-0-tgT3j_p-ZjvjVmx4KyRbeRLZahm9oJ21uXCou2tJddUmo3wpY_8So5ZZYC08oTJyKejlTVN55wZPnVw/s400/Ilen+003.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Arklow Harbor about the time of the build of the boat on whose lines Conor based the Saoirse.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/"> The Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxK7EUTTgiuYXtI6Age7mckFzP877qZZwXHMP-Vwf6WCM0SMs3uQxTlGhB83gjega0WapvtgBByyXqpzaO2swkYPi3kfHxR11iJwmKvQ03HeLGoIkF2ryXN4MerrGSpg-pe__tpt3V8sA/s1600/Ilen+005.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 255px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968908816508306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxK7EUTTgiuYXtI6Age7mckFzP877qZZwXHMP-Vwf6WCM0SMs3uQxTlGhB83gjega0WapvtgBByyXqpzaO2swkYPi3kfHxR11iJwmKvQ03HeLGoIkF2ryXN4MerrGSpg-pe__tpt3V8sA/s400/Ilen+005.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Saoirse in the late 1920's, rigged as a staysail schooner<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/"> The Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dbMb268-9i-kolMBskjwKUMruIXSIQ479V-tbW4roje9GqDA6UiKjppBdOAFjHbGOSZY8xoXDtF1x6IPF6_VTKrrbzl9WFcxZHrFScZxQFKjj7gSxxX8NC9q9qBJM6XC87z2DbMS2TY/s1600/saoirse_von_connor_obrian.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 332px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 211px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968761223462850" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_dbMb268-9i-kolMBskjwKUMruIXSIQ479V-tbW4roje9GqDA6UiKjppBdOAFjHbGOSZY8xoXDtF1x6IPF6_VTKrrbzl9WFcxZHrFScZxQFKjj7gSxxX8NC9q9qBJM6XC87z2DbMS2TY/s400/saoirse_von_connor_obrian.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Saoirse<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://www.betty-ck145.de/docueng/classic_boats/cruise_boats.html">Betty CK 145</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9B5grEjiTZK3KkRlE_E6v1SIqwcSylS3GtOXogtk7b-muvZK0PA0Yp8kw90AXvWhCoAw-cD8Ixp4tosjmjZ770ZVvQmZ4az5QFlshFG83IiAUtzrLc8iMj0P4xdiELCVKoBxSGR5M7M/s1600/conor+and+kitty.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 247px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 358px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968637073034642" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF9B5grEjiTZK3KkRlE_E6v1SIqwcSylS3GtOXogtk7b-muvZK0PA0Yp8kw90AXvWhCoAw-cD8Ixp4tosjmjZ770ZVvQmZ4az5QFlshFG83IiAUtzrLc8iMj0P4xdiELCVKoBxSGR5M7M/s400/conor+and+kitty.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Conor and wife Kitty<br /><br /><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a></span><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0u4W8wfYub-vVRxWZcb4AoJNcogtHJ0o6-rAYGKnpOjVN6-vrC5oQlR3LDf9QZoR2R5LeGi1M022VfGKWiuPmQ2rRsuNdhiY_kgixIBJ3uuln422bNzwJ1EaixkKyzswZ6h3sk8852Zw/s1600/Ilen+001.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968436232596194" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0u4W8wfYub-vVRxWZcb4AoJNcogtHJ0o6-rAYGKnpOjVN6-vrC5oQlR3LDf9QZoR2R5LeGi1M022VfGKWiuPmQ2rRsuNdhiY_kgixIBJ3uuln422bNzwJ1EaixkKyzswZ6h3sk8852Zw/s400/Ilen+001.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Conor at the yuloh of the engineless Saoirse<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/"> The Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPX6LucimI4dGsXze2dooRX6vY19saa6r9wInvQYJ4HwGxOXgXly7W8HnPIViUwd91chCpI42oKqC2Vx6_rBXvfYrAqzd5p6Og-TfNxRuGz7Ta5hQBJ6fVVLiXMlBhJakwXR4uEVxszA/s1600/Ilen.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968208963029618" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYPX6LucimI4dGsXze2dooRX6vY19saa6r9wInvQYJ4HwGxOXgXly7W8HnPIViUwd91chCpI42oKqC2Vx6_rBXvfYrAqzd5p6Og-TfNxRuGz7Ta5hQBJ6fVVLiXMlBhJakwXR4uEVxszA/s400/Ilen.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The AK Ilen building at the Baltimore Fishery School, Tom Moynihan and crew.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/"> The Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbeWGZgVM8mdJDViU5d-F4MlqHu0qXS_uPcFGwoeDeobfCLX3WYR901qRWj5Z8KFqTUx3IRPRcS-5cSzW_dgV1vWzEJE5JWZROZwAckjxMORiRzI7aX7omJhJxKrIK4_c83LQ7iZRbVw/s1600/Ilen+004.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 223px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667968017256266882" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKbeWGZgVM8mdJDViU5d-F4MlqHu0qXS_uPcFGwoeDeobfCLX3WYR901qRWj5Z8KFqTUx3IRPRcS-5cSzW_dgV1vWzEJE5JWZROZwAckjxMORiRzI7aX7omJhJxKrIK4_c83LQ7iZRbVw/s400/Ilen+004.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Ilen is launched<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy<a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/"> The Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8TNohkhS0_k5rGsd1OjwA5Mh_f5vCDtkp9VFhRk4WSYHFoUf1dTbiU2Yv0_umE24RpZajLCnCRnNoj9ss-LZNmg2ckeXR2U277edA-4vxylikJ-WfMLbBl392eN6COKkIioxFp9HvZo/s1600/59.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 256px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667967507503957858" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT8TNohkhS0_k5rGsd1OjwA5Mh_f5vCDtkp9VFhRk4WSYHFoUf1dTbiU2Yv0_umE24RpZajLCnCRnNoj9ss-LZNmg2ckeXR2U277edA-4vxylikJ-WfMLbBl392eN6COKkIioxFp9HvZo/s400/59.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Conor and crew, I believe, about to leave for Port Stanley, Falkland Islands, delivering the Ilen<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a></span><br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0tgDlYJ8RCeLyrbb2MA1X-saVpfDbZouNEqry6VEYN4H5P-O-w9fCC4hjJZRsooC7bUkXTd1h2UNO58XQTm0ZwM_EvwCIS_Kh-OW90cuFHNbtV0n29dpMrKAVP7dofKB6_atJ9iwr_I/s1600/ilen_home_gallery_0.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 264px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667967100637316306" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd0tgDlYJ8RCeLyrbb2MA1X-saVpfDbZouNEqry6VEYN4H5P-O-w9fCC4hjJZRsooC7bUkXTd1h2UNO58XQTm0ZwM_EvwCIS_Kh-OW90cuFHNbtV0n29dpMrKAVP7dofKB6_atJ9iwr_I/s400/ilen_home_gallery_0.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The AK Ilen<br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a></span><br /><br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDAnv_6DT4sC-L9-7PwobZwKHyt54Qv5eLep-UavqSqWMpqX3dojjCuOd5vIuSoKJ2Arq2sCZIkVU_9xU_BLHa42Exo8uwpzVKEBIvXi8tsi3O3Z5Lr6YVBzKTRSprhU2lOdARUvfZlw/s1600/1.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 163px; CURSOR: pointer" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5667966994835120274" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieDAnv_6DT4sC-L9-7PwobZwKHyt54Qv5eLep-UavqSqWMpqX3dojjCuOd5vIuSoKJ2Arq2sCZIkVU_9xU_BLHa42Exo8uwpzVKEBIvXi8tsi3O3Z5Lr6YVBzKTRSprhU2lOdARUvfZlw/s400/1.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The Ilen in her new digs at the Hegarty Boatyard, Oldcourt, near Baltimore, Cork...but that's the next story.<br /><span style="font-size:78%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:78%;">courtesy <a href="http://www.ilen.ie/">AK Ilen Company</a><br /><br />&</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Kevin O'Farrell, photographer<br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><br /></div></div></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I find this an absolutely magnetic story. At it's heart is a true Irish character, Conor O'Brien. Aristocrat, author, naval architect and intellectual, O'Brien was also an Irish patriot and supporter of the Irish rebellion. In 1914 O'Brien in his Kelpie, along with Molly and Erskine Childers in Asgard among others, ran guns for the rebels into <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_gun-running">Howth</a> harbor in 1914.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Fast forward a few years to 1922 and we find Conor working with the master shipwright Tom Moynihan at the Baltimore Fishery School's boatyard to bring a vision of his to life. That vision was a cruising yacht which was a combination of the traditional and not so traditional. The hull was based on the lines of an old Arklow fishing boat O'Brien had been to sea in, but with more modern accommodations below and a rig designed for ease of handling at sea. Conor's design became Saoirse, (seershuh) gaelic for Freedom in celebration of the new Irish free state. 42' with a 12' beam he seems to have been pleased with his creation. Responding to an invitation from New Zealand, Conor set out in 1923 on a voyage that would bring him to the attention of the yachting world.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">"I was invited to join a mountaineering party in the New Zealand Alps at Christmas, 1923, and having a nearly new yacht I regarded this as an excellent opportunity of finding out the merits or demerits of her design, which was of my own making."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">The trip to New Zealand became the first leg of a rather bold circumnavigation, rounding the Southern Ocean before returning to Dun Loaghaire, and flying the new Irish Tricolour. Planning his voyage, O'Brien studied the logs of sailing ships from the past, helping him find his way. He made twelve ports of call on his voyage, which took almost exactly two years. This heroic voyage was chronicled by O'Brien in his 'Across Three Oceans'. The book, one of fourteen under his authorship, got the attention of the bluewater cognoscenti at the time. Don Helm, in his informative 'The Circumnavigators' says:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">None other than L. Francis Herreshoff said of him: "I consider</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">O'Brien's books the most masterly analysis of seagoing conditions perhaps ever</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">written, and even if he and I do not see eye to eye in all matters pertaining to</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">rig and rigging well, no progress would be made if we all thought alike- but</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">under no circumstances would I contradict Conor O'Brien for he has had actual</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">experience." Quoted from the old master's instructions on how to build</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Marco Polo, which ran in Rudder magazine, 1946.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">On his return leg up the Atlantic, Conor O'Brien and Saoirse called in at the Falkland Islands for a somewhat extended stay. The stopover resulted in the Falklands Islands Company commissioning a larger version of Saoirse, which became, on Conor's return to Baltimore, the AK Ilen.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Construction began in late 1925 under the supervision of Tom Moynihan at the Fisheries school boatyard, Irelands first vocational school. Upon her completion in 1926 Conor pronounced her a 'handsomer model' than the Saoirse. He proceeded to sea trial her around Kerry and the Shannon and ransacked Saoirse for gear. He then set out for the Falklands with two 'Cape Clear' men, arriving in Port Stanley early in 1927, where the boat and crew received a warm welcome. The Ilen was subsequently put to work as a jack of all trades workboat servicing the needs of the islanders for nearly 70 years (!), "working for her living in some of the most demanding waters in the world, ferrying people, school teachers, sheep, stores and mail between the scattered island communities of the Falklands". The Ilen finally retired from worklife in the early 1990's.</span><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">In 1997, one keen Irish sailor lamenting the loss of Saoirse in 1979, focused his attention on the Ilen. That was Gary MacMahon. Gary learned the Ilen might be available and with help quickly put together the financing to secure and return her to her birthplace. He founded the AK Ilen Company with Anthony Keane and began planning the Ilen's return. But that, as they say, is another story. (there's more coming)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">I'd like to thank a few folks who have been invaluable in starting this series.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">First is Kevin O'Farrell, photographer, who put me on to this story and whose invaluable photos of the restoration will be seen later,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Gary MacMahon, who opened the whole can of worms and is still active as the principle of the project,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">And Dr. Martin Kay, who spearheads the educational side of the Company and has been exceptionally liberal and forthcoming with information. He's working on grants for writing a book about the Ilen as well as presenting papers on this project and the educational and general status of traditional boatbuilding in Ireland to groups such as Dorna. Martin has promised to send updates as the project progresses.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">And the Traditional Boats of Ireland Project, for it's extensive research and some very special photos.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;">Links:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.ilen.ie/ilen-boat-building-school.php">AK Ilen Company</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.bigboatbuild.com/">Big Boat Build Workshops</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.tradboats.ie/">Traditional Boats of Ireland Project</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.stexboat.com/books/circumnav/ci_07.htm">Don Holm's e-book 'The Circumnavigators'</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Conor_Marshall_O%27Brien">Wikipedia ConorO'Brien</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howth_gun-running">Wikipedia Howth Gun Running</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Erskine_Childers">Wikipedia Erskine Childers</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:100%;"><a href="http://www.proyectodorna.eu/index.php?idIdioma=3">The DORNA Project</a></span><br /></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: left"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="TEXT-ALIGN: center"><span style="font-size:78%;">Originally published by Thomas Armstrong in <a href="http://70point8percent.blogspot.com/">70.8%</a></span><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></span><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span></div>Thomas Armstronghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14692570096553186379noreply@blogger.com4