Tall Ship Kalmar Nyckel

1638 replica tall ship of Delaware needs a crew.

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Maritime Heritage

Photograph 1899 of three masted schooners

( Library of Congress Photo )

1901 Schooner Theoline Disaster

Maine-Built four masted Schooner THEOLINE Smashed in Storm

off Hateras, New York Times 1901 ( Rest of the Story Click Here )

Windjammers 2009 December News

Windjammer Assiciation December 2009 Newsletter

Schooner Virginia Halting Operations

Schooner Virginia, the 122-foot wooden sailboat built on the waterfront here five years ago, is halting operations because of money problems - at least for now. About 15 people, including the ship's crew and two captains, will be laid off, said Will King, executive director of the Virginia Maritime Heritage Foundation, which owns the ship. ( Read More )

Schooner Roseway

Roseway was built for Harold Hathaway of Taunton, Massachusetts at the John F. James & Son shipyard in Essex. Hathaway's intention was to build a boat which might best the Canadians in the international fisherman's races popular at that time; to that end, Roseway was impeccably maintained and used only occasionally as a fishing boat.
In 1941, Roseway was purchased by the Boston Pilot's Association to serve as a pilot boat for Boston Harbor. Roseway continued to serve as a pilot vessel until the early 1970s, she was then sold and converted into a passenger vessel for the tourist trade. Roseway changed hands several times in the ensuing decades, operating primarily out of Camden, Maine and the US Virgin Islands. In 1997, she was listed as a National Historic Landmark. Roseway in 2002 donated the vessel to the newly founded World Ocean School.

Two New Schooners

Nine sailors from the barque Picton Castle going on a mission in the Grenada rain forrest to cut down, mill and drag out two 30 feet lumbers to be used as keels for two schooners. The keel laying is this Sunday in Lunenburg.

Three-Masted Schooner Rachel

The wreckage of an old sailing ship has surfaced again on the Baldwin County coast, Alabama, and a spokesman for Fort Morgan says it's most likely the three-masted schooner Rachel.
The ship ran aground in the early 1900s, and its most recent reappearance was on the beach six miles east of Fort Morgan after Tropical Storm Ida struck two weeks ago. Mike Bailey, Fort Morgan's events coordinator, says the Rachel was 155 feet long and was one of the largest Biloxi schooners built.
The Mobile Press-Register reports that Bailey says the ship was carrying a load of lumber when it ran into a storm, and ran aground because it was not carrying enough of a crew to handle it. The ship wreckage has reappeared on the beach, usually after storms, for at least 40 years.

Schooner Harvey Gamage Hauled

The schooner Harvey Gamage hauled at the Northend Shipyard , Rockland, Maine

Worlds Largest Barque

Launched in 1914, Norway’s tall ship HNoMS Statsraad Lehmkuhl is the world’s largest three-masted barque. The 95-year-old ship is used to train cadets from the Royal Norwegian Naval Academy. With 50 sails and an old-fashioned rig-system, the tall ship does not carry advanced computer technology, electric engines or hydraulic systems. The Statsraad Lehmkuhl is pictured with the Lord Nelson

Save The CITY OF ADELAIDE

MORE than 60 prominent South Australians have signed an open letter to British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, calling on him to save the historic ship City of Adelaide. The group is trying to save the ship, which is the oldest clipper of its type in the world. It is currently sitting on a slipway in Scotland and is at imminent risk of destruction.

Maine Windjammers November News

Maine Windjammers November 2009 Newsletter

My Maine Windjammers Video

I will also be leading two PhotoCruises in June and August 2010 aboard the 95' schooner HERITAGE out of Rockland, Maine, if you would like to sail and photograph windjammer pleases email me at fredleblanc@comcast.net for more information.

The Great Gloucester Schooner Race

Schooners Spirit of Massachusetts, Ernestina and

Pride of Baltimore II
Schooner Ernestina

USCG Barque EAGLE

Maine Windjammer October News

Maine Windjammer October 2009 Newsletter

5th World Voyage

Fifth World Voyage of the Barque Picton Castle. The adventure of a lifetime awaits you! Step aboard for Picton Castle's Fifth World Voyage, a 14-month circumnavigation of the globe, sailing westward through the tropics

Lighthouse Storm

LIGHTHOUSE STORM Off the Coast of Brittany, North West France.

HMS Victory Broadside

To celebrate the amalgamation of Royal Navy museums, a rolling broadside was fired by HMS Victory.

Whaler to Sail Again

The Mystic Seaport Board of Trustees voted and authorized the Museum staff to restore the historic whaling vessel Charles W. Morgan to sailing condition and to plan a ceremonial voyage upon completion of the current multi-million dollar restoration project. The Charles W. Morgan is the oldest commercial sailing vessel in the western world, in pure age, only the USS Constitution, a military vessel, is older.

North End Shipyard

Schooner HERITAGE & the North End Shipyard, Rockland, Maine

Schooner Grace Bailey

The schooner GRACE BAILEY was built in Patchogue, Long Island, New York in 1882. In 1939 she became one of the first windjammers to carry passengers, today sailing out of Camden, Maine.

Maine Windjammer September Newsletter

Maine Windjammer Association September Newsletter

In the Wake of Windjammers

This SlideShow will be the introduction for my new presentation on Maritime Photography.

Tall Ship Collision

The Tall Ship Kaskelot entering Bangor Harbour on Friday 13th June 2008.

Pride of Baltimore II

PRIDE OF BALTIMORE II during the 2009 Gloucester Schooner Race

PhotoCruise 23rd WoodenBoat Sail-In

I'm off once again for a PhotoCruise aboard the Ketch ANGELIQUE out of Camden, Maine from Sept. 13-19, to join the Maine windjammer fleet for the 23rd Annual WoodenBoat Sail-In. I'll also be doing a book signing at that time for my recent WoodenBoat published book Windjammers Downeast, hope to meet some of you their.

AMERICAN EAGLE WINS

The oldest schooner in the fleet American Eagle built in 1930, the last original Gloucester fisherman still sailing Captained by John Foss won the 25th Annual Gloucester Schooner Race beating schooner Virginia by 26 sec. Followed by Pride of Baltimore II, Roseway and Alabama.

The favored to win Spirit of Bermuda, Hamilton, Bermuda collided with Perception, Vineyard Haven, MA. before the race and did not race.

25th Annual Great Schooner Race

I'm off to the 25th Annual Gloucester Schooner Festival and the

Sept. 6, 2009 Mayor's Race. I'll be sailing aboard the schooner

AMERICAN EAGLE, hope to see a few of my blog viewers.

Chimes of Rockland Maine

Three masted schooner VICTORY CHIMES homeported in Rockland, Maine

Maine Windjammers August Newsletter

August Maine Windjammer Association NEWSLETTER

PhotoCruise

I'm off on a four day August 27-30 PhotoCruise on Penobscot Bay, Maine aboard the 1900 built 132' three masted schooner VICTORY CHIMES.

Working Boats

Working boats of the Maine windjammer schooner HERITAGE

Schooner WENDAMEEN

WENDAMEEN is one of two historic schooners for charter by

the Portland Schooner Co. out of Portland , Maine

Crew Aloft

" Crew Aloft " aboard the Barque Picton Castle

Mystic Outdoor Art Festival

Well I'm off to the Mystic Outdoor Art Festival, Mystic,

Connecticut ,hope to see many of you their.

Schooner VIRGINIA

Schooner Virginia

PRINS WILLEM Fire

Fire has destroyed the tall ship PRINS WILLEM, a replica of the 17th-century flagship of the Dutch East India Company in the northern Netherlands. The three-mast tall ship, which was built in the 1980s, in 2003 became a tourist attraction in the northern Dutch port of Den Helder.
The original ship, built in 1649, was the largest ship of the Dutch trading company. It sank in 1662 off Madagascar.

Schooner American Eagle

Schooner American Eagle Click Here

Walter Cronkite's "Sea-Fever"

Windjammer July Newsletter

Windjammer Association July 2009 NEWSLETTER

Schooner America

Maine Windjamming

The Maine Windjammer Association

Schooner A.J. Meerwald

Schooner A. J. MEERWALD

Captain Brenda Thomas

Captain Brenda Thomas of the Maine Windjammer

Schooner ISAAC H. EVANS

Bluenose II Visits Maine

Bluenose II to Visit Maine Maritime Museum , Bath, Maine
In conjunction with our Net Worth Fisheries exhibit, the replica of the famed Grand Banks fishing schooner BLUENOSE II will be docked and open for tours July 5 thru July 7. A glorious reign as Queen of the North Atlantic began with her launching from Lunenburg’s Smith and Rhuland boatyard on March 26, 1921. It tragically ended a quarter century later. In 1963, Bluenose II was launched from the same shipyard, built by many of the men who had worked on the Original Bluenose. Bluenose II is acknowledged to have the largest working mainsail in the world it measures 4,150 square feet. The total sail area measures over 11,000 square feet and BLUENOSE II is 143 feet in length.

Windjammer June Newsletter

Maine Windjammer Association June 2009 Newsletter

Penobscot Bay Storm

Sudden storm on Penobscot Bay Downeast

Schooner French Bucks Harbor

Schooner LEWIS R. FRENCH anchored in Bucks Harbor, Maine

Pulpit Harbor

Sunset Pulpit Harbor, North Haven, Maine

Schooner American Eagle

Schooner American Eagle entering Bucks Harbor, South Brooksville, Maine

Bowdoin Sets Sail North for Summer

Schooner Bowdoin underway for Newfoundland and Labrador as part of a summer-long initiative called Celebrating Bartlett 2009. Bowdoin will serve as a traveling ambassador for Celebrating Bartlett 2009 which marks the 100th anniversary of Adm. Robert Peary’s expedition to the North Pole in 1909 and the role played in that endeavor by Canadian Capt. Robert Bartlett.

On assignment Aboard HERITAGE

I'm off on assignment aboard the schooner HERITAGE out of Rockland, Maine I'll be back June 14 with many new images.

Windjammers Downeast New Book

My New Book WINDJAMMERS DOWNEAST : WoodenBoat Publications. A pictorial tribute to the boats of Penobscot Bay, which make their living carrying sight seers and eco-tourists along the coast of Maine.