Queen of the Grand Banks Schooners

Queen of the Windjammers

"Queen of the Windjammers" latest photo-impression on canvas of the Gloucesterman ADVENTURE outward bound from Boothbay Harbor, Maine. ADVENTURE was built 1926 in Essex, Massachusetts, 121.6 feet in length and 24.5 feet in breadth. She was one of the famed Gloucester Grand Banks fishermen until 1954 when she found a second life in the passenger trade sailing out of Rockland and later Camden, Maine. Sailed as a windjammer and became known as the "Queen of the Windjammers" in the passenger trade until 1988 when she was donated to the City of Gloucester. Today ADVENTURE is nearing a complete restoration and will soon sail once again. For additional information go to Schooner Adventure home website.

Schooner Ernestina

The Schooner Ernestina is designated as a National Historic Landmark. Orginally built in Essex, Massachusetts and launched February 1, 1894 as Effie M. Morrissey. She has sailed on through the century and is one of six remaining Essex-built schooners. Ernestina sailed as a Grand Banks fisherman out of Gloucester,and as an arctic explorer she reached within 600 miles of the north pole. Also, was the last ship to bring immigrants to America under sail from the Cape Verde Islands. Today she is undergoing a restoration project in New Bedford, Massachusetts, expected to be finished in time to participate in the 2009 Sail Boston Celebration.