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ONRUST Launched

The Onrust Project in Rotterdam Junction, NY have recreated a replica of Adriaen Block’s sloop on which he explored the Connecticut, Rhode Island and Massachusetts coasts as far as Cape Cod. Based on the voyages of the Onrust, the Dutch would lay claim to parts of New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania which they would call New Netherlands.

Windjammers May Newsletter

Maine Windjammers Association May 2009 Newsletter

Brigantine Romance

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Gallery Series Camden Harbor

Whaler Charles W. Morgan Hauled

Ernestina Returns Home

The historic fishing schooner Ernestina is returning to its home port of New Bedford after a nearly yearlong restoration project.
The 115-year-old vessel will leave the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine on Tuesday and travel under engine power to Gloucester and Boston, before arriving in New Bedford Harbor on Saturday May 9, 2009, where a welcoming ceremony is planned.
The state-owned vessel spent 11 months in Maine having planking and decking in the bow section of the hull above the waterline replaced. The restoration was funded by $500,000 from a Save America’s Treasures grant, $500,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, and private donations.
The Ernestina was built in Essex in 1894 as a Grand Banks schooner.

Windjammer April Newsletter

Maine Windjammer Association April 2009 Newsletter

Tall Ship Duchesse Anne

On 7 March 1901, the sail ship Gross Herzogin Elizabeth is launched as German navy school ship. After WWI the instruction start again on board in 1921 until laid up in 1932. Seized in May 1945 by the Royal Navy, she is given to France as war damage compensation, renamed DUCHESSE ANNE and tug to Brest where she is abandonned until 1980. She was saved from scrap by the City of Dunkirk in 1981 and is currently an exhibit at Musee Portuaire Dunkerque

Princess Taiping Sinks

A replica 16th Century junk has sunk off Taiwan, one day short of completing an epic voyage to the United States and back.
The Ming dynasty-style Princess Taiping was trying to prove that China's greatest admiral, Zheng He, could have reached North America 600 years ago.
After surviving several storms during its 10-month voyage, the junk broke in two and sank after it was rammed by a freighter just off Taiwan's coast.
All 11 crew members were rescued after being found adrift on the wreckage.

Whaler Charles W. Morgan

Schooner Mary Day

Mary Day was built in 1962 by Harvey Gamage of south Bristol, Maine for Captain Havilah ( "Bubs" ) Hawkins. The Mary Day was the first vessel built specifically for the Maine windjammer passenger trade; also she is the only schooner with double topsail rig in the windjammer fleet. Today the Mary Day is owned and operated by Captains Barry and Jennifer King and is home ported in Camden, Maine. Length: 90' , Beam: 23' 6", Draft: 7' ( 15' centerboard down ), Displacement: 90 tons, Sail Area: 4500 sq. feet

Schooner Mercantile

Mercantile was built in 1916 by the Billings family of Deer Isle, Maine. She was built as a shoal draft centerboard two masted schooners to transport cargos of barrel staves and firewood to the lime kilns along the Maine coast. Mercantile also carried cargoes of salt fish from Frenchboro and Swans Island Maine to Gloucester, Massachusetts. In 1942 joined Frank Swift's fleet of windjammers in the passenger trade. Mercantile has also been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Today she is home ported out of Camden, Maine owned and operated by Captain Ray Williamson. Length: 80', Beam: 22' , Draft: 6' 7" ( 10' 7" centerboard down ) ,Sail Area: 3015 sq. feet