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Tom Ellis Talks Pitches The 2013 Schooner Challenge To Benefit The Evelina M. Goulart   Have an evening of fun and participate in a unique brand of schooner challenge and help make the boat you crew on the winner! You … Continue reading

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Have an evening of fun and participate in a unique brand of schooner challenge and help make the boat you crew on the winner! You must be on the Maritime Gloucester dock Monday, June 17th by 5:30 pm. Crews will … Continue reading

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Joey____ I collected some random photos at the Maine Boat Builders Show (MBBS.)  This is the first of a series – caulking tools.  Back around 1966 I had a couple bunks where you needed to avoid sleeping on your back … Continue reading

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From the collections of the CAPE ANN MUSEUM, Gloucester, Massachusetts “Start of the first race of the International Race showing ‘Elsie’ in the lead with Bluenose in the rear” 1921 Halifax, Nova Scotia Thanks to  Fred Buck for locating this … Continue reading

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Slush’n in unison

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Greg Bover submits- Dear Joey, Perhaps our readers would be interested in the video Joanne Souza shot of making mast hoops for Schooner Adventure at C. B. Fisk. Geoff Deckebach, Bill Holmes and I started by sawing strips of ash … Continue reading

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Al Bezanson submits-
Privateer LYNX at Maritime Gloucester.  Bound for the Great Lakes via Lunenburg and Canso, NS.
http://privateerlynx.com/

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Hi Joey, The Schooner Adventures is having water tight bulkheads installed to meet Coast Guard specifications. They started by using a fiberoptic system to look between the ceiling and the hull to find the best locations for the bulkheads… They … Continue reading

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ELSIE crew, 1921

Al Bezanson submits- From the collections of the CAPE ANN MUSEUM, Gloucester, Massachusetts Elsie’s crew, 1921 International Fishermen’s Races (photo:  Cox Bros., Halifax, Nova Scotia)  Capt. Marty Welch. Fred Buck has pitched in to help the Schooner Festival committee recruit … Continue reading

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Al submits- http://www.worldoceanschool.org/get-onboard/special-events/fun-for-good Roseway has just returned from the Virgin Islands and here is an opportunity to view this historic Essex-built schooner up close.  If you go, be sure to let them know that Gloucester is excited to have them … Continue reading

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Join the crews for this once-in-a-lifetime event! THE SCHOONER CHALLENGE out of Gloucester Harbor on Monday, June 17th 6pm-8pm. The three Essex-built schooners are, Thomas E. Lannon, Ardelle and Fame. This fun-filled Challenge will benefit the Essex Shipbuilding Museum’s 86 … Continue reading

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Aground

Joey___
We’ve been searching for entries to the Schooner Festival and found this one.
Al Bezanson

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Chickity Check It- the Gloucester Schooner Festival’s Dandy New Blog! Complete with printable schedules and everything. It seems that this year they’re taking the promotion of the Schooner Fest seriously and we may get people to step up and take … Continue reading

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Laurie Fullerton submits- Hi Joey, I wrote this story for WickedLocal.com and it ran last week in the Amesbury News. I was hoping it might run in Gloucester, too. It is about young Zack Teal who is a cremate on … Continue reading

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Take Mom to the sea! Moms sail on the Schooner Thomas E Lannon in Gloucester, Massachusetts for FREE this Sunday from 1-3pm, so long as she is accompanied by a passenger paying full price. Mom sails for FREE this Sunday … Continue reading

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