Roseway

Rose
Originally uploaded by Parks925

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. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor later that year, mines and anti-submarine netting were installed to protect the Port of Boston, and all lighted navigational aids were extinguished. Roseway was fitted with a .50 caliber machine gun and continued her piloting duties in this challenging environment, for which service her pilots were awarded a bronze plaque from the Coast Guard at the end of the war.
Roseway continued to serve as a pilot vessel until the early 1970s, at which point she and San Francisco's Zodiac were the only pilot schooners still in service in the United States. 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, at that time, retained between eighty and ninety percent of her original hull fabric and was badly in need of repairs. She remained docked in Rockland, Maine until she was repossessed by the First National Bank of Damariscotta, which in 2002 donated the vessel to the newly founded World Ocean School.
Following two years of restoration in Boothbay Harbor, Roseway again set sail in 2005. She currently serves as the platform for the World Ocean School, which offers various educational programs in St. Croix and the northeastern United States.

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Hanging Out on a Limb

Hanging Out on a Limb
Originally uploaded by MAJH12

Preparing the brig NIAGARA for departure from Put-in-Bay

Manouvers

Manouvers
Originally uploaded by Uncertain Focus

Schooner in mist

Taken from the Grace Bailey schooner, boats depart the overnight mooring where they rafted-up together.

Carlotta 1937

In August 1937 the Bourne family cruised Carlotta around England shooting a home movie of their voyage.

An agreement was signed June 23, 1899 between the boatbuilder William H. Halford of Gloucester England and the Cumberland Sea Fishery Committee to build a 'Police Boat' or 'Protection Cutter' for the use of Officers to patrol the fisheries in the Cumberland area.

Halford's yard had previously built at least three Bristol Channel pilot cutters, including the St. Bee's and the Britannia. Unlike many other pilot boats that sported an offset bowsprit, Halford's pilot boats were unique in featuring a bowsprit that housed directly over a raked stem. The new boat was to be built to the same scantlings, materials, design and layout as the Halford pilot boats.

As work progressed there was some difficulty in getting Lloyd's to perform a scheduled survey of the boat going together. The Cumberland Sea Fishery wanted someone to report frequently on the progress of the yard and the task was given to a Mr.E Brinkworth - a retired Pilot who worked as the Dockmaster in Gloucester. On November 15, 1899 the boat was launched and Christened The Solway. It measured 50' long on deck, 13' beam, 8' draft and 28 Tons.

Stockholm

Stockholm
Originally uploaded by Sailor Daz

November 2005

Bounty1

Bounty1
Originally uploaded by Paul Sedwick

HMS Bounty Figurehead

Eleonora

Eleonora
Originally uploaded by ESEA Click

At the St Tropez Classic Regatta 2006

Les Voiles d'Antibes 2008

DSC_0021
Originally uploaded by ESEA Click

Tall Ships - Lady Washington and Moon (aka Interceptor from Pirates of the Caribbean)

Tall Ships - Lady Washington and Moon (aka Interceptor from Pirates of the Caribbean)
Originally uploaded by Darvin Atkeson

We heard the ship from Pirates of the Caribbean was in town and went to see
her. She was docked at Humphries Restaurant on
the Sacramento River Delta in Antioch. Humphries was named for the whale
that swam up the delta. The food isn't bad but is a tad expensive for what
it is. The restaurant does have a good view of the Delta.

The ship is a remake of the original Lady Washington which was a 90 ton
merchant sloop which sailed around Cape Horn. This replica was built in
1989 and is the official ship of Washington state. If you have a mind to
you can sign on to her crew for up to several months. From what I hear, you
pay some and you have to carry your weight or walk the plank. Some
vacation. Much shorter tours of duty are also available to those willing
to try their hand at an old profession. And if you want for around $50 you
can take a 3 hour tour. We got to go down in her hull and I was shocked by
the cramped spaces. She wasn't much bigger inside than a small RV but then
we didn't get to see the whole ship. This version does have a contemporary
motor. She was also used in the Star Trek Generations movie at the
beginning of the movie. Both movies make her look much larger than she
really is. No matter, she is more graceful on the water than many ships.

She often sails with the Hawaiian Chieftain up and down the Pacific Coast.
You can view her schedule at www.ladywashington.org

-Darv
LiquidMoonlight.com
© Darvin Atkeson

Shamrock

Photo date: June 14, 1892. by John S. Johnston

Although there were five versions of Shamrock (numbered I through V), Johnston only lived long enough to photograph the first Shamrock, now referred to as Shamrock I. Indeed, it was during the 1899 America's Cup race between Shamrock and Columbia that Johnston reportedly caught the cold which led to his death.

(Note that there was another yacht named Shamrock - according to the August 1896 issue of Outing magazine, there was a Shamrock owned by W. P. Ward. Does anyone know anything about this vessel?)

Type	Gaff-rigged cutter
Class	1883 Seawanhaka 90' Rule
Design	William Fife, Jr. (1898)
Shipyard	J. Thorneycroft & Co.
Dimensions	LOA 38.86m LWL 25.12m Beam 7.46m Draught 6.15m
Displacement	156.9 metric tonnes
Rig	Lower-Mast 29.56m Top-Mast 18.90m Boom 32.61m Bowsprit 8.60m Sail Area 1214.30m²

Shamrock was the unsuccessful Irish challenger for the 10th America's Cup in 1899 to the US defender, Columbia. Shamrock was designed by William Fife III, Jr. and built in 1898 by Builder: J. Thorneycroft & Co, at Millwall on the Thames near London, England for owner Sir Thomas Lipton (of Lipton Tea Fame).

According to Americascup.com :

"Shamrock I is launched on June 24, 1899 and christened by Lady Russell of Killowen. Its build has been shrouded by secrecy and its hull is hidden by canvas, as was the case forThistle, in 1887. The 1895 challenger Valkyrie III is refitted to be sailed as a trial horse for Shamrock I. Soon after its launch, Shamrock I races against the Prince of Wales' yacht,Britannia. The Irish challenger outpaces the royal yacht in two regattas on the Solent. Shamrock I arrives in New York on August 18, 1899, and sails daily to train the crew for the Cup races.

"During the second [cup] race, on the first windward leg, Shamrock's topmast snaps and the challenger withdraws. The same evening a new spar is fitted. The Irishmen add four tonnes of ballast, so the yacht is re-measured on October 18, but its sailing performance is not improved. The Irish yacht's Steel mast is too bendy. During the 1899 yachting season, the boat goes through six sets of sails.

"On November 2, 1899, Shamrock I leaves New York and is towed back to Great Britain by Lipton's steam yacht, Erin, via the Azores. It is dry-docked on arrival. [In] 1901Shamrock I is refitted by Lipton and sails as a trial horse for his new challenger, Shamrock II, a George L. Watson design. [In April] 1903, Shamrock I is refitted again and sails as a trial horse for

Shamrock III. On May 28, 1903, with 41 crewmen onboard, Shamrock I sails to New York and races against Shamrock III before the Cup. After the Cup, Lipton tries to sell his two yachts, without success. [In] 1914 Shamrock I sails against Shamrock IV off Cowes before Lipton's fourth challenger sails across the Atlantic.

"Yacht club: Royal Ulster Yacht Club, Ireland
Sailmaker: Ratsey, Cowes
Skipper: Captain Archibald "Archie" Hogarth and his assistant, Captain Robert "Bob" Wringe
Afterguard: Jesse Connell and Captain Ben Parker "

Shamrock (also known as Shamrock I, to distinguish it from its successors) was built in 1898 under a shroud of secrecy, and christened by Lady Russell of Killowen at its launch on June 24, 1899.
During its trials it raced against the 1895 America's Cup challenger, Valkyrie III, as well as twice beating His Majesty's Yacht Britannia in regattas on the Solent. It sailed to New York for the America's Cup race in the summer of 1899. The Cup defender Columbia beat Shamrock in all three races. It returned to Britain in the autumn of 1899, towed by Lipton's steam yacht, Erin. It was subsequently refitted by Lipton and used as a "trial horse" to test the later challengers, Shamrock II, III, and IV.