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State’s first new ferry in nearly 20 years arrives in Rockland
My Uncle Peter has a sweet stache. Can’t wait to check out this spiffy new Ferry!
Rockport, Maine - January 15, 2012 by Peter Ralston
It was cold yesterday morning - I hear about minus four - so I took a little walk down to the harbor for a gander. Lots of sea smoke with a light but cutting northerly wind. I love this harbor of ours this time of year. Yesterday it was just me and a few sorry-looking gulls. The few boats still in appear resigned to their winter on the water. The island and the lighthouse look very, very far away right now.
Originally Posted By thefonzi
Wow. Almost looks too good to be true, but this is for real. Interesting concept!
(via thefonzi)
Friends are selling Venture, a 1910 George Lawley built gaff rigged sloop.
- Full keel, 10.5’ beam, 5.5’ draft.
- LOD, 36,’ LOA, 42,’ LWL, 31, Hull speed 7.5 kts.
- 2 burner propane stove/oven & Tiny Tot wood stove.
- sleeps 6 (v-berth, 2 salon settees, 2 quarter berths).
- New Raritan head
- New bronze/wood boom gallows.
- well maintained 27 hp Yanmar diesel, 1981.
- Hull, sails, rigging and deck all in very good condition.
- Excellent 6 pack charter boat. Live aboard ready! Has been lived aboard year round for the past 3 years in Maine.
- $65,000
She is an extremely loved vessel and has been very well maintained. And, she sails like a dream!
They used to squash bananas on the launching rails here. It was easier this way to get the finished boats into the water. The rails, made of wood, ran from the shop floors down the bank and into the creek. The banana-squishing was a cheap and ingenious Depression way of greasing skids.
One of the more random things I’ve learned from reading Hemingway’s Boat.
Infatuation of the day: Life aboard a historic Ellis Island ferry
From photographer Navid Baraty:
Recently I had the opportunity to photograph Victoria and Richard MacKenzie-Childs’ home aboard the historic 1907 Yankee Ferry, afloat in the New York City Harbor. They’ve not only restored the Yankee and kept it afloat for posterity, but they also use the ship as a beautiful studio and show space for their work as decorative artists.
h/t Emily
