Interesting little detail here: the iron bars over the mess room skylight, which protects the glass in heavy seas.
The only picture I took when I went inside. I'm 6' 1" and had to duck to avoid hitting the beam in front of me. The deck in the room ahead of me was at least a foot lower!
The
Sabino out for her morning test run.
Any good shipyard needs a large supply of wood on hand.
Here's a picture demonstrating that 19th century merchant ships had terribly inefficient hull shapes.
There were a number of projects going on inside the shipyard when I visited. Off to the left, you can see the ramp that will let visitors board the
Morgan when she returns to the water. The object in the top center is the
Morgan's foremast top, the red and black object is the ship's rudder, and below that you can see see a guy working on some floors (no really, they're called that).
I really like the simple but beautiful lines of this boat. She's the
Emma C Berry, built in 1866, and the last surviving American-built "well smack." Smacks were built with watertight holds in their midships section which would be used to keep fish alive until the boat could return to harbor.
Pretty elegant scrollwork for a 19th century working boat!
The Oyster Sloop
Nellie of 1891.
