Revisiting Mystic Seaport (with pics)

[Subnuts]

The Nellie and Emma C Berry again. What can I say? Old boats are the best boats.




For $5.50, you can go onboard the Sabino for a narrated half-hour trip down the Mystic River. Some people probably won't agree with me, but I think she's adorable.


That motor launch again. There has to be some kind of story behind it - that drop keel and oversize rudder is just too unique for a mass-produced craft.


The deck of the Roann. I tend to take pictures that will only interest one in a million people.


Getting ready to go onboard the Sabino. Just like the Titanic, except it's only a thousandth the size and much less likely to kill you.


You can actually watch the engine room "in action" after you go onboard and anytime during the trip. It's a pretty simple affair - basically just a boiler, a little two-cylinder reciprocating engine, a few gauges, some steam pipes, and a warning bell.


The Western-Rig Dragger Florence, built in 1926 and still being used to carry students to collect specimens from local waters. As you can tell, 20th century fishing boats aren't anywhere near as nice looking as their 19th century counterparts.


And just to drive that point home, another picture of the Emma C Berry, taken from the upper deck of the Sabino.


I only managed to get a couple shots in after the Sabino got underway, but here's a nice (I think) profile view of the sail training ship Joseph Conrad.

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by Subnuts

What can I say? Old boats are the best boats.

Some people probably won't agree with me, but I think she's adorable.

There's a saying among WW1 flying afficianados: A real airplane has two wings and a round engine. Well, a real ship has wooden walls and sails.

The deck of the Roann. I tend to take pictures that will only interest one in a million people.

I guess that makes me one in a million. I'm downloading all your pictures.

[fireftr18]

Years ago, my wife and I drove to New England for vacation. The car happened to break down in Mystic. If it weren't for that, we probably would've missed the Seaport Museum. It turned out one the best stops we made. The Charles W Morgan was open for tours at the time and we went on it. It was floating, but not seaworthy. And as I am typing this, I am looking at a framed print of her.

[Rockstar]

That motor launch, the one with the retractable keel and barn door rudder, maybe itself unique. But the design is a common enough for a lot of shoal draft boats. Id wager she could sail on the morning dew.

[Spiced_Rum]

Thank you Subnuts. Some great pictures and it looks like a good place to visit one day. I had to look up where it is located, their website provides directions:

Our Address

Mystic Seaport
75 Greenmanville Avenue
Mystic, CT 06355

GPS Coordinates

Latitude N 41 21.594 (41.3599)
Longitude W 71 57.810 (-71.9635)

Mystic Seaport is located about 10 miles east of New London in Connecticut’s “Ocean Corner”–part of the Mystic Country region.

http://www.mysticseaport.org/

[bertieck476]

Lovely photos of some lovely boats, we have a strong tradition of working boats on the Essex and Kent coasts in England I myself have an Essex oyster smack, I can post some pics if you folks would like to see them, just out the door now so it would have to be tomorrow.
Bert.

[Catfish]

Wow phantastic photos, and what a nice site to be !

Thanks for posting

[Jimbuna]

Crackin photos of a place obviously well worth visiting...thanks for sharing