Two appearances from COLONIA (HMCo. #435), a little showboating from Captain Nat, and a racing proto-scow for the Midwestern scene
Month: May 2020
Lecture Video: “Setting Sail In America: The Remarkable Story of Herreshoff S Class Sailboats”
Setting Sail in America is an homage to the Class, and takes the reader on a compelling journey through the history of the S boat- a journey that visits milestones in American society, politics, business, and social life.
Curator’s Log: Bristol, HMCo., and the Pandemic of 1918
How the movement of military personnel, the crowding of factories for war-time production, rallies, parades and the Liberty Bond Campaign impacted HMCo. and Bristol in the influenza pandemic more than a hundred years ago
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 11
Town Council duties and poorly placed gas street lamps, rumors of yachts and Cup Defenders, and the surprising cost of aluminum
America’s Cup Defenders and Challengers Timeline: why selection series matter
How many vessels fought each year just for the chance to compete for the America’s Cup? A guest post explains!
Lecture Video: “Pirate Ghosts And Phantom Ships Of New England”
New England is rich with stories and legends of ghost ships and pirates long dead. Blackbeard, Sandy Gordon, Captain Kidd and many more once called the region home; and still do. Phantom ships continue to roam the waters of the New England coast. Some mysteriously abandoned while other vanished never to be seen again, in the physical form anyway.
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 7
CONSTITUTION (HMCo. #551) launching, a delivery of timber from the west coast, and the launching of PETREL (HMCo. #510)
Baking Powder Biscuits and Switchel
Two more sailors recipes to try at home and enjoy while sitting in the sun on your porch or in your backyard
A Sailor’s Life for Me: a virtual voyage on Old Ironsides
Another virtual voyaging game, this time with more rats, chamber pots and cannon balls! From our friends at the USS Constitution Museum
This Week in Herreshoff History: May 4
Three distinct eras in the history of HMCo.: Herreshoff and Stone advertisements in the Bristol Phoenix, news of 1,720 tubes in Torpedo Boat #6, and a new skipper for the groundbreaking yacht GLORIANA