A Word from Thomas Fleming Day
Month: February 2021
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 25
Ice boats for the Arctic and for home, eighteen New York 30s, dispatches from Cocoanut Grove and a report from the local chapter of the Girl Scout Mariners
Sailor’s Ditty Bag
Our kids activity this week is a step-by-step tutorial for sewing your own ditty bag
Introducing “The Herreshoff Brothers and their Torpedo Boats”
A series of papers on bringing innovation to the “New Navy”
Lecture Video: “The Life and Work of A. Sidney DeWolf Herreshoff”
Filmed at the Herreshoff Marine Museum on August 22, 1995
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 18
Schooners and fishing boats, some geographical confusion, a very busy winter and spring, and quite a few steam yachts
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 11
Several swampings and a lot of lost carrots, runaway horses and torpedo boat castings, proposals for a new rule, a company reorganized and a whole fleet of dinghies on order
Remembering Bob Fisher
Bob Fisher: 1936-2021. Since 2005, Bob Fisher served on the America’s Cup Hall of Fame Selection Committee with distinction.
Sailors Valentine
Craft a special gift for the sailor in your life.
This Week in Herreshoff History: February 4
Cup Defenders keep the shops busy through the winter, steam yachts launched and hauled, big pours and employee perks