CONSTITUTION (HMCo. #551) is launched without the usual crowds, a delivery of timber arrives from the west coast, and PETREL (HMCo. #510) hits the water for the first time

HMCo. customers were great appreciators of the schooner rig, as we know from stunning examples like KATOURA, WESTWARD, and ELENA, among others. While HMCo.'s schooners were mostly yachts, you can see their working forebears in some of these inspiring Winslow Homer drawings from the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum digital collections. Homer (1836 - 1910) was a painter and printmaker and part-time Mainer who was particularly famous for his maritime subjects. Browse the Cooper Hewitt's collection of almost 500 Homer drawings to see the full range of his work - and keep an eye out for those gorgeous schooners and fishing scenes!

Learn how to make two more sailors favorites! An old Navy recipe for baking powder biscuits and a refreshing sweet ginger drink called switchel (sometimes also known as "haymakers punch") are both great treats to enjoy outside on a warm sunny day.

As part of the team worked on oak keel and stem parts, Bern built a 2" x 10" platform 28' long on which to erect our molds. And later, Eric squeezed inside the frame.

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. If you missed this lecture last October, you can join us now to learn all about our haunted coast!