1994 FSS Yearbook

FRIENDSHIP SLOCP Diana, no. 94, at the east end of Leadbetter’s Narrows, Vinalhaven Photo by Michael Barry 1989 1994 YEARBOOK & GUIDE THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY’S * A A * * A Hfl A A

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30′ Friendship Sloop Bruno-Stillman Fiberglass 1970 • 1978 Volvo Diesel Roller Jib • Loran • Depth Sounder 12 Volt Reefer in Large Ice Chest VHF Radio • Everything Like New Avon Dinghy $25,000 Firm Walter Durant 664 Noank Road, Mystic CT 06355 203-536-7698 FOR SALE Kochab 28.5′ Class B Friendship Sloop Cedar Over Oak Built 1953 Teak Cockpit Near New 18 hp Diesel Sleeps Three Head – Stove – Ice Box Underside and Topside Just Professionally Refurbished In Excellent Condition Call Tom Gervais 508-693-4999 “Schoodic” #8 FOR SALE BY OWNER $49,000. 32′ Custom Sloop by E. Collemer and Lanning Marine 1973. Cedar over oak, Yanmar diesel, designed and built for cruising. One of the best-known, best- maintained, best-equipped Friendships on the coast. Can be seen at the races in Boothbay Harbor or contact Bruce Lanning at 207-963-2370. FOR SALE 31′ Newman Fiberglass Hull & 25 HP Volvo Diesel New Condition Call Arnold E P. Standish • 207-729-9614 Friendship Sloop Society Officers 1994 Commodore Vice-Commodore Secretary Treasurer Historian Measurer Race Committee Chairman Membership Chairman Publicity Chairman Friendship Day Chairpersons New London Race Committee Marblehead Race Committee Pendleton Scholarship Fund Chrmn. Yearbook Editor Newsletter Editor Piper Cannoneer Honorary President Secretary Emerita James & Andrea Wilson Richard & Beth Langton Caroline Phillips David Bell Betty Roberts Richard Salter Robert Rex Douglas Amsbary Robert Monk Betty Roberts & Bill Zuber Jack Vibber David Graham Elbert Pratt Roger Duncan John Wojcik Donald Duncan Elbert Pratt Bernard MacKenzie Betty Roberts Rye, NH Edgecomb, ME 164SturbridgeRd. Charlton, MA01507 (508) 248-7026 Box 354, Waldoboro, ME Friendship, ME Manchester, MA Reading, MA Franconia, NH Burlington, MA Friendship, ME 5 Soljer Dr., Waterford, CT 203-442-7376 7 BatchelderRd., Marble- head, MA, 617-631-6680 Friendship, ME Box 66, E. Boothbay, ME 347 Lincoln St. Norwell, MA Milton, MA Friendship, ME Scituate, MA Friendship, ME Honorary Members: William Danforth, Dorothy Gould, John Gould, David Graham, Cyrus Hamilin, Bruce Morang, Marcia Morang, Bernard MacKenzie, Albert Roberts, Betty Roberts, Carlton Simmons. The Bill Hadlock Memorial Award This award is given in memory of our past Commodore and skipper of Heritage, Bill Hadlock. It is given for: 1. Safe sailing and sound seamanship 2. Family participation 3. Sharing knowledge and helping others 4. Supporting the aims of the Society 5. Appreciation of the beauty, charm, and splendor of the Maine coast. At the annual meeting Barbara Hadlock presented the award to Bruce and Marcia Morang. For 12 years Bruce served as chairman of our Race Committee, assisted and supported at every turn by Marcia. A deep concern for safety and a sensitivity to the dilemma of running a highly competitive event in a thoroughly cooperative spirit has characterized the Morangs. The Bancroft Award The Bancroft Award is given in memory of Winthrop Bancroft, owner of Elicia III and an enthusiastic supporter of the Society. It is awarded for an unusual contribution to the Friendship tradition. It might recognize an outstanding voyage, the launching of a new sloop or the restoration of an old one. It might recognize the work of a poet, a painter, or a model maker. This year it was awarded to Consuelo Hanks, both an able sailor and one of Maine’s outstanding artists. Her drawings of the Maine coast, including many of Friendship sloops, are unfailingly accurate and express her sensitive response to the scenes, which we cannot help but share.

When in the Florida Keys visit Manatee Bay 0- -W £> k/ Marine A complete Boatyard Facility Conveniently located N.W. ofthel.C.W. at statue mile 1132 60 Ton Tami-Uft – 50 Ton Crane (305) 451 -3332 – Monitor VHP Channel 16 RO Box 2584 Key Largo, Fla. 33037 Fill Your Sails With History Cruise on a boat tour or the KenneLec River, learn now lobsters get trapped., watch > our Apprentices craft wooden / boats, callus your bands by ^ hatuing on lines, admire visiting scboonera ana yachts when in port, roam the intact, surviving shipyard from the late 18009 (complete with ararthorees), gain a greater understanding of Maine’s maritime heritage in our galleries & hands-on exhibits. MAINE MARITIME MUSEUM & SHIPYARD 243 WASHINGTON ST, BATH ME 04530 (207)443-1316 OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK (FL) 25′ NEWMAN/MORRIS CUSTOM-BUILT FRIENDSHIP SLOOP, 1975 All fiberglass with teak trim in & out. Excellent condition, documented, totally refurbished awlgrip 89-90. New F.W.C. diesel, Loran, VHP depth sounder, knot meter, auto pilot, many upgrades, skylights & boom gallows. (407) 844-3483 . $24,900.00 A Family Love Affair With a Boat and Its Hand by Reverend Edward C. Boynton Sky Pilot As a family, the Boyntons for three generations have made their summer home on Maiden Island, one of the Five Islands on the eastern shore of Georgetown Island. My father, Reverend Nehemiah Boynton, loved the island and loved the sea. At long last he had his chance to acquire a boat when he inherited a modest amount of money. It was arranged for Henry Kingsbury to come over to the cottage to talk over the proposition. The “dickering” went something as follows: “I don’t want a yacht, Henry; I want a boat.” Would Henry know where he could get such a boat as father wanted? He knew “just the boat.” Would he go with father in the summer and use the boat for his own purposes the rest of the year? He would. “Go and get it, Henry.” No fussy business to foul the thing up. Just a simple act. “Go and get it, Henry.” Soon after, we saw Henry row past the cottage and down the bay to the open ocean. In three days he was back, at the helm of a large Friendship sloop, towing his dory behind. It was “just the right boat” of which he had spoken. She was built in 1909 by Gene McLain on Bremen Long Island and had been used that winter for fishing. She came to us the following summer with the name Ralph A. Father immediately re-named her Sky Pilot, the name she bore for the following 39 years. Sky Pilot was 43 feet and some inches on the waterline, 20-some feet in beam, and drew S’A feet. As they expressed it down there, “she had a holt on the water.” She cost father $1200, all found, a typical bald-headed gaff-rigged Friendship sloop with flush deck

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The mast was stepped fairly well aft, her boom extending well beyond the taffrail, giving her a large mainsail. When she came to us, she carried a tiller. She was not only a handy boat, but a smart boat as well, and a comfortable, not a wet, boat. And she was tight. She had a flush deck, a chain locker in the fore-peak and a Shipmate stove in the forecastle, together with two – in a pinch three – bunks, two lockers and a dish cupboard. Aft of the forecastle bulkead was the fish hold, aft of that the tiller cockpit, and finally the lazarette. As we no longer needed the fish hold but could turn that space into a main cabin, father had this and other jobs done: lowering the floor of the fish hold, substituting scrap iron for the rock ballast under it, and installing a cabin roof with skylight and companionway running up the cockpit. This gave her a forecastle with two bunks and lockers up forward, a main cabin with three bunks and two lockers, excellent accommodations for comfort on a cruise. She also had a Gloucester fisherman wheel substituted for the tiller and a wooden backrest behind the wheel box, making a comfortable seat for the helmsman. Sky Pilot was a family boat enjoyed by young and old. Her ample deck space made her ideal for large parties to have a day’s sail. I have known 15 or more aboard at times, from the old folk in steamer chairs to the toddlers, whose safety was assured by being attached to a line the other end of which was made fast to a cleat or bitt, already at their tender age getting their sea legs and coming to know the feel of a deck under their feet. The children were required to wear life jackets until they were 12 and to crawl along the deck on their hands and knees. When Henry Kingsbury left us, what seemed a major blow turned out to be a blessing, for it brought us Captain George Hanna, who took care of the boat and went with us in the summers until his death 30 years later. What distinguished Captain George was not his nautical expertise alone. It was his spirit. His instincts were fine instincts. He had a sense of the fitness of things. And he had a delightful sense of humor. Which reminds me – We were all down in the cabin playing whist when we heard the rhythmic chug of a powerful motor alongside. Looking out the companionway, we saw a large chrome-and- mahogany job out of Providence, whose owner was a friend of my father’s. They came aboard, and when our visit was over, we came on deck to see them off. As they were disappearing out of the harbor, I said to George, “She’s a pretty boat, George.” “Yes,” replied George, “she’s a pretty boat.” “But,” I added, “I suppose, George, that in a hard chance you would just as soon be aboard Sky Pilot.” “Lor” bless you, yes. Why, we’d be just comfortable and she’d be all unsoldered.” Another time, when we were crossing Frenchman’s Bay, a thick Fundy fog descended on us. When we reached the whistler off Schoodic, we decided to run in for Prospect Harbor. As we poked along, one of the lookouts called out, “Breakers off the starboard bow.” And soon the other man on watch called out, “Breakers to leeward.” Those of us who were aft could just see the foam of the crested breaking rollers, but we could distinctly hear the roar of their breaking long before we could see them. We were running a true course and we were where we ought to be, but enveloped in that all-but-opaque gray blanket with visibility almost zero, and to hear the booming of the breaking waves on either hand and more from the general direction in which we were headed was not too comfortable a situation. Seeing my brother and me at the wheel, and quite likely with anxious looks, George came quietly aft and reassuringly said, “Keep her headed into the silence and you will be

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SAIL A CLASSIC 1902 CLASS “A” ORIGINAL FRIENDSHIP SLOOP GLADIATOR In Friendship With Friends Capt. Bill Zuber Capt. Andy Zuber Capt. Paige Creighton HALL FUNERAL HOME Serving Your Community 832-5541 Waldoboro Simmons & Harrington 633-2171 Boothbay Harbor 207-354-8036 for reservations & information The Boothbay Harbor Region Welcomes The Friendship Sloop Society Quaint seacoast village, picture post- card scenery, many excursion boats, deep sea fishing, golf, unique shops and galleries, antiques, museums, variety of accommodations and restaurants, lighthouses and lobsters. Call or write for free brochure 207-633-2353, ext. 7 P.O. Box 356 F Boothbay Harbor, Maine 04538 12 Our First Race Together by Thomas L. Berry In April 1992,1 purchased Wenonah, a then 21-year-old 30-foot Friendship sloop. She’s a fiberglass hull by Bruno & Stillman, with enough brightwork to keep a varnishing fool content. Of course, every time we were on the water together we found ourselves in a race of some sort, whether the other boat knew it or not! All I had to do was spot a boat heading in the same general direction as Wenonah and the sails were tweaked and the helm was minded more, and we were then engaged in catching and passing or pulling away from our unwitting rival. Wenonah really showed her stuff when these challenges were off the wind. I chose to enter Wenonah in the Chesapeake Sailing School Tiller Club’s Fall Regatta for our season finale together. The truth be known, I wanted to show off Wenonah to some old sailing chums as well as see how she would truly fare in a two-day long-distance slog against a fleet of Bermuda rigs. The wind was out of the northeast at 15 knots, which was like manna from heaven for us. For that day’s leg was down the Bay to Herrington Harbor, a 14-mile broad reach the entire race! We raised the main, staysail and jib, then decided to put up the main topsail before the start, too. The sails were up and the captain and crew were ready, with about five minutes to go before the start. However, Wenonah was not near the line. We eased our way to the pin end and were shooting the line on port tack with about a minute to go when someone on one of the other boats yelled to us, “You’re on the starting line of a race that’s about to begin.” Nonplussed, I bellowed back, “I know, we’re in it,” as I turned the wheel to tack onto starboard for the start. In retrospect, I guess we did look a little out of place with all those modern rigs. Wenonah just isn’t going to tack fast, no matter how much canvas is flying. We were clear of all other boats, though, and she finished her tack and headed back up the line close hauled on starboard and to leeward of the other racers. Damn good start, if I do say so! We tacked again at the starting gun and headed down the Bay in a close pack of Bermuda- rigged racers. We chose our course, set the sails, and steered for Herrington Harbor while pulling away from the other 24- to 30-footers and keeping up with the larger boats. Wenonah was in her element and her day was not going to be spoiled. According to what I have read about gaff rigs, they are easier to sail than a Bermudan. Slight sail adjustments don’t help their performance; particularly off the wind. So, we let Wenonah sail herself past other startled skippers. While a few shamed-faced crews jumped towards winches to make critical speed-enhancing adjustments, we plodded on past them, leaving our blocks and tackle undisturbed. No sense in messing with success. Besides, the books say… Thanks to the fine wind, the first day’s race ended uncharacteristically early in the afternoon. That called for a ration of rum and lunch ashore. The bottle of rum was opened and thus began a festive afternoon and evening. Oddly, several of the other skippers spent a fair amount of time questioning the race committee’s wisdom in allowing Wenonah such a favorable handicap! We weren’t complaining, though. We were busy savoring the day’s finish and praying for the wind to shift back to the usual southeast or southwest for our race back up the Bay to Annapolis on Sunday. Such a shift would give us another broad reach and a superb opportunity to win the whole shebang. Winds continuing out of the northeast, however, meant a dreaded beat. Sure enough, there was wind the next morning. Cold wind. Wrong wind. Northeast wind. We had a miserable start and the day got progressively worse as the fleet beat its way up the Bay, leaving us far behind. Also according to what I have read about gaffers, they do 13

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To Chain Saw or Not To Chain Saw by Harold A. Burnham &••’ ^v,'” •• SnfcL.r Ernst and Paul Wiegleb aboard Chrissy Why rebuild an old wreck when it would be easier, faster, and the final product would be better to simply start from scratch? This fall I asked myself this question over and over while trying to decide what to do with my 1912 Morse-built Friendship sloop Chrissy. There were many times I felt as if my friend Brad Story was absolutely right when he said that Chrissy was “all used up.” When one looks at her from a purely objective point of view, there is almost nothing original left on her. Some of her planking, her stem head and her trailboards are all that remain of the boat that Charles Morse built. What makes matters even worse is that the few remaining original pieces, with the exception of her trailboards, need replacing. Even Chrissy’s shape isn’t the same as it once was. She has drooped at the stern, panted* forward, and her sides have come up amidships. Nevertheless, much to the chagrin of Brad, who offered me the use of his chain saw, and of my brother, who offered to cut Chrissy up, I have decided to put Chrissy right. Although the thought of building a new boat was very tempting, and despite the fact that I have spent my life trying not to get emotional about boats, I could never cut Chrissy up. Chrissy is special not only because she has survived the trials of time but because of what she means to so many people. To the many members of the Friendship Sloop Society and to all those who knew Chrissy’s former owner, Ernie Wiegleb, Chrissy will always be Ernie’s boat. Chrissy’s fine rigging, beautiful hand-made blocks, enormous timbers, and even her very existence stand as a testament to Ernie’s half-century of ownership. To others, Chrissy is one of the few surviving Friendship sloops and represents one of the most advanced types of work boats ever driven by sail. She is a class A original, the real thing, and no replica could replace her. As for myself, as much as I hate to admit it, I love that old boat. *A boat is said to have panted when the “S” shape of her frames straightens out with age. Keeping Her Humble by Harold A. Burnham In my article on page 20, I discussed my decision to “put Chrissy right.” Well, “putting her right” could have several meanings. In addition to straightening her contorted shape out, it meant replacing everything on her that might need to be replaced in the next 30 years or so, including her stem, forefoot, stern knee, stern post, transom, decks, cabin, cockpit, interior engine, and half of her planking! I figured it would take about six to eight weeks of full-time work to do all I had planned and it would cost about $3,500. Since I wrote that article, both my plans for Chrissy and for my life have changed considerably. What sparked all this change was the arrival of Chrissy’s new mate, Alden. When Alden was born, Kim and I decided it would be a good time to change my career from an officer in the Merchant Marine to a full-time boat-builder and charter captain. Our budget was considerably reduced to accommodate our adjusted income and the fact that we now had three mouths to feed. Some of the money we had saved for certain projects was reappropriated towards other things and, well… to make it short, there were no longer any funds left for Chrissy. A better man than I might have slipped Chrissy on the back burner for a while. However, being too poor to put Chrissy “right” and too stubborn to put her on the back burner, I have decided to simply put her in the water. With this in mind, I have spent quite some time looking Chrissy over, and after a winter with the pressure applied in the right places Chrissy’s contorted lines have gotten a lot sweeter, and she has gotten a little sounder, too! My father and I have been discussing Chrissy s situation, and we have decided that it may not be a bad idea to rebuild Chrissy in stages. I don’t like to do things twice, so with her out of the water and all apart we figure I should rebuild the bottom of her first, get her sound, and leave the rest for later. Still, rebuilding any part of a boat takes money (or so it would seem), but experience has taught me that friendships based on money are weak and short-lived. It seems that anyone who has ever had a friendship knows that if your heart is in the right place and you are willing to give them a little time, they will last forever. Chrissy is 82 years old this year. While I’ve been working in the barn this spring, instead of taking coffee breaks I’ve been taking Chrissy breaks. During these breaks I have been hewing some donated locust trees into deadwood and installing them in the boat. I have really enjoyed these breaks and the satisfaction that comes from giving a little more life to an old friendship. Quite a few spectators have come by to see the progress, offering advice, assistance and encouragement, and with each day Chrissy has been getting a little stronger. If Chrissy’s luck holds out, little Alden will be enjoying his first few sails aboard her soon. Chrissy ‘s new mate, Alden Parsons Burnham, was born March 22 and weighed 8 Ibs. 14 oz. 20 21

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MORRIS YACHTS Let Maine’s Finest Yacht Builders Build Your Original 25′ Friendship Sloop “Silver Heels” 1978 Newman/Morris Pemaquid. Beautiful example of this classic. Call for details. S35,000 CONTACT: Tom Morris or John Correa Box 58F Southwest Harbor, ME 04679 207/244-5509 FAX 207/244-5866 MORRIS 28 • 32 • 36 • 38 • 40 • 44 23′ FRIENDSHIP SLOOP FOR SALE 19′ x 8′ x 4′ Mahogany strip built Bronze & epoxy fastened Keel from stem to transom, laminated mahogany, one piece Sitka spruce spars, solid Dacron sails, vertical cut Displacement 6,000 Ibs. Lead ballast weighs 3,000 Ibs. 2 cyl. Volvo diesel w/reduction Launched in 1983 Located in Mattituck, NY • Price $15,000 Call 516-298-4985 141 Main St., Essex, MA 0192 9 Tel. 508-768-7035 In addition to taking sailing excursions on the class A friendship sloop CHRISSY, we offer wooden boat building, custom half models and repair work. SYSTEMS Putting Computers To Work For Your Business Project management Systems design and integration Comprehensive training and support Jim Besse 245 River Street • Norwell, MA 02061 (617) 659-6782 In the Heart of Penobscot Bay Seasonal & Overnight Slips Available Cruising Clubs Welcome! 207-594-4444 • VHP Channel 9,18 120TillsonAve. Rockland, ME 04841 • Showers • Sauna • Ice • Fuel • Boat Supplies • Repairs • 50-Ton Travel Lift • Winter Storage • “A Friendship What!?” by Cyrus Hamlin Kennebunk, Maine January 23,1994 In haunting the boat yards of Long Island that summer of 1938, the sight of a brig’s spars reaching above the usual midsummer scattering of unlaunched boats in a Port Washington boat yard had drawn me like a magnet. Under the tall rig was a Friendship sloop hull, complete with the leaves and builder’s name on the trailboards. About 35 feet long and fitted with a cruising cabin trunk, she had been rigged as a brig by some obviously traditionalist owner. The rigging details were authentic, too. The masts were in three sections – lower mast, topmast, topgallantmast – the tapered yards, stored alongside the hull, were fitted with foot ropes and blocks for the buntlines and clewlines; the fittings – bands, cranes, etc. – were forged of galvanized iron, and the shrouds were rattled down to the topmast crosstrees. Altogether a vision to captivate my young, romantic, and optimistic soul. Reason suggested that someone who would pay for such an expensive rigging job and then not use the vessel must have enough money that he might not feel the need of getting back his investment. But it was my soul, rather than my head, that impelled me to suggest to the skipper and mate that we might be able to obtain this vessel for our Sea Scout Ship at a cost that we could afford. That year we were without a boat. Until then we had sailed a 28′ whaleboat with a schooner rig, complete with fore and main topsails and a wood fin keel. In addition to much sailing along the South Shore of Long Island, we had made one memorable cruise through the East River up into Long Island Sound. But now she was gone, condemned and, as prescribed by the Navy, which had loaned her to us, sawed up into pieces and hauled to the dump. A Sea Scout Ship without a vessel was a sad thing. Hence my wild suggestion that we go after the brig. With nothing to lose, the skipper and mate approached the owner, a Mr. Rimington from Oyster Bay, who eventually, to their surprise but not to mine, very generously gave us the brig. The easy part was over. Now we had to get the brig from the North Shore of Long Island to the South Shore via the East River. This required making her seaworthy, getting the engine operating well (fortunately the skipper was a whiz mechanic), and launched. We also had to truck the inside ballast, which had been removed, the spars and rigging, and assorted other gear to Davidson’s Boatyard in East Rockaway, where the vessel would be hauled and worked on during the winter. Finally, one September day, we jubilantly cast off the dock lines and motored out of Port Washington, taking the brig to her new home. With East River currents figured to work for us, we planned on getting into Long Beach Inlet late that same day. It was a great trip until we rounded Coney Island and felt the full force of a fresh sou’westerly, which caused us to roll extravagantly. It was getting dark, and we were a little beyond Rockaway Inlet when a humongous roll sent a stove lid flying off the Shipmate, over a kettle, and to a landing up under the deck on the opposite side. With this encouragement, we turned around and ran into the shelter of Sheepshead Bay for the night, completing the run to Hewlett Bay, off East Rockaway, the next morning. This was the only time I sailed on the brig. A week or so later, the 1938 hurricane blew up the coast and caught Long Island square amidships. The brig, lacking her inside ballast, was blown over on her beam ends; fortunately, the buoyancy of the masts kept her from rolling all the way over. She was not difficult to right, and was then towed to the boatyard 24

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Selections from The Log of Diana by Ebenezer Gay YJMALHA v£N, MAINE :d Diana, the Friendship sloop, was the outcome of a day trip in a powerboat to the islands of Merchants Row in East Penobscot Bay in late August of 1968. The new sights so excited the family, limited until then to the waters of Hurricane Sound on Vinalhaven, that all hands were ready for a larger boat with extended cruising range. No sooner had we returned from the voyage than we were invited to drinks with relatives. Diana’s uncle was full of his search for a new powerboat and Diana was equally full of our need of a large boat, but loud in her dislike of the mind-numbing noise of power. The uncle smiled, said that he had just the thing for her, and passed over a flyer on a 25-foot Friendship sloop that was among the designs offered by James S. Rockefeller, Jr. of the Bald Mountain Boatworks in Camden. Memories of what went on after that are confused, but all agree that Diana fell in love with the vessel as illustrated and described. I took the position of Advocatus Diaboli, presenting all the sound arguments that I could muster, such as the family finances were not adequate to meet the quoted price of $18,000, that the design was obsolete, and that such an old-fashioned vessel was bound to be slow. Debate raged for two days, and then I came down to breakfast asking if feelings still ran as high as the evening before. Diana replied with a resounding “yes.” At that point I declared that a Friendship had been a dream of mine from an early age. With that it was agreed that the family would go for broke. Jim Rockefeller was contacted as soon as possible. He mentioned that Jarvis Newman of Southwest Harbor was making fiberglass hulls in a mold made from Old Baldy, the first of Jim Rockefeller’s Friendships (No. 57 launched in 1965). Diana opted for a glass hull, saying that she had had more than enough of caulking seams, and I heartily agreed. A look at a hull and deck of Jarvis’ convinced us that the hull was ideal, but something had to be done about the cockpit and cabin layout. We asked for a Jarvis hull in schooner green to be finished in wood at the Bald Mountain Boatworks. Progress was then in fits and starts, with launching almost three years later on June 3, 1971. We put up at a Camden motel the night before. Upon our explaining our reason for being there so early in the season, we were told that a boat had fallen off a truck on the way down the precipitous road from The Bald Mountain Boatworks. We made haste to Wayfarer Marine, where Diana was awaiting her launch, and in the pitch dark felt over her hull inch by inch, searching for damage. Our fingers found nothing, so we returned to the motel considerably reassured. June 3 dawned foggy with drizzle. We had breakfast and then went to the boatyard to inspect our new love in the light of day. Young Eben and I climbed aboard while Diana recorded the goings on with her new camera. One slide shows Eben pumping the bilge of rainwater that had found its way through the masthole and open engine hatch during the night. Another shows a Friendship Sloop Society pennant (the gift of the Emersons of Hancock Point, owners of Vigor, No. 14) being lashed to the bowsprit. Eventually Jim Rockefeller appeared, and John Gould, and also Betty Roberts, secretary and moving force of the Friendship Sloop Society, who presented us with a chart of the Friendship area. The yard crew turned up, rigged slings, and Diana was hoisted from her cradle and the crane swung her clear of the cap log, ready for lowering into the water. Luckily, one of the crew asked if there was to be a christening and brought her back within reach. I relieved Diana of camera duty and handed her a bottle of our wedding champagne suitably wrapped in ribbon. It took two swats at the bobstay iron, for, as Diana explained, she feared that she might injure this seemingly fragile beauty that had entered our lives. June 8 we were back to take delivery. Jim Rockefeller explained such details as the working of the engine. We went out with the compass adjuster, who worked his mysteries, then back for a last check with Jim. I was so uncertain of the boat that Jim had to jump for it as we backed off. Diana was much more boat than any of us had ever handled before. Once clear of Camden Harbor we made sail and the real love affair began, though we were still intimidated by the sheer size and power of our new vessel. It was not a case of total inexperience, as the Hoaglands had kindly taken us for a sail in Old Baldy at a time when we were having doubts. That first summer we sailed a lot, learning as we went. A trip to Sorrento demonstrated that crowded harbors were not to our liking. The Friendship races proved that I lacked the killer instinct required, so our teenaged son took over as racing master in future years. Fog turned out to be an inconvenience rather than the terror we had been led to believe. The Maine islands were all that we had hoped for, and each anchorage a new and exciting adventure. Diana gave us a whole new world to explore. 29

Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund by Elbert S. Pratt The symptoms were those of a heart attack, but various tests have failed to verify that diagnosis. So here I am, at the primary health care center in the mid-coast region, luxuriating in bed at 10:00 a.m. while hooked up to a machine with flashing lights and wavy green lines that march across the screen in monotonous cadence, punctuated occasionally by small clicking sounds. This morning I am looking out on a courtyard covered with several feet of snow, piled and drifted with haphazard abandon. The far side is bounded by the plain glass and concrete wall of the next wing. Above and beyond, the towering spruces form the skyline. I know that beyond the trees the blue waters of Penobscot Bay are rippling and flashing in the morning sun. Ah! The sea at last. I imagine that I have a boat at the shore and that I climb aboard and head south. I pass the Rockland breakwater light and round Owls Head, turning southwest into Mussel Ridge channel. There is Crescent Beach, where, in my youth, I spent several homesick days visiting my cousin and his family in one of the cottages. Then on past Tenants Harbor and Port Clyde and into Muscongus Bay. We’re almost home now. I cross the mouth of the Georges River and into Morse’s Bay. Now, in the distance, through the Gut, I see white houses standing on the steep bank behind the wharves. On entering Friendship Harbor one steps back into the early days of this century. Yes, the character of the boats has changed, but most of the houses and wharves along the shore were there in 1900 and before. Most of the people in the houses are doing the same things the generations before them did – fishing, working in area businesses, “summercating,” and retiring. With the building of the first Friendship sloops by Wilbur Morse and others, beginning in the mid 1880s, a new recognition came to this town. As the popularity of this vessel has grown, so has the popularity of the town for which it was named. Love for the sloop by a few brought the Friendship Sloop Society into being in 1961. A lot of sloop replicas, both wood and fiberglass, were built in the 1960s and 70s particularly. The Society has included as many as 250 members at one time, and 266 sloops are listed in the records. Friendship has benefited from hosting the early regattas and from the Society’s scholarship program for the town’s young people. The members of the Sloop Society and the townspeople have built this endowment to an estimated value of $53,000. Four to six high school graduates and current college attendees take advantage of this opportunity to help pay their college tuitions each year. Only the interest from the fund may be used for this purpose, and we need your continued support through your contributions to help meet the rising costs of a college education. Please make checks payable to the Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund and mail to: Mrs. Betty Roberts, Secretary Pendleton Memorial Scholarship Fund Friendship, ME 04547 Kervin Riggs, A Good Little Ship by John Chase I had always heard and read that boats like mine – beamy, full-keel, gaff-rigged – were a) slow and b) did not go well to windward. When I purchased Kervin Riggs from her builder and original owner in Robinhood, Maine, I had no intention of proving anything about the vessel’s performance; I only knew she was the prettiest sailing boat I had ever seen. The first time I took her out, she felt like a much bigger vessel. She felt like a “passage maker.” I knew I had “a good little ship.” Headed out through Goose Rock Passage, I found myself gaining on a much larger vessel of modern rig carrying many times my sail area. A fellow in her stern stared in disbelief as Kervin Riggs kept getting bigger. Finally, either to relieve the tension or his embarrassment, he hollered, “Ya got the engine on, right?” I just smiled. Kervin Riggs has no power. Another time I was sailing out of Boothbay Harbor when a splendid and quite large two- masted vessel of modern rig and vast sail area drew near. As we were both on the starboard tack, we sailed side by side for a while. I fully expected her to fade into the distance rapidly, affording me a view of her handsome transom. But no. Presently, someone on board the other vessel hailed me with, “How do you get her to go so well to windward?” I just shrugged and smiled. For whatever reason, the other vessel bore off and changed course… Hey, I’d love my boat even if she were a dog, but it’s nice to know that the handsomest boat in Maine needn’t take a back seat to anything under sail. I don’t take the credit; I’m sure the builder doesn’t; and as for Nick Roth, the designer, he’d be the first to tell you he took her lines from some of her ancestors originally built in and around Friendship, Maine, Kervin Riggs’ present home port. Kervin Riggs was a ship chandler and outfitter at Robinhood in the 19th century. The sloop was built on the site of his shop, then known as Riggsville. 30

THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY’S — BULLETIN BOARD — Compliments of the Corinthian Yacht Club Race Committee “EAGLE” U.S. DOCUMENTED 32′ Friendship Sloop • VESSEL DELIVERY • SAILING LESSONS • CAPTAINED CHARTERS • NAVIGATION INSTRUCTION Donald L. Huston, Captain U.S. Coast Guard Licensed • Nahant, Mass All the best from the crew on ”Content” Visit the Essex, Massachusetts Shipbuilding Museum, cradle of the American Fishing Schooner. Brian Flynn, Corregidor Silent and huge as a luna moth On the screen door, The sloop drifts in, A white image trembling on the water. Defiance Great Cove, 1993 DON’T BARGE – Robert Rex Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing…absolutely nothing so much worth doing as simply MESSING ABOUT in boats. Best wishes & safe sailing to all the members. – Caroline Phillips, Secretary – ADD TO YOUR LASTING FRIENDSHIPS JOIN THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY. FRIENDSHIPS, LIKE PEOPLE, ARE TO BE TREASURED. The Compromise crew – Peter, Nancy, Andrew & Jason Toppan 32 THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY’S — BULLETIN BOARD — May your boots never leak! Ralph Stanley lies des Saintes’ twin peaks C’est bon Peter Carter “Let me out of this boat!” A.P. Burnham Best of luck to all skippers & crews at the Boothbay rendezvous -the crew of Banshee See you in BOOTHBAY from the crew of Desiree To SECRET’S best: Bob & Chris, Dave & Debbie, Scott & Rox, Tim &. Lori from the Cap’t & first mate May you all have favorable winds. Eben & Diana Gay FRIENDSHIPPERS with FRIENDSHIPS Please report to New London 9 and 10 July’94 THREE CHEERS FOR FRIENDSHIP – Eastward – “The days that make us happy make us wise.” -JohnMasefield, 1878-1967

1994 Program NEW LONDON REGATTA JULY 9 & 10 Plenty of room to anchor • Brilliant fireworks Picnic ashore Saturday • Breakfast for sloop people Sunday Races both days Call or write Jack Vibber, 5 Soljer Drive, Waterford, CT 06385, (203) 442-7376 SOUTHWEST HARBOR REGATTA JULY 16 & 17 Ralph Stanley, Clark’s Point Road, Southwest Harbor, ME 04679, (207) 244-5791 BOOTHBAY REGATTA JULY 26, 27 & 28 Races all three days • Dinner at Newagen Inn on Wednesday Parade of sloops Wednesday Awards Ceremony, cookout or dinner at Yacht Club Thursday Richard Langton, 3048 Cross Point Road, Edgecomb, ME 04556 Bob Rex, 151 Grove Street, Reading, MA 01867, (617) 944-1481 FRIENDSHIP DAY JULY 29 & 30 Picnic on July 29 • Memorial Service and Parade of Sloops July 30 Bill Zuber, Friendship, ME 04547, (207) 354-8036 MARBLEHEAD REGATTA AUGUST 13 & 14 Races from Corinthian Yacht Club both days. Award ceremonies and dinner Sunday. David Graham, 7 Batchelder Road, Marblehead, MA 01945, (617) 631-6680 GLOUCESTER SCHOONER FESTIVAL SEPTEMBER 4 & 5 Moorings and anchorage space in Gloucester. Races for small boats, including one for Friendship sloops, on Saturday. Mayor’s Race for big schooners Sunday Fish fry, Awards Ceremony ANNUAL MEETING • NOVEMBER 19 November 19 at the New England Center 1993 Winners New London Regatta Saturday, July 10 Sunday, July 11 Class A 1. Capt’n George Natanya 2. Natanya Capt’n George Class B 1. Finest Kind Elizabeth Jane 2. Elizabeth Jane Muscongus 3.Muscongus Finest Kind Boothbay Regatta State of Maine Trophy: William Rand Division I Division II Herald Jones Trophy, William Rand Commodore’s Trophy, Tannis Bruno-Stillman Trophy, Solatia Winslow Trophy, Chance Lash Brothers Trophy, Celebration Homecoming Trophy, Toddy B Class A Wilbur Morse Trophy, Chance Charles Morse Trophy, Gladiator Danforth Trophy, Phoenix R.W. Stanley Cup, Freedom Liberty Trophy, Sarah Meade Jarvis Newman Trophy, Solatia Chrissy Trophy, Mary Cronin Spirit of Friendship, Tad Beck • Gladiator Trophy, Banshee Nickerson Trophy, Nicholas Finn, Corregidor Owner/Builder Trophy, Larry Plumer, Desiree • Post Office Trophy, Celebration Marblehead Regatta Ridgeway Cup: Phoenix Division I Division II 1 st Runner Up Kim Resolute 2nd Runner Up Defiance Tannis 3rd Runner Up Compromise Desiree Southwest Harbor Phoenix 1. Tannis Gloucester 2. Resolute 3. Voyager

FRIENDSHIP SLOOPS REGISTERED WITH THE FRIENDSHIP SLOOP SOCIETY Sloops are classifed: Class “A” = ‘Originals” built prior to 1920; Class “B” = “Replicas” & “Near-replicas” built after 1920 Length On Deck (L.O.D.) rounded to nearest foot; TBL = To Be Launched; OLD = Built before WW II; c = circa Builder names separated by “&” built together; separated by “/” built sequentially Alphanumeric in “Builder(s)” column is builder’s model & hull number (if known) Sail Name of Sloop 1. VOYAGER 2. DICTATOR 5. CONTENT 6. EASTWARD 7. TANNIS – 9. AMITY 10. MARY ANNE 11. SHULAMITE 13. EASTING 14. POSH 15. VIDAMIA 16. RETRIEVER 18. CHRISSY 19. BLACKJACK 21. WILBUR A. MORSE 22. ELLIET. 23. DEPRESSION 24. TERN 27. SARAH E. 31. WHITE EAGLE 32. NOMAD 34. PAL O’ MINE 35. MARY C. 37. CHANCE 39. DOWNEASTER 40. COMESIN 42. SELKIE 43. GYPSY 44. SAZERAC 45. FLYING JIB 46. DIRIGO 47. GALATEA 49. SURPRISE 50. HERITAGE 52. RIGHTS OF MAN 53. EAGLE 54. ECHO 57. OLDBALDY 58. CATHY 59. SARAH MEAD 60. OLD SALT 61. WINDWARD 62. COLUMBIA 63. KHOCHAB 64. AMICITA 66. VENTURE 67. HIERONYMUS 58. ROBIN L. 69. COAST O’ MAINE 70. GRACE O’MALLEY 71. GLADIATOR 73. WEST INDIAN 74. PATIENCE 75. OMAHA 30. HEADWAY 32. MORNING STAR 33. PERSEVERANCE 34. PHILIA !5. HEIDI LEE 16. ALLEGIANCE 17. EAGLE !8. APOGEE !9. ERDA )0. SALATIA il. PHOENK L.O.D. Builder(s) 30′ Charles A. Morse 31′ Robert E. McLain 25′ Stuart M. Ford 32′ James Chadwick 38′ W. Scott Carter 30′ Wilbur A. Morse 31′ Lash Brothers 24′ W. Prescott Gannett 29′ Charles A. Morse 30′ Wilbur Morse 2nd 30′ Edward L. Stevens 22′ W. Prescott Gannett 30′ Charles A. Morse 33′ Wilbur A. Morse 30′ Carlton A. Simmons 25′ John G. Thorpe 30′ Unknown 25′ Wilbur A. Morse 25′ Bob McKean & Sid Carter 28′ Wilbur A. Morse 33′ Wilbur A. Morse 27′ W. Prescott Gannett 20′ Nathaniel D. Clapp 31′ Wilbur A. Morse 30′ Lash Brothers 32′ J. Ervin Jones 26′ C. Simmons & J. Hennings 23′ Judson Grouse 35′ Wilbur A. Morse 30′ W. Scott Carter 30′ Lash Brothers 30′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 33′ Phillip J. Nichols 29′ Elmer Collemer 30′ Lash Brothers 32′ Wilbur A. Morse 22′ Lee Boatyard 25′ James S. Rockefeller 21′ Jeremy D. Maxwell Newbert & Wallace Robert A. McLain & Son James S. Rockefeller Lester Chadboume 30′ 32′ 25′ 23′ 28′ 33′ 26′ Lash Brothers Wilbur A. Morse 33′ Ralph W. Stanley 25′ James H. Hall 30′ Vernell Smith 30′ Roger Morse 32′ Alexander McLain 26′ Pamet Harbor Boat 30′ Malcom Brewer 35′ Norris Carter 35′ Fred Buck & ‘Skip’ Adams 28′ Albion F. Morse 30′ Bruno & Stillman (01) 22′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 38′ Jeremy D. Maxwell 24′ Albert M. Harding 22′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 30′ Bruno & Stillman (02) 22′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 25′ Newman (P02)/Newman 30′ Bruno & Stillman (03) Launched Ownerfs) & Winter Residence 1906 Alex & Tina Moir, Staten Island NY 1904 Peter M. Chesney, Burbank CA 1961 Rich & Beth Langton, Edgecomb ME 1956 Roger & Mary Duncan, East Boothbay ME 1937 Jack & Mary Cronin, Sturbridge MA c!900 James Russell Wiggins, Brooklin ME 1958 Dr. Joseph Griffin, Damariscotta ME 1938 Nicholas Kingsbury, Kennebunkport ME 1920 James & Beverly Pierpont, Key Largo FL 1946 Curt & Jeanne Harding, St. Thomas USVI 1942 George & Cindy Loos, Cape May Courthouse NJ 1942 Phil Rotondo & Susan Franklin, Scituate MA 1912 Harold & Kim Burnham, Essex MA C1900 Wilson Fletcher, Bar Harbor ME 1946 Richard Brown, Port Townsend WA 1961 John G. Collins IV, East Hampton NY 1899 Lloyd & Tina Olson, Boothbay ME C1900 Philadelphia Maritime Museum 1939 Havre de Grace Maritime Museum C1914 William A. Cronin, Sturbridge MA 1906 Tom Ash, North Weymouth MA 1947 James B.L. Lane, Winchester MA 1962 Roger Burke, Ipswich MA 1916 Maine Maritime Museum, Bath ME 1963 Forrester B. Valle, Washington ME 1962 John & Linda Livingston, Jacksonville FL 1963 Captain Fred Perrone, Plymouth MA 1939 Bob & Jane Lash, Orland ME 1913 Roger Lee, Weston MA 1936 Kevin J. Crowley, Brentwood NH 1964 Bill & Judy Wasson, Thomaston ME 1964 Don Murray, Sausalito CA 1964 David C. Jones, Bethel ME 1962 Frank & Brinna Sands, East Thetford VT 1965 PhilmoreH. Smith Jr., Westfield MA 1915, Captain Donald Huston, Nahant MA 1965 Thomas McCobbe, Pomfret CT 1965 Jim & Andrea Wilson, Rye NH 1969 Ted & Cathy Chase, New Harbor 1963 Ted Hanks, Jefferson ME 1902 Joe Calvanese, Plantsville CT 1966 David Westphal, Cranberry Isles ME c!950 John & Kimberly Bundza, Barrington NH 1953 Tom Gervais, Vineyard Haven MA 1965 Jeff Pontiff, Plymouth MA 1912 William A. Sauerbrey III, Mystic CT 1962 Albert P. Neilson, Honey Brook PA 1967 Ronald Terenzi, Bristol ME 1967 John Bundza & Peter Keefe, Barrington NH 1967 Captain Jon P. Finger, Rockland ME 1902 Bill & Caroline Zuber, Friendship ME 1951 Christoff Skoczylas, Kenora, Ont., Canada 1965 Rev. John Arens, Needham MA 1901 Adrian Hooydonk, South Thomaston ME 1941 Jay Theise, Newton Centre MA 1912 Judy A. Oneal-Brooks, Nashua NH 1969 Robert L. Jacobson, Hoboken NJ 1969 Betty & Al Whritenour, St. Augustine FL 1974 Matthew & Heidi Gabrilowitz, Cranston RI 1970 Hale Whitehouse, Cape Porpoise ME 1969 James Russell, ScituateMA 1969 Dr. H. Maurice Landemare, Toms River NJ 1970 Francis ‘Pat’ West, Vineyard Haven MA 1969 Miff Lauriat, Southwest Harbor ME Homeport Great Kills Harbor NY Deer Isle ME Boothbay Harbor ME East Boothbay ME Salem Willows MA Benjamin River ME Damariscotta ME Cape Porpoise ME Milford CT Boothbay Harbor ME Cape May N J ScituateMA Essex MA Northeast Harbor ME Port Townsend W A Three Mile Harbor NY Pleasant Cove ME Philadelphia PA Havre de Grace MD Rebuilding Rebuilding Essex MA Islesboro ME Bath ME Spruce Head ME Jacksonville FL Plymouth MA Bucks Harbor ME Islesboro ME Newburyport MA Rockland ME Sausalito CA Rockland ME Bremen Long Is. ME Newport R 1 Nahant MA Bremen ME Kittery ME New Harbor ME South Bristol ME Plantsville CT Great Cranberry Isle ME Great Bay NH Vineyard Haven MA Plymouth MA Mystic CT Southwest Harbor ME Bristol ME Great Bay NH Rockland ME Friendship ME Kenora Ont CataumetMA Spruce Head Island ME Rebuilding Sandy Point ME Jericho Bay ME CotuitMA Wickford R I Cape Porpoise ME ScituateMA Toms River N J Vineyard Haven MA Southwest Harbor ME 1970 Alfred E. Beck, Vinalhaven ME Carvers Harbor ME Sail Name of Sloop 92. PUFFIN 93. ANNAR. 94. DIANA 95. WESTWIND 96. VOYAGER 97. GANNET 99. BUCCANEER 100. MORNING WATCH 101. GOOD HOPE 102. TODDY 103. SOLASTER 104. COCKLE 105. AT LAST 106. HOLD TIGHT 107. MAGIC 109. PETREL 112. SECRET 113. YANKEE PRIDE 114. BASCHERT 115. GOOD FRIEND 117. LEADING LIGHT 118. WENONAH 119. VALHALLA 120. PERSISTENCE 122. EDEN 123. RESOLUTE 124. CALLIPYGOUS 125. BILLY BUDD 126. WHIM 127. MARIA 128. SCHOODIC 129. GISELA R. 130. NARWHAL 131. NOAHS ARK 133. INDEPENDENCE 134. BEAR 135. HATSY 136. SQUIRREL 137. AYSEHA 138. UNICORN 139. LYNX 141. KATIE E. 142. ALBATROSS 143. FAIR AMERICAN 144. JOSIE 145. YANKEE LADY 146. FlDDLEHEAD 147. ANNAS. L.O.D. Builder(s) Launched Owner(s) & Winter Residence Homeport 25′ James Rockefeller/Basil Day 25′ Kenneth Rich 25′ Newman (P03)/Rockefeller 40′ Charles A. Morse 32′ Lash Brothers 27′ Unknown 1975 Norman M. Sulock, Baldwinsville NY Oneida Lake NY 1970 Stuart L. Rich, Cape Elizabeth ME Cape Elizabeth ME 1971 Ebenezer & Diana R. Gay, Hingham MA Vinalhaven ME 1902 John & Diane Fassak, Mansfield MA Rebuilding 1965 Bernard W. MacKenzie, Scituate MA ScituateMA 1903 Tom Miller, New Boston NH Rebuilding 29′ Wilbur A. Morse c!911 Tirocchi Family, Johnston RI Johnston R I 26′ Bernard Backman 30′ Bruno &. Stillman (07) 35′ Lubbe VoB [Germany] 25′ Newman (P04)/Newman 28′ Elmer Collemer 30′ Bruno & Stillman (05) 25′ Newman (P05)/Newman 22′ Passamaquoddy (01)/Johnston 31′ G. Cooper 27′ Philip J. Nichols 30′ Bruno & Stillman (14[aJ) 30′ Bruno & Stillman (08) 30′ Bruno & Stillman (12) 30′ Bruno & Stillman (10) 30′ Bruno & Stillman (14[b]) 30′ Bruno & Stillman (15) 30′ C. Simmons/J. Lichtman 25′ Francis Nash & Ed Coffin 28′ Charles A. Bumham 30′ Bruno & Stillman (17) 25′ Al Paquette 20′ Chester Spear 21′ Charles A. Bumham 31′ E. Collemer/B. Lanning 25′ Andrew P. Schafer 25′ Newman (P06)/Newman 29′ John Chase 30′ Bruno & Stillman (21) 22′ Passamaquoddy/Collins 25′ Newman (P07)/Morris 28′ Charles A. Morse 35′ McLain? 28′ Robert P. Gardner 25′ Newman (P08)/Morris 25′ James H. Hall 21′ Peter Archbold 25′ Newman (P10)/Morris 25′ Newman (P09)/Morris 31′ Newman (D02)/Lanning 25′ Newman (P01)/C. Chase 31′ Newman (D01)/Jones 148. SLOOP our OF WATER 38′ Norris Carter 149. FIDDLER’S GREEN 150. WOODCHIPS 151. DEPARTURE 152. OLLIEM. 153. ANGELUS 154. MUSCONGUS 155. QUEEQUEG 156. DEPARTURE 157. LIBERTY 159. PACIFIC CHILD 160. DEFIANCE 161. SUMMERWIND 162. IRENE 164. VERAJEAN 165. REUNION 166. SCHOODIC 167. FREEDOM 168. LOON 169. DEFIANCE 170. LADY OF THE WIND 171. GOLDEN ANCHOR 172. AMNESTY 174. – NONE – 25′ Roy O. Jenkins 25′ Deschenes & Willet/«( al 15′ W. Prescott Gannett 32′ Kent F. Murphy 22′ Passamaquoddy/Collins 28′ Albion F. Morse 25′ Newman (Pll)/Morris 31′ Newman (D03)/Morris 31′ Newman (D04)/Salter 30′ Bruno & Stillman (03) 22′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 22′ Sam Guild & Bill Cannell 38′ Charles A. Morse 30′ Charles A. Morse 25′ Clifford G. Niederer 25′ Concordia Company 28′ Ralph W. Stanley 30′ Newbert & Wallace/Jacob 22′ Eric Dow 31′ Newman (D05)/Morris 31′ Newman (D06)/Morris 25′ Jim Drake 31′ Newman (D07)/ ‘unfinished 1970 Dan Stevens, Mystic CT Mystic CT 1971 Barta & Lee Hathaway, Newburyport MA SalemMA 1972 Mary L. Morden, Bad Axe MI Lake Huron M I 1970 Dr. Curtis C. Ruff, Falmouth ME Deer Isle ME 1950 Rupert & Regina Hopkins, Miller Place NY Mt. Sinai Harbor NY 1971 George Kwass & Steve Bloom, Andover MA ManchesterMA 1970 William C. Reiff, Mount Desert ME Somesville ME 1970 Paul Moorhead & Rebecca Otter, Clairborne MD ClairboraeMD 1933 Robert & Paula Libby, Cape Porpoise ME Cape Porpoise ME 1971 Bob & Betle Monk, Burlington MA WinthropMA 1971 James J. & Margaret E. Craig, Keyport NJ Keyport N J 1971 Bill & Carol Schunemann, Braintree MA WeymouthMA 1971 Harvey & Lee Goodfriend, Simsbury CT Groton CT 1971 John & Eve Crumpton, Oxford ME South Freeport ME 1971 Thomas L. Berry, Pasadena MD PasadenaMD 1971 Paul & Sally Wolfe, Pittsburgh PA Ben Avon PA TBL John Lichtman, Friendship ME Building 1971 Douglas Tarr, Bar Harbor ME Bar Harbor ME 1973 Charles A. Burnham, Essex MA Essex MA 1971 Richard & Tina Sharabura, Toronto, Ontario Toronto Ont 1969 Holbrook Family, Rochester MA MattapoisettMA 1939 Marilyn Lindblom, Hanover MA HanoverMA 1971 Frank Friend, Essex MA Rebuilding 1973 Bruce & Mary Lanning, Winter Harbor ME Winter Harbor ME 1969 James O’Hear, Sag Harbor NY Noyack NY 1972 James Rosenbaum, Milwaukee Wl MilwaukeeW I 1972 Richard R. Willis, Ipswich MA Ipswich Bay MA 1973 Frederick G. Schwarzmann, Bernardsville NJ Oxford MD 1973 Jim Horigan, Reading MA SwampscottMA 1973 Richard C. Kennedy, Nobleboro ME Round Pound ME 1920 Larry & Stephanie Moxon, Mystic CT Mystic CT OLD Larry Thomas, New Orleans LA Lake Ponchartrain LA 1973 Chris Day, Islesboro ME Islesboro ME 1973 Al & Jimmy Lee Lindquist, Columbia Falls ME Somesville ME 1974 Frank D’Agosta, Jonesport ME JonesportME 1976 Stephen & Annette Locke, Brockport NY Brockport NY 1974 Francis P. Mclntire, Santa Maria CA Port St. Louis CA 1974 Bruce & Trudy Andrews, Standish ME Southwest Harbor ME 1974 Paul & Carolyn Edwards, Mattituck NY Mattituck NY 1970 Harry Jackson, Oroton CT Groton CT 1974 C. Murray McQuaid, Jacksonville FL Boothbay Harbor ME 1905 Joe Vinciguerra, Andover MA Patio Gazebo 1978 Dick Leighton, Bowdoinham ME Yarmouth ME TBL Neil Allen, Orleans MA Unfinished 1936 Dr. Llewellyn Bigelow, Alexandria VA Alexandria VA 1977 Kent F. Murphy, Swampscott MA SwampscottMA 1975 Jim & Elaine Carter, Everett MA Bass River MA 1909 Captain’s Cove Seaport, Bridgeport CT Bridgeport CT 1975 Marc Roman, Riviera Beach FL Riviera Beach FL 1975 Doug & Irene Amsbary, Sugar Hill NH Pemaquid Harbor ME 1980 Peter Carter, York ME York Harbor ME 1969 Art Fox & Mike Irwin, Parker AZ San Diego CA 1973 Morgan L. Hendry, Wilmington DE Round Pond ME 1976 Norman E. MacNeil, Woods Hole MA FalmbuthMA 1917 Bob Wakefield, Falmouth ME RocklandME 1906 Dennis Mayhew, Niceville FL Choctawhatchee Bay FL 1975 Mason E. ‘Ric’ Stober III, Concord CA Oakland CA 1967 Elton Tofcy’ Hall, South Dartmouth MA South Dartmouth MA 1976 Richard Dudman, Ellsworth ME Isleford ME 1974 Edward Brennan, Newcastle ME Round Pond ME 1976 Jonathan & Vivi Leavy, Newton MA WinthropMA 1976 James Halbkat Jr., Hilton Head Island SC Hilton Head Island SC 1976 Peter Metzler, Sorrento ME Bar Harbor ME 1982 Jim Drake, Carlisle PA BaltimoreMD TBL Amie & Jill Standish, Brunswick ME Unfinished 37

Sail Name of Sloop 175. EDELWEISS 177. LIBERTY 178. ESSENTIAL 180. BANSHEE 181. AURORA 182. MUSCONGUS 183. SILVER HEELS 184. PERSEVERANCE 185. SINE DIE 186. RAGTIME ANNIE 187. PEREGRINE 188. MAUDE 189. TRADITION 191. ANNABELLE 192. KERVIN RIGGS 193. LADY 194. HUCKLEBERRY BELLE 195. PRINCESS 196. ENDEAVOR 197. NATANYA 198. BAY LADY 199. WILD ROSE 200. ESTELLA A. Ml. ENDEAVOR 202. ARRIVAL 204. MARIE-ANNE !05. DAYSTAR !06. MARY ELIZA !08. LADYSHIP !09. FRIENDSHIP !10. THE SLOOP JOHN B. !11. ANSA !12. ACHATES !13. AMIE 114. GAIVOTA 115. ELLEN ANNE :16. AMITY :17. ODYSSEY :18. WILLIAM M. RAND 19. YANKEE BELLE 20. AKANEII 21. SEAL 22. LADY JANE 23. CORREGIDOR 24. TRUE LOVE 25. PHILIP J. NICHOLS 26. DESREE 27. CELEBRATION 28. CATRDEAS 29. CAPT’N GEORGE 30. HEGRA 31. SOLOMON GUNDY 32. COMPROMISE 33. PRINCESS PAT J4. ELIZABETH JANE J5. FINEST KIND S6. AUNTY POOLE )7. CHRISTINE 18. VKINO 19. CHEBACCO 10. RAVEN (1. BLUE SANDS 12. TECUMSEH (3. JOHN PATRICK W. WESTlNDIAMAN 15. LAPALOMA 16. DAME-MARISCOTTA 17. RITA >8. TIMBER 19. BABY BLUE fl. BELFORDGRAY 1. BUCEPHALUS L.O.D. Builder(s) La’ 15′ David Major 19′ Ahem (B5)/Hofftnan 25′ Newman (P13)/C. Chase 25′ Newman (P12)/Wojcik 19′ Ahern (B3)/BrownIie 22′ Apprenliceshop 25′ Newman (P14)/Morris 27′ Simms Yachts 27′ J. Philip Ham 27′ Nick Apollonio 27′ Ralph W. Stanley 32* Harvey Gamage 31′ Newman (D09)/Nehrbass 22′ Apprenticeshop 22* Williams & Bouchard 32′ Harvey Gamage 25′ Clifford C. Niederer 26′ Wilbur A. Morse 25′ Ralph W. Stanley 31′ Newman (D1 l)/Davis 31′ Newman (D12)/Lanning 31′ Newman (D13)/Liberation 34′ Robert E. McLain 31′ Newman (D08)/Genthner 31′ Newman (D14)/Niedrach 27′ Jason Davidson 28′ Richard E. Mosher 31′ Newman (D15)/Clarke 31′ Newman (D16)/Lanning 31′ Newman (D17)/Pettegrow 22′ Passamaquoddy/Oliva 22′ James D. Hamilton 22′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 25′ Bob Holcomb [Alaska] 31′ Newman (D19)/Pettegrow 22* Passamaquoddy Yachts 39′ W. Scott Carter 33′ Shoreline Boats 22′ John B. Rand 23′ Paul G. Edwards 31′ Newman (D20)/Pettegrow 22′ Ahern (01)/Zink 16′ Richard L. Mclnnes 25′ Newman (P17)/P. Chase 19′ James Eyre Wainwright 28′ Philip J. Nichols 31′ Chris Sparrow/Larry Plumer 25′ Newman (P15)/Hodgdon 22′ Ahern (09)/Fitzgerald 30′ Bruno & Stillman (09) 25′ McKie W. Roth Jr. 22′ M.W. Roth Jr/W.C. Butcher 22′ Ahern (OS)AVhite 22′ Harry Armstrong 22′ M.W. Roth Jr/D.W. Owens 22′ Sam Guild & Geoff Heath 25′ Harry Bryant 19′ Ahem (Bl)/Patten 22′ Ahem/Ulwick 30′ Bruno & Stillman (22)/Ginn 26′ Rodney Reed 34′ Boston Boat Company 36′ Charles A. Morse 22′ Ahern (05)/Hersey 30′ Bruno & Stillman (18) 25′ Unknown [BC, Canada] 19′ Ahem (B6)/Shelley 35′ Apprenticeshop 22′ Rick Conant/Greg Fisher 25′ Newman (P18)/Pettegrow 29′ WoodenBoat School 19′ Ralph W. Stanley lunched Owner(s) & Winter Residence 1975 David Major, Putney VT 1994 Tim Hoffman, Camden ME 1977 Robert M. Stein, Huntington NY 1978 John & Carole Wojcik, Norwell MA 1975 Bill Finch & Carol Rose, Beverly MA 1977 Holt C. & Virginia Vibber, Waterford CT 1978 Jack A. Sanders, Jefferson City MO 1963 Denis & Kathie Paluch, Chicago IL 1978 Christopher J. Dodd, East Haddam CT 1975 BartlettH. StoodleyJr., Unity ME 1977 Peter P. Blanchard III, Mount Desert ME 1939 Frank Chaput, Newburyport MA 1981 Roger Nehrbass, Port Washington WI 1978 South Street Seaport, New York City NY 1977 John Chase, Friendship ME 1978 Linwood Gamage, South Bristol ME 1977 Brian & Mary Clare, Gloucester VA 1908 Joe Dubois & John Harror, Sarasota FL 1979 Betsey Holtzmann, Southwest Harbor ME 1978 Joe & Miriam Hliva, Greenwich CT 1978 Bruce & Tom Witt, West Southport ME 1979 James Peck, Waverly PA 1904 Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic CT 1979 James Genthner, Fairhaven MA 1981 John & Carole Wojcik, Norwell MA 1977 Diana Echeverria, Seattle WA 1989 Rich & Sally Mosher, Kalamazoo MI 1979 Wyndham Clarke, Washington DC 1981 Bruce Witt, West Southport ME 1981 Captain Frank S. Stefanone, West Seneca NY Homeport Friendship ME Unfinished Huntington NY MattapoisettMA Beverly MA New London CT The Lake of the Ozarks MO Chicago I L North Cove CT Camden ME Somesville ME Rebuilding Port Washington W I Museum Display Friendship ME South Bristol ME Gloucester VA Rebuilding Southwest Harbor ME Greenwich CT Boothbay Harbor ME SargentvilleME Mystic Seaport CT NantucketMA Rebuilding Severn RiverMD Kalamazoo M I AnnapolisMD Ft. Lauderdale FL Buffalo NY 1974 Al Perrin, Canandaigua NY Canandaigua Lake NY 1982 James D. Hamilton, Andover MA Islesboro ME 1980 Richard C. Leigh, Nashville TN Charleston SC 1978 The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle WA Seattle WA 1982 Bill & Kathy Whitney, Newton MA CataumentMA 1968 David Colinan, Lincoln RI East Greenwich R I 1941 John F. Nichols, Takely by Stortford, Herts., Eng. Ipswich UK 1972 Dr. Peter Haynicz, East Stroudsburg PA GeorgetownMD 1982 John B. Rand, Raymond ME Cundys Harbor ME 1983 Paul & Carolyn Edwards, Mattituck NY Mattituck NY 1984 Hal C. Marden, Wilmington DE Boothbay Harbor ME 1984 AlvinJ. Zink Jr., Andover MA ManchesterMA 1982 Mclnnes Family, Belpre OH Belpre OH 1981 Brian Flynn & Mary Clay, Brooklyn Heights NY Salem Bay MA 1983 Jim Wainwright, Gig Harbor WA Gig Harbor WA 1981 Sigurd A. Knudsen Jr., Freeport ME South Freeport ME 1993 Lary Plumer, Newbury MA Newburyport MA 1980 Greg & Annette Merrill, Southbury CT BayvilleME 1990 John F. Fitzgerald, East Walpole MA Fairhaven MA 1970 Walter & Joan Durant, Mystic CT Mystic CT 1980 David MacClain, Marlborough CT Stonington CT 1984 William C. Butcher, Suffield CT Branford CT 1979 Peter C. Toppan, Scituate MA ScituateMA 1987 Harry & Pat Armstrong, Winter Park FL Titusville FL 1985 D. William Owens III, Branford CT Stony Creek CT 1981 Mike & Karen Looram, East Haddam CT Noank CT 1970 Ken & Judy Hayes, York ME Kittery ME 1975 Robert D. Hamilton, Greenfield MA Center Harbor ME 1980 Steve Ulwick, Wakefield MA Lynn MA 1987 Mike & Jayne Ginn, Jupiter FL Essex MA 1965 Philip L. Holt, Brunswick ME Orrs Island ME TBL D. Gould, P. Rice & D. Beeman, Charlestown MA Building 1902 Dan Traylor, Ft. Lauderdale FL Hollywood FL 1979 John P. Donohue, Upper Darby PA Sorrento ME 1971 David R. Branch, Boca Raton FL Boca Raton FL 1969 John J. Caldbick, Seattle WA Seattle WA 1983 Rose & Hans-Peter Sinn, Huntington NY East Boothbay ME 1989 Frank V. Snyder, Greenwich CT Rockport ME 1979 Greg Hickey, West Hartford CT South Lyme CT 1983 Dorothy & Bob Reuman, Waterville ME Cape Split ME 1992 WoodenBoat School, Brooklin ME WoodenBoat ME 1986 Alex Forbes, Greenings Island ME Greenings Island ME Sail Name of Sloop L.O.D. Builder(s) Launched Owner(s) & Winter Residence Homeport 252. – NONE – 30′ Harry Quick/J.R. Sherman TBL J. Robert & Eff Sherman, Corea ME Building 253. IOLAR 25′ W. McCarthy & G. Richards 1989 William L. McCarthy, Riegelsville PA GeorgetownMD 254. CHAOS 22′ Passamaquody (02)/Corea C1972 Howard & Jeanne Haskins, Chester CT Essex CT 255. GENEVIEVE 25′ Emmet Jones 1982 Robert E. Edmiston, Boulder Creek CA Alameda CA 257. TODDY B. 28′ Dave Westphal 1992 Dave & Lorretta Westphal, Key Largo FL Key Largo FL 258. KIM 22′ Harold Bumbam 1992 Harold & Kim Burnham, Essex MA Essex MA 259. SPARTAN 28′ Steve Merrill/Roland Shepard 1992 Roland Shepard, Brunswick ME Harpswell ME “LOST” REGISTERED SLOOPS (UNKNOWN STATUS AND/OR LOCATION) If the Reader has ANY INFORMATION regarding any of these sloops, please contact the Society Sail Name (Former Name) 12. FRIENDSHIP 25. SEA DUCK (Freya) 30. KIDNAPPED (Fly-A-Way) 33. SMUGGLER (Pressure) 38. ELEAZAR (Gold Ivy) 51. – NONE – (Khanum?) 56. IOCASTE 65. GALLANT LADY 77. BEAGLE (Sea Queen) 81. REGARDLESS (Friendship) 98. DOWN EAST 110. AMISTEAD 121. CLARA (Etta May) 132. VOGELFREI 140. BRANDYWINE 163. REWARD 176. TRUMPETER (You & I) 179. CELENE L.O.D. Builder(s) Launched Contents 29′ Wilbur A. Morse 1902 Last seen c!983 at Little Compton RI, ashore since c!968 36′ Charles A. Morse? c!901 Ketch rigged 1951, sold to unnamed parties c!970, taken to ME 21′ Unknown 1921 Sunk off Hull MA in August 1965 squall, salvage confirmed 28′ Philip J. Nichols 1942 Owned by North Kingston RI parties in 1983 38′ W. Scott Carter 1938 Advertized for sale 1977, then located on Hudson River 32′ Wilbur A. Morse c!915 No information since NJ registration with the Society in 1965 33′ Charles A. Morse C1907 Sold 1992 to unidentified parties 33′ Morse 1970 Last know to be at Toronto c!980 28′ Charles A. Morse 1905 Sold May 1970 to an unnamed Staten Island NY party 39′ Fred Dion 1963 Repaired 1979 at Manatee Pocket FL enroute to Caribbean 30′ Bruno & Stillman 1970 Last known to be cruising the Caribbean Feb. 1987 25′ R.T. White/R.E. Lee 1977 Sold in Galveston Bay TX area c!979 to unknown parties 27′ Elmer Collemer 1960 Sold March 1988 to unidentified Anacortes WA parties 30′ Wilbur A. Morse C1910 In Mediterranean in 1977, rumored as wrecked in West Africa McKie W. Roth Jr. 1968 Last known in south San Francisco Bay in the mid-1970’s 25′ William A. Greene 1975 Last known at Isleton CA in 1980’s; UOP student living aboard 28′ Charles A. Morse? OLD Last known to be in the Galveston Bay TX area in late 1970’s 22′ Unknown OLD Sold c!979 from Canada to unknown (Detroit area?) parties REGISTERED SLOOPS NO LONGER IN EXISTENCE: “GONE, BUT NOT FORGOTTEN” Sail Name (Former Name) L.O.D, 3. FrNNETTE (Right Bower) 40′ 4. GOLDEN EAGLE (Queequeg) 26′ 8. BANSHEE 30′ 17. JOLLY BUCCANEER (Myrtle E.) 45′ 20. MURRE (Moses Swarm) 30′ 26. VIRGINIA M. (Swan) 28′ 28. BOUNTY 22′ 29. SUSAN (Ocean Belle) 41′ 36. MARGIN 25′ 48. CHANNEL FEVER 33′ 72. TEMPTRESS (Result) 33′ 76. PACKET 26′ 78. EMMIE B. 37′ 79. NIMBUS 30′ 108. LOON 35′ 111. AMOS SWAN (Amos Swann) 26′ 116. TINQUA 30′ 158. EVA R. 33′ 173. MEDUSA 25′ 190. ADXANE 31′ 203. AURORA (Lucy S.) 26′ 207. SAFE HOME (Lannette M.) 31′ 256. OCTOBER 4TH (Friendship) 22′ Builder(s) Launched Cements Wilbur A. Morse 1915 Destroyed c!968 at Norwich CT Albion F. Morse c!910 Destroyed c!980 at Lynn MA Wilbur A. Morse OLD Destroyed c!980 at New Bedford MA Eugene McLain 1906 Sunk 1972 at Melbourne FL, destroyed 1973 Morse c!910 Wrecked Oct. 1974 at Guilford CT, destroyed c!978 Morse 1917 Destroyed c!982 at Waterford CT W. Prescott Gannett 1932 Destroyed Spring 1984 at Noank CT Charles A. Morse 1902 Wrecked Christmas Eve 1977 at Hillsboro Inlet FL Unknown OLD Destroyed c!985 at Waldoboro ME F. A. Provener 1939 Destroyed Oct. 1985 at Rockport ME Philip J. Nichols 1934 Destroyed Fall 1987 at Westerly RI Charles A. Morse 1925 Destroyed Fall 1980 at Vineyard Haven MA Reginald Wilcox 1958 Burned 1974 at Southport ME A.T. Chenault III 1954 Destroyed c!979 at Slidell LA after Hur. Camille & Betsy Charles A. Morse c!907 Destroyed c!972 at Stamford CT Wilbur A. Morse c!910 Blown ashore Nov. 1980 at Camden ME Bruno & Stillman 1971 Lost rudder & wrecked 1977 on Whaleback Ledge ME Edward Robinson 1906 Sunk Hur. David 1979; destroyed c!983 at Port Chester NY Ron Nowell 1979 Blown ashore in 45 knot gale C1982/3 at Marshall CA Newman (D10)/Chase 1978 Burned in Feb. 1983 boatyard fire at Stonington ME Unknown OLD Abandoned c!981 at Ipswich MA boatyard, beyond repair Herbert Melquist 1980 Blown ashore in Hurricane Bob 1991 at Beverly MA Edgar Knowles 1985 Sunk in squall Sept. 1993 on Oneida Lake NY DOCUMENTED SLOOPS BUILT ON BREMEN LONG ISLAND, MAINE: 1904 DocNo Name 200684 PANTHER 200685 PAUL REVERE 200735 BERTHA 200736 RELIANCE 200754 LOTTIE MAE 200756 DICTATOR 201627 ESTELLA A. [Propulsion] L.O.D. [Sail] 33′ 1″ [Sail] 39′ 7″ [Sail] 33′ 7″ [Sail] 43′ 7″ [Sail’ 0- [Sail] 31′ 5″ [GasScrew] 34′ 1″ Builder(s) Alexander McLain Eugene McLain Charles E. Carter Abdon K. Carter R. A. McLain & Son Robert E. McLain Robert E. McLain Measured 6 March 6 March 22 March 22 March 26 April 26 April 8 December 1904 Owner Alexander McLain Eugene McLain C. E. Carter A. K. Carter Unknown Stephen G. Gray H. J. Ames 1907 Homeport St George ME Vinalhaven ME Bristol ME Gloucester MA Vinalhaven ME Deer Isle ME Matinicus ME 39

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