Photos by PETER PEREIRA/The Standard Times. Crews at Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine are restoring the historic schooner Ernestina. Here, Todd A. Croteau, maritime program coordinator for the Historic American Engineering Record, sets up a ladder to continue his work of digitizing the vessel to prepare a display of the ship for the Library of [...]
Dear Shipmates,
Believe it or not we will be setting up a volunteer day soon to clean and maintain Ernestina’s spars presently stored in Building 2 on the State Pier in New Bedford. Boothbay Shipyard will be down next week to pick up the live oak that is useable for the present work being done.
We need [...]
The chorus is about to begin a busy concert series. We hope to see Ernestina supporters at these venues!
Sunday, August 3rd
Salem Maritime Festival - 12:00PM at Derby Wharf, Salem, MA
Sunday, August 17th
Wareham Historical Society - 6:30 PM, Wareham, MA
Thursday, August 28th
Whaling Museum Plaza - 7:30 PM, New Bedford, MA
Friday, September 19th
Beale House [...]