http://ernestina.org/news Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:27:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.1 http://ernestina.org/news/2008/04/17/letter-from-the-executive-director/#comment-4 Fred Littleton Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:39:35 +0000 http://ernestina.org/news/?p=15#comment-4 As Annie knows I am the last survivor of the "Bartlett Boys" (there may be a couple of others, but they have no interest in the ship). For years I have tried to correct some errors which have crept in to the stated record. First. Ernestina is not a "Fredonia schooner". Any one who cares to compare the lines of the Ernestina with those of the "Fredonia" will recognize that. Ernestina has flat floors whereas Fredonia had sharply rising floors. Ernestina has a straight stem rabbet whereas Fredonia had a curved stem rabbet similar to the clipper ships. Fredonia was built for speed whereas Ernestina was built for carrying capacity. When the powers that be put he on the National Historic register I pointed this out and the people in charge said if I did not recant they would not put her on the register. After talking with Joe Cardozo we decided to let them call her anything they wanted if it made them happy. Even the then captain/owner of the "Spirit of Massachusetts" which is a Fredonia agreed. Now since I am 84 and not getting any younger I want once more to make the point. The second thing she is not the sailing vessel which reached the furthest North. That record belongs to the steam barque Roosevelt, also under the command of Bartlett, which reached 82 degrees North taking the Peary - Henson group on the successful trip to reach the Pole in April 1909. Both ships had engines and could proceed under power alone, sail alone, or both. Thank you for listening and I would be happy to have my email published if you want to. As Annie knows I am the last survivor of the “Bartlett Boys” (there may be a couple of others, but they have no interest in the ship). For years I have tried to correct some errors which have crept in to the stated record.
First. Ernestina is not a “Fredonia schooner”. Any one who cares to compare the lines of the Ernestina with those of the “Fredonia” will recognize that. Ernestina has flat floors whereas Fredonia had sharply rising floors. Ernestina has a straight stem rabbet whereas Fredonia had a curved stem rabbet similar to the clipper ships.
Fredonia was built for speed whereas Ernestina was built for carrying capacity. When the powers that be put he on the National Historic register I pointed this out and the people in charge said if I did not recant they would not put her on the register. After talking with Joe Cardozo we decided to let them call her anything they wanted if it made them happy. Even the then captain/owner of the “Spirit of Massachusetts” which is a Fredonia agreed. Now since I am 84 and not getting any younger I want once more to make the point.
The second thing she is not the sailing vessel which reached the furthest North. That record belongs to the steam barque Roosevelt, also under the command of Bartlett, which reached 82 degrees North taking the Peary - Henson group on the successful trip to reach the
Pole in April 1909.
Both ships had engines and could proceed under power alone, sail alone, or both.
Thank you for listening and I would be happy to have my email published if you want to.

]]> http://ernestina.org/news/2008/06/04/ernestina-departs-for-boothbay/#comment-2 Ann E. Mays Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:03:09 +0000 http://ernestina.org/news/?p=16#comment-2 I was looking for the history of the Schooner Ernestina but was unable to find anything except it's current renovations planned in Maine. I will be in the New Bedford area with family members in Sept. This will be their first trip to my hometown I was looking for the history of the Schooner Ernestina but was unable to find anything except it’s current renovations planned in Maine.
I will be in the New Bedford area with family members in Sept. This will be their first trip to my hometown

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