The Friendship sloop Gladiator, built in 1902, worked in Maine waters for more than two decades, then wandered to Chesapeake Bay and New Jersey for several decades more. In 1973, it came back to Maine for good. From the April/May 2006 issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors
Description: The Friendship sloop Gladiator, built in 1902, worked in Maine waters for more than two decades, then wandered to Chesapeake Bay and New Jersey for several decades more. In 1973, it came back to Maine for good. From the April/May 2006 issue of Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors
Ralph Warren Stanley built this 36' lobster boat for Carl Colson “Buddy” Lawson Jr. (1921-2005) of Goose Cove, West Tremont, in his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "Ajax" had more flare in the bow than Ralph's previous designs. She was powered by a diesel engine.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley built this 36' lobster boat for Carl Colson “Buddy” Lawson Jr. (1921-2005) of Goose Cove, West Tremont, in his 1st shop at 376 Main Street, Southwest Harbor. "Ajax" had more flare in the bow than Ralph's previous designs. She was powered by a diesel engine.
Aquarelle II, a pleasure cruiser, was built in 1949 by Rich & Grindle boatbuilders for Talbot Faulkner Hamlin (1880-1959), an uncle of Cyrus N. Hamlin, who designed the vessel. See: “We Took to Cruising: From Maine to Florida Afloat” by Talbot and Jessica Hamlin, published by Sheridan House, New York, 1951, photographs between pages 224-225, Chapter 15, “The Dream Fulfilled: Aquarelle II,” p. 233-257+ The complete story of "Aquarelle II" from inception to her first cruise.
Description: Aquarelle II, a pleasure cruiser, was built in 1949 by Rich & Grindle boatbuilders for Talbot Faulkner Hamlin (1880-1959), an uncle of Cyrus N. Hamlin, who designed the vessel. See: “We Took to Cruising: From Maine to Florida Afloat” by Talbot and Jessica Hamlin, published by Sheridan House, New York, 1951, photographs between pages 224-225, Chapter 15, “The Dream Fulfilled: Aquarelle II,” p. 233-257+ The complete story of "Aquarelle II" from inception to her first cruise. [show more]
This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.
Description: This image was in a collection of Ballard's Hinckley negatives. It does not appear to be a boat made by Hinckley, but perhaps it was used as part of the Hinckley operation.
Sardine carrier “Bessey L.” 36 hogsheads, 51’4” x 14’5” x 6’2” deep. She was built in 1905 at Lubec for Riviera Packing, Eastport, 27 GR T., 16 T NET. Call letters WC4221, Reg. #202066. She boated fish to the Holmes factories and in the late ‘40’s she worked herrin’ to the Maine Sardine Co. of Addison. She has been slowly dying in the Creek at Jonesport, Maine, since Skipper Adien Smith limped her in with a broken piston in April of 1973. She boated herrin’ for the Holmes factories at Robbinston and Eastport most of her life until the winter of ’72-’73 when she was rigged up for dragging scallops. When she was working the herrin’ she could carry 56 hogsheads… “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. 8, 12, 1992.
Description: Sardine carrier “Bessey L.” 36 hogsheads, 51’4” x 14’5” x 6’2” deep. She was built in 1905 at Lubec for Riviera Packing, Eastport, 27 GR T., 16 T NET. Call letters WC4221, Reg. #202066. She boated fish to the Holmes factories and in the late ‘40’s she worked herrin’ to the Maine Sardine Co. of Addison. She has been slowly dying in the Creek at Jonesport, Maine, since Skipper Adien Smith limped her in with a broken piston in April of 1973. She boated herrin’ for the Holmes factories at Robbinston and Eastport most of her life until the winter of ’72-’73 when she was rigged up for dragging scallops. When she was working the herrin’ she could carry 56 hogsheads… “Sardine Carriers and Seiners of the Maine Coast” compiled and written by Paul E. Bennett, The St. Pierre Doriman, p. 8, 12, 1992. [show more]