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The Oldest Surviving Essex Thames Sailing Barge Gets a New Life
On a cold February day, muffled chatter and the sounds of swinging hammers fill the St. Osyth Boatyard in Clacton-on-Sea, UK. Midway down the dock, a 132-year-old piece of history sits bobbing beneath the sheen of a clear plastic tarp. Inside its hold, women are hard at work. ...read more
The Charles W. Morgan Sails Again
One hundred and seventy-three years after it embarked on its maiden voyage, whaling vessel Charles W. Morgan, the oldest American commercial ship still afloat, is once again plying the coastlines of New England, this time ready to give locals a glimpse into what it was like to ...read more