The last wooden whaleship- Charles W. Morgan
07-05-2014, 06:38 PM
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The last wooden whaleship- Charles W. Morgan
Back in July, 1841 a wooden whale ship was launched from New Bedford, MA (city in which I was born, raised and still work) Whaling was huge in this area. This ship made 37 voyages and served 1700 seaman. For 50 years it was manged by one company and earned over $1,400,000.00 The vessel whaled for over 80 years. In 1941, Mystic Seaport, Mystic took over the vessel. The city in which she was built didn't have the money to preserve/rebuild her. Some of you may have seen this vessel at the Mystic Seaport in CT, during the NE S2000 Nor'Easter in 2006.
The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967 and is on her 38th voyage with 7 ports of call. She came "home" to New Bedford last week.
I headed down there today. Snapped a few photos. Tough to get good pics with the crowds around and I was not in town when she sailed in under full sail. The pics of that in our local paper were very cool. My sis took one that was printed.
The boats on which they would row out to kill the whales. Yeah, tough stuff.
casks for the oil : Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop").
Whale oil was widely used in oil lamps and to make soap and margarine. With the discovery of substitutes such as kerosene and vegetable oils, the use of whale oils declined considerably. With most countries having banned whaling, the sale and use of whale oil today is almost non-existent.
Except for his modern clothing, this guy seemed to look the part of the captain.
Not my pic....
The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967 and is on her 38th voyage with 7 ports of call. She came "home" to New Bedford last week.
I headed down there today. Snapped a few photos. Tough to get good pics with the crowds around and I was not in town when she sailed in under full sail. The pics of that in our local paper were very cool. My sis took one that was printed.
The boats on which they would row out to kill the whales. Yeah, tough stuff.
casks for the oil : Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop").
Whale oil was widely used in oil lamps and to make soap and margarine. With the discovery of substitutes such as kerosene and vegetable oils, the use of whale oils declined considerably. With most countries having banned whaling, the sale and use of whale oil today is almost non-existent.
Except for his modern clothing, this guy seemed to look the part of the captain.
Not my pic....
07-06-2014, 06:20 AM
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Back in July, 1841 a wooden whale ship was launched from New Bedford, MA (city in which I was born, raised and still work) Whaling was huge in this area. This ship made 37 voyages and served 1700 seaman. For 50 years it was manged by one company and earned over $1,400,000.00 The vessel whaled for over 80 years. In 1941, Mystic Seaport, Mystic took over the vessel. The city in which she was built didn't have the money to preserve/rebuild her. Some of you may have seen this vessel at the Mystic Seaport in CT, during the NE S2000 Nor'Easter in 2006.
The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967 and is on her 38th voyage with 7 ports of call. She came "home" to New Bedford last week.
I headed down there today. Snapped a few photos. Tough to get good pics with the crowds around and I was not in town when she sailed in under full sail. The pics of that in our local paper were very cool. My sis took one that was printed.
The boats on which they would row out to kill the whales. Yeah, tough stuff.
casks for the oil : Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop").
Whale oil was widely used in oil lamps and to make soap and margarine. With the discovery of substitutes such as kerosene and vegetable oils, the use of whale oils declined considerably. With most countries having banned whaling, the sale and use of whale oil today is almost non-existent.
Except for his modern clothing, this guy seemed to look the part of the captain.
Not my pic....
The ship was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1967 and is on her 38th voyage with 7 ports of call. She came "home" to New Bedford last week.
I headed down there today. Snapped a few photos. Tough to get good pics with the crowds around and I was not in town when she sailed in under full sail. The pics of that in our local paper were very cool. My sis took one that was printed.
The boats on which they would row out to kill the whales. Yeah, tough stuff.
casks for the oil : Whale oil is oil obtained from the blubber of whales. Whale oil was sometimes known as train oil, which comes from the Dutch word traan ("tear" or "drop").
Whale oil was widely used in oil lamps and to make soap and margarine. With the discovery of substitutes such as kerosene and vegetable oils, the use of whale oils declined considerably. With most countries having banned whaling, the sale and use of whale oil today is almost non-existent.
Except for his modern clothing, this guy seemed to look the part of the captain.
Not my pic....
07-06-2014, 06:36 AM
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We did go on board that ship in Mystic.
07-06-2014, 10:19 AM
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I think the Constitution is headed out of Boston for an overhaul soon. 
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Interesting how much jargon is from the "Sea":
So cold it will freeze the balls off a brass monkey, lower the boom, grog, scuttlebutt, son of a gun, head, catwalk, cat is out of the bag, knots, pipe down, lower the boom, tie up loose ends, hand over fist, three sheets to the wind, two sheets to the wind, one sheet to the wind, sea legs, quarantine, and many more.
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So cold it will freeze the balls off a brass monkey, lower the boom, grog, scuttlebutt, son of a gun, head, catwalk, cat is out of the bag, knots, pipe down, lower the boom, tie up loose ends, hand over fist, three sheets to the wind, two sheets to the wind, one sheet to the wind, sea legs, quarantine, and many more.
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