Description: Half model on varnished teak board of the 1995 America's Cup yacht Young America. The hull of the boat is decorated with a mermaid swimming in the ocean, which replicates the decorative scheme of the original boat. An engraved plaque on the backboard reads: Young America USA 36 Diana Wister With thanks and sincere appreciation for your generous contribution and support throughout the PACT95 Young America campaign. Young America was built by the PACT95 Syndicate, which hired the American artist Roy Lichtenstein to develop the distinctive exterior paint scheme. The original boat is now on display at the Storm King Art Center in Windsor, New York. [show more]
Description: Diorama showing two gaff-rigged sloops under sail in a glass display case. The sloop on the left has the letter A in the sail, while the sloop on the right has the letter B. These letters refer to the Northeast Harbor A Boat and the Northeast Harbor B Boat. This model was likely created by R. Lindsay Smallidge of Northeast Harbor, but additional research is needed
Description: Model of Chebacco boat that brought Abraham Somes to Mount Desert Island in 1761. Built by D. Muzzy in 2014. In glass case 20" x 22" x 6.5." Scale: 1:20.
Description: Model in glass case. Plate reads, “Circa 1790, Chebacco Boat”. No sails but has rigging. Shows rudder, tiller and anchor. Scale 1/65. Original was 36 feet long with 10 feet 5” beam; On underside of base "Robt. F. Kurtz Pride's Crossing Massachusetts 1983" Incorrect Object ID number also on base: 96-283
Description: Scale model of MDI Class sloop #16, Rugosa, made in 2008 by Duane Muzzy. The MDI Class Sloops were designed by Ralph Winslow in 1924 and 16 were constructed to teach the children of Mount Desert Island summer residents to sail. The full sized boats were: 21' 8" LOA 16' 5" LWL 4' Draft 6' 8" Beam 260.00 sq ft sail area 4,428.00 lbs Displacement
Description: Model of 1962 Bunker & Ellis lobsteryacht "Serendipity," built by Duane Muzzy in 2013. The actual boat was constructed by Bunker & Ellis of Manset, Maine, and measured 39 feet long and was constructed in 1962 for John Simonds, a summer resident of Northeast Harbor.
Description: Model of Controversy 36' Constellation built by Duane Muzzy in 2012. A pram, called "Little Dipper" was added to this model by Duane Muzzy as a bit of a whimsy, playing off the name of the boat, but was never on the original boat. The original Constellation was built by Mount Desert Yacht Yard and was owned yard owner, E. Farnham Butler.
Description: Scale model of International Class (also called International One Design) sloop AURIGA. Auriga was among the original Internationals to arrive in the Great Harbor, in 1938. Model made by Duane Muzzy in 2010
Description: Luders 16 model in 1:16 scale made by Duane Muzzy, 2012. Boat is named in honor of Sturgis R. Haskins, a longtime board member of the Great Harbor Maritime Museum, who was very involved in the revitalization of the Mount Desert Island fleet of Luders 16 sloops.
Description: Model,boat, three-masted schooner made by George Savage; black hull, red hull bottom and rudder, white deck and two cabins, green cabin roofs, four white cotton sails, three rope ladders on each side; very heavy, perhaps solid wood hull
Description: Model, three mast schooner model, wood. This model was constructed by Merchant Mariner and Bar Harbor storekeeper, Herbert Allen Whitney (1881-1950), and his brother Captain Harold Whitney in 1935-1937. It sailed in Hull's Cove in 1938, survived an apartment fire with only its sails singed, and then was relegated to basement storage for 60 years. In 2011, Phil and Karin Whitney, Mickey Macfarlan, and John French restored the model and christened her, The Islander. Model is loaned to GCIHS by Phil Whitney. [show more]
Description: Model of Baker Island Lighthouse made ca. 1950; electric lights in keeper's house and lighthouse; heavy cement base, wooden keeper's house, metal Lionel train set tower (no longer in existence on Baker Island), connection between keeper's house and lighthouse (no longer in existence on Baker Island); roof lifts off keeper's house for storage of low voltage (14V) lights and access to ordinary 115V lamp and transformer. Loaned to GCIHS by Great Harbor Maritime Museum to ca. 2010 but remained in GCIHS collection for years. Photo 2013.215.1849C shows Great Harbor Maritime Museum curator Willie Granston with the lighthouse (photo dated 2008). Contact GHMM regarding this item. [show more]
Description: Decoys. Collection of 2 wood duck decoys, very rustic, one with carved "BS", the other with carved "LCS". (See also two other primitive decoys with B.S. 2016.355.2120. (B.S. could indicate Bert or Boynton Stanley.)
Description: Handmade lobster boat model, radar antenna on roof, pot/trap hauler and davit. White with buff/yellow trim, copper bottom, 2 cleats bow and stern, chock at bow. Interior color tan and white. Metal steering wheel. 2 gear shifts.
Description: Decoys. Set of six pairs of hand carved wood "tollers". Each pair of decoy ducks is attached by a wood slat, then the whole set is attached by strings. Used for luring coot ducks when hunting. Set the decoys on the water, then row off in a boat, and shoot whatever ducks are attracted. Lightweight wood with metal fasteners.