Description: Rock End Dock, so called because it used to be owned by the Rock End Hotel which burned in 1942, is now called the Northeast Harbor Fleet Dock. It is located in Gilpatrick's Cove.
Description: Magazine artilce from Down East Magazine Sept. 1964 about A Clss. Written by E.R.Welles III, photos by W.H. Ballard Previously accessioned as 007.122
Description: questionnaire results for the A class boat , 1957 on condition of A class sailing boats, hull condition, sail condition, maintenance costs, whether the boat will race next year 3 p Previously accessioned as 007.138
Description: Handwritten partial history of the A Class Design. Includes quotes from E.R. Welles. It appears to be part of a forward for a future article. Gaff Rigged Sloop. Known also as an H class Previously accessioned as 007.121
Description: Newspaper article entitled 3 Tie for first place in A Class Regattta written by LaRue Spiker ,includes one of her photographs. 1966 Previously accessioned as 007.117
Description: Framed, B/W photograph of sloops under sail and moored in harbor of Northeast Harbor. Baker Island and Sutton Island are center background. Sloop in center is "Opachie" owned by Francis Parkman. Given by William Morris.
Description: Half model of a sloop - boat never built. Ralph said, "I just wanted to make a half model." Built circa 1960. Photographs by Charlotte Helen (Riebel) Morrill.
Description: N.Y.N. SS "St. Marys" - The New York Nautical School Ship "St. Mary's" Vessel Name – USS St. Marys Class – sloop of war Hull - wood Masts - 3 Carried – 16 - 32 pound cannons, 6 - 8” guns Designed by – Build date - 1844 Built by – Built at – U.S. Naval Yard, Washington, D.C. Built for – U.S. Navy Named for – the first colonial settlement in Maryland Displacement 958 tons Gross tons - 766 Length – 149’3” Beam – 37'4" Draught - 18' Sail area – Crew – 195 Number – Disposition - Laid up at Mare Island September 1866 Recommissioned fall of 1870 Placed in ordinary at Norfolk, VA., 3 June 1873 Transferred to the Public Marine School at New York in 1875 - served as school ship until June 1908 Final Disposition - sold for scrapping in August 1908 to Thomas Butler and Co., Boston November 1908 - dismasted and dismantled hull burned at Point of Pines, Massachusetts, for the purpose of getting the copper that was in her. [show more]
Description: "The first volume production of auxiliary sailboats was the 'Islander' sloop designed by Sparkman & Stephens. Twenty of these were built between 1938 and 1940. The first were 29 feet overall and the last were redesigned bo 31 feet overall." -- The Hinckley Story (p. 25).