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Maintenance and Operations Committee
Purpose: To provide recommendations and technical guidance related to short and long term planning for the operation, maintenance, and preservation of the historic schooner Ernestina.
Progress at the shipyard
The planking stock was delivered the second week of August and by August 12 the first plank was in. By Thursday, August 18 the starboard side was nearly done.
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New Foremast For Ernestina
SEMA has ordered a new foremast for Ernestina. The mast will be shaped at The Spar Shop, part of Grays Harbor Historical Seaport. Watch the fantastic video: Spar Shop Tracer-Lathe showing their tracer-lathe, the largest in North America. … Continue reading
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Shipyard Update
The inspections are nearly complete and the shipyard is waiting for the plank stock to replace the planks that were removed. Meanwhile, some seams are being recaulked. Some small sections of deck planks were lifted to allow the Surveyor Paul Haley … Continue reading
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Ernestina Commission members visit Ernestina
Some Commissioners visited Ernestina at the SHIPYARD last week to inspect Coast Guard required repairs being overseen by shipwright Leon Poindexter. Mr. Poindexter will also provide the Schooner Ernestina Commission with estimates of the work needed to regain Certification to … Continue reading
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Ernestina on the Railway in Fairhaven.
On Monday morning, June 6, the Tug Jaguar took Ernestina alongside and her lines were cast off. With Captain Charlie Mitchell at the helm of Jaguar the two vessels traveled in tandem from State Pier across New Bedford Harbor to … Continue reading
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May 7 NPS Volunteer Day
Nearly forty volunteers chose Ernestina for their project during the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Volunteer Day on May 7, 2011. There were three projects: clean and prep the ship for June’s haul-out, scrape and paint the dories and … Continue reading
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Rig Inspection News
From Jeff Carter’s report to the Commission: “Unfortunately during (inspection) a severe amount of rot was found at the top of the foremast. This rot extends approximately 4 feet down from the top of the mast and the early prognosis … Continue reading
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Rig Inspection Progresses
Steve inspected the main masthead last week. – With the rig maintenance on-going I thought you would like to review some history of Ernestina’s present rig. These are links to the archived pre-2005 website developed by Captain Gregg Swanzey. 1994 … Continue reading
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Winter Cover Off!
A great crew of Ernestina volunteers worked yesterday to remove the winter cover. The first step was removing the plastic. Then the framing had to be disassembled and taken down And the frames had to be cleaned off, … Continue reading
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Park Serve Day
SEMA will be partnering with DCR’s Park Serve program to have the first work day on Ernestina for 2011. Follow the link, click “sign up” on the Park Serve page and scroll down the “select a park” list to “Schooner Ernestina” … Continue reading
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