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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.
Ernestina Returns from Shipyard
Yesterday Ernestina finally returned to her berth at State Pier in New Bedford after Coast Guard-required work was completed at Fairhaven Shipyard. The Department of Conservation and Recreation is Massachusetts’ steward of Ernestina. They spent about $180,000 meeting this responsibility during the 4 months … Continue reading
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Ernestina Will be on the Railway a Few More Days.
Ernestina was moved down the railway to wet her bottom today. This accomplishes two things. The planks of the hull can soak and swell after spending 4 months dry and it can be determined if there are any places where … Continue reading
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Ernestina’s Almost Ready to Return to State Pier
The finish coat of paint is going on Ernestina. The ship should be “wet” by the end of the week and back at her berth at State Pier next week!
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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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