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Onset August 13
SEMA Treasurer Julius Britto reports that the Onset Cape Verdean Festival was a successful outing for Ernestina. Everyone expressed the hope that 2012 would be the year that Ernestina returns to Onset Harbor for a visit during the Festival. Julius … Continue reading
Posted in Membership and Outreach Committee |
Brockton July 31
It was another beautifully sunny, but hot day at Keith Field in Brockton at the Brockton Cape Verdean Day Festival and visitors to the were very happy to see the Schooner Ernestina represented. Coordinator Barbara Burgo and volunteer Den Cardoza … Continue reading
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Providence July 10
Ernestina was well represented at the Rhode Island Cape Verdean Festival in Providence on July 10. Thank you Maria Mendes-Hendricks for “carrying the flag” . Your Grandfather would be proud.
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Greetings from Traudi in Brava
Schooner ERNESTINA was represented at the great festival of S. Joao Batista in Brava, Cabo Verde June 24, 2011. Um abraco Traudi
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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
Posted in Maintenance and Operations Committee, News |
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
Posted in Maintenance and Operations Committee, News |
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!
Posted in Maintenance and Operations Committee, News |
Working Waterfront Festival
Despite threatening weather forecasts, the last weekend of September at New Bedford’s Working Waterfront Festival was a great event for Ernestina. The only thing that would have made it better would have been the ship in her berth next to … Continue reading
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Gloucester and Schooners
Effie M. Morrissey first set sail from Gloucester for the Grand Banks on March 14, 1894. A century ago she brought her catches into this port. In 1982, as Ernestina, she was returned to Massachusetts, a gift from the Republic … Continue reading
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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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