tional Boat Show in Newport, RI my summer came to a crashing end on 20 September. Now I can take the fall, winter and spring to recoup, but I am already looking forward to the start of next summer with the Boothbay Harbor Lobster Boat Races in June. But fi rst there is a barn to fi nish, an apple orchard to deal with before the snow fl ies and some computerization of marine-related informa- tion.
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an did not think she needed a care-taker during the winter and froze all the pipes. T e heart-shaped staircase was covered in ice and a photograph of this made one of the major weekly news publications. T ere was extensive water damage to the whole house, but especially the plaster ceiling in the dining room. Fortunately when the home was restored the moulds were all found in the basement. A sad story about this home was when one owner purchased her he had her completely redone and on his way to see it for the fi rst time he was killed in a traffi c accident. We are lucky that a number of these mansions have been saved by the Newport Preservation Society and open for tours. If in Newport they are a must see.
port, Ann and I went to Gloucester to sail in the schooner race on board John Foss’ AMERICAN EAGLE. Talk about maritime history, especially with ties to the State of Maine. Last winter I found a number of yearly reports that listed the fi shing vessels of Gloucester, and other fi shing ports of New England, as well as masters, disasters and those people that were lost. I computerized these, but there were gaps, and I heard that maybe they did not publish these reports every year. Hopefully this winter I can fi nd time to start working in the Gloucester papers, and with other sources, fi ll in the gaps, to create a single source. What was real interesting about the race was seeing the replica of COLUMBIA, designed by W. Star- ling Burgess, sailing. Even though I knew the dimensions, you really do not picture her being that big. What a beautiful vessel and fast. What did surprise me was she did not have much freeboard and wondered how wet she was though.