The world's last remaining wooden whaling ship has sailed again. Built in 1841, retired 80 years later, and kept on display since then, theset sail in July in the waters off Cape Cod. Once it roamed the seas to harvest whales. After more than five years of restoration, the majestic sailing ship is now used as a tool at Mystic Seaport to educate the public about preserving and protecting whales.To read more about the

Singing: Where way does she lay in the aft and from the loft to points on our lay bow and about





three miles off.





One big sweat ugghh! Huuuhhh!









Captain Kip Files: Rebuilding her is one thing, and learning how that works and how they built





it and then how they rigged her but, these vessels were designed to do one thing and that





was to sail. They were never designed to be at the dock, they had to do it, but that wasn’t their





designation. So to learn what we’re learning from this vessel is a huge historical event.





Sean Bercaw: She was built in 1841, umm started in the middle of winter, and launched in July





of 1841. Umm amazingly she was built in under seven months by a group of about sixteen men





and they even had a couple weeks strike in there.









Chris Koldewey: It gets better and better as far as our understanding and we’re getting as close





as we’re going to get. One of the things that is amazing for us in the demonstration squad is the





number of things that over the years we found out we were so dead wrong about. We thought





she was a slug. A slug is completely unfair, but much more sluggish in responding then she in





fact is. Her ease of handling is phenomenal. You come to appreciate the design of this.





E. Foretek: You don’t have a lot of feesable, touchable things anymore that kinda connect us to





our history. A lot of people forget that we are a maritime nation, and especially with boats and





maybe traditional vessels like this as well, it gives us a tie to our history, and I think that’s, I think





that’s important.









Chris Koldewey: I think that there is something about her being the last one. The preservation





of a time that we almost did this to the whales, and we understand how precious the few are. It





was the whale oil that lubricated our industrial revolution. You keep the memory alive of I mean





just the influence that, that whaling had on american history in general.





Singing: And its lower your boats boys and be of good cheers, get your tubs in your boats boys,





keep your bow lines all clear. Now bend to your oars and make your boats fly. One thing we





dread of, keep clear of his eye.