Tuesday, March 1, 2022

Mariner's Museum International Small Craft Center

 26 Feb 22:

"The International Small Craft Center opened on May 17, 2003, at The Mariners’ Museum. The 17,500 square foot facility houses a collection that features nearly 150 boats from 42 countries, and is one of the few truly internationally focused collections in the world."

We visited the Mariner's Museum recently and said hello to all of the boats in the Small Craft Center. One of the first was N. G. Herreshoff's fin keel sloop DILEMMA. First of her kind, revolutionary and a sole survivor. Seems she's losing the race to a little Opti though :)
















Aristocraft.


The 1927 catboat TEAL, Dexter Brothers.






Steam Launch.




Chris-Craft with a Johnson outboard. And a big tender.




Whaleboat.







1935 Chris Craft 19 foot Runabout SUE.



Optimist.



1933 Moth SILVER SPRAY.




Sailing Hydrofoil MONITOR.






Sinepuxent Catboat, cross planked.






1987 Sunfish, designed by ALCORT, INC. 35th Anniversary model explains the black anodized spars. 




1915 Herreshoff 12 1/2 QUEST.












Maldon Punt. Okay, the boat was interesting, but check out the guns that the poor waterfowl had to contend with!








Ness Yawl.



A barge and a sampan.






Hampton One Design.



The lantern from USS Monitor, recovered about 20 years ago.


Carpenter tools from the Confederate ironclad Virginia.





Oarlocks from the USS Monitor.



MONITOR Conservation Lab, working on the cannon and engine mount.






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