Timeless Pulpit Harbor is a museum where history sails by. The Lewis R French sailing through the rocks is a treat to watch.
Built in 1871, the scene the old schooner sets is unchanged in 150 years.
It's cargo has changed as have the sailors on deck, but it's a working piece of history today. Engineless, boat and crew still sail on and off anchor.
In the 1880's the Cabot family out of Brookline Mass. bought unwanted land around the harbor, built a rough summer extended family compound and became the islands first 'rusticators'. Summer folk.
Generations of Cabot kids have been rowing in Pulpit Harbor ever since. This season, these beaming polite Cabot descendants rowed through the harbor selling fresh brownies.
We bought some and they were delicious.
The kids are new but their plank on frame Whitehall rowing boat may have ferried their great grandparents around the harbor. The Whitehall design is ancient and can be traced back even further, to European ancestry.
A boat shed in Pulpit Harbor: The artifact on the railway, a Camden Class Sloop designed by B.B. Crowninshield in 1915 (and built shortly after), will be launched in the spring of 2020.
Built in 1871, the scene the old schooner sets is unchanged in 150 years.
It's cargo has changed as have the sailors on deck, but it's a working piece of history today. Engineless, boat and crew still sail on and off anchor.
In the 1880's the Cabot family out of Brookline Mass. bought unwanted land around the harbor, built a rough summer extended family compound and became the islands first 'rusticators'. Summer folk.
Generations of Cabot kids have been rowing in Pulpit Harbor ever since. This season, these beaming polite Cabot descendants rowed through the harbor selling fresh brownies.
We bought some and they were delicious.
The kids are new but their plank on frame Whitehall rowing boat may have ferried their great grandparents around the harbor. The Whitehall design is ancient and can be traced back even further, to European ancestry.
A boat shed in Pulpit Harbor: The artifact on the railway, a Camden Class Sloop designed by B.B. Crowninshield in 1915 (and built shortly after), will be launched in the spring of 2020.
