Launch of the Schooner Ardelle in Essex, MA on July 9, 2011
Anticipation and celebration as the whole town of Essex, Massachusetts gathers at high tide on the Essex River for the traditional side launch of the Schooner Ardelle. The vessel was built by Master Shipwright, Harold A. Burnham - a 2012 recipient of the National Endowment for the Arts: National Heritage Fellow Award. Harold is the 28th Burnham since 1819 to operate a shipyard in Essex.
Aboard the Ardelle with Harold Burnham
In September 2012, NEA Heritage Fellow and boat builder sailed over 600 miles with a few close friends from Gloucester, MA to Washington, DC. The wooden vessel that carried him here, The Ardelle, was built to be a traditional pinky schooner. The truly amazing part of this story is that he built this boat with the aid of volunteers from his hometown of Essex, MA, a legendary shipbuilding center dating back to the 1800s.
As Harold said in this interview, We built the Ardelle for $65,000. How are you going to do that in fiberglass? You couldn't even buy the glue. You can't buy the fastenings if it was screw-fastened for that. [The Ardelle] was built with sawn frames and tree nails in the old way.
A generous and gracious soul, Harold offered to take a few NEA staffers and Heritage Fellows on a short ride on the Potomac River. In this video, Harold delivers some interesting back story as we sail into the foggy evening.
Ardelle Launch Essex, MA.
Video by Desi Smith - Gloucester Daily Times
Schooner Spirit Of Massachusetts Arrives For Schooner Festival 2010
Schooner Spirit Of Massachusetts Arrives For Schooner Festival 2010
Fisherman's Ocean Classic (1931)
Full title reads: Gloucester, Mass. Fisherman's Ocean Classic. The good ship 'Gertrude L Thebaud' again wins thrilling race - reviving memories of 'the good old days of sail'.
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States of America (USA).
Various shots of men on sailing boats hauling on ropes to raise sails.
Shots of sailing ships racing at sea - they look more like commercial, even fishing vessels, than racing yachts.
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Essex County Project: Gloucester Massachusetts
Essex County Project: Burnham Brothers Marine Railway, Gloucester Massachusetts.
Fisherman's Ocean Classic (1930)
Full title reads: Gloucester, Mass. Fisherman's ocean classic. U.S. Trawler 'Thebaud' defeats Canadian Ship 'Bluenose' in thrilling Atlantic Race.
Gloucester, Massachusetts, United States of America (USA).
Travelling shots of large sailing boats / old fashioned fishing boats racing at sea. They look like ships from a bygone era. Some shots have rail of camera ship in shot.
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British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.
Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center
Great place to take a walk, see the harbor, learn about Gloucester's rich history.
Schooner Spirit of Massachusetts
shot taken from the end of the main boom of the Schooner Spirit of Massachusetts while under sail during SEAmester, a semester at sea program.
Essex Shipbuilding Museum
2012 Essex County Project on the Essex Shipbuilding Museum
Music Citation:
Sonication. Passacaglia Classical Collection. Four String Journey Records, 2010. AAC.
Citations:
Burnham, Harold. Schooner Ardelle. Burnham Boatbuilding, N.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
O'Reagan, Deirdre. What to do with the Evelina M. Goulart? Sea History 131 (2010): 12-14.
Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
Roberts, John W., et. al. Text Only Version of Maritime History of Massachusetts. National
Park Service. U.S. Department of the Interior, N. d. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
Stackpole, Renny A. [Untitled] The New England Quarterly. Vol 69, No. 4 (Dec, 1996):
662-665. Web. 20 Nov. 2012.
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Schooner Thomas E. Lannon Salute
The annual Schooner Challenge in Gloucester Harbor helps support the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. The schooners Ardelle, Fame, and Thomas E. Lannon had a spirited race on a breezy evening.
RAW VIDEO: Launching the schooner Adventure
Joe Maletti, in hat, and John Miles help launch the schooner Adventure following restoration work at the Gloucester Marine Railways on June 4, 2014. It was returning to its home mooring at Maritime Gloucester's Webster Pier in Gloucester.
On nominating NEA Heritage Fellow Harold Burnham
The state folklorist of Massachusetts, Maggie Holtzberg, talks about why she nominated boat-builder Harold Burnham of Essex, MA for an NEA National Heritage Fellowship.
Liana's Ransom crew recalls U.S. Coast Guard rescue
Canadian tall ship Liana's Ransom crew describes Sunday night/early Monday ordeal on rough seas and U.S. Coast Guard rescue. The ship lost both engines, the bowsprit that helps stabilize the masts, and had a ripped sail. Read the whole story here:
Video by GDT staff writer Arianna MacNeill.
essex massachusetts parking challenge.wmv
After parking at conomo point in essex, Massachusetts for 16 years, the town put up a sign up to keep non residents away from the ocean, I pay for a mooring and excise taxes on my boat, yet I got a ticket on july 4th for parking in my usual spot. This video shows what I now have to put up with in order to park and paddle over to my sailboat. I know that its a minor aggravation given the state of the world, but there is no reason why Essex can't be nice. Its not too late to change the parking policy..... PLEASE let me park in some of those empty spots shown in the video.
Essex County Project: Essex Shipbuilding Museum
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