Coming Soon to Salem Mass! (RF)

[Steve Paskey]

In case you haven't seen it, the latest from the web site of our favorite "pirate" ship, anchored in Boston harbor for the last month ...

RawFaith will be setting sail for Salem next week when the winds turn in a favorable direction. It has been a wet week in Boston Harbor and we are looking forward to making the trip in fair weather.

You are invited to join RawFaith and her crew in a celebration of her October dockage in Salem, MA. Captain McKay will give a presentation about RawFaith's design, construction, rigging, and sailing which will be followed by a Boston skyline sunset cookout. Donations will be accepted to fly in Elizabeth to visit with us in Salem.

The weather forecast is favorable, as will be the tides, for anyone wishing to travel out to the tall ship by skiff. The Captain and Mate, Linda, will also be actively recruiting volunteer sailors for the day trip North next week

[Harbormaster]

It's good to see that they've got their computer guy back again, so we can all follow what they are up to.

[Thad Van Gilder]

awesome!!!! ever so much closer to New Jersey...

I'm not familiar with the Boston area, but is Salem really north of Boston?????

-Thad

[paladin]

Ain't that where they burned witches...are they gonna use it for firewood?

[Binnacle Bat]

About a 20 nautical mile trip, more East than North, at least by the compass.

Still more in the direction of Maine than NJ

You are probably safe 'til next Summer, unless they get blown out to sea by a stiff westerly, then sent your way by a Northeaster.

[Binnacle Bat]

Ain't that where they burned witches...are they gonna use it for firewood?

They did put a few witches to death an Salem a long, long time ago. I believe they were hanged, not burned. Certainly not one of the high points of North American jurisprudence or tolerance, but that's the sort of thing that can happen when the Koran, Bible or Torah is taken too seriously as law.

Might be the start of a good Guy Faulk's day bonfire though. Never saw such a badly hogged boat that wasn't older than I am.

[Roger Long]

They did put a few witches to death an Salem a long, long time ago.

It was actually in Peabody but don't tell that to anyone in the huge Halloween industry that a bit of historical misinformation (Peabody was part of Salem at the time) has created in Salem. Halloween is now bigger in Salem than Christmas. Followers of this saga will remember that it was a voyage to Salem a year ago to be a ghost ship on the waterfront during their annual two week haunted holidays blowout that began the Portland saga. This trip was interrupted by a storm of 12 kts gusting to 15 which so incapacitated the crew and overwhelmed the clothesline steering gear that she was forced to seek shelter in Portland resulting in probably more words being written as a result of a ship seeking shelter than ever in the history of sail.

Hopefully, there will be a spell of gentle westerly winds followed just at the right time by SW winds backing, again just at the right time, into the east so that the ship can get there on time to provide joy to the many children who will scamper up and down steep ladders seeking ghosts and scary thrills. I can't think of a mission for which she is better suited.

[Harbormaster]

Do we have a spy in Salem that can tell us when she gets there?

[Steve Paskey]

This trip was interrupted by a storm of 12 kts gusting to 15 which so incapacitated the crew and overwhelmed the clothesline steering gear that she was forced to seek shelter in Portland ...

12 gusting to 15? Holy cow ... that must have been when they stared down those 30-foot waves that Mr. McKay keeps talking about.

[Tom Hunter]

I'm in Salem,

Haunted Happenings kicked off with the parade last night and runs until Haloween. Prevailing winds blow into Boston Harbor so it may take some time for Capt McKay to get underway.

Many of the witches were from what is now Peabody, but not all. If you did not rat someone else out you hung, except for one guy who was pressed to death. The Judges house, court and the gallows were all in what is now Salem.

When she shows up I will get some pictures.

[Roger Long]

I'm in Salem,

How about starting a new thread and giving us the local perspective on "Friendship", a wooden ship you don't hear too much about. I followed her construction closely so have always been interested in her.

[Gerarddm]

David Crosby famously once said that you can't BS the sea. Eventually this poor schlub will get caught in something even moderately bad and will pay a terrible price.

[Harbormaster]

I wouldn't put too much stock in what the web site says; if there's no one to update it, then the information just gets outdated. The wind hasn't been real favorable for a jaunt to Salem for the last week, He'll have crew when the wind is right, he'll still probably need a tow when he gets in close to the harbor.

[Tom Hunter]

I rowed the harbor Monday and there was no sign of RF. As Roger and Harbor Master have mentioned, the wind is a big problem for a trip like this, a breeze that gets you out of Boston keeps you out of Salem.

If he could get her to point higher it's a nice sail.

[Harbormaster]

Look out, if you check their web site, they are on their way!

http://www.rawfaithadventures.com/

[Vince Brennan]

Oooooh! Looky! I think he's got a side job in the winter clearing parking lots! (Or is that my beard?)

[Steve Paskey]

As of 4:30 this afternoon:

RawFaith is safely at dock in Salem, MA near the Salem East Indiaman, Friendship. She is awaiting Coast Guard inspection for her temporary mooring certificate before tours can begin.

As someone astutely noted in early November of last year:

Originally Posted by Tom3
I'm afraid Portland may just turn into a replay of Rockland.

Ready for Round Three in Salem?

I wonder how the harbormaster in Salem feels about an unexpected "house guest" for the winter. Given RF's history, there's a good chance that could happen.

[Thad Van Gilder]

I might have to visit! I am been thinking about a visit to Friendship!!!!

[Steve Paskey]

The latest from Salem ... tours begin at 9 a.m. Saturday.

RawFaith has received her USCG certificate of inspection. Tours will be conducted from 9 to 5 beginning Oct 16.

[JimConlin]

I'm relieved that they're safe. We've had some weather.

[Tom Hunter]

Pics coming later today, she is docked opposite Freindship now.

[Roger Long]

Pics coming later today

Thanks. No rush. She is going to be there for a long, long time.

Please take the tour. With all these posts, we still don't have a good comprehensive account from someone who has done so.

[Tom Hunter]

I'm having some trouble downloading photos from my phone camera, so no picks right now.

I did go on board for a few minutes. Capt McKay was answering questions when people asked. I didn't see formal tours as such, more like come on board and look around. Below decks was closed, I don't blame them for that at all, things go for a walk when you have a lot of tourists on board.

[Tom3]

Thanks. No rush. She is going to be there for a long, long time.

Ayuh.

[Upnorth1]

T'ain't much but in the interest of bumping up the thread I found this on a Twitter search. An actual picture of Raw Faith in Salem Harbor.
http://yfrog.com/f31mzj

[Thad Van Gilder]

so how wonderful is it to have rawfaith in salem?

-Thad

[Harbormaster]

From my standpoint it is marvelous.

[rbgarr]

T'ain't much but in the interest of bumping up the thread I found this on a Twitter search. An actual picture of Raw Faith in Salem Harbor.
http://yfrog.com/f31mzj

That walled cut looks like a good safe winter berth for her. i feel better about that versus her berth in Portland last winter, kind as Phin Sprague was to let her lie in.

[Thad Van Gilder]

I wonder if their plan is to winter in Salem? did they ever get that oh so clever diesel auxiliary installed?

-Thad

[peter radclyffe]

the relief crew will be there soon



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Zizzily | 27 aprile 2009
Star Trekkin' across the universe, On the Starship Enterprise under Captain K...



Zizzily | 27 aprile 2009
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward 'cuz we can't find reverse.

Lt. Uhura, report.
There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Analysis, Mr. Spock
It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse.

Medical update, Dr. McCoy.
It's worse than that he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead Jim;
it's worse than that he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead.

It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, Jim.

Starship Captain, James T. Kirk:
Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, men.

It's worse than that he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead Jim;
it's worse than that he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead.

Well, It's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow,
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, scrape 'em off, Jim.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, and things are getting worse!

Engine Room, Mr. Scott:
Ye canna change the laws of physics, laws of physics, laws of physics;
ye canna change the laws of physics, laws of physics, Jim.

Ah! We come in peace, shoot to kill, shoot to kill, shoot to kill;
we come in peace, shoot to kill; Scotty beam me up!

It's worse than that he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead Jim;
it's worse than that, he's dead Jim, dead Jim, dead.

Well, it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, not as we know it;
it's life, Jim, but not as we know it, not as we know it, Captain.

There's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow, starboard bow;
there's Klingons on the starboard bow, starboard bow ahhhhh!

Ye canna change the script Jim.
Och, #!& Jimmy.

It's worse than that it's physics, Jim.

Bridge to engine room, warp factor 9.

Och, if I give it any more she'll blow, Cap'n!

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, 'cuz we can't find reverse.

Star Trekkin' across the universe,
On the Starship Enterprise under Captain Kirk.
Star Trekkin' across the universe,
Boldly going forward, still can't find reverse.
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[Steve Paskey]

bump. No updates from Salem for a full two weeks. It's now mid-November. At this time last year, RF was tied up at the PYS docks in Portland, there to stay until spring. Any reason to think she's going anywhere? Or is Salem it for this winter?

[Tom Hunter]

She is still tied up at the dock opposite Freindship. I have no idea what her plans are or how long she can stay.

[Steve Paskey]

She is still tied up at the dock opposite Freindship. I have no idea what her plans are or how long she can stay.

The folks at the NPS might consider asking Friendship's low-class "neighbor" to move along. From the Salem News, dated November 19:

Ship afire

The Fire Department got a few concerned calls Wednesday morning when a black cloud of smoke appeared near Friendship. It was definitely smoke from a fire, but it wasn't aboard Friendship. It came from Raw Faith, the reproduction 1600-era pirate galleon docked nearby. Turns out somebody used a lot of newspaper to get a wood stove going that morning aboard the ship.

[Thad Van Gilder]

wow, that's awesome! I can't wait to hear more news about that thing!!!!!

-Thad

[Harbormaster]

Extra, extra read all about it....

Anyone interested in the newest News about the RawFaith?

It really is delishious.

[Boatguy1972]

Extra, extra read all about it....

Anyone interested in the newest News about the RawFaith?

It really is delishious.

And so it begins... we should start a support group for those of us that have had the pleasure to 'work' (deal?) with the Raw Faith. At the rate its going, it would be a national organization in no time.

[Iceboy]

By all means. Bring it on.

[Paul Pless]

It really is delishious.

come on with it

[Harbormaster]

Okay, due to the overwhelming requests - twist my arm.

The RawFaith has been at the docks belonging to the National Park Service. Though he was given permission to use the docks, now he says he doesn't have the crew to leave, he wants to stay the winter. They want him out of there, so they called the Salem Harbormaster. They had a little shouting match, and the Harbormaster arrested the good captain for trespassing. I believe he yelled at the HM something along the lines of, "You won't be happy till I take the boat out to sea and sink her..."

He has till the 9th of December to leave or the case goes to court. He says he'll gladly leave, but he doesn't have crew, and he has to wait for the weather. We've heard the story before, now he wants to head to Bermuda, but has to wait for the right wind direction. The HM doesn't want him to send him out to sea, but if he can't stay at the NPS dock, there's no place else in Salem for her to stay. Salem's HM asked me how big a crew he'd need and I think I said at least 6, but where to find 6 naifs?

Stay tuned, she may be back in Maine before too long!

[StevenBauer]

... and the Harbormaster arrested the good captain for trespassing.

Sounds like the Salem HM has some bronze gronicles.


Steven

[Harbormaster]

He's a 30 year member of the Salem Police Department, he's got some enforcement cohones!

[FSS172]

..... now he wants to head to Bermuda.....

My god.... he really doesn't have any sense of reality.... hence the name, I guess. I just hope he doesn't take anyone down with him...

[Ian McColgin]

Actually, a large wooden thing is remarkably easy to more or less park and stay. I'm thinking of an infameous old wooden grain barge made into a very cool house that took years and years for MassPort to kick off their pier and decades for various private dock owners to get rid of. If you work at a combination of denial and ignore 'em . . . It takes huge money to go through the legal process of condemning something and then the municipality is stuck with expensive disposal. That's why so many abandon vessels line the intercoastal. This is a long tradition but older stuff, like the Wiscasset schooners, become scenic.

McKay is not a person of integrity, vision and courage. Rather, he shows a pattern of delusional abuse of others in almost every dealing with no shred of taking responsibility for anything.

[Steve Paskey]

Wow. I suspected that he didn't have permission to stay the winter and that things would come to a boil, but this goes beyond anything I imagined.

I understand why the HM doesn't want to force him to leave, but unless and until someone puts their foot down rather firmly, it seems that Mr. McKay will abuse any kindness or mercy he's shown.

If they can't or won't force RF to leave the harbor, they should at least block McKay from living on the boat over the winter.

[Boatguy1972]

If they can't or won't force RF to leave the harbor, they should at least block McKay from living on the boat over the winter.

Its not a matter of can't or won't force him to leave, its a matter of getting him to leave on his own.

If you block him from getting to the boat over the winter you have essentially evicted him from his home and seized his boat. The major problem with that is that it now leaves them semi-responsible for the boat.

[Steve Paskey]

Its not a matter of can't or won't force him to leave, its a matter of getting him to leave on his own.

How do you propose they do that? And where does he go next? Do you simply punt him down the coast (or up the coast) to another harbor where the HM is less "persuasive"?

[James McMullen]

The next newspaper, blog or tv reporter who perpetrates the blatant lie of "reproduction 1600-era pirate galleon" is going to get a stern talking-to from me. This flagrant nonsense has got to stop! Folks who co-enable a madman's delusions ought to be charged as accomplices.

[Yeadon]

The next newspaper, blog or tv reporter who perpetrates the blatant lie of "reproduction 1600-era pirate galleon" is going to get a stern talking-to from me. This flagrant nonsense has got to stop! Folks who co-enable a madman's delusions ought to be charged as accomplices.

More effective ... a quiet and helpful explanation of what is reality versus what they've been told. Otherwise, they'll probably chalk you up for an early afternoon drinker and ignore you outright.

[James McMullen]

From the Points East article:

A pillar of George McKay's philosophy of life is that everything you need to know to do anything is readily available from any number of existing public resources

.

So this means he will be choosing to represent himself in court, I take it.

[Ian McColgin]

"everything you need to know to do anything is readily available from any number of existing public resources"

My mother and father are reputed to have only told one lie each to each other. Mom was raised in moderate wealth in Wellsley Hills with maids, a cook, driver, groundsman etc. and really did not know much about housework when she and Dad started dating in the romance of post war Pan American. He asked if she could cook and Mom, reasoning that there were cookbooks and she could read, said, "Yes." Dad's little lie was, "Well, it doesn't really matter."

My surviving sibs are too young to recall the early part of Mother's learning curve towards becoming an ok if unimaginative cook. I recall the charcoal briquettes masquerading as biskets. And the sole leather stolen from our cobbler and fancifully called port chop.

Boat building and seamanship are a bit like cooking. Sure it's all there in some book somewhere. But McKay didn't read the right book.