Charles W Morgan Restoration; A Volunteer's Perspective-1

[Morgan Volunteer]

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The last few details.



Hidden deck lighting for evening events.



The captains bed is made up.



Loading the whale oil barrels.






More to go.

[swoody126]

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i can feel the excitement, all the way down here!

many thanks for having us along

sw

[Tom Robb]

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I remember the Old Man's quarters as quite a bit larger and thwart ways in the stern. That looks more like the first mate's or doctor's if one were aboard. Did you guys remodel her?

[Morgan Volunteer]

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The 38th Voyage begins!

The night before the Morgan left on the 38th Voyage there was a party for all.



Two future shipwrights also attended.



What ever it is they are building, it certainly looks interesting.



The next morning, right on time, the rain stopped, the skies cleared, and the festivities began.





Time to go!

Lester was on the Roann, behind us.

[Morgan Volunteer]

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Pulling Morgan away from the dock.







1941



2014



She cleared the bridge with room to spare.

[Brian Palmer]

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Well Done!

[Morgan Volunteer]

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Just past the rail road swing bridge.



Susan and her husband decided to take their own boats.

[Hwyl]

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Superb

[Morgan Volunteer]

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We passed another well known place to visit in Mystic. (Actually it's in Noank.)

Abbott's is a great place to go for lobster or a shore dinner.

http://abbottslobster.com/index.html

Come by car or boat and feed your oyster crackers to the stripers from their dock. (aka rockfish)

I have been saying since I started this thread, there is a lot to do when you come to Mystic Seaport.



Now for the only hiccup in a perfect day.

The reason for going to New London first is right in front of the ship.

It is shallow here and the extra ballast will have to go on board later so this area can be cleared.

[Morgan Volunteer]

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We were too far back to see it but Morgan's keel got stuck in the mud.

The ship needs to make a hard right turn ahead.



With the help of all the seaport's small boats, the ship made it through.

Liberty is one boat that helped.



Paul, a shipwright standing in the bow, will finish the trip with us. Once the ship was into Fisher's Island Sound, Liberty returned and dropped him off so we could pick him up.

Paul's son, Liam helped me bring my boat to Mystic.



Off to New London.







From here, I went home. It's a three hour ride for me and the wind was picking up.


Be sure to watch the video.

http://www.theday.com/article/20140517/MEDIA0101/140519730/0/media04

http://www.theday.com/

[Gerarddm]

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Wonderful, and thanks for your part in making it possible.

[Tom Robb]

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God bless her and all who go down to the sea in her. Godspeed Morgan.

[swoody126]

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i don't have the words, to express my appreciation for the work you have done AND for taking us along on the process

THANK YOU

sw

[Morgan Volunteer]

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One more picture of the trip over to New London.

Thank you, Lester. Great photo.



Lester was on board Roann and climbed up on the mast.

Today we went over to New London and repainted where needed.

More ballast was installed. Today the guys put in 52 tons.





More rigging to go up.



Jake repainted the forward companionway.



I painted the inside of the head.

[Morgan Volunteer]

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There were crew members all over the rigging.



On the right, Sean, has been the captain of the Amistad. He is one of the mates for the 38th Voyage.





The Morgan was once owned by the J. & W. R. Wing Company.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._%26_W._R._Wing_Company

W for Wing.