It seems like research should be a linear progression – you discover information, and throw it into your big basket of known things. The problem, as I learned well running the boat shop at Mystic Seaport for 13 years – researching boats and boat types – is that much unearthed information is contradictory. Sometimes the individual memory of someone who…
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Agnes Muller Herreshoff’s photo album
A research trip to the Herreshoff Museum revealed a collection of wonderful artifacts. The first of these exciting discoveries, all of which will be shared in upcoming blog posts, include several photos taken by Agnes Muller Herreshoff. Found within Agnes’ personal photograph collection were several photos of the 1916 New York Yacht Club Cruise, King’s Cup Race. The daughter of Nathanael Herreshoff, she (presumedly)…
A New Beginning
Languishing in a boat yard in New London CT for 30 years, DORIS was scheduled to be scrapped at the end of August 2013. Given a one-year lease on life by the generous collaboration of a good friend and Taylor & Snediker Yacht Restoration of Pawcatuck, a search for a new owner was spearheaded. Now, thanks to an enthusiastic client, DORIS has been…