Mystic Seaport picture dump

Here are some snaps of where Sam is spending his summer. In no particular order.

Some water front action. The Museum covers about a mile of the Mystic River and attempts to recreate the feel of an early nineteenth century New England coastal town. These buildings are all open exhibits containing things like period homes, banks, blacksmith shops, printers, etc.

This is not a historic vessel. It's just a beautiful private cruising yacht that was in port recently for a wooden boat show.

The Joseph Conrad. This is one of Mystic's period vessels. It is a later nineteenth century vessel built to train boys for the Danish merchant marine. It is now used to house summer sailing camps for the childrens.

The L. A. Dunton. This is a 1920s fishing schooner. A crew of about 18 men would live in this, along with a cargo full of dried/iced cod. Smelly.

The Dunton's jib boom and waterfront view.

This is 1/4 of a late 18th-early 19th century rope walk. It would actually have been over 1000ft long. The Plymouth cordage company was the most prestigious rope manufacturer in the world for over a century. That probably doesn't sound that cool, but just try being in the middle of the north Atlantic with bad rope.

This is a full scale replica of the Amistad - the Spanish slaving schooner featured in Steven Speilberg's film of the same name.