IN WITH THE OLD MORGAN-STYLE

need of a larger table. The ultimate satisfaction is being able to see what often takes weeks of hard work, sweat, and sacrifice wrapped up nicely in just one hour.

The aesthetic antique shop visits can be viewed as the caulking of a boat. Where the actual wood and nails are necessary to form the structure, it’s the caulking that seals it tight and makes it seaworthy. When the producers of the show and local designer turned host, Rebecca Lineberry, reached out to the Museum to get inspiration for the kitchen countertops of a local Old Mystic historical home, we couldn’t think of a better way for the Museum to be involved than to be the metaphorical “caulking of the boat.”

This summer, Scott Gifford, Project Manager and Lead Shipwright at the Henry B. du Pont Preservation Shipyard, spent the day in front of the camera as he explored design inspiration with Rebecca aboard the Charles W. Morgan and across the Museum. They looked at various species of wood, planking styles, and trunnel (tree nail) fastenings. This will culminate in a Morganinspired kitchen countertop crafted by the talented shipwrights at Mystic Seaport Museum and will forever link a local homeowner’s special old home with the Museum’s distinctive old boat!

Sophia Matsas, Vice President of Marketing and Communications

ABOVE: Mark Boughton, Commissioner of the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services; Hank Webster, Deputy Commissioner of Energy at the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP); Richard Blumenthal, United States Senator; Aundré Bumgardner, Connecticut State Representative; Danielle Chesebrough, Stonington First Selectman; Deborah Downie, Stonington Selectwoman; Heather Somers, Connecticut State Senator; Peter Armstrong, Mystic Seaport Museum President

RIGHT: Solar panels on the roof of the historic Rossie Mill