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No. 42
SEA HISTORY
OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE WORLD SHIP TRUST
SEA HISTORY is publi shed quarterly by the National Maritime Hi storical Society, 132 Maple Street , Croton-on-Hudson , NY 10520. Application to mail at Second Class rates is pending at Croton-on-Hudson, NY. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sea History , 132 Mapl e St. , Croton, NY 10520. COPYRIGHT © 1986 by the National Maritime Historical Soc iety. Tel. 914 271-2177 . MEMBERSHIP is invited: Plankowner $10,000; Benefactor $5 ,000; Sponsor $1 ,000; Donor $500; Sustaining Patron $250; Patron $ 100; Contributor $50; Family $35; Regular $25; Student or Retired $ 12.50. All members outside the USA please add $5 for postage. SEA HISTORY is sent to all members. Indi vidua l copies cost $2.75. OFFICERS & TRUSTEES are Chairman: James P. McAllister; Vice Chairmen: Alan G. Choate, James Ean ; Presidenr and Treasurer: Peter Stanford ; Vice Presidem: Nonna Stanford; Secretary: John H. Reilly , Jr. ; Trustees: Henry H. Anderson, Jr., Alan G. Choate, Thomas Hale , Karl Kortum , J . Kevin Lally, Richardo Lopes, Robert J. Lowen, James P. McAllister, Nancy Pouch , John H. Reilly, Jr. , Spencer Smith , Peter Stanford; Chairman Emeritus: Karl Kortum ; Preside111 Emeritus: Alan D. Hutchi son. OVERSEERS: Chairman: Townsend Hornor; Harris L. Kempner, Clifford D. Mallory , Schuyler M. Meyer, Jr. , John G . Rogers, John Stobart. ADV ISORS: Co-chairmen: Frank 0. Braynard, David Brink; Raymond Aker , George Bass , Francis E. Bowker, Oswald L. Brett , George Campbe ll , Frank G. G. Carr , William Main Doerflinger, Harry Dring , John Ewald , Joseph L. Farr , Timothy G. Foote, Richard Goold-Adams , Mel Hardin , Robert G. Herbert , R. C. Jefferson, Irving M. John son , John Kemb le , Charles Lundgren, Conrad Milster, William G. Muller, George Nichol s, Capt. David E. Perkin s USCG (ret.) , Richard Rath , Nancy Richardson, George Salley, Melbourne Smith , Ralph L. Snow, Albert Swanson, Shannon Wall , Robert A. We instein , Thomas Well s, A ICH . Charles Witthol z. American Ship Trust, Secretary: Eric J . Berryman . WORLD SHIP TRUST: Chairman: Frank G . G . Carr; Vice Presidents: Henry H. Anderson , Jr. , Viscount Ca ldecote , Sir Rex Hunt , Hammond Innes , Rt. Hon . Lord Lewin , Sir Peter Scott, Rt. Hon. Lord Shackleton ; Hon. Secretary: J. A . Forsythe; Hon. Treasurer: Richard Lee; Men sun Bound , Dr. Neil Cossons , Maldwin Drummond , Alan McGowan, Arthur Prothero, Peter Stanford. Membership: £ 12 payabl e WST , c/o Hon. Sec ., I29a North Street , Burwell , Cambs. CBS OBB , England. Reg . Charity No . 27775 1. SEA HISTORY STAFF: Editor: Peter Stanford; Mana ging Editor: Norma Stanford; Associate Editor: Lincoln P. Paine; Assistant to the President: Barbara Ladtl; Accounting: Alfred J . Schwab; Advertising: Joseph Stanford ; Membership Secretary: Heidi Quas; Membership Assistant: Patricia Anstett ; Corresponding Secretary: Marie Lore.
WINTER 1986-87
CONTENTS 3 7 8
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LETTERS , EDITOR ' S LOG , QUERIES ISLANDS IN THE STREAM OF HISTORY , Peter Stanford THE GOSNOLD VOYAGE OF 1602: INTRODUCTION, Lincoln Paine CAPTAINE GOSNOLS VOYAGE [EXTRACT], Gabriel Archer SCHOONER LIFE, Charles F. Sayle, Sr. SAILING SHENANDOAH, Robert Douglas NANTUCKET AND PITCAIRN , Edouard A. Stackpole MODELMAKER ' S CORNER: THE CHARLES W. MORGAN, Lloyd McCaffery RIGGING A SIXTEENTH-CENTURY SHIP , Nick Benton MARINE ART: BERT WRIGHT , John Stobart MARINE ART NEWS SAIL TRAINING: OPERATION SAIL 1986 , Peter Stanford A VIEW FROM THE BRIDGE , Capt. Daniel Robatto ADMIRAL SIR ISAAC COFFIN, Lincol n Paine ASTA NEWS SHIP NOTES: THE SOCIETY FOR SEAMEN ' S CHILDREN , Mary L. Greene SHIP TRUST ACTIVITIES REPORT , Frank G . Carr, Eric Berryman REVIEWS WINTER ALONGSIDE , Frank F . Farrar
COYER : An independe nt a nd cheerfu l spirit is caug ht in the s tance of man and boy as they gather seaweed on the Nantucket shore in this turn -of-the-century painting by E li zabeth R . Coffin . Beyond them are the masts of the ubiquitous schooners that bind them to a wider world . Courtesy the Nantucket Historical Association.
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