New Susan Constant Commissioned The Jamestown Settlement fleet has a new flagship . On Apri l 26, at the settlement near Williamsburg VA , the new Susan Constant was comm iss ioned with a sai lor's prayer: "Let your hand be stretched forth to command the w;iters to be quiet, Fill ow· sails with gentle and prosperous winds. Let not the sun be covered in storms by day, Nor the moon or stars conspire with the darkness by nightto spoil us by shipwreck. Guide us through that wildemess of waters till we safely arrive on shore." The Susan Constant, a recreation of the largest of th ree shi ps that brought America ' s first Engli sh colonists to Virgini a in 1607, was built at the settlement and replaces an earlier rep I ica that was retired last year. The ship ' s builder, Allen Rawl, began work in the fa ll of 1989 and completed it on time and within the $2. 1 million budget provided by the Commonwealth of Virginia fo r research, architectural design and construction. Rawl, revealing his own attac hment and dedication to the project, desc ribed the ships curves as "Rubenesque" and compared the commission ing to marrying off his daughters. "This ship is here to keep America young," said keynote speaker NMHS President Peter Stanford . The Susan Constant will allow young Americans to "dream great dreams" helping "re-create the fo undation of our civi lization in every generati on. " Although no plans or renderings of the original Constant have
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Dine in relaxed elegance in the heart of the South Street Seaport. Yankee Clipper's Wavertree Room The Yankee Clipper, one of South Street Seaport's finest restaurants, recently dedicated an opulently refurbished room to honor the historic Wavertree , a tall ship now berthed just outside the restaurant's multipaned windows. The dedication of the Wavertree Room goes beyond its physical proximity to its namesake, however, for the room actually once served as the office of Baker, Carver & Morrell , general agents who represented the Wavertree in the 1800s. -VIA PORT OF NY-NJ, March 1986
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