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OUT-OF-PRINT NAUTICAL BOOKS. SEA FEVER BOOKS. Thousands of titles. E-mail: seafeverbooks@aol.com; Ph. 860-663-1888 (EST); www.seafever bookstore.com. FARON GOSS, by Diane Lechleitner. A beautifully written novel set in coastal Maine. When the body of Alison Goss washes up on Menhaden Island, the working-class fishing community of hard-hewn ways and salty perspectives is faced with deciding the future of her son, Faron. Bound together by weather and sea, Menhaden neighbors with good hearts and blunt opinions are brought to life with vivid prose. Readers will feel the ocean swells and inhale the scent of sea air and pine trees in this visually descriptive, intimate experience of small town Maine. Published by Green Writers Press and available on Amazon or from your local bookstore. THE AUTHORITY TO SAIL by Commodore Robert Stanley Bates. The fully illustrated authoritative history of US Merchant Marine licenses and documents issued since 1852. Coffee-table size book, 12” x 14.” Order direct: The Parcel Centre, Ph. 860 739-2492; www.theauthorityto sail.com. THE LOST HERO OF CAPE COD by Vincent Miles. The story of an elite mariner, Captain Asa Eldridge, and the 19thcentury battle for commercial supremacy on the Atlantic. Reviews, availability at www.lostherocapedcod.com and Amazon. com. INGALLS COLD WAR NUCLEAR SUBMARINES by Chris Wiggins. The exciting story of how America’s Gulf Coast Shipyard built nuclear attack submarines—and what those boats did once at sea. Paperback • 220 pages • 130 images • $20. Go to amazon.com.
KEEPING THE TR ADITION ALIVE by Capt. Ray Williamson. The remarkable story of Maine Windjammer Cruises,TM founder of the windjammer industry. 172 page, 11 x 14 hardcover book with over 100 full-page images from the days of cargo to the present. Price–$48. Call 800 736-7981; email sail@mainewindjammer cruises.com. CUSTOM SHIP MODELS, HALF HULLS. Free Catalog. Spencer White, 4223 Chestnut Dr., Center Valley, PA 18034. SHIP MODEL BROKER: I will help you BUY, SELL, REPAIR, APPRAISE or COMMISSION a model ship or boat. www.FiddlersGreenModelShips.com. PRESIDENTS PLAYING CARDS. All 46 US presidents are represented on these playing cards with interesting facts and quotes. www.presidentsplayingcards.com. SOLID BRASS LIMITED EDITION INSTRUMENTS manufactured by the Franklin Mint. Fifteen different functional navigational & nautical solid brass instruments (The Discovery of the Astronomical Compendium, The Discovery Sextant, the Equatorial Sundial, Guenter’s Quadrant, the Universal Ring Dial, Astrolabe, and others) created for the National Maritime Historical Society commemorating the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus. Contact: liquidations@verizon.net. PIRATE PLAYING CARDS AND PRINTS by Signature ASMA Artist, Don Maitz, National Geographic contributor and originator of the Captain Morgan Spiced Rum character. Full-color playing cards have different watercolor images on each face. Prints present sea-rover adventurers. Order from: www.paravia.com/ studioshop. FINE ART PRINTS OF SEA ROVERS & BUCCANEERS by award-winning ASMA Signature artist Don Maitz. Visit: www.paravia.com/DonMaitz.
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NATIONAL PARKS PLAYING CARDS. Many of America’s National Parks are represented on these cards with interesting facts and images. www.Arc turusLLC.net.
monument and all that it represents. As the custodians of US Navy UDT-SEAL history, it is our mission and honor to be a part of this endeavor.” (National Navy UDT-SEAL Museum, 3300 N. Hwy. A1A, North Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, FL; www.navysealmuseum.org) … New Jersey’s official tall ship, A. J. Meerwald, operated by the Bayshore Center at Bivalve (BCB), is undergoing a comprehensive $1.35 million restoration. “The first two phases of the restoration were replacing the ship’s systems including the installation of a new engine and generator.
This was followed by replacement of the jib and foresail, rudder, propeller and new galley,” said executive director Brian Keenan. “The third and final phase will be replacing everything from the waterline up on the ship. After 25 years of sailing and 100,000 passengers, she is showing her age and in need of care.” The shipyard work is being conducted by Clark & Eisele Traditional Boatbuilding of Belfast, Maine; it is anticipated that the Meerwald will be able to return to New Jersey for the summer sailing season in June of next year. It is funded by a grant from the NJ Historic Trust of $535,000 and private donations; the group is working to raise an additional $200,000 to address the increases in material costs related to the pandemic. Commissioned by the Meerwald family, the ship was built by Charles H. Stowman & Sons in Dorchester, NJ, and launched on 7 September 1928. She was used as an oyster dredge until being commandeered by the Maritime Commission under the War Powers Act in 1942; she was outfitted as a fireboat in service of the Coast Guard. She was returned to the Meerwalds in 1947 and subsequently sold to Clyde A. Phillips. (continued on p. 50) SEA HISTORY 177, WINTER 2021–22