March 2016 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 9. MMA's Schooner BOWDOIN Getting a New Deck and &c.
CAMDEN – There are several notable proj- ects underway this winter, and one of them is on Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner BOWDOIN, which is getting a new deck at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine in Cam- den. Presently they are on the downside as she is now going back together.
Hannah Gray is the spokesperson for the project. She explained, “The primary purpose of this project is to replace the deck. The deck was just starting to leak when we took it off. There was a little bit of water intrusion around the beams, they were wet, but not rotten. It seems like we got to it just at the right time. So, we are replacing the deck, the bulwarks, the cap-rail, covering boards and the fi rst three strakes of planking, all of the top timbers and a bunch of odds and ends, that when we took off the deck we realized needed attention. There are a cou- ple of deck beams, mast partners and some smaller pieces that also needed attention. We ended up taking more planking off in order to replace some of the frame heads and do a little work on the ceiling.
“That is the wood working part of the project and the systems part of the project Cummins has very generously given us a discount on a new generator. They are also offering to rebuild the engine as part of the project with our students. She is getting a new exhaust, electrical panel, water maker, and refrigeration units.”
BOWDOIN came in the last week in October and was hauled out on the travelift. A crane came in and removed the engine and generator, and then took off the windlass and deck houses. She was then moved into the building and scaffolding was built around her. Then arrived a dumpster and they just
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started tearing off the deck and other affected areas.
“The lead shipwright is Andros Ky- pragoras,” added Hannah. “Since we are a state organization we put out a request for a proposal and his was the proposal that was selected. He came in in partnership with Lyman-Morse, who is offering us the space and doing systems work. Andros and his crew are doing all the woodworking side of things.
Sometimes it has been very diffi cult to
fi nd good wood to work with. This project was fortunate to learn of a large stand of pine trees that had recently been harvested. The trees were planted in 1904 by a forestry professor in Vermont. He just passed away but his son has all of his pruning records. He would go out and measure each tree every year. His son would go out with his father and visit his favorite tree. This tree was growing 20 percent faster than all of the other trees around it. He was just really a fanatic about it. It was time for this stand to be cut down as it was near the end of its life span, about 100 years. So in 2014, they cut it down and we bought it. It is just beautiful. For pine, it has no knots and its growth rings are really tight. It is just really nice wood.” As for the other wood needed in the project, that is coming from a wood com- pany in Massachusetts.
Early in February they were just about
fi nished planking. The only planking left was back near the transom, which was going to need to be steam bent into place. They were also getting close to fi nishing up on the transom. Up on deck they were getting out the covering boards and once these are complete they will start putting down the
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ERNESTINA-MORRISSEY Continued from Page 8.
great leadership. When you have a guy like David Short, who knows what he’s doing in all phases of construction; that is really important.”
EFFIE M. MORRISSEY was built for
the John F. Wonson Co., of Gloucester, MA, by James & Tarr Shipyard in Essex, MA and was launched 1 February 1894. She was named for her fi rst master’s (Captain William E. Morrissey) 16 year old daugh- ter. EFFIE M. MORRISSEY designed was based on the MABEL D. HINES launched the previous year. On her maiden voyage she went salt banking and arrived back in Gloucester 28 July with 250,000 salt cod. In 1905 she was sold to Capt. Ansel Snow of Digby, NS, Canada, but remained registered
A view of BOWDOIN, showing the deck beams and new top timbers in place.
deck. Hannah added, “That will go fast. It is the detail work in the deck that will go a little slower.”
She also said, “The engine is being put back together right now. We have the gen- erator ready to drop in, the water maker is already installed, and today they brought the exhaust pipe here so they are welding that up now. They are fabbing new fuel tanks and they should be ready at the end of the week. We’re kind of getting ready to throw a lot of stuff into the boat. Sometime in the spring when we are near fi nished, the scaffolding will come down, the boat will go out, and the generator and engine will get dropped in.
We will also put the deck houses on, before pushing the boat back in for the fi nal fi nish work before commissioning. The date she is going back in the water will be June 1.” The Academy just hired a new master for BOWDOIN, Captain Emma Hathaway. Once the boat is in the water and back over at her home-berth the boat will be readied for two two-week trips to Halifax, which is part of a class offered at MMA for students interested in traditional sailing. As for a voyage up into the Arctic, there is no time this year, but it is hoped they can in the not too distant future.
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in the United States. In 1914 she was sold to Harold Bartlett of Newfoundland and went under British registboory. She was sold to his brother Capt. Bob Bartlett, a well-known sealer and Arctic sailor. She was readied for Arctic sailing and made her fi rst trip there in 1926. During World War II she made secret voyages into the Arctic for the U. S. Navy. In 1946 Capt. Bob Bartlett passed away in New York and EFFIE M. MORRISSEY was to New York owners. The following year she caught fi re and was scuttled, but she refused to die. In 1948 she was sold to people in New Bedford. Her engine was removed, her name changed to ERNESTINA and she went under the Portuguese fl ag. She then became a Cape Verde Packet. She is now owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and home-ported at New Bedford, MA.
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