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Charles W. Morgan sails to Newport

38th Voyager Matthew Ecklund plays a Tahitian ukelele on the mid deck.

Second Mate Sean Bercaw watches the crew work aloft as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan.

The crew of the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan unfurls the main sail.

Image No. 4 | Chief Mate Sam Sikkema watches the crew work aloft furls the sails as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan is towed into Newport Harbor.

Chief Mate Sam Sikkema watches the crew work aloft furls the sails as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan is towed into Newport Harbor.

Image No. 5 | Deckhand Dan Roche, bottom right, uncoils a gasket as he helps furl the fore course as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan sails from New London to Newport.

Deckhand Dan Roche, bottom right, uncoils a gasket as he helps furl the fore course as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan sails from New London to Newport.

The tug Sirius tows the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan into dock at Fort Adams State.

Deckhand E. Foretek shouts instructions as crew members furl the fore lower topsail.

The tug Sirius tows the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan into dock at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, RI.

Image No. 9 | The morning sun lights the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan as it gets ready to get underway from City Pier in New London, Conn., en route to Newport, RI Sunday, June 15, 2014.

The morning sun lights the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan as it gets ready to get underway from City Pier in New London, Conn., en route to Newport, RI Sunday, June 15, 2014.

Deckhand Dan Roche raises the Connecticut state flag as the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan gets ready to depart from City Pier.

Image No. 11 | Sailing deckhand Tim Reilly climbs the boatfall from a whaleboat to board the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan as the crew gets ready to depart from New London.

Sailing deckhand Tim Reilly climbs the boatfall from a whaleboat to board the historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan as the crew gets ready to depart from New London.

The historic whaleship Charles W. Morgan sailed from New London to Newport, Rhode Island Sunday on the first leg of its 38th Voyage. After Newport the Morgan, the Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, sails to Martha's Vineyard this week and on to New Bedford, Provincetown and Boston this summer.