Golden splendor on the Charles W. Morgan
July 11, 2013 4:00 pm
• Last Updated: July 12, 2013 11:07 pm
SAILFEST 2013
Mystic - Shipwright Matt Barnes installed the billethead on the bow of the 19th century whaleship Charles W. Morgan Thursday at the Mystic Seaport's H.B. duPont Preservation Shipyard.
The gold-leafed piece, a replacement for the ship's original decorative piece, was carved in 1991 by shipwright Roger Hambidge. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence as well as a National Historic Landmark, is slated to be re-launched on July 21st this summer and embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports, in the spring of 2014.
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