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Built in 1882 in Brooklyn, she represents the best of the Schooner yacht era prior to wealthy owners turning to steam.  Built at the Poillion Brother's yard, 'Montauk' had a long and wonderful history among her varied owners. 24 x 30 Oil

Peconic Bay, eastern Long Island with Robins Island in the background. Shown are a typical coasting schooner and small local sloop rounding the south race of the Island. Oil on canvas 24x36

Grace Bailey was built in Patchogue, Long Island in 1882 for the lumber trade, carrying cargo to her owner's lumber yard for years. she now sails in the windjammer trade out of Camden, Maine having been fully restored in 1990. Shown here under her original rig as she may have appeared in coastal waters on the eastern seaboard. 24x30 Oil on canvas

Whaleboat on the davits of a nineteenth century whale ship. These well built, light craft saw hazardous duty in the pursuit of whales carrying a crew of oarsmen, harpooner and helmsman along with a supply of equipment including a sail should the boat be pulled or drawn out of sight of the Whale ship. Oil on canvas 18x24

22 X 28 Typical of the northern oyster dredger, Modesty was built to harvest scallops and oysters from Peconic Bay and surrounding waters. Shown here underway with dredges overhead, she would make a run, head into the wind, pull the dredges, empty the harvest and repeat the tack until the hold was full...if luck was with them on that day.

One of the last Gloucester based fishing schooners, she gained a reputation in the fishing schooner races held in the 1920s, defeating the few rivals still around.

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