Friday, July 17, 2015

American Dream: A Wooden Boat on the Coast of Connecticut

American Dream: A Boat to Putter On

By Norma Jaeger Hopcraft

Hundreds of rocky promontories comprise the coast of CT.  The town of Noank clings to one of them. I explored it one day. It's full of glamorous houses (I'll show you a few in another post). But it's got its own seafaring tradition, and I homed in on it.



Now here's a wooden boat for you. 

It would take several years to scrape the peeling paint off.

A close-up of the elbow grease this job requires.

Here's a nearby boat shed, the shingles dry and curling in the intense sun and salt air.

What boats do in these waters: set lobster pots, with their markers floating on the surface.

Here's the lobster traps.

Here's a boat in better condition. What a relief!

The pilot house (missing two walls) of a working lobster boat in Noank. How about you? Do you want to have a seafaring tradition? Comment below!

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