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The following story appears Winter
2009 issue:
BLACK PEARL SAVED BY BONE YARD BOATS SUBSCRIBER
My first clue
that we may have saved BLACK PEARL – the 52’ brig built by Lincoln
Vaughn in the 1940’s and featured on the cover of the Fall ’08 issue –
arrived in an email:
BLACK
PEARL AT SUNSET
“Some energetic
people I met at a wooden boat meet a couple of years ago put an offer in
on her… You may have possibly saved the BLACK PEARL…”
Eric Dahler of
Vintage Yacht Share, who first brought the plight of BLACK PEARL to my
attention, was able to confirm that the boat had, indeed, been sold. I
quickly contacted said “energetic person” and Bone Yard Boats subscriber,
Nick Alexander, owner of the 1936 Sam Crocker-designed 51-foot schooner
LIBERTY & Liberty Excursions on Lake Ontario.
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The following story appears Winter
2009 issue:
BLACK PEARL SAVED BY BONE YARD BOATS SUBSCRIBER
According to
Nick, “When I ordered Bone Yard Boats, I was hoping to make up for the
missed opportunity of not knowing the Schooner TRUANT was available –
posted in Bone Yard Boats (Spring 2007 Issue), now lost to the rocks in
RI. When the first issue arrived, my wife grabbed it and packed it with
an early snack for the trip from Lockport NY to Marine City MI to look
at an old Crocker ketch. When she read the information on the BLACK
PEARL, I grabbed the phone and called. It never left my mind through the
entire trip. The Crocker was beyond repair, other than building a new
one (we have a fondness for Crocker boats). We have been looking to
expand our sail charter business for the last two years and finding a
boat that has History, proper lines, made of wood, and available for a
fair price has been a struggle. We got a call back about the BLACK PEARL
and set up to see it the following weekend.
“She is on the
hard, and we are re-fastening the hull for a spring launch in March 2009
– other than that, lots of elbow grease, fitting, sanding, painting, and
driving to Connecticut. Her new USCG Documentation will read: BLACK
PEARL, Olcott, NY. Now western New Yorkers, among others, will be able
to ride aboard her as we continue to rebuild her. To put aside any
questions, BLACK PEARL is a Brigandine. A wooden Boat should have
History; this one does. The BLACK PEARL has and will have much more
History to come. Life is good.” – Capt Nicholas & Amanda Alexander
Liberty
Excursions (716-433-0410)
www.libertyexcursions.com
Vintage
Yacht Share, LLC (508-207-7040)
www.vintageyachtshare.com
info@vintageyachtshare.com
Click below
for original story in Fall 2008 issue:
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