Ep 22 - Story Boats: The Tales They Tell Pt.1

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Mystic Seaport Museum presents "Story Boats: The Tales They Tell", a fascinating collection of historic watercraft and the tales that go with them. From May 28 to August 14, the show presents 18 boats and the people behind them. The Gowrie Group, a division of Risk Strategies, sponsors the podcast and the Conversations Gallery.

The exhibit's lead sponsor, Gowrie Group, a division of Risk Strategies, is one of the nation's leading yacht insurance agencies and is Mystic Seaport's longtime insurance partner.

1880s River life- Shellfishing in white pine dugout canoes

Mystic Seaport Watercraft Guide

Story Boats: Watercraft tales teach us classic boat history.

Mystic Seaport Watercraft Guide

The Boat Shop takes on the smallest watercraft.

"Mystic Built" was the watchword of the 19th century shipwright.

The Mystic Shipyard, headed 29 years by Quentin Snediker, tackles historic refits.

Mystic refloated the pride of Plymouth. Mayflower II.

Courtesy of Mystic Seaport Museum

The Boat Livery, brainchild of John Gardiner, "take out a boat".

Dyer Dhow sailing on the Mystic River is waiting for visitors.

A rack full of frostbite dinghy history, the Dyer Dhow on top

Mystic Seaport Museum- Rossie Building

The story of Americas' "Unsinkable" runabout, the Boston Whaler.

The 13 foot Whaler in the flesh next to the sawn in "Half Whaler" from Life Magazine, 1961

Mystic Seaport Museum- Rossie Building

L Francis Herreshoff was a canoe enthusiast, here his treatment of an elegant kayak

Mystic Seaport Watercraft Guide

LF's modern wooden kayak updates a Native American design

Mystic Seaport Watercraft Guide

Laser designer Bruce Kirby will have his #0 flying high in the Thompson Exhibition Building.

Clay Burkhalter offshore in the Transat. 2007

Courtesy of Clay Burkhalter

Dories await visitors for "Story Boats"

Audio & Visual Production by Griffin Bengraff