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Stargazer14

12-01-2003, 07:02 PM

Below is a small article from the awesome Nor'easter Magazine (http://www.noreastermagazine.com) , one of the most looked-forward-to papers in the mid-Atlantic.

It's sad to see old boats go...

http://www.dplus.net/stargazer/littlejennie.jpg

TimH

12-01-2003, 07:32 PM

They should have just let her rot away in peace.

Peter Malcolm Jardine

12-01-2003, 08:58 PM

So much for heritage preservation :rolleyes: :(

brian.cunningham

12-02-2003, 01:46 AM

Burning it would have been better! :(

ion barnes

12-02-2003, 03:47 AM

1) No money for restoration

2) Liability issues with a rotting hulk

3) Enviromental issues if burnt

Damned if you do, damned if you dont.

Billy Bones

12-02-2003, 04:41 AM

It is probably more accurate to say that she died when she left the Chesapeake. Sad.

ahp

12-02-2003, 09:54 AM

Did anyone ever see the "Smith Jones and Brown"? I saw her in the inner harbor of Woods Hole, MA, about 1959. Someone was living aboard and she was in terrible condition. I could see that there was a time when she was a big beautiful bugeye.

She was originally built as a fisheries petrol vessel for the State of Maryland. Smith, Jones, and Brown were the Fish Commissioners.