Description: Acadia, built for Adrian Edmondson who wanted a Friendship sloop like the Endeavor but twenty-eight feet long instead of twenty-five-and-a-half.
Endeavor being prepared for launch with Freedom alongside. Endeavor was the first Friendship sloop Ralph Stanley built for himself and not for an order.
Description: Endeavor being prepared for launch with Freedom alongside. Endeavor was the first Friendship sloop Ralph Stanley built for himself and not for an order.
The Morning Star and Freedom were two Friendship sloops worked on by Ralph Warren Stanley. in this image they are seen sailing off Mount Desert Island in October. He was completing the rebuild of the Morning Star for Robert Wolfe when Richard "Dick" Dudman asked him to build a new Friendship. The two sloops were finished in Ralph's shop at the same time.
Description: The Morning Star and Freedom were two Friendship sloops worked on by Ralph Warren Stanley. in this image they are seen sailing off Mount Desert Island in October. He was completing the rebuild of the Morning Star for Robert Wolfe when Richard "Dick" Dudman asked him to build a new Friendship. The two sloops were finished in Ralph's shop at the same time.
The Morning Star with alternate planks removed during rebuilding. Ralph Warren Stanley rebuilt this Friendship sloop for Robert Wolfe in 1976. Just about all of the original materials of the sloop were replaced during the rebuild.
Description: The Morning Star with alternate planks removed during rebuilding. Ralph Warren Stanley rebuilt this Friendship sloop for Robert Wolfe in 1976. Just about all of the original materials of the sloop were replaced during the rebuild.
Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley and Richard Stanley load rock ballast into the Endeavor, a Friendship sloop Ralph built between 1979-1980. The beach rocks that were originally loaded into the open cockpit have since been replaced with lead.
Ralph Stanley and Richard (Dick) Dudman, who Ralph had just finished building the Friendship Sloop Freedom for, during the Friendship Sloop Regatta held every year in Rockland, Maine.
Description: Ralph Stanley and Richard (Dick) Dudman, who Ralph had just finished building the Friendship Sloop Freedom for, during the Friendship Sloop Regatta held every year in Rockland, Maine.
Ralph Warren Stanley (on the left) and Craig Milner (on the right) stand together at a table displaying an image of Ralph's boat Acadia, the first two violins he built, and "Ralph Stanley: Tales of a Maine Boat Builder." They are at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut.
Description: Ralph Warren Stanley (on the left) and Craig Milner (on the right) stand together at a table displaying an image of Ralph's boat Acadia, the first two violins he built, and "Ralph Stanley: Tales of a Maine Boat Builder." They are at Mystic Seaport, the maritime museum in Connecticut.
From left to right: Robert Rankin, Kyle Rankin, Marjorie Rankin, Marion Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley. Ralph is holding the first violin he ever built and the violin on the table is the second one he built. The boat pictured is Acadia.
Description: From left to right: Robert Rankin, Kyle Rankin, Marjorie Rankin, Marion Stanley, Ralph Warren Stanley. Ralph is holding the first violin he ever built and the violin on the table is the second one he built. The boat pictured is Acadia.
Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. A man driving a horse and buggy is just emerging from his drive (perhaps Dr. George Neal?).
Description: Note the board sidewalks on Main Street and the manure in the road. There are several pieces of Adirondack furniture on Dr. Neal's lawn. A man driving a horse and buggy is just emerging from his drive (perhaps Dr. George Neal?).
Rock End Dock, so called because it used to be owned by the Rock End Hotel which burned in 1942, is now called the Northeast Harbor Fleet Dock. It is located in Gilpatrick's Cove.
Description: Rock End Dock, so called because it used to be owned by the Rock End Hotel which burned in 1942, is now called the Northeast Harbor Fleet Dock. It is located in Gilpatrick's Cove.
This photograph was taken before the Manset shore was filled in. – According to Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), the White boat hauled up on shore in front of the William Spurling Newman house at 102 Shore Road, Map 17 – Lot 100 – was probably built by Leslie “Les” M. Rice (1883-1966) on Great Cranberry Island for William “Uncle Jimmy” Doane Stanley (1855-1950). She was built as a double ender. Someone bought her and put a square stern on her. Work was slow at Hinckleys for awhile so Bill Dunham (Wilfred Manson Dunham (1918-2001) and Lewis Tapley (Lewis Merton Tapley (1916-1985) bought her and went fishing, though not for long. Work picked up at the Hinckley yard soon afterward. The vessel was then bought by Abner W. Lunt (1908-1975), then she was bought by Luther C. Faulkingham (1901-1993) of Prospect Harbor, where she was the last time Ralph saw her. The wharf building with the false front was the building that Francis “Frank” Thompson Chalmers Sr. (1893-1985), F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) and Merton S. Alley (1904-1985) had a car dealership in. Almon Frank Ramsdell Sr’s (1873-1946) garage was there later. Hinckley may have owned the building when this picture was taken. James “Jim” M. Willis (1919-2006) later ran “The Boathouse” there. See SWHPL 9363
Description: This photograph was taken before the Manset shore was filled in. – According to Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021), the White boat hauled up on shore in front of the William Spurling Newman house at 102 Shore Road, Map 17 – Lot 100 – was probably built by Leslie “Les” M. Rice (1883-1966) on Great Cranberry Island for William “Uncle Jimmy” Doane Stanley (1855-1950). She was built as a double ender. Someone bought her and put a square stern on her. Work was slow at Hinckleys for awhile so Bill Dunham (Wilfred Manson Dunham (1918-2001) and Lewis Tapley (Lewis Merton Tapley (1916-1985) bought her and went fishing, though not for long. Work picked up at the Hinckley yard soon afterward. The vessel was then bought by Abner W. Lunt (1908-1975), then she was bought by Luther C. Faulkingham (1901-1993) of Prospect Harbor, where she was the last time Ralph saw her. The wharf building with the false front was the building that Francis “Frank” Thompson Chalmers Sr. (1893-1985), F. Dwight Perkins (1902-1981) and Merton S. Alley (1904-1985) had a car dealership in. Almon Frank Ramsdell Sr’s (1873-1946) garage was there later. Hinckley may have owned the building when this picture was taken. James “Jim” M. Willis (1919-2006) later ran “The Boathouse” there. See SWHPL 9363 [show more]
The boat on the left (#1 L 148) was owned by Carleton Barron Gilley (1921-2001) and was built by Paul Patton in Ellsworth. The boat in the middle (#1 M 551) is the 1st boat Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) built for himself in 1951. At the time this photograph was taken in 1960 Charles “Charlie” Montriville Gilley (1924-2006), leaning against it, was the owner. The boat on the right (#1 L 256), built by Robert “Bobby” Farnsworth Rich at his Bass Harbor Boat Shop was owned by Harold Edward Alley (1924-2004) , shown in the photograph working on the boat. The factory wharf in the back with white sardine carrier visible was the Addison Packing Company.
Description: The boat on the left (#1 L 148) was owned by Carleton Barron Gilley (1921-2001) and was built by Paul Patton in Ellsworth. The boat in the middle (#1 M 551) is the 1st boat Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) built for himself in 1951. At the time this photograph was taken in 1960 Charles “Charlie” Montriville Gilley (1924-2006), leaning against it, was the owner. The boat on the right (#1 L 256), built by Robert “Bobby” Farnsworth Rich at his Bass Harbor Boat Shop was owned by Harold Edward Alley (1924-2004) , shown in the photograph working on the boat. The factory wharf in the back with white sardine carrier visible was the Addison Packing Company. [show more]