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 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.
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.
Left to Right: Laurel Chamberlain (Hinckley) Towers, Margaret "Midge" (Hinckley) Smith, Mary Anne (Hinckley) Mead, Mary Louise (Buck) Hinckley, Penelope Hinckley
Description: Left to Right: Laurel Chamberlain (Hinckley) Towers, Margaret "Midge" (Hinckley) Smith, Mary Anne (Hinckley) Mead, Mary Louise (Buck) Hinckley, Penelope Hinckley