The Don Turner Award from the USS Constitution Museum recognizes a person or team of people, professional or amateur, who have contributed significantly to efforts to preserve important vessels or who have made a significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of ship design and construction. Ralph Warren Stanley was presented with the award by Anne Grimes Rand, President of the USS Constitution Museum on June 26, 2013.
Description: The Don Turner Award from the USS Constitution Museum recognizes a person or team of people, professional or amateur, who have contributed significantly to efforts to preserve important vessels or who have made a significant contributions to our knowledge and understanding of ship design and construction. Ralph Warren Stanley was presented with the award by Anne Grimes Rand, President of the USS Constitution Museum on June 26, 2013.
“Museum [and Southwest Harbor Public Library] trustee Ralph Stanley received the 2010 Edgar B. Caffrey Award at the Antique & Classic Boat Festival on August 28 in Salem, Massachusetts. Stanley is renowned as a builder and designer of traditional wooden boats, especially lobsterboats and Friendship sloops. According to Festival organizers, the Caffrey award is given “to a person who has made an ‘exceptional contribution to the preservation and appreciation of maritime heritage’” (emphasis original). As an award recipient, Stanley joins company with such boating luminaries as Dana Story, Joseph Garland and Olin Stephens.” – “The Bay Chronicle”, Newsletter of the Penobscot Marine Museum, Autumn 2010, p. 7.
Description: “Museum [and Southwest Harbor Public Library] trustee Ralph Stanley received the 2010 Edgar B. Caffrey Award at the Antique & Classic Boat Festival on August 28 in Salem, Massachusetts. Stanley is renowned as a builder and designer of traditional wooden boats, especially lobsterboats and Friendship sloops. According to Festival organizers, the Caffrey award is given “to a person who has made an ‘exceptional contribution to the preservation and appreciation of maritime heritage’” (emphasis original). As an award recipient, Stanley joins company with such boating luminaries as Dana Story, Joseph Garland and Olin Stephens.” – “The Bay Chronicle”, Newsletter of the Penobscot Marine Museum, Autumn 2010, p. 7. [show more]
The lobster yacht at the end of the dock is the “Sarah Holloway” built in 2004-2005 for Tom Chappell, founder of “Toms of Maine.” She was designed by Ralph Warren Stanley and his son, Edward Warren Stanley, and built by Ralph’s son Richard Lewis Stanley. “Sarah Holloway” is 36’ and has a 465 HP Yanmar diesel.
Description: The lobster yacht at the end of the dock is the “Sarah Holloway” built in 2004-2005 for Tom Chappell, founder of “Toms of Maine.” She was designed by Ralph Warren Stanley and his son, Edward Warren Stanley, and built by Ralph’s son Richard Lewis Stanley. “Sarah Holloway” is 36’ and has a 465 HP Yanmar diesel.
Aboard Seven Girls, Ralph's Lobster Boat Left to Right: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Linscott - Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley (1933-) Peacor – Robert Warren Peacor (1928-) Ralph Warren Stanley and Robert Warren Peacor are Second Cousins as they share a great-grandfather: Dix - John Dix (1829-1910).
Description: Aboard Seven Girls, Ralph's Lobster Boat Left to Right: Stanley - Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Linscott - Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley (1933-) Peacor – Robert Warren Peacor (1928-) Ralph Warren Stanley and Robert Warren Peacor are Second Cousins as they share a great-grandfather: Dix - John Dix (1829-1910).
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.
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.
Nancy was photographed at the party celebrating Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. She is holding a photograph showing (left to right) her brother, Ralph Warren Stanley, Craig Milner (co author of Ralph’s book, “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004.) and Dr. Ralph Stanley taken in Brunswick, Maine.
Description: Nancy was photographed at the party celebrating Ralph Warren Stanley and Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley’s 50th Wedding Anniversary. She is holding a photograph showing (left to right) her brother, Ralph Warren Stanley, Craig Milner (co author of Ralph’s book, “Ralph Stanley : Tales of a Maine Boatbuilder” by Craig S. Milner and Ralph W. Stanley, published by Down East Books, Camden, Maine 2004.) and Dr. Ralph Stanley taken in Brunswick, Maine. [show more]
Back Row - Left to Right: Nadine Marie Stanley – born June 18, 1957 - Mrs. Timothy Wayne Goodwin Margery Ann Stanley – born June 21, 1959 - Mrs. Robert Lee Rankin Richard Lewis Stanley – born March 14, 1962 Edward Warren Stanley – born November 15, 1963 Front Row - Left to Right: Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley (1933-) This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant, 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine.
Description: Back Row - Left to Right: Nadine Marie Stanley – born June 18, 1957 - Mrs. Timothy Wayne Goodwin Margery Ann Stanley – born June 21, 1959 - Mrs. Robert Lee Rankin Richard Lewis Stanley – born March 14, 1962 Edward Warren Stanley – born November 15, 1963 Front Row - Left to Right: Ralph Warren Stanley (1929-2021) Marion Louise (Linscott) Stanley, Mrs. Ralph Warren Stanley (1933-) This photograph was taken at Demuro's Top of the Hill Restaurant, 1 Main Street (Route 102), Southwest Harbor, Maine. [show more]