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  1. GeoMorrissey

    I have been researching the Effie M. Morrissey for a while and wondered if you ever finished your beautiful model of her. WoodenBoat magazine has a fantastic three part article on her and the ongoing restoration in issues 270, 271 & 272.  The latest edition covers the extensive and radical restoration. Also it seems she has been renamed again and is now the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey.

    I found a good copy of that Library of Congress documentation from the Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) that you used.  Available at https://www.loc.gov/resource/hhh.ma1719.sheet?st=gallery

    The companion photo set is also full of great details. https://www.loc.gov/item/ma1719/

    The WB article talks about a lines plan taken off in 1931 that shows her shape when she was only 37 years old. Apparently she had hogged quite a bit in the years since so they combined the two lines plans and rebuilt very nearly the whole boat.  

    Many good photos at  https://www.flickr.com/photos/schoonerernestina-morrissey/ 

     

    1. allanyed

      allanyed

      Hi. Thank you VERY MUCH for sending the information and thank VERY MUCH for your compliment.  I finished the hull but never finished rigging her when the buyer had to cancel the order.    Alas, I am semi retired as of a week ago so hope to finish her one day.   Right now I am in the middle of another project and collaborating with the NRG on it so may have to leave Effie alone unless another buyer comes along.  If that happens I will jump on her and should be able to finish her in less than 200 hours.  As you probably know her original name in 1894 was for the daughter of the owner Effie Maude Morrisey and renamed after the new owner's daughter, Ernestina in 1948 so the new name makes some sort of sense.    

      Best regards  Allan

       

       

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