New Bedford to Mass. Maritime Academy: July 8

On July 8, 2014 the Charles W. Morgan sailed from New Bedford to Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

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Holding a copy of Moby-Dick high, Stubb the second mate urges his rowers forward, in fierce pursuit of their prey. His shipmates, facing him in pairs along a conference table in Building 2, strain at their oars. The whale, a senior in biological engineering, breaches and dives in the vast watery space between table and blackboards...

Wyn Kelley: Ahoy, Engineers!

From STEM to stern, Herman Melville’s classic whaling novel resonates with MIT students.

Blum mates desk

Hester Blum: A List of Books that I Did Not Read on the Voyage

"The questions that structured my encounter with the whaleship, as it turned out, found unexpected answers: I neither read nor wrote a word while aboard."

Cristina Baptista in New Bedford 7/8/14

Cristina J. Baptista: Living History Interview

"I’ve become a time-traveler and indulged a childhood fantasy to sail on an old ship. I’ve managed to give voice to ancestors I did not know existed and could not imagine before this. I’ve seen another lifetime, and now I’m able to talk about it."

Blum hardtack

Hester Blum: Hardtack

"A staple of sea voyages and military campaigns for centuries, hardtack is exceptionally dry, solid, and designed to be non-perishable; it is not edible until soaked in liquid, and—if sailors’ jokes are any indication— not even then."

Deck log: July 6-8, 2014

Deck log: July 8, 2014

To Mass. Maritime Academy. "Exit... New Bedford Harbor entrance channel at G “5” and R “4”, head northeast up Buzzards Bay; wind SW F3, clear skies

Blum in rigging

Hester Blum: Sailing Stories

"I was high in the rigging of the last remaining wooden whaleship in the world... and I was mildly terrified."

Blum rigging

Hester Blum: Charles W. Morgan, Her 38th Voyage

A Voyager's photo narrative

"Though the Clerk of the Weather insist, / And lay down the weather-law, / Pintado and gannet they wist / That the winds blow whither they list / In tempest or flaw."

Wyn Kelley: ‘The Winds Blow Whither They List’

New Media Literacy, Participatory Culture, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

Cristine J. Baptista. Taking Her Back

Cristina J. Baptista: Taking Her Back

A Portuguese-American poet explores ancestry, heritage, history, and self in 78 poems inspired by the Morgan.

Bill Jacobik pg. 1

Bill Jacobik: Voyage Journal

A Museum volunteer shares his experiences on the Voyage and his thoughts on the Morgan's history with New Bedford.