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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Wyn Kelley with C. W. Morgan

Wyn Kelley: Voyage Journal

"I found myself blown about by all kinds of winds on this Voyage. If they weren’t exactly the ones that 'pintado and gannet' rely on, they certainly took me in new and unexpected directions."

Sagamore Bridge

Stowaway: Our Compass Points to Cape Cod

Clouds cleared at dawn and on July 8, the Charles W. Morgan set sail from New Bedford harbor for Cape Cod.

Ger Tysk: Nothing but an Island

A new book with original photography from travels including the 38th Voyage.

Ger Tysk: John Manjiro

Ger Tysk: Drifting Toward the Southeast

John Manjiro, the opening of Japan, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

"How would we, the voyagers, find quiet moments for reflection on this remarkable voyage? How would we behave among strangers?"

Wyn Kelley: The Bunk

"The bunks looked clean, simple, graceful, light. I tried to imagine sleeping in one. For the next ten weeks I tried to imagine sleeping in one. Those bunks looked hard."

Wyn Kelley Melville portrait

Wyn Kelley: Melville for engineers and scientists

As MIT students discover, “Moby-Dick is full of the very same physical forces that engineers and scientists study and manipulate."

"I took from time with the Morgan an energized and reconceived sense of how to stage participatory projects, both within the academy and under the aegis of other cultural institutions."

Hester Blum: Moon Shot

"... the whaleship's grand time-traveling act taught me a great deal about how we might better invite our students and the public to engage history."

Baker Jibboom Parade The Day

Edward Baker: Jibboom Club Parade

Anything for a parade, right? Including a jibboom!

Blum crew video

Hester Blum: Charles W. Morgan videos

"... a few short videos I took with my phone of the crew at work hoisting and furling sail."

"Melville could laud the inhuman sea because he had experienced the participatory culture of sailor communities aboard ships like the Charles W. Morgan."

Wyn Kelley: “Lauding the Inhuman Sea”

A scholar ponders Melville's pessimism and connects it to our own time.