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."
Hester Blum: Sailing Stories "I was high in the rigging of the last remaining wooden whaleship in the world... and I was mildly terrified."
"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
"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."
"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.
Hester Blum: 18 Hours Before the Mast "The tattoo I thought I would get was the head of a Temple toggle harpoon. I was setting sail on the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan, and I wanted a tattoo to commemorate my journey."
Matthew Bullard: Morgan descendant Matthew Bullard wrote about returning to New Bedford on the Charles W. Morgan in SouthCoast Today.
"The radiant faces of my friends as this iconic vessel tied up at the wharf in New Bedford evoked pure joy, a deep and transcendent emotion, possibly akin to the realization of one’s best beloved returning home after a long and uncertain absence or a physical reaction to the unexpected fulfillment of a long-suspected desire." Michael P. Dyer: Magic, Luck, and My Passage "Many have called the Charles W. Morgan a “lucky ship.” I don’t know about that... the word “magical,” I think, may be a better description."
Peter Whittemore: A Top-Gallant Salute. The 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan Delivered by a descendant of Herman Melville, Peter Gansevoort Whittemore, on the occasion of her homecoming to New Bedford, MA.