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Tom Daniels_October_2014 Windcheck Magazine

Tom Daniels: A Sailing Deckhand’s Perspective

"And that’s the thing about working on this ship; the experience swings from the mundane reality of pulling lines and setting fenders to these moments of awe and gratitude."

Fouling panel after 38th Voyage

Marine Bioinvasions: The Biologist’s Eyes

The Charles W. Morgan is not just a piece of living history. Through her 38th Voyage, the ship also provides a window into the biological past.

Stowaway: Last Hurrah on the Last Wooden Whaler

I spent my last night alone, in the dark on the world’s last wooden whaling ship. How fitting for a stowaway. My crew mates had packed their bags and left the ship heading in different directions. For some, home was just a few hours away. For others, home was over the horizon, sailing to the far reaches of the world.

CharlesW. Morgan at Chubb's Wharf

History Alive: The Future of the Past

For those fortunate enough to visit the ship at her home in Mystic Seaport, to step on her deck is to be inspired by what she accomplished both in her whaling career and during the 38th Voyage.

Provincetown sunrise

Stowaway: Looking back at the 38th Voyage

I talked with some crew and Mystic Seaport staff members, and this is what they had to say. Enjoy!

Morgan in the dark

Stowaway: Reflections of a Stowaway

"For the first time I saw the lower topsails flying in the night sky. It was glorious."

Barclay the seal

Stowaway: Stranded in Cape Cod

The Cape Cod Canal is known for its mighty sea current. Boaters aren’t the only ones that can get stranded in Cape Cod Bay. This weekend, the Morgan crew members “adopted” one of the young harbor seal pups named Barclay.

Eagle

Stowaway: Canal Talk

Learn the history of the waterway that separates Cape Cod from the rest of Massachusetts.

Old Ironsides video

The Morgan vs. Old Ironsides

The U.S.S. Constitution and the Charles W. Morgan, this nation’s oldest military and commercial ships, are now docked together at the Charlestown Navy Yard.

"... sailors were not really supposed to sleep. They were supposed to work. And it is in seeing them work that one truly begins to appreciate the whaleship as an intricately calibrated wood, rope, and canvas machine."

Karim Tiro: Screw the Past

Reflections on the extraordinary range in the life of the nineteenth-century whaleman.