Sailing the Ship

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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."

Charles W. Morgan book cover

The Charles W. Morgan: A Picture History of an American Icon

This book captures the Morgan's amazing journey through an 80-year whaling career, seven decades as a museum exhibit, her recent restoration, and her historic 38th Voyage in 2014.

Tack talk video

Captain: Tack talk

How exactly does a square-rigged vessel sail? The captain explains all.

Atop the world video

Crew: Atop the world

Put a camera on your head, then climb to the top of the tallest mast.

Crew Interviews

"if you’re walking onto a ship that’s moving, that’s sailing, you look at it with different eyes…" Crew members share insights on their time sailing the Morgan.

Deck log: August 1-2, 2014

Deck log: August 2, 2014

Day sail from New London. "0905 Set fore topmast staysail, mizzen staysail, fore lower topsail, main lower topsail on port tack"

Deck log: August 1, 2014

Deck log: August 1, 2014

Day sail from New London. "1005 Abeam G 1 and R 6 exit New London entrance, wind S F2, skies: hazy"

Deck log: July 31, 2014

Deck log: July 31, 2014

Day sail from New London. "1011 ...at Rapid Rock; wind: F1 SW, skies: light haze"

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."

"... 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.