Photo by Bill Ewen
Nantucket Clipper - Rondout Creek, Photo © Wm. H. Ewen, Jr


Sailing aboard the Nantucket Clipper
October 25 - November 4, 2003

The U.S.-flag Nantucket Clipper measures 207 feet long, 37 feet wide, and has a draft of eight feet, making it ideally suited for cruising shallow waterways. Built in 1984 in Jeffersonville, Indiana, by American craftsmen, the Nantucket Clipper's power is provided by two Detroit diesel propulsion engines rated approximately 500 SHP each, and maneuverability is increased by a 200 HP bowthruster. The Nantucket Clipper is classified +A1 Passenger Vessels +AMS by the American Bureau of Shipping, and is certified for coastwise and international service by the U.S. Coast Guard.

[Photographs - Cruising aboard the Nantucket Clipper from Alexandria, VA to New York and the Husdon River - May 2006]


26-28 October - Hudson River, NY

Fall Color in the Hudson River Highlands
Three Husdon River Lighthouses
Tugboats - Brian A. McAllister, Susan McAllister and Marjorie B. McAllister
Tugboats - Miriam Moran, Rhea Bouchard, Mister T, Zeus
Fireboat - John J. Harvey
Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island
Good Night New York City



29 October - New Jersey Coast and Delaware Bay

New Jersey coast after the Storm
Three Delaware Bay Lights
Research Vessel Cape Henlopen
Sunset on Delaware Bay



30 October - Annapolis, MD

Annapolis harbor and the United States Naval Academy
Chesapeake Bay Crab boat
Re-fueling the Nantucket Clipper



31 October - St. Michaels, MD

St Michaels, Maryland
Docking in St. Michaels
Skipjack H.M. Krentz
Chesapeak Bay Maritime Museum - Repairing a working skipjack
1879 - Hooper Strait Lighthouse
The beginning and the end of day


1 November - Norfolk, VA

Docking at the National Maritime Center - Norfolk, Virginia
Three masted Topsail Schooner American Rover
USNS Sirius and USNS Regulus
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Marine Operations Center
USS Austin in drydock



2 November - Potomac River

Mount Vernon
Fort Washington and Fort Washington Light


3 November - Alexandria, VA

Old Town Alexandria




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