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- July 24th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- July 22nd, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Sloop ELF
Completely restored the oldest known small yacht in America, the 30 foot wooden class sailing yacht ELF, built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1888. Tomorrow Wednesday July 23 is scheduled to arrive Annapolis, Maryland and looking for a crew.
- July 20th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Tallship SOREN LARSEN
Tallship SOREN LARSEN sailing in a gale between Easter Island an Pitcarin, making 9 knots in great ocean sailing conditions.
- July 18th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Schooner Ernestina
Schooner ERNESTINA ( catalog #2010 )The official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and part of the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park. The Ernestina entered the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard in Maine to begin the rehabilitation of th
- July 17th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- July 16th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Falls of Clyde
Falls of Clyde the last floating fully-rigged four-masted ship in the world. After years of struggling to keep the Falls of Clyde afloat, Hawaii's Bishop Museum issued a call for a new benefactor who can provide the resources necessary to save the N
- July 15th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- July 13th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Victory Chimes
Victory Chimes (catalog #2000) is a three-masted, gaff-rigged Chesapeake Ram schooner, home-ported in Rockland, Maine. Built in 1900 in Bethel, Delaware as Edwin And Maud, Victory Chimes' dimensions are: length 127.5 feet, breadth 23.8 feet and depth
- July 10th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Brig Mary Celeste Mystery
It was on a cold, calm Winter morning in December 1872 when the barque the Dei Gratia spotted the Mary Celeste, and sparked off what must now be one of the best known unsolved mysteries of our time.
- July 8th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Robinson Point Lighthouse
Robinson Point Lighthouse ( catalog #3001 )on Isle Au Haut, Maine, height 40 feet established 1907
- July 7th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- July 4th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
The Voyage of the PICTON CASTLE
Barque PICTON CASTLE Cobh, IrelandVoyage of the Atlantic World 2008Captain's Log for the rest of the story
- July 1st, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Collector Prints July Special
Collector Fine Art Prints: July Special " Pride of Baltimore II " antique toned 11x16 archival pigment ink print on matt media, matted 16x20 (includes shipping and handling) $ 45.00To Order Print Click Here
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Parade of Sail
July 11th, 2008The 5th Annual Parade of Sail past Rockland Breakwater Lighthouse, Rockland, Maine.For the Rest of the Story Click Here.
- June 29th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Schooner Adventuress Grounded
Tugboats tie on to the schooner Adventuress after it ran aground Monday, at Orcas Island. No injuries were reported when the 95-year-old schooner ran aground at about noon in Wasp Passage in the San Juan Islands while sailing on a school trip. Adven
- June 27th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- June 26th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
FRIENDSHIP
Friendship, a reconstruction of a 171-foot three-masted Salem East Indiaman built in 1797.For the rest of the story Click Here.
- June 25th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Schooner Sylvina W. Beal Aground
The U.S. Coast Guard station in Eastport, Maine, says it received a report Monday night that the schooner Sylvina W. Beal had run aground near Indian Island in Head Harbor Passage and needed help. No injuries or pollution are reported and the coast g
- June 24th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
A Tall Ship
I must down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by . . .SEA-FEVER by: John Masefield
- June 22nd, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Windjammer Days
A CELEBRATION OF MARITIME HISTORY AND SAILINGBoothbay Harbor, MaineTHE 46th ANNUAL WINDJAMMER DAYS June 24 & 25, 2008 Windjammers committed to this year's festival are Alabama, American Eagle, Eastwind, Fame, Heritage, Lazy Jack, Lewis R. French
- June 21st, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
HMS Beagle Project
In 2009, the bicentenary of Charles Darwin's birth a sailing replica of the original HMS Beagle will be built. The HMS Beagle an icon of scientific progress,will circumnavigate the globe in Darwin's wake, crewed by aspiring scientists and researchers
- June 19th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
HMS Bounty
Bounty TodayThe Bounty was built in 1960 for MGM studios' Mutiny on the Bounty with Marlon Brando.Completely seaworthy and built just the way it would have been 200 years before, the new Bounty was constructed from the original ship's drawings still
- June 17th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- June 16th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- June 15th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
HMS Ontario Discovered
The HMS Ontario, a British warship built in 1780 has been discovered in deep water off the southern shore of Lake Ontario. In the early evening hours of October 31, 1780, the British sloop of war HMS Ontario sank with over 120 men, women, children an
- June 11th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Queen of the North Atlantic
My Latest Photo Digital Painting : BLUENOSE IIFishermen's scorn for the fragility of racing schooners and their crews led to the building of Lunenburg's Original Bluenose. Her launching in 1921 would be the birth of her glorious reign as Queen of th
- June 9th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Zeb Schooner Life
World Premiere June 26, 2008 A file documentory based on Zeb: Celebrated schooner Captain of Maratha's Vineyard: by Polly Burroughs. For the rest of the story Click Here. Schooner Alice S. Wentworth built 1863 in Norwalk, Connecticut, sailed by Catpa
- June 8th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Last Four-Masted Schooners
In June of 1932 the four masted schooners HESPER and LUTHER LITTLE were auctioned off and both "laid up" in Wiscasset, Maine ever since. The schooners were in good condition at the time, but the age of sail was near an end and no cargoes could be fou
- June 7th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
HMS VICTORY
HMS Victory was launched in 1765 at Chatham Dockyard and was commissioned in 1778. She continued in active service for the next 34 years which included her most famous moment-the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805. In 1812 the Victory was retired from front
- June 5th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Collector Prints
Collector Fine Art Prints: June Special " Main Boom " antique toned 11x16 archival pigment ink print on matt media, matted 16x20 (includes shipping and handling) $ 45.00To Order Print Click Here
- June 4th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
2008 Art Shows Schedule
If you have a chance stop by for a visit at any of my 2008 Art Shows.2008 Juried Art Show Schedule:July 12 Amherst Crafts on the Common Fair, Amherst, MA.July 26 & 27 45th Old Saybrook Arts Festival, Old Saybrook, CT.August 9 & 10 51th Mysti
- June 2nd, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Sloop CLEARWATER
In 1966, a handful of river-lovers decided to change the course of events that was destroying the Hudson, and reclaim a natural treasure for us all. They wanted to dramatize the rivers plight, recall its history, and help guide its future. They wante
- May 30th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Expedition WHYDAH
EXPEDITION WHYDAH Whydah is the first pirate shipwreck to be positively identified and therefore may be the only glimpse that we'll ever have into the material culture of an extraordinarily secretive group of men- the pirates of the 17th and 18th ce
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Tall Ship Wavertree
Built in 1885 for global cargo passages under sail, WAVERTREE is the largest full-rigged sailing ship built of wrought iron still afloat. After sailing for a quarter century, she limped into the Falkland Islands in December 1910, demasted rounding C
- May 28th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Schooners FAME and VIRGINIA
Schooners FAME & VIRGINIA the orginal FAME was built in Gloucester as a fishing schooner. During the War of 1812 became a privateer capturing at least 21 prizes before being wrecked in the Bay of Fundy in 1814. The orginal VIRGINIA was a pilot sc
- May 27th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Nubble Light
Cape Neddick " Nubble " Light, York, Maine. Established in 1876, first illuminated July 1, 1879. The distinctive red oil house was built in 1902. The Nubble light has probably appeared on more postcards and calendars than any other New England light
- May 23rd, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Schooner Atlantic
The recreation of the famed yacht ATLANTIC was launched on 15 March 2008, in Holland and is being rigged for another year in France. The original ATLANTIC was built and launched on Shooter's Island, New York in 1903. In 1905 the ATLANTIC set the rec
- May 20th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Fleet Goes Green
The Maine Windjammer Fleet goes green and joins the rest of America in observing the "Great Outdoors Month" during June. Informal workshops will be conducted aboard the windjammers to educate guest about "Leave No Trace" ethics. Click here for the re
- May 19th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Angelique
ANGELIQUE is unique among the Maine Windjammer Fleet, she is rigged as a ketch designed to resemble a Brixham trawler of the 1890s, the British counterpart of the American Gloucester fisherman. She is distinctive for her plumb bow, big fantail and d
- May 14th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Arctic Explorer
Recalling the vessels historic roots in Arctic exploration the schooner BOWDOIN will return to the Arctic this summer to read more click here.
- May 12th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Queen of the Windjammers
"Queen of the Windjammers" latest photo-impression on canvas of the Gloucesterman ADVENTURE outward bound from Boothbay Harbor, Maine. ADVENTURE was built 1926 in Essex, Massachusetts, 121.6 feet in length and 24.5 feet in breadth. She was one of th
- May 8th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Photo eBook
This photo eBook was just published, the photographs were made while on assignment aboard the United States Ship Constitution in Boston Harbor. OLD IRONSIDES: 1812 MARINES
- May 7th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Oldest Sailing Yacht ELF
Classic Yacht Restoration Guild current project is the complete restoration of the oldest known small yacht in America, the 30 foot wooden class sailing yacht ELF, built in Boston, Massachusetts in 1888.
- May 2nd, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
- April 29th, 2008
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fredleblanc has posted a new entry on: Frederick LeBlanc Photography
Sepia & Antique Prints
Recently I've been printing a lot of sepia & antique split tone images and posted some of my results on my website.
