New Bedford to Mass. Maritime Academy: July 8

On July 8, 2014 the Charles W. Morgan sailed from New Bedford to Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

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Holding a copy of Moby-Dick high, Stubb the second mate urges his rowers forward, in fierce pursuit of their prey. His shipmates, facing him in pairs along a conference table in Building 2, strain at their oars. The whale, a senior in biological engineering, breaches and dives in the vast watery space between table and blackboards...

Wyn Kelley: Ahoy, Engineers!

From STEM to stern, Herman Melville’s classic whaling novel resonates with MIT students.

Blum mates desk

Hester Blum: A List of Books that I Did Not Read on the Voyage

"The questions that structured my encounter with the whaleship, as it turned out, found unexpected answers: I neither read nor wrote a word while aboard."

Cristina Baptista in New Bedford 7/8/14

Cristina J. Baptista: Living History Interview

"I’ve become a time-traveler and indulged a childhood fantasy to sail on an old ship. I’ve managed to give voice to ancestors I did not know existed and could not imagine before this. I’ve seen another lifetime, and now I’m able to talk about it."

Blum hardtack

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."

Deck log: July 6-8, 2014

Deck log: July 8, 2014

To Mass. Maritime Academy. "Exit... New Bedford Harbor entrance channel at G “5” and R “4”, head northeast up Buzzards Bay; wind SW F3, clear skies

Blum in rigging

Hester Blum: Sailing Stories

"I was high in the rigging of the last remaining wooden whaleship in the world... and I was mildly terrified."

Blum rigging

Hester Blum: Charles W. Morgan, Her 38th Voyage

A Voyager's photo narrative

"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

Cristine J. Baptista. Taking Her Back

Cristina J. Baptista: Taking Her Back

A Portuguese-American poet explores ancestry, heritage, history, and self in 78 poems inspired by the Morgan.

Bill Jacobik pg. 1

Bill Jacobik: Voyage Journal

A Museum volunteer shares his experiences on the Voyage and his thoughts on the Morgan's history with New Bedford.

Wyn Kelley with C. W. Morgan

Wyn Kelley: Voyage Journal

"I found myself blown about by all kinds of winds on this Voyage. If they weren’t exactly the ones that 'pintado and gannet' rely on, they certainly took me in new and unexpected directions."

Sagamore Bridge

Stowaway: Our Compass Points to Cape Cod

Clouds cleared at dawn and on July 8, the Charles W. Morgan set sail from New Bedford harbor for Cape Cod.

Ger Tysk: Nothing but an Island

A new book with original photography from travels including the 38th Voyage.

Ger Tysk: John Manjiro

Ger Tysk: Drifting Toward the Southeast

John Manjiro, the opening of Japan, and the 38th Voyage of the Charles W. Morgan

"How would we, the voyagers, find quiet moments for reflection on this remarkable voyage? How would we behave among strangers?"

Wyn Kelley: The Bunk

"The bunks looked clean, simple, graceful, light. I tried to imagine sleeping in one. For the next ten weeks I tried to imagine sleeping in one. Those bunks looked hard."

Wyn Kelley Melville portrait

Wyn Kelley: Melville for engineers and scientists

As MIT students discover, “Moby-Dick is full of the very same physical forces that engineers and scientists study and manipulate."

"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."

Baker Jibboom Parade The Day

Edward Baker: Jibboom Club Parade

Anything for a parade, right? Including a jibboom!

Blum crew video

Hester Blum: Charles W. Morgan videos

"... a few short videos I took with my phone of the crew at work hoisting and furling sail."

"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.

Michelle Moon whaleboat

Michelle Moon: MORGAN38 A Modern Maritime Adventure

"I wondered how the learning that might take place aboard the vessel would differ from the kinds of learning experienced by people who have visited the Morgan moored dockside at Mystic Seaport."

Log: July 8, 1846

The cook proves to be half baked....

Hester Blum Temple-toggle Harpoon

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."

Blum CRC scrimshaw

Hester Blum: Preparing for her 38th Voyage

"Before our actual voyage leg we met at the Seaport on a chilly, wet Saturday for our orientation, which included a tour of the Morgan’s renovation and the Collections Research Center."