Ogeemah and the Librarian

George Dealy, a HRHB member, recently sent us a photo of Ogeemah, his family’s sailboat, built in 1903, the same year as Eleanor, although he didn’t know that at the time. His great grandfather bought her and his grandfather and great uncle sailed her. George has a few trophy cups that she had won and […]

Eleanor’s Solo Sail

Do you remember Hurricane Floyd? He passed through the Catskill/Hudson area in September 1999 and caused over 16 million dollars worth of damage in New York alone. The letter below, one of many written by Louise Bliss to family members, the children of Eleanor’s third captain Phillip S. Egan, updates them on the journey and […]

Stalled

A surprise email in our inbox on December 22 informed us that we have to vacate our work site by the first of the New Year. We’re moving. Not far, but it’s enough to make us change course for about a month. Four nights worth of valuable Thursday volunteer hours will now be diverted to […]

Sailing another Clinton Crane Classic

Volunteer Mark Weartherup had the joy of sailing on an Idem, an 1899 Clinton Crane classic designed specifically for the light winds of the St. Regis Lakes in the Adirondacks. In the first photo you can see the minum crew.  From bow to stern they are Jib, Running Back Stays, Helm and Mainsail.   Here […]

Nathaniel S. Wilson – Sailmaker

Nat is a Master sailmaker, rigger and sail designer based in East Boothbay, Maine. He is most well known for building sails for large traditional sailing vessels in the United States and abroad. Nat is very excited about designing and building sails for Eleanor as sailboat Eleanor is being restored rather than being replicated. To […]

Saving the Sailboat Eleanor

Published in the Register Star, January 27, 2016 p.A11 William Burrows, four year member and volunteer, stands beside the new deadwood for Eleanor.  The construction of the deadwood, designed after the 1903 deadwood, was engineered by Burrows and took several months to make.  The new deadwood is constructed of four slabs of White Oak.  The […]