Catskill to Kingston

This is the third of the memories about sailing on the Eleanor from R.S.B. of Rutland, Vermont. I was crew for the Eleanor on an overnight sail from Catskill to Kingston, NY in the summer of one of my college years. As we loaded the boat Pop fell on the gangplank to the dock that […]

Great Article in the Almanac Weekly by Debra Bresnan

Edwardian party to help fund restoration of 1903 sloop Eleanor Posted by Debra Bresnan on May 10, 2015 Louise Bliss spends her days and nights fulfilling the responsibilities that you normally expect from the leader of a non-profit organization: grantwriting, public speaking, administrative duties…but wait – is that her scraping paint off the hull of […]

Reconstruction Begins!

Center of keelson with temporary bolts Less than a year ago I wrote an article for Boating on the Hudson about the volunteers who are reconstructing the Eleanor. At that time the work was approaching a huge turning point. Eleanor was just about disassembled and the workers were anxious to start working with “new” wood […]

Louise tells the Eleanor Story

Louise Bliss, President of HRHBrass, wowed members of the Poughkeepsie Yacht Club as she told the story of the restoration of the Eleanor on December first. She compared the restoration of the Eleanor to the restoration and preservation of an historic building. Well-known designer and architect, Clinton Crane, who designed the Eleanor, had an important […]

Limber Holes and Love

This is the second of the memories about sailing on the Eleanor from R.S.B. of Rutland, Vermont. Climbing into the far reaches of the hull to clean out the limber holes when I was 14 taught me a lesson that I wrote about in my high school English class. In the spring there was always […]