Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch . . . .

While Niagara is away, crisscrossing the Great Lakes, work continues at the Erie Maritime Museum.  Here, Carpenter Adam Stanisz and Apprentice Alethea Gaarden work on lofting Cutter I.

Off to the Races!

It’s a tight pack leaving Fairport Harbor in the season’s first Tall Ships (c) race.  Pride of Baltimore II leads the group, followed closely by Appledore IV, the Niagara and Dennis Sullivan.  The light southerlies, forecasted to go easterly later today...