Amesbury Carriage Museum sails on the Gundalow Monday September 12th, Sailing 5-7pm from Lowell’s Boat Shop Please plan to arrive at 4:30pm, boarding by 4:45pm Join the Amesbury Carriage Museum and Portsmouth’s Gundalow Company on the lateen-rigged flat-bottom sailing river barge as it journeys along the Merrimack River. This special trip will board at Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury, MA, and make use of the tides and the wind to venture along the storied waterfront where boats like the gundalow once plied with salt marsh hay, bricks, lumber, and other goods. From the 1650s, gundalows were an efficient way to carry […]
Sail on the Gundalow in Newburyport and Amesbury, through Sept 13th, 2022 Public sails started Thursday Sept 8 in Newburyport, and will include a few days in Amesbury, with the last trip on Tuesday Sept 13th before we return to Portsmouth. Merrimack River Basin Before the arrival of automobiles and trucks, Merrimack gundalows provided vital transportation links in the region’s economy. In his book “The Piscataqua Gundalow: Workhorse for a Tidal Basin Empire”, Richard E. Winslow stated that the Merrimack River basin of Massachusetts ranked perhaps second to the Piscataqua in volume of gundalow traffic. In the stretch between […]
Portsmouth’s Innkeeping, Restauranting, and Entrepreneuring Couple
Jumpin’ Jays, Ore Nell’s BBQ, and The Sailmaker’s House are some of the well-known local brands the McSharrys own and operate
Luminous Seas with Brian Skerry Friday April 8th at 7pmVirtual World Oceans Experiences During his 24-year career as a National Geographic magazine photographer, Brian Skerry’s work has evolved from a purely natural history focus to highlighting problems in the ocean and illustrating solutions. With Luminous Seas, Brian takes us on assignment with him into the sea and guides us through his storytelling journey. His artistic interpretation of issues such as overfishing, climate change and endangered species combined with celebratory treatment of animals like sharks (giving them a ‘makeover’) and showing the value of marine protection, provides visual context for the […]
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“I have always loved being outdoors, and I love the ocean,” says Jess. “But maybe above all, I love being a part of conservation work and place-based outdoors education, seeing the reactions of the kids as they experience new things, be it a lobster under a rock or learning why the color of the sea is blue. They’re so curious and enthusiastic. Our camp headquarters along the shoreline at Creek Farm in Portsmouth is pretty spectacular. I love being there, and I love what I do.” LEARN MORE https://www.gundalow.org/jess-ohrenberger/
Sail like a local in Portsmouth Harbor! Afternoons. Sunset sails. Concert cruises. Charter sails LEARN MORE https://www.gundalow.org/sail-with-us/public-sails/
Newburyport Bank has donated $10,000 as the lead corporate sponsor of Gundalow Company’s upcoming Piscataqua Riverfest special event, to be held Saturday, June 4th, in partnership with Strawbery Banke Museum. The daylong family-oriented affair will include food and beverages, a boat show, games, face-painting, educational exhibits, and much more. “We are very pleased to be an avid supporter of Gundalow Company and its historic sailing vessel, the gundalow PISCATAQUA, which deftly blend environmental science with the history and maritime heritage of the Greater Seacoast communities to provide a relevant educational experience for the benefit of persons of all ages,” said […]
Rigs to Reefs: Re-purposing and Re-imagining the world’s offshore oil and gas platforms as some of the most productive marine ecosystems on the planet From Blue Latitudes with Emily Hazelwood and Amber Sparks Thursday March 31st at 7pmVirtual World Oceans Experiences In our daily lives, we all contribute to the global demand for offshore oil and gas, by driving our cars, turning on the lights in our homes, and continuing to rely on plastics. This demand has led to the development of thousands of offshore oil and gas platforms in almost every ocean on the planet. Although intended to produce […]
Voyage from New Hampshire to New ZealandWith Jeff and Molly Bolster Thursday March 24th at 7pmVirtual World Oceans Experiences Former Gundalow Company Executive Director Molly Bolster, and her husband Jeff, retired in 2018 to sail around the world. Far from seafaring novices, they nevertheless had not embarked previously on a voyage this ambitious. Just the two of them, watch on and watch off, they sailed their 40-foot cutter from New Hampshire to New Zealand — before Covid-19 shut the ports of the world to yachts. Join us as Molly and Jeff recount the challenges and satisfactions of a small boat […]
