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hi, i'm leon poindexter and
we're here in fort point channel
this used to be the actual waterfront of boston. this is where the boston tea
party happened
and we're coming up now on the eleanor
and what we're gonna see is the new view of eleanor that we haven't seen before
she of course was built out of an old fishing vessel from gloucester
uh... she's about 89 feet on deck
uh... with bowsprit. in all she's probably over 115
120 feet long long
we're coming up on the eleanor's stern right now
uh... she's got two sets of galleries
uh... across the stern is what's called a stern gallery
and on the side are the quarter galleries
the next thing we are coming up to here is the channels
and on top of the channels as you can see are the dead eyes
and this is what holds the rig outboard of the vessel
all these channels of course are
have got chain plates so that the iron work is fasten into the side of the vessel
and this whole system is what puts the tension on the shrouds
uh... to keep the mast stable
so what is the most prominent and most beautiful feature of the eleanor
of course is a figurehead
john roe the owner and his wife
never had any children of their own
so he decided to name eleanor after a niece
and that's of course was uh... was eleanor
we don't have any pictures of eleanor
uh... what we read that uh... eleanor looked just like her mother
except we don't have any pictures of her mother
but it turns out that
eleanor's mother
was john roe's wife's twin sister
and we do pictures have of her
so this is what
eleanor looked like.
the man on the medallion is of course john roe himself
though they have john roe and his niece, eleanor
and a family portrait
after looking at eleanor's figurehead
uh... the beaver course was of course a quaker vessel
and instead of uh... carrying a figurehead she carried what we call
billet head. a billethead is a very fancy scroll
the quakers were not
into using our fancy figurehead a little more simple bill if you have a more
modest
adornment for the bow the vessel
gary anderson of connecticut carved both the uh... eleanor figurehead and
figurehead and this handsome billethead for the uh... for the beaver
above the billethead here you can see the bowsprit
following the head rails back you go to the
cat head
and the anchor
and then of course you can see the rig here
the rig is a brig
brig means its a two masted ship
with square sails on both masts
well the museum is fully open
visitors are coming down and enjoying the ships
are we still have a few details
dua take care of and working right along on that
but uh... that's about all the time we have been uh...
and I need to get back aboard and check on what we are doing