We said goodbye to a long-time member of the North River Historic Ship Society on Jan 2, 2015. Our board’s treasurer Captain John W. Doswell died after a long illness. John’s wife, Jean made the following statement: JOHN W. DOSWELL A star has fallen from the sky – a very bright star. John W. Doswell passed away peacefully […]
CONTINUE READINGNew York City’s 2014 fireworks will be displayed over the East River so our annual fundraiser on the Hudson River is canceled. Please consider making a donation in support of historic ships.
CONTINUE READINGNothing was impossible for John Krevey—or so it seemed. He bought an old lightship that had spent years on the bottom of Chesapeake Bay, dug tons of mud out of it, scraped off a million or so barnacles and (three years of work later) sailed it to New York City where it became one of […]
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