American Schooner Association | P.O. Box 484, Mystic, CT 06355
Come join us for an evening of tall tales, tall drinks and great camaraderie. Start the weekend catching up with friends old and new. Bring your favorite libation and snack food. Bring your instruments and voices and join in!
0900 Coffee and pastries 1000 Meeting comes to order 1100 Meeting Closes 1100 Social hour before lunch and presentation 1200 Lunch 1300 Featured Presentation 1400 Meeting Concludes
Walt Ansel, Director of the HB duPont Restoration Shipyard, will present a Power Point slide show of Mystic Seaport’s Grand Banks Schooner LA Dunton and her current restoration. The ship was hauled by cranes December 2022 and placed ashore at the North end of the yard on a concrete slab to keep the shipyards lift dock haul capacity open for other vessels. Dunton has lost 3 ½’ of sheer over her life time and was rebuilt in 1964 with the wrong transom shape. Mystic Seaport intends to return the vessel to her original beautiful shape and restore her hull to full strength so that she can sail again.
Walt will show historic photos, new photos and CAD drawings of the original hull shape as developed by Roger Hambidge. Walt will also describe the challenges of partially deconstructing and “bending” a 115’ schooner back to her proper shape without cutting off large portions of the hull.
Accommodations
Hampton Inn & Suites Mystic 6 Hendel Drive Mystic, Connecticut, 06355 860-536-2536
The Association has blocked 25 rooms at a negotiated rate of $$110 a night, if booked prior to January 1st. Use code “ASA” when booking.
