You are able to gift 5 more articles this month. Anyone can access the link you share with no account required. Learn more. AUGUSTA (AP) – A 38-foot shallop completed an 11-day journey Thursday that ...

Nearly 400 years ago, when English settlers in Jamestown, Va., were so terrified of being ambushed by American Indians that they rarely left their fort, John Smith launched an open boat into the wild ...

Head down to Point Shore this month to see a piece of history. Last week, Lowell’s Boat Shop in Amesbury launched the Mayflower Shallop II, an historical reproduction of the small rowing and sailing ...

PLYMOUTH – The first tall ship of the season will sail into the harbor on June 19. Okay, it’s a boat but it will still be under sail. Like the Mayflower II, the Shallop II succumbed to the ravages of ...

Who needs Pocahontas and native American guides when there are talking buoys and "ruggedized" computers on board to connect the crew with email and the Internet. Captain John Smith should have had it ...

AMESBURY — In preparation for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower’s voyage, Lowell’s Boat Shop is restoring a replica shallop, a small rowing or sailing boat like what the Pilgrims would have used ...

Captain John Smith surely never imagined that his humble shallop would become the centerpiece of a regional celebration in 2005. While he would have been right at home aboard Kalmar Nyckel, and ...

Jun. 12—Justin Demetri, Maritime Gloucester's historian and a man who knows his way around vintage wooden sailing vessels, stood at the rail of the Harriet Webster Pier late Friday morning, gazing ...