{"id":7272,"date":"2017-05-31T15:34:33","date_gmt":"2017-05-31T20:34:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=7272"},"modified":"2017-06-05T10:01:13","modified_gmt":"2017-06-05T15:01:13","slug":"the-onrust-coming-to-the-ct-river-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sailpandora.com\/?p=7272","title":{"rendered":"The Onrust, coming to the CT River Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the best aspects of Essex is that it’s the home of the CT River Museum<\/a>.\u00a0 Under the remarkably enthusiastic leadership of the Director Chris Dobbs, the museum has become an even more vital part of the Essex CT community. \u00a0Most recently, Chris enticed the Onrust, a wonderful reproduction of Adriaen\u00a0Block’s ship, the first ship built by Europeans in the New World to make Essex her home for the summer.<\/p>\n

As I write this the Onrust is on her way from near Albany, on the Hudson River, and will arrive in Old Saybrook today. \u00a0On Thursday she will make her way the river and tie up at the CT River Museum where she will be giving river tours for the summer before returning home to the Hudson River in the fall.<\/p>\n

I am lucky enough to be invited to join her for the “last mile” as she comes up\u00a0up the river tomorrow, Thursday, as she arrives for the first time at the CT River Museum. \u00a0\u00a0RiverFare<\/a>, a special event at the museum, will be in full swing when she arrives so I am sure Onrust will cause quite a stir. \u00a0I am really excited to be a part of her\u00a0arrival and applaud Chris for bringing her to the museum. \u00a0 Totally cool.<\/p>\n

The original Onrust was built by the Adriaen\u00a0Block and his crew over the winter of 1613\/1614 following a catastrophic fire that destroyed their ship. \u00a0The Onrust site has an interesting short history of the original vessel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In 2006, in Upstate NY construction began on a replica of this historic ship, using traditional construction techniques. \u00a0 \u00a0This short video tells the story of the construction of this unique vessel.