The original "Newboy" Brigantine (1854) was built at Owls Head, Maine. It was engaged in triangular trade to the Mediterranean with New England goods, then to the West Indies with with wine, oil, and fruits and back to Boston with a cargo of sugar, Molasses and rum. This model ship is scratch built; it is not assembled from a kit. It was built by Arthur J. Menard, who during the 1970s built many ships for Wintress,Curator of the famous Marine Collection at the Seamen's Bank in Ne ...click for details
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