"Hey John!
I'm heading up to Castine next month. Five of my classmates, two middies and I are taking an ocean racer out for the Marblehead to Halifax Race. I doubt that I will make it up in the fall.
Are you headed up for the Tabor Reunion?…"
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For over 50 years, the schooner Tabor Boy has taken young Tabor Academy students to sea under sail. This remarkable ship has played a significant role in helping Tabor Academy transform adventurous teenagers into confident young adults.
The Tabor Boy Project is a living history project and social network by and for Tabor Boy sailors and supporters. While it will help create and preserve the rich stories that make up the schooner's history, it will also connect shipmates that have been "lost" for years.
If you have EVER sailed aboard Tabor Boy as a student, crew, parent, guest or Sea Ranger, for an hour, day, week, semester or year(s), please tell your story(s), comment on other's stories, post pictures and videos and invite shipmates to be part of this living history / storytelling archive. It's easy, fun and you can't break it!
Hop aboard and let's tell the Tabor Boy story together!
The Tabor Boy Project is a living history project and social network by and for Tabor Boy sailors and supporters. While it will help create and preserve the rich stories that make up the schooner's history, it will also connect shipmates that have been "lost" for years.
If you have EVER sailed aboard Tabor Boy as a student, crew, parent, guest or Sea Ranger, for an hour, day, week, semester or year(s), please tell your story(s), comment on other's stories, post pictures and videos and invite shipmates to be part of this living history / storytelling archive. It's easy, fun and you can't break it!
Hop aboard and let's tell the Tabor Boy story together!
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Jonathan Lincoln left a comment for James Hutton"Hey Jamie,
What are you doing weekend of September 19 to 22nd? Group of us from '88 are heading up to Castine for Alumni weekend....25 years later.
Jonathan
jlincoln@mebaunion.org
504-495-9750"
Woody Kennedy commented on Woody Kennedy's photo
TallShips1976UnfoulingTheFlags01
"Ok, '79. Remembering the hull color from year to year is part of what makes a great XO :-) Meanwhile I ditched for the crew team for my last two years '78 & '79.
Louise Kennedy - Andover '77, Woody Kennedy…"
Woody Kennedy left a comment for Holly Francis"Holly,
Congratulations on becoming the first woman XO of Tabor Boy. I read your description of your favorite moment -- standing on the spreaders, etc. -- and I wanted to express my appreciation for that moment. It goes far beyond…"
James Hutton left a comment for Holly Francis"Holly,
Congratulations on being elected as the new XO! Also, how wonderful that the schooner is heading up to Nova Scotia. I wish the timing was a bit different. I'll be racing to Halifax in July.
I regret that my calendar is two blocked this…"
James Hutton posted a blog postFirst Tabor Boy Female XO!
June 6th, in an email from Bob Thompson, Director of Capital Giving: “It was announced this morning in our last Chapel that Holly Francis ’14 of Marion, MA will be next year’s Executive Officer.As the first female XO, Holly is an extremely competent individual who will lead the schooner in its Centennial year. Two historic events for 2014!” As a former TABOR BOY XO, I am so pleased to hear this wonderful news. I have great confidence that Holly will be an outstanding XO and carry the great…See More
Holly Francis posted a blog postNova Scotia
The schooner is headed to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in June. We will be stopping in Portland, ME for a reception on the 16th before heading back to Marion for the Alumni cruises. Definitely stop by and see her in Maine!HollyWatch OfficerSSV Tabor BoySee More
James Hutton left a comment for J Scott Duncan"Scott,
Welcome aboard! You must have sailed with Jon Lincoln? We sailed together for a summer back in '78 and keep in touch.
Again, welcome,
Jamie
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First Tabor Boy Female XO!
June 6th, in an email from Bob Thompson, Director of Capital Giving:
“It was announced this morning in our last Chapel that Holly Francis ’14 of Marion, MA will be next year’s Executive Officer.
As the first female XO, Holly is an extremely competent individual who will lead the schooner in…
ContinuePosted by James Hutton on June 8, 2013 at 7:04am
Nova Scotia
The schooner is headed to Lunenburg, Nova Scotia in June. We will be stopping in Portland, ME for a reception on the 16th before heading back to Marion for the Alumni cruises. Definitely stop by and see her in Maine!
Holly
Watch Officer
SSV Tabor Boy
Posted by Holly Francis on June 3, 2013 at 10:30am
looking for photo
Glad to have found the forum.
Perhaps you can help me. I'm interested in obtaining a copy of a photograph taken of the Tabor Boy in the Fall of 1966 before the vessel left for the Thanksgiving cruise to South Carolina for Winter lay up. I think it's the finest picture of her that I've seen so far and am sure others would agree. The picture was used for the embossed outside cover of the 1967 Tabor Year Book depicting her on a reach, heeled over to the…
Posted by dino avgerinos on January 7, 2013 at 4:38pm
Sister Ship "No. 6"
“No. 6” was built of steel by the shipyard Piet Smit Jr. in Rotterdam, yard number: 299. Her construction was contracted at the 5th of September 1917, her keel laid in the same year.
She was launched on the 23rd of September 1920 and put into service on the 1st of March 1921 as “Nederlandse Loodsschoener”, a…
ContinuePosted by James Hutton on September 1, 2012 at 6:42pm
Tabor Boy Sister Ship No. 6 Texel
Tabor Boy ’73-’74 XO Jon Barrett manages multiple mega-yachts around the world and found pictures of one of the TABOR BOY’s sister ships while working with a yacht yard. Here is an article of the Sail Yacht No. 6 Texel
Historic Vessel Set For Round-the-World…
ContinuePosted by James Hutton on September 1, 2012 at 3:00pm — 1 Comment
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