From collection Ed Coffin Collection
ALICE E. CLARK
Distant view of Schooner-4 ALICE E. CLARK wrecked on Long Island Ledge, Penobscot Bay, off Islesboro, Maine. Bow and masts still above water. Note Spar buoy at center. see also LB2013.21.1382 & 1393, and LB2014.11.39On July 1, 1909, when she went to the wrong side of the buoy marking the ledge—Captain McDonald blamed a low-lying haze. Although sailing slowly, she impaled herself, thwarting extensive and expensive efforts at salvage.
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LB2013.21.1383
