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Bravo Marek!
Beautiful. Showing lights at night is one of the most difficult things to render in paint. The painting carries the movement of the vessel and the stillness of the night. The only thing you might do, if I may so bold, blow a long blast on Nobska's whistle. This painting is carrying the visual and the sound of the music too!
14 x 18 inches. Good size. Looks like you enjoyed doing this work.
Nobska is still afloat I believe?
Stephen
Beautiful. Showing lights at night is one of the most difficult things to render in paint. The painting carries the movement of the vessel and the stillness of the night. The only thing you might do, if I may so bold, blow a long blast on Nobska's whistle. This painting is carrying the visual and the sound of the music too!
14 x 18 inches. Good size. Looks like you enjoyed doing this work.
Nobska is still afloat I believe?
Stephen
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She was saved, well, when I hear about it 20 years ago. No more.
End of service.
The Nobska ended her service in 1973, taking her last trip for the Steamship Authority on September 18 of that year,[11] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[2][11] She was sold off in 1975, and was converted to a floating restaurant in Baltimore,[2][12] which did not work out. The Nobska sat derelict for over a decade [13] until Friends of the Nobska, a group created to save the ship, was able to purchase her in 1988.[9]
Friends of the Nobska[edit]
The Friends of the Nobska, organized in 1975[11] and later renamed the New England Steamship Foundation (NESF),[14] was a non-profit group specifically created to save the Nobska. However the NESF experienced fundraising problems, legal battles, a scandal involving fundraising,[2] and bankruptcy.[15]
Scrapping[edit]
In 2006, the Nobska had sat for ten years in a dry dock at the historic Charlestown Navy Yard,[2][15] but the slip was needed for work on other historical vessels such as the USS Constitution[2][9][15] and the USS Cassin Young (DD-793). The Nobska needed to be removed, intact or in pieces.[16] The Friends of the Nobska were unable to raise the funds to finish the necessary work, and the Nobska was ordered scrapped by the National Park Service.[2][17][18] She had been the last surviving American coastal steamer.[2][10][18]
Whistle and engine survive[edit]
The Eagle, with the Nobska's whistle, shown here in Nantucket harbor, 2009.
Some of the ship had been removed for restoration, such as the massive engine[3][18] and the ship's steam whistle. In 2006 the Steamship Authority, installed the Nobska's whistle on their modern vessel the Eagle (built in 1987),[17][19] although it is now air-powered instead of steam-powered, and put a recording of the whistle on their website.
End of service.
The Nobska ended her service in 1973, taking her last trip for the Steamship Authority on September 18 of that year,[11] and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1974.[2][11] She was sold off in 1975, and was converted to a floating restaurant in Baltimore,[2][12] which did not work out. The Nobska sat derelict for over a decade [13] until Friends of the Nobska, a group created to save the ship, was able to purchase her in 1988.[9]
Friends of the Nobska[edit]
The Friends of the Nobska, organized in 1975[11] and later renamed the New England Steamship Foundation (NESF),[14] was a non-profit group specifically created to save the Nobska. However the NESF experienced fundraising problems, legal battles, a scandal involving fundraising,[2] and bankruptcy.[15]
Scrapping[edit]
In 2006, the Nobska had sat for ten years in a dry dock at the historic Charlestown Navy Yard,[2][15] but the slip was needed for work on other historical vessels such as the USS Constitution[2][9][15] and the USS Cassin Young (DD-793). The Nobska needed to be removed, intact or in pieces.[16] The Friends of the Nobska were unable to raise the funds to finish the necessary work, and the Nobska was ordered scrapped by the National Park Service.[2][17][18] She had been the last surviving American coastal steamer.[2][10][18]
Whistle and engine survive[edit]
The Eagle, with the Nobska's whistle, shown here in Nantucket harbor, 2009.
Some of the ship had been removed for restoration, such as the massive engine[3][18] and the ship's steam whistle. In 2006 the Steamship Authority, installed the Nobska's whistle on their modern vessel the Eagle (built in 1987),[17][19] although it is now air-powered instead of steam-powered, and put a recording of the whistle on their website.
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