Barrington Ship to Shore

Exhibition Dates: September 2014 through February 2015

The Barrington Ship to Shore Exhibit opens on Wednesday, August 27 and features a large pond yacht built by Pete Waterman’s uncle in the 1930’s, a nineteenth century ship’s engine telegraph and brass lanterns, vintage photos of the Barrington waterfront and yacht clubs, Thurston Sails, Blount Marine Corporation, Cove Haven and Stanley’s Marinas as well as stories about Albert Stearns’ schooner Mohawk refitted to serve as a Coast Guard patrol boat during World War II and Harold N. Gibbs, noted fisherman and naturalist who became the first director of Rhode Island Fish and Wildlife.