by tomdenn | Dec 29, 2016
Thomas E. Lannon Modeled after the great Fredonia-style fishing schooners, this 65-foot, “passenger fisherman” has become a landmark in Gloucester harbor where it provides chartered sails. Burnham revived many long-dormant Essex techniques to design the vessel,...
by tomdenn | Dec 29, 2016
Lewis H. Story After Harold built the THOMAS E. LANNON, the Essex Shipbuilding Museum wanted a vessel of their own. Delving deep into historical recourses, Burnham used volunteer help and donated materials to create this 10 ton representation of a period Chebacco...
by tomdenn | Nov 30, 2016
Burnham Launches Isabella ANYONE WHO SAYS THEY DON’T make ’em like they used to should have been at Burnham’s Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts, to watch the launching of the wooden schooner Isabella. When eleventh-generation boatbuilder Harold...
by tomdenn | Nov 30, 2016
The Fame of Salem In January of 2001 Michael Rutstien commissioned us to do a preliminary design and detailed cost estimate for a representation of the schooner HANNAH. (America’s first naval warship) What Mike intended to do with this vessel was to use it as a...
