Ok Back to the trip. At Mystic we were fortunate enough to get to see the Charles W. Morgan. The only surviving wooden whaling ship, and oldest American commercial vessel. It's about 160 years old. It has been refurbished several times over the years and a few days after we were there she was going to be put in to dry dock for some major hull renovations. We were lucky to get to see her still in the water. Sadly they had removed her masts the day before we got there but still it was really cool to get to go aboard.

This ship was also a "Hen frigate" meaning that a few of her captains took their wives and families to see with them



Here is the view from the stern

This is the bathroom on deck or the Head. Basically it's just a little chute over the side

This is the captains quarters. The bed is made like a cradle so it always remains stable.

The captains parlour,

This is the galley,

This is a small cabin built on deck for the captains wife.

Ever see those deck prisms for sale in gift shops? Here is one actually in use!

Even below decks they took the time to made their surroundings ornate.

The rest of the crew would have quarters like these.

And of course, the blubber room!!!!

Large cranes would haul the whale blubber onto the deck. There it would be cut up and put in to the try works. These were large cooking pots they would use to melt the blubber and then they would use hoses to pour the blubber into barrels kept in the blubber room.