Marta Launch Celebrates Nat Benjamin's 100th Design

More than 80 people gathered at Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven Saturday for the launch of Nat Benjamin’s 100th design, a custom 26-foot, gaff-rigged sloop called Marta.

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Dynamic Duo Keeps It Old School

At the head of Vineyard Haven harbor, Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway is still building wooden boats.

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Waterfront Community Helps Raider Chart New Course

The sound of sledgehammers ringing against iron pipes took over the Vineyard Haven waterfront this weekend as the 1910 British Channel pilot cutter Raider was rolled from the back of the shed at Five Corners.

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Vineyard Haven Schooner Rescue Is All-Out Effort

In a dramatic, all-hands-on-deck effort, the wooden schooner Tangier was hauled off a sandbar in Vineyard Haven harbor Tuesday morning after she went aground in gale-force winds during the weekend blizzard that lashed the Island.

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Gannon and Benjamin Buys Historic Waterfront Boatyard

The Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway has closed a deal to buy the Vineyard Haven waterfront property it rents, owners confirmed Thursday.

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Gannon and Benjamin Sign Agreement to Buy Boatyard Property

The Gannon & Benjamin Marine Railway has signed a purchase and sale agreement to buy the property it rents on the Vineyard Haven waterfront, owners confirmed Wednesday.

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History Retold, as Alden Gaff Cutter Is Re-Launched
Will Sennott

Beneath gray skies flickering with heat lighting, Lark, a 45-foot Alden gaff cutter, was relaunched from the Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway in Vineyard Haven Thursday afternoon.

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DeSorcy Family Puts Waterfront Property on Market Again

A prime stretch of Vineyard Haven working waterfront is now on the market as four separate parcels for a total of $7.3 million.

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A Boatbuilder’s Tour of the Working Waterfront
Will Sennott

Gannon and Benjamin Marine Railway opened its doors Saturday for some shop talk, giving experienced boatbuilders and curious neighbors a glimpse of the historic boatyard.

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Group Forms to Save Prime Waterfront Property

A strategic stretch of the Vineyard Haven working waterfront is for sale and an Island group hopes to form a nonprofit to buy it.

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