sailboat
Mark Alan Lovewell
The 21-foot wooden catboat Vanity has been crisscrossing the Edgartown Harbor in the last several weeks, the start of what will be a busy summer. Vanity is one of the most storied catboats on the Atlantic seaboard, and one of the last of the working wooden catboats to have survived changing times. And she was built in Edgartown. At 81, Vanity is a living story of the region’s connection to fishing and maritime commerce.
Catboats
Manuel Swartz Roberts
boat
Mark Alan Lovewell
On a recent weekend we got a chance to sail away for a few days, leave Martha’s Vineyard and its drama (an approaching Presidential visit and the August summer in full swing) behind. Nantucket Sound is a wonderful place to get away. You’re never away from the sight of land. Sailing across the 650 square mile inland sea is like being in the ocean without the huge rollers that can be experienced only a few miles away.
Catboats
Manuel Swartz Roberts
meow
Mark Alan Lovewell
A boat has a life of its own. This is the story of one boat whose lineage goes back through Vineyard history; one boat who gracefully carried a Vineyard family as it grew up; one boat that I, a sailor and waterfront reporter, had watched in wonder as she sailed these waters, until she ended up in a field collecting lichens, aging as a home for hornets’ nests. Then she came to me. This is the story, too, of getting her back into the water, and how the sailors who are the fabric of this community helped me to return this personality to the harbor.
Catboats
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Joseph Chase Allen
The story has been told of a sculptor who was asked how he proceeded in carving the statue of an elephant.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Gilberta D. Goodwin
When in Edgartown, we invite you to take a walk along Dock street to the northern end. There beside you is a tall grey building.
Old Sculpin Gallery
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Art galleries
Vineyard Gazette
Manuel Swartz Roberts, one of the best known and best loved figures of Martha’s Vineyard, died at 6 o’clock this morning after a prolonged period of failing health.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
John M. Leavens
Note: Mr. Leavens - visited M. S. Roberts and made notes of their talk. He had intended to write this interview as an article in the third person, but Mr.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Boats and boating
Vineyard Gazette
There hangs upon a wall at the summer home of Mr. and Mrs. C.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Old Sculpin Gallery
Joseph Chase Allen
There is a “For Sale” sign on the boat shop of Manuel S.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Old Sculpin Gallery
Vineyard Gazette
Generations have taken pride in the reputation of the Edgartown shipbuilder, master constructor of barns, barges and binnacle boxes, Manuel Swartz.
Manuel Swartz Roberts
Sidney Riggs
Linoleum block prints
Boats and boating
Vineyard Gazette
Manuel Swartz, the boat builder, has moved into new and enlarged quarters - the front end of what was formerly the Norton Bros. mill building. Mr.
Manuel Swartz Roberts