Nellie (sloop)

Nellie (sloop)
Nellie
The Nellie.
Career (United States) USAUnited States
Name: Nellie
Owner: Mystic Seaport
Completed: 1891
Status: Museum Ship
General characteristics
Length:

32 ft. LOD[1]

32 ft. 7 in.[2]
Propulsion: Sail
Sail plan: Sloop

Nellie is an Oyster Sloop located at Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Connecticut, United States. The Nellie was built in 1891[1] in Smithtown, New York and was used for oyster dredging in Long Island Sound. Mystic Seaport acquired the vessel in 1964 to add to their collection of watercraft.[3]

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References

  1. ^ a b "Sports & Recreation -", The Woodenboat (Issue 169‎): 92, 2002, http://books.google.com/books?lr=&cd=61&q=nellie+oyster+sloop&btnG=Search+Books 
  2. ^ Mendlowitz, Benjamin; Bray, Maynard (1992). The book of wooden boats, Vol. 1.. New York: Norton. http://books.google.com/books?id=rh-VpCTgpoUC&pg=PA82&dq=nellie+oyster+sloop&lr=&cd=1#v=onepage&q=nellie%20oyster%20sloop&f=false. 
  3. ^ Mystic Seaport Accessed December 8, 2008.

Coordinates: 41°21′45″N 71°57′55″W / 41.3625°N 71.96528°W / 41.3625; -71.96528

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