Charmed by the Sea: One Hundred Fifty Years and more of Yachting on Buzzards Bay William Bradford & Albert Van Beest pen and watercolor drawing, New York Yacht Club Regatta off New Bedford The exhibit's title, taken from an inscription written by Captain Joshua Slocum in a copy of his classic narrative Sailing Alone around the World, speaks of the sea in its most seductive and welcoming moods -- as a refuge or escape from the cares and pressures and woes of life on land. Generations of artists, writers, photographers, yacht designers, and yacht builders, as well as recreational sailors, have fallen under the spell of Buzzards Bay, its islands, harbors, beaches, and seamarks. Charmed by the Sea celebrates not simply the power of the sea to  Clifford Baylies, cyanotype Even before the fleet of the New York Yacht Club first came to New Bedford Harbor in August 1856, Buzzards Bay had become a favored cruising ground for visiting yachtsman. And while sailing for pleasure was still a novelty for most residents along the Massachusetts South Coast, the bay's reliable afternoon sou'westers, its snug and picturesque anchorages, and its temperate waters had already begun to work their magic on those with the money and summertime leisure to enjoy them. By the time the New Bedford Yacht Club was organized in 1877, Buzzards Bay, under  James W. Allen, sloop Puritan in Fairhaven, 1886 Charmed by the Sea: References and Suggestions for Further Reading Charmed by the Sea: Expanded Panel and Label Text |
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