CONSTELLATION, Broken Mast, 1964

safety negative

PHOTOGRAPHS
Rosenfeld and Sons
USA, RI, Block Island Sound
1964
safety film, Kodak
overall: 5 x 4 in

5x4 in. safety negative photographed by Rosenfeld and Sons in 1964. Image of 68' Olin Stephens designed, Minneford Yacht Yard built 12 meter class sloop CONSTELLATION (built 1964, City Island, NY) with mast broken and the 34' Bristol Boat Co. sportfisherman OYSTER STU (built 1958 in Bingham, Me.) on a NYYC Cruise from New London, CT. to Block Island, Rhode Island. Visible in image: starboard beam view of CONSTELLATION dead in the water with her mast broken in half and hanging while the crew tends to the wreckage. "OYSTER STU" is to the right of the negative. CREDIT LINE: Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection.

1984.187.177373F

Mystic Seaport, Rosenfeld Collection