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Aha, radars!   But barely visible -- when Frank first posted the photo I
looked at the masts and rigging for anything anomalous (eg, flags and
radar reflectors) but totally missed seeing the radar domes against the
while masts.

Interestingly, it looks as if both schooners have their fore topmasts
removed.  As I understand it, fishing schooners shipped their topmasts
(usually fore and main both) for the winter months both because winds
were stronger (and hence topsail driving power wasn't needed) and also
because it removed a high-up surface on which ice could build up and
destabilize the boat.

Lu Abel

Frank Reed wrote:
> For the photo at Mystic Seaport with almost no evidence of the 21st century
> (see _www.fer3.com/Mystic2006_ (http://www.fer3.com/Mystic2006) ),  Philip
> Lange wrote:
> "If I recall there were a couple of rubber ducks tied to the sailing craft
> or to the quay."
>
> Yes. :-) Two rubber boats near the commercial schooners. There are  three
> other modern items. I'll give up the hard one: there is an outboard  motor,
> barely visible, on the small boat hanging from the stern of the schooner  Harvey
> Gamage. The remaining two items that we've found are in plain  sight... Look in
> the rigging.
>
> Still no takers on the strange appearance of the Weather Channel's  Moon??
> Grab any photo of the Full Moon and compare it with the images here:
> _www.fer3.com/wmoon.html_ (http://www.fer3.com/wmoon.html) . When  or where does the
> Full Moon not look like the Full  Moon?
>
> -FER
> 42.0N 87.7W, or 41.4N  72.1W.
> www.HistoricalAtlas.com/lunars
>
>

   

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