Breck Marshall

Breck Marshall

Catboat Brek Marshall
History
Name	Breck Marshall
Builder	Mystic Seaport Museum, in Mystic, Connecticut
Completed	1987
Status	Museum ship at Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut
General characteristics
Type	Cape Cod catboat
Length	20 ft (6.1 m)
Beam	10 ft (3.0 m)
Propulsion	Sail

Breck Marshall

Breck Marshall is sailboat museum ship of the Mystic Seaport Museum in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Seaport Museum built Breck Marshall as reproduction of a Cape Cod catboat in 1987. The Breck Marshall is 20 ft (6.1 m) long and is typical of boats built around 1900. Catboats were used for fishing and for pleasure trips. Breck Marshall was the president of Marshall Marine, a catboat builder. Breck Marshall and Marshall Marine funded Catboat Association that funded the building of the Breck Marshall. The Breck Marshall sails the upper Mystic River in warm months. ^[1][2]

See also

• List of museum ships in North America

References

1. "BRECK MARSHALL: WORKING CATBOAT". Mystic Seaport Museum.
2. "Cape Cod Catboat Breck Marshall Historical Marker". www.hmdb.org.

41°21′41″N 71°57′52″W

External links

• Mystic Seaport homepage
• Mystic Seaport Podcast(registration required)
• 360-Degree Panoramic Photographs of Mystic Seaport Archived 2009-10-01 at the Wayback Machine