Color photo — deck to top of mainmast — of a wooden whaling ship built in 1841. The bright blue August sky has small scattered clouds, seen from the bow of the ship, through the rigging of the forward mast. All sails are furled. A small group of visitors are about to step onto the deck from a boarding platform at the lower right. The Charles W. Morgan is maintained as a seaworthy vessel, last sailed on its 38th voyage in 2014, Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic CT USA.