The Spirit of Rockport
People in Rockport have come to appreciate, and anticipate, the surprisingly diverse ships that Taylor Allen launches each spring.
By Aaron Porter
If you're lucky enough to wander down into Marine Park in Rockport this spring, you might just happen upon one of those moments that appears so idyllic it could only happen in Maine. The wide red doors of the boatshop at the head of the harbor will roll open, and Godspeed, a sixty-four-foot wooden replica that looks like she's floated right out of a history book, will ease her way out into the sunshine. Built for the Jamestown Settlement living-history museum, the ship is a replica of the original Godspeed, one of three ships that carried John Smith and his collection of settlers from England in 1607 to establish a permanent settlement in Jamestown, Virginia.
