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| An early photo of Elsie from privateline.com |
As we were passing by West Bay on Friday morning we happened upon the relaunching of Elsie, after its recent restoration. Elsie is the yawl that Alexander Graham Bell gave to his daughter, Elsie, as a wedding gift in 1917 when she married Gilbert Grosvenor who was the editor of National Geographic Magazine which was started by Bell and his father-in-law.
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An early photo of Elsie from Wooden Boat Forum. |
Over the last two years the sailboat has been restored by
boat builder, Jens Sauer, in MacKenzie Pointe and it was relaunched in West Bay this past Friday morning.
At first we thought there had been a bad accident when we happened upon a large crowd along the road in West Bay as we were on our way to town.
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| Large crowd gathered along road in West Bay. |
When we learned they were relaunching a historic vessel, we stayed around to watch with a crowd that was gathering.
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| Dan chatting with Diane MacLean. |
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| A group of little girls taking in the excitement. |
First they moved the crane into position.
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| Crane being raised. |
After securing the vessel to the crane it was hoisted.
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| Hoisting the Elsie. |
The Elsie was moved around over the lake.
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| Almost in the water. |
And finally into the water.
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| In the water once again. |
I understand it will be moored over at MacKenzie Pointe until the masts and sails are installed and she is finished. It was quite an experience to watch as the Elsie was once again launched into Bras d'Or Lake.
