Much to be confirmed here! The ship Restauration is due on October 15 or 16 and will stay about 6 days to rest up before they sail back across the Atlantic to Norway. We have yet to develop the public program for their stay here. If you want to get involved, please email chiclet(at)portsidenewyork.org. We also need to get approval from our landlord, the NYC EDC and their dockmaster DockNYC; but the vessel is already approved to dock on another EDC pier, so we expect this to be approved here.
This SMALL vessel is due in NYC on October 9 and is recreating the voyage made 200 years ago from Stavanger, Norway to NYC, which is recognized as the first organized emigration from Norway to the USA. The ship carried 52 passengers at the start, and 53 at the end after a woman gave birth. The trip took 3 months!
According to Wikipedia, “For a vessel of her size Restauration had far more passengers on board than were allowed by American law. This resulted in a severe fine, confiscation of the ship and the arrest of the captain, L. O. Helland. The situation was solved when President John Quincy Adams pardoned the captain on 15 November, released him and the ship, and rescinded the fine. The people who made this voyage, who are sometimes referred to as the "Sloopers", moved onward to their first settlement in Kendall, Orleans County, New York.
You can follow her voyage here.