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Northshore June July 2020

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83 Looking to get out on the water this summer for some fun and recreation? What boat captains are doing to keep us safe. BY LAUREN TORLONE MAHONEY PHOTOGRAPH BY SHUTTERSTOCK Thomas E. Lannon, GLOUCESTER Heath Ellis, president of the schooner Thomas E. Lannon, acknowledges that this start to the season is a far cry from when he would typically start sailing around Mother's Day weekend. The Lannon is an impressive 65-foot schooner, built in 1997 in Essex and designed by Captain Harold A. Burnham, whose family has been in the boat building business in the town where it was built since 1650. The schooner is named for Ellis's grandfather, who was a Gloucester fisherman from 1901 to 1943. Ellis is sailing with limited capacity for the safety of all guests and its crew. "Safety is and always will be the most important thing to us. We plan on exceeding the recommended guidelines, and will have more information on our website about the precautions we are implementing," he explains. Schooner Ardelle, GLOUCESTER Also out of Gloucester, the Schooner Ardelle is a 58-foot, 45-ton, 490-passenger beauty. Built by Harold Burnham, who also built the aforementioned Schooner Lannon, the Schooner Ardelle was a labor of love for Burnham Boat Building. The Ardelle is mainly ith social distancing lasting into the summer, expect a new normal on the water. While the boating industry, like so many other business sectors, faces new challenges, many charter boat captains have made changes in order to open for small group trips this summer. Since late April, individual boat owners have been permitted to operate boats per a memorandum from Governor Charlie Baker's office stating that "only persons from the same household should be together on a boat at one time." For-hire charter boats were originally deemed nonessential under the same memo before charter fishing was allowed to resume operations May 25—provided that operators meet the required safety standards. (See next page for details.)

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