Evelyn Ansel, an apprentice shipwright at the Mystic Seaport H.B. DuPont Preservation Shipyard, uses a caulking mallet, caulking irons and oakum Friday to caulk the forward port bulwark planking of the Charles W. Morgan, a 19th century whaling ship, as part of the five-year restoration project. The Morgan, the last remaining wooden whaling ship remaining and the oldest American commercial vessel still in existence, as well as a National Historic Landmark, is slated to be relaunched on July 21 and embark on its 38th voyage, a tour of historic New England ports in the spring of 2014.
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