An old American sycamore leans way out into the water, like the weather-worn figurehead of some old schooner.

"The dude cruisers are only maritime ghosts in an atomic world", Leavitt wrote wistfully of the old schooners.

In his works, both on canvas and paper, Leavitt's passion for the old schooners was palpable.

He pauses at the edge of the narrow beach, looking down at the old schooner.

He found the people friendly and helpful; many knew and loved the old schooner.

Its magnificent sailing ship, the Isla Mauritia, was built in 1852 and is claimed to be the world's oldest active schooner.

Roy considered the question, while he eyed an old three-masted schooner moored off in Portland Harbor.

But two days earlier, the old schooner sprang a leak in Block Island Sound.

She was also aware that the old Victorian house was rocking and creaking like an old schooner in heavy weather.

They will circumnavigate Manhattan on old schooners and modern-day cruise ships.