Plumbing contractor volunteers from 11 Connecticut firms put the finishing touches on the Amistad.
At press time, 23 plumbing contractor volunteers from 11 Connecticut firms were putting the finishing touches on the Amistad, docked in Mystic Seaport, Conn.
The $3.1 million, 80-ft. schooner is a recreation of an historic ship that carried 53 kidnapped Africans to Connecticut's shores in 1839. The Africans, first held as slaves, eventually were freed, and many returned to their home country of Sierra Leone. The ship was to make its maiden voyage July 4, during the OpSail celebration in New York Harbor.