n 1900, Capt. Lincoln A. Colcord of Searsport, Maine, stands at the taffrail of the 216-foot off the Cape of Good Hope. The taffrail log (the ship’s speedometer) is spinning fast, and Colcord’s pride is evident as he drives his ship hard across the giant waves. The square rigger had been built at the Haggard yard in Newcastle, Maine, in 1878 and was in transit to Hong Kong to deliver a load of kerosene. Colcord had married Jane French Sweetser, the daughter of another Searsport captain, in 1881 and delivered their children, Joanna and Lincoln, at sea. The photograph was
