023_RowingDory_ShipsCabin
Rowing a dory at Ship's Cabin was a family holiday tradition, and was a regular subject for Hilda Foster's home movies. The Memoirs of Hilda Chase Foster, p. 61 says:
"Years later when Father was living at the Ship's Cabin in Marblehead, we all went down and spent Christmas there. I think there were 323 stockings! We put up a spinnaker pole from one of his boats in front of the fireplace in the living room and huge the stockings on it. The weather was mild that Christmas. Johnny Giles, who looked after Father's boat, was the head of the life-saving organization, a real Marbleheader. He took the children and grandchildren out n the lifesaving boat which was moored at the Ship's Cabin. Carl took one oar and older children tried to manage the other oars, taking the rest for a little ride in Marblehead water Christmas Day. There were enough to fill the life boat! Many of the same people as in 022