Most LBI old-timers can remember the Lucy Evelyn only as a Beach Haven gift shop, high and dry on land; almost none can remember her afloat. Over the past weeks this column has dealt with its early years and the fact it was a well-known schooner before coming to New Jersey.

Following days adrift in a sinking condition in 1925, Lucy was repaired and returned to its mission as a coastal carrier. In 1926 a Baltimore Sun article showed what the ship could do under favorable conditions.

“The neatest piece of sailing recently recorded was when the schooner Lucy Evelyn, Captain Lindley, dropped anchor at…