COURTESY OSTERVILLE HISTORICAL MUSEUM
The Eagle, skippered by Alan Van Winkle, on one of her last sails through West Bay in Osterville.
OSTERVILLE – Boating enthusiasts will have some reasons to visit the Osterville Historical Museum this summer.
The new Van Winkle Boat Shed opens this season and will feature two newly-acquired wooden boats.
The Eagle is a New Jersey sea skiff that has sailed the bays of Osterville for over 40 years and has been a fixture at the start of the Wianno Senior races.
A modified cat boat called The Gypsy is a turn-of-the-century wooden boat and will also join the permanent collection at the museum.
The Gypsy, which was originally named The Witch, is on The National Register as historically significant.
A newly-installed exhibit in the Wianno Senior shed will also be opening this season.
The exhibit will explore the life of Wianno Seniors through images and a touch screen.
It will include exclusive Crosby Boat Yard footage and interviews with Crosby boatbuilders Teddy and Malcolm Crosby by an award-winning journalist Andrew Fone.
The Osterville Historical Museum, on West Bay Road, is open through September 18.
