Nantucket Lightship

New Boston residential listing has stunning waterfront views - because it's a boat, a really big, historic boat

By adamg - 1/26/19 - 3:14 pm

Don't let this deal sail away.

The owners of one of the two red Nantucket Lightships now docked in Boston Harbor (yes, two) have put their craft up for sale. Read more.

Floating light illuminates the sky for first time in decades

By adamg - 8/7/15 - 11:22 pm

617 Images was on hand this evening when one of the beacons atop the Nantucket Lightship anchored at East Boston was turned on for the first time in 40 years.

Prospects dim for using old Nantucket Lightship for giant illuminated displays

By adamg - 2/25/14 - 2:56 pm

The group restoring the Nantucket Lightship says it doubts it will let Harbor Arts string a "sail" between the ship's towers that could be set to broadcast illuminated displays of art across the harbor, and really wishes the whole idea had never been made public to begin with.

In e-mail today, the U.S. Lightship Museum says:

Old Nantucket lightship could light up the harbor next year

By adamg - 12/15/13 - 5:44 pm

UPDATE: Forget about it, ship's owner says.