News & Stories

In early spring of 1879, over the course of four treacherous days, eleven ships wrecked off Nantucket shores. Remarkable feats of rescue ensued.

A Nantucket New School third grade class is currently enjoying a four week unit in which Egan Maritime's Nantucket Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum serves as a classroom.

In celebration of Women's History Month we remember Egan Maritime's founding woman, Dorothy Harrison Egan, whose service and commitment to improving Nantucket were unmatched.

As we focus on black history this month, specifically black history in Maritime Nantucket, we must ask, did our black Nantucketers of days past receive equal treatment when they were on the island?

In 2019 Egan Maritime is celebrating thirty years since established as Bud Egan's vision of cultural heritage, honoring Nantucket's seafaring legacy.

Evan Schwanfelder, Egan’s Manager of Maritime Education, is collaborating with all island schools to teach boat building to the next generation of Nantucketers.

On February 14, 1881, the "Hazard" ran aground on Old Man shoal off Nantucket. No two accounts of the events that took place are alike, adding to the mystery of this notable shipwreck.

Charles Allard, Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Manager, grapples with issues of inclusion in Nantucket's lifesaving history, and remembers the heroic Pea Island surfmen and their remarkable rescue.

On February 4, 1871, the schooner, "Mary Anna," destined for Maine with a cargo of coal, wrecked on a shoal off Nantucket.