Morning Updates: JFK’s sailboat for sale, USS Constitution repairs
Good morning, Boston. Here are the stories you need to know for the day ahead.
Get your John Hancock on the USS Constitution: “The main focus of the [ship’s] restoration will be replacing 3,400 sheets of copper that protect the ship’s hull below the waterline … The new copper sheets are being housed at the USS Constitution Museum, where visitors can sign them in Sharpie marker all summer before they are installed on the ship. With 3,400 sheets, there is room for a lot of signatures.’’ (The Boston Globe)
No one is buying JFK’s old sailboat at auction – yet: “But [current owner Frank] Harvey thinks that Flash II is worth a million dollars, too—a figure largely based on Kennedy nostalgia. … That romantic patina was not enough to move the boat, however. On Monday, there were no bidders. So, for the next two weeks, Flash II is on the block for a hundred thousand dollars.’’ So cheap! (The New Yorker)
Patriots decide not to appeal Deflategate, and Chad Finn explains the two-facedness underlying that decision: “Kraft sold out the team he owns — and the fans he years ago counted among — in order to appease a much more exclusive club: the unholy alliance of Goodell and Kraft’s fellow NFL owners. By all appearances at the moment, he put the welfare of the NFL — and his bumbling chum Goodell’s image — ahead of what is best for his franchise.’’ (Boston.com)
Wherefore art thou Rembrandt? “Police are investigating the disappearance of two works of art worth more than $600,000, including a print of a Rembrandt self-portrait, that went missing last month from the Boston Public Library’s flagship branch in Copley Square, authorities said Tuesday. … Library officials learned of the missing prints on April 8 and police were alerted April 29.’’ (The Boston Globe)
A lovably snark-filled restaurant review: “Fresh or frozen, the margaritas have a slight chemical taste that I was thankful for because it tended to keep my own alcohol intake to near-Mormon levels. I also stayed alert and sober when faced with the Tijuana Manhattan, made with tequila in the place of whiskey and served in a rocks glass with no ice at all, even though it was the temperature of a freshly killed snake.’’ (The New York Times)
Coming up: President Obama gives a commencement speech at Coast Guard Academy in New London, Connecticut. He is only slightly more well-known than these commencement speakers at Massachusetts colleges:
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Last night: Red Sox 4, Rangers 3.
The Goodbye:
Wade Miley of the Boston Red Sox pitches against the Texas Rangers during the third inning at Fenway Park.
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