Preparing the Basilisk - 1930
While in the Baltimore boatyard where she was built, the Basilisk gets fresh paint and rigging.
Basilisk on the Chesapeake Bay - 1930
The Basilisk pictured with sails up on calm waters of the Chesapeake Bay during 1930.
Basilisk Sailboat Chesapeake Bay
A circa 1930 picture of Gilbert Klingel's wooden sailboat "Basilisk". Klingel sailed this boat through a major storm and eventually shipwrecked on Inagua Island during the night.
Wally Coleman Aboard Basilisk - 1930
Wally Coleman takes a break to read a book while aboard the Basilisk during the epic voyage to the Bahamas.
Basilisk Shipwreck 1930
After enduring a heavy storm during December 1930, the Basilisk (upper-right) shipwrecked at night on a reef off Inagua Island.
Inagua Boys Alongside Boat - 1930
Native Inagua Island boys hold onto a small boat used to salvage supplies from the shipwrecked Basilisk.
Flamingos in Flight - 1930
From Wally Coleman’s Journal on the day the Basilisk was shipwrecked: "...we both stopped spellbound in our tracks, a slight noise overhead had attracted our attention skyward to observe one of the most beautiful sights I have ever beheld, a flock of flamingoes passing in perfect formation."
Klingel's Inagua Map - 1931
Gilbert Klingel's hand-drawn map depicting Inagua and Little Inagua Islands. NOTE: The Basilisk was shipwrecked off "N.E. Point" December 12, 1930.
Mathewtown, Inagua Island 1931
A Klingel print depicting Mathewtown on Inagua Island.
Cacti - 1931
A Klingel print of cacti on Inagua Island.
Cartwright Home NW Point - 1931
Klingel made this photograph of the Cartwright home located on Northwest Point, Inagua Island.
Inagua Native Cooking
Mrs. Cartwright cooks over fire. This photograph was made on Inagua Island by Gilbert Klingel during the 1930's.
Gilbert Klingel & Ospreys - 1964
Gilbert shares some play time with with ospreys in a low nest. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine - © Jennifer B. Bodine - Courtesy of aaubrybodine.com
Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine - © Jennifer B. Bodine - Courtesy of aaubrybodine.com
National Geographic & Aquascope - 1952
Two National Geographic Society representatives (left) inspect the “Aquascope” which Klingel (right) built during the early 1950’s. Funded by NGS, Klingel used the device to study the depths of the Chesapeake Bay. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine - © Jennifer B. Bodine - Courtesy of aaubrybodine.com
Aquascope - 1953
The Aquascope ready to deploy into the Chesapeake Bay. Gilbert Klingel (left) and Willard Culver (right) peer though the viewing window.
Sunday Magazine Cover - 1964
Gilbert Klingel and a steel sailboat pictured on a magazine cover. Photograph by A. Aubrey Bodine.
Gilbert Klingel's Boatyard
Gilbert Klingel's Gwynn's Island boatyard as seen from Milford Haven, Mathews County, Virginia.