Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 Page 8 Page 9 Page 10 Page 11 Page 12 Page 13 Page 14 Page 15 Page 16 Page 17 Page 18 Page 19 Page 20 Page 21 Page 22 Page 23 Page 24 Page 25 Page 26 Page 27 Page 28 Page 29 Page 30 Page 31 Page 32 Page 33 Page 34 Page 35 Page 36 Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 Page 40 Page 41 Page 42 Page 43 Page 44 Page 45 Page 46 Page 47 Page 48 Page 49 Page 50 Page 51 Page 52 Page 53 Page 54 Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 Page 58 Page 59 Page 60 Page 61 Page 62 Page 63 Page 64 Page 65 Page 66 Page 67 Page 68 Page 69 Page 70 Page 71 Page 72 Page 73 Page 74 Page 75 Page 76 Page 77 Page 78 Page 79 Page 80 Page 81 Page 82 Page 83 Page 84 Page 85 Page 86 Page 87 Page 88 Page 89 Page 90 Page 91 Page 92 Page 93 Page 94 Page 95 Page 96 Page 97 Page 98 Page 99 Page 100D e c e m b e r 2 0 1 6 4 7 Doubletakes by Colin W. Sargent jim hayes The Little Lady Should five percent appear too small / Be thankful I don’t take it all / Cause I’m the taxman, yeah I’m the taxman. –The Beatles Who Sparked the Revolution, December, 1773 W ait, what? A new trend in ship replicas educates crowds of 21st century gawkers by recreating vessels with haunting backstories. Sweet as her replica may seem today, it’s safe to say that HMS Sultana, originally designed as a yacht, was more than just annoying once the Royal Navy got hold of her and turned her into a floating tax-collector. BuiltinBostonandlaunched in1768,Sultanawasaforetopsail schoonerwithmastsrakedback “tolethersailclosertothewind.”Nimble, spiky,andbristlingwitharmament,HMSSul- tanawas,fromanauticalperspective,thelittle shipthatstartedtheBostonTeaParty. Based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Sulta- na’s duty was to collect duties. Truculent- ly, she swept up and down the coast of the British Colonies to ports as far south as Virginia, stop- ping ships offshore. Usually, Sultana carried armed Red- coats to make her greeting more memorable. In 2001, a replica of Sultana (pictured above) was created with plans traced by the legendary Smithsonian curator and sailing expert Howard I. Chapelle. Homeported in Chestertown, Maryland, the schooner Sultana is a floating classroom directed by Drew McMullan. “One of the reasons we selected Sultana as a candidate for reproduction was the wealth of primary information available for the ves- sel,” McMullan says. “When the Royal Na-