The Museum
The permanent exhibit at the Hull Lifesaving Museum narrates the many courageous rescues by Joshua James's and his crew, who saved more than 500 sailors wrecked at the entrance to Boston Harbor during the latter part of the 19th century. Highlights are the original rescue surfboat Nantasket, and Breeches Buoy apparatus. The Museum collection includes over 5,000 photographs, postcards, prints, paintings and artifacts including a 1903 Fresnel lens, shipwreck fragments, aids to navigation and historical charts. Open Water Rowing
With a fleet of 23 boats HLM provides a robust schedule of coastal rowing programs in Boston Harbor and Hull, serving a growing following of adult members and youth groups. Participants row in crews of coxed sixes or fours in traditional boats that are designed for sea conditions. Open Water Rowing is easier to learn than flat-water rowing, to the stability and robustness of coastal rowing craft in contrast to the Olympic-style "crew" boats. The attractions of Boston Harbor and its islands are the reward for those crews who take the time to venture beyond the immediate environs of Hull and Boston Harbors. Open water rowing (aka Coastal Rowing) is a rapidly growing sport around the world and HLM offers a growing calendar of annual races that attract crews from all points in New England. | 
