Whit Perry is responsible for all aspects of Plimoth Patuxet Museum’s maritime program.  His passion for boats began in his childhood, at his family’s summer home on Squam Lake, in New Hampshire.  He has a long history with ships and sailing, having owned his own boat shop and journeyed all over the North Atlantic, the Caribbean, and the Mediterranean.  He has sailed a wide variety of vessels, from small catboats to square riggers, schooners, and sloops.  Whit spent 10 years at the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation, where he maintained and operated three 17th‑century square‑rigged vessels.  His expertise in wooden boat preservation and their operations has been instrumental in restoring a variety of historic ships for public and educational purposes.