Stand below the highest part of the boulder and ascend straight up. A really nice easy highball. The crux is at the top. A great tick for beginners getting used to keeping it together up high.

The Prow

From The Tim Kemple Guidebook. Sit start on very small crimp edges, dig in on a good foot (or two if you can), and fire straight up to the horizontal crack. After the horizontal move right and go up to top out.

Bottle of Rum

Sit start and traverse the obvious crack and finish up the far right nose. From the Kemple guidebook

Ships Prow Traverse

The full circumnavigation of the boulder.  Start on the left end of the horizontal crack and climb to your right (counterclockwise) all the way around the boulder and topout at Ricky Raccoon.  Find the easiest way around but the only rule is do not use the top of the boulder for your hands (or feet) until you get to the end.  The rule becomes more relevant towards the end of the traverse.

Barnacle

Start sitting on 2 incut crimps with a good right heel hook. Pull to good jug, Topout left on jugs.

Tentacle

On the large right side face of Ships Prow begin in middle. Climb the slab to the crack then through the bulge straight up.

Black Barque Direct

Stand start. Climb the slab. It is mellow. 

Ship’s Prow Slab

On the back side of the boulder (right of the prow) follow the obvious crack angling up and left.

Reverse Jam

Another great beginner or easy warm up problem. This one is a little higher and with a slightly trickier mantle. Ascend the right hand shallow right facing corner on the main face.

Right Gangway

On the main traversing face there are two shallow right facing corners. This is the left, more defined one that is a great beginner climb.

Left Gangway

Sit start on very small crimp edges, dig in on a good foot (or two if you can), and fire straight up to the horizontal crack. Now that you've finished the crux, cruise on up and top out. (V3 if you go to the right after horizontal, named "Bottle of Rum" in the Kemple guidebook)

Old Ironsides

Start fulling sitting, down and left of the starting hold of The Prow using a slopey crimp on the slab wall and a very small crimp on on the flat wall left of the two crimps. Make a move to the two obvious crimps and continue traversing right on the low line of holds until you get to the arete, then topout around the arete to the right.

Low Ship's Prow Traverse

On the backside (short side) of the ships prow. Start sitting and move up the seam. Different names in Gunks app and NE bouldering guides. 

Man Overboard/Seamless

Stand start by matching hands on a perfect undercling. Go up to a right hand side pull and easy top out.  

Undercling Roof

Sit start just right of ricky on the arete and climb straight up 

Overboard

Start sitting on the right side of the overhang matched hands on the lowest jug. Make one move up to a good hold, then traverse low to the left until the two crimps. From here, dyno to the good ledge and topout at the high point of the boulder.

Reverse Low Ship's Prow Traverse

Stand start in the horizontal crack and use your left hand, right hand, or both hands to Dyno up to the lip. This is a fun problem!

Ship's Dyno

Start sitting under the arete at the end of the horizontal on the two crimps. Climb up bulge and top out via Ships Prow. Walk down the back of the boulder for the easiest way down.

Steerage

Very interesting problem with two very different betas.   "Sit start below the bulge on the left end of the large step. First move to the lip and then to the jug". -Tim Kemple New England Boulderig 2nd edition.

Ricky Raccoon

Undercling start, move up the crack, with a long reach for the top out. 

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Routes in Ship's Prow