Earlier this year I devoted a lot of blogging space and time to the sinking of the Tall Ship Concordia. (High School Tall Ship Concordia Sinks Off the Coast of Brazil – Feb. 19, 2010)
It really was an incredible story. Now you can hear it straight from the mouths of some of the survivors, a very impressive lot.
Unfortunately, the CBC does not allow their videos to be embedded so you’ll have to sail over to their Land and Sea website to watch the video. I highly recommend it.
Filed under: Education, life, maritime, sail training, tall ships | Tags: Sea Education Association
Well, I’m actually off to the semi-annual Trustee and Overseer meeting at Sea Education Association in Woods Hole for the next 2 days.
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it’s the coolest “overseas” college study program on the planet!
It’s Sunday, relax and take 5 minutes to watch this, then find a high school or college student and make sure they know about the adventure, benefits and college credit you get for going to SEA!
Filed under: life, sail training, maritime, tall ships, sailing | Tags: sail training, Concordia, Royal National Lifeboat Institution, Frederyk Chopin, Training ship
It might not be as dramatic as the footage that would have been shot during the casualty but this RNLI video of the tall ship Frederyk Chopin is a stark reminder that it’s an ocean out there!
Earlier this year we devoted alot of coverage to the amazing story of the sinking of the tall ship Concordia which coincidently was also a Polish built ship that in the past has sailed for Class Afloat.
Very happy that this too is a story with a happy ending.
Filed under: life, maritime, maritime heritage, sail training, Schooner Ernestina, tall ships | Tags: Boothbay Harbor Shipyard, Schooner Ernestina
Here’s a great video by the Boothbay Harbor Shipyard about their most recent Ernestina project. They also kept an interesting online Shipyard Log of their Ernestina work.
Filed under: Education, Environment, life, maritime heritage, sail training, Schooner Ernestina, tall ships
New Bedford Standard Times report and my friend Don Cuddy wrote a good overview of what’s going to take place on Saturday at the New Bedford Whaling Museum.
Supporters to meet to chart future of troubled Ernestina (Oct. 27, 2010)
For more information and to register for the event, visit the Sail Ernestina website or Facebook page.
This is Schooner Ernestina Week on Sea-Fever, so please make sure you check out all of the interesting and informative posts on one of the world’s most storied ships.
Filed under: Education, maritime heritage, sail training, Schooner Ernestina | Tags: ASTA Conference, Captain Sophie Morse, Schooner Ernestina
Schooner Ernestina has “educated” a lot of young people and few older ones over the years. Here’s a video of Captain Sophie Morse’s presentation at the 2003 Safety Under Sail Forum at the ASTA Conference. For professional sail trainers and mariners of all kinds, there’s a lot to learn from it.
On Saturday, October 30th the New Bedford Whaling Museum will be hosting an event to help chart a future course for the Schooner Ernestina. For more information, visit the Sail Ernestina website or Facebook page.
In honor of the grand old girl, this is Schooner Ernestina week on Sea-Fever. Navigate back here frequently and check out all of the posts!
Filed under: maritime, maritime heritage, sail training, social media, tall ships | Tags: Adventuress, American Express, National Trust for Historic Preservation, Partners in Presevation, Sound Experience
Great news today for the tall ships / sail training world!
Schooner Adventuress won the Seattle/Puget Sound Initiative of the Partners in Preservation $125,000 Grant. The program is sponsored American Express and the National Trust for Historic Preservation. People were encouraged to visit the website and vote every day for one of 25 special historic sites, many of which have maritime significance.
The final vote was extremely close with Adventuress edging out Town Hall Seattle by a single percentage point (20% to 19%). Recognizing the incredible support that both organizations received in the competition, and as a demonstration of solid corporate social responsibility, Partners in Preservation decided to award two full $125,000 grants, the first time in the program’s history.
Sound Experience did an amazing job using social media to engage stakeholders and mobilize support. From Zachary Simonson Bond’s fantastic introductory YouTube video with it’s clear calls to action …
…to Frank DePalma’s screencast
…to the daily Twitter and Facebook follow-ups which often pointed us to their creative blog (My Fair Vote, Romeo and the Vote, Gone with the Vote).
All of this made it fun to be involved. Of course, they sweetened the pot by giving voters the opportunity to win a daysail for 45 on the historic schooner. Who wouldn’t want a chance at winning that?!
It takes passion for the cause, creative ideas and lots of hard work to pull off something like this. Hat’s off to Zach and Sound Experience Executive Director Catherine Collins for charting and sailing a proper course that other nonprofits would do well to study and follow.
By the way, here’s a link to an article from February 25, 1897 that appeared in The Day (New London) explaining how the term schooner came about.
Filed under: Education, Environment, maritime, Nonprofit, sail training, tall ships
Okay if you visit this blog you must like boats. So join me in helping one of America’s most historic and beautiful vessels win a $100,000. grant from American Express.
How many times do you find yourself wanting to support a worthy sail training cause but can’t afford it? Well, here’s your opportunity to make a real difference and not have it cost you a dime! It’s pretty simple too, just watch this:
No excuses!
Go here everyday between now and May 12th and vote for Schooner Adventuress and the odds are she’ll win. She’s currently got a thin lead, let’s make sure she keeps it.
Here’s everything you need to know to make this happen.
Thanks!
Filed under: Education, maritime, maritime heritage, sail training, tall ships | Tags: Adventuress, futtock, Sea-Fever School, Sound Experience
Welcome to Sea-Fever School, the best of online maritime culture education!
Today’s lesson comes to us from the National Historic Landmark schooner Adventuress and the amazing sail training / environmental education program, Sound Experience.
Pay attention, there may be a pop quiz later.
By the way, Sound Experience is running a contest on their Facebook page to give away a sail to a lucky winner and 44 of their friends and/or family. All you have to do is head over there and become a fan. And while you’re at it, follow them on Twitter too!
Filed under: sail training, tall ships | Tags: Class Afloat, Concordia, Prince William, Tall Ships Youth Trust
Hmmm, she suffered her catastrophic casualty less than a week ago but it seems that thoughts of the Concordia’s replacement might be in some people’s minds. (Probe to shed light on sinking of S.V. Concordia)
West Island College International began with a leased vessel and had the Concordia built in 1992. A second ship was leased to handle an extra-large enrolment last year, but the Concordia was the only vessel the company operated this school year, Mr. McCarthy said.
He would not say how much the lost ship was insured for, but noted that the tall ship Prince William, which is for sale, was a roughly comparable vessel.
Chris Law, chief executive of the U.K.-based Tall Ships Youth Trust, said the trust hopes to get about £4.5-million for the nine-year-old Prince William. She noted that building a new version of such a ship would cost nearly four times as much.
The Prince William needs a new home and Class Afloat needs a ship if it plans to continue. Makes sense to me.
Here’s a copy of the Prince William sales brochure
I wrote about the Prince William a while back. Brig Sale Away?
