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went down with all hands off Port Dalhousie on Lake Ontario in 1813, during the War of 1812. The vessels owned by the City, are reported to be in virtually perfect condition due to the freezing temperatures of the water. After archaeological data are collected and recorded, they will be raised preserved and housed in a center to include conservation and archaeo logi ca l facilities, an interpretive museum, ship chandlery and theaters. Target opening date: June 1985 . Foundation, City Hall, 71 Main St. West, Hamilton, Ont. L8N 3T4.
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The US Naval Institute's Annual General Prize Essay Contest is inviting essays on topics which relate to the lnstitute's mission: "the advancement of professional, literary, and scientific knowledge in the naval and maritime service, and the advancement of the knowledge of seapower." The Institute is also running their 20th Annual Naval and Maritime Photography Contest. Award-winning material will be published in their publication Proceedings. Deadline for essays is Dec. 1; for photos, Dec. 31. SecretaryTreasurer, US Naval Institute, Annapolis MD 21402. Institute for Nautical Archaeology (see Int'!.) will be holding a Conference on Underwater Archaeology, Thursday, Jan. 7-Saturday, Jan. 9 in Philadelphia. INA, PO Drawer AU, College Station, TX 77840.
EAST COAST Beginning August 6th through the visit of the Venezuelan sail training vessel Simon Bolivar (see Int' !.), the City of Bath celebrated its Bicentennial and honored over 300 years of shipbuilding in the area. Events included tours of the ever prosperous Bath Iron Works. Other News: The Apprenticeshop at the Maine Maritime Museum ran a sail training program this summer aboard the 36 ' Tancook Whaler Vernon Langille for Maine high school students. "Passage East" took students sailing between Kittery and Eastport, stopping along the way to talk with local boatbuilders, fishermen, etc. The Shop's Key West Smackee Vernon Hart (a type of vessel that was used for collecting sponge in southern waters) spent the summer hauling sea moss and coal from Portland to Monhegan Island. During the Newport Wooden Boat Show, she sold out her cargosardines from the Stinson Cannery-using proceeds to help pay for the continuation of her program. Never a dull moment ... they are now in the process of lofting a 40 ' Maine pinky for cargo carrying. Museum, Apprenticeshop, 963 Washington St., Bath ME 04530.
HMS Rose, the reproduction of a 1756 British frigate which has been involved in financial battles for the past few years has been sold by her original owner and builder John Millar to Robert Bruce of Caribbean-New England Ventures, Inc. New plans involve changing her nonprofit status to make her a year-round paying proposition, chartering for part of the year in the Caribbean and as a floating museum in New Bedford during the summer months. The 125 '
Rose is presently in New London undergoing extensive repairs before heading south . Rose, Box 255, Palmer MA 01069. The first Newport Wooden Boat Show was held at the Newport Yachting Center September 4-7, with over JOO manufacturers and craftspeople exhibiting, and a steady crowd in attendance. Boatbuilding and reconstruction seminars were conducted by the Apprenticeshop and Restorationshop from Bath, Maine and Strawbery Banke of Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Hundreds of boats were docked at the Center, including those participating in the second annual Classic Yacht Regatta. Yachting Center, Box 459, Newport RI 02840. Citizens of Block Island and friends have formed The Northern Light Commission to restore the North Light at Sandy Point, their goal being to turn the 114-year old lighthouse into a maritime museum . Manned until 1956 when the Coast Guard automated it, the granite lighthouse is on the National Register of Historic Places and is on long term lease to the town from the Fish and Wildlife Service. Commission, PO Box 396, Block Island RI 02807. Naval War College Museum is concluding its third year of operations on Coasters Harbor Island, the site of the first naval training station (1880) and in Founders Hall, the original site of the first naval war college in the world, which is a National Historic Landmark. Collections and exhibits feature the history of naval warfare and of the US Navy in Narragansett Bay . The Museum is complemented by the College's Naval Historical Collection of archival source materials. Museum, Newport RI 02840. Visitors at Mystic Seaport's shipyard during the Columbus Day Members' Weekend were invited to give a hand at turning a spar or an oar, spinning oakum and to view the yard's restoration work on the whaleship Charles W. Morgan. The yard is using the heart of yellow pine logs (as most rot resistant) for planking and decking; and naturally crooked live oak for the curved horizontal beams, called sweeps, in the stern framework. An exhibition explai ns the varieties of wood used in keeping Mystic's unmatched fleet of historic wooden ships in healthy condition . Seaport, Mystic CT 06355.
" Sojourner Truth floats!" a Ferry Sloop member gleefully exclaimed. The ferrocement small cousin of the wooden Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, and actual sister to the wooden Woody Guthrie was launched at Yonkers and is now at Hastings-on-Hudson awaiting the stepping of her masts. Pleased with the results, Ferry Sloops hope to build a fleet of ferrocement hulls for people around the country interested in starting their own environmental education and sail training programs. Ferry Sloops, Inc ., PO Box 529, Yonkers NY 10702. Gaze/a Primeiro, the 1883 (or 1899) wooden Portugwese barkentine has recently been acquired lby Penn's Landing Corporation from the Phiiladelphia Maritime Museum. Before coming to the States in the mid-1970s Gaze/a
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