SHIP NOTES
Sailing Adventures aboard the SCHOONER HARVEY GAMAGE -a windjammer in true "down East" tradition. U.S. Coast Guard inspected 95' o.a. in length
COLLEGE STUDENTS SEA QUARTER Plan a college semester aboard the SCHOONER HARVEY GAMAGE. Credits in arts and science you earn from Northeastern University, Marine Studies Department, may be transferred. Curriculum includes visits to many educational and historical places from Maine to the Virgin Islands. For curriculum, schedule and cost, write or phone-
Summer months the ship cruises the Maine coast out of Rockland ... winter months in the Virgin Islands from Charlotte Amalie. Enjoy a week under sail .. . make new friends ... relish hearty meals ... return relaxed , filled with happy memories. Write or phone-
DIRIGO CRUISES Dept. SH, 39 Waterside Lane Clinton, Conn. 06413 Tel: 203-669-7068
MUSEUM OUALI1Y
SHIP MODELS
THE DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ART AND SHIP MODELS
exists as the nation's first professional business devoted to the propagation , documentation and care of museum quality ship models. " MUSEUM QUALITY"
ship models , registered a nd scratch built using techniques and materials required to meet museum standards, are being offered by the Department of Marine Art and Ship Models. Priced from $1,000.
Viewing by appointment only.
Museum Quality Ship Models Brochure
$1.00
DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ART AND SHIP MODELS
Inventory Subscription, published quarterly , and $12.00 Museum Quality Ship Models Brochure Send check or money order to: Peter Sorlien, Director DEPARTMENT OF MARINE ART AND SHIP MODELS
Room 2 I Mystic Seaport Museum Stores, Inc. I Mystic, CT 06355
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The USS Williamsburg, former presidental yacht, is being converted into a floating restaurant to be located on the Georgetown , Washington DC waterfront this summer. She was built in 1930 as the Aras and was under private ownership until World War II when she served on North Atlantic Ice Patrol and in antisub patrol. President Truman made her a presidential yacht after the war, then President Eisenhower disposed of her and the National Science Foundation used her on oceanographic missions in the South Pacific and Indian oceans. She was bought by her present owners with the help of a $250,000 grant from the National Trust for Histori c Preservation's Endangered Properties Fund, one of the first uses of that fund.
WEST COAST The Nautical Heritage Museum of Dana Point Ca.will lay the keel of the 92ft replica Californian in May at Spanish Landing, San Diego. Designed by Melbourne Smith as a replica of a Revenue Cutter similar to the topsail schooner Lawren ce, first Revenue Cutter to sail in West Coast waters, she's scheduled to be completed in time for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympic fes tivities. The building site, Spanish Landing, is the spot where Europeans first set foot on Califorian soil. Visitors are welcome at the site to view the ship under construction. The Nautical Heritage Museum has reached $600,000 of its $2 .5 million goal to cover design , building, and a maintenance endowment. When completed , the Californian will train sea cadets under sail, and her sponsors hope to see her visit the East Coast in 1986. Museum , 24532 Del Prado, Dana Point CA 92629. The Maritime Humanities Center and The Golden Gate National Recreation Area are planning " Discovery and change: The California Gold Rush , 1848-1858", a multi disciplinary conference exploring the impact of the Gold Rush on western society, November 19-20. Anyone interested in giving a paper, of no more than 20 minutes, should submit a proposal by June 1: Gold Rush Conference, Fort Mason , Building 201 , San Francisco CA 94123. The Ship Press Chappel is now offering memberships to interested people outside the San Francisco area. The Chappel is a group of printers who meet quarterly at the National Maritime Museum on the ship Balclutha to print a keepsake related to maritime history. The Chappel's first keepsake was printed aboard the ship by former President Gerald R. Ford on January 19, 1980. It was a broadside describing the history of the Balclutha. All keepsakes are limited edition printings and are quickly becoming collectors items. The new Associate Members will receive one each of the four keepsakes printed each year. Membership cqsts a donation of $50. The Ship Press Chappel , Nationai Maritime Museum, Foot of Polk Street, San Francisco CA 94109. The Canadian Cadet Movement has started construction on a large wooden bark to be named Pacific Petrel and used in Sea Cadet sail
SEA HISTORY, SUMMER 1983