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training. The vessel , being built in British Columbia , was designed by Nova Scotian architect James D. Rosborough. The keel has been laid and most of the timber for the bark has been cut. Fund raising for the project is on going and the plans call for the vessel to be completed by the summer of 1985. When rigged Pacific Petrel will carry 8,440 square feet of sail as a jackass bark. She will be 170ft overall, 130ft LBP, 116ft LWL, 27ft B, and 12.5ft D.
LAKES & RIVERS The Great International Steamboat Flotilla is scheduled for the Thousand Island area this July 1-5. Thirty to forty steam launches will gather to steam to various ports on both sides of the St. Lawrence. The 1983 flotilla wi ll be a recreation of a popular event seen annually in the region at the turn of the century. The flotilla wi ll congregate at Kingston , Ontario and parade past the waterfront before steaming on to other ports, including Clayton , New York , to join there in the International Relay Race. T. Michell , Box 428, Collins Landing, Alexandria Bay NY 13607.
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The March 1983 National Geographic, presents stunning underwater photographs of two War of 1812 schooners, USS Scourge and USS Hamilton, on the bottom of Lake Ontario. A Canadian team , sponsored by the Royal Ontario Museum , located the vessels after searching since 1973. Photographs taken by remote control show the schooners sitting on their keels intact , complete with their figureheads , masts, guns, and cutlasses still in place along the bulkheads. The Scourge, exCanadian warship lord Nelson , and Hamilton , ex- American merchantman Diana , sank in a sudden squall at night , August 8, 1813. Among the eight survivors from each ship was one, Ned Myers, whose account of the sinking was published by James Fenimore Cooper. It was this account that started Project Director Daniel A. Nelson and his team on the search for the two schooners. The City of Hamilton , Ontario, has done much to support the project to date and will probably become the home site for the schooners when, and if, they are raised .
Queen . Other ships participating in the parade include: Cuz I-a catamaran diving support vessel and Natchez-a sternwheel paddle steamboat. Tall Ships that are possible participants include: Mircea-Romanian sail training ship, Nippon Maru-Japanese sail training ship, Cuauhtemoc-Mexican training ship, and Simon Bolivar-Venezuela's tra ining ship. Op Ship Ltd. , 919 Third Avenue, New York NY 10022. Project Lakewell was started in 1980 by a small group of teachers in the Holland , Michigan area to preserve the her itage and enviro nment of Lake Michigan. Patterned after the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater and its effo rts to call attention to the Hudson River, the Project will begin construction in June of a replica of the Challenge, a Great Lakes lumber
schooner. The original Challenge was built in 1852 in Manitowoc. The replica will be built from the original plans and co nstruction notes, and when completed will ca rry on a Clearwater-type program , sail ing to towns along the Lake Michigan shore.
AUSTRALIA Plans are go ing ahead to restore the bark James Craig in Sydney. Organizers are hoping to have the Craig included as an official project of the Australian Bicentennial in 1988. The hull will be restored using pontoon dock in Sydney harbor. Project cost is estimated at $3.5 million over the next 5 years. An ex perienced project director and ski lled ship restorer will be needed in the near future. The steamer Waratah has been laid up from her previous sailing duties for major bo il er repairs. The steam launch Lady Hopetoun is still steaming. w
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The Illinois-Michigan Canal is undergoing restoration work funded by the Illinois Department of Conservation and a Natio nal Park Service Maritime Grant. Completed in 1848, the canal linked the Mississippi River system with the Great Lakes and made it possible to ship goods cheaply between New York and New Orleans. Because of its historic importance to the area Congress is considering bills that would designate the canal and its environs a 90-mile National Heritage Corridor, the first in the nation . The present work will restore Lock 14 near the terminus at LaSalle to historically accurate working order. Upper Illinois Valley Assoc iation 53 West Jackson Boulevard , Room 850, Chicago IL 60604.
Op Sail '84 is being planned as a major event of the Louisiana World Exposition, New Orleans. A Parade of ships wi ll be held on May 27, 1984, led by the Delta Queen and Mississippi 34
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