from the Hastings-on-Hudson shoreline, where it had been sunk in 1937 as a breakwater. It's an unfortunate end to a ship that NMHS has tried find a home for on a number of occasions. Launched in 1918as the City of Beaumont, she was one of 12 sailing vessels built in Texas during WWI to transport tonnage to Europe. Renamed the Buccaneer in the 1920s, the wooden ship was successively used as a speakeasy, a cruise ship and a showboat. The first and last of the New York Barge Canal motorships, the MV Day Peckinpaugh , passed out of the canal system in September for what may have been her last time. She traveled to Erie PA where she will be laid up. Tom Prindle, of New York ' s State Council on Waterways, compared her last run to the last day a mule towed a boat on the Barge Canal. No plans exist for adaptive reuse of the Peckinpaugh , which was the prototype Barge Canal motorship. Prindle and others hope this is not the end for the longest serving motorship, which also did convoy duty along the East Coast during WWII. (SCOW, 32 Maiden Lane, Port Byron NY 13140; 315 776-9060) That "Flying Dutchman," the replica Half Moon, has returned to its home port in Liberty State Park, New Jersey, after a
Sea Festival-Bristol Fashion Bristol, England, is preparing itself for what is billed as Britain ' s largest ever gathering of ships and small craft. The International Festival of the Sea-Bristol '96 will take place over four days, from 24 to 27 May 1996. Bristol itself will be celebrating a 500 year history of looking seaward. The city is currently building a replica of John Cabot's Matthew, which set forth on 2 May 1497 on a voyage of discovery that brought Cabot to ., ~ Newfoundland. Organizers are seeking registrations from boats, exhibitors and musiciansAL_d__..:.:¡:... _ " ""'--C-b~'-M_t_h_ _ ___, 0 for the event. (The International Festival of rawmg 1 a ot s a t ew the Sea, PO Box 496, 59 Prince Street, Bristol BS I 4QH; 117 922-1996) 6,500 mile odyssey that took it to 38 different sites and culminated in starring roles in two movies: "Pocahontas: The Legend" and "The Scarlet Letter," which features actress Demi Moore and actor Robert Duval. New Netherland Museum director Nick Burlakoff described participation in Sail Toronto, Tall Ships Erie and Georgian Bay 1994 and a visit to Holland MI and the training of over 60 volunteers as highlights of the April to October campaign. (NNM, Liberty State Park, Jersey City NJ 07305; 201 433-5900) The replica of Captain Cook's En-
deavour, built in Freemantle, Australia, headed out for Sydney in September. She will remain on display at the Australian National Maritime Museum until 1996 when she will complete her circumnavigation of Australia and return to Freemantle for an overhaul in preparation for a journey to England and a circumnavigation of the world. (HM Bark Endeavour Foundation Pty. Ltd., PO Box 1099, Freemantle, WA 6160 Australia) The World Ship Trust, located in London , sends the following ship-related news : TS Queen Mary II, now a
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