NEWS CALENDAR Festivals, Events, Lectures, Etc. • 10 & 18 August, Star of India sails (San Diego Maritime Museum, 1306 N. Harbor Drive, San Diego CA 92101 ; 619 234-9153) • 15-18 August, Old Boats, Old Friends in Racine, Traditional Watercraft and Model Show (OBOF, PO Box 081400, Racine WI 53408-1400; 414 634-2351) • 6-8 September, 20th Annual Wooden Boat Festival (Wooden Boat Foundation, 380 Jefferson Street, Port Townsend WA 98368; 360 385-3628) • 12-15 September, Newport International Boat Show (Newport Yachting Center, PO Box 550, Newport RI 02840; 401 846-1600) • 14 September, 8th Biennial Auction (Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum, Mill Street, PO Box 636, St. Michaels MD 21663; 410 745-2916) • 14-15 September, 1996 Festival of the Sea (National Maritime Museum Association, PO Box 470310, San Francisco CA 94147-0310; 415 929-0202) Conferences • 7-11 September,1996MeetingoftheEscort Carrier Sailors and Airmen Association, Inc., in Charleston SC (Elton Powers, 818 Willage Drive, Lynchburg VA 24502) • 11-15 October, International Meeting for Ship Photographers and Enthusiasts in San Francisco (Norman J. Freitag, President, Northern California Maritime Society, 866 Linnea Ave., San Lorenzo CA94580-l 137) Exhibitions • from31 March, "Facing the New World: Immigrant Experiences "in Galveston" (Texas Seaport Museum, 2016 Strand, Galveston TX 77550; 409 763-1877) • 4April-March 1997, Pirates! (Vancouver Maritime Museum, 1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver BC V6J 1A3; 604 290-9098) • 19 April-3 November, "Friendship in Japan: A Shipmaster's Travels in 19thCentury Japan" (Maine Maritime Museum, 243 Washington Street, Bath ME 04530; 207 443-1316) • from 27 April, "Exploradores! Spanish Adventurers on the Northwest Coast" (Columbia River Maritime Museum, 1792 Marine Dr., Astoria OR 97103; 503 325-2323) • 1 May-20 October, "Immigration in the Age of Sail, 1820-1880" (South Street Seaport Museum, 207 Front Street, New York NY 10038; 212 748-8600) •from 4 May, "Fire and Ice": Brick and Ice-Cutting (Hudson River Maritime Museum, One RondoutLanding, Kingston NY 12401 ; 914 338-0071) • from 23 May, "Harvesting the Sea" aboard the ferryboat Berkeley (San Diego Maritime Museum, 1306 North Harbor Dr., San Diego CA 92101; 691 234-9153) • 18 July-19 October, Oyster Industry of the North Fork (East End Seaport, 1 BootlegAlley,PO Box624, GreenportNY 11944)
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26yearsofSeaC/assics. Vol.1,No.1 (1968) through Vol.28, No.10 (1995). Twenty binders indexed and dated. Edward W. Wolcott, 7336 Shirland Ave., Norfolk VA 23505, 804-423-2213 . Ship's Wheel , Burma teak circa 1900s. 70" brass hub, $1,400. Reilly, Greenland NH 603-436-6286.
45' Gaff-rigged schooner ONE DAY is being offered for sale at $68,000. Catt for flyer describing this beautiful example of Canada's schooner heritage. 207-633-2503 . Read Steamboating, the annual how-to journal for steamboat owners, builders and dreamers. $25/year. Satisfaction guaranteed. Bill Mueller , Route 1, Box 262-H, Middlebourne WV 26149. Wanted: Deck range finder binoculars. Steve Rowland 508-790-6172. The Howard Blackburn, a clipper fishing schooner circa 1870 is being restored for an unrivaled American adventure commencing I 997. A rare opportunity for you to sail and fish as the Gloucestermen did and relive history. For a prospectus, send $5 to: The Gloucestermen Company, Ltd, PO Box 796, Gloucester MA 01931-0796.
ToplaceanadphoneCarmenat914-737-7878. Needed: Video camera to record seminars and other events. Ideally, a Sony VXlOOO or TR101 or similar with manual override, shotgun microphone and Bogen fluid head tripod. Help us document history . If you can help, call Burchie Green at 1-800-221-NMHS. 27