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Two pioneers share a shipyard-Va:rdalen with The World in the background.
and car ferri es before taking on the challenge of constructing The World. Rissa was once a Viking stro nghold, and the pioneering spirit of seafaring and longship co nstruction those Norwegians left behind is still alive a thousand years later. Vikings sailed past Rissa going into or leaving Trondheim, the Viking capital. They roamed the No rth Atlantic Ocean, and Leif Eriksson became the first named man to build a home in North America. His voyage started in Trondheim. With such tradition it is just natural to take on new and unknown challenges. Anna Sy11110ve Bye is a true bearer of the Viking spirit. Back in the Viking Age, women had a lot of power that persists today. Not only did this brave woman win the fierce competition to build this prototype, she also found time to look back and help restore another prototype, of 110 years ago.
In order to bring pride and self-esteem to new generations it is important to move ahead, but also to save and protect items from the past to make today's people proud of their ancesto rs and what they achieved. The little steam schooner Vterdalen next to The World gave every visitor to Fosen a clear understanding of how far we have come in ship construction over the last hundred years. 1. OlafEngvigpreviously restored the iron sail/ steamship Hansteen of 1866 and has been instrumental in saving and restoring other ships in Norway and elsewhere. For this work he has been awarded two prestigious medals from the king ofNorway. For more information on The World, go to the web site at www.ResidenSea.com or call 800 970-6601 or 3 05 779-3399.
Wapama: The Last American Steam Schooner Of the more than 225 wooden Pacific steam schooners built on the West Coast of the United States around the turn of the last century, only one survives. That is the Wapama, built in 1915 and now resting on a barge at Point Richmond, California, awaiting a federal grant that will allow the San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park to restore her. The National Park Service has requested more than $3 million as a line item construction proj ect to stabilize the ship . A unique American design, the vessels plied dangerous coastal waters carrying huge loads of lumber and other cargo as well as passengers. Articles in Sea H istory 79 and 83 document the history of the Wapama and the SEA HISTORY 101 , SUMMER 2002
reminiscences of the crews of the steam schooners as collected by Karl Kortum, founder ofNMHS and the San Francisco Maritime Museum. The Wapama survives thanks to the dedication ofNMHS members, particularly Ed Z elinsky and RADM Tom Patterson in California, who refused to give up when the Park Service found itself considering scrapping the vessel due to a lack of funds .
"This is ... the definitive history of chart making." - Royal Naval Sailing Association " ... a fine, well researched, and readable document of historical importance." -Geoffrey L. Haskins, International Hydrographic Review " ... this is a most enjoyable book, providing welcome documentation of another pioneering aspect of British marine history." - Alan Haugh, Geomatics World "This book is highly enjoyable and a valuable work of scholarship." -Gillian Hutchinson, IMCoS Journal
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The Wapama in Sausalito in the 1990s
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