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A CAUSE IN MOTION A Gala Celebration of Pioneers
t was a glorious affair at the N MHS Annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club on 24 October. The model room was fill ed ro capacity with N MHS supporters and guests who were entertained with music of the sea by the nearly three dozen members of the talented US Coast G uard Academy Cadet G lee Club. It was a star-studded night for the m aritime communi ty with representatives from the shipping industry, Coast G uard, maritime museums, tall ship training programs, and marine laboratories gathered with sailors, shipbuilders, historians, preservatio nists and those who simply hold in high rega rd our m aritim e heritage. The event bro ught the gro up rogether to honor three extrao rdinary pioneers in the maritime field, and it wo uld be impossible to calculate the sea miles sailed by those honored and those who came to ho nor them .
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The USCG Academy Cadet Glee Club lent their voices to the occasion, entertaining guests in the New Yo rk Yacht Club's famous model room.
John McD onald and Captain Cesare Sorio orchestrated a great program that included award presentations by bo th Richard T. du Mo ulin, four-time winner of the Newport-Bermuda Race, and Vice Admiral Robert J. Papp J r., Commander of the US Coas t G uard A tlantic Area. The award recipients, Peter A. Aron; Captain Arthur M. Kimberly, his late wife Gloria C loutier Kimberly, and their brigantine Romance; and Sir Robin Knox-Jo hnston each had a p rofo und impact on our maritime heritage, history, and co mmunity and are indeed pio neers in the maritim e field. (left to right) john M cDonald, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, and Richard du M oulin.
Peter A. Aro n is a generous and visionary philanthropist fo r "all things nautical," including Sea H istory, whi ch he praised for its role as the national voice for our maritime heritage. Captain Arthur and G loria Kimberly led the field of sail training fo r four decades, training hundreds of sailors. Many of their fo rmer crew m embers now operate tall ships of their own , or direct programs that keep the traditio ns and skills they learned aboard Romance alive and pass them forward . A good m any fo rmer Romance "Marineros" traveled near and fa r to honor their skipper at the event. Through his exploits in seafaring, Sir Robin Knox-Johnston truly has tested the limits of human ingenui ty, body, and spirit. In June of 1968, he set sail on his 32-foo t wooden boat for a voyage Peter Aron accepts the David A . O'Neil Sheet around the Anchor Award from Mrs. Joanne O'Neil world, alo ne. The following spring, Robin Knox-Johnston m ade his first landfall back in England after 3 12 days at sea, the first m an ever to sail solo around the globe non-stop. A noted author and a spell-binding sp eaker, he has used his accomplishments and influen ce as a wo rld-renowned yachtsman to promote the heritage of seafaring. M any thanks to all who participated to help m ake it a night to remember. -Burchenal Green, President Rom ance "Marineros" and friends traveled to New York to honor their former captain, Arthur Kimberly. (left to right) Betsey Bowen, Pat Nelson, Clyde Sanadi, Mike Jehle, Angus McCamy, Captain Arthur Kimberly, Bert Rogers, Brian Donnelly, Phil Brotherton, Walter Rybka, and Peter Wholihan.
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SEA HISTORY 125, WINTER 2008-09