.SHIP NOTES, SEAPORT & MUSEUM NEWS The Charles W. Morgan will SAIL again! The Mystic Seaport Board of Trustees has announced that the museum will go beyo nd the initial restoration goal of simply stabi lizing the ship as a dockside attraction and will restore the historic 184 1 whaling vessel to sailin g condition. According to Mystic Seaport President Steve White, "Every possible co nsideration will be given to protecting her and honoring her status as the oldest commercial sailing vessel in the western wo rld. In pure age, only rhe USS Constitution, a military vessel, is older." The projected cost of stabilizing the ship is $6 m illion, half of which has already been
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cording to White, the Morgan's voyage to the Bank will help to "make peace with the whales." Of course, a considerable amo unt of funding still needs to be raised. W hite acknowledges that, with regards to fundraising, "Sailing her is not required. Restoring her is." The Charles W Morgan is a registered National Histo ric Landmark. Interested donors and sponsors are encouraged to contact the museum. (MS, 75 Greenmanville Ave., Mystic, CT 06355 ; www.mysricseaporr.org) ... On 25 October, Gary Jobson was elected president of the US Sailing Association. Gary Jobson is a former Al l-American collegiate sailor; later he went on to wi n the America's C up in 1977 as tactician forTed Turner in Courageous. As a broadcaster/producer (he is ES P 's sailing analyst), lecturer, and writer (he is an editor-at-large of Sailing World and Cruising World), Jobson is this country's pre-eminent ambassador for the sport of sailing. H e has authored 16 books and has won numerous prestigious awards, in borh sailing and broadcasting; in 2006, he was the recipiem of the NMHS Distinguished Service Award. US Sailing, a nonprofit organization, is the national governing body for sailing and provides leadership
for the sport in the United States. (For more on Mr. Jobso n, visit www.jobso nsai ling. com; information on US Sailing can be found at www.ussailing.org) .. . The application deadline for the John Carter Brown Library 2010-2011 research fellowships is 10 January 2010. The JCB Library at Brown University will awa rd 30 short- and long-term fellowships fo r the period June to June, 2010-2011. Short-term fellowships are available for 2-4 monrhs
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Historic Dutch Flatboats Sail Up the Hudson River to Commemorate the Quadricentennial of Henry Hudson's 1609 Voyage New York State is celebrating rhe Quadricentennial of the exploration of irs waters, and, in September, nineteen 100-year-old Durch Aarboars, direct descendents of rhe first European vessels that sailed in American waters, paid us a visit in company with the recently launched Onrust-the original Onrust was launched in 161 4 to replace Dutch fur trader Adriaen Block's Tijger raised . Th e addition al cost to make her seaworthy is approximately $2 millio n. Right now, the ship is scheduled to be relaunched in spring 20 12 and have her ri g reinstalled over the fo llowing year. The Morgan wo uld begin her 38th voyage in summer 20 13. The current plan has rhe ship setting a course for New Bedford, MA, her former ho me port and where she was originally laun ched in 1841. She will then sail for Stellwagen Bank, at the mouth of Massach usens Bay. Stellwagen Bank is the summer home to a dozen species of whales. Ac-
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that burned ar the rip of Manh attan . There are not enough superlatives to describe our joy at seeing an enrire fl eet of beautifully preserved vessels, chose same vessels that influenced the Hudso n River sloops of later centuries, sail into our bay. -Burchenal Green, NMHS President
(above) Sailing through the Hudson Highla nds; (left) The D utch fleet at the dock in Peekskill, New York.
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