DECK LOG Building A Critical Mass for the Maritime Heritage Community The voyaging canoe Hokule'a carries a stone from Hawaii onboard as she travels across rhe world's oceans. Ir is a Polynesian custom to carry a rock from rhe home island ro guide voyagers on rheir return. Launched in 1975 on Oahu, rhe sailing canoe has rraveled around rhe world to preserve rhe culrure and pracrice of tradirional ocean voyaging and navigation. After a long ocean passage, Hokule'a and her crew will rerurn to Hawaii when their mission has been completed. The story of this rradition came to us via Galgan, a very dear friend to NMHS Ignatius Hokule'a and a devoted maritime enthusiast, who heard this story when he went to see her off as she set our across the Pacific, bound for the East Coasr of the United States. lg kept us up-to-date on the maritime herirage activities going on in his part of the world; he reported on the sometimesdaily changing siruation of the Honolulu-based square rigger Falls ofClyde, and on tall ships rhat were visiting Hawaii. He also much enjoyed engaging in discussions on celestial navigation . lg became a member ofNMHS when he lived in New York and was a regular attendee ar our local seminars. After he retired to Hawaii, he kept up his enthusiasm for the Society, spoiling us over the years with regular care packages of Hawaiian cookies, candies, and coffee. Our staff called him the "Best Friend ofNMHS." We were shocked and saddened to hear that he had died suddenly in November of a heart attack, and we were even more surprised and honored when we learned just last month that he left the Society a large bequest, one thar can significantly help us to strengthen our ability to preserve and promote a better understanding and appreciation of our maririme heritage. There are rhousands of organizarions in the United Srares, and even more abroad, whose missions focus on some aspect of preserving our maritime heritage. When individual groups work togerher on achieving mutual goals, our successes mulriply and we expand our impacr. With rhis in mind, ----.---.----.1- -"'...-------,,..---, the National Maritime Historical Society has been working to collaborare wirh other maririme herirage groups. We welcomed the American Society of Marine Artists to our membership this fall, and wirh rhis issue we also welcome rhe members ofTall Ships America (see pages 8-9). Execurive Director Bert Rogers talked abour rhe shared benefirs of joining forces: "Tall Ships America is excited by our new collaboration with NMHS . In many ways, rhis simply formalizes and celebrates whar has been a long and productive tradition of mu- lg Galgan at "Bring a Veteran to School" day at tual support and shared values. By St. Joseph 's Elementary School in Hilo, Hawaii. working more closely together and leveraging our great respective strengths, we can expand our reach and relevance to deliver a unifi ed message to the American public about rhe vital importance of our seafaring heritage." As we reach our to the many maririme organizations and individuals working in the field to build a critical mass for rhe maririme herirage community, we reach out to you, our members, for strength, support, and inspirarion to carry on wirh our mission. Fair Winds lg, and rhank yo u. -Burchenal Green, President 4
NATIONAL MARITIME HISTORICAL SOCIETY PUBLISHER'S C IRCLE: Peter Aron, G uy E. C. Maitland, Ronald L. Oswald OFFICERS & TRUSTEES: Chairman, Ronald L. Oswald; Vice Chairman, Richardo R. Lopes; President, Burchenal Green; Vice Presidents, Deirdre O'Regan, Wendy Paggiotta, Nancy Schnaars; Treasurer, Howard Slotnick; Secretary, Jean Wort; Trustees: Charles B. Anderson; Walter R. Brown; William S. Dudley; David S. Fowler; William Jackson Green; Karen H elmerso n; Richard M. Larrabee; G uy E. C. Maitland; Capt. Brian McAllister; CAPT Sally Chin McElwreath, USN (Rec.); Michael W Morrow; Richard Patrick O'Leary; Erik K. O lstein; ADM Robert J. Papp Jr., USCG (Rec.); Timothy ]. Runyan; Richard Scarano; Philip ]. Shapiro; Capt. Cesare Sorio; William H. White; Chairmen Emeriti: Walter R. Brown, Alan G. Choate, Guy E. C. Maitland, Howard Slotnick FOUNDER: Karl Kortum (1917-1996) PRESIDENT (1927-2016)
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OVERSEERS: Chairman, RADM David C. Brown, USMS (Ret. ); RADM Joseph F. Callo, USN (Rec.); George W Carmany III; James J. Coleman Jr. ; Clive Cussler; Richard du Moulin; Alan D. Hutchiso n; Jakob lsbrandtsen; Gary Jobson; Sir Robin Knox-Johnston; John Lehman; Capt. James J. McNamara; H. C. Bowen Smith; John Srobarr; Philip]. Webster; Roberta Weisbrod NMHS ADVISORS: Chairman, Melbourne Smith; George Bass, Oswald Brett, Francis Duffy, John Ewald, Timothy Foote, Steven A. H yman , J. Russell Jinishian, Gunnar Lundeberg, Conrad Milster, William G . Muller, Stuart Parnes, Nancy Hughes Richardson, Bert Rogers, Joyce Huber
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