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cameras and scanners will have to be operational such that the identity of individuals walking alongside the waterway won’t be recorded or tracked. (https://roboat.org/#roboat) … … In July Mystic Seaport Museum (MSM) welcomed Chris Sanders as the new director of the Henry B. duPont Preservation Shipyard. Sanders has served as the shipyard’s lead shipwright for the past two years and is succeeding longtime director Quentin Snediker, who will continue to serve as Mystic’s Clark Senior Curator for Watercraft. Under Snediker’s leadership, the shipyard completed major large-scale restorations on the museum’s flagship—the 1841 whaler Charles W. Morgan, the Mayflower II, the fishing vessel Roann, and the steamboat Sabino, and built the schooner Amistad (launched in 2000). Sanders is a graduate of the apprentice program at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum as well as the International Yacht Restoration School in Newport, Rhode Island; he ran his own boat restoration shop in San Diego before deciding to return to New England. In other news from the shipyard, the Charles W. Morgan, America’s oldest commercial ship still afloat, was hauled out on 19 July for routine maintenance. The hull was Charles W. Morgan

Save the Date!

New York City Pickle Night, Virtual Event Friday, 5 November 2021 Join the American Friends of the National Museum of the Royal Navy in commemorating the historic voyage in 1805 of HM Schooner Pickle, which brought the news from Trafalgar to London of Nelson’s death and the victory at the Battle of Trafalgar. This year marks the 216th anniversary of the history-making battle and the 16th New York City Pickle Night event. This year we will commemorate these significant events in a special online gathering. This virtual trip will take us to Portsmouth, England, and will be filled with surprises. “I Have Urgent Dispatches” Registration and details can be found online by Gordon Frickers at www.AFNMRN.org. Advance registration is required. For inquiries, please email info@afnmrn.org or call our New York headquarters at 212 840-1166. The American Friends of the National Museum of the Royal Navy is a registered US tax exempt organization.

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