More Tall Ship News, Oct 11, 2006

More tall ship news today. The Bermuda Royal Gazette announces a lecture on the building of the tall ship, Spirit of Bermuda:

Sloop Foundation to lecture on building the Spirit

The Ministry of Community Affairs and Sport has joined forces with the Bermuda National Gallery to sponsor the popular Wednesday Lunchtime Lecture series for 2006-2007.

The weekly lecture series highlights programming related to current BNG exhibitions, as well as other topics of interest, and features both local and international speakers.

The lectures include slide presentations, art-related videos, poetry, dramatic arts and panel discussions.

The next lecture in the series is today when the Bermuda Sloop Foundation will tell the story of the building of the Spirit of Bermuda, the reproduction of a traditional Bermuda-built sloop which recently completed its maiden voyage from Maine to Bermuda.

The Bermuda sloop was world famous for centuries as the fastest ship in the world, and Spirit is now an icon of Bermuda’s maritime heritage and a sail-training vessel for the Island’s youth.

“Although the Lunchtime Lecture Series has been in place for a number of years, this is the first time we have had a sponsor and we are delighted that the Ministry of Community Affairs and Sport has generously agreed to do so.

“The Ministry is a very appropriate sponsor as the Lunchtime Lectures is a series which invites the community to both attend and to present.

“It aims to spread the word about art and making it relevant to people of all ages, as well as sharing community projects, such the Bermuda Sloop Foundation,” BNG director Laura Gorham said.

Minister of Community Affairs and Sport Dale Butler said the Ministry was “excited” about its continued relationship with our National Gallery, and “encourages everyone to take advantage of this opportunity”.

Lunchtime Lectures are from 12.30 to 1.30 p.m. Admission is free for BNG members and $5 for others.

Royal Gazette

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Tall Ship News, Oct 11, 2006

A couple of fun things happening this weekend. The Amistad will be in Poughkeepsie Thursday through Saturday. And on the Chesapeake, the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race will start on Thursday just south of the Bay Bridge.

Here comes the Amistad -
A replica of a 19th-century schooner set to dock in Poughkeepsie Thursday will put Dutchess County in touch with its history of slavery while attempting to promote interracial cooperation. The Amistad saga dates to 1838, when 53 West Africans were kidnapped, brought to Cuba on the ship, then rebelled before the Amistad was seized off Long Island. The West Africans were jailed, but successfully defended in the U.S. Supreme Court, resulting in the return of 35 survivors to Africa. The reconstructed Amistad was built by Amistad America Inc., a national, nonprofit education organization based in New Haven, Conn. This vessel is on a tour of the Hudson Valley that will stretch over a week and include a stop in Kingston. The Amistad — the original was the subject of a 1997 Steven Spielberg film — will be docked at Waryas Park in Poughkeepsie Thursday through Saturday, then sail to Kingston before returning to Poughkeepsie Oct. 19-20. Scheduled for the ship's stay in Poughkeepsie are tours of the vessel, along with theater, concerts, lectures, a symposium and many other activities set for venues throughout the city. Admission to all events is free.

PoughkeepsieJournal.com - Here comes the Amistad

BALTIMORE - Tighten the main sheet. For the 17th time, the Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race will launch Thursday just south of the Bay Bridge and make a 126-mile journey to Norfolk, Va. The race was started in 1990 as a personal challenge by Lane Briggs, a captain from Norfolk, to the Pride of Baltimore II and was sailed between Baltimore and Norfolk because of the rich sailing history the two cities share. “A big part of it is to recognize the maritime heritage of the bay,” said Nan Nawrocki, the vice president of Great Chesapeake Bay Schooner Race, Inc., and chair of the Maryland Racing Committee. The race is a partnership between the Friends of the Chesapeake Bay in Portsmouth, Va., and Baltimore, an organization that educates students about the bay. The race donates the excess participation fee funds to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation.

Great Schooner Race launches Thursday - Examiner.com

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