Tour Sailing Research Vessel Corwith Cramer In Gloucester, Saturday, July 18th, 3 to 5 pm

July 16, 2009

When: Saturday, July 18th, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m
Where: Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center, Gloucester, MA

If you appreciate beautiful ships, the sailing research vessel Corwith Cramer, a 134-foot steel brigantine owned by the Sea Education Association (SEA) of Woods Hole, will be in Gloucester for the upcoming weekend. She will be docked at the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center from Friday, July 17th through Sunday, July 19th.

Onboard Tours From 3:00 to 5:00 PM on Saturday, July 18th

The crew of the Corwith Cramer will welcome visitors aboard on Saturday from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. You will learn about the vessel and the research conducted on its decks and in its lab. The Corwith Cramer’s visit is one of many activities offered at the Heritage Center to provide Gloucester students with hands-on opportunities to learn about marine science.

Program For Teachers And Students From 1:00 to 3:00 PM

A special program will aldo be conducted for teachers, and middle and high school students from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. There is no charge for this program, but interested teachers and students must register in advance by calling the Heritage Center at 978-281-0470.

Research Equipment And Laboratory

The Corwith Cramer is a floating laboratory and research center. Onboard research equipment includes oceanographic sampling gear such as plankton nets, trawls, cores, dredges, and Nisken bottles.

The ship’s lab is outfitted with modern sampling and analytic gear including a digital recording bathythermograph, salinometer, fluorometer, spectrophotometer, and four mini computers for data recovery, processing and storage.

About Sea Association of Woods Hole

Sea Education Association (SEA) offers college students a study abroad that challenges them intellectually and physically by combining the sailing adventure of a lifetime with the study of the deep ocean.

Students from more than 100 universities have participated in an SEA Semester, an interdisciplinary program which combines six weeks of land based study at Woods Hole (one of the world’s great center’s for ocean research) with six weeks at sea aboard the Corwith Cramer or one of SEA’s other research vessels.