Volunteers’ Day At Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, MA, Saturday, March 13th
March 5, 2010
Where:Waterline Center, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
Dio you love maritime history and shipbuilding? Have you thought of volunteering? The Essex Shipbuilding Museum is looking for new volunteers to help carry on its programs throughout the year.
The success of the Essex Shipbuilding Museum is due in large part to its energetic and motivated volunteers who devote countless hours to the museum. While the museum has many active volunteers, there is always a need for more.
To recruit new volunteers, and possibly better motivate its existing volunteers, the Essex Shipbuilding Museum is having a Volunteers’ Day with two purposes in mind.
- Providing an opportunity for interested individuals to learn more about the Museum and the many interesting and fulfilling opportunities that we have for volunteers.
- Providing an opportunity for existing volunteers to get a broader picture of what goes on in the Museum as a whole and what some other opportunities are.
Whether you are a seasoned professional or a raw newcomer, the museum can find a place for you!
You will have a good time, meet some really interesting people, and have the satisfaction of doing something that will make a lasting difference. The event is open to both members and non-members.
The Story of Evelina M. Goulart, its History and Place in the Northeast Fishing Industry, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Thursday, March 4th
March 3, 2010
Where: Waterline Center Essex Shipbuilding Museum 66 Main Street Essex, MA
Symposium on The 20th Anniversary of The Return of the Evelina M. Goulart
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum will hold a special four-part symposium in recognition of the 20th anniversary of the return of the Evelina M. Goulart, a rare transitional dragger built at the A.D. Story Shipyard in Essex, Massachusetts in 1927.
The dragger, returned in 1990, is one of seven remaining Essex-built schooners in existence and has now been on exhibit at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum for longer than most of her sisters survived at sea.
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Privateering And The Revolution At Sea, Dr. Emily Murphy, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Essex, Tuesday, February 23rd
February 22, 2010
Where: Waterline Center, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
Join historian Dr. Emily Murphy at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum on as she explores the world of the privateersmen and navy sailors who supplied one of Essex County’s major contributions to the revolutionary war effort.
You’ll learn about the merchants and mariners who risked their livelihoods and lives to take the battle to the British on the high seas.
Admission:
Members – $8
Nonmembers – $10
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For additional information, call 978-768-7541 or email mainoffice@essexshipbuildingmuseum.org.
Sunday Open House At Boat Camp, Newburyport, Sunday, February 21st
February 18, 2010
When: Sunday, February 21st; 10:00 am to NoonWhere: BOAT CAMP Inc., 54R Merrimac Street, Newburyport, MA
Coffee & Critters Open House With Capt. Rob
You are invited to join BOAT CAMP for a morning of exploring the animals in their touch tank, and viewing the river as seen from the inside of the nice and warm BOAT CAMP center!
Bring the kids, bring your own coffee and plan to get your hands wet.
All are welcome and admission is free.
This “Coffee and Critters” series will continue through winter on the third Sunday of each month and conclude March 21.
For more information, visit the BOAT CAMP Inc website or call 978-463-2233.
Essex County Sportsmen’s Association Annual Ice Fishing Tournament, Artichoke Resevoir, Newburyport, Sunday, February 7th
February 3, 2010
Where: Turkey Hill Road, Newburyport (on West Newbury line). Parking area next to the Artichoke.
If you want to try your hand at ice fishing, then check out the Essex County Sportsmen’s Association Annual Ice Fishing Tournament that is being held on the Artichoke Reservoir on Super Bowl Sunday, February 7th.
Last year’s tournament, which was resumed by the ECSA last year after about a 10-year hiatus, attracted 60 fishermen. With good ice fishing conditions on the reservoir so far this year, the association hopes to more than double last year’s turnout.
The Ice Fishing Tournament is being held on the Artichoke Reservoir tournament from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Participants should meet at the Turkey Hill Road parking area next to the Artichoke, which is located on The Newburyport/West Newbury area of the Artichoke.
Presentation By Rich Wilson, Around The World Race, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, Tuesday, September 29th
September 28, 2009
When: Tuesday, September 29th, at 7:15 pmWhere: Waterline Center, Essex Shipbuilding Museum, 66 Main Street, Essex, MA
The Essex Shipbuilding Museum invites you to come to the museum on Tuesday, September 29th for a presentation by internationally known sailor Rich Wilson.
Rich finished 9th in the Vendee Globe 2008-9, a solo, non-stop, sailing race around the world.
Here are some interesting facts:
- He was the only American, the only asthmatic, and the oldest skipper (58) in the fleet.
- Of 30 starters, only 11 finished.
Wilson endured broken ribs, a facial gash, compressed vertebrae, hurricane force gales, an ascent up the 90′ mast, crushing fatigue, fear, and gear breakage in braving the course via the Atlantic, Indian and Pacific Oceans, Cape of Good Hope and Cape Horn, in his 60′ monohull Great American III.
Family Ecology Cruise Aboard Yankee Clipper, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Sunday, September 27th
September 23, 2009
When: Sunday, September 27th, from 8:45 am to 10:45 amWhere: Meet at the Newburyport boardwalk (on the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport)
On Sunday, September 27th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, is offering a family ecology cruise aboard the Yankee Clipper.
If you’ve ever wanted to see and/or learn more about the ecology of the lower Merrimack River ecosystem, here is your chance!
Lisa Hutchings of Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center and the crew of Harbor Tour’s Yankee Clipper will host this exploratory cruise of the ecosystem of the lower Merrimack River that runs through Newburyport, Amesbury and Salisbury.
The tour is being offered from 8:45 am to 10:45 am
Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.
Plum Island Beach Cleanup, Newburyport, Sunday, September 13th
September 9, 2009
When: Sunday, September 13th; 9:00 am
Where:Plum Island Point, Captain’s Fishing Parties’ Pier, Plum Island, Newburyport, MA
If you would like to help with a Plum Island beach cleanup, BOAT CAMP Inc, Newburyport, is looking for volunteers of all ages to help them with their beach cleanup on Sunday, September 13th.
BOAT CAMP Inc. has adopted the stretch of Plum Island beach that spans from Captain’s Fishing Parties’ pier to the South Jetty as it runs along the Merrimack River. This heavy use of this beach this summer has taken its toll based on the amount of debris left behind.
Join BOAT CAMP on Sunday morning at 9:00 a.m. at the Captain’s Fishing Parties’ pier for our second beach cleanup as part of Coastsweep weekend. They will provide bags, tally up the debris and recycle as much as possible.
Volunteers of all ages are welcome.
For more information, visit the BOAT CAMP Inc website or call 978-463-2233.
Isles Of Shoals Kayak Adventure, Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, Sunday, September 6th
September 4, 2009
When: Sunday, September 6th, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pmWhere: Meet at the Newburyport boardwalk (on the Merrimack River in downtown Newburyport)
On Sunday, September 6th, Mass Audubon’s Joppa Flats Education Center, Newburyport, and Plum Island Kayak, Newburyport, are offering an all day kayaking trip to the Isles of Shoals for experienced kayakers.
The Isles of Shoals are a group of small islands and tidal ledges situated approximately 10 miles off the New Hampshire/Maine coast. It is a great area to explore by kayak. You’ll have the opportunity to explore the wildlife on and around these Isles from your kayak.
The all day trip, from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, includes a shuttle out to the Isles of Shoals from Newburyport, and on-deck barbecue lunch.
Preregistration is required for this program. To register, please call 978-462-9998.
Visit The Tall Ship Alabama In Newburyport, Thursday, September 3rd
September 3, 2009
The tall ship Alabama arrived in Newburyport yesterday and will be docked at the Newburyport waterfront until it leaves for Gloucester on Friday, September 4th to participate in Gloucester’s Schooner Festival over the Labor Day weekend.
If you’re in the area, make sure you drop by the Newburyport waterfront and take an onboard tour of this beautiful example of American shipbuilding and maritime craftsmanship.
The tall ship, Alabama, owned by the successful New England apparel retail business, the Black Dog, will be docked at the Newburyport waterfront for dockside tours by the public.
The Black Dog, based in Martha’s Vineyard, has a retail store in Newburyport, the Newburyport Black Dog General Store, at 19 Water Street, Newburyport.
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