Wooden Boat School at the Hudson River Maritime Museum Announce April & May Class Schedule2/29/2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PR Contact: Kirsty Gaukel: Press & Marketing Manager [email protected] Program Inquiries: Dan Nelson Wooden Boat School Manager [email protected]  Kingston, NY (Monday, 4 March, 2024)– The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School is pleased to announce their latest offering of woodworking courses for adults in April and May. Taught by professionals in the fields of woodworking and carpentry, the Wooden Boat School offers a variety of introductory and advanced courses for adults interested in expanding their skills in woodworking, boat building, and traditional crafts. Projects include wooden spoon carving, building a cornhole set, furniture restoration, and skin-on-frame canoes. Registration is now open at www.hrmm.org/adult-classes.html. All HRMM members receive discounts on class tuition. The Wooden Boat School’s woodworking programs are perfect for adults who want to work with their hands and learn new skills. Participants will work on-site in the museum’s wood shop to create take-home projects with the help of skilled instructors. Some courses require some woodworking and/or machine tool experience. For a detailed line-up of the Wooden Boat School’s classes for adults, please see the schedule to follow: APRIL Master 100GT Captain's License Class April 4-21 Thursday. April 4-Sunday, April 7, Thursday. April 11-Sunday, April 14, & Thursday, April 18-Sunday, April, 21 All sessions are 8 AM - 4 PM The Hudson River Maritime Museum is partnering with True North Maritime Academy to bring you a Master 100GT Captain's License Class. The course is for six-pack through 100 ton master and is ideal for those who are uncertified or for people seeking to refresh their skills in navigation, chart plotting, rules of the road, and safety and regulations. It is the highest level license and is required for operators of both inspected and uninspected vessels. The credential can serve as proof of experience and may reduce insurance costs. NOTE: you will still need to accrue the sea time needed for the license independently of this coursework. Tuition: $1,180 Power Tools Intensive: Build A Workbench Three-Day Class: Saturday, April 6, 9 AM - 5 PM Sunday, April 7, 9 AM - 5 PM Monday, April 8, 6 -9 PM An opportunity to develop basic shop tool skills and make a useful, portable, and personalized work surface for building future woodworking projects. Join woodworker Max Smith for this hands-on build of a functional woodworking workbench. Tuition: $660 + $230 materials Skill level: Intermediate Prerequisites: Foundation of Woodworking: Machine Tools & Shop Safety or equivalent Group/Family Build: Toy Boxes & Shapes Saturday, April 6, 9 AM - 5 PM Join veteran woodworker Bob Boisvert for this one-day group/family style building class where you will make wooden boxes and/or colorful shapes. Build unique, handcrafted toys for your family and friends as well as learn some basic woodworking skills along the way. Tuition: $215 + $15 materials (price is for a group of up to 4 people). Level: Beginner Build A Live Edge Table Sunday, April 7, 10 AM - 5 PM "Live edge" furniture pieces retain the wood's original shape and natural appearance. In this class, you'll get the chance to create your own live edge coffee table from start to finish. Each student will get to pick a flitch of locally harvested hardwood, then use draw knives, sanders, and other hand tools to remove any bark and smooth the live edge. Students will cut their piece to custom dimensions followed by planing and smoothing. Finally, a set of legs will be attached. Each student will leave with their own coffee table ready for application with their choice of finish. Tuition: $215 + $140 materials Level: Beginner Build A Picture Frame Saturday, April 1, 9 AM - 5 PM In this course, you will learn how to cut, assemble and finish wooden picture frames to your specifications using a sturdy and beautiful technique called corner spline joinery. Frames are intended to be wall-mounted, and will include turnbuttons that allow the media to be changed or adjusted, thereby making these great gifts for people to add their own photos or art. Level: Intermediate Tuition: $243+ $50 materials Wooden Spoon Carving Two-day Class: Saturday, April 13 and Sunday, April 14, 10 M to 4 PM Come learn the incredibly satisfying craft of green wood spoon carving. Using traditional edge tools, primarily carving axes and knives, you will shape wood into the familiar form of a spoon. Tuition: $230 +$20 materials Level: Beginner Make Your Own Ukulele Three-day Class: Friday, April 19, 6-9 PM; Saturday, April 20, 10 AM - 5 PM, and Sunday, April 21, 10 AM - 5 PM Luthier and woodworker Bill Sterling will lead this class where students will build their own Ukulele from start to finish. You will leave with a beautiful handmade instrument that you can play for years to come. This is a great opportunity for you to try making musical instruments while learning fundamental woodworking skills in the shop. Tuition: $381 +$150 materials Level: Beginner Furniture Restoration and Repair Two-day Class: Saturday, April 20 and Sunday, April 21, 10 AM - 4 PM Max Smith, a professional piano tuner, luthier, boat builder, and woodworking enthusiast will teach a new course covering methods for conserving structural and cosmetic details of furniture. Each student should bring furniture pieces to be worked on in class. Suggested pieces include small coffee tables, end tables, chairs, antique clock cases, small wood sculptural pieces, etc. Tuition:$230 + $50 materials Level: Beginner How To: Fiber Rush Weaving Sunday, April 28, 10 AM-4 PM In this class you will learn the basic weaving pattern called fiber rush weave. The class starts with assembling a small stool, followed by making a seat of rush weave using an all natural, paper-based fibre rush. Students will learn to make tight, square corners, and perfect a figure eight weaving pattern. The class includes all the materials necessary to leave with a beautiful hand-woven footstool. Tuition:$194 + $60 materials Level: Beginner MAY Foundations of Woodworking Series, Spring 2024 The Wooden Boat School's Foundations of Woodworking series of classes provides practicing and aspiring woodworkers with the fundamental knowledge and best practices that are essential for the craft of woodworking. Although the series is designed to be taken as a whole, individual classes can be taken based on experience, and at the instructors' discretion. Foundations of Woodworking: Understanding Wood Monday, April 29, 6-9 PM In this first course of the series, students will explore the nature of wood as a material and the unique qualities it has. The class will cover different common and exotic wood species, and the properties that make each of them suited to different applications, whether for furniture making, cabinetmaking, carpentry, or boatbuilding. The instructor will also cover how raw wood is dried to become a usable material, how to prepare lumber for projects, how to store and treat wood, and more. Tuition: $90 Level: Beginner Foundations of Woodworking: Hand Tools: Use & Care Session A: Tuesday & Wednesday. April 30 - May 1, 6-9 PM Session B: Thursday & Friday, May 2-3, 6 -9 PM In this second class of the series, students will learn about the hand tools in a basic woodworking kit including layout and measuring tools like the combination square and marking gauge, Japanese and western-style saws, chisels, and several types of block plane. Each tool will be examined, its use and proper handling demonstrated, tool maintenance including fine tuning and sharpening, and where to find good tools. Students are encouraged to bring their own tools for examination and to get hands-on practice sharpening and honing. Tuition: $185 + $10 materials Level: Beginner Foundations of Woodworking: Machine Tools & Shop Safety Session A: Monday & Tuesday, May 6-7, 6 -9 PM Session B: Wednesday & Thursday, May 15-16, 6 -9 PM In this third class of the series, students will learn how to safely handle tools and machinery in a shop setting. The class will include information on the different types of machinery and their uses, safe shop practices including: use of eye and ear protection, emergency protocols, and advice for setting up a home shop. This class is perfect for anyone looking to get basic safety certification with wood shop machinery or looking for the best practices to take home to their own workshops. Tuition: $185 + $10 materials Level: Beginner Family/Group Build: Make A Cornhole Set Three evenings: Wednesday, May 1-Friday, May 3, 5 - 8 PM Join veteran teacher, woodworker, and craftsperson Kathy Prisco for the ultimate summer project: making your own cornhole set. Building your own set, rather than buying one, is a chance to learn and practice woodworking skills. This easy DIY project will give you and your loved ones the perfect game for this season and many more. When you purchase a ticket for your group or family, you can bring up to 4 guests to assist you with the build. Tuition: $275 + $65 Materials Level: Beginner Make a Turned Vessel Saturday, May 4, 9 AM - 5 PM In this introductory course, explore the beauty of wood turning and the process of creating simple, elegant objects on a lathe. Gain an understanding of the fundamentals, including safe lathe operation and proper cutting techniques. You will start with a solid piece of wood and learn the steps to design and hollow out your very own wooden vase, experiencing the joy of turning a raw material into a work of art. Tuition: $225 + $35 materials Level: Beginner Boat Building Class: Kingston Pram Three-Day class: Friday, May 10-Sunday, May 12, 9 AM - 5 PM Come join us for this hands-on boat building course where students work as a team building a Kingston Pram from start to finish. This is a unique opportunity to work with a master woodworker and shipwright, Wayne Ford, over three full days, to successfully construct a small compact rowboat that is compact enough to be carried on the top of a car. Tuition: $695 Level: Beginner Build Your Own Skin-On-Frame Canoe Six-Day Class: Friday, May 17- Sunday, May 19 Friday, May 24-Sunday, May 26 All sessions 9 AM - 5 PM Learn to build your very own skin-on-frame tandem canoe from veteran instructor Rich Cerruto over two consecutive long weekends. The canoe is constructed with a wooden frame and a stretched nylon "skin". Each student will leave with a completed canoe ready for the water. Easily car-topped, they are perfect for casual paddlers and beginning boat builders alike. The canoe is paddled with single-bladed paddles and features traditional raised seats that the students will construct from a kit, to include webbing. Don't miss out on the opportunity to build your own beautiful functional canoe. Tuition: $895 + $875 materials Level: Beginner Boat Owners Series: Basics of Epoxy Thursday, May 23, 6 PM-9 PM Epoxy is an important part of a boatbuilder's, and a boat owner's, toolkit. In this brief evening class, learn the basics of using epoxy for marine applications from John Van Buren, who will demonstrate its properties and applications. Tuition: $58 Level: Beginner Half Hull Boat Model Carving Friday, May 24 & Saturday, May 25, 9 AM - 5 PM Join shipwright Wayne Ford in this two-day class where he will teach half hull model carving. Starting with the layout and planning of the model, you'll practice precision skills of accuracy and measurement, practice hand tool technique, and learn how to cut, fit and fasten the parts, resulting in a finished project. To build your model, you'll learn how to use some of the basic power shop tools like a band saw, as well as hand tools like the chisel, block plane, gouge and rasp. Tuition: $300 + $35 materials Level: Beginner  An example of a half-hull boat model students will build.  Student in the Foundations of Woodworking class
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 Chris Andrle with his hand-built model of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief KINGSTON, N.Y. (March 5, 2024) – Hudson River Maritime Museum recently accepted a one-inch scale model of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief on temporary loan from the Buffalo Maritime Center in Buffalo, New York. The hand-built model by Chris Andrle will be on display as part of the Museum's current exhibition, The Hudson River and its Canals. The addition of the model is part of expansions to the exhibit in anticipation of the planned 2025 bicentennial celebrations commemorating the inaugural voyage on the Erie Canal from Buffalo to New York Harbor. The model represents the full-scale operational replica of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief which was recently completed by the Buffalo Maritime Center. The original Seneca Chief was built in 1825 in anticipation of the completion of the Erie Canal's western section. It famously carried Governor DeWitt Clinton and other dignitaries to New York City in the fall of 1825 to celebrate the completion of the Canal. The boat was subsequently placed in commercial service for freight and passengers by owner Thaddeus Joy as a line boat for the Pilot Line. A full-scale replica of the traditionally-built plank-on-frame canal boat will journey from Buffalo to New York City to re-enact the famous “Wedding of the Waters” ceremony in New York Harbor in late 2025. During this trip, the replica canal boat will be our guest at the Hudson River Maritime Museum in October 2025. Details will be available in advance of the visit. # The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related industries. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard Solaris, the 100% solar powered tour boat and floating classroom. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information.  The model of the Erie Canal Boat Seneca Chief now on display at the Hudson River Maritime Museum
February 20, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Kerry Gallagher, Director of Education, [email protected] Media Contact: Kirsty Gaukel, Press & Marketing Manager, [email protected]  Women’s History Month Events at Hudson River Maritime Museum Announced KINGSTON, N.Y. (February 20, 2024) – The Hudson River Maritime Museum has planned a series of events in March timed to coincide with Women’s History Month. From an all-girl boat building workshop to a special presentation by a guest author and a women-led sailing conference, the programming strives to commemorate and celebrate the historic role of women in the Hudson Valley while inspiring and fostering a new generation of women and girls to embrace the river as their playground and classroom. ‘LADIES OF THE VALLEY’-FOLLOW THE RIVER PRESENTATION On Wednesday, March 13, HRMM’s Follow The River lecture series will feature special guest presenter, Mary Mistler, who will discuss her book, Ladies of the Valley: Women of the Great Estates of the Hudson Valley. Mistler, who has lived in the Hudson Valley area for most of her life, has worked as an administrator and teacher, and has volunteered as a docent at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Vanderbilt Mansion and the Wilderstein Historic Site. Learn about the powerful women of this region as Mistler shines the spotlight on those ladies who were born into families of great privilege and owners of large tracts of land in the Hudson Valley. These women were mothers, wives, sisters and daughters of wealthy landowners, and were often left in charge of these estates while the men were off pursuing political, military and business glories. Despite little education in these fields, these women often took on the roles of farmer, landlord, accountant, merchant, horticulturist and nurse to do what was required to maintain their families, their employees, and their properties. At the same time, they worked to fulfill their roles as society matrons, matriarchs, and philanthropists in the society of New York City and the Hudson Valley, overseeing the education of their children, arranging appropriate marriages, and ensuring their heirs’ successes in that small society of Old New York. This presentation will highlight several of these women and offer insights and anecdotes from their lives, which largely reflect women’s changing roles over centuries. The presentation will begin at 7pm and will be held in-person in the Wooden Boat School at HRMM. The event is FREE to HRMM Members and $7 for the general public. Reservations in advance are encouraged and available at www.hrmm.org/lecture-series SPRING BREAK BOAT BUILDING CLASS During Spring Break (March 25-29), Hudson River Maritime Museum’s Wooden Boat School will host a special all-girl Boat Building Class. Registration is open to youth girls ages 11 and up, in celebration of Women's History Month. Students will work as a team to build a Kingston Pram rowboat from start to finish over the duration of the five-day course. This is a unique opportunity to work with the Museum’s master woodworker and shipwright, Wayne Ford, to successfully construct a small boat. Aside from the shop experience, this program also teaches teamwork, communication, and supporting one another in order to complete a large project. Students have the option to participate in as many, or as few, days of the class that they want. The cost of the course is $175 per day with discounts available to HRMM Members. For more information and to register for the course, visit www.hrmm.org/youth-classes RIVERPORT WOMEN’S SAILING CONFERENCE The 7th Annual Riverport Women's Conference will be held on Saturday, March 23, 8:30 am to 5:00 pm. Co-sponsored by the Kingston Sailing Club, this annual gathering of sailors and aspiring sailors welcomes all genders of people with a focus on those individuals who have not traditionally been able to learn to sail into the maritime community. Experienced female sailors from across the region will lead hands-on workshops and presentations on a range of topics offering attendees the opportunity to gain and improve their sailing skills. All events associated with the conference take place on-land. The conference kicks off with a pre-conference dinner on Friday, March 22 featuring guest speaker, Captain Nitzan Levy--a sailor, social entrepreneur, and the founder of Neptune’s Daughter - an international boat charter brokerage. For a full line-up of the conference sessions, information on presenters, and how to register, visit www.hrmm.org/riverport-womens-conference. For details on HRMM’s current exhibitions and upcoming events and classes go online to www.hrmm.org or call 845-338-0071. # The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related industries. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard Solaris, the 100% solar powered tour boat and floating classroom. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information.
The cover of Mary Mistler's book and a portrait of the author.
Sessions during the 2023 Riverport Women's Sailing Conference
 February 15, 2024 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Sailing School Contact: Jody Taffet Sterling, Sailing School Director Media Contact: Kirsty Gaukel, Press & Marketing Manager The Sailing School at Hudson River Maritime Museum Announces 2024 Sailing ProgramsKINGSTON, N.Y. – The Sailing School at the Hudson River Maritime Museum (HRMM) is pleased to announce that 2024 youth, family and adult sailing programs are now open for registration. As the only accredited US Sailing school in the Hudson Valley, the Sailing School features seeks to inspire a new generation of enthusiasts. encouraging them to embrace the river as their playground and classroom, and fostering a lifelong love of sailing. Based out of the Museum’s waterfront campus, situated on the Rondout Creek in Kingston, New York, the Sailing School’s fleet includes three 420s, two capris, a Snipe, and eight Optimist Pram sailboats. Descriptions of the programs available are provided below. For additional information and links to register for individual classes, visit www.hrmm.org/sailing-school or call Jody Sterling, Sailing School Director at (845) 338-0071. Early Registration is recommended as spots in our youth sailing classes do sell out. All HRMM members receive discounts on registration fees. Limited scholarships are available for youth programs at www.hrmm.org/youth-sailing-program. YOUTH SAILING The following on-the-water classes begin in June, 2024. Parent-Child Sailing Class Ages 5 - 9, with an adult US Sailing Certified instructors welcome students to sailing in this three, 3-hour session (1 pm-4 pm) class in a comfortable environment, where students feel safe, have fun and learn some sailing basics while making friends and having new experiences. Dates: June 26 - 28 and July 1 - 3 Tuition: $250 (HRMM Member discounts $230-$240) Introduction to Youth Sailing Ages 7 - 9 US Sailing Certified instructors welcome students to the world of sailing in a three 3-hour (9 am-12 noon) class in a nurturing environment designed to ensure each student feels comfortable aboard sailboats, is safe, has fun and learns some sailing concepts, while making new friends and having new experiences. Dates:June 26 - 28 and July 1 - 3 Tuition: $250 (HRMM Member discounts $230-$240) Building & Sailing Boats Ages 10 - 17 Young people will be introduced to woodworking, boatbuilding and sailing in this 4-day (28 hour) course encompassing a range of STEM focused skills and activities. Cooperation, teamwork, self-confidence, and independence will be gained as students learn to build and sail boats. Dates: July 30-August 2 and August 27-30 Tuition: $440 (HRMM Member discounts $380-$400) Youth Sailing Program Ages 10 - 17 US Sailing certified instructors lead six one-week youth sailing experiences, from 9 am to 4 pm, (35 hours) for youth ages ten to seventeen. The focus on safety, fun and learning. Mixed age and experience levels allow experienced students to take on leadership roles. New sailors learn from instructors and their peers and proceed at their own pace. Dates: July 8 - 12, July 15 - 19, July 22 - 26, Aug. 5 - 9, Aug. 12 - 16, and Aug. 19 - 23 Tuition: $575 (HRMM Member discounts $529-$552) ADULT SAILING COURSE OPTIONS First Sail: Adults will enjoy a relaxing two-hour introduction to sailing on the Rondout Creek and the Hudson River aboard our stable catboat Tidbit. Experienced sailors are also welcome. Adults may also sign up children age 5 and older to join them. Dates: Saturdays: 11 am - 1 pm or 2 - 4 pm June 8, 15, 22, 29; July 13, 20, 27; Aug. 3 & 24; Sept. 7, 14, 21, 2024 Tuition: $64- $70 per adult, $50 per child Adult Sailing Series is a four-session (12-hour) class, designed for adults 18 and older, who are either new to sailing or who have some experience but wish to get out on the water and practice their skills. Dates: Class 1: 4:30 - 7:30 pm, June 11, 13, 18, 20 Class 2: 4:30 - 7:30 pm, July 9, 11, 16, 18 Class 3: 4:30 - 7:30 pm, Aug. 6, 8, 13, 15 Class 4: 4:30 - 7:30 pm, Aug. 20, 22, 27, 29 Class 5: 3:30pm-6:30pm, Sept. 10, 12, 17. 19 Tuition: $400 (with discounts for HRMM members) US Sailing Basic Keelboat is an intensive, 21-hour class taught by US Sailing Certified instructors and covers many topics which a competent sailor will need to master. The course will use the Basic Keelboat textbook published by the US Sailing Association, and students who successfully complete the course will be eligible to become certified as Basic Keelboat Sailors through US Sailing. Dates: Class 1: Mon. & Fridays, June 10, 14, 17, 21, 24, 28; July 1, 4:30 - 7:30pm. Class 2: Mon. and Fridays, July 8, 12, 15, 19, 22, 26, 29, 4:30 - 7:30 pm. Class 3: Saturdays, July 13, 20, 27 and Aug. 3, 2024; 11:00 am to 4:15 pm. Class 4: Mondays and Fridays, Aug. 5, 9, 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, 2024; 4:30 - 7:30 pm. Class 5: Mondays and Fridays, Sept. 9, 13, 16, 20, 23, 27, 30; 3:30 - 6:30 pm. Tuition: $600 (with discounts for HRMM members) New in 2024! US Sailing Performance Sailing is an intensive 21-hour class taught by US Sailing Certified instructors for those who have mastered the basics and have already earned US Sailing Basic Keelboat certification. Performance Sailing will cover more advanced skills focused on Sails, Boat Handling, Wind, Basic Racing, Safety and Emergencies. Prerequisite: US Sailing Basic Keelboat Student Certification Dates: Class 1: Saturdays, 11 am - 4:15 pm, June 8, 15, 22, 29 Class 2: Saturdays, 11 am - 4:15 pm, Sept. 7, 14, 21, 28, 2024 Tuition: $600 (with discounts for HRMM members) # The Hudson River Maritime Museum is dedicated to the preservation and interpretation of the maritime history of the Hudson River, its tributaries and related industries. In addition to extensive collections documenting maritime transportation, industry, recreation, and natural science, the museum offers classes and programs at its Wooden Boat School, Sailing and Rowing School, and aboard Solaris, the 100% solar powered tour boat and floating classroom. The museum is located along the historic Rondout waterfront in downtown Kingston. Visit www.hrmm.org for more information. ## Photos Photos with captions below:  Safety, Fun, Friendship and Learning Abound in Youth Sailing! Photo courtesy of HRMM  First Sail Students Aboard the Comfortable, Historic Catboat Tidbit. Photo courtesy of HRMM.  Adult Sailors Build Skills and Enjoy the Beautiful Hudson River. Photo courtesy of HRMM
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