 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Jack Loesch / Senior Museum Educator / [email protected] KINGSTON, NY - The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce three upcoming lectures held in-person at the museum's Wooden Boat School as a part of our "Follow the River" Lecture series. Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM / Friday April 18, 2025 at 7:00 PM / Wednesday, April 23, 2025 at 7:00 PM. Tickets are $10 for the general public and $5 for Hudson River Maritime Museum members. To register, visit www.hrmm.org/lecture-series. On April 9th, Jacqueline Kavanugh will talk about the Round the World Clipper Race. On April 18th, Douglass Brooks will discuss the intricacies of Japanese Boat Building, and on April 23rd, Paul Kane will give a talk about poetry revolving around the Hudson River Valley.  Headshot of Jacqueline Kavanagh Ireland-born-and-raised Jacqueline Kavanagh, 53, is an ocean racer. Once a stranger to sailing, she circumnavigated the globe as part of the Clipper 2019-20 Race, clocking up 40,000nm and adding big ocean crossings to her list of achievements. She now fronts the Clipper Race Recruitment Team where she encourages others to pursue their dreams and take on the adventure of a lifetime. She’s just an ordinary person who has been there, done it, and worn the foulies, making her the perfect sounding board for anyone wanting to take on the challenge.  Picture of Jacqueline Kavanagh and crew The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is a 40,000-nautical-mile, eleven-month adventure for non-professional sailors. Founded in 1996 by Sir Robin Knox-Johnston, it pushes endurance, teamwork and skill while racing across the planet’s oceans. Crews, led by professional Skippers and Mates, battle storms, towering waves, and blistering heat on identical 70-foot yachts while navigating some of the world’s most demanding waters. Open to all experience levels, the Clipper Race offers a rare chance for non-professionals to experience the thrill and hardship of ocean racing across the planet’s toughest seas.  Headshot of Douglas Brooks Douglas Brooks is a boatbuilder, writer, and researcher specializing in the construction of traditional wooden boats for museums and private clients. His boats have been displayed at museums across the United States and Japan. Since 1990, he has been researching traditional Japanese boatbuilding, focusing on the techniques and design secrets of the craft. Brooks is the sole non-Japanese listed in a 2003 Nippon Foundation survey of craftsmen capable of building traditional Japanese boats. In 2014, Brooks received the Rare Craft Fellowship Award for his work from the American Craft Council. He is a 1982 graduate of Trinity College in Hartford, CT with a B.A. in Philosophy. While an undergraduate he attended the Williams College Mystic Seaport Program in American Maritime Studies. He is also a 2002 graduate of the Middlebury College Japanese Language School in Middlebury, Vermont. He lives with his wife Catherine in Vergennes, Vermont. To see pictures of his work and learn more about his research, please visit: www.douglasbrooksboatbuilding.com.  Photo of Japanese Skiff Douglas Brooks is a boatbuilder who has been studying traditional Japanese boatbuilding for over twenty-five years. Since 1996 he has worked with nine boatbuilders from throughout Japan, and he is the sole apprentice for seven of his teachers. His teachers represent the last generation of craftspeople in Japan building wooden boats. Brooks’ research involves recording his teachers’ design secrets and techniques before they are lost. His latest book, Japanese Wooden Boatbuilding, is the first comprehensive study of the craft. In this lecture Brooks will discuss the crucial role of the apprentice system nurturing Japanese crafts and the threat posed by the absence of a new generation of apprentices. He will describe the roles and responsibility of the apprentice faced with the unorthodox teaching styles of his masters, who in some cases are forced to steal his master’s secrets. He will describe his efforts to document and preserve this craft through articles, books and workshops, and he will discuss the future for this craft in a country at the forefront of modernization and change. His talk is a lesson in craft, learning, and boatbuilding, and includes his photographs of traditional boats from throughout Japan.  Headshot of Paul Kane Paul Kane has published, as author or editor, twenty books and many essays, reviews and poems in literary and scholarly periodicals. His work includes eight collections of poems and a collaboration with the photographer William Clift: A Hudson Landscape. He has taught at Yale University, Monash University (Australia), the University of Bologna (Italy), and Vassar College, where he was Professor of English and Environmental Studies. His awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the Bogliasco Foundation, and in 2022 he was awarded The Order of Australia.
The Hudson is a storied river, celebrated in both prose and poetry, as well as in myths and legends handed down over generations. This illustrated talk focuses on poems about the Hudson but also considers the notion that there is something poetic about the river itself, the way it fascinates with its beauty, variety and constant presence in the valleys it has formed over aeons. In our exploration, we journey through time as well as along the shores of the river, from the Adirondacks to the broad bay of New York, looking at work from early American poets up to contemporary ones, traveling in our minds and imaginations, as we too celebrate the poetry of the Hudson.
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 Sail care and repair workship KINGSTON, N.Y. – The Sailing School at the Hudson River Maritime Museum and the Kingston Sailing Club are pleased to announce the Eighth Annual Riverport Women’s Sailing Conference, March 28 - 29, 2025. This annual gathering of sailors and aspiring sailors welcomes everyone. The conference includes a free social hour, a free keynote address by Dawn Riley, and an optional dinner on the Friday evening (pre-registration required), followed by a full day of hands-on workshops and presentations on a range of topics led by experienced women mariners on Saturday, March 29, 2025. The general public is encouraged to attend the free social hour, with a cash bar, on Friday, March 28, from 4:30 to 5:30 pm and a free Keynote address with Dawn Riley from 5:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Frank Guido’s Little Italy, Thomas Street, Kingston, New York. Dawn Riley, a world sailor, leader, and a pioneer in the sport of sailboat racing, will regale attendees with tales of her participation in the Whitbread Around the World race aboard Maiden with Tracy Edwards and her all-women crew in 1989-90, her participation and leadership in four America’s Cup campaigns, and her current leadership of the premier US sail training academy, Oakcliff Sailing in Oyster Bay, New York. A family-style dinner will follow at Frank Guido’s Little Italy. Please note that registration for the dinner is separate from the conference registration fee. Advanced booking is required by March 22, 2025. The cost is $60 per person. The 2025 Riverport Women’s Sailing Conference (RWSC) is co-sponsored by the Hudson River Maritime Museum and the Kingston Sailing Club and will be held in person, on land, at the Hudson River Maritime Museum campus in Kingston, New York on Saturday, March 29. People of all genders are welcome to register for the conference. Tuition for adults ranges from $100 to $125, and a discounted registration is available for those aged 14-20 $75. For more details about the workshop sessions and for online registration please visit, www.hrmm.org/riverport-womens-conference or call (845) 338-0071. On Saturday, conference registrants will enjoy networking, a panel discussion, coffee/light breakfast, and lunch. They will participate in five workshops taught by expert women mariners. Workshop topics include Becoming a Boat Owner, Sail Care & Maintenance, Introduction to Racing, Diesel Engine Maintenance, Safe Navigation Around Large Vessels, Essential Sailing Knots, Coastal & Offshore Passage Planning, Outboard Engine Troubleshooting, and more. Early Registration for the Conference is recommended to reserve your place in the specific workshops you’d like to attend. For descriptions of workshop sessions and to register for the conference and the pre-conference dinner please visit, www.hrmm.org/riverport-womens-conference or call (845) 338-0071.  Keynote speaker dinner 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 Kingston Sailing Club promotes and encourages the Corinthian spirit of racing (conducted in accordance with the US Sailing & ISAF rules and prescriptions) and cruising; promotes and encourages sportsmanship, seamanship, appreciation of the sailing environment, and the non-polluting, recreational use of our local waters, specifically, the Hudson River and its tributaries; and serves the best interests of the membership of the Kingston Sailing Club. Unlike some clubs, KSC does not own any boats, slips, or meeting space, and they sail on member-owned boats. KSC is a long-time partner of the Hudson River Maritime Museum, and enjoy regular use of their facilities, contribute financially, volunteer for and support their programs, and all KSC members are members of HRMM.  New Friends
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