KINGSTON, NY - The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to offer two Sailing 101 classes as part of the Riverport Sailing School this fall.
Sailing 101 is the first course of a two-course Basic Keelboat Training Series. It will be offered in the fall of 2017 and spring of 2018. On-the-water course Sailing 102 will be offered in the late spring and summer of 2018. Sailing 101 will be taught entirely on land and will cover such topics as: Preparation to Sail, Crew Operations and Skills, Sailing Theory, Leaving the Dock or Mooring, Navigation, Navigation Rules, International-Inland, Heavy Weather Sailing, Overboard Rescue Methods, Safety and Emergency Procedures, Anchoring Techniques, Returning to the Dock or Mooring. The course will use the "Learn Sailing Right" textbook published by the United States Sailing Association and will be taught by Christin Ripley, an experienced sailor and US Sailing Certified Basic Keelboat instructor. This course is offered twice this fall - two Saturdays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., November 4 and 11, 2017 OR four Tuesday evenings, 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on November 7, 14, and December 5, and 12, 2017. Tuition for HRMM members at the Household level and above is $175. Non-members are $220. Tuition includes all course materials, including the “Learn Sailing Right” textbook published by US Sailing. To register for the course, visit www.hrmm.org/sailing-school.
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The Hudson River Maritime Museum and the Rondout Rowing Club will host a Head of the Rondout rowing race on Sunday, October 15, on the historic Rondout Creek in Kingston, New York.
“Head” races are time-trial rowing competitions. In Kingston, boats will launch one by one at the Museum, row up the Rondout toward the Eddyville Bridge, circle back, and race from the bridge to the Rondout Lighthouse. The three-mile course requires crews to navigate around some obstacles. Boats will begin launching at HRMM, at 50 Rondout Landing, at 8 a.m. “This is a warm-up event for crews racing the Head of the Charles regatta in Boston the following weekend,” says HRMM Trustee Scott Johnson, who coaches the Kingston High School Varsity Crew team and organized this competition. Rondout Rowing Club has two teams competing on the Charles, “so this is ideal practice for us,” Johnson says. The Head of the Rondout is designed for all ages and classes of boats, and it is open to all rowers, free of charge. Competitors will range from middle school students to adults. In addition to the Rondout Rowing Club youth crews, boats from the Rondout Rowing Club, the Hudson Valley Rowing Association, and other rowing teams and clubs will compete. “Rondout Creek offers ideal conditions for a head race,” says Lisa Cline, executive director of HRMM. “The Hudson River Valley has a long history of rowing and we’re really excited to support this new race here in Kingston. The Head of the Rondout is another sign of the powerful resurgence of the sport of rowing in our area.” Crews interested in competing should contact Scott Johnson at 845-901-2386. The deadline to register is October 7. Members of the press are invited to attend. For more information, contact Tim Cross at 845-338-0071, ext 17. For more information about the Hudson River Maritime Museum, visit www.hrmm.org, like HRMM on Facebook, or call 845-338-0071. KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is proud to present a film screening and panel discussion of Jon Bowermaster’s new film, “Hope on the Hudson,” on Saturday, September 9 at 4:00 PM in the Kingston Home Port and Education Center.
Jon Bowermaster is the filmmaker behind “Hudson: A River at Risk,” which was screened at the museum last year. “Hope on the Hudson” is in actuality Part III of the “River at Risk” series. While the “River at Risk” series covered the threats to the Hudson River, including crude oil transport, the nuclear power plant at Indian Point, and the construction of the new Tappan Zee bridge, “Hope on the Hudson” focuses on the efforts of organizations and individuals to preserve and restore the Hudson River both environmentally and socially. After the film, Bowermaster will lead a panel discussion with some of the films’ participants. For those who missed the screening of “Hudson: A River at Risk” last year, the films will be shown again starting at 2:00 PM. A writer, filmmaker and adventurer, Bowermaster is a six-time grantee of the National Geographic Expeditions Council. One of the Society’s ‘Ocean Heroes,’ his first assignment for National Geographic Magazine in 1989 was to document a dog-sled expedition that crossed Antarctica taking 221 days. His Oceans 8 project took him and his teams around the world by sea kayak over the course of ten years (1999-2008), where they bought back stories from the Aleutian Islands, French Polynesia, Gabon, Tasmania, and beyond about how the planet’s one ocean and its various coastlines are faring today. He is the chairman of the board of Adventurers and Scientists for Conservation and a board member of Celine Cousteau’s CauseCentric Productions. KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to host the Canadian brigantine St. Lawrence from Thursday, September 7 through Sunday, September 10, 2017.
Built in 1953 in Kingston, Ontario specifically to teach traditional sailing to youths from around the Canadian Maritimes and New England, the Sail Training Vessel (STV) St. Lawrence is 60 feet in length (72’ with the bowsprit), has a steel hull, and can accommodate 25 crew. She offers week-long summer sailing programs for youths aged 13-18 out of her home port of Kingston, Ontario. Students on these immersive sailing weeks hone their teamwork and sailing skills away from technology and distractions. Programs emphasize personal development, teamwork, and the discipline needed to run a tall ship on the open ocean. St. Lawrence is visiting the Hudson River Maritime Museum in Kingston, New York to down-rig her mast in preparation for traveling through the Erie and Oswego Canals. Her New York journey will end in Oswego, NY on Lake Ontario where she will re-rig to continue sailing. She will also be doing programs with the H. Lee White Maritime Museum in Oswego at that time. St. Lawrence will be available for deck tours on Thursday, September 7 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Deck tours are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. Crew will also be available throughout their stay to talk about the St. Lawrence, its educational programs, and the process of de-rigging. For safety reasons, visitors will not be allowed on deck after Thursday morning. St. Lawrence will be arriving late Wednesday evening and departing early Monday morning. On the rugged shores of the British Isles and the fjords of Norway, small, double-ended wooden boats have long plied the cold waters of the North Atlantic, rowed or sailed by their fishermen owners. Built of lapstrake hardwoods, they are reminiscent of old Viking boats. In the North Atlantic, the small rocky islands and reefs that line the coastlines are called “skerries,” after the Old Norse word “sker.” Often rowed and sailed in and around skerries, these plucky little work boats are rugged enough for the rocky shores. This fall, the Hudson River Maritime Museum will offer a class to build the modern descendant of those historic British and Scandinavian working boats. Called a “Skerry” after those rocky islands, this version is tough and lightweight, easy to sail or row. Riverport Wooden Boat School Senior Instructor Michael Puryear notes, “This class is an opportunity to learn how to build boats using modern stitch-and-glue technology, which produces a lighter and stronger wooden boat.” Stitch-and-glue uses lightweight marine grade okume plywood to stich the flexible planks together in an overlapping style called lapstrake. The stitching and glue give the boat shape and strength without the use of heavy wooden ribs, as in traditional boatbuilding. The bottom of the boat is also sheathed in fiberglass for tough resistance to rocky shorelines or hard landings. The resulting boat is lightweight and easy to pull up on a beach at the end of the day and make camp. At 15 feet long with either a four-sided spritsail or a triangular gunter rig sail, the Skerry can be rowed while under sail, an uncommon feature for small boats. The mast can also be stepped down if you prefer to just row. At around 100 pounds, the Skerry can be car-topped with two adults, or is incredibly easy to pull in and out of the water on a small trailer. Unlike previous boatbuilding classes at RWBS, this Skerry build is a group build – with a group of students working together to build a single boat. This boat will also be built from scratch using only plans, not kits, giving students the full range of woodworking skills as they build the boat from start to finish. Students can enter a lottery to “win” the final product. “Students will gain confidence, manual skills, and build friendships through teamwork,” Puryear says of the group style of class. The “Group Boatbuild: Nordic Skerry” class takes place every Thursday and Friday, 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM, from Thursday, September 21 until Friday, November 3, with Saturday, November 4 as a final class for any finishing necessary, as well as to celebrate the completion of the boat and draw lots. This class is also more affordable than the individual kit classes, at just $495 for HRMM members at the Household level and above, and $540 for non-members. “Many of our members and visitors were unable to commit to the week-long kit builds, both because of price and time commitment, so we wanted to offer an alternative and the Skerry is the perfect boat to start with,” says HRMM Director of Education Sarah Wassberg. For many people, building a sailboat is a dream come true. “It was always my dream growing up,” says Puryear. To build a boat and then sail off into the sunset is now an affordable reality for Hudson Valley residents, provided you’ve got luck on your side. The class is limited to 10 people, and spots are sure to fill up fast. Interested students can register online at www.hrmm.org/classes--workshops.html or by calling 845-338-0071 ext. 16. KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce the election of its new Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees, the museum’s governing body. Returning Treasurer William Ryan is joined by a new slate of officers: President Robert Burhans; First Vice President Mark Peckham; Second Vice President Francesca Szabadi; and Secretary Dan Proctor. Outgoing Board President Allan Bowdery expresses confidence in the future of the museum, its mission and goals. “With the election of this invigorated Executive Committee, this Board will be working in concert with our recently appointed Executive Director, Lisa Cline, who had served as Chief Operating Officer for the past year. The museum as a whole will continue to raise the bar, so to speak, for providing education and preservation of the history and vitality of the Hudson Valley region.” Newly elected Board President Robert Burhans wants to thank outgoing Board officers, Allan Bowdery, Jack Weeks and Ian Westergren, for all of their hard work overseeing the dramatic growth of the museum during the last two years. He also is excited and looking forward to working with the new Executive Committee and with Executive Director Lisa Cline. Executive Director Cline adds her enthusiasm for the upcoming 2017 season. “The staff, volunteers and Board members of the museum have been organizing an impressive array of classes in our Riverport Wooden Boat School; continuing restoration work on the sloop Woody Guthrie; completing renovations and upgrades to our campus facility; planning our ‘Follow the River’ Lecture and Film Series; and scheduling educational offerings, including the successful inauguration of our new monthly Sunday Family Program as well as our innovative Hudson River Stewards program. We have a reinvigorated membership structure and an exciting February benefit evening with Jay Ungar and Molly Mason. And of course, we are planning our annual Hudson River Day – Get Out on the River! event along with the First Annual Boatbuilding Challenge, both scheduled for Saturday, June 24.” Robert L. Burhans – President Bob Burhans retired in 2010 from the NYS Department of Health with 34 years of public and environmental health experience at both the State and local levels. After 9/11 he was appointed as New York’s first Director of Health Emergency Preparedness, leading the State’s efforts to prepare the public health and healthcare sectors to be ready to respond to health emergencies. Burhans is currently Senior Executive for Health Emergency Management for Tetra Tech EMCR and has been actively involved in the development of the NHSPI (National Health Security Preparedness Index). He is a member of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation’s National Advisory Committee for the NHSPI, and has managed projects and programs with budgets ranging from $24,000 to $47.5 million. First Vice President – Mark Peckham Mark Peckham has recently retired from a long career in Historic Preservation, including serving in positions involved with urban conservation and architecture. From 1983 until 2015, he worked for the New York State Division for Historic Preservation in several capacities, and also was an Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor Commission Member. He shares a great love for boating, paddling, sailing, wreck diving and has experience in building and sailing replicas. Peckham also counts writing, storytelling, drawing, painting and ship model restoration among his beloved hobbies. Second Vice President – Francesca Szabadi Francesca Szabadi, a resident of Hurley, is executive administrative officer and corporate secretary for the governing board of Rondout Savings Bank. Prior to this position, Szabadi was responsible for arts administration of the Al Held Foundation and Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies from SUNY, College of Environmental Science and Forestry in association with Syracuse University, and is a 2015 graduate of the Ulster Leadership Development Institute. Szabadi has volunteered for various not-for-profits, including the United Way of Ulster County, and has served on the Mid-Hudson Advisory Committee for Junior Achievement of Northeastern New York. Not only is she a museum enthusiast, Szabadi is an avid rower and sits on the Board of the Rondout Rowing Club. Treasurer – William Ryan William Ryan brings over 31 years of senior level IBM management to the museum as well as his current expertise as Regional Director for AcBel Polytech Inc., a Taiwan-based electronics manufacturer. Born in Kingston, Ryan graduated from Kingston High School, and received his BS in Physics and MBA in Finance from Marist College. His current community board relationships, besides HRMM, include Director, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union; President, Hurley Cemetery Association; and Treasurer, Wiltwyck Hose Co. Ryan plays tennis, bikes and is a member of the Windham Mountain Ski Patrol. William Ryan remains in his HRMM Executive Committee position as Treasurer. Secretary – Dan Proctor Dan Proctor offers a demonstrated capability to manage organizational change, optimize organizational form to function, and lead as well as improve complex private and federal organizations. His consulting firm, Proctor Robbins, LLC, continues this support to both the public and private sector. Having received his BA in Economics from the University of Georgia, Proctor continued his studies and received his MBA in Organizational Design from George Mason University and then his MA in Strategic Studies at the US Naval War College. Serving for 10 years USN Enlisted, he was 17 years as an USN Officer, and retired in 2000 as a Commander/O5 which involved planning, resourcing and directing Special Warfare operations and centers worldwide. KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum will host a special evening of dinner, music and dancing, featuring renowned musicians Jay Ungar and Molly Mason on Sunday, February 26, 2017, as a fitting culmination to the museum’s second annual membership drive.
The benefit evening will be held at Ole Savannah Southern Table & Bar in the historic Cornell Building, formerly the boiler shop of the Cornell Steamboat Company, which is located at 100 Rondout Landing, next to the museum on the historic Rondout Creek. “Having such cherished musicians as Jay and Molly lead an evening filled with music and dancing is a huge honor,” notes Ellie Burhans, Social Media and Membership Coordinator. “Members are the life-blood of this museum, and we could not offer our educational programs for adults and children without our members’ financial and volunteer support.” From 3:00pm to 5:00pm, the museum will host an open house in its Riverport Wooden Boat School to meet the shipwrights leading the “YouthBoat” education program for teens. Beginning at 4:00 pm guests can transition to Ole Savannah where a special buffet will be provided. Jay and Molly will perform throughout the evening until 7:00 pm. The Hudson River Maritime Museum’s “Show the Museum Some Love” membership drive has set a goal of 100 new members to join the museum’s community. Throughout the month, the museum will offer special gift memberships sent with an exclusive bumper magnet and Valentines. Tickers are on sale now! Tickets are $35 and include a complimentary Basic membership for the purchaser or to give as a gift. For any questions on how to become a member or purchase tickets, please contact Ellie Burhans at membership@hrmm.org or call 845-338-0081 ext 19. KINGSTON, NY – The Hudson River Maritime Museum is pleased to announce a special lecture celebrating Black History Month on Saturday, February 4, 2017, at 2:30 pm in the museum’s Riverport Wooden Boat School classroom.
“Black Maritime Workers in Early America: Challenging Slavery and Shaping Freedom Then and Now” is open to the public with a suggested donation of $5; HRMM members are free. Dr. Craig Marin, Assistant Professor of Maritime Studies at SEA or Sea Education Association in Woods Hole, MA, will be connecting Early American history experiences for black maritime workers to modern accomplishments and continued challenges for African Americans. Dr. Marin will use maritime stories uncovered in his research that will further illuminate the circumstances of Africans and African Americans in the maritime world during the age of sail. For more information about the lecture, please contact Lana Chassman, lchassman@hrmm.org, call 845.338.0071 ext. 15 ANNUAL MITTEN TREE APPEAL LAUNCHED and EXPANDED BY HUDSON RIVER MARITIME MUSEUM Winter Weather Accessories & Fishing Equipment Requested KINGSTON, NY – As part of its annual “Mitten Tree” appeal, the Hudson River Maritime Museum is accepting donations of NEW winter weather accessories such as warm mittens, gloves, hats and scarves. These will be distributed to local children in need. Having these necessary items available will allow children without proper winter attire to join their friends and classmates during outdoor time even in the winter months. For the first time, the museum has received an additional special request for donations of new or slightly used fishing poles and reels to benefit residents at a local youth organization. All equipment must be in good working order. HRMM Education Coordinator Rita Carr, who is organizing this year’s community project, felt this request was a great supplement to the annual holiday “Mitten Tree” drive, noting that “some of these teens said that they want to be able to go fishing more than they want food or clothing. And this request reflects our mission of community access to the river, education and preserving the rich history of fishing on the Hudson!” The museum will be accepting both kinds of donations which will be displayed in the museum’s East Gallery (for the “Fishing Tree”) and Gift Shop (for the “Mitten Tree”): at the museum Gift Shop - Thursdays through Sundays from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm until Sunday, December 18. The museum and Museum Gift Shop will re-open on Thursday, January 5, 2017. at the museum’s administrative offices - Mondays through Fridays from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm until Friday, December 23. The offices will re-open on Tuesday, January 3, 2017. Donations will be delivered by mid-January 2017. For more information about the Hudson River Maritime Museum, please visit www.hrmm.org, Like HRMM on Facebook, or call 845.338.0071 ext. 15. October 19, 2016
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Lana Chassman Director of Public Relations lchassman@hrmm.org 845.338.0071 x 15 HRMM’S RIVERPORT WOODEN BOAT SCHOOL LAUNCHES FUND DRIVE FOR ITS YOUTHBOAT PROGRAM KINGSTON, NY - HRMM Executive Director, Lisa Cline, announces a “pre-launch” fund drive for a new Riverport Wooden Boat School program – Riverport YouthBoat – designed for middle and high school students enrolled in alternative education programs. “To help the museum off-set the costs of necessary tools and supplies, we have decided to host an impromptu fund drive! The generous support of our community will help make this YouthBoat program a success for these teens,” says Cline. Riverport YouthBoat is the Museum’s latest offering to area youth, and designed to build character and develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through wooden boatbuilding projects and on-the-water activities. Students from diverse backgrounds will work alongside experienced craftsmen to learn and problem-solve in a challenging and innovative hands-on environment, complementing classroom learning. RWBS staff member, Wayne Ford, a graduate of the Rockport Apprentice Shop in Maine and shipwright for over twenty years, will work with these Ulster County BOCES students and area students in this afterschool program to build a 12-foot New England wherry. The museum will accept any of the following items – in good-working order -- or monetary donations ear-marked for specific tools. Contributions will be acknowledged in the shop.
Please contact Lisa Cline at lcline@hrmm.org or 845.338.0071 x 20 regarding contributions to the museum’s new Riverport YouthBoat Program. ### |
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