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ON A LEE SHORE:
SOS: "Save Our Ship" SS United States
Save the Wapama
Friends of Falls of Clyde
Columbia Project

VESSEL RESEARCH:

Visit ShipIndex.org listing sources for over 100,000 ship references.

Save the Date!
NMHS's Washington DC
Awards Dinner
Thursday, 22 April 2010
The maritime community will gather at The Army and Navy Club on Farragut Square in Washington, DC to honor three maritime luminaries...more

NMHS presents
Navigation Through the Ages
with Donald Launer
RESCHEDULED to Saturday, 27 March 2010
Hendrick Hudson Free Library, Montrose, NY ...more

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!

NMHS 2010 Annual Meeting
13-15 May 2010
Mystic Seaport and Connecticut University
at Avery Point ...more

9th Maritime Heritage Conference
15-19 September
Baltimore, MD. Call for Papers! ...more

Caribbean Delights
Join NMHS trustees, president and fellow members for a luxurious Caribbean cruise aboard the great ocean liner Queen Mary 2® for a great 11-day trip to the Caribbean ...more

Featured in Our
Ships's Store:
Harbor Voices: New York Harbor tugs, ferries, people, places, and more... Celebrating New York's working harbor within lively recent memory. Anthology by Terry Walton ...more

FEATURED MARITIME EVENTS:
The Maritime Art of Patrick O'Brien through 30 April U.S. Naval Academy Museum, Naval Academy Annapolis, MD. www.patrickobrienstudio.com

16th Annual Shipwreck Symposium 13 March Welland, ON, Canada. Sponsored by the Niagara Divers' Association. For details click here

Bermuda Shorts and Knobbly Knees: A Winter Celebration of Bermuda and the Sea! 13 March New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA. Inaugural Winter fundraiser. Call 508 997-0046, ext 115 for tickets. www.whalingmuseum.org

The 4th Annual Northeast Florida Maritime Archaeology Symposium 17-20 March St. Augustine Lighthouse and Museum, St. Augustine, FL. Click here for details.

Sailor Series: International Sailing Adventures - Tuesday lecture series: 23 March New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, MA. In its 20th year, the 2010 Sailors Series will celebrate "the great cruising grounds of both man and whales." www.whalingmuseum.org

For more details on these and other events, visit our MARITIME EVENTS CALENDAR

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Featured Maritime Web sites

Calling All Professional Sail Trainers!:
American Sail Training Association website hosts
The Billet Bank, which provides notice of positions available
aboard ASTA member vessels and is an effective service
for matching professional sail trainers and open positions.

Featured Links:

New York - Barcelona Transoceanic Sailing Record Follow the race starting in April on the website, which will display boat positions updated every 4 hours. www.ny-bcn.org/en/index.jsp

Student Opportunities through the NOAA Office of Education website providing information on scholarships, internships, and fellowships through NOAA.

Author Robert F. Cross's latest book, Shepherds of the Sea is due out in May. Cross has presented for NMHS's Charles Point Council in past and will again this coming November. Visit his new website at www.RobertFCross.com

National Sailing Hall of Fame's featuring sailing resources, information, news and film library: www.nshof.org

Maritime Museums

Click Here for a state-by-state listing of some of America's best maritme museums

NMHS is an affiliate of
The Council of American Maritime Museums