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Olaf Engvig Honored with Karl Kortum Award
Friends of Pacific Maritime History Honor Olaf Engvig with Karl Kortum Award The Friends of Pacific Maritime History (formerly the Friends of the San Francisco Maritime Museum Library) are...
NMHS Mourns the Loss of Tall Ships America Executive Director Bert Rogers
We are grieved to learn of the death of Captain Bert Rogers, Executive Director of Tall Ships America and our 2017 NMHS Distinguished Service Award recipient. He was such a...
2018 Annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club 25 October
Register Today Join us Thursday, 25 October 2018 for the National Maritime Historical Society’s Annual Awards Dinner at the New York Yacht Club. The National Maritime Historical Society invites you...
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In the Pages of Sea History 164
Here’s what’s in the pages of Sea History 164: The National Maritime Historical Society Annual Awards Dinner, 2018 by Julia Church NMHS will recognize the contributions of three exceptional...
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How to Make a Running Turk’s Head
How to Make a Running Turk’s Head By Hervey Garrett Smith Mariners from the Age of Sail were experts in “marlinspike seamanship,” or ropework, both functional and decorative. One of the most popular knots that sailors learned early on and that people today, sailors and landlubbers alike, use to make bracelets and anklets is the…
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