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October 2018
USS Constellation Cup Regatta & Deck Party
REGATTA Baltimore’s Harbor - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm Enjoy a Day on the Water in Baltimore’s Harbor for Racing Fun & Help Keep the Historic Ships Afloat Open to All Sailboats Prizes for Top Finishers Race information, including registration, will be posted to www.ussconstellationcup.org as soon as it is available. DECK PARTY Pier 1 - 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm Celebrate with the Sailors After the Race and Join the Revelry on USS Constellation! Featuring Rations Provided by Sascha's Catering, Rum Cocktails, Beer & Wine Live Music…
Find out more »2018 New York State Canal Conference
Join the 2018 Canal Conference October 14-16, 2018. The 2018 conference will celebrate the role that New York Harbor has played in the success of the State’s historic inland waterway system. As New York State continues to celebrate the Erie Canal Bicentennial, New York Harbor is the perfect venue to commemorate the Centennial of the Erie Barge Canal. Learn about New York’s maritime/canal history just as Staten Island completes landmark projects along its waterfront, especially the New York Wheel and…
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American Caribbean Maritime Foundation Annual Anchor Awards Dinner
The American Caribbean Maritime Foundation (ACMF) will honor three distinguished individuals in the cargo and cruise shipping industries at its 2018 Annual Anchor Awards Dinner: Michael Bayley President & CEO, Royal Caribbean Rick Murrell SVP Managing Director, Saltchuk Resources and Chairman Tropical Shipping Roland Malins-Smith Founder and Retired President of Seafreight Line Ltd. This illustrious event brings together in one place those who love and serve the sea, philanthropists, maritime professionals, Caribbean diplomats and government officials, and friends of the…
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2018 Annual Awards Dinner
Donate Silent Auction Items The National Maritime Historical Society's Thursday, 25 October 2018 Annual Awards Dinner is now SOLD OUT, but it's still not too late to support the Society. Please consider supporting our work with a contribution or by participating in our Silent Auction - bidding is now open to the public! The Society is honored to recognize three most esteemed recipients at its 2018 Annual Awards Dinner. VADM Peter H. Daly, USN (Ret.) will receive the 2018 Distinguished Service…
Find out more »Oysterfest at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum
Get ready to sip, slurp, and savor at the Chesapeake Bay Maritime Museum’s OysterFest, taking place on Saturday, Oct. 27, in St. Michaels, Maryland. Special to this year’s festival will be the re-launch of the 1889 bugeye Edna E. Lockwood, whose nine-log hull has been restored by CBMM shipwrights and apprentices over the past two years. Edna Lockwood is the queen of CBMM’s floating fleet of historic boats and a National Historic Landmark. She will return to the Chesapeake Bay following a brief ceremony at 3pm, making her…
Find out more »November 2018
ASMA 40th Anniversary Retreat – Charleston, SC
Come join the celebration! Members of the ASMA will join together in beautiful Charleston, SC for a special celebration to recognize the 40th anniversary of the American Society of Marine Artists! The event will be held on November 1-4, 2018. The 40th Anniversary Retreat will officially start on Thursday afternoon with a dinner party planned at the Hotel Indigo ‘s new Magnolia Ballroom. Enjoy artist demonstrations by featured artists and Signature Members Dee Beard Dean and Don Maitz. Dee will be…
Find out more »ASMA 40th Anniversary Marine Art Invitational Exhibition & Sale
Join the American Society of Marine Artists at the 40th Anniversary Exhibition & Sale at Principle Gallery Charleston. 65 works of art from the amazing maritime artists of the American Society of Marine Artists will be on display and for sale at Principle Gallery Charleston in Charleston, SC from November 2nd until November 30th. This exhibition is free for the public. 125 Meeting Street, Charleston, SC 29401. For more information, call 843-727-4500 or email art@principlecharleston.com.
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Hell Around the Horn: A Nautical Presentation and Book Signing with Author Rick Spilman
Register Here for Saturday, 3 November: Registration at 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00 AM The November NMHS Seminar Series features Hell Around the Horn with author and “Old Salt Blog” founder and host Rick Spilman. This nautical thriller is set in the last days of the great age of sail. In 1905, a young ship’s captain and his family set sail on the windjammer, Lady Rebecca, from Cardiff, Wales with a cargo of coal bound for Chile, by way of Cape Horn. Before…
Find out more »New York City Pickle Night
This year marks the 213th Anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar, and the 14th New York City Pickle Night Dinner will mark this history shaping event on 9 November 2018. Those who appreciate the historical significance of Admiral Lord Horatio Nelson and the lore associated with his life are invited to attend this special event. The Dinner is named for HM Schooner Pickle, which participated in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805 and which brought the news to Britain of Nelson’s victory and…
Find out more »December 2018
Hudson River Lighthouses Part II Seminar with Historian Scott Craven & Holiday Potluck
Saturday, 1 December: Registration at 10:30 AM, Lecture at 11:00 AM. Potluck Lunch to Follow. Join us for the last NMHS Seminar Series event of the year at the Cortlandt Yacht Club. Back by popular demand, Scott Craven returns after his first series on Lighthouses of the Hudson to present the fascinating stories of the six lighthouses of the lower Hudson and New York Harbor: the Ambrose Lightship, the Sandy Hook Light, Jeffrey’s Hook Light (the Little Red Lighthouse) the Lighthouse at…
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