Archive for the ‘Maritime Today’ Category
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Virginia Ship Repair
Protect Our Shipyards! Voice Your Concern If implemented, the US Navy directed cancellation of ship repair and maintenance due to lack of an approved Defense budget and sequestration will have a drastic impact on the commercial ship repair industry across the nation. The more than 150,000 expert ship repair professionals that have been cultivated across [...]
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Black History at MNHP
Course Dates: Saturdays, February 9, 16, 23 and through March 2, 11 a.m. with a conclusing session on Tuesday, March 5, Black American Day in Californi aschools at 3:30 p.m. San Francisco Maritime National Historical Park Visitor Cetner SAN FRANCISCO — Come to the Water: Teaching San Francisco Black Heritage continues for the third year [...]
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Pirates
Seagoing pirates have pillaged and plundered ships and coastal villages throughout history — from Vikings to 14th and 15th century ships owned by the Kings and Queens of Spain, England, Holland and France to 17th and 18th century raiders who pillaged Spanish galleons. Today, a series of attacks off the Horn of Africa has shown [...]
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Cruising
This week’s six most popular cruise specials based on shoppers’ activity. 7 Night Caribbean Cruise $569 11 Night Mediterranean Cruise $1349 6 Night Caribbean Cruise $744 3 Night Bahamas Cruise $309 8 Night Bahamas Cruise $549 6 Night Mediterranean Cruise $479 (image right is while in port at Monte Carlo during a two-week Mediterranean cruise; [...]
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World Voyages
Cunard has released its 2013 sailing schedules, including the desirable around-the-world cruises which are stages of approximately 25 days. Embarkation ports include Southampton, New York, Los Angeles, Fort Lauderdale, Hamburg, Venice, Rome, Athens, Greenock, Auckland and Kiev. The Cunard Liner “Queen Mary” Sails Out of New York For shorter cruises, or to test the waters [...]
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Save the HMVS Cerberus!
We are writing to you as we are about to lose the first Breastwork Monitor, HMVS Cerberus, (1868) forever. As far as Friends of the Cerberus was concerned the project to brace the gun turrets of Cerberus was progressing well with the design stage complete and various bracing designs presented to the stakeholders. Suddenly the [...]
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Born to Race . . .
Flyer from Spaulding Wooden Boat Center just came in: DORADE… “Born to race” at Spaulding Boat Center Thursday, May 10th 7:00 PM Meet Matt Brooks and Greg Stewart, Naval Architect Matt & Craig will share with the public Dorade’s design history and her past and present victories, including Myron Spaulding’s skippering Dorade while winning the [...]
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Bounty
We are in the process of completely remodeling the 15-year-old Maritime Heritage Project and will be moving all of the Ship’s Store Items to a Ship’s Store blog. Much will reside on the main site until the move, i.e. Books, including family names in history, ports, passengers, historical fiction . . . If you are [...]
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America’s Lighthouses
The Fyddeye Guide to America’s Lighthouses makes your travel planning easier by showing you hundreds of fascinating lighthouses you can visit today on the east coast, Great Lakes, Gulf Coast, and the west coast, including Alaska and Hawaii. From remote islands in Maine to the metropolises of southern California, you’ll discover the towering historic structures [...]
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Wooden Boat Center
SPAULDING WOODEN BOAT CENTER EDUCATION PRESERVATION RESTORATION COMMUNITY Marinship Day: Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 8 am—3pm Benefit for Spaulding Wooden Boat Center Foot of Gate Five Road Sausalito, CA 94965 Sausalito West Marine would like to invite you to participate in their third Sausalito Marinship Day. This celebration of our waterfront community will combine [...]