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SNAME ANNOUCES T ECHNICAL PROGRAM AT MEETING
JERSEY CITY, NJ – The technical program encompassing feasibility studies and (University of Michigan). This course will format to encourage an active discussion of
for the Society of Naval Architects and preliminary design to show how an focus on different analyses of the forces and the subject matter.
Engineers (SNAME) Annual Meeting and integrated ship design is developed, starting moments on a sailing yacht, airfoil theory, To view the full conference schedule
Expo (October 21-23 at the Rhode Island with a statement of owner’s requirements. keel and rudder design, sail design, model and register for the SNAME 2009 annual
Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Course 2. Marine Engineering - Kevin testing, and the use of computers in yacht meeting and expo, visit
Island) features papers on 35 ship design Prince (Gibbs & Cox, Inc.). This course performance analysis. www.snameexpo.com.
and production topics, three new continuing reviews marine engineering functional Four new panel discussions have been SNAME is an internationally
education courses and four timely panel requirements for ship design, addressing added to this year’s expo schedule: Electric recognized nonprofit technical society of
discussions. Early registration discounts of ship design phases, systems engineering Ships – A Shipbuilders Perspective; Ocean individual members serving the maritime
up to $US200 are available until September analyses and integration, propulsion plant Energy – How Will It Be Developed?; industry. SNAME is dedicated to advancing
23. design, electrical generation plant design, Unmanned and Autonomous Ships of the the art, science, and practice of naval
“This year’s technical papers cover an and auxiliary system pump selection. Future; and Efficient Shipping in the architecture, shipbuilding, ocean
expanded range of topics, presented in a Course 3. Sailing Yacht Performance Greenhouse Gas Era. Panels include the engineering, and marine engineering.
format that encourages audience interaction Analysis - Drs. Robert Beck and Kevin Maki presentation of up to three papers and a
and discussion with the presenters,” said
Nancy Ostin, SNAME Director of
Another Lighthousing Era Passes
Membership and Marketing. Abstracts of all
technical papers can be viewed at the On August 31 another part of
published and written by Harrison in 2008. Welton Colbeth was the last to survive
conference web site (www.snameexpo.com). lighthouse history came to a close with the
Other Colbeth family lighthouse memories of the lighthouse children of the late Gleason
The full text of each paper will be available passing of Welton Douglas Colbeth, 76, of
will be published in future issues of W. and Lillian (Beal) Colbeth. He was
online to registered attendees.
Machiasport Lighthouse Digest. Also, next year an preceded in death by his brothers, Gleason
An optional day of continuing
interpretative display about Gleason Jr., Julian and Hollis. His passing leaves only
education courses, approved for seven
Unfortunately, very few knew of his rich Colbeth will be installed at the now restored one surviving child of a keeper of the United
continuing education credits (PDHs), will be
ties to New England’s lighthouse and Little River Lighthouse in Cutler. States Lighthouse Service who served at
offered on Wednesday, October 23.
maritime heritage or how proud he was of his Harrison said that there were many gaps Maine’s Little River Lighthouse. That is
Course 1. Early Phase Ship Design -
family’s lighthouse history. That all in the history of some Maine lighthouses Purcell Corbett, now 90, whose father Willie
Benjamin Capuco (Gibbs & Cox, Inc.) and
changed in the late spring of 2008 when that were filled in thanks to Welton Colbeth W. Corbett, was the keeper at Little River
Sean Walsh (Alion Science). An overview of
Welton came forward to share with Tim stepping forward to share the memoirs, Lighthouse from 1921 to 1945.
the early stage ship-design process,
Harrison, editor of Lighthouse Digest, the photographs, documents and of course, Welton Colbeth’s funeral was presided
never before published memoirs of his father Welton’s personal memories. Harrison went over by Pastor Bill Holmes who during the
Mystic Seaport
Gleason W. Colbeth, from the years 1895 to on to say, “Thanks to Welton, a vital link to service often referred to lighthouses.
1977. Maine’s lighthouse history has now been Colbeth’s family requested that memorial
This memoir detailed Gleason Colebth’s saved for all future generations to learn from. donations his name can be made to the
Continued from Page 8.
early childhood years and his life on the high Without Welton’s help, this might all have Friends of Little River Lighthouse, P.O. Box
member youth). A $2 handling fee will be seas during World War I, serving on the been lost forever.” 671, East Machias, ME 04630.
applied to all tickets. Tickets can be pur- Battleship NORTH CAROLINA and the USS
chased online at www.mysticseaport.org/ PRESIDENT GRANT. After the war he
Tailor-Made to Create Magic 2009
nauticalnightmares or by calling joined the Coast Guard and served at
860.572.5322 Monday through Friday from 9 Maine’s Cross Island Life Saving Station.
a.m. to 4 p.m. However, after the stint in the Coast Guard he
Six Metre World Cup
Each performance night, Mystic Seaport joined the United States Lighthouse Service. NEWPORT, RI – For sailors, and spectators (built 1934-1965) and Moderns which are all
will be accepting donations of new or gently He went on to serve at Isles of Shoals too, few sights on the water this summer will Sixes built since 1966.
worn women’s or children’s socks. The do- Lighthouse in New Hampshire and Seguin have more visual appeal than the 30+ yachts Of the Olympic Games veterans, three
nations will be given to the Women’s Center Island Light, Goose Rocks Light, Ram Island that will gather in Newport from September 8- medal winners will compete in Newport.
of Southeastern Connecticut which provides Light, Great Duck Island Light, Libby Island 12, 2009, for the Six Metre World Cup. The D22~Clarity (formerly known as Bonzo),
services to families affected by domestic vio- Light and Little River Light, all in Maine. genesis of the class, in 1906, coincides with which won silver for Denmark at the 1924
lence and sexual assault in New London and It was at Libby Island Lighthouse, the establishment of the International Rule, Games in Le Havre, has the shortest trip to
Norwich. Donations of shoes and athletic where in 1933, Welton Colbeth was born and a mathematical formula used to design a the championship. Owned by Jed Pearsall,
footwear are also welcomed to help provide for his entire childhood, the next 17 years, he number of sailboat classes. From 1906 to she has called Newport home for over 20
warmth during the upcoming winter months lived on an island as the son of lighthouse 1914, over 300 “Sixes” were built as they years. FIN67~Djinn won a silver medal for
for those in need. keeper. The last five of those years were appealed to consumers with, and without, Argentina in the 1948 Olympic Regatta in
Nautical Nightmares is not recom- spent at Little River Lighthouse in Cutler. deep pockets. Ranging from 34 to 38’ long, Torquay and will be helmed by Henrik
mended for children under 12. The tour route When Welton stepped forward to share the design’s rule, which allowed design Andersin (Grankula, Finland). In 1952,
is not wheelchair accessible and includes his father’s memoirs and old family differences, and the relative size-to-cost NOR80~Elisabeth X won the silver medal on
several steps. photographs with Harrison, he was ill, but ratio, which encompassed the ability to ship her home waters in Helsinki, having been
Mystic Seaport is the nation’s leading did his best to recall with Harrison life at the easily by freighter in order to compete built for a lottery sponsored by the Royal
maritime museum and features a working lighthouses. Some of those family memories internationally, meant the owner could build Norwegian Yacht Club . At her helm during
preservation shipyard, a re-created 19th-cen- were recounted by Harrison in several a tailor-made craft. While over time the the Six Metre World Cup will be Hans Oen
tury coastal village, exhilarating exhibits and stories he wrote in Washington County number of Sixes built grew to more than 1,200, (Larchmont, NY) who won a silver medal with
a planetarium. The Museum is located one newspapers, the Cutler United Methodist today only about 350 of these treasured her in Denmark at the 2002 Six Metre
mile south of exit 90 off I-95 in Mystic, CT, and Church’s newsletter, Cutler Connection, in yachts remain in existence worldwide. European Championship, almost 50 years to
is open daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more Lighthouse Digest magazine and in the “Coming from the drafting tables of the day from when she won the Olympic
information, visit www.mysticseaport.org. book, Lighthouses of the Sunrise County, some of the most prolific yacht designers in medal.
history – William Fife III, John G. Alden, Bill Sailed by teams of five, the fleet of Sixes
LOBSTER BOAT RACE PHOTO CD
Luders, Tore Holm and Sparkman & will represent ten countries: Bermuda,
Stephens – the class reached its zenith in the Canada, Finland, France, Denmark,
1930s,” said Bill Doyle, co-chair for the Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, the United
event. “It was an Olympic class from 1908 Kingdom and the United States. The public
through 1952 and had large fleets on Long is welcome to view the renowned fleet while
Island Sound and in Europe, the largest in the they are docked at the Alofsin Piers at Sail
U.K. With that kind of pedigree, a gathering Newport, Rhode Island’s Public Sailing
of Sixes guarantees to be a showstopper.” Center. Spectators may also wish to watch
Among the rarest of the yachts that will daily the fleet sail past Castle Hill light
make the journey to Newport is the one that enroute to the race course off Beavertail.
is also travelling the farthest. Martin Farrand Organized by Sail Newport, and held on
has shipped NZL 1~Scout from New Zealand the grounds of the Museum of Yachting, the
to race with his brother Kerry Farrand, 2009 Six Metre World Cup is presented by
nephew Bradley Farrand, son Earle Farrand Rums of Puerto Rico and The Puerto Rico
and childhood sailing mate Evan Innes Tourism Company. Supporting sponsors
Jones as crew. Built in 1909, Scout is one of and partners include: A.T. Cross, Crystal
Have the complete collection of about 700 photographs shot at all
the rare first-rule designs (built between 1906 Springs Water, Harbor Town Wine of New
and 1920) still in existence. The scores for the Zealand, Narragansett Beer, Newport
nine 2009 lobster boat races. Just $12.50.
2009 Six Metre World Cup will reflect the Harbor Corporation, Newport Shipyard,
division of the fleet by classification: Quantum Newport, Peters & May Logistics,
To order: Maine Coastal News, P.O. Box 710, Winterport, Maine, Classics/1st Rule (built 1906-1920), Classics/ Sweenor’s Chocolates, Walenius
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