Page 10. MAINE COASTAL NEWS May 2012 Waterfront News New Crew Onboard for the New Gundalow PISCATAQUA
PORTSMOUTH, NH: With the launch of the new gundalow Piscataqua from Peirce Island in December, the Gundalow Company has set a new course bringing a US Coast Guard approved sailing gundalow that can take 30 passengers around the waterways of the Piscataqua Maritime Region. Starting Memorial Day weekend, public day sails, school trips, and private charters will be available from Prescott Park, and a new online ticketing system will be ready after April 1st for reservations.
The addition of the Piscataqua has brought new staff to run the gundalow and day-to-day operations. Portland, ME resident Daisy Wilson has joined the Gundalow Company as the first Business Manager. Daisy grew up sailing the waters of Casco Bay and exploring the rivers of Maine by Canoe. Her affinity for the ocean and the outdoors has served as the cornerstone of her personal and professional endeavors, and she has worked with organizations including Outward Bound and the Girl Scouts of Maine. She holds an MS in Organizational Leadership and Management from Antioch University, and is a certified Professional in Human Resources (PHR).
Most recently, Daisy
served as Operations Manager for Sail Acadia in Bass Harbor, Maine, and has also provided consultation services to companies within the area of Human Resource Management. On a recent sailing trip from St. Thomas to Bermuda, she logged close to 850 nautical miles, and hopes to make a transatlantic passage as well. Matt Glenn holds the first Captain position, with a 500 ton Ocean Masters
license - he has sailed for years as Mate on the Bounty, the SSV Corwith Cramer and SSV Robt. Seamans and Captain of the Liberty Clipper. He also spent a season as deckhand on a tug boat – moving barges under tow on the Delaware River. Most recently, he spent two years as Captain of the A.J. Meerwald, a restored 1928 115’ oyster sloop operated by the non-profit Bayshore Discovery Project in Bivalve, NJ. The A.J. Meerwald is a vessel with a historic connection to the Delaware Bay and as Matt explains, her mission is “to motivate people to take care of the environment, the history, and the culture of New Jersey’s Bayshore region through education, preservation, and example.” Prior to going to sea, Matt graduated magna cum laude from Boston University with a B.A. in History and enjoys hiking, bicycling and paddling a kayak he built.
Megan Glenn will be the first Onboard Educator, leading programs aboard the Piscataqua while under sail. Megan completed a college semester program in the North Pacific Ocean with Sea Education Association on the SSV Robt. Seamans assisting with oceanographic data collection and analysis, and working onboard as an Educator/Deckhand. After finishing her senior thesis on “Teaching Global Climate Change: Why and How” she graduated magna cum laude with a B.A. in Environmental Studies from University of Pennsylvania. She spent two years as the Shipboard Program Coordinator/Educator for the Bayshore Discovery project onboard the A.J. Meerwald - teaching thousands of students about marine and coastal ecosystems in Delaware Bay. Megan
“enjoys connecting students with the marine environment . . .and opening the door for many who had never experienced their surroundings in such a personal way before.”
She is currently finishing her position as Educator at City Lab in Boston where she facilitates biotechnology labs for students.
Since 2002, the non-profit Gundalow Company has used the Captain Edward H. Adams – a replica modeled after the last gundalow to carry cargo on the bay – to provide “dockside” programs to more than 100,000 visitors. Recognizing the need to get students of all ages to genuinely connect with their rivers and bay, the Gundalow Company has built this new sailing gundalow Piscataqua that will begin tours
for the public, school groups and private charters in May 24th 2012. For centuries, gundalows connected up-river seacoast communities with Portsmouth, the region’s seaport and primary market town. Harnessing the wind and riding the tide, gundalows moved bricks, hay, firewood, and goods crucial to the economy and everyday life. The Gundalow Company takes its inspiration from the vital role of those historic gundalows, vessels unique to the Piscataqua Maritime Region.
The
educational purpose of this new gundalow is as important for the future as its predecessors were for the past. For more information:
www.gundalow.org,
info@gundalow.org or 603-433-9505.
Maine Boat Yards Announce August Yachting Series
The Maine Escape is a collaborative effort to introduce more yachts to the state’s renowned cruising and racing grounds.
Maine boat yards and affiliated marine groups are producing a series of yachting events this August. The series of regattas, rendezvous, boat shows and receptions is collectively called the Maine Escape. These events are designed to cater to the interna- tional yachting community in order to en- courage more boats to sail in the renowned waters off the Maine Coast.
The Maine Escape offers events for yacht owners, their crews and their boats across the coast of Maine consistently dur- ing the first three weeks of August. It’s an ideal stopover for yachts that cruise and race in New England in summertime. The series begins with Eggemoggin Reach Regatta on August 4 and its two feeder events, the Castine Classic Yacht Race and the Camden Classic Yacht Race, August 2 and 3 respec- tively. During the week following there are two receptions hosted by Maine yacht yards Front Street Shipyard and Rockport Marine.
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The weekend of August 10-12, racers are invited to join the Shipyard Cup out of Boothbay, and landlubbers can opt for the Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show in Rockland. August 13 and 14 are Open Boat Yard Days, during which dozens of yacht yards open their doors to the general public for tours and receptions. Finally, the Maine Escape ends with the Penobscot Bay Ren- dezvous for power and sailboats, August 16- 19, and the MS Regatta in Casco Bay on August 18.
The Maine Escape will keep the yachting community busy on the water in Maine for several weeks. Boat owners and captains can choose the events in which they participate. Large yachts are accommodated on docks and moorings by some of the largest yards in Maine, including Brooklin Boat Yard, Front Street Shipyard, Hodgdon Yachts, Lyman- Morse Boatbuilding, Rockport Marine and Wayfarer Marine.
The Maine Escape was announced dur- ing the Antigua Classic Regatta at a Maine- sponsored party on Sunday, April 22. Details for all the Maine Escape events are available online at
www.maine-escape.com. The Maine Escape is a yachting series along the Maine Coast in August. Produced collaboratively by boat yards, marine asso- ciations and maritime publications, the Maine Escape events are designed to keep boaters on the waters off the coast of Maine throughout the month of August. Interna- tional power and sailing yachts are invited to join the Maine Escape by making reserva- tions with yacht yards and regattas directly. More information about the Maine Escape is online at
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