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Waterfront News QUEEN MARY in New York - Historic Museum Vision
Designed to Serve New York and Southamp- ton, the Queen Mary is Still New York’s Fa- vorite Ship; New Museum to be Announced January 20 at NY Yacht Club Reception
LONG BEACH, CA --- Designed over 80 years ago to link Europe by way of South- ampton to New York, the Queen Mary completed over 1,100 voyages along that route and became New York’s favorite ocean liner. She touched millions of lives and became an economic, political and cultural
tour-de-force. Retired from service in 1967, now permanently berthed in Long Beach, California the Queen Mary is more than a curiosity of times past. The ship has attracted over 50 million visitors since opening to the public - approximately 1.5 million each year. By every standard, the Queen Mary has met the vision her builders and original owners courageously brought forth at a time when the world’s economies were in disarray. NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, January 20: With equal vision for her continuing
Buoys Wanted for Maine’s Largest Lobstering Exhibit
Are you one of Maine’s nearly 6,000 licensed lobstermen? Then Maine Mari- time Museum wants to include YOU in the story of Lobstering & the Maine Coast, the renovated and expanded exhibition about the lobster fi shery, opening summer 2015. Here’s how it works: Send us a new or freshly painted buoy with your colors (and any story behind it); this will become a part of the exhibit. Send us a picture of yourself and/or your boat along with your name, your hail, or where you fi sh, and how long you’ve
been at it, and the story of your boat’s name. There are no hard and fast rules. If you want to try this as a short cell-phone video while you’re working, we’d love to use it. If you have family to include, bring them in on it. If you have a good story you want to tell, or something about lobstering that you want to get across to our 60,000 annual visitors, now is your chance. Our goal is to work up a series of mini-portraits that show the wide diversity of the hard-working folks in this fi shery.
The deadline for buoys is March 7. Buoys can be left with your MLA zone reps or at the MLA booth at the Fishermen’s Forum (March 5-7) or dropped off at the museum: 243 Washington St. in Bath. Pho- tos and videos can be easily uploaded at
www.dropitto.me/mainemaritime using the password “lobster.” Or, share them on our Facebook page (
facebook.com/MaineMari- timeMuseum). Questions? Contact Curator of Exhibits Chris Hall (hall@maritimeme. org) or 443-1316 x326 for details.
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future, Queen Mary General Manager, John Jenkins hosted a reception at the NYYC to review plans for a new 65,000 SF museum and learning center, slated to begin fi rst phase operations in 2016. QUEEN MARY SCALE MODEL: To highlight the museum initiative, the Queen Mary will soon dedicate a new Ship Model Gallery. The centerpiece will be the original Bassett-Lowke model, a spectacular 1/45th scale version of the Queen Mary. Graciously loaned by the South Street Seaport Museum, the model was crafted from a 200-year-old single white mahogany log. It presents hundreds of hand crafted individual deck fi ttings, from rigging to lifeboat hoists, masts and hull details – it measures over 20 feet in length. Of particular note is the tiny fi gure of Sir Winston Churchill standing guard on the afterdeck. Churchill learned of the D-Day invasion plan when sailing on the Queen Mary under the pseudonym, Colonel Warden. South Street Seaport Mu- seum interim president, Jonathan Boulware will present model background during the NYYC reception.
“Few human creations remain relevant after eight decades of public life and carry global recognition that is undiminished by time. It is our vision to create a world-class museum and learning center aboard the ship and to invite the thousands of visitors who come to the Queen each month to touch
history and the future. The Queen Mary’s legacy has been placed in our hands and we intend to share it better than ever before. Presenting the Bassett-Lowke model as a story-telling aid will greatly enhance that ability,” said Jenkins. NOTABLE FACTS
Launched Sept. 26, 1934 - Clydebank, Scotland. King George V and Consort chris- ten the ship “Taller” than the Eiffel tower - the wa- terline is 1004 ft., overall length is 1016 ft. First “ocean liner” to be fi tted with motorized lifeboats Maiden Voyage - May 27, 1936, South- ampton to Manhattan’s Pier 90
Record trans-Atlantic crossing: Blue Ribband Speed Prize, 4D / 4H / 20 Min- utes - 1936 * Over 800,000 Allied military personnel ferried during WWII On a typical Atlantic crossing, over 10,000 meals were prepared and served “As we gather to celebrate the majesty of impeccable ship design, in a maritime venue of equal worth, we set a new course for the world’s most celebrated ocean liner. To share our news in the famed Model Room of the New York Yacht Club adds to the luster of the Queen’s already robust list of achievements,” Jenkins concluded. Editor’s Note: Did someone forget the SS UNITED STATES?
Sandy Spaulding Appointed as a Board Member of the Maine Technology Institute
Hodgdon Yacht Service’s President will help MTI continue to build on its mission to fund technology projects in the state of Maine.
SOUTHPORT, ME - Hodgdon Yacht Ser- vices, one of New England’s largest full-ser- vice marine companies, recently announced that Alexander ‘Sandy’ Spaulding, Presi- dent, has been appointed and sworn in as a Board Member of the Maine Technology Institute (MTI) representing the composites and advanced materials sectors. MTI is an industry-lead, publicly-funded, nonprofi t corporation offering early-stage capital and commercialization assistance in the form of competitive grants, loans, and equity in- vestment for the research, development, and
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application of technologies that create new products, processes, and services, generat- ing high-quality jobs across Maine. “I am honored to have been appointed as a Board Member by Governor Paul LeP- age,” said Mr. Spaulding. “I look forward to working on projects in the composites and advanced materials sector that will help cre- ate new products and services and support the state’s economy. It’s important that we continue to invest in this area.” The state of Maine has targeted seven technology sectors that MTI is dedicated to supporting, including: biotechnology, composites and advanced materials, envi- ronmental technologies, forest products and agriculture, information technology, marine technology and aquaculture, and precision manufacturing.
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Sandy’s broad experience in the private and public sectors joining MTI. Sandy brings a unique blend of experience in business operations, fi nance, and law to the Institute and its mission,” said George Gervais, Com- missioner of Economic and Community Development for the State of Maine.
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