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MMA Alumnus, Will McLean, to Captain Schooner Bowdoin


CASTINE—Maine Maritime Academy (MMA) Marine Operations Manager, Dana Willis, has announced that MMA alumnus, Will McLean, has accepted the position of Master of Schooner Bowdoin, the Offi cial Vessel of the State of Maine. Will earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Vessel Oper- ations and Technology with a Sail Training Concentration, graduating in 2012. While at MMA, McLean served as 2nd


Mate/Bosun aboard schooner Bowdoin for two seasons. “I am excited to return to MMA as a captain, and to have the opportunity to work with students learning and sailing on Bowdoin,” said McLean. “We get started on our fi rst training voyage in a couple of weeks and before we head off shore we’ll be training the new crew on the traditional skills of handing sail, reefi ng, and steering the ship through the beautiful passages found along Penobscot Bay.” Will came to Maine Maritime Academy


following a winter sail schedule with Call of the Sea, an educational nonprofi t dedicated to environmental education through sailing. There, he was Captain of the Schooner Sea- ward, an 82-foot classic staysail schooner,


conducting 6-day charters in the Sea of Cortez. Previous to working with Call of the Sea, he was Senior Chief Mate/Relief Captain on the SSV Robert C. Seamans with Sea Education Association for three years. “As the fl agship of our sail training


program, Bowdoin is an extremely import- ant vessel in our fl eet,” said Willis. “I am extremely pleased to welcome Will to the helm because he epitomizes the dedication of our faculty and alumni; he is passionate about sail training and also has a great inter- est in mentoring and educating students.” The schooner Bowdoin enjoys a long


history of seafaring education and Arctic exploration. Commissioned by explorer Donald B. MacMillan to facilitate his work in the high northern latitudes, Bowdoin has made 28 trips to the Arctic, 25 of them before 1954 under the command of Mac- Millan. After MacMillan’s retirement the boat belonged to the Schooner Bowdoin Association until 1988 when Maine Mari- time Academy purchased the vessel for the purpose of training students. It was at this time that Bowdoin became the Offi cial Ves- sel of the State of Maine and was designated a National Historic Landmark.


Maine Maritime Museum Opened Into the Lantern June 17


Immersive lighthouse exhibit is fi rst of its kind


BATH – On June 17, Maine Maritime Museum invites the public to celebrate the museum’s newest permanent exhibit, Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience. The exhibit features a full-scale replica of the east Cape Elizabeth lighthouse tower and in- corporates video projection to allow visitors to experience the sensation of standing at the top of the lighthouse overlooking Casco Bay. The Grand Opening Celebration on June 17 will be the fi rst chance for visitors to experience this one-of-a-kind exhibit. The Grand Opening of Into the Lantern


will be held Saturday, June 17, from 10 am to 3 pm; the museum will off er a reduced admission of $6 for adults and kids under 12 FREE. In addition to the new exhibit, the event will include crafts, games, and dis- counted lighthouse cruises on the museum’s cruise boat Merrymeeting, giving visitors the opportunity to view some of Maine’s most charming lighthouses from the water. A number of Maine lighthouse organiza- tions will be on hand with fun activities and information about Maine’s most iconic lighthouses. The Grand Opening celebration kicks


of a summer full of lighthouse-related ac- tivities at the museum, including lectures, narrated trips to Seguin Island Lighthouse, a special tour of Portland Head Light, cruises, and more. Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Expe-


rience will house the second-order Fresnel lens that that once guided ships into Port- land, Maine, from the east Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse tower (formerly known as Two


Schooner Bowdoin Sets Sail for Educa- tional Cruises in the Canadian Maritimes Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner


Bowdoin, a National Historic Landmark and the Offi cial Vessel of the State of Maine, will be home to three groups of students in the Vessel Operations and Technology pro- gram this summer. Students will be sailing coastwise and off shore as part of sail training courses during which they learn to navigate and maintain the vessel to fulfi ll degree re- quirements and competencies toward a U.S. Coast Guard limited license. Bowdoin will be participating in the Tall


Ships Rendez-vous 2017 events this sum- mer, so all port visits and open boat hours will be coordinated with other participating ships. Bowdoin’s fi rst stop will be Summer- side, Prince Edward Island, Canada, June 30 to July 2. Other ports include: July 7-9, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Quebec,


Canada July 11-13, Saguenay, Quebec, Canada July 18-23, Quebec City, Quebec, Can-


ada July 29-31, Corner Brook, Newfound-


Privateers of the Revolution John Lyman Book Award Recipient


Installation of a full-scale replica of the east lighthouse tower at Two Lights that will house the tower’s original 1874 Fresnel lens is underway.


Lights). The lens in the exhibit is the orig- inal ca. 1874 Fresnel lens that was in the east lantern until 1991. Into the Lantern: A Lighthouse Experience is the fi rst exhibit of its kind to include a 180-degree media pro- jection system with time-lapse videography of the active panorama of the Gulf of Maine, simulating the experience of standing at the top of a lighthouse tower by showcasing changing views of Casco Bay as seen from the tower. The exhibit is on one level, mak- ing it possible for people who are physically unable to negotiate the steps of a real tower to have the visceral experience of going “up into” a lighthouse – with the views from the top, the sounds, and the breezes. “Lighthouses are one of the icons of


maritime Maine, and visitors come from all over the world to see them. However, many people never have the opportunity to be at the top of a lighthouse, and the Cape Elizabeth Light is not open to the public. So this new exhibit gives people an idea of what that might be like while also explaining the technology and history of these amazing structures,” said Amy Lent, executive direc- tor of the museum.


ATGLEN, PA— Schiff er Publishing, Ltd., is pleased to announce that Privateers of the Revolution: War on the New Jersey Coast, 1775-1783 has been awarded the prestigious 2017 John Lyman Book Award for the U.S. Maritime History category. The award is presented by the North American Society for Oceanic History and represents books that make signifi cant contributions to the study and understanding of maritime and naval history. A revelatory narrative of the 538


Pennsylvania and New Jersey privateers, privately owned ships of war some called pirates. Manned by over 18,000 men, these privateers infl uenced the fi ght for American independence. From the halls of Congress to the rough waterfronts of Delaware River and Bay to the remote privateering ports of the New Jersey coast and into the Atlantic, a stirring portrait emerges of seaborne raiders, battles, and derring-do, as well as incredible escapes from the great British prison ships “vulgarly called Hell,” where more than 11,000 men perished. A work 40 years in the making extracted from archives in both Europe and America, it is a tale unrivaled by any Hollywood fi ction. A graduate of Pratt Institute, nationally


known maritime historian Donald Grady Shomette served for over two decades as a staff member of the Library of Congress. As a cultural resources consultant and ma- rine archaeologist, he has been engaged by myriad museums, universities, and govern- ments. He has worked internationally under


land & Labrador, Canada August 4-6, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Can-


ada August 10-12, Lunenburg, Nova Sco-


tia, Canada August 15-16, Digby, Nova Scotia,


Canada August 18-20, St. John, New Bruns-


wick, Canada (Schedule subject to change; vis-


it mainemaritime.edu/schooner-bowdo- in-cruise-blog/schedule/ for updates) Maine Maritime Academy is the only


college in the United States with a dedicated sail training program that leads to a U.S. Coast Guard license as mate on an auxiliary sail vessel. Students may start with no prior sailing experience and graduate with a Bach- elor of Science degree, a U.S. Coast Guard license, and all necessary certifi cates. The public can follow the adventures


of the schooner Bowdoin throughout the summer. Visit bowdoincruise.mma.edu or follow the cruise on facebook at Arctic Schooner Bowdoin.


the sponsorships of the National Geographic Society, National Park Service, US Navy, and others. Author of numerous books, and contributor to many encyclopedias and anthologies of history and archaeology, his writings have also appeared in such publica- tions as National Geographic, History and Technology, and Sea History. He is twice winner of the prestigious John Lyman Book Award for Best American Maritime History, a recipient of the Calvert Prize for historic preservation, and holds an honorary PhD from the University of Baltimore. Hard cover; $34.99


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