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Spring is Here! Due to Fair Weather Forecast, Niagara Crew to Uncover the Ship Early!
In an annual effort to prepare the Flagship Niagara for the summer sailing season, the ship’s volunteer crew will don their work clothes this Friday and Saturday, March 19th and 20th to remove the ship’s winter cover. Originally scheduled for removal on Saturday, March 27th, the project has been moved earlier due to the weather [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TALL SHIPS ERIE !!!!!!!
THE FLAGSHIP NIAGARA LEAGUE PROUDLY PRESENTS
TALL SHIPS ERIE 2010
WHAT: The first Tall Ships festival in Erie, Pa., in a decade!
WHEN: Thurs., September 9 through Sunday, September 12, 2010
WHERE: Dobbins Landing and the Erie Maritime Museum
WHO: The Flagship Niagara League will host a four-day Tall Ships festival in partnership with the Erie County Historical Society’s one-day [...]
Essay Competition
Erie students will have an opportunity to compete for trainee berths on Niagara this summer in a essay competition. Here is the press release for it:
Essay Competition Press Release
New Sailing Program for Niagara
Here is the press release for our latest program that has been developed.
College Consortium Press Release
2010 Sailing Schedule
Here is the latest Sailing Schedule. We are leaving for the college consortium earlier than in the last schedule.
2010 Sailing Schedule Version 3-2-10
I have also changed the schedule in the previous posts as well.
26 New Volunteers!!!
The first class of Winter Sail Training 2010 will be Saturday, Jan 30th. There are 35 people that will be taking part in the training including 26 people that signed up last Sat. during the Volunteer Orientation. The day was a great success. Between the new volunteers and our regular group that comes down we have [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )New Volunteer Orientation/Winter Sail Training
This Saturday will be the start of this years Winter Sail Training beginning with a new volunteer Orientation. If you or anyone else is interested in joining out volunteer crowd come on down.
This is the advertisement that is going out on other websites and blogs.
If you’re age 16 or over, and interested in preserving history, [...]
Road Trip to Put-in-Bay
Would you be interested in a one-day coach trip to Put-in-Bay, Ohio, to see the island from which Oliver Hazard Perry’s fleet launched the Battle of Lake Erie?
The daytrip would coincide with Niagara’s visit to Put-in-Bay in late May. It would be a unique opportunity to see our ship at that historic location.
We’d depart Erie [...]
Collaboration with the Bayfront Center for Maritime Studies
Yesterday was the beginning of a collaboration with BCMS. The shipwright Bob Arlet gave a demonstration to 15 Erie School District high school students on how to steam bend frames for a boat. The t’gallant yards were then shouldered and brought over to the Bayfront Center by the students. The ship’s professional crew will be working with the Erie School District High [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Christmas Tree Ship 2009
The weather was not cooperating with us this year. The day started off with the wind topping off around 40 knots. It settled down to an easy 20-30 knots by the time the event started. People still came though to see Santa on the ship and enjoy all the fun crafts and activites in the museum. [...]
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