Collaboration
The Niagara College Consortium is underway – literally
Due to the wonders of modern technology we are able to connect all the readers of this blog to the nearly lost technology of sqaure rig seamanship. We are currently sailing under all plain sail(jib, fore topmast staysail, maintopmast staysail, spanker, topsails and t’gallants) at 5 knots bound for Port Colborne on course 070 PSC. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )Niagara is in the Movies!!!!
Movie Filmed Onboard the Flagship Niagara to Premier Thursday, April 29 A fantastic sea adventure, a cautionary economic and environmental tale, and a mythic saga of man and nature “INTO THE DEEP: America, Whaling and the World” will premier April 29th at the Erie Maritime Museum. “INTO THE DEEP: America, Whaling and the World” is [...]
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 [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )New Sailing Program for Niagara
Here is the press release for our latest program that has been developed. College Consortium Press Release
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )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 [...]
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Billy Sabatini
