Just like that: #docksin! Virginia is hauled out at Portland Shipyard and Portland Yacht Services Inc. for some spring TLC. We are: accepting donations for our #nauticalyardsale, contact mfs@mfship.com to arrange a drop-off or pick-up; getting ready for Saturday's dinner at JR Maxwell & Co in support of sending our #1607pinnacevirginia to #sailboston250; looking forward to showing the Race to Alaska documentary on #movienight April 23; hosting Captain Emma Hathaway for a #coastalnavigation class May 2+3. Behind the scenes new exhibits are under construction and summer plans are being made. Learn more at mfship.org.
Now it's time for a game of Cubb. 🙂
Dock's going in today. Now that is a sure sign of #springinmaine. #bathmaine #kennebecriver #volunteersatwork #historyingenuitycommunity
Tuesday's time travel tale:
Today MFS took our recent reconstruction (2011-2022) of the 1607 pinnace Virginia from her winter berth at the Strouts Point Wharf Company in South Freeport to Portland Yacht Services. There a statue of George Cleeve, one of the early (1630s) English settlers of what eventually became know as Portland, stood by as Virginia was hauled out for some spring maintenance work. #history #haulouttime #woodenships #historyingenuitycommunity Strouts Point Wharf Portland Shipyard and Portland Yacht Services Inc.
There is still a chance for you to join in the effort to send Virginia to Boston. Believe it or not, as we write this, there are four tickets available for dinner on Saturday at J.R. Maxwell & Co. Thanks to Maxwell's generosity in sponsoring the dinner, the ticket price of $100 goes straight to supporting this historic opportunity for Maine's First Ship! While they last: mfship.org/events
JR Maxwell & Co #sailboston250 #1607pinnacevirginia #community #historyingenuitycommunity
History, Ingenuity, Community:
In 1607 about 100 Englishmen arrived at the mouth of the Kennebec.
In 2011 volunteer shipbuilders laid the keel for a reconstruction of the vessel built by those men, a ship which later crossed the Atlantic to return some of the colonists home.
In 2022 thousands gathered to watch as MFS launched that volunteer-crafted ship, Virginia, in Bath, Maine, known as The City of Ships.
Learn more at mfship.org.
#pophamcolony #1607pinnacevirginia #handsonlearning #maritimeheritage #historyingenuitycommunity
Captain Emma Hathaway takes the wheel to lead you through a 2-day class on Coastal Navigation. Get all the details and register at mfship.org/events. Then join us the first weekend of May at the Bath Freight Shed to become a confident navigator of the coast of Maine. A summer on the water is waiting for you.
#coastalnavigation #mainecoast #historyingenuitycommunity
Excellent captain ⚓️⛵️🌊