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 Deer Isle's Undefeated America's Cup Crews: Humble Heroes From a Downeast Island
Thursday, August 29, 7:00
Illustrated talk and book signing with Mar J. Gabrielson! The America's Cup yacht races were, and still are, the most prestigious and expensive international sporting events in the world. With a history extending back over 160 years, the America's Cup reached its height in the late 1800s - the era of J.P. Morgan, Cornelius Vanderbilt, and Sir Thomas Lipton. Until that time, American yachts in the competition had been crewed by professional sailors from Europe. But in the winter of 1895, emissaries from the New York Yacht Club traveled more than 450 miles by train and steamboat to remote Deer Isle, Maine to recruit an all-Yankee crew. That small fishing town sent nearly forty of its best sailors to New York to sail Defender, and in a difficult and controversial series they defeated the best Great Britain's aristocrats could muster. 
Mark J. Gabrielson is a licensed Coast Guard Master in the Merchant Marine and is a Trustee of the Marion-Bermuda Race. He spent childhood summers on Deer Isle and heard the stories of the Deer Isle America's cup team, still one of the best teams ever to sail race, but he could not find much published information about them.
This talk and book signing will be at Penobscot Marine Museum's Stephen Phillips Memorial Library, 11 Church Street, Searsport. Tickets in advance $8 members, $10 non-members, or at the door $12 members, $15 non-members. Buy tickets over the phone at 207-548-2529.
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| Heritage Craft Demonstration
TODAY, August 28, 11:00 am to 4:00 pm
At PMM today artist and woodcarver Michael Nahme will be demonstrating traditional wood carving techniques relating to the carving of figureheads. Nahme is also a sculptor and painter, with a Master's Degree from the Rhode Island School of Design, and his work has been shown in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. He is the owner of Nahme Fine Art Gallery and Studio in Searsport, Maine.
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Historic Photography Lecture Series
TODAY, Wednesday, August 28th , 6:00 pm - Illustrated talk by PMM Photo Curator Kevin Johnson for the Mount Desert Island Historical Society. The talk will be at the Breakwater Estate, 45 Hancock Street in Bar Harbor. Please call 207-548-2529 for information.
TODAY, Wednesday, August 28th , 7:00 pm - Illustrated talk by PMM Assistant Photo Curator Matt Wheeler for the Orland Historic Society, 23 School House Rd., Orland, Maine. Please call 207-548-2529 for information.
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