Near perfect reflections of the Arctic schooner Bowdoin being hauled at North End Shipyard in Rockland Maine.
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Hauling Arctic schooner Bowdoin at North End Shipyard on a foggy morning in Rockland Maine.
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Adm. Donald MacMillan's Arctic explorer Bowdoin hauked out at North End Shipyard in Rockland Maine.
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The Maine Windjammer Project started in 2007 to preserve the modern history of the Maine Windjammer and to make it available to the generations to come.
This historical archive is available to museums and for historical research.
For more info contact: dougmills@shootmainestudios.com
Arctic schooner Bowdoin hauled out at North End Shipyard in Rockland, Maine.
Photos provided by Maine Windjammer Project
The Maine Windjammer Project started in 2007 to preserve the modern history of the Maine Windjammer and to make it available to the generations to come.
This historical archive is available to museums and for historical research.
For more info contact: dougmills@shootmainestudios.com
A foggy haulout for Arctic explorer Bowdoin at North End Shipyard in Rockland, Maine.
Photos provided by Maine Windjammer Project The Maine Windjammer Project started in 2007 to preserve the modern history of the Maine Windjammer and to make it available to the generations to come.
This historical archive is available to museums and for historical research.
For more info contact: dougmills@shootmainestudios.com
Arctic schooner Bowdoin with Heritage on a foggy day at North End Shipyard in Rockland, Maine.
Photos provided by Maine Windjammer Project The Maine Windjammer Project started in 2007 to preserve the modern history of the Maine Windjammer and to make it available to the generations to come.
This historical archive is available to museums and for historical research.
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Donald McMillan's arctic explorer Bowdoin at North End Shipyard at Rockland, Maine in 2010.
These photos are from the historical archives of the Maine Windjammer Project.
The Maine Windjammer Project started in 2007 to preserve the modern history of the Maine Windjammer and to make it available to the generations to come.
This historical archive is available to museums and for historical research.
For more info contact: dougmills@shootmainestudios.com
PORTLAND, Maine--The schooner Bowdoin is the official vessel of the state of Maine, and the flagship of Maine Maritime Academy's Vessel Operations and Technology Program. In recognition of the Senior Arctic Officials (SAO) Meeting of the Arctic Council in Portland, the schooner Bowdoin, an ambassador of Maine’s proud maritime heritage and Arctic history, is sailing into Portland Harbor on October 4th at 4pm and docking at the U.S. Coast Guard moorings at Wright’s Wharf in Portland. Public tours of schooner Bowdoin will take place from 5-7pm.
Bowdoin was built in East Boothbay, Maine in 1921. She is the only American schooner built specifically for Arctic exploration, and was designed under the direction of explorer Donald B. MacMillan. She has made 29 trips above the Arctic Circle, three since she was acquired by Maine Maritime Academy in 1988.
Bowdoin will travel from its home port in Castine, Maine to arrive near Eagle Island in Casco Bay, summer home of Arctic explorer Robert E. Peary. Once it reaches the vicinity of Eagle Island a group of invited guests will board the vessel for the trip into Portland Harbor. Weather and on-scene conditions will determine the exact rendezvous point.
Guests include Admiral Robert J. Papp, Jr., USCG (Ret.) and the U.S. Special Representative for the Arctic. He is leading the effort to advance U.S. interests in the Arctic Region, with a focus on Arctic Ocean stewardship, climate change, economic, environmental, and security issues in the Arctic region as the United States holds the chairmanship of the Arctic Council from 2015-2017.
“MMA acquired the schooner Bowdoin in 1988 for the purpose of training future mariners,” said Maine Maritime Academy President William J. Brennan. “In 2021, Bowdoin will proudly celebrate her first 100 years of service, and our goal is to have her in prime condition for her centennial celebration. With public and state support of the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, we will ensure that the vessel remains an active and historically preserved vessel in perpetuity.”
Admiral Papp and President Brennan will be joined by two Arctic Youth Ambassadors from Alaska as well as fourteen Maine students from Baxter Academy for Technology and Science in Portland who sailed aboard Bowdoin from Castine.
When Bowdoin docks in Portland at 4pm it will be met by members of the Arctic Council who represent countries from across the globe. Admiral Papp and President Brennan will make brief remarks once the vessel is docked.
Public tours of schooner Bowdoin will take place from 5-7pm.
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CASTINE, Maine—Master and educator, Emma Hathaway, has accepted the position of Bowdoin Captain at Maine Maritime Academy. Hathaway has had ties to midcoast Maine since she was a teen. She fell in love with sailing at the age of14 while on a three-day sail out of Rockport on the schooner Timberwind. For the next two summers, she worked on the vessel as an assistant cook, and over the following 15 years, she would serve as a crew member on the Pride of Baltimore II, Spirit of Massachusetts and Niagara.
More recently, Hathaway captained the Seaward out of San Francisco Bay and the Unicorn, sailing from Connecticut through the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the Great Lakes; she has worked as a trainer, mentor and teacher on ocean classroom vessels (Seaward, Harvey Gamage, and Lynx); and has taught US Sailing curriculum at the Olympic Circle Sailing Club in San Francisco Bay. Between 2013 and 2015, she was captain of Makani Olu, a 96-foot, three-masted staysail schooner, the centerpiece of the Kailana Program, an ocean-oriented experiential treatment and education program based in the Hawaiian Islands.
“I am very excited to be part of the next phase of Bowdoin’s sail training history,” said Hathaway. “This is the perfect job for me, combining education with sailing.”
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 MacMillan. After MacMillan’s retirement the boat belonged to the Schooner Bowdoin Association until 1988 when Maine Maritime Academy purchased the vessel for the purpose of training students. It was at this time that Bowdoin became the Official Vessel of the State of Maine and was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The Bowdoin Centennial Campaign—a fundraising effort to keep the vessel exploring, sailing and training for another 100 years—will fund a renovation underway at Lyman-Morse at Wayfarer Marine in Camden. The project includes the replacement of her 30-year-old deck, stanchions and ceiling timbers, along with several systems upgrades: an engine rebuild, increasing the tank capacities for fuel, fresh water and wastewater, a new refrigeration system, electrical system and generator.
The campaign recently surpassed $1,000,000 in receipts and pledges, including these substantial gifts: a $20,000 grant from the Morton-Kelly Charitable Trust; a $10,000 grant from the Fisher Charitable Foundation; $100,000 from the boat Silent Maid; and a $25,000 1:1 matching gift for the endowment from a 1993 MMA Graduate. The campaign’s aim is to both fund the deck restoration and systems upgrades, and to strengthen the ship’s endowment in order to protect and preserve her in perpetuity.
“Bowdoin is the flagship of our sail training program, so we are pleased to be making excellent progress with the renovation project,” said Dana Willis, Marine Operations Manager. “Welcoming Emma as captain is another step toward Bowdoin’s very bright future.”
The public can follow the deck restoration project and other news of the schooner Bowdoinat bowdoincruise.mma.edu or on facebook at Arctic Schooner Bowdoin. For more information about the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, please contact Kay Hightower at 207-326-8932 or kay.hightower@mma.edu.
Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 18 degree programs in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented programs of study. Year over year, the job placement rate for MMA graduates is in excess of 90 percent within 90 days of graduation. In 2014 and 2015, MONEY magazine ranked Maine Maritime Academy the #1 Public College in America on their Best Colleges list. For more information, visit mainemaritime.edu.
CASTINE, Maine—July 6, 2015—Maine Maritime Academy’s schooner Bowdoin, a National Historic Landmark and the Official Vessel of the State of Maine, will make a number of public appearances in July and August, during which the ship will be available for public tours.
The ship will be sailing with three groups of students in the Maine Maritime Academy Vessel Operations and Technology program. Students navigate and maintain the vessel during 14-day summer training cruises to fulfill degree requirements and competencies toward a U.S. Coast Guard limited license. Bowdoin travels widely in its role as flagship of the MMA sail training program and will participate in the following public events this summer:
July 14-15 L’Hermione Voyage to Castine (Open Boat: July 15, 10 a.m. - 6 p.m.)
July 18 Tall Ships Portland, Portland, Maine (Lead Vessel in the Parade of Sail)
August 1 Eggemoggin Reach Regatta, Brooklin, Maine
August 15 Maine Boats, Homes & Harbors Show, Rockland, Maine (Open Boat: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
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 Bachelor of Science degree, a USCG license, and all necessary certificates.
Bowdoin’s Captain, Alec Schoettle, was born into a sailing family and worked and sailed on wooden vessels from a young age, starting with his first job at the WoodenBoat School in Brooklin. As a young teen, he sailed as a student aboard the schooner Harvey Gamage and spent summers working at boatyards and sailing. Alec has been sailing professionally since the age of 25 and has worked at Maine Maritime Academy since 2011.
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 MacMillan. MacMillan sold Bowdoin to the U.S. Navy for use in World War II during the Greenland Patrol. After WWII, MacMillan bought the ship back and continued to sail her for nine more years around Greenland. After MacMillan’s retirement the boat belonged to the Schooner Bowdoin Association until 1988 when Maine Maritime Academy purchased the vessel for the purpose of training students. It was at this time that Bowdoin became the Official Vessel of the State of Maine and was designated a National Historic Landmark.
The public can follow the adventures of the schooner Bowdointhroughout the summer. Visit bowdoincruise.mma.edu or follow the cruise on facebook at Arctic Schooner Bowdoin.
At public events this summer, visitors will also learn about the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, a fundraising effort to keep the vessel exploring, sailing and training for another 100 years. The $1.6 million campaign will fund the replacement of the ship’s deck, which will cost approximately $600,000, and will strengthen the ship’s endowment by $1,000,000 in order to protect and preserve her in perpetuity. “We want to celebrate the Bowdoin in excellent condition on her 100th birthday in 2021,” said Campaign Director, Kay Hightower of Castine. “We are well underway, and we have strong donor support for the campaign.”
The Bowdoin Centennial Campaign Cabinet includes: Co-Chair Capt. G. Andy Chase, Co-Chair Alexander Watson, Fred Atkins, Capt. Bill Cowan, Capt. Cate Cronin, Capt. Dave Fenderson, Lawrence Kaplan, Matthew P. Murphy, Capt. Alec Schoettle, Capt. John Worth, and Capt. Heather Stone. Honorary Cabinet Members include (to date): former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis, Dr. Pete Rand, Phineas Sprague Jr., Dr. Ed Morse, and G. Baer Connard. For more information about the Bowdoin Centennial Campaign, please contact Kay Hightower at 207-326-8932 or kay.hightower@mma.edu.
Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 18 degree programs in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented programs of study. Maine Maritime Academy was ranked the #1 Best Public College on Money magazine’s Best Colleges list released in August of 2014. The college’s job placement rate is in excess of 90 percent within 90 days of graduation. For more information, visit mainemaritime.edu.
