WHITEHAWK

LOA: 92' / 105'

Class/Type: Bruce King Custom Ketch

Builder: Lie-Neilsen

Designer: Bruce King

Launch Date: 1978

Skipper: Eric

One of Bruce King's finest designs, WHITEHAWK is a timeless clipper-bowed classic inspired by L. Francis Herreshoff's famous 1936 racing yacht TICONDEROGA .

The 105' ketch was built in 1978 in Rockland, Maine, and has recently received a complete restoration to bristol fashion.

When it was built, the hull was the largest cold-molded wooden boat ever made using the West System Wood Epoxy Saturation Technique. Belowdecks features oversized staterooms and magnificent appointments, including a ten-sided Mandala skylight and a head with a teak bathtub.

The vessel currently sails in the waters of New England, with trips to Antigua and other ports in the Caribbean.

Click on the links below for more information and pictures of WHITEHAWK .

East Passage Boatwrights description of WHITEHAWK restoration.

Boattest.com Review of WHITEHAWK .

SORCERER II

LOA: 100'

Class/Type: Sloop

Builder: Cookson

Designer: Frers

Launch Date: 1998

Skipper:
Charles Howard, Captain/Engineer

The Sorcerer II Expedition is a global oceanographic mission to sample and discover microbes around the world, led by J. Craig Venter, the scientist who pioneered methods for decoding the human genome. Venter and his colleagues at the Venter Institute outfitted SORCERER II sailboat as a research vessel and set sail in Spring 2003.

Their mission is to build on and extend what is known about the vast unseen world of microorganisms, using the modern tools of genomics.

A major goal is to identify and publish a "genomic catalog" of the rich microbial diversity of our planet. They began their mission with a trip to the Sargasso Sea near Bermuda, where they collected samples of water containing more than a million "new" genes found in at least 1,800 species of bacteria, including 150 new ones.

Click here to visit the SORCERER II website , with a voyage tracker and more information on their mission, including the sampling methods they are using, scientific data collected and several photos.

ADVENTURER

LOA: 52' 4"

LWL: 39'9"

Beam: 11' 4"  Draft: 8'

Class/Type: Wooden Malabar VI schooner

Builder: Franklin Post & Son, Mystic, CT

Designer: John Alden

Launch Date: 1926

Owner/Skipper: Mark E. Faulstick

Home Port: Norwalk, CT

ADVENTURER is a John Alden Malabar VI with a traditional gaff fore and main. Formerly known as FREYA , she was built and launched in Mystic, CT, for Dr. Albert Whitney, she was commissioned in 1926, and continuously sailed and raced by six previous owners. Mark Faulstick, her current owner for more than 20 years, had her extensively rebuilt in 1992, and has been a participant in the GCBSR nearly every year since 1995. She has claimed six firsts, the last in 2011, three seconds and one third in class B, and one overall in 2001. Well-maintained and still in top condition, she continues actively sailing and competing in schooner races along the Atlantic East coast and the Caribbean.

Click here to visit story about ADVENTURER .

KNOT QUITE DONE

LOA: 35'

Class/Type: Cheoy Lee 35'

Builder: Cheoy Lee

Designer: Arthur Robb

MORGAINE

LOA:  10'  Draft: 18.75"

Class/Type:  10' Acorn Dinghy

Builder:  Kristin White

Designer:  Iain Oughtred

Owner/Skipper:  Kristin White

MORGAINE was built by the owner, while a college student, from a set of plans from Wooden Boat Magazine. She is a great rowing and sailing dinghy which the owner uses as a tender for her Pearson Triton.

SURF BIRD

LOA:  44'

Class/Type: Custom double-ender ketch

Builder:  Ralph Wiley

Designer:  Ralph Wiley

SURF BIRD is a lively double-ender, ketch, rigged, round chined centerboard boat built for the Chesapeake Bay.  She draws 4’ with the board up.

For further information email richhall02 at gmail.com.

MYRTEA

LOA: 32'

Class/Type: Bermuda 30 (Modified H-28)

Builder: Cheoy Lee Shipyard, Hong Kong

Designer: Cheoy Lee

Launch Date: 1963

Skipper: Rob Rowlands

Description of BOAT NAME .

MYRTEA is a modified H-28 design, ketch-rigged, copper-riveted teak planking over iroko frames, featuring an ironwood keel, cast iron keel ballast, and a Volvo MD2 auxiliary.

Commissioned in Dartmouth, England. Completed a trans-Atlantic voyage in 1985.
Custom bowsprit and pulpit installed 1986.

HOWARD THORKILSON

LOA: 20'

Class/Type: Fjording

Builder: Chip Stulen

Designer: Ben Main, Jr.

Launch Date: 1982

Skipper: Howard Thorkilson

KITTIWAKE

LOA: 32'

Class/Type: Custom

Builder: Graves

Designer: Ray Hunt

Launch Date: 1947

Skipper: Stephan Abel

GRIZZLY BEAR

LOA: 33'

Class/Type: Custom 33'

Builder: Ed Cutts, Sr.

Designer: Ed Cutts, Sr.

Launch Date: 19XX

Skipper: John Hedger

BERWYN

LOA: 38'

Class/Type: Custom one-off Sloop

Builder: Ralph Wiley

Designer: Ralph Wiley

Launch Date: 1952

Skipper: Carolyn Abernethy

MISTRESS

LOA: 76.5'

Class/Type: Hoyt 76

Builder: Eastern Shipbuilding

Designer: Hoyt

Launch Date: 1930

Skipper: Glenn McCormick

SASHAY

LOA: 22.8'

Class/Type: Star Class

Builder: Lippincott

Designer: Francis Sweisguth

Launch Date: 1956

Skipper: Elliott Oldak

The Star Class sailboat is a two-person racing keelboat that was an Olympic-class boat from 1932 through 2012. Actively sailed worldwide, the Star Class recently celebrated its centennial.

More info on the history of the Star Class is available here.

HOWARD BLACKBURN

LOA: 57'

Class/Type: Alden 57

Builder: Builder Name

Designer: John Alden

Launch Date: 1951

Skipper: Mark Roesner

HOWARD BLACKBURN website.

TIME

LOA: 34'

Class/Type: Traditional

Builder: The Apprentice Shop

Designer: Thomas Gilford

Launch Date: 2008

Skipper: Mark Scott

TIME was designed in 1946 and built in 2008 by the Apprentice Shop in Rockland, Maine.

MUSTANG

LOA: 32'

Class/Type: New York 32 Class

Builder: Olin Nevins

Designer: Olin Stephens

Launch Date: 1936

Skipper: Simon King

In 1935, when the New York Yacht Club was looking for boats to replace the "Thirties" created by Herreshoff, their requirements included bluewater seaworthiness in addition to grace and quickness. Olin Stephens and the Nevins Yard met the challenge, specifying oak frames (1 5/8" on 8" centers), heavy Philippine mahogany planking, and a low, solid deck house, all without sacrificing speed or beauty. Originally priced at $11,000, the New York 32's have stood the test of time, with about two-thirds of the original fleet still sailing.

Click here for more information on MUSTANG , hull # 17.

LYNX

LOA: 76'

Class/Type: Privateer / Baltimore Clipper Schooner

Builder: Rockport Marine

Designer: Melbourne Smith

Launch Date: 2001

Skipper: Martyn Clark

LYNX is an interpretation of an actual historic privateer named LYNX built by Thomas Kemp in 1812 in the Fells Point area of Baltimore, MD. Today's LYNX was built in Rockport, Maine and sails today to teach lessons in history, teamwork and the environment. The Lynx Educational Foundation - www.privateerlynx.com - is a non-profit, non-partisan educational organization dedicated to teaching the history of America’s struggle to preserve its independence using hands-on educational programs.

Watch the documentary about LYNX in our Film Library .

Click here to visit the LYNX website, with complete history and photos.

CHESSIE

LOA: 82' 3"

Class/Type: Swan 80 FD

Builder: Nautor's Swan

Designer: German Frers

Launch Date: 2013

Owner: George J. Collins

The latest in a line of race boats named CHESSIE , this Swan 80 Flush Deck maxi racer was built in 2013. It is 82' 3" long and has a beam of 19' 11". She draws 10' 10" of water, and her mast rises 110' above the water. Her displacement is 84,200 pounds.

The CHESSIE name was made famous by the original boat making the 31,600 mile Whitbread Round the World Race (now called the Volvo Ocean Race). CHESSIE Racing was the Maryland entry into the 1997-98 Whitbread. During that race, CHESSIE was part of a two-part curriculum developed by the Living Classrooms Foundation, a Baltimore nonprofit educational organization for at-risk children. She was also the centerpiece of the Whitbread Education Project, which involved 500 schools in twenty states and seven foreign countries in curriculum exploring math, science, social studies, geography, and literature along with practical issues such as vessel design, ocean currents, changing weather, and the principles of navigation.

Book on the Chessie Racing Story.

Click here for photos of CHESSIE by Cruising World.

Video: Virtual Tour of a Nautor's Swan 80 FD

More information on CHESSIE.

L'HERMIONE

LOA: 145' (216' including spars)

Class/Type: Reproduction of HERMIONE , an 18th century Concorde class tall ships frigate - 12-pounder

Builder: Rochefort

Designer: Henri Chevillard, circa 1778

Launch Date: July 6, 2012
(construction began 1997)

Skipper: Skippername

L'HERMIONE (pronouced "L'air-mee-own") is a perfect replica of a French 18th-century tall ships frigate. In her original incarnation, she was a sleek three-mast ship that carried Major General Lafayette to America in 1780, a voyage that directly culminated in the American-French victory at Yorktown in 1781..

Click here to visit the

Capital Gazette article on L'HERMIONE docking in Annapolis.

Fun fact: “Hermione” isn’t pronounced the same as Harry Potter’s best friend “her-MY-oh-knee,” it’s pronounced as the much more French “air-mee-OWN.”

VIDEO

WILD HORSES - W76

LOA: 76' 4"

Class/Type: W-Class

Builder: Brooklin Boat Yard

Designer: Joel White

Launch Date: 1998

A spirited descendent of the swiftest boats of the early 20th Century, the W -76 racing yacht was conceived to pay homage to the legendary New York 50s, the thundering J-Class boats, and the nimble 12-Meters. The W -76 was the last of more than fifty distinctive designs from the drawing board of the late Joel White, the naval architect acclaimed for so beautifully reincarnating traditional wooden vessels using the most modern construction techniques. The W -76 is handcrafted in Maine. These award-winning, record-setting Spirit of Tradition racing yachts are fast, race-proven sloops with a bundle of trophies from wins in New England, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean.

More details on this fine racing yacht:

http://www.w-class.com/classic_wooden_yachts/f/w76_wild_horses_white_wings.php

Click here to read a story on WILD HORSES in USA Boat International (PDF)

JOLLY DOLPHIN

LOA: 63'

Class/Type: Three-sail bateau

Builder: James B. "Mr. Jim" Richardson

Designer: Designer Name

Launch Date: 1958

Owner / Skipper: Jack Zuraw

A living piece of Maryland history, the JOLLY DOLPHIN is a three-sail bateau, a wooden sailing vessel modeled on Chesapeake Bay oyster dredgers and built for recreational use.

Sometimes called a “workboat yacht,” it was custom-built for the Mick family of Delaware by James B. Richardson on LeCompte Creek in Dorchester County, Maryland in 1958.

Legend has it that the name ‘Jolly Dolphin’ came from a character in a children’s book entitled Nautical Ned by Clare Randolph — supposedly the favorite book of the original owners’ children.

From 1964 to 2007, the JOLLY DOLPHIN passed into the hands of a half dozen owners, the last having abandoned her ashore. So she was ready for a new steward when the current owner found her and began her restoration — an almost forgotten piece by Chesapeake history.

Click here to visit the JOLLY DOLPHIN website with complete history, photos and videos.

More information about the builder, "Mr. Jim" Richardson, can be found at the Richardson Maritime Museum .

The JOLLY DOLPHIN participates as a volunteer vessel in NSHOF's STEM Sailing programs.

Above Photo: The JOLLY DOLPHIN in the late 1970’s (courtesy of Mike Mathews)

AZZURA

LOA: 95' 01"

Class/Type: Jongert 3000M Sloop

Builder: Jongertt

Designer: Doug Peterson

Launch Date: 1998

Skipper: Captain James "Hubs" Hubbert

Designed by Doug Peterson, AZZURA was built in aluminium to Lloyds class by the renowned Dutch yard Jongert and launched in 1998. Together with her tall cutter rig, slim-line freeboard and low-profile deckhouse, she offers outstanding performance combined with luxury and comfort throughout. An interior design by Peter Sijm sees the dining area in the calm, mahogany paneled saloon fitted with two C-shaped settees opposite each other, providing plenty of elbow room and keeping the conversation flowing. There is also a wet bar with individual stools to port.

One of the most seductive qualities about Azzura is her sleek Doug Peterson lines, teamed up with the Jongert patented folding keel and hydraulic retracting coach roof. Click here to watch a YouTube video about AZZURA including a demonstration of the folding keel. Other features include an indentation beneath each porthole designed to collect stray water which, combined with an internal scupper system, channels this water to a grey water tank.

AZZURA has agreed to offer its services to the National Sailing Hall of Fame's STEM Sailing Education and Recovering Warrior Sailing programs.

ARETHUSA

LOA: 60'  Beam: 28.21'

Class/Type: Gunboat 60 catamaran

Builder: Gunboat

Designer: Nigel Irens

Launch Date: 1998

Skippers: Phil & Wendy Lotz

The Gunboat 60 ARETHUSA features supreme sailing performance with her all carbon and epoxy construction. A high-speed racer-cruiser, ARETHUSA is actively raced with a crew of 8-10.

Perfectly sized to reflect many owners’ long term needs, the 60 is the maximum size for owner-operation for a longer term cruise, yet offers the space and quarters for crew when the owners’ use can only be part time. The Gunboat 60 is perfectly sized for most owners’ long term needs.

Construction details include a hull laminate made of carbon fiber set in epoxy resin, fully infused and post-cured over a CoreCell foam core. All interior furniture and components are likewise foam-cored and are skinned with fine wood veneers. The boat’s carbon rig features a Marstrom rotating wing-section mast supported by aramid fiber rigging. Furling gear is from Facnor.

The underwater carbon foils are centerboards instead of daggerboards, to reduce potential damage in case of a crash. The rudders are also carbon, and retractable. The centerboards are controlled by hydraulic rams, with shear pins that let the boards kick up on impact.

Gunboats feature a forward working cockpit, just abaft the mast and forward of the cabinhouse. All working lines are led to the cockpit, powered by three Lewmar power winches, so the boat can be easily controlled from the cockpit by a small crew.

The Gunboat 60 features a smooth motion, incredible spaces and the potential for 300+ mile daily runs.

Taking Sailing to the Public

Free Sailing at NSHOF Sailing Center Overbooked

After two weeks of Free Sailing at the National Sailing Hall of Fame Sailing Center, organized by a consortium of local organizations, including Annapolis Community Boating, Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating, Brendan Sailing, Chessie Jr. Racing, Box of Rain, Outward Bound, the Annapolis Sailing School and the National Sailing Hall of Fame, the Sunday afternoon programs are overbooked through June 14th, with 134 people participating. Requests to sign up last week have been 6-7 a day.

JOBSON
REPORT

BY GARY JOBSON

Sailing Finally Has A Home

In 1998 I emceed a skipper’s forum on the Annapolis (Md.) City Dock, hosting the skippers of the Whitbread Round the World Race. Paul Cayard, skipper of the victorious EF Language syndicate, was on the panel, explaining to more than 1,000 people in the audience what it was like to sail in the Southern Ocean. Dennis Conner, whose Volvo 60 Toshiba sat nearby, was another panelist, and as he compared the Whitbread to the America’s Cup, the crowd hung on his every word. It was at this moment I realized the sport of sailing needed a Hall of Fame to celebrate the accomplishments of these great sailors and many others.

I had no idea then that in 10 years time the very place where the forum was taking place would soon be sailing’s permanent home. It’s long overdue.

Outward Bound Hurricane Island 30s
At
National Sailing Hall of Fame

The new Outward Bound Hurricane Island 30s will be at the National Sailing Hall of Fame beginning April 19 through May 3 for a program that includes sailing for youth leaders, teachers, Outward Bound Alumni and community partners.

The new Hurricane Island 30 is a rugged, fiberglass, sharpie-rigged open boat in the form of a contemporary gig or Whitehall style suitable for rowing and sailing in varied coastal sea an weather conditions

Outward Bound, founded in 1941 by educator Kurt Hahn, is a non-profit educational organization that serves people of all ages and backgrounds through challenging learning expeditions that focus on character development, leadership and service. Outward Bound serves 70,000 students annually and has a nationwide community of more than 1 million people. www.outwardbound.org

Click here to watch a fun video on Gary Jobson's website, www.jobsonsailing.com that will give you a feel for what the Outward Bound sailing experience is all about.

For more information, contact Eric Denny, Sea Program Director, at (207) 596-4069.

April 17, 2009

OUTWARD BOUND Hurricane Island 30 (HI30)

LOA: 30'

Class/Type: Sharpie

Builder: Ryder Boats

Designer:
Rodger Martin

Launch Date: 2009

Skipper: Various

Built to support a program that includes sailing for youth leaders, teachers, Outward Bound Alumni and community partners.

The Hurricane Island 30 is a rugged, fiberglass, sharpie-rigged open boat in the form of a contemporary gig or Whitehall style suitable for rowing and sailing in varied coastal sea an weather conditions

Outward Bound, founded in 1941 by educator Kurt Hahn, is a non-profit educational organization that serves people of all ages and backgrounds through challenging learning expeditions that focus on character development, leadership and service. Outward Bound serves 70,000 students annually and has a nationwide community of more than 1 million people. www.outwardbound.org

Click here to watch a fun video about the Outward Bound sailing program.

WITCHCRAFT

LOA: 65'

Class/Type: Custom Racing Sloop

Builder: Lawley

Designer: Crowninshield

Launch Date: 1903

Owners: Mr. & Mrs. David S. Butler
Skipper: Paul Itzel

Restored by Paul Itzel, WITCHCRAFT is a 1902 racing yacht built to campaign on Lake Champlain. Paul Itzel found her rotting away in a canal in 1970, and succumbed to her spell, he devoted several years of his life to bringing her back to her glory days. She now casts her spells on the waters of Chesapeake Bay.

Click here to visit the WITCHCRAFT website , with the complete story and several photos.

DONNYBROOK

LOA: 80' (LWL 70.6')

Class/Type: Custom Racing Sloop 72

Builder: Launched by Dencho Marine

Designer: Unknown

Launch Date: Unknown

Skipper: James Muldoon

DONNYBROOK is a custom-built maxi racing sloop designed to get the job done...fast. Raced from New England to the Caribbean, she features a centerline daggerboard ahead of a canting keel. Retractable sprit also raises and rotates aft for running. Her hull, spars and systems are the result of several cutting-edge technologies.

When available, DONNYBROOK sails out of NSHOF with a crew of youth to help enter children into the sport of sailing.

Click here to visit the DONNYBROOK Facebook page.

ELF

LOA: 68' (28' 8" LWL, 35' Length on Deck LOD)

Class/Type: '30-footer' Boston class cutter

Builder: George Lawley & Sons

Designer: George Lawley

Launch Date: 1888

Skipper: Rick Carrion

ELF is an 1888 Lawley-built (Boston) ‘30-footer’ class cutter and has been a continuous part of American maritime culture for more than a century. She was built by George Lawley & Sons for a Mr. William H. Wilkinson in 1888 as a state-of-the-art racing yacht. ELF was built at a cost of $3,500 more than 125 years ago. Today she is on the National Register of Historic Places.

ELF sported a topsail that reached 68' 6" into the air to grab every bit of wind available, and like other racing vessels of her day, her lines and rigging were adapted and innovated from successful merchant ship designs. Following a lively career as a gaff topsail cutter rigged racing yacht, Elf pioneered off-shore yacht cruising in 1893, by being the first small craft to successfully cruise round-trip from Marblehead, Massachusetts to Halifax, Nova Scotia, an achievement documented by Henry Howard in his 1946 autobiography.

The current owner acquired the boat in 1971 is a somewhat dilapidated condition, and set out on a multi-decade effort to bring her back to her original glory. Today, ELF participates frequently in NSHOF sailing activities, including our educational programs to teach children math and science through sailing.

Click here to visit ELF's website at the Classic Yacht Restoration Guild, with her complete story and several photos.

COQUINA

LOA: 16' 8"

Class/Type: Catboat ketch

Builder: Robb & Nelson

Designer: Herreshoff

Launch Date: 2012

Skipper: Dennis Robb

COQUINA is a boat built from an 1889 Herreshoff design. She was built using a combination of traditional and modern methods from the originals on record at the Hart Nautical Museum at MIT.

SPELLBOUND

LOA: 47'

Class/Type: Custom Yacht

Builder: Cutts and Case

Designer: Ed Cutts, Sr.

Launch Date: 1970

Skipper: Edmund Cutts, Jr.

ROBERT P

LOA: 29' 4"

Class/Type: Gaff-rigged catboat

Builder: Builder Name

Designer: B.B. Crownshield

Launch Date: 2012

Skipper: Robert Pulsch

Built using a 1900 Crownshield design, ROBERT P is a new boat with a classic heart. Drawing only 18" with her board up, she can explore gunkholes normally visited only by canoes and kayaks.

VIGNETTE

LOA: 41'

Class/Type: Dickerson 41 Cutter

Builder: Dickerson Yachts

Designer: Roger MacAlleer

Launch Date: 1968

Skipper: Peter Oetker

Bill Dickerson made mahogony-planked boats out of his backyard on Church Creek near Cambridge, Maryland beginning in 1946 - everything from compact daysailers to a 58' schooner. He quickly became known as a builder of sturdy boats with clean lines at a reasonable cost. VIGNETTE is one of Dickerson's most popular boats, a 41' cutter rig.

HONALEE

LOA: 28'

Class/Type: Rozinante 28 ketch

Builder:

Designer: L. Francis Herreshoff

Launch Date: 1962

Skipper: Paul Miller

HONALEE is a fine example of L. Francis Herreshoff's popular small cruising boat, one of the most admired boats of all time. Based on a canoe hull, she is intended to be rowed with the wind is lacking, although with her relatively light displacement and large rig, she can move spritely in light air.

Free Sailing

at the
National Sailing Hall of Fame

Sundays beginning April 19, from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm.

NSHOF docks at Annapolis City Dock

Annapolis Community Boating in cooperation with the National Sailing Hall of Fame, Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating (C.R.A.B.), Chessie Jr. Racing, the Annapolis Sailing School and the Annapolis Community Foundation is offering free sailing from the National Sailing Hall of Fame docks at Annapolis City Dock on Sundays from noon to 4:00 pm.

The sessions begin on April 19 and will run until June 14. Additional sailing will be available during the Maryland Maritime Festival, May 2 and 3 from noon to 4:00 pm. Professional instructors will be on hand to teach the basics and skipper the boats.

Students of all ages are welcome. No experience is necessary, but reservations are required.

Sign up by phoning 410-268-1500 or e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Annapolis Community Boating is a community-based organization that seeks to promote all boating on the Chesapeake Bay by providing affordable public access to a cooperative boating location and boating educational programs.

April 8, 2009

Free Sailing

at the
National Sailing Hall of Fame

Sundays beginning April 19, from 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm.

NSHOF docks at Annapolis City Dock

Annapolis Community Boating in cooperation with the National Sailing Hall of Fame, Chesapeake Regional Accessible Boating (C.R.A.B.), Chessie Jr. Racing, the Annapolis Sailing School and the Annapolis Community Foundation is offering free sailing from the National Sailing Hall of Fame docks at Annapolis City Dock on Sundays from noon to 4:00 pm.

The sessions begin on April 19 and will run until June 14. Additional sailing will be available during the Maryland Maritime Festival, May 2 and 3 from noon to 4:00 pm. Professional instructors will be on hand to teach the basics and skipper the boats.

Students of all ages are welcome. No experience is necessary, but reservations are required.

Sign up by phoning 410-268-1500 or e-mailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Annapolis Community Boating is a community-based organization that seeks to promote all boating on the Chesapeake Bay by providing affordable public access to a cooperative boating location and boating educational programs.

April 8, 2009

Boggs & Partners Architects Selected to Design NSHOF Hall of Fame Building

Plans for the Sailing Hall of Fame, docking in Annapolis, balance the modern and the historic

The following article appeared in the December 13, 2008 Washington Post.

Click here to view a PDF of the article.

$30 Million Needed to Make It Real

By Ashley Halsey III
Washington Post Staff Writer

Saturday, December 13, 2008; B03

A cascading series of roofs curved to resemble sailboat hulls define the design for the proposed $30 million National Sailing Hall of Fame, which would recast the character of the Annapolis waterfront.

The following article appeared in the December 12, 2008 Annapolis Capital.

Click here to view a PDF of the article. 

Building would border Phillips, Burtis House

By RYAN JUSTIN FOX Staff Writer

Published December 12, 2008

The rave reviews of the National Sailing Hall of Fame's planned museum continued last night as the public got a long-awaited first look at local architect Joe Boggs' "preliminary schematic designs" for the three-story building on Prince George Street.

Click here for a larger view (2mb jpg).

December 12, 2008.

December 9, 2008

Annapolis, MD – The National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center is pleased to announce that Boggs & Partners Architect has been selected to design the National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center to be built at the foot of Prince George Street on Annapolis City Dock. The selection was made after reviewing proposals from 26 architects from around the country.

The National Sailing Hall of Fame & Sailing Center
and Historic Annapolis Foundation

cordially invite you to the

In conjunction with SailBot 2009 , the U.S. Naval Academy and the NSHOF Center for the Innovation in the Art & Science of Sailing will be staging a demonstration of autonomous sailing craft, defined as boats that are capable of getting around a defined course on their own, on Wednesday May 13, 4:30 p.m. at the NSHOF Sailing Center adjacent to Annapolis City Dock.

For Immediate Release
June 18, 2007

Annapolis, MD – The National Sailing Hall of Fame, with technical support from Comcast, will air the Versus America’s Cup coverage live in the Temporary Exhibition located at Annapolis City Dock. Viewing is also available at the Boatyard Bar & Grill.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, May 15, 2007

“When the next war is over, and if  I live though it, Bea and I are going to sail her around the world.” So said George S. Patton about the sixty-three-foot Alden schooner he and his wife had commissioned in 1939. Built by FF Pendleton in Wiscasset, Maine, When and If, as she was named incorporated improvements for comfort and safety on the high seas.. General Patton’s dream was not to be. He was killed in an automobile accident in Europe shortly after the war ended.

For Immediate Release                                                                    
March 30, 2007       

Annapolis, Md. – The National Sailing Hall of Fame announced today that TEAM TSUNAMI has become a Founding Member with a contribution of $10,000. TEAM TSUNAMI has been developed to give middle and high school youth the opportunity to learn how to enjoy and handle a keel boat while racing and practicing as a team (www.team-tsunami.org).

For Immediate Release                                                                  
February 28, 2007     

Annapolis, Md. – The National Sailing Hall of Fame today announced that the City of Annapolis has committed $260,000 to support the new addition to the Annapolis waterfront.

For Immediate Release 
February 2, 2007
 
Annapolis, Md. – The National Sailing Hall of Fame today announced that Comcast has agreed to become a Founding Corporate Member with a contribution of $50,000.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, October 24, 2006

The National Sailing Hall of Fame will be hosting the Hinckley B-40 Association for a rendezvous at the DNR/National Sailing Hall of Fame Pier adjacent to Susan B. Campbell Park in Annapolis on Friday, October 27.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 23, 2006

“When the next war is over, and if  I live though it, Bea and I are going to sail her around the world.” So said George S. Patton about the sixty-three-foot Alden schooner he and his wife had commissioned in 1939. Built by FF Pendleton in Wiscasset, Maine, When and If, as she was named incorporated improvements for comfort and safety on the high seas.. General Patton’s dream was not to be. He was killed in an automobile accident in Europe shortly after the war ended.

The U.S. Naval Academy will open Gate 0 at the foot of Prince George Street in order to provide better public access for viewing of the National Sailing Hall of Fame Team Racing Demonstration
and for better access to the Naval Academy Visitors Center.