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Boothbay Boat Builders & Seafood
Festival, August 3
Sun.
Aug. 3:
East
Boothbay
,
Boothbay
Boat Builders & Seafood Festival,
10
a.m to 4 p.m.
Ocean Classroom Foundation’s Spirit of Massachusetts will be at the 2008 Boothbay Boat Builders
Festival, set for Sunday, August 3.
The early news from the 2008 Boothbay Boat Builders Festival committee is that
the 125-foot schooner, Spirit of
Massachusetts, will adorn the pier in
East Boothbay
for the annual festival scheduled for Sunday, August 3rd from
10 a.m.
to
4 p.m.
Owned by Ocean Classroom Foundation, now housed in
Boothbay
Harbor
, Spirit was launched in 1984 at the Charleston Navy Yard in
Boston
. She was modeled after the 1889 fishing schooner Fredonia, a
Gloucester
fishing schooner, widely known as “fast and able” vessels. Spirit is one of three vessels operated by Ocean Classroom. They
offer opportunities for students and teachers throughout the country to go to
sea, for a semester during the school year, and one- or two-week stints in
summer.
Alix Thorne, president of the Ocean Classroom board, said
that guests at the festival will be invited to board the schooner, where members
of the classroom crew and some staff will be available to answer questions.
Through Ocean Classroom programs, students ranging from
middle school through college have the opportunity to explore the coast from
Maine
to
Nova Scotia
during the summer. En route they stop in a variety of ports, including
Lunenberg and Matinicus Rock. A crew is currently sailing the
Caribbean Sea
, spending the semester from January to May sailing, working and learning.
Thorne said that these students participate fully in the life and operation of
the ship.
Spirit
is joining other working and pleasure boats
at the
East Boothbay
docks on festival Sunday. Visitors can also tour
East Boothbay
’s famous shipyards, the Ocean Point Marina, and Nat
Wilson’s Sail Loft. Small boat builders will be available with their boats
sharing knowledge and skills with the public. Adding to the variety of the
festival will be lectures about boats and other nautical topics, live music,
marine exhibits, and demonstrations. The popular activities tent for kids will
return. And not to be forgotten is the gigantic seafood spread and two-day
nautical art show and sale, this year featuring posters by Earle Barlow,
celebrated
East Boothbay
artist.
Festival tickets are $15, with children admitted free.
The festival will be held at the Ocean Point Marina and Route 96 in
East Boothbay
. Proceeds of the event will benefit the Boothbay
Region Land Trust’s ongoing conservation efforts to preserve land as well as
the working waterfront. The BRLT, established in 1980,
protects a broad range of coastal, island, forest, meadow and wetland
properties, with trails open to the public.
For further information call (207) 633-4818.
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