August 19, 2010

Antique Marine Engine Exposition August 21-22

9 a.m. - 5 p.m. (Sat.), 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Sun.)

The transition from sail to engine power was a momentous

event for the maritime industry – and the world. Experience

it firsthand as collectors from around the country come

together for the largest marine engine show in the country

to show off full size and miniature 19th- and early 20th-

century marine engines. Inboards, outboards and steam

engines will be on display in the Henry B. duPont

Preservation Shipyard. Additional engines dating from 1889

to 1963 and manufactured by Evinrude, Johnson,

Herreshoff, Palmer and Kriebel will be exhibited in the North Boat Shed.

Weekend activities include a set and weigh anchor demonstration featuring a 1914

Economy Sparta Donkey engine aboard the L.A. Dunton; the firing of engines, including a

D-90 Lathrop diesel engine from the 1940s, in the Shipyard and a 1917 Hercules engine demonstration in the Museum's Hoop Shop.

Summer Staff Picnic

There’s really no other word to describe last night’s Summer Staff Picnic other than

“perfect.” Steve White got the party started by graciously buying staff our first round of

beer. Coastal Gourmet’s crew provided a plethora of hot, delicious entrées ranging from

moist, grilled chicken to succulent pulled pork sandwiches. There were also plenty of side

dishes to guarantee everyone had a full stomach. Next came the desserts! Our second

annual staff dessert contest included over a dozen entries and it was up to a few lucky judges to decide on the winners. The dessert winners were:

Golden Egg Beater First prize – Vanilla Ice Grasshopper Pie – Amanda Nicholas

Second place: Strawberry Rhubarb something – Mary Anne Stets

Third place: Bourbon Boom Booms – Karin Soderberg Honorable Mention: Rocky Road Fudge Bars – Kathy Bremer

Thank you to those who brought dessert for the dessert contest! Live music emanating

from the gazebo helped tie the whole evening together as we cleaned our plates. The

picnic wrapped with some 1876 baseball. A golden-red sunset provided light for coworkers

and their families as they rounded the bases. Not surprisingly, most staff stayed until well after 8:00, which shows that we just didn’t want the evening to end.

Thank you to all who were involved in organizing, setting up, and feeding all of the guests at the staff picnic last night.

Special thanks to:

Maribeth Bielinski

Sharon Brouillard

Liz Cole

Jenny Doak

Louisa Watrous

The Facilities Department

Kara Franco

Bob Kenyon

Heidi McDonough

Coastal Gourmet

Martha Lane

Linda McArthur

Mike O’Farrell

Steve White

For more photos click here.

Photos taken by Bruce Levine.

Duty Officers

Saturday, August 21 Sunday, August 22

Duty Officer: Karin Soderberg; Radio Duty Officer: Heidi McDonough; Radio

Sunday Evening: Karin Soderberg; Radio

Security: John Garabedian; ext.5310 Security: John Garabedian; ext.5310

Watch Captain: Liz Cole; Radio Watch Captain: Lisa Kerr; Radio

Shipyard: Titch Kenney; ext. 5341 Shipyard: Titch Kenney; ext. 5341

Condolences to Dana and Sara Hewson

Dana's mother Vina (Cleaves) Hewson passed away on August 14 at the age of 98. She

was born in Haynesville, Maine, daughter of the late Elbridge and Orice Cleaves. She was

married for 64 years to the late William Hewson. She is survived by her sister, two

children, three grandchildren and extended family members. Her career spanned many

years in the legal profession culminating as legal secretary/law librarian at Edwards and

Angell in Providence. Vina is described as loving and dedicated to her family, friends and

caregivers. Those interested in making donations can send them to Mathewson Street

Church, 134 Mathewson Street Providence, RI or Beacon Hospice 1 Catamore Blvd East Providence, RI.

Photo of the Week

Photo of Sandy Ford, our 1973 Woods Hole Spritsail Boat. Photograph taken by Andy Price.

Advancement News

Please help welcome Bruce Foulke to Mystic Seaport. Bruce is joining the Museum as a

the iMIS Database Administrator. This is an important position for the Museum, one that

works with database management systems software to determine the best possible way to

organize and store donor information for Mystic Seaport. Bruce has had a career working in

secondary education, most recently for the Williams School in New London. Bruce is also

an accomplished musician, with over 53 recordings to his credit as a producer or

producer/performer. He was a co-founder of North Star Music (then North Star Records)

with Richard Waterman in 1985, and produced many of North Star's early recordings. Stop

by the first floor of the Administration Building to say hello to Bruce. His extension is x5117

and his email is bruce.foulke@mysticseaport.org.

- Nat Arata

Marketing Update

If you haven't heard already, the Charles W. Morgan was featured in The New York Times

on Tuesday. The article and accompanying slideshow focused on the technology being used in the Morgan Restoration.

Our Marketing Team has added a new dimension to our summer promotions by providing

select, local businesses with special discounts on general admission. For example, our

friends at Hartford Hospital and New Alliance Bank have received special promo codes to get $5 off adult admission and $4.50 off youth admission.

In addition, we have modified our “Twice as Fun Tuesdays” promo to be 2 free child admissions with every paid adult.

In last week’s bulletin we mentioned briefly that Mystic Seaport had been involved with

Shark Week. More specifically, Mystic Seaport was the sponsor of Shark Week, which ran

on the Discovery Channel for the first week of August. This ran statewide on Comcast.

Shark Week promotional spots ran and included an end tag that said “brought to you by Mystic Seaport.”

Mystic Seaport--Ocean Classroom Affiliation

Mystic Seaport is pleased to announce a new affiliation with Ocean Classroom Foundation.

Ocean Classroom Foundation is an educational organization that provides programs of sea

education and adventure for the youth of America aboard the schooners Westward, Spirit of

Massachusetts and Harvey Gamage. Ocean Classroom Foundation is a leader in

experiential education, with award-winning programs sailing from the Canadian Maritimes

to the Caribbean Sea. Mystic Seaport will be helping to market three specific Ocean

Classroom Foundation programs: the Spring 2011 high school semester program; summer

camp programs for Summer 2011, and a family winter/spring break trip in the Caribbean.

Mystic Seaport and Ocean Classroom view this affiliation as a mutually beneficial

opportunity to increase recruitment for both Mystic Seaport’s educational programs as well

as Ocean Classroom’s programs. On Wednesday, August 25th all three Ocean Classroom

vessels and 60 students will be at the Seaport. An official announcement with an accompanying press release will be made at that time.

From the Office of Volunteer Services

Another coupe for Mystic Seaport. Douglas A. Hoffman, Youth Officer, Groton Town Police

Department, writes the following on behalf of the department sponsored Groton Maritime Academy:

“On behalf of Class #9 of the Groton Maritime academy, I would like to thank the staff of

the Mystic Seaport Museum for all of the help provided on Wednesday, July 7 as part of our

summer program. Your gracious welcome allowed our cadets an opportunity to visit the

Museum, and learn so much. On behalf of my colleagues and all of the cadets, thank you so much.”

Five Questions with... Rufus

Rufus, the 2006 Westminster Best-in-Show

winner, returns to Mystic Seaport for Dog

Days August 28-29. On Friday, August 27,

Rufus will be the Grand Marshal and head

judge at the Museum’s first Dog Parade.

Registration begins at 5 p.m. The parade

begins at 5:30 p.m. and continues around the

village green. Rufus looks forward to

meeting the dogs of all Museum staff, too. In

fact, there will be a special prize only for staff

who bring their dog. If you’re on staff and

enter your dog in the parade, you’ll be in a

drawing to win a day off with pay! As he gets

ready for the event, Rufus took time out to speak with us from his home in Holmdel, NJ.

How long have you worked at Mystic

Seaport?

I guess you could call me a seasonal employee. Last year was my first time working at

Mystic Seaport, helping out with the first Dog Days event. I was thrilled to be invited last year – as well as this year. It’ll be fun to come back and see the friends I met last year.

What’s the best part of your job?

While I do love laying around all day, I’m pretty lucky in what I get to do. At Mystic

Seaport, I loved taking my first boat ride on Necessity and being interviewed by CNN. I also

really liked having my picture taken with just about everyone who came to the event. When

I’m not at Mystic Seaport, I love visiting my friends in hospitals and nursing homes knowing that I can bring a smile to their face.

What’s the most challenging part of your job?

Good question. Probably the most challenging aspect is making sure that everyone that

wants to pet me or take a picture with me gets a chance. Sometimes things can get a bit

crowded. I really love that people come out to see me, so I want to make sure that if someone does, that they get a chance to say hello.

What’s the funniest or most notable on the job experience you’ve had?

I have two great stories from last year. I loved having the chance to go inside the Oscar

Mayer Wienermobile. That was a ton of fun! I even had my picture taken next to it! The

other fun part was taking a walk in downtown Mystic and having two people pull to the side

of the road, stop their car and ask if I was Rufus! Who else would I be?! I guess they were

excited to see me!

What do you like to do outside of work?

I love to rest and just, well, enjoy some down time. I keep a busy schedule, you know. I

also love to go with my mom to run errands around town. It’s a lot of fun to go to the

grocery store and other places with her. I also love the Yankees. I even have a NY Yankees

uniform!

Rufus was interviewed by Mike O'Farrell.

A Letter of Thanks to our Junior Volunteers

All of the Junior Volunteers that have worked for me this summer were Taylor Burdge, Eric

Fast, Brenton Rayner, Sam Driscoll, Andrew Lewis, Matthew Lewis, Drew Lyons, Cameron

Lyons, Erin Skeens, John Weaver, Russel Parker, Nicole Ager, Meghan Danley, Henry

Burbank, Matthew Beland, and Patrick Orenstein. These were all of the people that were

regularly scheduled throughout the summer. All were a great help and without their help,

running the program would not be possible.

All were a great help but there were a few that standout above all others.

This summer was Russel Parker's first summer volunteering for us. I remember the first day

when he came in. I placed him right on a boat because a student needed some motivation

and coaching. As soon as he stepped on, the boat was flying around and both had huge

smiles on their faces. Any task that needed to be done was done without questioning. He

was great with the kids also. It was always a debate which boat he was going on since all

wanted to sail with him.

The next standout was Eric Fast. I don’t remember how long he has been around. It is

always nice to have a veteran to show the new Junior Volunteers the way and to be a great

role-model. Having a staff with a strong backbone and a strong sailor always helps and I

am glad that we had Eric to make this an awesome summer.

Cammeron Lyons is another that I would like to mention. This was his first summer. He was

my little worker bee. He would never stop working. Some days I had to chase him out of

here, but it is always nice to have someone that takes the initiative. No matter what I say

he always says, "OK". He has a great attitude and great sense of humor, which made the

days go by much faster.

The Lewis Brothers and Erin Skeens are always a great help. Again it was always great to

have veterans. They have been here long enough to know exactly how things are supposed

to go. They are great with the kids and also understand how to coach them. I would

recommend them next year to think about becoming an instructor because it would be

great to have them aboard. They know how to teach and know what it means to create a

safe environment, which will be fun and finally learning will happen. The students will come

back for more.

Best Regards,

Mike Lamb

Volunteer of the Week

The Rowing Hall of Fame, and the National Rowing

Exhibit, as well as the Boathouse, are indebted to

Ryan Lee for his dual volunteer roles during this

summer, and last summer as well. He returns this

fall as a junior to Stonington High School, where he is a member of crew.

Ryan served as a regular weekly interpreter in the

Rowing Exhibit for two seasons, as well as an

attendant in the Boathouse. He took his

responsibilities very seriously and became a viable

asset in both locations. He was named Volunteer of

the Week in September 2009, and follows up this year with many more accolades.

May his scholastic career be successful, and may his rowing ability bring him and his teammates many victories.

Volunteers Build & Launch Tanker

The volunteers are at it again. This time building and launching the Argus tanker a prop to

be pushed around with our RC tug boats. First time out, the tanker had a leak and had to

be "dry docked" for repairs. No oil was spilled in the incident and no one got wet!

Bill Selancy, Bill Grady, Stan Barnes, Greg, Peter, Bill, Neal & Staff member Arlene Anderson.

Thanks to all!

Figure It Out

Congratulations to Amanda Nicholas who correctly identified last week’s image

as the hurdy-gurdy on the L.A. Dunton’s dory.

Who can figure this one out?

Submit your answer to staffbulletin@mysticseaport.org by August 23. Whoever correctly

identifies the image will win a free pastry and cup of coffee at the Bake Shop. If more than one correct response is submitted, the winner will be chosen through a random drawing.

Classifieds

Cottage for Rent: Charming, furnished 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath waterfront Cottage, within

walking distance of downtown Mystic and Seaport. Available early/mid November through

mid May. $1000 /month plus utilities, no pets and no smoking. References and security

deposit required. Contact Roger 860-536-5332.

Charles W. Morgan Wooden Ship Model Kits for Sale: We have the perfect winter

project for you! Two wooden ship model kits of the Charles W. Morgan were uncovered and

now available for sale. These were samples that originally sold for $399.99. We are selling

these two kits “as is“ for $200 each. No returns. If you are interested please call Jonathan

Greene at x4523, email jonathan.greene@mysticseaport.org or stop by his office in the first

floor of the Thomas Greenman building.

The kits contain everything you need to build

a historically accurate replica! Including laser

cut wooden parts for easy assembly. We

supply high quality basswood for internal

framework and hull planking. Perfectly

scaled fittings of walnut, brass and lead-free

Britannia metal duplicate the originals. For

diameters cotton rigging line, hardwood

display base and brass pedestals are also

included.

Build your model the way real wooden ships were built! Like a shipwright of old, you’ll fit

the bulkheads to the keel, plank the hull one timber at a time, and copper the hull below

the waterline. Then, complete the decking, mount the masts and rig the ship according to

original plans. Six sheets of plans and step-by-step instruction manual guarantee trouble-

free assembly.

Model Specifications:

• Length: 30-3/4””

• Height: 27-7/8”

• Width: 10-1/8”

• Scale: 3/16” = 1 ft. (1:64)

This No. 2140 kit was developed by Model Shipways, a division of Model Expo, Inc. For more information about the ship model kit go to http://alturl.com/xbhgj

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