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Upcoming events
June 25 - 28
Windjammer Days in Boothbay Harbor
Virginia
sails as part of the Parade of Sail, and for deck tours in Boothbay Harbor..
Details
July 9, 2025 - 7pm
2025 Lecture Series
Onboard s/v Tifara
Martinique to the Azores and Spain
Alicia Witham
Executive Director of Maine's First Ship
Details
July 12-13, 2025
17th Century Event at Colonial Pemaquid
Virginia
and her older (if smaller) sister Jane Stevens will sail to Pemaquid.
Details
July 16, 2025 - 7pm
2025 Lecture Series
New Hampshire Gundalows
Building the replica
Piscataqua
Rich Clyborne
Executive Director of Gundalow Company
Details
July 23, 2025 - 7pm
2025 Lecture Series
Indigenous Maritime Culture in North America
Lincoln Paine
Author and Maritime Historian
Details
July 30, 2025 - 7pm
2025 Lecture Series
The King's Ships
Henry V and the Birth of the English Navy
Matt Blazek
Education Director of Maine's First Ship
Details
September 26-28 10am-3pm
Downeast Ship Modelers Guild
Exhibit of Model Ships
Join us at the Bath Freight Shed for a display of 70 model whips by 13 builders
Details soon
Past Events
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Lectures
2025 Lecture Series
Bateaux to the Brits
Arnold's 1775 Expedition to Quebec
Rob Stevens
Shipwright, Maine's First Ship
Details and Recording
Recorded
2025 Lecture Series
Maine's Lobster Industry
From the Indigenous Period to the Present
Seth Goldstein
South Portland Historical Society
Details and Recording
Recorded
2025 Lecture Series
Coastal Impacts of Ocean Storms
Joe Sienkiewicz
Meteorologist, retired from NOAA Ocean Prediction Center
Details and Recording
Recorded
2024 Lecture Series
The Making of Virginia
Jim Parmentier
Details and Recording
Recorded
2024 Lecture Series
Designing
Virginia
David B Wyman
Details and Recording
Recorded
Annual Meeting 2024
Annual Meeting to hear what is happening and elect MFS officers
Details and annual report
Complete
2025 Lecture Series
Vices and Virtues of Woods
As used in shipbuilding and lutherie
Fred Gosbee
Musician and Woodworker
Details and Recording
Recorded