Events - Maine’s First Ship

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..

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

July 12-13, 2025

17th Century Event at Colonial Pemaquid

Virginia and her older (if smaller) sister Jane Stevens will sail to Pemaquid.

July 16, 2025 - 7pm

2025 Lecture Series
New Hampshire Gundalows
Building the replica Piscataqua

Rich Clyborne
Executive Director of Gundalow Company

July 23, 2025 - 7pm

2025 Lecture Series
Indigenous Maritime Culture in North America

Lincoln Paine
Author and Maritime Historian

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

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

Past Events

Event Recordings

See recordings of past lectures and videos of other events

Recorded
Lectures

2025 Lecture Series
Bateaux to the Brits
Arnold's 1775 Expedition to Quebec

Rob Stevens
Shipwright, Maine's First Ship

Details and Recording

2025 Lecture Series
Maine's Lobster Industry
From the Indigenous Period to the Present

Seth Goldstein
South Portland Historical Society

Details and Recording

2025 Lecture Series
Coastal Impacts of Ocean Storms

Joe Sienkiewicz
Meteorologist, retired from NOAA Ocean Prediction Center

Details and Recording

2024 Lecture Series
The Making of Virginia

Details and Recording

2024 Lecture Series
Designing Virginia

Details and Recording

Annual Meeting 2024

Annual Meeting to hear what is happening and elect MFS officers

Details and annual report

2025 Lecture Series
Vices and Virtues of Woods
As used in shipbuilding and lutherie

Fred Gosbee
Musician and Woodworker

Details and Recording