{"id":6901,"date":"2016-07-29T10:19:57","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T14:19:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about\/?p=6901"},"modified":"2016-08-01T10:23:03","modified_gmt":"2016-08-01T14:23:03","slug":"schooner-bowdoin-sets-sail-for-educational-cruises","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/about\/press-releases\/schooner-bowdoin-sets-sail-for-educational-cruises\/","title":{"rendered":"Schooner Bowdoin Sets Sail for Educational Cruises"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CASTINE, Maine\u2014July 29, 2016\u2014Following a major restoration project and systems upgrades, Maine Maritime Academy\u2019s schooner <em>Bowdoin<\/em>, a National Historic Landmark and the Official Vessel of the State of Maine, gets back to its mission this weekend as flagship of the MMA sail training program.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>The ship will be sailing with two groups of students in the Maine Maritime Academy Vessel Operations and Technology program during the month of August. Students navigate and maintain the vessel during 14-day summer training voyages to fulfill degree requirements and competencies toward a U.S. Coast Guard limited license.<\/p>\n<p>Maine Maritime Academy is the only college in the United States with a dedicated sail training program that leads to a U.S. Coast Guard license as mate on an auxiliary sail vessel. Students may start with no prior sailing experience and graduate with a Bachelor of Science degree, a USCG license, and all necessary certificates.<\/p>\n<p><em>Bowdoin\u2019s<\/em> Captain, Emma Hathaway, has had ties to midcoast Maine since she was a teen and went sailing out of Rockport on the schooner <em>Timberwind<\/em>. Over the following 15 years, she would serve as a crew member on the <em>Pride of Baltimore II<\/em>, <em>Spirit of Massachusetts<\/em>, and <em>Niagara<\/em>. She captained the <em>Seaward<\/em> out of San Francisco Bay and the <em>Unicorn<\/em>, sailing from Connecticut through the Saint Lawrence Seaway to the Great Lakes; she has worked as a trainer, mentor and teacher on ocean classroom vessels (<em>Seaward<\/em>, <em>Harvey Gamage<\/em>, and <em>Lynx<\/em>); and has taught U.S. Sailing curriculum at the Olympic Circle Sailing Club in San Francisco Bay. Between 2013 and 2015, she was captain of <em>Makani Olu<\/em>, a 96-foot, three-masted staysail schooner, the centerpiece of the Kailana Program, an ocean-oriented experiential treatment and education program based in the Hawaiian Islands.<\/p>\n<p>The schooner <em>Bowdoin<\/em> enjoys a long history of seafaring education and Arctic exploration. Commissioned by explorer Donald B. MacMillan to facilitate his work in the high northern latitudes, <em>Bowdoin<\/em> has made 28 trips to the Arctic, 25 of them before 1954 under the command of MacMillan. MacMillan sold <em>Bowdoin<\/em> to the U.S. Navy for use in World War II during the Greenland Patrol. After WWII, MacMillan bought the ship back and continued to sail her for nine more years around Greenland. After MacMillan\u2019s retirement the boat belonged to the Schooner Bowdoin Association until 1988 when Maine Maritime Academy purchased the vessel for the purpose of training students. It was at this time that <em>Bowdoin<\/em> became the Official Vessel of the State of Maine and was designated a National Historic Landmark.<\/p>\n<p>The public can follow the adventures of the schooner <em>Bowdoin<\/em> throughout the summer. Visit bowdoincruise.mma.edu or follow the cruise on facebook at Arctic Schooner <em>Bowdoin<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Bowdoin<\/em> Centennial Campaign\u2014a fundraising effort to keep the vessel exploring, sailing and training for another 100 years\u2014is funding the restoration project, which included the replacement of her 30-year-old deck, stanchions and ceiling timbers, along with several systems upgrades: an engine rebuild, increasing the tank capacities for fuel, fresh water and wastewater, a new refrigeration system, electrical system and generator. A new foremast will be installed later this summer. Fundraising efforts are still underway and the goal is to complete the campaign by year\u2019s end.<\/p>\n<p>The <em>Bowdoin<\/em> Centennial Campaign Cabinet includes: Co-Chair Capt. G. Andy Chase, Co-Chair Alexander Watson, Fred Atkins, Capt. Bill Cowan, Cameron G. Brien, Capt. Cate Cronin, Capt. Don Eley, Capt. Dave Fenderson, Capt. Eric Jergenson, Lawrence Kaplan, Matthew P. Murphy, Capt. Alec Schoettle, Capt. John Worth, and Capt. Heather Stone. Honorary Cabinet Members include: former Maine Governor Kenneth Curtis, Dr. Pete Rand, Phineas Sprague Jr., Dr. Ed Morse, G. Baer Connard, Capt. Elliot Rappaport, and Merle Hallett. For more information about the <em>Bowdoin<\/em> Centennial Campaign, please contact Kay Hightower at 207-326-8932 or kay.hightower@mma.edu.<\/p>\n<p>Maine Maritime Academy is a co-educational, public college on the coast of Maine offering 18 degree programs in engineering, management, science, and transportation. The college serves approximately 950 undergraduate and graduate students in career-oriented programs of study. Maine Maritime Academy was ranked the #1 Best Public College on Money magazine\u2019s 2014 and 2015 Best Colleges list. The college\u2019s job placement rate exceeds\u00a090 percent within 90 days of graduation. 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