{"id":279,"date":"2026-01-13T02:05:27","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/?p=279"},"modified":"2026-01-13T02:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T02:11:36","slug":"admirals-dinner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/at-the-academy\/admirals-dinner\/","title":{"rendered":"Admiral&#8217;s Dinner"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Admiral&#8217;s Dinner<\/h1>\n<p>ON OCTOBER 30, 2025, the Academy welcomed more than 180 attendees to its third annual Admiral\u2019s Dinner at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. The event recognizes those within the maritime industry whose vision, effort, and commitment have distinguished them and their organization as among the very best in the world. This year&#8217;s honoree was Daniel J. Thorogood, CEO of Fairwater, who spoke brilliantly about the need for fortitude and growth throughout the maritime industry. The night raised more than $130,000 for the Academy and featured more than 30 industry leaders as sponsors. <\/p>\n<div class=\"ship-feature-img\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral&#039;s Dinner Photo\" width=\"860\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc.jpg 860w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Admiral&#8217;s Dinner<\/p>\n<p>ON OCTOBER 30, 2025, the Academy welcomed more than 180 attendees to its third annual Admiral\u2019s Dinner at the Lauderdale Yacht Club. The event recognizes those within the maritime industry whose vision, effort, and commitment have distinguished them and their organization as among the very best in the world. This year&#8217;s honoree was Daniel J. Thorogood, CEO of Fairwater, who spoke brilliantly about the need for fortitude and growth throughout the maritime industry. The night raised more than $130,000 for the Academy and featured more than 30 industry leaders as sponsors. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc.jpg\" alt=\"Admiral&#039;s Dinner Photo\" width=\"860\" height=\"522\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc.jpg 860w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2026\/01\/admirals-dinner-pc-768x466.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/at-the-academy\/admirals-dinner\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":285,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=279"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":286,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/279\/revisions\/286"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=279"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=279"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue1-2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=279"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}