{"id":431,"date":"2023-11-30T13:49:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/?p=431"},"modified":"2023-11-30T13:55:42","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T13:55:42","slug":"model-on-loan-to-mma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/time-tide\/model-on-loan-to-mma\/","title":{"rendered":"Model on loan to MMA"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Model on loan to MMA<\/h1>\n<p>MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY has received this model of the schooner <i>Edward B. Winslow<\/i> as a long-term loan from the Portland Marine Society (PMS). It is on display in Wyman House, home of the Alumni Relations Department and the Office of Advancement. The <i>Winslow<\/i> was built by the Percy and Small Shipyard of Bath, Maine. It had tonnage of 2,424 GRT and 24,482 NRT, with a length of 318 feet, beam of 50 feet, and a 24-foot freeboard. PMS member Capt. John L. Charest of Buxton restored the model to nearly new condition.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Winslow<\/i> carried freight from her launch in 1909 until her loss in 1917 off the coast of France. In arranging the loan, Jeff Wadman, President of the PMS stated, \u201cThe <i>Winslow<\/i> was one of the last of the large sailing ships built in Maine, and this model is now in a place where she can be admired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Marine Society was founded in 1796 and is the nation\u2019s third oldest marine society, with only the Salem and Boston societies being older. See portlandmarinesociety.club for additional information.<\/p>\n<div class=\"feature\">\n<div id=\"attachment_432\" style=\"width: 870px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"size-full wp-image-432\" src=\"\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/ship-model.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"860\" height=\"569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/ship-model.jpg 860w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/ship-model-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/45\/2023\/11\/ship-model-768x508.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 860px) 100vw, 860px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-432\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Schooner <i>Edward B. Winslow<\/i> Model<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Model on loan to MMA<\/p>\n<p>MAINE MARITIME ACADEMY has received this model of the schooner <i>Edward B. Winslow<\/i> as a long-term loan from the Portland Marine Society (PMS). It is on display in Wyman House, home of the Alumni Relations Department and the Office of Advancement. The <i>Winslow<\/i> was built by the Percy and Small Shipyard of Bath, Maine. It had tonnage of 2,424 GRT and 24,482 NRT, with a length of 318 feet, beam of 50 feet, and a 24-foot freeboard. PMS member Capt. John L. Charest of Buxton restored the model to nearly new condition.<\/p>\n<p>The <i>Winslow<\/i> carried freight from her launch in 1909 until her loss in 1917 off the coast of France. In arranging the loan, Jeff Wadman, President of the PMS stated, \u201cThe <i>Winslow<\/i> was one of the last of the large sailing ships built in Maine, and this model is now in a place where she can be admired.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Portland Marine Society was founded in 1796 and is the nation\u2019s third oldest marine society, with only the Salem and Boston societies being older. See portlandmarinesociety.club for additional information.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/time-tide\/model-on-loan-to-mma\/\">&#8230;Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":435,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=431"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":436,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/431\/revisions\/436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=431"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=431"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mainemaritime.edu\/mariner\/issue2-2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=431"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}