Castine Current
Capt. Emma Hathaway Takes Bowdoin Helm
Masterandeducator,EmmaHathaway,has
accepted the position of Bowdoin Captain
at MMA. Hathaway has had ties to
midcoast Maine since she was a teen. At age 15,
she worked on the schooner Timberwind as an
assistant cook, and during the following 15 years,
she served as a crew member on the Pride of Bal-
timore II, Spirit of Massachusetts and Niagara.
More recently, Hathaway captained Seaward
out of San Francisco Bay and Unicorn, 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 (Seaward, Harvey Gamage and Lynx), and
taught U.S. Sailing curriculum at the Olympic
Circle Sailing Club in San Francisco. Between
2013 and 2015, she was Captain of Makani Olu,
a 96-foot, three-masted staysail schooner, the
centerpiece of the Kailana Program, an ocean-
oriented experiential treatment and education
program based in Hawaii.
"I'm delighted to be part of the next phase of
Bowdoin's sail training history," Hathaway says.
"This is the perfect job for me, combining educa-
tion with sailing."
Capt. Hathawy alongside Bowdoin in Camden, Maine, during deck restoration project. Photo by Billy Sims
The schooner Bowdoin enjoys a long history of
MMA purchased the vessel for the purpose of
raising effort to keep the vessel exploring, sailing
seafaring education and Arctic exploration. Com-
training students and Bowdoin became the Offi-
and training for another 100 years--wil fund a
missioned by explorer Donald B. MacMil an to
cial Vessel of the State of Maine and designated a
renovation underway at Lyman-Morse at Way-
facilitate his work in the high northern latitudes,
National Historic Landmark.
farer Marine in Camden. The project includes
Bowdoin has made 28 trips to the Arctic. In 1988,
The Bowdoin Centennial Campaign--a fund-
replacement of her deck, stanchions and ceiling
timbers, along with several systems upgrades:
an engine rebuild, tank capacities, refrigeration,
generator and electrical system.
Affordable Luxury When You're Anchored in Boston
The campaign recently surpassed $1 million
in receipts and pledges. Its goal is to fund the
Starting at
Antique charm with al the in-room
rebuild and strengthen the ship's endowment in
necessities of modern life. Private
order to protect and preserve her in perpetuity.
$
rooms with private baths, and
For information about the Bowdoin Centennial
Campaign, contact Kay Hightower at 207-326-
65
elegant common rooms.
8932 or kay.hightower@mma.edu.
per night
including breakfast
Guests
Mariners House
must be
active
170Years of Hospitality
seafarers
and Guidance to
with proof
Professional Mariners
of service.
11 North Square
To Make a Reservation,
Boston, MA 02113
Cal 1-877-732-9494
617-227-3979
Bowdoin sail plan, 1919.
www.marinershouse.org
mainemaritime.edu
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