Education Station Schedule

Sunday, July 19th

11 am – 6:00 pm Education Station at Compass Park/Maine State Pier. Enjoy musical performances, introduction to navigation, visual storytelling and much more!

11:00am – Northeast Maritime, Eric Dawicki
12:00pm – Cartoon Artist, Jay Piscopo, and Author of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli offering an interactive drawing workshop!
1:00pm – Roll and Go – Maine group of men and women who
love to sing “sea shanties”
2:00pm – Portland Teens share their tall ship experiences from then past 2 weeks
3:00pm David Wood – Five Centuries of Tall Ships
4:00pm Tim Queeney – Osher Map Library & Smith Center for Cartographic Education. Tim will also discuss map projection and how navigators make their own charts for celestial Navigation.
5:00pm – United States Power Squadron – Nautical Whimsy, and a variety of light topics, lore, phrases, etc.

Monday, July 20th

11 am – 6:00 pm Education Station at Compass Park/Maine State Pier. Enjoy musical performances, introduction to navigation, visual storytelling and much more!

11:00am – Maritime Photography and Video Storytelling –
How to document your voyage
12:00pm – Cartoon Artist, Jay Piscopo, and Author of The Undersea Adventures of Capt’n Eli offering an interactive drawingworkshop!
1:00pm – Roll and Go – Maine group of men and women who
love to sing “sea shanties”
2:00pm Captain Bailey – Captain of the Oliver Hazard Perry
3:00pm Bert Rogers – Sail Training, Tall Ships America and opportunities to get involved with sailing
4:00pm Tim Queeney – Introduction to Celestial Navigation. Techniques that tall ship navigators use to get to their destinations!
5:00pm – United States Power Squadron – Nautical Whimsy, and a variety of light topics, lore, phrases, etc.

 

EVENT SCHEDULE OVERVIEW

July 18
1:00pm - Festival Gates open
1:45pm - Parade of Sail starts
4:00pm - Ships Dock
5:00pm - Maine Pops Concert Band Welcome
6:00pm - Opening ceremonies
7:00pm - Shipyard Brewing Summerfest Concert withh Buffalo Chip Tea

July 19
10:00am-9:00pm - Public boarding, day sails, exhibits and entertainment. See details.

July 20
10:00am-6:00pm - Public boarding, day sails, exhibits and entertainment. See details

SHIPS*:
Eagle – New London, CT
Picton Castle – Avatiu, Cook Islands
El Galeón Andalucía– Sevilla, Spain
Oliver Hazard Perry –  Newport, RI
Bowdoin – Castine, ME
Lynx – Portsmouth, NH
Tree of Life –
Newport, RI

Fritha – Fairhaven, MA
Alert
Bailey's Island, ME


Local Vessels
offering day sails

Bagheera
Wendameen
Frances