June 15, 2007
Chronology
| May 21, 2004 | Incorporation | |
| June 4, 2004 | Honorary Advisory Board established | |
| August 25, 2005 | Promotional Film completed | |
| December 21, 2005 | Governor Ehrlich announces Memorandum of Understanding between the State of Maryland, City of Annapolis and the NSHOF to locate the NSHOF on the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) site. | |
| February 1, 2006 | Founding Members program established | |
| April 21, 2006 | Right of Entry Agreement with the Maryland Department of National Resources | |
| May 4, 2006 | Temporary Exhibition opens during the Volvo Ocean Race | |
| May 4-7, 2006 | NSHOF and U.S. Sailing Reception on USS Sequoia | |
| May 5, 2006 | Ceremonial Ribbon Cutting by Governor Ehrlich, Mayor Moyer, County Executive Owens, DNR Secretary Ron Franks, NSHOF President Buck Buchanan, U.S. Sailing President Janet Baxter and the skippers of the Volvo Ocean Race | |
| July 6, 2006 | Website posted | |
| July 11, 2006 | Reception for Halsey Herreshoff and the America’s Cup Hall of Fame at the Temporary Exhibition. | |
| August 1 – September 26, 2006 | Windalier, a 58’ Sparkman & Stephens owned by Associated Marine Institutes, docks at NSHOF Pier. | |
| August 17, 2006 | Maryland Stadium Authority begins feasibility study for the construction of NSHOF | |
| September 14, 2006 | Walter Cronkite made Chair of Honorary Advisory Board
Reception held at Temporary Exhibition |
|
| September 14-21, 2006 | Wyntje, Walter Cronkite’s 64’ Hinckley CC Ketch, docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| October 22 – November 2, 2006 | When and If, a 63’ Alden schooner built by Pendleton in 1939 for General George S. Patton, docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| October 27, 2006 | Bermuda 40 Rendezvous at NSHOF Pier and reception at McGarvey’s. | |
| October 27 – November 4, 2006 | Freya, a 30’ Al Mason steel sloop owned by the Vinalhaven Island School, docks at the NSHOF Pier. | |
| November 3-6, 2006 | Numbers, a Farr 60 owned by Daniel Meyers, docks at NSHOF Pier. | |
| March 3, 2007 | Temporary Exhibition Reopens | |
| March 29-30, 2007 | Numbers, a Farr 60 owned by Daniel Meyers, docks At NSHOF Pier | |
| April 4-7, 2007 | Pride of Baltimore docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| April 14, 2007 | Team Tsunami dinner | |
| May 3-13, 2007 | Sultana docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| May 5-6, 2007 | National Sailing Hall of Fame Team Racing Demonstration at Naval Academy seawall | |
| May 21-25, 2007 | When and If, a 63’ Alden schooner built by Pendleton in 1939 for General George S. Patton, docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| May 23-24, 2007 | Sultana docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| May 26-29, 2007 | Hearts Desire, a 44’ Alden schooner built by T.H. Soule in 1925, docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| June 2-3, 2007 | Sultana docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| June 3 -6, 2007 | Pride of Baltimore docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| June 14. 2007 |
Mayor's Reception for Bluenose USCGC Shearwater docks at NSHOF Pier |
|
| June 23 – July 4, 2007 | America’s Cup live on-air at Temporary Exhibition | |
| July 11-13, 2007 | Sultana docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| July 13, 2007 | Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Water Trail Reception at the Temporary Exhibition | |
| June 23 – July 7, 2007 | America's Cup live at the Temporary Exhibition | |
| August 30, 2007 | USCGC Albacore docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| September 3, 2007 | Martha Lewis docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| September 6, 2007 | "America's Cup: Pat, Present, and Future" Panel | |
| September 10 – 11, 2007 | Pride of Baltimore docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| September 13, 2007 | Naval Academy Pep Rally | |
| September 15, 2007 | St. John's College rendezvous | |
| September 16 – 19, 2007 | Pride of Baltimore docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| September 23, 2007 | Lady Maryland docks at NSHOF Pier | |
| October 5 – 8, 2007 | U.S. Sailboat Show; Windalier display | |
| October 11, 2007 | Great Chesapeake Schooner Race | |
| October 23, 2007 | America's Cup Panel streamed on website | |
| October 30, 2007 | U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Trials streamed on website | |
| December 10, 2007 | Maryland Stadium Authority Feasibility Study Release | |
| January 11, 2008 | Daniel Foster Photographic Exhibition launches Virtual Gallery | |
| February 8, 2008 | Honorary Board Member Bill Pinkney featured on National Geographic Webisode streamed on website | |
| February 13, 2008 | Nantucket Race Week 2007 streamed on website | |
| February 26, 2008 | Sandbagger Documentary streamed on website | |
| February 29, 2008 | North Sails film launches Center for Innovation in the Art & Science of Sailing on the website | |
| March 8, 2008 | Honorary Board Member Bill Pickney speaks at Box of Rain | |
| March 24, 2008 | Physics Today Cover Story "The Physics of Sailing" posted on website as part of Center for Innovation in the Art & Science of Sailing | |
| April 9, 2008 | Sailing for America: 2008 & Beyond Keeping the Torch Lit for Current & Future Olympians benefit | |
| May 3-4, 2008 | Sultana, Windalier and Stormy on display for Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival | |
| May 3, 2008 | John Smith Shallop Race | |
| May 3-4, 2008 | Team Racing Demonstration at Maryland Maritime Heritage Festival | |
| May 6, 2008 | Congressional Cup highlights streamed on website | |
| May 29, 2008 | World Presidents Organization-Chesapeake Region J105 Race and Sailing and Business Panel discussion with Gary Jobson, Bob James and Terry Kohler | |
| June 13, 2008 | Bermuda Ocean Race start | |
| September 10, 2008 | Annapolis Middle School Sailing & Science of Sailing Program launch | |
|
|
|
Preserving America’s Sailing Legacy
Engaging Sailing’s Next Generation
Stay Connected to the National Sailing Hall of Fame