Mid-Year Update 2016

HALL OF FAME INDUCTION

• Public nominations can now be made year-round
• 90 nominations were made
• Lifetime Achievement Award and Class of 2016 chosen
• 2016 Induction to be held in San Francisco at the St. Francis Yacht Club on October 29 and 30

STEM SAILING: LEARNING MATH & SCIENCE THOUGH SAILING

• Navigation and Science of Science curricula have been posted for free use by educators across the country
• STEM Summer Bridge program underway with 60 students
• Discussions and plans are underway to institute the STEM Sailing Program in schools in Charleston, Newport and Los Angeles
• 106 organizations are part of the STEM Sailing National Consortium. A bi-monthly newsletter of best practices and resources is distributed
• 120 9th  & 10th grade Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) students participated in seven-week NSHOF Project Based Learning (PBL) Module sessions
• 117 9th & 10th grade AACPS STEM students participated in field trips to the NSHOF including a tour of United States Naval Academy Hydromechanics Laboratory and Crown Sailing Center
• Fourth Annual Marine and Maritime Career Fair for students, grades 7-12, held at Annapolis High School —
• co-sponsored by Anne Arundel County Public Schools and Eastport Yacht Club Foundation

ON SITE PROGRAMING

Free public display at the Sailing Center of boats including among others:

• Bull and Bear, replica 1860s sandbaggers
• Sultana, replica topsail schooner
• Adventurer, Alden 52, 1925
• Sorcerer II, Cookson 95, 1998 (Research vessel)
• Jolly Dolphin, Workboat, 1958
• Blue Moon, Hylas 44, 1987
• Curlew , Valiant Esprit 37, 1987
• Lacerta, Concordia yawl 40, 1956
• Lynx, replica privateer / Baltimore clipper schooner, 2001
• Sails Call, Beneteau 47, 2009
• Witchcraft, Lawley 66, 1903

Bull & Bear Sailing

• Bull and Bear have hosted 100 people for sailing on the sandbaggers

Recovering Warrior Sailing Squadron – Click here to visit web page

• Annapolis Spring Regatta, co-sponsored with United States Naval Academy, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, Connected Warrior Foundation, and Warrior Events was held on April 30
• Bay Head Spring Regatta, co-sponsored with Bay Head Yacht Club and Semper Fi Fund was held on June 11
• Annapolis Fall Regatta, co-sponsored with United States Naval Academy, Chesapeake Region Accessible Boating, Connected Warrior Foundation and Warrior Events, to be held August 27

Outreach Program to African American Community

• First two sails of 6 held on June 4 and July 16

Classic Wooden Boat Rendezvous & Race

• Sixth Annual Classic Wooden Boat Rendezvous & Race to be held September 23-25 in cooperation with Chesapeake Traditional Sailing Association

Tom Morris Library

• Reading room open to the public
• There are now 3,000 items in the collection

Environmental Stewardship

• Partnership with Sailors for the Sea — Clean Regatta certified
• In cooperation with the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, distribution of information regarding Saving the Bay has been set up at the NSHOF Sailing Center

WEBSITE

Sailing Resources Locator

• Interactive U.S. map of over 1,580 sailing programs state by state

Film Library

• A growing online collection of well over 100 sailing films and videos between four minutes and two hours, some of which are not available anywhere else, engaging several hundred viewers every month from over 40 states and 23 countries

Galleries

• Sailors and Stories: U.S. Olympic Sailing Medalists, U.S. Paralympic Medalists, Rolex Yachtsman of the Year and Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year Recipients, Nathanael G.
• Herreshoff Trophy Winners and Adams Cup
• Sailing in American Literature : Collection of sailing quotes from American writers such as Thoreau, Emerson, Twain, Barth, etc.
• Sailing in American Art : Virtual exhibition of sailing paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Curated by Elizabeth Grazioli and Wil Scott
• Sailing in American Music : Virtual streaming of sailing in American music, curated by David Hildebrand, PhD.

Gowrie Group Yacht Club and Adams Cup Stories Project

• Collecting and enhancing yacht clubs’ stories from across the country
• Collecting Adams Cup stories

Tom Morris Library and Book Reviews

• Walter Cronkite’s sailing library collection is online
• Additional collections have been received

Education

• STEM Sailing: Learning Math & Science through Sailing programs and reports
• Learning Math & Science through Sailing National Consortium network and newsletters
• Learning Math & Science through Sailing STEM 9th and 10th grade curricular template

American Women In Sailing Story Project

• Postings of The America3: The Women’s Team, The Salty Sisters, Mary Patten, Adams Cup and WIMRA as part of the American Women In Sailing Story Project

Online Contributions and Sales

• Founding Members
• Annual Giving — Click here to contribute online
• Morris Library Campaign

SOCIAL NETWORKS

YouTube

• Channel – SailingHallofFame – features 30 videos with over 11,800 views, a 40% increase over last year

Facebook

• Facebook.com/NSHOF – Active “like” participation by over 3,616 fans, a 6% increase over last year

Twitter

• Twitter account – @saillinghall – 393+ followers, with over 580 tweets

YACHT CLUBS

• Partnership with Gowrie Group to collect and tell yacht club stories

OTHER

• State of Maryland support for new facility
• 900 copies of Hall of Famer Jim Kilroy’s book, Kialoa US 1: Dare to Win, have been distributed to junior sailing programs across the country for instructional and fundraising purposes – Click here to learn more and order .