March 24, 2021 ______Update 146

ALL HANDS TO THE HALYARDS

It is exciting to hear from so many people about interest in sponsoring a sail. The "Ernestina Sailing Forward" group has has a great start to their campaign and a group "Homeport New Bedford" has committed to the foresail. There are still sails left to sponsor. If you or your organization would be interested in sponsoring the cost of an individual sail please contact Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association at sails@ernestina.org for details. Every hand that “steps to” will receive recognition and a sponsor of a sail will have their name or the organization’s name, suitably commemorated by display on a plaque. Contact us TODAY! sails@ernestina.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Hooray for Ernestina~Morrissey! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

PROGRESS REPORT FROM THE SHIPYARD

Thank you, Bristol Marine, for sharing the latest news of the great work your crew is accomplishing during the pre-launch fitting-out of Ernestina~Morrissey! Here is the latest exciting action from the Shipyard! Currently, all work on the Ernestina~Morrissey at the Shipyard is being funded through the generosity of the Lenfest Family. If you don't want to wait for the next Newsletter, bookmark the website and then you can check there often for reports.  More photos and descriptions HERE

Archives Feature From the Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Archives. Claire T. Carney Library Archives and Special Collections, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Fred Littleton first sailed on Effie M. Morrissey in 1940.Fred Littleton first sailed on Effie M. Morrissey in 1940. During that expedition the Morrissey set a record for furthest north at 80 degrees 22 minutes North Latitude. That's only 578 nautical miles from the North Pole! Fred continued to be involved with the boat serving on the Friends of Ernestina Committee working for the re-patriation and on the non-profit Ernestina Morrissey Historical Association after her arrival. He enjoyed volunteering to work with school group programs and built a “Little Effie” he sailed (in the green frame below), now at the Essex Shipbuilding Museum. He left much of his collection to the Archives, including the scrapbook from his 1940 trip.  Date: 1940 Find the entire scrapbook HERE.

You can easily access all our past posts about the Ernestina-Morrissey rehabilitation project HERE."

Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Advisory Board Meeting The next meeting of SEMAB will be held on March 26 at 9 am. The meeting of SEMAB will be conducted via remote participation to the greatest extent possible. No in-person attendance of members of the public will be available. They will use their best effort to ensure that the public can access the proceedings in real time, via technological means. Agenda and more information on how to access the Zoom meeting HERE.

The Wind in Our Sails!

This Project to rehabilitate Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey, the official vessel of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is being supported by a public/private partnership with funds from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, The H.F. Lenfest Fund of the Philadelphia Foundation, the Hildreth-Stewart Charitable Foundation, The Manton Foundation, the Community Foundation of Southeastern Massachusetts - Mary Morley Crapo Hyde Eccles Fund, the City of New Bedford’s Community Preservation Act Program, the Carney Family Foundation, the Island Foundation, other grants and many individual contributions. You can join this "crew"!

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Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation with the purpose of raising funds to provide for the maintenance, equipment, manning, programming and operation of the Schooner Ernestina ex Effie M. Morrissey  as a sail training vessel, school ship, and educational enterprise