by Pip | Aug 20, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Recently I was approached by an older man who wished to inform me that history was dead. This could have been the beginning of a lively debate between me and what seemed to be a wayward passerby, but I didn’t feel the need to argue. I was sitting outside at a table,...
by Pip | Aug 18, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Today the Niagara reached her first stop, Put-in-Bay, Ohio (which is affectionately referred to as the “Key West of the Midwest” by the crew). She sailed in with the pomp and circumstance that the Chief Mate demanded, complete with everyone’s favorite...
by Pip | Aug 16, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Today the Niagara got underway, filled with crew, apprentices, and high school trainees from Erie, Philadelphia, Maine, Minnesota, and Ohio, just to name a few. The program, entitled “Exploring the Great Lakes” is making good to its name after a week of initial...
by Pip | Aug 14, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
“There is a witchery in the sea, its songs and stories, and in the mere sight of a ship, and the sailor’s dress, especially to a young mind, which has done more to man navies, and fill merchantmen, than all the pressgangs of Europe.” ― Richard Henry Dana...
by Pip | Aug 12, 2015 | Summer 2015 Voyages
Even after Niagara docked at the Erie Maritime Museum, the voyage finished, everyone lingered. There were seabags to empty, hammocks to stow, and gear adrift (the ship’s “lost and found,” collected throughout the voyage and stashed in a huge plastic garbage bag) to...
