Progress for Ernestina-Morrissey

June 2015

photo by Roland Morin

June 2, 2015

There's progress at the shipyard and events are planned for New Bedford and Gloucester as you can see in the articles below. SEMA has a Memorandum of Agreement with the Schooner Ernestina Comission and DCR to raise one million dollars for the reconstruction project. We are excited that Matthew Stackpole, most recently a Major gifts Officer and Ship's Historian for the Charles W. Morgan Restoration Project, has joined the SEMA team to help us reach our fund raising goal. A sailing Ernestina-Morrissey will return to Massachusetts' waters to serve the Commonwealth again.

Fair Winds,

Mary Anne McQuillan

Secretary, SEMA

Book launch at Cape Ann Museum

Please join us at the Cape Ann Museum,

Saturday June 13 at 3:00 with a presentation by the author, Chester Brigham.

Phoenix of the Seas, by Chester Brigham is the three-ocean, three-centuries saga of the Gloucester schooner Ernestina-Morrissey, State Ship of Massachusetts

The Ernestina-Morrissey's story is one of wide-ranging maritime adventures, lived by a remarkable cast of captains, crews and voyagers.

Schooner Ernestina Commission Meeting

The next Commission meeting is scheduled for Monday, June 15, 2015 at 1:00 pm at the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park Visitors' Center. 33 William St. New Bedford.

Check the Upcoming Events on the website for details.

Did you know that by shopping at Amazon.com you can support Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey? Bookmark this link so that the next time you shop at Amazon a portion of your purchase can support your ship!

Issue 82

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.