Coastal Heritage Alliance

- updated May 2009


		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Restoration Vessel: Rebecca Ruark, skipjack Home Port: Tilghman, MD Status: Completed Repair the mast step and stem.

		The Richardson Museum Activity: Create a Restoration Plan Vessel: Flora Price, skipjack Home Port: Cambridge, MD Status: In Progress Survey the boat and compile a restoration plan document.

		Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy Activity: Restoration Vessel: Martha Lewis, skipjack Home Port: Havre de Grace, MD Status: Completed Provide project management, staff and volunteer training, and restoration services.

		The City of Gig Harbor, WA Activity: Documentation Location: Gig Harbor, WA Status: Completed Created a detailed catalog of the inventory of objects in the historic Skansie Net Shed, including photographs, video, and descriptions.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Restoration & Training Vessel: Caleb W. Jones, skipjack Home Port: Wenona, MD Status: On-going CHA staff make deck repairs to an historic skipjack.


		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Skill Demonstration Location: Gig Harbor, WA Status: Complete CHA staff demonstrate mast making at the Maritime Gig Fest 2008. The mast made is for the seiner Shenandoah.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Restoration & Training Location: Naknek, AK Status: Complete CHA apprentices repair one of Peter Pan Seafood's boats.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Documentation Location: South Naknek, AK Status: Complete CHA staff members document and photograph local fishing community and traditions.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Cultural Research Location: South Naknek, AK Status: Complete CHA staff members research local fishing community and traditions.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Education Location: Tilghman, MD Status: Complete Sponsor a presentation and a fisherman's cultural exchange forum.

		Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Education Vessel: Sunlight III Home Port: Bristol Bay, AK Status: Complete Provide skill training to apprentices in ships caulking and vessel maintenance.

	Chesapeake Bay Foundation Activity: Restoration & Training Vessel: Stanley Norman, skipjack Home Port: Annapolis, MD Status: On-going Shape and install new masts. Train apprentices and demonstrate skills to museum visitors.

	Washington State History Museum & City of Gig Harbor Activity: Education Location: Tacoma & Gig Harbor, WA Status: On-going Design, construct and install traveling ship's caulking exhibit to include: tool panels, interpretive text and large format photos.

	Chesapeake Heritage Conservancy Activity: Restoration Vessel: Martha Lewis, skipjack Home Port: Havre de Grace, MD Status: Completed Provide project management, staff and volunteer training, and restoration services.

	National Folklife Festival Activity: Education Location: Richmond, VA Status: Completed Provide a ship's caulking and mast making demonstration to the visitors at the National Folklife Festival.

	Harbor History Museum Activity: Stabilization & Documentation Vessel: F/V Shenandoah Location: Gig Harbor, WA Status: On-going Project management of the comprehensive stabilization and documentation of a Skansie Shipyard purse seiner built in 1925.

	Saving What Matters for Coastal Heritage Alliance Activity: Preservation & Apprentice Training Vessel: Chesapeake Bay skipjack fleet Location: Maryland's Eastern Shore Status: On-going A mobile historic vessel preservation service.

	Center for Wooden Boats Activity: Education Location: Seattle, WA Status: Completed Provide a ship's caulking demonstration at CWB's 4th of July festival at South Lake Union Park.

	4Culture Activity: Consulting Location: Seattle, WA Status: Completed Research, develop and deliver a feasibility study and business plan for an envisioned historic vessel shipyard to be located on Lake Union in Seattle, WA.

	CHESAPEAKE HERITAGE CONSERVANCY Activity: Restoration Vessel: Martha Lewis, skipjack Home Port: Havre de Grace, MD Status: Completed Historic fishing vessel restoration with assistance from staff and volunteers.

	CITY OF SEATTLE PARKS AND RECREATION Activity: Preservation Vessel: Wawona, 165 ft. sailing ship, present owners NW Seaport. Home Port: Seattle, WA Status: Current Historic vessel condition survey and restoration site identification.

	ANNONYMOUS Activity: Preservation Vessel: Nellie Byrd, skipjack Home Port: Tilghman Island, MD Status: Pending Historic vessel survey, restoration and program plan.

	CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION Activity: Preservation/Education Vessel: Stanley Norman, skipjack Home Port: Annapolis, MD Status: Completed Historic vessel restoration project.

	COASTAL HERITAGE ALLIANCE Activity: Educational Forum/Research Location: Tilghman Island, MD Status: Completed Local, regional, and national participants gathered in the commercial fishing community of Tilghman Island, MD to share the skills and stories of fishing families. Volunteer work was provided on the restoration of an historic working vessel.

	GIG HARBOR PENNINSULA HISTORICAL SOCIETY Activity: Programming & Interpretive Services/Preservation Vessel: Shenandoah, 65 ft. salmon purse seine vessel Home Port: Gig Harbor, WA Status: Completed Complete restoration and education program plan for historic vessel slated to become the centerpiece of a new museum exhibit.

	COASTAL HERITAGE ALLIANCE Activity: Education Vessel: Commencement, rehabilitated purse seine vessel Home Port: Tacoma, WA Status: Completed 6 weeks of programming along the West Coast of British Colombia and South East Alaska.

	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 2004 FOLKLIFE FESTIVAL Activity: Education Vessel: Joy Parks, skipjack Home Port: Washington, D.C. Status: Completed CHA provided a public skill demonstration of skipjack mast shaping and heritage interpretation of the oyster dredge fishery of the Mid-Atlantic region. Fifteen skill demonstrators and watermen were assembled to provide these educational services to nearly one million visitors.

	COASTAL HERITAGE ALLIANCE Activity: Research & Documentation Vessel: Commencement, rehabilitated purse seine vessel Home Port: Tacoma, WA Status: Completed 2 weeks of studying the commercial fishing grounds and coastal communities of British Colombia and Alaska.

	COATAL HERITAGE ALLIANCE Activity: Education Vessel: Commencement, rehabilitated purse seine vessel Home Port: Tacoma, WA Status: Completed CHA sponsored a 6 week master/apprentice opportunity in historic vessel maintenance and repair.

	SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION Activity: Programming & Interpretive Exhibit Services Status: Completed Provided planning and consultation in regards to skill demonstrations and commercial fishing interpretation for the 2004 Folklife Festival.

	CHESAPEAKE BAY FOUNDATION Activity: Preservation Vessel: Stanley Norman, skipjack Home Port: Annapolis, MD Status: Completed Provided restoration plans, timeline, cost estimates, and consulting services in regards to the top-side rebuild of the organization's flagship.