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1-15 August 2015

8/20/2015

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The Friends of Falls of Clyde board completed work on the Falls of Clyde Business Plan to make Falls of Clyde a museum ship and venue for community and private events. We believe this is a viable plan, but cannot be implemented until after the drydocking for hull work and restoration of the main salon and Captain’s cabin. These will allow safe access to the ship and be the basis for both tours and events. We hope that the plan will be implemented in 2017. 

As a small organization, Friends of Falls of Clyde often feel overwhelmed by our important mission. However, we are not the only nonprofit committed to preserving and restoring a historically significant ship. In an article in the Autumn 2014 edition of Sea History, Captain Walter P. Rybka wrote “Ranking of Historic American Ships” in which he listed his ten historic ships worth saving. While Falls of Clyde was not on his list, he made several very important points that resonant will with what we are trying to accomplish. Here are some of his main points:

  1. Many vessels have local significance. (Falls of Clyde was an both part of the Matson fleet carrying passengers and cargo to and from Hawaii, as well as a sailing tanker for Associated Petroleum, carrying oil to the plantations and ships in Honolulu Harbor.)

  2. Many vessels have multiple operational careers. (Falls of Clyde in her now almost 137 years has had several very pivotal careers, including that of a museum ship.)

  3. Much of the success of our ship preservation efforts is due to community support: grassroots, entrepreneurial, loyal, and independent—true reflections of our national character. (This is just what Friends of Falls of Clyde is trying to stimulate.)

  4. A significant part of our maritime heritage is being preserved only by the energy, dedication, and resources of volunteers and local supporters. (This is where we are coming from, so we are in the preservation mainstream.)

The following statement reflects the belief and hope of Friends of Falls of Clyde: “I hope a case can be made for certain vessels to be recognized as having special merit for their rarity, and/or the importance of the deeds associated with them. The debate should be about how to speed resources to the vessels that should be saved for the nation.”      

We had a special treat recently when a supporter who owns a drone did some flyovers and videoed the Falls of Clyde. To see drone’s eye view of the ship go to:

https://Youtu.be/JjiN9-sHTpc and enjoy the wonderful Scottish music.

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16-31 July 2015

8/8/2015

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The main work this period has been on the Friends of Falls of Clyde Business Plan, which we need to have in place by the time we again meet with the Harbors Division leaders in late August. The idea is to show how we will be able to sustain Falls of Clyde as a museum ship after she is restored. Since she was a standalone museum ship prior to the building of the Hawaii Maritime Center, we are confident that she can be so again, as long as we have the pier location to accept visitors. Of course, the main issue is that her drydock must be completed before we can begin the restoration work that will bring paying visitors aboard. At this point it is likely it will not be until sometime in 2016 that we will have the funds for the drydock and subsequent restoration work will take us into 2017, so the business plan execution is a couple of years away.

Work on the 2015 National Maritime Heritage Grant was in full focus this period as we have until August 3 to submit it. We have learned much from the two previous applications and are confident we will meet all requirements for acceptance of our drydock project. 

You will also notice that we are constructing a thermometer to show the progress we are making toward our capital campaign goal.

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    Bruce McEwan, President

    We know that there is great interest in the future of the Falls of Clyde. There is a lot going on that the Board of Directors is dealing with, so we felt that keeping stakeholders involved through a report on our website is the easiest way to reach our worldwide audience.

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