The last half of May was not a happy one. We continue to work on various projects on the deck, most recently with a new roof on the Paint Locker cabin. Unfortunately, we received a letter from the Deputy Director of the Harbors Division stating that our Revocable Permit on June 15. We, of course, will respond and plan to propose an alternative that will keep us at Pier 7. We are open to ideas that can support our efforts to educate Harbors Division leaders of the importance historic preservation of Falls of Clyde. We encourage our supporters to tell their stories about why Falls of Clyde must be saved as our National Historic Landmark by sending an email to darrell.t.young@hawaii.gov.
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Click he The rain we had earlier this year showed us that our paint locker cabin has a serious roof leak. Fortunately director Fred Nunes and volunteer Larry Phillips have stepped up to put in the hours to build a new roof. Here are some pictures of their work.
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Meanwhile, we continue to do minor projects on the ship. Director Don Froning and his children Kalei and Kekoa recently put a second coat of paint on the chart house. Here is a picture after their hard workday. here to edit. This month has had two major positive activities. The first was to reinforce our position that Friends of Falls of Clyde needs a legislative grant-in-aid to move forward with our capital campaign to get Falls of Clyde into drydock in 2016. We believe that we continue to strengthen our argument for support. Here are the points we are making and hope that everyone who follows us will communicate these to others in the community: This picture shows what the National Historic Landmark ship Falls of Clyde will look like when she is fully restored. The restoration needs to begin with a much-needed drydock to clean, repair, and paint her hull. Support from the State through a Grant-In-Aid will show other funders in the community that Falls of Clyde is a meaningful part of and symbol of our community’s rich maritime history. Here are some important points to consider in support of the restoration:
We submitted our Grant-In-Aid to the legislature with confidence that we will be supported by the state because of the importance of Falls of Clyde to the maritime history of Hawaii.
We also wrote our story to educate people about what we have done over the past 7 years and what we plan to accomplish in 2016. Please go to our Did You Know? page to read our story. We encourage all of our supporters to circulate the story. Happy New Year/Hau`oli Makahiki Hou!!! Friends of Falls of Clyde want to wish everyone a prosperous and healthy new year and one where we will all attain our important goals. As announced last month, Dr. Ray Ashley, President of the San Diego Maritime Museum, gave a public talk to a small group on Saturday, January 2 on the importance of historic ships. We had to set the meeting up without knowing Dr. Ashley’s full schedule, so the timing was not ideal. He will return once or twice more before the summer is over, so we hope to have another opportunity for a public forum. However, we do want to communicate the part of his presentation that states Dr. Ashley’s insight into why historic ships are so important.
We have been doing some line tightening and replacing, which really connects us with the ship. Here is our latest work team.
Just a quick Happy New Year greeting from Friends of Falls of Clyde. We will have some news shortly from our public forum.
We are looking forward to an active 2016. We will be applying for a legislative Grant-In-Aid. We are also preparing an important narrative that will clearly explain what Friends of Falls of Clyde has done since taking ownership of Falls of Clyde in 2008. Friends of Falls of Clyde want to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas. We all have a lot to be thankful for and we appreciate everyone who has supported our mission.
We are also happy to announce an educational event coming up on January 2, 2016. Below is the notice that was recently issued. Why Should the Community Support Maritime Heritage? Please join us as we continue to celebrate Falls of Clyde’s 137 birthday with a special public presentation by Dr. Ray Ashley, President/CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego. Dr. Ashley will discuss his recent presentation to the 17th Annual International Congress of Maritime Museums in Hong Kong, The World’s Great Historic Ships: A Multinational UNESCO World Heritage Site. He will also discuss the contributions that historic ships make to their waterfronts and their much needed role in bringing an understanding of the critical importance of the maritime industry to the community. Falls of Clyde is one of the historic ships mentioned in his presentation. The talk will be held on Saturday, January 2, 2016 at 6 p.m. at the Foreign Trade Zone, Homer A. Maxey Int’l Trade Resource Center, M-401, Pier 2, 521 Ala Moana Blvd., Honolulu. The talk is sponsored by Friends of Falls of Clyde, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization whose mission is to preserve and restore Falls of Clyde for her historical and educational importance to the maritime history of Hawaii and the world. See our website at www.friendsoffallsofclyde.org. December 12 is the 137th birthday of our wonderful lady. Our annual celebration is low key, but we take pride in being able to honor our wonderful lady. As part of the celebration we put a lei on the ship made available to us by the Clean Islands Council. Here are some pictures from the celebration. It is always great when something shows up from a supporter when least expected. Here is a picture of the fully rigged Falls of Clyde and gives us a guide to where we want to get with our restoration. Here is the picture we received. It is also important to get historical information from people who are interested in our work. Check out our Did You Know? page to see what we recently learned from the granddaughter of a man who rescued the ship before she made her journey to Hawaii.
Finally, we received word that Dr. Ray Ashley of the San Diego Maritime Museum will be in Honolulu later this month and we are working with him to give a public forum on work that he has been involved with and how Falls of Clyde fits in. More information when final plans are arranged. |
Bruce McEwan, President
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