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Events Calendar
SBMM Events > JASON
2007 Closing in February SBMM Presents:
Santa Barbara Outrigger Club Exhibit
The Santa Barbara Maritime is pleased to install an exhibit focusing on the Santa Barbara Outrigger Club. Outrigger canoeing began in Polynesia and was used to travel between islands. Some of the larger canoes even include sails. Still hugely popular in Hawaii, the sport has now spread all along the coastal United States. The first outrigger canoe race in California was held in 1959 between Newport Dunes and Catalina Island. Included with the exhibition will be trophies, photos, models, and paddles. The exhibit will also feature various other forms of Hawaiian culture that are often paired with the sport, including a ukulele. The centerpiece of the exhibit will be canoe over 20 feet long made out of koa wood. The exhibit is scheduled to close on January 7, 2006 though the canoe may be used intermittently for practice and competitions during that period.
Feb 8
SBMM Book Club
The Grey Seas Under: The Perilous Rescue Mission of a N.A. Salvage Tug
by Farley Mowat
Time: 10:00 am
Location: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
In The Grey Seas Under, Farley Mowat writes passionately of the courage of men and of the small oceangoing tug Foundation Franklin. From 1930 until her final voyage in 1948, the stalwart tug's dangerous job was to rescue sinking ships, first searching for them in perilous waters and then bringing them back to shore. Battered by towering waves, dwarfed by the great ships she towed, blasted by gale-force winds and frozen by squalls of snow and rain, Foundation Franklin and her brave crew saved hundreds of vessels and thousands of lives as they patrolled the North Atlantic, including waters patrolled by U-boats in wartime. Mowat, whom The New York Times has called "a master storyteller," gives us an epic tale - a vigorous, dramatic picture of the eternal battle between men and the cruel sea.
February 8, 15, 22 SBMM Boating Education:
Cruising Skills for the Channel Islands
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: The Community Classroom at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Cost: $79 General Admission / $72 Museum members
When you live in Santa Barbara, your front yard includes the Pacific Ocean and the Channel Islands. The islands are known as the finest cruising area on the West Coast. However, strong winds, unusual weather patterns and tricky anchorages present a challenge.
This three-evening class will provide you with a wealth of local knowledge, and will cover the seamanship skills you need to safely cruise the islands. This series is an excellent prep course for bareboat chartering or cruising coastal Mexico.
Each class includes discussion, entertaining anecdotes and a slide presentation.
Weather Patterns and Anchorages: Channel weather patterns, visual weather indicators, surviving Santa Ana’s, best anchorages for specific conditions, where to go and where not to go, cruise planning for the Channel Islands and Southern California waters.
Heavy Weather Sailing: Sails and equipment, reefing, sailing in big winds and seas, effective use of roller furling, heavy weather steering tricks, “storm” psychology and local knowledge.
Anchors and Anchoring: Choosing suitable anchor equipment, sure-fire anchoring techniques (under sail or power), dealing with dragging anchors, anchoring for specific weather conditions.
For more information or to sign up for this course, please call (805) 962-8404 ext. 115.
February 13 SBMM Welcomes:
CINMS Lecture Series: From Shore to Sea
Time: 7 pm
Cost: FREE to the Public
Location: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Munger Theater
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited to host the Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary lecture series, From Shore to Sea for the 2007 season. This month David Sweet, from the NOAA National Weather Service, will be presenting.
March 1 SBMM Boating Education:
Boat Handling in Close Quarters:
Adult Education Course
Taught by Mike Pyzel
Time: 7-9 pm
Location: The Community Classroom at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Cost: $29 General Admission / $21 Museum Members
Learn professional tricks of the trade for controlling your boat in tight situations such as docking, anchoring or other potentially embarrassing circumstances. Points covered apply to sail and powerboats and include the following: setting up the boat and slip for easy landings, spinning on a dime, using the wind to your advantage, most useful combinations of engines and rudder, emergency stops, panic management. Classroom demonstrations and amusing anecdotes will show how you can stay in control of your boat when the pressure is on. An excellent one-evening crash course for novice and experienced alike.
For more information or to sign up for this course, please call (805) 962-8404 ext. 115.
March 4-9 SBMM Welcomes:
Immersion Presents
Times: Various telecasts
Location: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
Join us at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum as we explore the Gulf of Mexico with Immersion Presents. The Institute for Exploration and Immersion Presents will mount an expedition, exploring the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, located 100 miles off the coast of Texas. The Flower Gardens and other “ocean oases” provide a unique setting for the exploration of the human and natural history of the critical Gulf region of the United States. You can join them by participating in live broadcasts throughout the week.
For more information, please call (805) 962-8404 ext. 109.
March 8 SBMM Book Club
The Saga of Cimba
by Richard Maury
Time: 10:00 am
Location: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
In November 1933, 23-year-old Richard Maury set sail from Connecticut in Cimba , a 35-foot Nova Scotia schooner, leaving behind the icy grasp of a Depression-era New England winter. With one other crewman he shaped a course for the South Seas, where there were still islands so remote as to be reached only by perilous voyages across vast stretches of empty ocean. At that time such voyages were rarely undertaken in small boats, but Maury was determined to have the adventure while it could still be had. Finely wrought, with elegant clarity, The Saga of Cimba is a magical book. In Jonathan Raban's words, "It is precisely because the voyage was so fraught with difficulty and tragedy, and Maury had to work so hard to reconcile the disasters that befell him with his steadfast love of the sea, that the book rings true. The joy is real, but it is wrested from the teeth of experience by a writer of quite extraordinary skill, cunning, and determination." Maury found the South Seas of his dreams, but in doing so he had to weather three storms, serious illness, the deaths of two friends, and finally, the loss of his beloved Cimba on the reefs of Fiji. First published in 1939 and out of print for nearly three decades, The Saga of Cimba has been compared with the works of Dana, Conrad, and Saint-Exupery. Maury's exquisite depictions of the sea's almost unbearable beauty and annihilating fury are unforgettable. Truly, as Raban says, the startling brilliance of The Saga of Cimba qualifies it as one of the best books ever written about the sea.
March 8, March 15, March 22, March 29 & April 5, 2007 SBMM Boating Education:
Coastal Navigation Workshop
Adult Education Course
Taught by Mike Pyzel
Time: 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Location: The Community Classroom at the Santa
Barbara Maritime Museum
Cost: $90.00/person for General Admission
$140.00/couple for General Admission
$82.00/person for Museum Members
$124.00/couple for Museum Members
Class Notes: $15 payable to instructor
Fast moving enjoyable plotting sessions cover the essentials of Coastal Navigation. Includes Dead Reckoning and fixes, depth meter navigation, basic electronics, surviving with shipping, and special emphasis on fog navigation. This is an ideal course for preparing to cruise to Mexico or the Channel Islands.
Required Equipment (available at the local marine supply stores):
Set of parallel rules and dividers, Santa Barbara Channel chart, sharp pencil, copy of Chart Symbols booklet.Due to individual attention to each student, class size is limited.
For more information, or to sign up for this course, please call (805) 962-8404 ext. 115.
March 13 SBMM Welcomes:
CINMS Lecture Series: From Shore to Sea
Time: 7 pm
Cost: FREE to the Public
Location: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Munger Theater
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited to host the Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary lecture series, From Shore to Sea for the 2007 season. Topic TBD.
April 10 SBMM Welcomes:
CINMS Lecture Series: From Shore to Sea
Time: 7 pm
Cost: FREE to the Public
Location: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Munger Theater
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is excited to host the Channel Islands National Park and Channel Islands National Marine Sanctuary lecture series, From Shore to Sea for the 2007 season. Topic TBD.
April 12
SBMM Book Club
The Invention that Changed the World: How a Small Group of Radar Pioneers won the Second World War and Launched a Technical Revoluntion
by Robert Buderi
Time: 10:00 am
Location: The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum
As the former technology editor for Business Week, Buderi understands his complex subject well enough to render it clear without oversimplifying it. The first half of his book makes a strong case that the atomic bomb only ended WWII. It was radar that won it. Radar tipped the balance in the Battle of Britain, at Midway and in the Solomons. Radar haunted the U-boats and helped control the V-1 attacks of 1944-45. Meanwhile, radar countermeasures and navigation systems set the stage for the D-Day landings. Buderi tells this story well, with an unusual ability to describe technical subjects in language a nonspecialist can comprehend. In the second half of the book, he devotes half a dozen chapters to biographical sketches of key, albeit little-known, participants in the wartime radar program. Finally, the author brings to center stage radar technology's contributions to the Cold War and to space astronomy. While this concluding discussion is informative, it scants other areas influenced by radar. Subjects such as air-traffic control and weather reporting deserve better than relegation to an epilogue. Overall, this is a vigorous history, but an unfocused one.
April 14&28 Sail aboard the Spirit of Dana Point
Time: 1-3:30 pm (Boarding at 12:30 pm)
Cost: $40 Adults (13+)
$19 Juniors (4-12)
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum and the crew of the Spirit of Dana Point invite the public to sail back in time, and around the Santa Barbara Channel aboard the beautiful revolutionary war era replica tall ship the Spirit of Dana Point. Hoist sail and cruise into a piece of Santa Barbara’s rich maritime history, while enjoying the beauty of the central coast.
There will be limited space. Advanced ticket purchase is recommended. Tickets will be available at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Store.
For tickets and information please call 805-962-8404 ext. 115.
April 21-22 SBMM Celebrates:
Sea Festival
Time: 10 am-5 pm
Cost: FREE with Museum Admission
Location: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum & Harbor
The Santa Barbara Maritime Museum is hosting the 6th Annual Sea Festival on April 21st and 22nd to celebrate and showcase the visiting tall ship, Spirit of Dana Point. The unique ship will be moored in Santa Barbara for the Tall Ship Overnight Education Program hosted by the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum in collaboration with the Ocean Institute of Dana Point. To celebrate the enduring beauty of a replica tall ship as well as the tall ship’s place in Santa Barbara history, the SBMM will be hosting public dockside tours aboard the tall ship during the Sea Festival weekend. The festival will include several other exciting and dynamic maritime activities, including ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) and hardhat diving demonstrations, docent-guided tours of SBMM, craft activities, marine life touch tank, local exhibitors, storytelling, and much, much more! Check back for more details, as the event gets closer!
For more information, please call the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum Store at (805) 962-8404 ext. 115.
May 10
SBMM Book Club
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