Event Date:Thursday May 17, 2012

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Diving the Montebello

A Lecture by Robert Schwemmer

With Special Guest Richard Quincy

(The only known survivor of the attack on the Montebello)

Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Munger Theater, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, California

What: A Lecture titled Diving the Montebello by Bob Schwemmer

When: Thursday, May 17, 2012; 7 pm

Members are invited to a Wine and Cheese reception to meet the speaker from 6:15- 7 pm

Why: To learn about the Union Oil Company Tanker the SS Montebello’s history, sinking and rediscovery

Cost: Free (members), $5 (non-members)
To RSVP and purchase tickets call: (805) 962-8404, x115

To interview Mr. Quincy please call: (925) 831-1024; Robert Schwemmer please call: (805) 680-9667
For more information visit: www.sbmm.org

On Thursday, May 17, 2012 at 7 pm at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s Munger Theater, Robert Schwemmer will present historical research he has uncovered on the Union Oil Company tanker S S Montebello, which was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in 1941. Schwemmer will share underwater imagery of the sunken ship that sits in 900 feet of water, just south of the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary. Richard Quincy, the last known living crew member aboard the Montebello when it sank, will be in attendance.

Schwemmer, who serves on the museum’s board of directors, is the West Coast Regional Maritime Heritage Coordinator for NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries. Mr. Schwemmer was part of the science team that rediscovered the wreck in 1996 in the two-manned submersible Delta.  In 2009, the Montebello Assessment Task Force was established at the request of California State Senator Sam Blakeslee to determine the likelihood of the sunken ship’s release of more than 3,000,000 gallons of crude oil that potentially could still be onboard. In 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard awarded a contract to Global Diving & Salvage to conduct an assessment of the condition of the sunken tanker and determine if the oil was still onboard.  Schwemmer served on the taskforce and was on board the OSRV Nanuq during the assessment and served as a technical advisor.  The history of the Montebello is still deeply rooted in the communities of Cambria, Cayucos and Morro Bay, for these citizens took heroic action to launch a sea and land rescue for the Montebello’s crew of 38. “Today, 70 years after the sinking of the Montebello people are just learning about the little known history of Japanese submarines attacking and sinking American merchant ships within site of the California shoreline,” said Robert Schwemmer. The lecture is free for SBMM members and $5 for non-members. Pre-lecture reception for members only at 6:15. To RSVP and purchase tickets call 805-962-8404 x 115 and to view more film, lectures and exhibits at the museum visit www.sbmm.org.

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Event Date:Thursday June 28, 2012

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Who: Guest Emcees, Local Journalist John Palminteri and  Mr. Santa Barbara,  Larry Crandell

Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Suite 190, Santa Barbara, California

What: Speed Dating: A Matchmaking Event and Fundraiser for the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum

Why: Just in time for the 4^th of July…find your fireworks at the Maritime Museum.

When: Thursday June 28, 6-8:30 pm

Age: Participants must be 25 or older.

Cost: Registration prior to June 18 - $25 (includes light appetizers, wine and beer and entertainment AND speed dating )
$35 after June 18 if space is available.  All attendees MUST preregister

Tickets & Registration: To sign up, please call: (805) 962-8404, x115.

Information:  Questions? Need moral support?
Call Emily Falke (805) 962-8404, x111

It’s summer, and what a better time to mingle and make new friends, find a companion or feel the fireworks before the 4^th of July! Sign up for Maritime Matchmaking – a speed dating event at the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum (SBMM), hosted by guest emcees local journalist, John Palminteri and Mr. Santa Barbara himself, Larry Crandell.  What could be better than chatting and snacking with cool local singles? Doing it for a good cause! After all, the $25 cost for the night goes back to help fund SBMM educational programs, events and exhibits. (Interested speed daters must be 25 or older and MUST sign up in advance.)

So, how will the event work?  At the start of the evening, participants will have the chance to mingle with other folks looking for love while enjoying light appetizers, wine and beer. Guest Emcees John Palminteri and Larry Crandell will liven up the crowd with encouragement and then help direct the night’s events. After about half an hour of schmoozing, the actual speed dating will begin. Everyone will have five minutes to chat and flirt with available singles in their group. At the end of the night, each participant will choose their matches, people they want to see again. After the event, via email, participants will be told if they have any mutual matches, who they are and how to contact them. From there, matched couples are on their own to let their love lights shine.

Event organizer, Emily Falke, who is the current SBMM Curator and Education Director, successfully hosted the Museum’s first speed dating night in January.  Due to popular demand, she is embarking on the second speed dating event June 28.

“The energy of the room during speed dating is amazing. Everyone’s there for the same reason. It’s very relaxed and casual with quite a “buzz.” It’s so different than any other match-up scene,” Falke says.

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Event Date:Saturday April 28, 2012

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Sponsored by:

Where: Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, 113 Harbor Way, Santa Barbara, California
What: Sea Festival, Maritime fun for the whole Family
When: Saturday, April 28, 2012, 11 am – 4 pm
Why: Arts and crafts activities, hard hat diving demos, sea song sing-a-longs, live music, food, surf art and more! 
Cost: Free (members), $4 (non-members), Kids under 12 free.
For more information call: (805) 962-8404, x111 or visit www.sbmm.org

Santa Barbara’s rich maritime history comes to life during the Santa Barbara Maritime Museum’s annual Sea Festival on Saturday, April 28th from 11 am – 4 pm. Activities include: seaworthy arts and crafts, hard hat diving demonstrations, sea song sing-a-longs, a Chumash tomol boat paddle, live music and two viewings (11:30 am and 1:30 pm) of the film Santa Barbara and the Sea 13,000 years of Maritime History. SBMM will also be hosting the visiting tall ship Bill of Rights, kindly sponsored by Roger and Sarah Chrisman. The American Tall Ship Institute (ATSI) operates the Bill of Rights, a 137’ wooden schooner built in 1971 in South Bristol, Maine.  ATSI takes youth and adults on day sails and overnight trips aboard the Bill of Rights, educating them about the local marine environment, maritime history, and tall ship sailing. Dockside tours will be available of the Bill of Rights as well as SBMM’s Flagship Ranger as part of Sea Festival. Sea Festival activities are free to SBMM members, $4 to non-members and kids 12 and under are free. A special sunset sail aboard the tall ship Bill of Rights is available from 5 – 7:30 pm (boarding at 4:30 pm) Adults: $40 (ages 13 +); Juniors: $19 (ages 4-12).

Schedule of Events:
11am – 4 pm
Tall Ship Bill of Rights and SBMM Flagship Ranger Dockside Tours

Seaworthy Arts and Crafts and Ship in a Bottle Demonstration

Hard Hat Diving Demonstrations

Chumash Booth with Tomol Paddle at 12 noon

Exhibit Opening: Lost Posters of Santa Barbara by Surf Artist Rick Sharp, on exhibit until April 2014
12 pm -2 pm
Meet the Surf Artist, Rick Sharp During his exhibit opening “Lost Posters of Santa Barbara” (image left)

12:30 – 1 pm   
Sea Song Sing-a-long

1:30 – 2:30 pm
Dixie Hicks Band

12 noon – 3 pm
Special Sea Festival Tastings by Chuck’s Waterfront Grill

11:30 am & 1:30 pm
Munger Theatre showings of Santa Barbara and the Sea 13,000 years of Maritime History

5 – 7:30 pm
Sunset Sail aboard tall ship Bill of Rights

 (boarding at 4:30 pm) $40 (ages 13 +); Juniors: $19(ages 4-12).

Call 805-962-8404 x 115 for tickets

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http://www.noozhawk.com/article/030912_harbor_treasures_at_santa_barbara_maritime_museum/

3/2/2012 Nancy Brown Travel Blog

http://www.nancydbrown.com/tag/santa-barbara-maritime-museum

2/16/2012 Sailing the USS Constitution; Mike Beck Lecture

http://www.independent.com/events/2012/feb/16/22384/

(805) 962-8404 ext. 114

SBMM has lost a dear friend and board member. Mike DeGruy will be remembered fondly for his contributions to this museum and to the community.

On Friday, February 3rd, at approximately 4pm, Mike and his good friend, Andrew Wight, were killed in a helicopter crash
while working on a production together in Australia. Details about the crash are incomplete at this point, but news reports suggest some kind of malfunction in the helicopter at take-off.

Capturing the loss of such a great man in words is impossible. We are all shocked and deeply saddened. But knowing Mike, he’d want us to try and shrug it off, laugh as much as possible, and celebrate the incredible life he lived. And what a life it was. Please join his family and friends from all over the world this Sunday, February 12th for a memorial service in his honor and a celebration of his extraordinary life.

Memorial Services

WHERE: Fess Parker’s DoubleTree Resort in the Plaza del Sol
633 East Cabrillo Boulevard, Santa Barbara (Directions)

WHEN: Sunday, February 12th
3:00 – 4:00pm Guests arrival…Memory Book for mementos

4:00 – 5:00pm Celebration of Mike’s Life, officiated by Saral Burdette

5:00pm Circle of Friends on East Beach, across the street

5:30pm Drinks and dinner (No RSVP necessary)

Messages to Mike
Mike lives on in our memories of great times together. Consider sharing your thoughts on his website…
(www.mikedegruy.com)
…a poem, a favorite story about Mike, a photo of you and him and a big fish.
Share those times here with others that loved him. We’ll all be the richer for having known him.