The Portuguese barketine Gazela Primeiro homeported in Philadelphia will visit New Bedford from Thusday, July 29, 2010, through August 2. Ernstina, as Effie. M. Morrissey, fished the Grand Banks for the salt cod trade during the years of Gazela's early life using the same two-man dory longlining methods that the Portuguese continued to use until the early 1970s.

Come down and see this famous fishing vessel which shares so much heritage with Ernestina, with the fishing ports of Gloucester, Providence, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland, and with our Portuguese fishing families.

New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park presents
Crabgrass
featuring Daisy Nell and Stan Collinson

Enjoy a FREE maritime concert
Thursday, July 15th at 6:30 PM
Visitor Center Garden (33 William Street)

Daisy Nell, native of Essex, MA, mainstay of the shipbuilding industry for over 300 years, brings alive New England’s maritime history through traditional songs of the sea. A familiar voice on the North Shore music scene, she is known for her broad repertoire of traditional folk, chanteys, and contemporary songs. Her husband, Stan Collinson, (Captain Stan), adds his guitar and dobro to Daisy's banjo and guitar. Pat Conlon of Gloucester and Steve Wainwright of Marblehead fill out the band. Together they cover a lot of territory, from the foc’s’le to the farm!

Barbara Burgo answers questions at Cape Verde 35-550 event at the Whaling Museum. Barbara also staffed the booth at the parade grounds on Saturday.

Madison, Stephanie & Casey carried the banner

The 38th Annual Cape Verdean Recognition Parade is coming up on Saturday, July 3. SEMA will be marching with the New Bedford Whaling National Historical Park partners.
The parade begins at 11 AM, with check-in at 10:00 am. We will all gather
at Rockdale Avenue and Union Street at Buttonwood Park. The parade route is as follows: East on Union St, South on Acushnet Ave., West on Grinnell St, and North onto Pleasant St. The parade will pass the reviewing stand at the former Morse Twist Drill parking lot between Wing and Bedford Streets.

Please contact us at sema@sailernestina.org if yo

Celebrate 550 years since discovery and 35 years since independence this Wednesday at the Whaling Museum. This event kicks off Cape Verdean Recognition Week.
See LINK

Read the recent article from The New Bedford Standard Times HERE.

The Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey Association, Inc. (SEMA) is a 501c(3) not-for-profit corporation with the purpose of raising funds to provide for the maintenance, equipment, manning, programming and operation of the Schooner Ernestina ex Effie M. Morrissey as a sail training vessel, school ship, and educational enterprise.

Director Polly Zajac is working to restore the ernestina.org website. When it is ready we will transfer the SEMA information, donations and sign-ups there.

Please excuse the content, the buttons below work, we are still working on the rest of the page.

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Join Our Email List » read more | login to post comments | 1 attachment Dory Racers Successful Submitted by SEMA on Wed, 2010-06-16 02:27. Laurie and John Bullard & Guillermo Gonzalez and Bill Wurm Don Cuddy Sean Bercaw & Andrew Baracha » SEMA's blog | login to post comments | 3 attachments Call For Volunteers Submitted by SEMA on Sun, 2010-05-09 12:29. Schooner Ernestina Department of Conservation and Recreation 10 E State Pier Contact: Leah, Visitor Services Supervisor New Bedford, MA 02740 (508) 992-4900 Date FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - Call For Volunteers New Bedford - Volunteers are needed to assist with tours at the Schooner Ernestina. The Schooner Ernestina is the State Ship of Massachusetts and an important part of our local cultural history. Whether you’ve volunteered with us in the past or are a new face, all are welcomed to an informational meeting to be held. CLICK on "read more" on next line to see the rest of the information. » read more | SEMA's blog | 1 comment 1234567next ›last »

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