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Jupiter’s Santa Run canceled due to vandalism
Philly.com reports on a truly disappointing day: A Grinch – or Grinches – evidently sabotaged the annual Delaware River “Santa Run,” in...
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Old City Seaport Festival
Come see Gazela this weekend at the Old City Seaport Festival. Tickets and event info can be found on the festival website. You can also...
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Remembering Newt Kirkland
After logging countless miles in ocean racing yachts, Kirkland shifted gears and began building wooden boats in 1993 at the Philadelphia...
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Gazela gets a lot of love from Baltimore media
Baltimore was very welcoming to us and it was an amazing opportunity to work with our friends on other tall ships. Check out this great...
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Arrival
Gazela docks at Baltimore Inner Harbor next to Constellation on the morning of Sept. 10.
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Gazela departs for Baltimore
Gazela departed Penn’s Landing shortly after 10 a.m. for the Star-Spangled 200 in Baltimore. We expect to anchor at the mouth of the...
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Baltimore’s Gazela info
Credit: Star-Spangled 200, Inc. Sail Baltimore has posted info about Gazela’s place at the celebration in Baltimore. Find times and...
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Another dory shout-out
This time in Tony Souza’s own words on Old Salt Blog: To enhance Gazela’s role as a 113 year old living museum teaching ecology and the...
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Letter from our new Guild President
Al Ponessa addresses the Guild as our new President: As I start my tenure as your President, I want to personally thank Eric Lorgus for...
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Changing of the watch
Our tireless, hard-working Guild president, Eric Lorgus has announced his plans to step down soon from his post after more than ten years...
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Slideshow: Jupiter escorts the USS Somerset
This slideshow requires JavaScript. On Friday, February 21, Jupiter had the honor of leading the procession for the USS Somerset (LPD-25)...
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Al Ponessa in the News
Newly-minted Ship Guild Vice President, Al Ponessa makes an appearance in the Daily Local News! Al Ponessa of West Goshen has been...
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December News
Also at the December meeting new directors were elected to the board and some others were re-elected (both for a 3 year term). Officers...
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November News
Since we last left off, Gazela and Jupiter were featured in the Old City Seaport Festival right here in Philadelphia. The weekend started...
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Gazela in the News
We have two interesting media mentions recently. The big event in September was the production of The Sea Plays held on board Gazela from...
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People/Places/Things… Well at Least People
Welcome to new members Andy Creyer and Stephanie Farra who not only joined but participated in Sail Handling and the ship move to Pier...
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July news
Al Ponessa included a great video link in his newsletter last night showing news footage of Gazela at Schaefer’s Canal House on the...
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KYW Talks About Upcoming Repairs
Here’s a short overview of plans for short-term and long-term Gazela repairs. From KYW: Philadelphia’s tall ship, Gazela, will be sailing...
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