SHIP (B)LOG

I would have never guessed this would be my path when I was handed that tri-folded brochure while stepping aboard for the first time so...

Our first potluck of the year was a success!  If you missed out this time, don’t worry – potlucks will be held monthly through the...

Thanks to students from Drexel University fulfilling their civil engagement requirement by volunteering on Gazela, supplementing our...

Pennsylvania Yacht Club, 2189 State Road, Bensalem, PA. We will enjoy a cocktail hour with appetizers, followed by dinner, dessert, and...

The Guild was informed last year that Pier 9 was being developed into public space, newly named Cherry Street Pier.  The Guild relied on...

On November 18 & 19, Team Rubicon from the Philadelphia region united to help the volunteers of the Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild...

A great turnout from our volunteer crew over the past two weeks saw a lot of small jobs get done, including general clean-up of areas...

A huge thank you goes out to everyone who pitched in to assemble the rig and make crane day on May 15 at the Navy Yard a success. By the...

April 2 after work 1730 on board Gazela Bring a dish.  Bring a bottle.  Bring a friend and turn them on to the ship. Please email...

The mandatory Level 1 class – Introduction to Gazela – will be offered four times on Sundays. All dates 10 am to 4 pm, aboard Gazela:...

The Annual Dinner in February was a great success, with a healthy turn out and a good bit of money made for the Guild with the auction...

We were featured in the new edition of Marlinspike Magazine! They did a great job focusing not only on the work we were doing but also on...

Gazela enters the dry dock On Wednesday, 29 July, Gazela entered Dry Dock No. 2 at Rhoads Industries in the Philadelphia Navy Yard. She...

Dry docking update – we had a great turnout of volunteers on Saturday, July 11, to learn more about an important project to assess the...

Letter from Guild President, Al Ponessa to the Guild July 10, 2015 Dry-docking I have been holding off on this Newsletter so I could...

This past icy and cold winter was not kind to old ships, wooden or steel.  This spring volunteers pitched in to make Gazela look like a...

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After logging countless miles in ocean racing yachts, Kirkland shifted gears and began building wooden boats in 1993 at the Philadelphia...

Volunteers at the Woodworking Show in Somerset, NJ., Feb. 21-23 Last weekend, February 21 to 23 a contingent of PSPG Volunteers staffed a...