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Greetings!
Below is: An update on PortSide; our work on behalf of OpSail; how to visit tall ships, foreign navy and Coast Guard ships in Red Hook, Brooklyn, on Memorial Day Weekend!
PortSide has created a guide to the ships and how to make a day of it in Red Hook and the Columbia Waterfront District. See below for links and details.
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 OpSail 2012
Visit 10 ships, Red Hook Marine Terminal, Memorial Day weekend
PortSide decided to spend last week doing what we do so well: promoting ships and waterfront events and creating buzz.
 PortSide stepped up to promote OpSail and nearby Brooklyn: We are spreading the word that 10 ships will be open to the public in the Red Hook Mar ine Terminal (more than at the other 2 sites), revving up the local community to provide business promotions and special events, and promoting the Red Hook-Columbia Waterfront neighborhoods near the ships.
 The ship array is particularly diverse because OpSail teamed up with the US Navy to celebrate the bicentennial of the war of 1812 and the writing of the "Star Spangled Banner." This has lead to flotilla of tall ships and navy ships, domestic and foreign. Over the week, PortSide created a guide to the 10 ships in Brooklyn and a webpage with all the info you need: the parade of ships on Wednesday, May 23, how to visit the Red Hook ships over Memorial Day weekend, how to get here, and suggestions on how to make a day of it in the Columbia Waterfront and Red Hook neighborhoods.  PortSide asked the genius of NYC harbor illustration, Christina Sun of the blog Bowsprite, to help spread the word about OpSail in Red Hook by creating a flyer for store windows and easy emailing. You can download the result here and please share it! Thank you Christina/Bowsprite!
 PortSide also created the first-ever visitor guide to the Columbia Street Waterfront District, where the mini maritime museum in our Pop-Up is located at 145 Columbia Street. The Columbia guide will go live by Memorial Day weekend. We seek sponsors for this guide; if you are interested, email us here.
We seek volunteers for an OpSail tourist info table and our Pop-Up museum. If you are interested, email us here.
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Update on our endeavors & support
We extended our 4/30 deadline due to promising leads
PortSide continues seeking a home for the MARY A. WHALEN and is in discussion with several sites. Please sign the petition to support our getting a new home here.
Media coverage
PortSide has again attracted international coverage. After reading the recent New York Times article about PortSide, the BBC international tourism program Fast Track spent Monday morning with us. The BBC is shooting a feature on "the rejuvenation of NYC's waterfront." The other harbor voices they interviewed were Regina Myer, President of Brooklyn Bridge Park and Michael Marrella, Director, Waterfront and Open Space Division of the Department of City Planning. The show is due to air mid-June, look for an upcoming link here.
Join the OpSail Parade & half your ticket goes to PortSide!
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Schooner ADIRONDACK
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View the parade of ships from a Classic Harbor Line yacht on Wednesday, May 23rd and say "PortSide referred me," and we will get 50% of the ticket price donated to us! Tickets are $120 for the 4.5 hours and include a boxed lunch. Sail on the new America 2.0 or Adirondack for the full show from 8:00am to 12:30pm. If you want a shorter cruise, go on the motor yacht Manhattan from 8:30 to 10:15am for $85. Mention PortSide, and we get half of that, too.
Rent a home, help us get one, too
The Brooklyn brokerage Realty Collective has extended its participation in ethikus "Shop Your Values Week" until the end of May -- 10% of the broker fee gets donated to one of 5 non-profits of the renter's choice, including PortSide. Full details here.
Please donate now to support us while we negotiate a new home.
Thanks to those who have already donated.
Your support means a lot!
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More historic ship news
Historic Ship Coalition
Look for the table of the newly formed Coalition at the Metropolitan Waterfront Alliance Waterfront Conference on May 18 & 19. PortSide will be there! Please stop by and support our effort to find a new home for the MARY A. WHALEN and find out about all the historic ships in NYC.
 Support our Ship Partners!
Vote in the Partners in Preservation competition to fund the Tug PEGASUS & Waterfront Museum Barge LEHIGH VALLEY 79! Raise them in the roster, and you raise awareness of ALL historic ships and support two great ones! Vote daily! Voting ends Monday 5/21/12. Info here.
Look at that park pier!
Yesterday (at left), Hudson River Park Pier 25 was an example of how a NYC park pier should look!: Lots of boats; four historic ships in a row! From the offshore end of pier they are: Picton Castle, Waterfront Museum Barge LEHIGH VALLEY 79 with Tug PEGASUS alongside, and steamer LILAC.
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Help Us Continue Programs Like These!
See this short video
The MARY A. WHALEN is the only oil tanker in the world in service for public educational and cultural programs. PortSide runs programs on and off this special ship.
PortSide brought you TankerOpera in the containerport... the Dutch Flat Bottom Fleet... TankerTours...concerts... movies... talks... walking tours ... kayak valet... redesign of the Red Hook Boaters container... bilingual ship tours at Concierto Tipico... exhibit about maritime response to 9/11... guides to Red Hook and more.
See two pages of photos here
See list of some prior programs here
See our YouTube page here
 Thanks to those who have already donated.
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PortSide brought you... TankerOpera in the containerport... Dutch Flat Bottom Fleet... TankerTours...concerts... movies... talks... walking tours ... kayak valet... TankerTime... redesign of the BoatBox Red Hook Boaters kayak container... bilingual ship tours at Concierto Tipico... exhibit about maritime response to 9/11... guides to Red Hook and more.
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PortSide NewYork is a 501(c)3 profit organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law.
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