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A Night for the Museum  On Friday, June 18th the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum/ExplorOcean proudly celebrated the unveiling of our latest exhibit, Sea of Adventure at their annual fund raiser "A Night for the Museum: Launching the Sea of Adventure". Created in collaboration with the renowned Academy Studios, this exhibit is an exciting interactive experience that helps us further our goal of inspiring relationships with the ocean.
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Sea of Adventure Successfully Launches  Now open to the public, Sea of Adventure is currently featured in our East Wing Gallery. The exhibition features three distinct areas that examine the past, present and future of nautical and ocean exploration.
Look for a 2 for 1 coupon to visit Sea of Adventure at the end of this newsletter.
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Transpac Elapsed Time Clock Is Reset  Newport Harbor Nautical Museum/ExplorOcean and the Transpacific Yacht Club hosted a wine and cheese reception on Friday, July 9th with a ceremony to reset the Elapsed Time Clock on the Transpacific Yacht Race Elapsed Time Trophy for the newest record holder, Neville Crichton of New Zealand. Crichton's 100' "rocket ship" Alfa Romeo broke the old record in 2009 previously held by Hasso Plattner and Morning Glory. Alfa Romeo covered the 2225 miles from Long Beach to Honolulu in a record: 5 days, 14 hours, 36 minutes and 20 seconds eclipsing the previous record set in 2005 by a full day.
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2009 Annual Report  It is with great excitement and enthusiasm that we present to you the Newport Harbor Nautical Museum 2009 Annual Report. As many of you know, we have all been hard at work over the past several years, working to refine and realize a vision not only for NHNM, but also the entire Balboa Village area. In FY 2009, that vision began to solidify in some very concrete ways. In fact, if there's one word that describes the previous fiscal year, it's "new"...
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Fun Facts: Alvin Deep Sea Submersible 
Built in 1964 as one of the world's first deep-ocean submersibles, Alvin has made more than 4,400 dives. It can reach nearly 63 percent of the global ocean floor. Though it is the world's oldest research submersible, Alvin remains state-of-the-art due to numerous reconstructions made over the years. The sub is named for Allyn Vine, a WHOI engineer and geophysicist who helped pioneer deep submergence research and technology.
Experience a simulated dive aboard the Alvin submersible when you visit Sea of Adventure.
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