(Image from the Excelsior Trust website)
John Wylson of the Excelsior Trust will be presenting the third GMI Research Seminar of the 2011/12 academic year on Wednesday 30th November 2011 at 6pm. His paper is ‘Trying to Keep Traditional Seamanship Alive at Lowestoft : EXCELSIOR since 1989’. This particular seminar is being hosted in collaboration with the Institute of Seamanship.
EXCELSIOR is an authentically rebuilt Lowestoft smack. She exists not only to provide an example of the type, but to maintain the knowledge of how to sail and how to look after such vessels. In so doing, the skills of local seamen and shipwrights of three generations ago are being kept alive. These crafts were constructed, fished and propelled sustainably and her continued existence is an important reminder of a very different age.
The seminar will take place in room 075, Queen Anne Court, Univeristy of Greenwich, SE10 9LS at 6pm. Tea & Coffee will be available from 5.30pm and a glass of wine afterwards. The seminar is free and there is no need to book, everyone is welcome.