COUNCIL OF AMERICAN MARITIME MUSEUMS AT THE SAN FRANCISCO MARITIME MUSEUM APRIL 19, 2017 1812 Schooner Porcupine the Schoolship for Presque Isle Bay Presque Isle, Presque Isle Bay, and Erie Harbor as Seen from the West

Erie’s “East Canal Basin” and Dobbins Landing

MARITIME CAMPUS: Blasco Library, Erie Maritime Museum, Brig Niagara, Donjon Shipbuilding, Intermodal Hub, BMC, Schoolship Porcupine, Erie Water Works, Erie Western PA Port Authority, National Maritime Sanctuary BMC’s Mission: To design and implement hands-on, maritime themed, educational, vocational and recreational activities for the community in a universally accessible waterfront facility. ERIE BOAT SAILING IN EAST CANAL BASIN Porcupine – a sustainable, high-profile asset and venue to enhance the Bayfront

The Schoolship For Presque Isle Bay More than Quadruples BMC’s current capacity And Extends BMC’s reach BMC’s PRIMARY PROGRAMS → Bayfront Alternative Education Program (BAEP) Providing effective and therapeutic learning opportunities for the students requiring a different approach → EASE, the Erie Adaptive Sailing Experience Sailing for people with various physical and mental challenges → Project SAIL After-school activities for teens (job skills development) → Bayfront Summer Credit Recovery Program Combining graduation-geared course make up with hands- on, maritime themed activities → 1812 Schooner Porcupine – the Schoolship for Presque Isle Bay BAEP – Bayfront Alternative Education Program -Erie School District - Sarah Reed Children’s Center - BMC THE NEED -75% are economically disadvantaged -82% Graduation rate in Erie -87% Not proficient in science -73% Not proficient in math -86% Not considered college ready - 0% Access to Erie’s most precious asset BMC utilizes non-traditional classrooms to actively engage students in their own education. On the Water

In the Boatshop Field Trips Maritime Simulator

•Teamwork• Problem Solving •Positive Social Skills •Effective Communication •Responsibility •Perseverance •Critical Thinking •Creativity •Leadership •Self Esteem TEAMWORK CONFIDENCE

PERSEVERENCE

94 18,000 KIDS BOATS 92 BOATS

RISING MARITIME GRADUATION STEM-FOCUSED CAREERS CURRICULUM RATES Marine/Maritime Science Underwater ROV

Side Scan Sonar

Hands-on STEM Education EASE, The Erie Adaptive Sailing Experience Pennsylvania’s first and only adaptive sailing program -Run by dedicated core of 35 volunteers -Sails every Friday all summer

Local Partners: -Shriners Hospitals for Children

-Barber National Institute

-Erie Homes for Children & Adults

-The Achievement Center

-Northwest PA Autism Society

-Erie Housing Authority

-Lakeshore Towing Hansa Dinghies

Project SAIL - BMC’s After School Program Successful Apprenticeships and Investments in Learning On the job safety Developing job skills Creating a resume Job site etiquette Practice Interviews Field trips Applications Financial literacy

Traditional hand and power tools

Digital fabrication equipment

Bayfront Summer Program - Since 1999 - Hands-on, engaging, and fun! - Focused on reading and language arts - Credit recovery and remedial programming - Includes sailing, rowing, paddling, - Boat shop, CNC, and maritime simulator projects during inclement weather ALL BMC PROGRAMMING WILL BE GREATLY ENHANCED WITH OUR NEWEST INITIATIVE…

The Hull Arriving at BMC Keith & Kathy Palmerton 1812 Gunboat Schooner Porcupine

Why Porcupine? - Served 13 years as Navy Gunboat, -Right size to represent Navy Gunboat Hospital Ship, Coastal Survey Vessel, -Daniel Dobbins Designed and built Revenue Cutter; -Longest continuous career of the fleet - Sailed 47 years in Merchant Fleet PORCUPINE’S ACCOMMODATIONS PLAN

-Modifying Hull to USCG Regs & 19th Century Gunboat Appearance- 30 Passengers (Daysails)—SubChapter “T” 12 Trainees (Overnight Programs)—SubChapter “R” The Palmerton Hull FLOATING STEM CLASSROOM

• Sailing opportunities for up to 3000 students during school year

• Creating a “menu” of science, technology, and humanities stations with customized programs

• Porcupine’s 60 year career perfect for exploring Erie’s History and Technological changes over time

• All programs—student and public—highlight history and resources of Presque Isle Bay “THE CREW”

Rich Eisenberg – BMC Director Iver Franzen – Naval Architect Nick Rinn & Bob Arlet Shipwrights

David Frew - Author Amy Eisenberg - Executive Assistant Latest book by Erie historian David Frew traces Porcupine’s 60 year career and rebirth at BMC Porcupine’s 60-Year Career • Commanded By George Senat—a Creole who walked from New Orleans to Buffalo to join Navy—at Battle of Lake Erie • 6th Position in Line of Battle - continuously engaged with 32lb Long Gun • Remained in Navy through War as hospital ship, and supported invasion of the Thames River, Ontario and the Battle of Detroit • Navy Coastal Survey vessel and Revenue Cutter Service until 1825 • Began merchant career as Caroline in 1825, bought by Dexter Ferry in 1843 • Outlasted Builder Daniel Dobbins • She was scuttled in Spring Lake, Michigan in 1873 • Artifacts displayed at Centennial - 1912 Helping Float Porcupine Fundraising Goal $470,000 Donations to Date $281,500

Erie Insurance $ 25,000 Erie Community Foundation $ 25,000 Private DONATION $ 25,000 ECGRA $ 11,880 UAW CAP Council $ 5,000 S.O.N.S. of Lake Erie $ 5,000 Commodore Perry Yacht Club $ 4,600 GE Matching Fund $ 3,100 Fundraiser Events, Donations, Naming Opportunities, Grants PHASE I: THE ORIGINAL “AS BUILT” HULL Modify the bow, transom and deck to represent an 1812 Navy Gunboat The new bow shape New closed cell high density marine foam core

New half inch Corten steel keel: 7,800 pounds with seventeen 1 1/4” keel bolts, 12” tall. The entire center-cockpit deck with doghouse cabin was removed. Only 14” of side deck was left to be shelf below. A school group looks on. Looking aft - Deck and internal bulkheads removed leaving 14” of side deck. Freeboard was raised. New frames going in, all bulkheads were removed later. Clamps installed, laminated cypress deck beams going in. Thorough USCG passenger vessel Inspection process. USCG inspecting fuel tank installation under lower bunk. Fire suppression bottle protects tank space. Looking aft through forward companionway ladder. Two head doors to starboard, galley to port.

Ongoing: USCG approvals, fundraising, construction, and programming / curriculum development. Schoolship for Presque Isle Bay

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