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Lecture Series...
The Museum renews its lecture series for the summer of 2008 with four outstanding presentations designed to entertain and inform. Lecture series held at the Museum unless otherwise noted.
June 19 — Thursday - 6 PM - Wolfeboro Town Dock - Dockside
Safe Boat Handling - Presented by Bob Theve and Ken Cookson, US Coast Guard Auxiliary instructors. They will demonstrate and explain such skills as coming alongside a dock, mooring, checklists for getting underway, use of fenders, maneuvering underway and the effects of wind and current. There will be an opportunity to ask questions. Both Bob and Ken have long experience in giving this well-received program - weather permitting.
July 17 - Thursday - 7 PM - At the Museum
Century Wooden Boats. Shaun Berry and Mark Mason will present an informal talk about Centurys, which are featured at the Museum this season. Both have owned Centurys and have extensive experience with wooden boats and boating. They will discuss the boats, the company, and what it’s like to own a Century. A few anecdotes will spice up the evening: for example, it is rumored that a Century sank near Governor Romney’s house a few years ago, giving him and his sons the opportunity to be lifesavers.
August 7 - Thursday - 7 PM - At the Museum
Grand Hotels and Cottages of the White Mountains and Lakes Region - Bryant F. Tolles, retired Professor of History and Art History at the University of Delaware and author of books on the topic, will present an illustrated talk about the historic role and design of grand hotels and cottages in our region during the 19th and early 20th centuries. A noted expert in the field, Professor Tolles has a summer home in Sandwich, New Hampshire.
August 28 - Thursday - 7 PM- At the Museum
The Life of Our Lakes - The lecture series concludes with Don Kretchmer, a Certified Lake Manager who lives in Wolfeboro and worked on the water resource and land use management sections of the 2006 Wolfeboro Master Plan, will discuss the types of lakes we have in New Hampshire, factors that affect their quality, changes that have occurred in past years and what the future is likely to hold. Mr. Kretchmer, who has published numerous papers on lake management, is employed by ENSR International in Belmont, New Hampshire.
Save these dates … You will not want to miss any of these dynamic presentations.
New Hampshire Boat Museum 395 Center St.
PO Box 1195 Wolfeboro Falls, NH 03896
PHONE: 603-569-4554
EMAIL: museum@nhbm.org