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Thirty Years with Sail Training

This is an essay I wrote that appeared in the 15th edition of Sail Tall Ships! A Directory of Sail Training and Adventure at Sea published by the American Sail Training Association.



As legend has it, in April of 1973, Barclay Warburton III and a few like-minded Newport maritime leaders met in the aft cabin of his brigantine Black Pearl to sign the articles of incorporation for the American Sail Training Association. The rest is history retold elsewhere in this…

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Added by Peter A. Mello on April 16, 2007 at 11:20pm — No Comments

Teaching Ocean Science at Tabor

I was never a very good math or science student at Tabor, or in college for that matter; however, at yesterday's Headmaster's Council meeting, Drs. Karl Kistler and John Crosby made a presentation that would have caused an indifferent student like me to take notice and work a little harder. They made it all sound so very interesting, important and FUN!

The new marine science center is an amazing…

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Added by Peter A. Mello on April 15, 2007 at 2:05am — No Comments

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