New Bedford FHC Highlights Ernestina Sails and Fishing Households

You’ll be able to expertise the thrill of crusing out of New Bedford Harbor onboard the not too long ago refurbished Schooner Ernestina-Morrissey. The New Bedford Fishing Heritage Middle is partnering with the Ernestina-Morrissey Affiliation to supply 4 public sails onboard the schooner, with two sails in Could and two in September.

FHC Applications Director Joe Ritter stopped by Townsquare Sunday with particulars concerning the Ernestina sails and different actions on the heart over the subsequent two months.

“That is the second 12 months we have hosted this partnership. You’ll expertise a few three-hour voyage, and also you get to see the historic Ernestina in full-sail,” he mentioned. “I went on the primary sail final 12 months, and you’ll count on a rip-roaring good time on the excessive seas.”

As you may think, tickets for the Ernestina-Morrissey sails ($60) are going quick. Ritter advises anybody excited about the sail to behave now. Go to the New Bedford Fishing Heritage Middle web site for extra data and tickets.

April 10 will see one other exhibit within the FHC’s Hauling Again Venture, a examine of generational fishing households in our space. Jap Fisheries, based in 1978 by Roy Enoksen and Frank O’Hara, now operates one of many largest fish processing vegetation in New Bedford and does enterprise all over the world. In keeping with Ritter, it additionally owns the world’s largest scallop fleet.

“The exhibit will embrace some historical past of the enterprise, together with photographs and a few video, and artifacts from the enterprise itself,” Ritter mentioned.

Different sights in April embrace one other movie within the Middle’s Dock-u-mentary collection, that includes a narrative about difficulties dealing with Maine business fishermen. The movie can be proven April 18 at 7 p.m. on the Nationwide Park Guests Middle. Admission is free.

The FHC is once more that includes one other seafood cooking demonstration on April 30 from 6 p.m. to eight p.m. at Higher New Bedford Vocational-Technical Excessive Faculty. Featured can be Mexican-Chinese language seafood dishes with Chef Gui Aguilar of 222 Union Avenue (the Harbor Resort). Tickets are $50 and will be obtained by way of the middle’s web site.

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