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Tall Ship & Tugboat Crew Needed!
ORGANIZATION: Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
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- A group opportunity. Invite your friends.
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136 people are interested
This organization maintains and operates two historic ships, a 116 year old wooden tall ship Gazela Primeiro and a 1902 tugboat Jupiter. Maintenance work occurs year-round and includes carpentry, rigging, engineering, splicing, and painting.
Both ships still remain active on the Delaware River. To volunteer, anyone may join the Guild. Ages present on our vessels range from 14 (with parental supervision) to 76, male and female, and all walks of life. Most people joining the Guild do not have any experience on vessels. Members are trained to operate and maintain the ships and, after providing 50 hours of volunteer maintenance work and attending training classes, are eligible to work as crew aboard. We also have volunteer opportunities in our office for public relations, youth education, communications, grant writing, and docent work. Interested in joining? Come check out the ships every Saturday at Penn's Landing in Philadelphia or visit our website:
http://www.gazela.org
More opportunities with Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
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About Philadelphia Ship Preservation Guild
Location:
301 S. Columbus Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19106, US
Mission Statement
The Ship Guild's mission is to preserve, share and operate our historic vessels. Our mission is enhanced by programs which bring lessons of seamanship, traditional sailing and maritime culture to the public. Our volunteers are people of all ages, backgrounds and skills who share a love of historic vessels and maritime history.
Description
The Ship Guild operates and maintains the tall ship Gazela and the historic tugboat, Jupiter, both home-ported in Philadelphia and docked at Penn's Landing at Market Street. The Ship Guild is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Volunteers with the Guild share a strong commitment to preserving Philadelphia's maritime tradition. The ships rely on the contributions of time and effort from our volunteers to stay afloat.
There are many opportunities to become part of this effort whether your interests are woodworking and rigging, engineering, historical research, sailing, or marketing and presentations. As a volunteer you become part of a crew. You will work alongside the professional officers doing as they do. One minute you may find yourself manning the helm, later painting decks. Our crew earns hours toward sailing by volunteering time towards restoration, outreach, or dockside maintenance programs.
Whether you share your daily skills, or learn new ones, you will find a niche in this diverse organization.
All volunteers are asked to join the Ship Guild.
CAUSE AREAS
WHEN
WHERE
Penn's Landing (ship location)101 S Columbus BlvdPhiladelphia, PA 19106
DATE POSTED
December 21, 2018
SKILLS
- Welding
- Carpentry
GOOD FOR
- Teens
- People 55+
- Group
REQUIREMENTS
N/A