Star of India Has Returned Home – Maritime Museum of San Diego

Star of India Has Returned Home, to her berth on the Embarcadero, at Maritime Museum of San Diego

February 21, 2020 marked the day, when Star of India, returned back to her home. Starting at 8pm, Pacific Tugs arrived at BAE dry-dock, and harbor pilot burner boards ship via Jacob ’ s ladder. once amply afloat, and tow lines cautiously attached, she starts exiting dry-dock at 9:30pm, to make her way back to her position. The anticipating push lined up at the embarcadero to see Star ’ s return, catch their first glimpse right field after 10pm, as she comes into view. About 11pm, her docking lines were fast, our star of India is now back home !

Return photos by Alex Saikowski
–update posted 02-23-2020–

Maritime Museum of San Diego Announces Star of India’s Parade of Lights Home

star of India will disembark South Bay Friday, February 21 at approximately 8:00 post meridiem and make her way family to Maritime Museum of San Diego located at 1492 N. Harbor Drive at 9:30 p.m .
SAN DIEGO ( CA ) —- Maritime Museum of San Diego, with an external repute for excellence in restoring, maintaining, and operating historic vessels including the world ’ s oldest active seafaring ship, Star of India, is proud to announce completion of the once in a ten required draw out and USCG inspection. While in dry dock at BAE Systems, restoration and alimony of Star included hull hydro-blasting, and application of anti-fouling and top side paint .
asterisk of India, built in 1863, has circumnavigated the ball twenty-one times. star of India first came to the City of San Diego in 1927. It was not until 1951 when Maritime Museum of San Diego made long-awaited historical renovations to the vessel in the first place named Euterpe, after the greek goddess of music and poetry. star of India relies on Maritime Museum of San Diego volunteers and a attached staff for her care .
San Diegans and visitors to our region alike will have the luck to see Star of India when she parades her brilliantly lit 1863 bark carriage home, under tow, passing Coronado Bridge, and along the downtown San Diego city front assisted by San Diego Pilot gravy boat and Pacific Tug Services .
Raymond Ashley, Ph.D., K.C.I., President/CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego states
“ Star of India, a ship that is arguably the oldest active sailing embark in the earth, is a symbol of our city and region. In a given year, equally many as two million people view her at her bayside location in downtown San Diego and thousands of school-age children participate in nightlong Living History programs. ” Data on visitors and school groups show Star of India attracts more visitors than any early ship in the Maritime Museum ’ s current collection. Revenues generated by the ships draw avail to support preservation and maintenance of the Star along with early vessels .
Dockside visits to Star of India are included with general admission to Maritime Museum of San Diego. Museum staff and sail crew will re-open Star of India to the public for the weekend .
–update posted 02-20-2020–

Entering BAE dry dock.

Getting her hull cleaned, and ready for inspection.

–update posted 02-19-2020–

Star Of India Scheduled For Once In A Decade Haul Out and Restoration Project February 11 – 21, 2020

Maritime Museum of San Diego Staff and Volunteer Sail Crew train populace ’ sulfur oldest active seafaring ship to preserve for visitors, members, educators and community
SAN DIEGO, CA —- Maritime Museum of San Diego, ranked as one of the nation ’ s circus tent attractions offering self-guided tours, docent-guided group tours, tall transport charters, year-round public events, educational programs, and a distinctive venue for corporate/private events, announces Star of India will be dry docked for restoration for at least 10 days in February. The ship will be closed starting Tuesday, February 11, 2020 and removed from her San Diego waterfront location at the Maritime Museum of San Diego located at 1492 N. Harbor Drive for approximately 10 days .
Raymond Ashley, Ph.D., K.C.I., President/CEO of the Maritime Museum of San Diego states “ Star of India, a ship that is arguably the oldest active sailing ship in the worldly concern, is a symbol of our city and region. In a given class, ampere many as two million people view her at her bayside location in downtown San Diego and thousands of school-age children participate in nightlong Living History programs. ” Data on visitors and school groups show Star of India attracts more visitors than any other ship in the Museum ’ s current collection. Revenues generated by the ships draw serve to support preservation and alimony of the Star along with other vessels .
Maritime Museum of San Diego has received an award of $ 200,000 from the National Park Service ’ s Maritime Heritage Program in support of the approaching Star of India restoration project. however, this must be matched by community funds in order to receive the whole of that total. Community corroborate will help ensure that Star of India, an all-important element of the world ’ s maritime inheritance, an icon of the City of San Diego and region, and a key element in defining our sense of put, community, and regional history, will serve as an inspiration, an educational instrument, and a informant of wonder for hundreds of years to come .
Kelli Lewis, Maritime Museum of San Diego Director of Development, adds, “ Museums are much collections of artifacts, but at the Maritime Museum of San Diego, the artifacts are the Museum. The Museum is a collection of vessels where visitors are transported into history as they walk on the decks and gaze into the rig. History is taught not just through stories and text panels but through first hand-experience and lessons learned working on and sailing these ships. The challenge lies in extending the integrity of these vessels far beyond the clock and guard standards they were designed for. Hence, restoration, preservation and general maintenance are built-in to the Maritime Museum ’ s mission to serve as the community memory of our nautical past. ”
Beginning with restoring the about 100-year erstwhile leading of India in 1958 and continuing through today, the Museum works on a ceaseless schedule to restore and replace degradation of organic materials aboard all its vessels so that they can meet requirements put in place by the USCG as passenger vessels or dockside attractions. Over the by 5 years the Museum has replaced the decks aboard Star of India, rebuilt the weather side of the 1898 Victorian-era ferry Berkeley, completed kettle and hull employment on the 1914 steamer yacht Medea, hauled out and done restoration work on the Vietnam War era PCF 816 Swift boat, the 1914 San Diego Harbor Pilot, HMS Surprise, the C.W. Lawrence Revenue Cutter replica and official tall embark of the state, Californian, and 1542 spanish galleon replica San Salvador, built by Maritime Museum staff, volunteers and community of donors. The 1905 San Diego Butcher Boy sailboat, celebrated for her early days in provisioning for commercial ships travelling in and out of the San Diego harbor, and once achiever of the historic Lipton Cup, has besides been rebuilt from the ground up by staff and volunteers at spanish Landing and in 2020, Star of India will be hauled out and Surprise will have all newly decks and be re-planked on the starboard side .
The Maritime Museum collection of vessels includes four national and state historic registered landmarks including Star of India, Berkeley, Pilot and Swift. Maritime Museum of San Diego has been the recipient of four National Maritime Heritage Program grants in holocene years. To continue preservation, maintenance and restoration projects which enable visitors, members and educational programs to thrive, Maritime Museum of San Diego is asking for the community to visit and support these ongoing initiatives with membership, donations and volunteerism .
The project has been financed ( in partially ) with Federal funds from the National Maritime Heritage Program administered by the National Park Service, U.S. Department of Interior. however, the contents and opinions contained herein do not inevitably reflect the views or policies of the Department of the Interior, nor does the mention of trade names or commercial products appoint endorsement or recommendation by the Department of the Interior.

For more information, please contact Director of Development, Kelli Lewis at ( 619 ) 234-9153 ext. 126
About the Maritime Museum of San Diego
The Maritime Museum of San Diego know includes entree to a first collection of historic sailing ships, steam-powered boats, and submarines, each offer entertaining and educational exhibits. The 501c3 non-profit Museum enjoys an external reputation for excellence in restoring, maintaining, and operating historic vessels including the universe ’ s oldest active sweep ship, Star of India. Maritime Museum of San Diego is ranked as one of the state ’ s top attractions offering self-guided tours, docent guided-group tours, tall embark charters, class round populace events, educational programs, and a classifiable venue for corporate/private events. The museum is open daily along Star of India Wharf at 1492 North Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101-3309 .