Saturday Seadog Speaker Series
(Winter of 2024)
Free to Club Members and the Public
Coffee and donuts at 9:30 am
Presentation begins at 10:00 am
Come out and support SYC and pass the word along to your Friends
SAVE THE DATES!
The SYC Seadog Series Committee has put together a robust and interesting series of talks for our enjoyment and education. Please save the following dates:
January 13, 2024: Dave Meredith from the York County Historical Society will present a talk about the role of Washington and Rochambeau in the American Revolution and the siege of Yorktown.
Sponsor, Pete Showalter
January 27, 2024: Mike Steen from the Waterman’s Museum will discuss the sunken British fleet in the York River.
Sponsor, Bill Small
February 10, 2024: Wisteria Perry from the Mariner’s Museum will talk to us about “Fierce and Feminine Female Pirates That Roamed the Seven Seas”
February 24, 2024: Jim Shoemaker, “Yachting in Tidewater Virginia”,
Jim is a native of Hampton and a lifelong sailor and historian of the boating scene in Tidewater. He trained as a Nuclear Designer, spent a career at the Newport News and Norfolk Naval Shipyard where he retired as Production Manager. As an adult, Jim has published two books, built small boats with two partners; and is a leading member of the Hampton Yacht Club. Jim’s talk will include the fascinating history of the sail and power-boat racing scene in Tidewater prior to, and after World War II; and why boats we see today survived those tumultuous years.