Name: Galveston Historical Foundation’s Annual Meeting
Start: 2026-07-17T17:30:00-05:00
End: 2026-07-17T19:30:00-05:00
Location: 1859 Ashton Villa

5:30 pm

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Galveston Historical Foundation’s Annual Meeting

July 17 @ 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm

1859 Ashton Villa 2328 Broadway Avenue J, Galveston

Free

Galveston Historical Foundation

15 hours ago

===========ELISSA Captain's Log: 12 noon, Tuesday, June 9th, 2026===========ROUTINE.It’s maybe a little crazy-sounding for me to describe crossing the gulf, voyaging aboard a 148-year-old barque as “routine,” but that’s now our situation, and it’s GREAT.We are now over 24 hours underway, and everything has settled into comfortable, safe regularity.Our departure, with the maneuvering and handling of docklines & sails, was an all-hands situation, but once we cleared out of Galveston Harbor, we “set the watch”. This entails breaking the crew aboard into four different groups: three sailing watches, and a group designated “dayworkers”. Each of the sailing watches is led by one of the three Mates, and has an engineer, a quartermaster, a senior member of the deck crew, and five additional hands. Since at sea we sail non-stop, round-the-clock, we need to rotate the duties of running the ship, while allowing everyone off-hours for sleep, meals, etc. Each sailing watch “stands” on duty for four hours, and then gets eight hours off. For instance, the “A” watch works 4-8: so every 4 am to 8 am, and 4 pm to 8 pm, they are the ones on deck, in charge of ELISSA.(Side Note: I think the 4-8 is the best watch to stand. You get all the sunrises and sunsets. Today's photo is from last night's sunset.)The “ON” Watch has the duties of navigation, steering the ship, maintaining a bow lookout, oversight of the sails and machinery, and making security / safety walk-throughs of the whole ship, on deck and below. These responsibilities rotate among all the members of each watch: hour-by-hour, watch-by-watch, day-by-day -- keeping us and ELISSA on-track and safe.ROUTINE....gotta love it.Regards,Captain Andy Ellers===========POSITIONING===========ELISSA at 12 noon (CDT)Distance Traveled: 167 nautical milesPosition: 27deg 42' N x 92deg 26' WCourse: 143deg MSpeed-Over-Ground: 7.0 ktWeather: Mostly sunny, 10-15kt wind from the SE, 3’-5’ ocean swell from SE. ... See MoreSee Less

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Incorporated in 1954, Galveston Historical Foundation is one of the nation's largest local preservation organizations. Over the last 50 years, the foundation has expanded its mission to encompass community redevelopment, public education, historic preservation advocacy, maritime preservation and stewardship of historic properties.

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Galveston Historical Foundation’s Annual Meeting

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