Using Maritime Education as a Tool to Enhance Nantucket Students’ Sense of Home
Evan Schwanfelder, Egan’s Manager of Maritime Education, is collaborating with all island schools to teach boat building to the next generation of Nantucketers.
Evan Schwanfelder, Egan’s Manager of Maritime Education, is collaborating with all island schools to teach boat building to the next generation of Nantucketers.
On February 14, 1881, the "Hazard" ran aground on Old Man shoal off Nantucket. No two accounts of the events that took place are alike, adding to the mystery of this notable shipwreck.
Charles Allard, Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum Manager, grapples with issues of inclusion in Nantucket's lifesaving history, and remembers the heroic Pea Island surfmen and their remarkable rescue.
On February 4, 1871, the schooner, "Mary Anna," destined for Maine with a cargo of coal, wrecked on a shoal off Nantucket.
Sea of Opportunities 8th Grade Students at Cyrus Peirce Middle School learn about Nantucket's water quality, ecosystem, and aquifer from Emily Molden and Mark Willett.
On January 23, middle school students from the Nantucket Lighthouse School joined Egan Maritime at the Shipwreck & Lifesaving Museum.
On January 21, 1892, Coskata Life-Saving Station keeper Walter Nelson Chase and his crew completed one of the most remarkable and heroic rescues in Nantucket history.
In mid summer of 1996 "Nantucket Magazine" featured an article about Egan Maritime's founder, Albert F. "Bud" Egan, written by the organization's first Executive Director, Nathaniel Philbrick.
Egan's Manager of Maritime Education, Evan Schwanfelder, starts the New Year with a hands-on Sea of Opportunities collaboration at the Nantucket New School.