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Operation Sail Flagship Christening" of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford
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Digitized from Box 43 of the Sheila Weidenfeld Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
For immediate release
Tuesday, June 24, 1975
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Susan Ford will christen the official flagship for Operation Sail 1976
in St. Petersburg, Fla., Friday, June 27 at 11 a. m. Operation Sail 1976
is one of the major Bicentennial projects and involves more than 50
ships from 23 countries.
Ceremonies will take place near the Bounty Exhibit on the Municipal
Pier in St. Petersburg. Susan will christen a Morgan 41-foot
out island sailing yacht to be named OPSAIL '76 and later take the
helm of the yacht into the Tampa Bay.
Among dignitaries present for the ceremonies: Rep. C.W. "Bill"
Young, Eighth Congressional District of Florida; John Warner,
administrator of the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration;
Hon. Charles R. Schuh, mayor of St. Petersburg; Capt. Walter E.B.
Godsal, assistant naval attache at the Embassy of Great Britain; and
Operation Sail executives Henry Geyelin, vice chairman, and
Leon A. Schertler, director of national programs.
Operation Sail 1976 will consist of an armada of more than 50 17th and
18th century ships from other countries who will tour East and West
Coast ports during the Bicentennail year. The purpose of the fleet
is to salute the United States in its 200th year and to emphasize the
training of youth in sailing procedures. Each ship will be manned by
youth 15-25 years old.
Operation Sail 1976 is a non-government, non-profit group headed by
Emil Mosbacher Jr., former US Chief of Protocol and twice the
successful defender of the America's Cup. The Operation Sail organization
is composed of volunteers who are well-known yachtsmen, retired
Navy and Coast Guard personnel, maritime industry officials and others
interested in sailing. Great Britain is playing a major role in inviting
and organizing other countries to participate.
# # # #
GENALD
press contact: Jim 'Doherty (813) 822-1776
press credentialling closes Thursday, June 26 at noon.
SHEILA
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
May 30, 1975
MEMORANDUM TO: PETER SORUM
FROM:
SUSAN PORTER
SUBJECT:
Action Memo
Susan Ford has accepted the following out-of-town invitation:
EVENT: Launch the Bicentennial project called Operation Sail, 1976
by christening their official Flagship
GROUP: Operation Sail, 1976
DATE: Friday, June 27, 1975
TIME: 11:00 a.m.
PLACE: St. Petersburg, Florida
CONTACT: Mr. Wayne Dixon
347-2397
COMMENTS: One of the major Bicentennial events will be a fleet of
ships from navies around the world, a regatta of more than
100 sailing ships in a project called Operation Sail, 1976.
These ships will sail into ports along the coast throughout
the celebration concluding by "storming the port of New York"
on July 4, 1976. The Chairman of Operation Sail is
Emil Mosbacher. It's funded with private funds; it has
the blessing of the Bicentennial Commission.
Susan Ford will participate in the first event of Operation
Sail by christening the official Flagship in St. Petersburg,
Florida, on Friday, June 27. The Flagship will be a Morgan
51 foot Out Island Sailing yacht and will depart from
St. Petersburg for ports of call throughout the United States
to encourage local city participation in the program. The
"Bounty" is also tied up in the St. Petersburg dock and
will be a part of the photographs. Susan would like her
friend, Barbara Manfuso to accompany her.
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Because this is a project the Bicentennial Administration
is very excited about, John Warner will also be a part
of the program. As you know, I have been in touch with
Capt. Ellendorfer, Director of Special Projects at ARBA,
634-1742.
Although I have not yet talked to Mrs. Ford, as I usually
do about Susan's upcoming commitments, I understand Susan
would then like to go on to Disneyworld for a semi-private
visit.
Although most arrangements have been made by telephone, the
meager file is attached. Thank you.
c: BF Staff
Red Cavaney
Warren Rustand
William Nicholson
Theodore Marrs
Maria Downs
Rex Scouten
Staircase
SECURITY FORD CIBRARY
The first event in Operation Sail, 1976 will be the christening
of the official Flagship of Operation Sail in St. Petersburg,
Florida on May 23, 1975; at 11:30 a.m. --- but is flexible.
The Flagship will be a Morgan 41 ft. Out Island Sailing yacht to
be christened OPSAIL '76. This yacht will depart from St. Petersburg
for ports of call throughout the United States to encourage local
city participation in the 1976 program, as described in the press
release.
The event at St. Petersburg will include a reception for dignataries
and the press in the area of the St. Petersburg city dock, where
nearby "The Bounty" is tied up. It will include the declaration of
St. Petersburg as an OPSAIL city.
At this moment, invitations are being prepared and sent. The
presence of Miss Ford would of course expand our list to include
a higher level of official than now anticipated.
Representatives of the following are expected--
American Revolutionary Bicentennial Administration
United States Coast Guard
Operation Sail 1976
Tampa and St. Petersburg Bicentennial Commissions
United States Navy
The yachting (sail) industry
Local press and broadcast
National newspaper and magazine press
Wire services
National yachting and boating press
Marine press
Cityoof St. Petersburg and Tampa
State of Florida
Morgan Yacht Corporation, the doaner.of the flagship.
GERALD TOTO
20IV75
FROM:
Jim O'Doherty
OPERATION SAIL 1976, INC.
Room 72 North
One World Trade Center
OP SAIL76
New York, New York 10048
(212) 466-1997
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
In far-off ports and on sea lanes charted by mariners centuries before
the invention of the smokestack and the oil slick, men and boys and majestic
sailing ships are getting ready for a parade that's still a year away.
And what' a parade it will be. The date is July 4, 1976; the place,
New York Harbor, and the participants, the largest assemblage of square-riggers
the world has seen since the 1827 Battle of Navarino in the Mediterranean Sea.
The occasion will be OPERATION SAIL 1976, which its planners say will
likely be the most spectacular single event of the American Revolution
Bicentennial celebration.
Invitations to participate have been flowing out since May, 1974, to the
world's navies, merchant marine schools, marine museums and private owners. To
date, 15 countries have replied, promising more than 100 sailing ships measuring
100 feet or more in length for the parade. Twelve of these are the classic
three and four-masted windjammers of 200 feet or more.
"Tall Ships" committed so far are the Libertad of Argentina, the Esmerald.
of Chile, the Danmark of Denmark, the Gorch Fock of West Germany, the Amerigo
Vespucci of Italy, the Christian Radich of Norway, the Dar Pomorza of Poland,
the Sagres II of Portugal, the Juan Sebastian de Elcano of Spain, the Gloria
of Colombia, the U.S. Coast Guard's Eagle, which will be the host ship, and the
Philadelphia Maritime Museum's Gazela Primeiro.
By the time the marine parade date rolls around, it's estimated at least
20 of the "tall ships" will be in the processional line. Virtually all of them
are sail training ships with crews largely made up of cadets planning careers
at sea with their countries' navies or merchant marine.
OP SAIL
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The OPERATION SAIL organization is a non-government, non-profit group.
Its membership comprises well-known yachtsmen, retired Navy and Coast Guard
brass, maritime industry officials and a growing crew of enthusiastic volunteers.
Chairman is Emil (Bus) Mosbacher, Jr., former U.S. Chief of Protocol
and twice the successful defender of the America's Cup. General Manager is
Frank 0. Braynard, marine author and historian and one of the founders of
Manhattan's celebrated South Street Seaport Museum.
Right now, says Mr. Braynard, the OPERATION SAIL organization ranks
two of its projects as having equal priority: to get as many members of the
world's dwindling windjammer fleet as possible to participate, and to raise
$500,000 to cover administrative, logistical and hospitality costs.
"At this point, we seem to be doing a better job in signing up the
square-riggers than we are in raising funds," he observed, saying the group
has raised less than one-fourth of the estimated budget required.
In a sporting show of broad-mindedness, Britain will play a major
role in attracting the ships to this marine commemoration of the independence
of her former colony.
The British Sail Training Association is inviting the sailing ships,
large and small, to race across the Atlantic to the New World. The fleet will
leave Plymouth on May 2, 1976, and race to Lisbon. On May 13 the fleet will
cruise in company from Lisbon to the Canary Islands, setting sail on May 23
in a race to Bermuda, and then, on June 20, sailing still another race to
Newport, R.I.
The last of the racing ships is expected to arrive in Newport by June
29 and after two days of festivities there sponsored jointly by the British
and the American Sail Training Association, the fleet will set sail for New
York on the morning of July 1.
SEPAR
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OP SAIL
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Most will proceed through Long Island Sound to anchorage in Gravesend
Bay by the afternoon of July 3. Ships too tall to pass beneath the Brooklyn
Bridge (127 feet) will head westward off the southern shore of Long Island and
make anchorage at Sandy Hook, N.J.
The Independence Day marine parade will begin at 10 a.m. the 4th and
will take four hours from the time the fleet's leader, the Eagle, gets underway
and the last ship passes up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge,
the end of the processional route.
The sailing ships will pass in review of distinguished visitors aboard
a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. In connection with the naval review, it is hoped
there will be some 60 U.S. and foreign naval vessels in the Harbor.
After the parade, the visiting sailing ships will tie up at piers in
Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey until the following Wednesday or Thursday,
and a round of entertainment is being planned for their professional and cadet
crew members, the latter estimated to number 6,000. A grand ball is planned
for July 5 at Manhattan's new Port Authority passenger terminal. A ticker-tape
parade will be held in the financial district on July 6 for the visiting cadets.
At the end of their New York stay, many of the ships plan to visit other
U.S. ports before proceeding home. Under plans now being drawn by OPERATION
SAIL regional committees, one group is expected to sail north to Boston, another
through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Great Lakes ports, and the third to Baltimore,
Philadelphia and on to southern and Gulf Coast ports.
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SEPTED
Basic Dates for OPERATION SAIL 1976
PRELIMINARY - Bare Bones Outline
Thursday, July 1, 1976 8 a.m.
All ships leave Newport, Rhode Island for
New York in 2 fleets.
1. All largest ships to head straight for
Sandy Hook and to participate in New
Jersey pre-parade event.
2. Smaller ships to proceed toward Hell
Gate via Long Island Sound, with stops
Friday night at such ports as Hundtington,
Oyster Bay, Sea Cliff, Port Washington,
Flushing and their counterpart points on
the New York side of the Sound.
Saturday, July 3, 1976
All day ceremonies at Sandy Hook for major
vessels at anchor.
All day passage of ships down East River from
Hell Gate, with their end anchorage point
being Sandy Hook or Gravesend Bay.
Sunday, July 4, 1976
Parade - starting at 10 a.m. concluding
around 2 p.m. Reviewing fleet to be made
up of Naval vessels, headed by a carrier and
support fleet; Coast Guard cutters and perhaps
50 foreign naval units, at anchor, on New Jers
side of Hudson River up to George Washington
Bridge.
Captains will all come together for brief
ceremonial. Ships will them proceed with aid
as required to assigned piers. Piers in all
5 boroughs and New Jersey to be used.
Monday, July 5, 1976
Grand Ball for cadets at Port Authority new
passenger ship terminal. Other balls for
officers, for paid crews, perhaps for Naval
crews at other locations (South Street,
Seamens Church Institute, etc.).
Tuesday, July 6, 1976
Ticker Tape Parade (held on regular working
day so business community can benefit). To
include all crew members, cadets, officers,
bands etc. from wll visiting ships: naval
vessels as well as sailing ships. From
Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall plaza.
Wednesday, July 7, 1976
Tuesday and Wednesday nights (also possibly
BERALD
Sunday) to be the nights that the cadets will
be offered a night in a typical American home
Some vessels will leave Wednesday.
Thursday, July 8, 1976
Remaining ships, perhaps with some except-
tions will leave.
General:
Tours will be available each day to historic
sites and recreational areas.
A large hospitality center will be available
for the cadets to meet with each other as well
as local youngsters.
Frank O. Braynard
Room 72N
One World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
(212) 466-1997
REVOLUTION
COVER PHOTO:
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE, magnifi-
cent sail training ship of the Coast Guard
AMERICAN
BICENTENNIAL
Academy, New London, Conn., which will be
1776-1976
host ship for OPERATION SAIL - - 1976.
to)
"Operation
SHIPS MADE AMERICA, AND IN THE SUM-
MER OF 1976 THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
WILL SALUTE OUR MARITIME HERITAGE.
Sail" 1976
SAIL TRAINING SHIPS OF THE WORLD WILL
Room 73 West
One World Trade Center
GATHER IN AMERICAN WATERS BRINGING
New York, N. Y. 10048
(212) 466-1997
THE MESSAGE THAT THE BROTHERHOOD
OF THE SEA IS REAL. THE RENDEZVOUS
I OFFICERS I
WILL INCLUDE VISITS AT MANY AMERICAN
SEAPORTS DURING 1976, KNOWN AS,
Rear Admiral John J. Bergen, USNR
"OPERATION SAIL- 1976" THE COLORFUL
Chairman Emeritus
EVENT IS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN
Emil Mosbacher, Jr.
REVOLUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRA-
Chairman
TION AS ONE OF ITS MAJOR EVENTS.
Henry Geyelin
Vice Chairman
7
Robert Hubner
Vice Chairman
Those interested in learning more about
Chairman of the Executive Committee
OPERATION SAIL may write to its head-
quarters office in Room 73 W, One World
Barclay Warburton, III
Vice Chairman
Trade Center, New York, New York
H. Alexander Salm
10048. Volunteers are urgently needed
President
at that office to type, file and help in many
different ways. Contact your local or Bi-
Caspar Ewig, Esq.
Secretary
centennial Commission.
Howard Slotnick
OPERATION SAIL 1976 is a tax ex-
Treasurer
empt, non-profit corporation. (Donations
Frank O. Braynard
are welcome. Please make out your check
General Manager
to OPERATION SAIL - - 1976.) The proj-
ect was started by the South Street Sea-
I BOARD OF DIRECTORS I
port Museum, famed maritime restoration
effort on New York's lower east side. It
Richard Aldrich
is recognized by the National American
Henry Dormitzer
Revolution Bicentennial Administration,
of Washington, and many state and city
Roger Fortin
bicentennial groups.
Walter S. Gubelmann
Bruce Inverarity
Jakob Isbrandtsen
Sailing Ships "LIBERTAD" and "EAGLE"
Alexander B. Lyon
Julian K. Roosevelt
Peter Stanford
Cdr. Donald Stewart
Ellen I. Sykes
A, R. G. Wallace, M.D.
Designed hv R Albracht RDAC USN
"Many nations still maintain sailing ships,
almost an anachronism in the nuclear age,
because they believe there is no better way
to build character in young men than sail
training."
HARALD, Crown Prince of Norway
There are perhaps 35 major sail training
ships in the world. In addition to these there
are countless smaller sailing crafts used for
training purposes. The Operation Sail com-
mittee, a private, non-profit organization of
sailing and maritime enthusiasts, has invited
these vessels to join in honoring our nation's
Sailing Ship "SAGRES" - Portugal
Danish Sailing Ship "DENMARK"
200th birthday by visits to American ports.
Cadets in Sailing Ship Rigging
THE PROGRAM
HIGH GOALS
The British Sail Training Association has in-
OPERATION SAIL has high goals. There is
vited the world's sail training ships, large and
truth to the brotherhood of the sea. It has a rea
small, to race across the Atlantic. Their sched-
meaning, especially today in the world 01
ule is as follows:
atomic power and great risk to humanity sur-
Sun., May 2, 1976
Race from an English
vival. We are all sailors aboard spaceship
port to Lisbon
earth. The oceans bind us together, and OP.
Thurs., May 13, 1976
Cruise in company
ERATION SAIL will make this truth evident tc
with crew interchange
many millions. It can be a positive force in the
from Lisbon to Tenerife
cementing of better relationships between the
Sun., May 23, 1976
Race from Tenerife to
peoples of the world. It will be.
Bermuda
An anticipated thousands of young people
Mon., June 21, 1976
Race from Bermuda to
from 20 to 30 nations will gather together, will
Newport, R.I. (At Ber-
sing together, will dance together, will parade
muda it is anticipated
together. Will lead the world together in the
that many vessels from
generation oncoming. It is planned that ships
the Far East, Austral-
from this fleet will be able to visit many other
asia, Latin America
ports on the Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes anc
and the United States
Pacific coasts after their rendezvous at New.
and Canada will join
port and New York.
the fleet.)
Their presence will remind America of its
The races will be run by the Sail Training
past maritime glories, will suggest that the
seas still have much to offer.
Association, which since 1956 has done so
much to publicize the cause of sail training.
After the trans-Atlantic race the entire fleet
"AMERIGO VESPUCCI" - Italy
will enjoy the hospitality of Newport, R.I., and
will engage in various inshore regatta activi-
ties. On Thursday, July 1, the ships will leave
Newport for the parade to New York. Those
too large to get under the historic Brooklyn
Bridge will go "outside" to Sandy Hook,
where they will be welcomed by N.J. resi-
dents. All the others will pass down through
Long Island Sound, with overnight stopovers,
on required - unique parts along the
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
June 23, 1975
MEMORANDUM FOR:
SUSAN FORD
MRS. FORD
VIA:
RED CAVANEY
FROM:
PETER SORUM
SUBJECT:
SUSAN FORD'S VISIT TO FLORIDA
June 26-29, 1975
Attached at TAB A is the proposed schedule for Susan's trip
to Florida.
APPROVE
DISAPPROVE
BACKGROUND
"Operation Sail 1976" is a Bicentennial program that will involve
the Nations of the World in a salute to our maritime heritage.
Sail training ships of the world will gather in American seaports,
bringing the message that the brotherhood of the sea is real.
"OP SAIL '76" is a Morgan Out Islander '41 which will sail to
many ports in the U.S. to publicize Operation Sail. Susan will
christen this boat in St. Petersburg and take the first cruise,
which will include a turn at the helm. Susan will also become the
first cadet of Operation Sail.
Following a full day of activities, Susan will have a free evening
on Friday and will drive to Orlando on Saturday to visit the Dr.
Thomas Ford family. On Sunday, Susan will visit Disney World,
prior to returning to Washington on Sunday evening.
STAND
6/23/75
2:30 pm
PROPOSED SCHEDULE
SUSAN FORD'S VISIT
TO FLORIDA
June 26-29, 1975
THURSDAY, JUNE 26, 1975
4:30 pm
Susan boards motorcade on South Grounds.
(EDT)
MOTORCADE DEPARTS South Grounds en route
Washington National Airport.
[Driving time: 25 minutes]
4:55 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Washington National Airport
(North Terminal).
Susan proceeds to National Airlines for check-in
and boarding.
5:15 pm
NATIONAL AIRLINES (Flight #443) DEPARTS
Washington National Airport en route Tampa,
Florida.
Flying time: 2 hours, 46 minutes]
[No time change]
Dinner will be served en route.
NOTE: Flight has one stop.
8:01 pm
NATIONAL AIRLINES (Flight #443) ARRIVES
Tampa, Florida.
8:15 pm
Susan departs aircraft and proceeds to motorcade
for boarding.
8:20 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Tampa, Florida, en route
The Breckenridge, St. Petersburg, Florida.
[Driving time: 55 minutes]
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9:15 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES The Breckenridge.
Susan will be met by:
Hotel Representative
OP SAIL '76 Representative
9:20 pm
Susan proceeds to Suite.
9:25 pm
Susan arrives Suite.
REMAIN OVERNIGHT
FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1975
9:10 am
Susan departs Suite en route motorcade for boarding.
MOTORCADE DEPARTS The Breckenridge en route
The Pier Restaurant.
[Driving time: 40 minutes]
9:55 am
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Pier Restaurant.
Susan will be met by:
Susan, escorted by
proceeds to
3rd floor assembly room.
10:00 am
Susan arrives assembly room for program briefing.
10:40 am
Susan departs briefing room en route parade vehicle.
10:45 am
Susan arrives parade vehicle and takes her seat.
10:46 am
PARADE DEPARTS en route Bounty Exhibit.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
CROWD SITUATION
11:00 am
PARADE ARRIVES Bounty Exhibit.
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11:01 am
Susan departs parade vehicle and proceeds to platform.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
11:05 am
Susan arrives platform and takes her seat.
11:06 am
Master of Ceremonies offers opening remarks.
11:12 am
Leon Schertler offers remarks.
11:17 am
Remarks by Governor Reuben Asken (D-Fla.)
11:25 am
Remarks by British representative.
11:30 am
Presentation of Bicentennial recognition by
John Warner.
11:40 am
Introduction of Susan Ford and presentation
of OP SAIL burgee.
11:45 am
Susan accepts OP SAIL burgee and offers remarks.
FULL PRESS COVERAGE
11:48 am
Remarks conclude.
Susan, escorted by,
,
proceeds to Morgan
Out Islander 41 for christening ceremony.
11:50 am
Susan arrives christening location and awaits signal.
11:53 am
Susan christens "OP SAIL '76" by breaking champagne
bottle on anchor.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
11:57 am
Susan will be presented flowers by a representative
of the people of St. Petersburg.
11:58 am
Master of Ceremonies concludes program.
12:00 Noon
Susan boards OP SAIL '76.
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12:10 pm
OP SAIL '76 DEPARTS to Cannon Salute.
12:17 pm
St. Petersburg sailing fleet "Passes in Review. "
12:30 pm
Cruise begins.
NOTE: Press launches will be along side.
Susan will tak e the helm. Luncheon will
served onboard.
3:00 pm
Cruise concludes.
3:10 pm
Susan proceeds to 3rd floor of the Pier Restaurant.
3:15 pm
Susan arrives 3rd floor for informal reception.
3:55 pm
Susan departs reception en route motorcade for
boarding.
4:00 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Pier Restaurant en route
The Breckenridge.
[Driving time: 40 minutes]
4:40 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES The Breckenridge.
Susan proceeds to Suite.
4:45 pm
Susan arrives Suite.
REMAIN OVERNIGHT
SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1975
7:55 am
Susan departs Suite en route motorcade for boarding.
8:00 am
MOTORCADE DEPARTS The Breckenridge en route.
Disney World Polynesian Village.
[Driving time: 2 hours, 15 minutes]
10:15 am
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Disney World Polynesian
Village.
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Susan will be met by:
Hotel Representative
10:20 am
Susan proceeds to her Suite.
10:25 am
Susan arrives Suite.
PERSONAL TIME: 6 hours, 30 minutes
4:55 pm
Susan departs Suite en route motorcade for boarding.
5:00 pm
MOTORÇADE DEPARTS Disney World Polynesian
Village en route Dr. Thomas Ford, Jr. 's Residence.
[Driving time: 45 minutes]
5:45 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Dr. Thomas Ford Residence.
Susan proceeds inside residence for private dinner.
9:30 pm
Susan departs residence en route motorcade for
boarding.
9:35 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Dr. Thomas Ford Residence
en route Disney World Polynesian Village.
[Driving time: 45 minutes]
10:20 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Polynesian Village.
Susan proceeds to Suite.
10:25 pm
Susan arrives Suite.
REMAIN OVERNIGHT
SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1975
10:15 am
Susan departs Suite en route Monorail.
10:20 am
Susan arrives Monorail and takes her seat.
MONORAIL DEPARTS Polynesian Village en route
The Magic Kingdom.
[Riding time: 5 minutes]
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10:25 am
MONORAIL ARRIVES The Magic Kingdom.
Susan proceeds to the Magic Kingdom entrance to
be met by Micky Mouse, Goofy and Pluto.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
10:35 am
Susan proceeds to the Jungle Cruise.
10:40 am
Susan arrives Jungle Cruise and boards boat.
OPEN PRESS COVERAGE
JUNGLE CRUISE DEPARTS for tour.
10:55 am
JUNGLE CRUISE concludes.
Susan proceeds on informal tour of Disney World
attractions.
OFFICIAL PHOTO COVERAGE
3:45 pm
Susan departs Magic Kingdom en route launch.
3:50 pm
LAUNCH DEPARTS Magic Kingdom en route
Polynesian Village.
[Riding time: 10 minutes]
4:00 pm
LAUNCH ARRIVES Polynesian Village.
Susan proceeds to Suite.
4:05 pm
Susan arrives Suite.
PERSONAL TIME: 1 hour, 30 minutes
5:35 pm
Susan departs Suite en route motorcade for boarding.
5:40 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Polynesian Village en route
Orlando International Airport.
[Driving time: 45 minutes]
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6:25 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES Orlando International Airport.
Susan proceeds to National Airlines gate for passenger
check-in and boarding.
6:55 pm
NATIONAL AIRLINES (Flight #424) DEPARTS Orlando,
Florida, en route Washington National Airport.
[Flying time: 2 hours, 44 minutes]
8:39 pm
NATIONAL AIRLINES ARRIVES Washington National
Airport.
Susan proceeds to motorcade for boarding.
8:50 pm
MOTORCADE DEPARTS Washington National Airport
en route South Grounds.
[Driving time: 15 minutes]
9:05 pm
MOTORCADE ARRIVES South Grounds.
wayne h.dickson public relations
MEMORANDUM
TO:
All associated with working details of OP SAIL Christening
FROM:
Wayne H. Dickson
DATE:
June 11, 1975
For the sake of time, we are sending this most preliminary scenario
to you without further delay. Because of last minute changes and
other mistakes, this piece is heavily edited, so please accept my
apologies. However, we do want to get this into your hands without
delay.
I will be out of town on business for the week of June 15th and will
be returning on the 22nd. Don Higgins has my schedule and can reach
me if needed. Leon Schertler and I have reviewed the enclosed schedule
of events with Peter Sorum of the White House and found everything we
have suggested to his liking. All activities are now set in motion.
Final changes will be made in this scenario during the week of June 22.
Don Higgins, Julian Davies and Leon Schertler are the primary people
to contact in my absence.
GERALD
235 Southern Building N.W. . Washington, D.C. 2OOO5.(202)347-2397
Initial Working Details
1.
White House Press release
-- June 20th
2.
Purchase 5 bottles champaign
-- Wayne Dickson
scored and wrapped
3.
Leon Schertler and M.C. dressed
in Blue blazers & white trousers
--
to be decided
4.
Fleet of cars
-- Pat Mason, St. Petersburg
5.
Audio system
-- Dick Dailey, St. Petersburg
6.
Floating Platoon for press
-- Dick Dailey
7.
Press Contacts:
1. Dick Dailey - local press
2. Julian Davies - Marine press
3. Jim 'Dougherty - National press
8. Invitations - Leon Schertler
9.
OP SAIL photo blow-ups for reception -- Julian Davies
10. Portable communications for:
1. Dick Dailey
-- Dick Dailey
2. Don Higgins
3. Wayne Dickson
4. Julian Davies
11. Trailer rostrum for ceremony
-- Dick Dailey
12. OP SAIL '76 - Year Of The Sail"
Banner for trailer rostrum and
-- Julian Davies
The Pier Restaurant
13. Special Invitations to:
is
SEALO
FORD
1. British Ambassador
2. Governor Askew
3. Both Fla. Senators (Childs & Stone)
ANVAGIT
4. Congressman Young
5. John Warner
6. St. Petersburg's Mayor
-- Leon Schertler
14. Invitation list of local
-- from D. Dailey to J. Davies
St. Petersburg dignitaries
to OP SAIL, N. Y.
15. Assignment of boats for
official party & press boat
--
to be decided
16. Band (Navy or Coast Guard)
--
D. Higgins & Julian Davies
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Initial Working Details (cont'd.)
Page 2
17. Arrange for sail boats to pass
-
Pat Mason
in review and to be licensed,
&
Coast Guard Control, etc.
Julian Davies
18. Arrange for house photographers
--
Julian Davies
19. Police, fire, rescue
---
Secret Service
20. Preparation of ceremony grounds --
Dick Dailey
21. Coordinate Fife & Drum Corps
and arrange for Pier Vehicles
--
Don Higgins & Julian Davies
22. Coordination with Bounty to
--
Pat Mason
fire salutes at christening
&
and as OP SAIL goes into
Hugh Boyd
Tampa Bay
23. Bicentennial Flags, OP SAIL
flags, burgees, insignias, ties,
framed insignia for Susan Ford
--
Leon Schertler
sent to Wayne Dickson
24. Order OP SAIL T-shirts for crews --
Wayne Dickson
25. Determine Official hotel
--
Wayne Dickson and
and working office
Don Higgins
26. Establish press headquarters
--
Julian Davies
27. Arrange press briefing on
June 26 or 27
--
Wayne Dickson
28. Young lady and flowers for
Dick Dailey and
presentation to Susan Ford
--
Pat Mason
29.
Remarks at rostrum:
Master of ceremonies
--
D. Higgins & Jim O'Dougherty
Governor Askew
--
Governor's office
British Ambassador
--
Ambassador's office
Mr. John Warner
--
Capt. Harry Allendorfer
Mayor Charles Schuh
--
Dick Dailey
FORD of 97VS39 LIBRARY
PRELIMINARY
Fact Sheet And Script
Christening Ceremonies
For
Operation Sail '76 Executive Flag Ship
OP SAIL '76
Friday, June 27, 1975
The Municipal Pier
St. Petersberg, Florida
Principal Dignitaries:
Miss Susan Ford
Mr. Alex Salm, Pres. of Operatio
Sail '76
Governor Ruebin Askew
His Excellency The Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham - Br.
Ambassador to U.S.
Senator Lawton Childs - Fla.
Senator Richard Stone - Fla.
Congressman C. W. Young - Fla.
Mr. John Warner, Administrator -
ARBA
The Honorable Charles R. Schuh
Mayor of St. Petersberg, Fla
Mr. Hugh Drummand, Pres. Morgan
Yacht Company
Persons To Contact For
Working Arrangements
And Details:
Mr. Peter Sorum
The White House 202/456-2816
Mr. Wayne H. Dickson - Coordinat
OP SAIL '76 Christening
Office - 202/347-2397
Home - 301/924-3509
Captain John HARRY Alendorfer, Dir.
Special Events, ARBA -
202/634-1742
Mr. Donald Higgins - Op. Sail
703/591-4115
GEALE FORD
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Fact Sheet And Script
Page 2
(cont'd.)
Persons To Contact For
Working Arrangements
And Details:
Mr. Julian Davies - Op. Sail
Office - 212/586-2333.
Home - 212/861-7223
Mr. James O'Dougherty - Op.
Sail - 212/466-1997
Others Involved With
Working Details:
Mr. Richard Daily, Chief
City News Bureau,
St. Petersberg, Fla.
Office - 813/893-7465
Home - 813/522-3098
Mrs. Pat Mason, Coordinator,
St. Petersberg Bicentennia
Office
Mr. Stanton Hudgins, Mgr.
The Pier (For Reception)
813/821-4255
Mr. Randy Piatt, Res. Mgr.
The Breckenridge (Primary
Hotel) - 813/360-1833
Miss Joan Bayless - Hilton
Hotel (Secondary Hotel
& OP Sail Press Hqtrs.)
813/896-1111
Mr. Hugh Boyd, Mgr. - The
Bounty Exhibit -
813/896-3117
Mr. Roy Aerts, Dir. - Fife &
Drum Corps. - 813/585-5606
Home - 813/584-0819
Mr. S. Seger, Seger TV Audio
Equipt. & Control
GERMA RAFORD LIBRAi
Preliminary Scheduling
To Be Modified As Necessary. Please Send Your Comments to
Wayne H. Dickson, 235 Southern Bldg., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005
or Phone 202/347-2397.
June 26.
Miss Ford, Ambassador Peter, Ramsbotham, Mr. Warner and other dignitaries
will arrive in St. Petersmberg. It is recommended --- based on preliminary
advance --- that Christening Ceremony dignitaries stay at the Breckenridge
Hotel on the beach side of St. Petersberg. It is by far the most accom-
modating hotel and offers the greatest privacy. A sufficient block of rooms
has been set aside for this purpose. Reservations must be made on an in-
dividual basis. Drive time from the airport to the Breckenridge is 60 min.
From the Breckenridge to the site of the christening at the Municipal Pier
and the Bounty Exhibit is 25 min. Drive time from the airport to the
Municipal Pier is 40 min.
The only reasonable alternative to the Breckenridge is the Hilton downtown
which is just a few blocks from the Pier. However, we found the accommoda-
tions far less appealing and the hotel and sleeping rooms quite warm to hot.
Their air conditioning system doesn't seem capable of handling the 90 to 95
degree termperatures typical of St. Petersberg this time of year.
Comparative costs: Double at the Breckenridge is $24.00 per day and the
Hilton is $19.00. These are special rates we were able to negotiate with
the managements.
Most members of the marine, weekly and daily working press expected to be
in St. Petersberg by the evening of the 26th. A press facility has been
established at the nearby Hilton Hotel. Room number to be announced on
the 23rd.
Morgan Yacht (donator of the 41-foot OP SAIL Executive Flagship) will host
a reception for the marine press at the Pier Restaurant which adjoins the
Bounty Exhibit at the Municipal Pier. The recption will be held on the
third floor and is by invitation only. The purpose of this reception is
to show a film of the Operation Sail Bicentennial Program and additional
slides of the boats and other aspects of the year-long program. It is
hoped that this presentation will generate the necessary interest to pro-
duce extensive marine press coverage of Operation Sail through the rest
of 1975 and all of 1976.
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 2
June 27
10:00 a.m.
The official party will arrive at the Pier Restaurant ---
4th floor to assemble for the event and receive a final
briefing of all activities from Mr. Dickson. Coffee, Fla.
orange juice and pastry will be served.
Invited guests will be:
Miss Susan Ford and her guest
Mr Alex The Master of ceremonies
Governor Askew
be Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Senator Childs
Senator Stone
Congressman Young
Mr. Warner
Mayor Schuh
Mr. Drummand
Mr. Leon Chirtler Schertler
Admiral Wagner
Dr. Joseph Murphy, Pres. of Queens College
Edwin D. Peck, Esq., Chairman, St. Petersberg Bicentennial Comm.
Mr. Donald Pride, Exec. Dir., Fla. Bicentennial Commission
Dr. Johnnie Ruth Clarke
Mr. William F. O'Neil, Chairman, Pinellas County, Bicentennial
others Committee to Be decided.
10:30 a.m.
Fife & Drum Corps in place at front entrance of The Pier.
Pier vehicles will be in place at front door to transport
the official party to the ceremony site.
10:40 a.m.
Official party leaves the meeting room.
10:45 a.m.
Official party in Pier vehicles.
Fife & Drum Corps begins procession down Municipal Pier
thoroughfare.
11:00 a.m.
Official party arrives at christening location beside the
Bounty. A coast guard band will be playing appropriate music
in keeping with the Bicentennial.
11:05 a.m.
The official party will be on the rostrum and seated. Name
tags will be on each seat.
Those to be seated on the rostrum are:
Miss Ford
Mr. Salm M.C.
Congressman Young
Mr. Warner
Governor Askew
Mayor Schuh
Ambassador Ramsbotham
Mr. Shirtler Schertler
Senator Childs
Senator Stone
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 3
M.C.
11:05 a.m.
Mr Salm, President of OP SAIL, representing Mr. Emil
Mosbacher, Jr goes to the standing microphone and he
welcomes dignitaries and guests and recognizes selected
dignitaries seated in the audience. He recognizes those
dignitaties on the rostrum who will not be participating
in the ceremonies.
In his prepared remarks he will draw a significance of this
event being held along side Bounty and will give the back-
ground, purposes and proposed activities for OP SAIL '76.
M.C.
Schertler
11:12 a.m.
Mr. Salm will introduce Leon Shirtler of OP SAIL who will
describe how the Morgan 41 Executive Flag Ship will be used
during 1975 and the various ports of call that OP SAIL will
be making in 1976. Mr. Shiewler will tie in the particular
significance of this christening with the overall OP SAIL
activities. He will persent OP SAIL sertibicate to Mayor Schuh
M.C.
Schertler
11:17 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Mr. Shirtler and introduces Governor Rubbin
Askew. The Governor is expected to welcome the guests to
Florida, mention that St. Petersburg has been recognized as
a Bicentennial and the appropriate place for the christening
of OP SAIL in St. Petersburg along side the famous Bounty.
He is expected to express Florida's dedication to OP SAIL
and the Bicentennial, etc.
M.C.
11:21 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Governor Askew. He then introduced ARBA
Administrator, John Warner. Mr. Warner will comment on the
pertinence of OP SAIL as the major international Bicentennial
event. The importance of OP SAIL for building international
understanding by virtue of the fact that thousands of foreign
visitors aboard the Operation SAIL vessels will be coming to
major port cities of the United States during 1976.
Then, with other appropriate remarks, Mr. Warner will recog-
nize OP SAIL as an official program of the Bicentennial and
present the Bicentennial Flag to Mr. Salm. M.C.
Mr. M.C. Salm will accept the flag and express his dedication and
that of all those involved with operation SAIL to the Bicen-
tennial. He will then explain that as Op SAIL '76 goes on its
maiden voyage aboard the Executive Flag Ship, the Bicentennial
Flag will be hoisted with great pride and deep appreciation
to Mr. Warner and the officials of the American Revolution
Bicentennial Admin.
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 4
M.C.
11:30 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Mr. Warner. He then introduces the
Ambassador from Great Britain, His Excellency The Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham.
The Ambassador will discuss the international aspects of
operation SAIL. The number of ships coming from England
and the importance of the enormous international understand-
ing that will be developed through OP SAIL.
The Ambassador will explain that Great Britain is playing a
major role in attracting the ships of the world to this mari-
time commemoration through the British Sail Training Assoc.
which is sponsoring a race across the Atlantic to America.
It will leave Plymouth on May 2, 1976 and race to Lisbon.
On May 13th the fleet will cruse in company from Lisbon to
the Canary Islands, setting sail on May 23 in a race to
Bermuda, and then, on June 20, sailing still another race to
Newport, Rhode Island. The last of the racing ships is ex-
pected to arrive in Newport by June 29th, and after two days
of festivities there, sponsored jointly by the British and
American Sail Training Associations, the fleet will set sail
for New York on the morning of July 1.
In keeping with the tone of these ceremonies, which we hope
will be light, fun and most informal, that the British Ambassador
will joke about sending an armada to the colonies once again
and other appropriate comments. We believe that Sir Ramsbotham
is in a perfect position to lighten the ceremonies and have
quite a bit of fun with his comments.
11:40 a.m.
m.c. Salm thanks the Ambassador. He will then announce the
highlight of the ceremonies. The Christening of the OP SAIL
Falg ship
OP SAIL '76. He will say how honored everyone
associated with OP SAIL is that Miss Susan Ford has agreed to
join this occasion which emphasizes the importance of the
operation SAIL Bicentennial program. Miss Ford's presence also
represents the emphasis OP SAIL '76 has placed on youth in-
volvement and training, as well as a strong determination to
involve the youth of the world in America's Bicentennial and
the magnificent, exhilarating experience of sailing. Miss
Ford will be the first cadet aboard OP SAIL and as such we
would like to present the first operation SAIL burgee to Miss
Ford. At this point he calls Miss Ford forward and presents
her with the framed burgee. As she rises to the microphone
but before he actually makes the presentation he will announce
that following the christening of OP SAIL '76 Miss Ford and
other dignitaries and the press will join OP SAIL '76 on her
maiden voyage during which Miss Ford will be given the oppor-
tunity to take the helm of this Flag ship inagurating an
exciting Bicentennial event.
GERALD
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 5
M.C,
Mr. Salm introduces Miss Ford, "Who will christen the
Morgan Out Islander 41 as OP SAIL '76." Miss Ford will
go to microphone and express her personal and her parents
delight with the development of the Operation SAIL Bicen-
tennial program. She will express the importance such a
youth oriented Bicentennial program which has been initiated
for the young people of America and of other countries as well.
She will say that she will keep a close watch on OP SAIL and
its progress during the remainder of 1975 and especially during
THE YEAR OF THE SAIL --- 1976.
M.C.
Mr. Salm will then escort Miss Ford to the yacht. The other
guest will follow but will stay out of camera range. Mr. M.C.
Salm will wait for a signal from Mr. Dickson that the press
is situated and ready.
M.C.
Mr Salm will hand the bottle of champaign to Miss Ford. He
will then step back from picture range.
Miss Ford will then say "I Christen thee OP SAIL '76" and
break the bottle over the anchor just below the pulpit.
(Four other bottles will be on hand if the press needs addi-
tional shots).
M.C.
At the end of the Christening Mr. Salm will announce over
the microphone, which is at the Yacht, that the people of
St. Petersburg would like to make a presentation to Miss Ford.
At that time an attractive young seven or eight year old girl
(dressed in colonial costume if possible) will bring Miss Ford
an arrangement of red and white flowers with red, white and
blue ribbons, etc.
12- Noon. Mr. Salm will then go to the microphone and say, "We will
now take Miss Ford
as our first cadet
on the
maiden voyage of OP SAIL which will be a three hour cruise
in Tampa Bay. We will be returning to the Municipal Pier at
3:00 pr.m.
" Thank you all for joining us in launching OP SAIL '76."
FORDS 07V830 LIBRARY
Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 6
Those joining cruise on OP SAIL '76 will be decided at a
later date as well as boat assignments for the other Morgan
Yachts which will join the cruise
12:10-
Everyone will be on board OP SAIL and will power out into
the inlet while receiving cannon salutes from the Bounty.
12: p.m
As soon as OP SAIL '76 proceeds into the Tampa Bay, she will
hold in position while the St. Petersburg's sailing fleet
"Passes In Review" to honor Operation Sail and Miss Ford.
Simultaneously with this the other boats will board and
depart which will include one Morgan 41, two Morgan 51s
and the Coast Guard Cutters which will house the bonafied
working press only.
12:30pm All boats will be along side OP SAIL and the cruise begins.
3:00pm
The Operation Sail fleet will return to the end of the
Municipal Pier. Soon as all people are off the press will
be invited to tour OP SAIL '76. The official party from all
boats and the press will proceede to the fourth floor recep-
tion area of "The Pier Restaurant" for the catered reception
to be attended by Miss Ford, the official party, the press
and invited guests.
Op Sail '76 mugs will be presented to each guest as a momento
of the occasion.
5:00 p.m.
The reception will end which will bring to a close the
Christening Ceremony for OP SAIL '76.
GREATO
OF
LIBRARY
Preliminary Scheduling
To Be Modified As Necessary. Please Send Your Comments to
Wayne H. Dickson, 235 Southern Bldg., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005
or Phone 202/347-2397.
June 26
Miss Ford, Ambassador Peter Ramsbotham, Mr. Warner and other dignitaries
will arrive in St. Petersmberg. It is recommended --- based on preliminary
advance ---- that Christening Ceremony dignitaries stay at the Breckenridge
Hotel on the beach side of St. Petersberg. It is by far the most accom-
modating hotel and offers the greatest privacy. A sufficient block of room
has been set aside for this purpose. Reservations must be made on an in-
dividual basis. Drive time from the airport to the Breckenridge is 60 min.
From the Breckenridge to the site of the christening at the Municipal Pier
and the Bounty Exhibit is 25 min. Drive time from the airport to the
Municipal Pier is 40 min.
The only reasonable alternative to the Breckenridge is the Hilton downtown
which is just a few blocks from the Pier. However, we found the accommoda.
tions far less appealing and the hotel and sleeping rooms quite warm to hot
Their air conditioning system doesn't seem capable of handling the 90 to 9!
degree termperatures typical of St. Petersberg this time of year.
Comparative costs: Double at the Breckenridge is $24.00 per day and the
Hilton is $19.00. These are special rates we were able to negotiate with
the managements.
Most members of the marine, weekly and daily working press expected to be
in St. Petersberg by the evening of the 26th. A press facility has been
established at the nearby Hilton Hotel. Room number to be announced on
the 23rd.
Morgan Yacht (donator of the 41-foot OP SAIL Executive Flagship) will host
a reception for the marine press at the Pier Restaurant which adjoins the
Bounty Exhibit at the Municipal Pier. The recption will be held on the
third floor and is by invitation only. The purpose of this reception is
to show a film of the Operation Sail Bicentennial Program and additional
slides of the boats and other aspects of the year-long program. It is
hoped that this presentation will generate the necessary interest to pro-
duce extensive marine press coverage of Operation Sail through the rest
of 1975 and all of 1976.
Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 2
June 27
10:00 a.m.
The official party will arrive at the Pier Restaurant ---
4th floor to assemble for the event and receive a final
briefing of all activities from Mr. Dickson. Coffee, Fla.
orange juice and pastry will be served.
Invited guests will be:
Miss Susan Ford and her guest
Mr Alex Salm The Master of ceremonies
Governor Askew
the Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham
Senator Childs
Senator Stone
Congressman Young
Mr. Warner
Mayor Schuh
Mr. Drummand
Mr. Leon Chirtler Schertler
Admiral Wagner
Dr. Joseph Murphy, Pres. of Queens College
Edwin D. Peck, Esq., Chairman, St. Petersberg Bicentennial Com
Mr. Donald Pride, Exec. Dir., Fla. Bicentennial Commission
Dr. Johnnie Ruth Clarke
Mr. William F. O'Neil, Chairman, Pinellas County, Bicentennial
others Committee to Be decided.
10:30 a.m.
Fife & Drum Corps in place at front entrance of The Pier.
Pier vehicles will be in place at front door to transport
the official party to the ceremony site.
10:40 a.m.
Official party leaves the meeting room.
10:45 a.m.
Official party in Pier vehicles.
Fife & Drum Corps begins procession down Municipal Pier
thoroughfare.
11:00 a.m.
Official party arrives at christening location beside the
Bounty. A coast guard band will be playing appropriate music
in keeping with the Bicentennial.
11:05 a.m.
The official party will be on the rostrum and seated. Name
tags will be on each seat.
Those to be seated on the rostrum are:
Miss Ford
Congressman Young
SEALO R. FORD E
Mr. Salm M.C.
Mr. Warner
Governor Askew
Mayor Schuh
Ambassador Ramsbotham
Mr. Shirtler Schertler
Senator Childs
Senator Stone
Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 3
M.C.
11:05 a.m.
Mr. Salm, President of or SAIL, representing Mr. Emil
Mosbacher, Jr. goes to the standing microphone and he
welcomes dignitaries and guests and recognizes selected
dignitaries seated in the audience. He recognizes those
dignitaties on the rostrum who will not be participating
in the ceremonies.
In his prepared remarks he will draw a significance of this
event being held along side Bounty and will give the back-
ground, purposes and proposed activities for OP SAIL '76.
M.C.
Schertler
11:12 a.m.
Mr. Salm will introduce Leon Shirtler of OP SAIL who will
describe how the Morgan 41 Executive Flag Ship will be used
during 1975 and the various ports of call that OP SAIL will
be making in 1976. Mr. Shiewler will tie in the particular
significance of this christening with the overall OP SAIL
activities. He will persent OD SAIL Certibicate to Mayor Schuh
M.C.
Schertler
11:17 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Mr. Shirtler and introduces Governor Rubbin
Askew. The Governor is expected to welcome the guests to
Florida, mention that St. Petersburg has been recognized as
a Bicentennial and the appropriate place for the christening
of OP SAIL in St. Petersburg along side the famous Bounty.
He is expected to express Florida's dedication to OP SAIL
and the Bicentennial, etc.
M.C.
11:21 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Governor Askew. He then introduced ARBA
Administrator, John Warner. Mr. Warner will comment on the
pertinence of OP SAIL as the major international Bicentennial
event. The importance of OP SAIL for building international
understanding by virtue of the fact that thousands of foreign
visitors aboard the Operation SAIL vessels will be coming to
major port cities of the United States during 1976.
Then, with other appropriate remarks, Mr. Warner will recog-
nize OP SAIL as an official program of the Bicentennial and
present the Bicentennial Flag to Mr. Salm. M.C.
M.C.
Mr. Salm will accept the flag and express his dedication and
that of all those involved with operation SAIL to the Bicen-
tennial. He will then explain that as Op SAIL '76 goes on its
maiden voyage aboard the Executive Flag Ship, the Bicentennial
Flag will be hoisted with great pride and deep appreciation
to Mr. Warner and the officials of the American Revolution
Bicentennial Admin.
FORD LIBRARY
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 4
M.C.
11:30 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks Mr. Warner. He then introduces the
Ambassador from Great Britain; His Excellency The Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham.
The Ambassador will discuss the international aspects of
operation SAIL. The number of ships coming from England
and the importance of the enormous international understand-
ing that will be developed through OP SAIL.
The Ambassador will explain that Great Britain is playing a
major role in attracting the ships of the world to this mari-
time commemoration through the British Sail Training Assoc.
which is sponsoring a race across the Atlantic to America
It will leave Plymouth on May 2, 1976 and race to Lisbon.
On May 13th the fleet will cruse in company from Lisbon to
the Canary Islands, setting sail on May 23 in a race to
Bermuda, and then, on June 20, sailing still another race to
Newport, Rhode Island. The last of the racing ships is ex-
pected to arrive in Newport by June 29th, and after two days
of festivities there, sponsored jointly by the British and
American Sail Training Associations, the fleet will set sail
for New York on the morning of July 1.
In keeping with the tone of these ceremonies, which we hope
will be light, fun and most informal, that the British Ambassad
will joke about sending an armada to the colonies once again
and other appropriate comments. We believe that Sir Ramsbotha
is in a perfect position to lighten the ceremonies and have
quite a bit of fun with his comments.
M.C.
11:40 a.m.
Mr. Salm thanks the Ambassador. He will then announce the
highlight of the ceremonies. The Christening of the OP SAIL
Falg ship
OP SAIL '76. He will say how honored everyone
associated with OP SAIL is that Miss Susan Ford has agreed to
join this occasion which emphasizes the importance of the
operation SAIL Bicentennial program. Miss Ford's presence als
represents the emphasis OP SAIL '76 has placed on youth in-
volvement and training, as well as a strong determination to
involve the youth of the world in America's Bicentennial and
the magnificent, exhilarating experience of sailing. Miss
Ford will be the first cadet aboard OP SAIL and as such we
would like to present the first operation SAIL burgee to Miss
Ford. At this point he calls Miss Ford forward and presents
her with the framed burgee. As she rises to the microphone
but before he actually makes the presentation he will announce
that following the christening of OP SAIL '76 Miss Ford and
other dignitaries and the press will join OP SAIL '76 on her
maiden voyage during which Miss Ford will be given the oppor-
tunity to take the helm of this Flag ship inagurating an
exciting Bicentennial event.
-more-
Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 5
M.C,
Mr. Salm introduces Miss Ford, "Who will christen the
Morgan Out Islander 41 as OP SAIL '76." Miss Ford will
go to microphone and express her personal and her parents
delight with the development of the Operation SAIL Bicen-
tennial program. She will express the importance such a
youth oriented Bicentennial program which has been initiated
for the young people of America and of other countries as well
She will say that she will keep a close watch on OP SAIL and
its progress during the remainder of 1975 and especially durin
THE YEAR OF THE SAIL -- 1976.
M.C.
Mr. Salm will then escort Miss Ford to the yacht. The other
guest will follow but will stay out of camera range. Mr. C.
Salm will wait for a signal from Mr. Dickson that the press
is situated and ready.
M.C.
Mr Salm will hand the bottle of champaign to Miss Ford. He
will then step back from picture range.
Miss Ford will then say "I Christen thee OP SAIL '76" and
break the bottle over the anchor just below the pulpit.
(Four other bottles will be on hand if the press needs addi-
tional shots).
M.C.
At the end of the Christening Mr. Salm will announce over
the microphone, which is at the Yacht, that the people of
St. Petersburg would like to make a presentation to Miss Ford.
At that time an attractive young seven or eight year old girl
(dressed in colonial costume if possible) will bring Miss Ford
an arrangement of red and white flowers with red, white and
blue ribbons, etc.
12- Noon. Mr. Salm will then go to the microphone and say, "We will
not take Miss Ford
as our first cadet
on the
maiden voyage of OP SAIL which will be a three hour cruise
in Tampa Bay. We will be returning to the Municipal Pier at
3:00 p...m.
11 Thank you all for joining us in launching OP SAIL '76."
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Preliminary Scheduling (cont'd.)
Page 6
Those joining cruise on OP SAIL '76 will be decided at a
later date as well as boat assignments for the other Morgan
Yachts which will join the cruise .
12:10-
Everyone will be on board OP SAIL and will power out into
the inlet while receiving cannon salutes from the Bounty.
12:17p.m As soon as OP SAIL '76 proceeds into the Tampa Bay, she will
hold in position while the St. Petersburg's sailing fleet
"Passes In Review" to honor Operation Sail and Miss Ford.
Simultaneously with this the other boats will board and
depart which will include one Morgan 41, two Morgan 51s
and the Coast Guard Cutters which will house the bonafied
working press only.
12:
30p.m
All boats will be along side OP SAIL and the cruise begins.
3:00pm
The Operation Sail fleet will return to the end of the
Municipal Pier. Soon as all people are off the press will
be invited to tour OP SAIL '76. The official party from all
boats and the press will proceede to the fourth floor recep-
tion area of "The Pier Restaurant" for the catered reception
to be attended by Miss Ford, the official party, the press
and invited guests.
Op Sail '76 mugs will be presented to each guest as a momento
of the occasion.
5:00 p.m.
The reception will end which will bring to a close the
Christening Ceremony for OP SAIL '76.
PRELIMINARY
Fact Sheet And Script
Christening Ceremonies
For
Operation Sail '76 Executive Flag Ship
OP SAIL '76
Friday, June 27, 1975
The Municipal Pier
St. Petersberg, Florida
Principal Dignitaries:
Miss Susan Ford
Mr. Alex Salm, Pres. of Opera
Sail '76
Governor Ruebin Askew
His Excellency The Honorable
Sir Peter Ramsbotham - Br
Ambassador to U.S.
Senator Lawton Childs - Fla.
Senator Richard Stone - Fla.
Congressman C. W. Young - Fla
Mr. John Warner, Administrato
ARBA
The Honorable Charles R. Schu
Mayor of St. Petersberg,
Mr. Hugh Drummand, Pres. Morg
Yacht Company
Persons To Contact For
Working Arrangements
And Details:
Mr. Peter Sorum
The White House 202/456-2816
Mr. Wayne H. Dickson - Coordi
OP SAIL '76 Christening
Office - 202/347-2397
Home - 301/924-3509
HARR
Captain John Alendorfer, Dir.
Special Events, ARBA -
FORD A DELATE LIBRARY
202/634-1742
Mr. Donald Higgins - Op. Sail
703/591-4115
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Fact Sheet And Script
Page 2
(cont'd.)
Persons To Contact For
Working Arrangements
And Details:
Mr. Julian Davies - Op. Sai
Office - 212/586-2333.
Home - 212/861-7223
Mr. James O'Dougherty - Op.
Sail - 212/466-1997
Others Involved With
Working Details:
Mr. Richard Daily, Chief
City News Bureau,
St. Petersberg, Fla.
Office - 813/893-7465
Home - 813/522-3098
Mrs. Pat Mason, Coordinator
St. Petersberg Bicenten
Office
Mr. Stanton Hudgins, Mgr.
The Pier (For Reception
813/821-4255
Mr. Randy Piatt, Řes. Mgr.
The Breckenridge (Prima
Hotel) - 813/360-1833
Miss Joan Bayless - Hilton
Hotel (Secondary Hotel
& OP Sail Press Hqtrs.)
813/896-1111
Mr. Hugh Boyd, Mgr. - The
Bounty Exhibit -
813/896-3117
Mr. Roy Aerts, Dir. - Fife
Drum Corps. - 813/585-5
Home - 813/584-0819
Mr. S. Seger, Seger TV Audi
Equipt. & Control
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Initial Working Details
1.
White House Press release
-- June 20th
2.
Purchase 5 bottles champaign
-- Wayne Dickson
scored and wrapped
3.
Leon Schertler and M.C. dressed
in Blue blazers & white trousers
--
to be decided
4.
Fleet of cars
-- Pat Mason, St. Petersburg
5.
Audio system
-- Dick Dailey, St. Petersbu
6.
Floating Platoon for press
--- Dick Dailey
7.
Press Contacts:
1. Dick Dailey - local press
2. Julian Davies - Marine press
3. Jim O'Dougherty - National press
8. Invitations - Leon Schertler
9.
OP SAIL photo blow-ups for reception -- Julian Davies
10. Portable communications for:
1. Dick Dailey
-- Dick Dailey
2. Don Higgins
3. Wayne Dickson
4. Julian Davies
11. Trailer rostrum for ceremony
-- Dick Dailey
12. OP SAIL '76 - Year Of The Sail"
Banner for trailer rostrum and
-- Julian Davies
The Pier Restaurant
13. Special Invitations to:
1. British Ambassador
2. Governor Askew
3. Both Fla. Senators (Childs & Stone)
4. Congressman Young
5. John Warner
6. St. Petersburg's Mayor
-- Leon Schertler
14. Invitation list of local
-- from D. Dailey to J. Davie
St. Petersburg dignitaries
to OP SAIL, N. Y.
15. Assignment of boats for
official party & press boat
--
to be decided
is
FORD
16. Band (Navy or Coast Guard)
GERALD
D. Higgins & Julian Davies
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Initial Working Details (cont'd.)
Page 2
17. Arrange for sail boats to pass
-
Pat Mason
in review and to be licensed,
&
Coast Guard Control, etc.
Julian Davies
18. Arrange for house photographers
--
Julian Davies
19. Police, fire, rescue
---
Secret Service
20. Preparation of ceremony grounds --
Dick Dailey
21. Coordinate Fife & Drum Corps
and arrange for Pier Vehicles
- -
Don Higgins & Julian Davies
22. Coordination with Bounty to
--
Pat Mason
fire salutes at christening
&
and as OP SAIL goes into
Hugh Boyd
Tampa Bay
23. Bicentennial Flags, OP SAIL
flags, burgees, insignias, ties,
framed insignia for Susan Ford
--
Leon Schertler
sent to Wayne Dickson
24. Order OP SAIL T-shirts for crews --
Wayne Dickson
25. Determine Official hotel
--
Wayne Dickson and
and working office
Don Higgins
26. Establish press headquarters
- -
Julian Davies
27. Arrange press briefing on
June 26 or 27
- -
Wayne Dickson
28. Young lady and flowers for
Dick Dailey and
presentation to Susan Ford
--
Pat Mason
29. Remarks at rostrum:
Master of çeremonies
--
D. Higgins & Jim O'Dougherty
Governor Askew
--
Governor's office
British Ambassador
--
Ambassador's office
Mr. John Warner
--
Capt. Harry Allendorfer
Mayor Charles Schuh
--
Dick Dailey
STATE
Basic Dates for OPERATION SAIL 1976 - PRELIMINARY - Bare Bones Outline
Thursday, July 1, 1976 8 a.m.
All ships leave Newport, Rhode Island for
New York in 2 fleets.
1. All largest ships to head straight for
Sandy Hook and to participate in New
Jersey pre-parade event.
2. Smaller ships to proceed toward Hell
Gate via Long Island Sound, with stops
Friday night at such ports as Hundtington,
Oyster Bay, Sea Cliff, Port Washington,
Flushing and their counterpart points on
the New York side of the Sound.
Saturday, July 3, 1976
All day ceremonies at Sandy Hook for major
vessels at anchor.
All day passage of ships down East River from
Hell Gate, with their end anchorage point
being Sandy Hook or Gravesend Bay.
Sunday, July 4, 1976
Parade - starting at 10 a.m. concluding
around 2 p.m. Reviewing fleet to be made
up of Naval vessels, headed by a carrier and
support fleet; Coast Guard cutters and perhaps
50 foreign naval units, at anchor, on New Jers
side of Hudson River up to George Washington
Bridge.
Captains will all come together for brief
ceremonial. Ships will them proceed with aid
as required to assigned piers. Piers in all
5 boroughs and New Jersey to be used.
Monday, July 5, 1976
Grand Ball for cadets at Port Authority new
passenger ship terminal. Other balls for
officers, for paid crews, perhaps for Naval
crews at other locations (South Street,
Seamens Church Institute, etc.).
Tuesday, July 6, 1976
Ticker Tape Parade (held on regular working
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day so business community can benefit). To
include all crew members, cadets, officers,
bands etc. from wll visiting ships: naval
vessels as well as sailing ships. From
Battery Park up Broadway to City Hall plaza.
Wednesday, July 7, 1976
Tuesday and Wednesday nights (also possibly
Sunday) to be the nights that the cadets will
be offered a night in a typical American home.
Some vessels will leave Wednesday.
Thursday, July 8, 1976
Remaining ships, perhaps with some except-
tions will leave.
General:
Tours will be available each day to historic
sites and recreational areas.
A large hospitality center will be available
for the cadets to meet with each other as well
as local youngsters.
Frank 0. Braynard
Room 72N
One World Trade Center
New York, New York 10048
(212) 466-1997
LIBRANY GERALD
mithsonian Seamen Prepare For Op. Sail '76
pens Show
In seaports the world over, men and
boys (and a few girls) plus majestic
sailing ships are preparing for a parade
"
that is still a year away.
STATE
n D.C. Mall
The occasion will be Operation Sail
LIBRARY
1976, and the climactic moment will be
July 4 in New York Harbor. The partici-
Many diverse themes coalesce in this
pants will be one of the largest assem-
nmer's Festival of American Folklife,
blies of square-rigged sailing ships that
sented by the Smithsonian Institution
the world has ever seen. More than a
the National Park Service on the Mall
hundred sailing ships will converge on
Washington.
New York on that date, the crews will be
This year one theme will cover "Native
fated there will be hall endo
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THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 16, 1975
Dream
Sets Sail
In 1976
By JOANNE A. FISHMAN
Frank Braynard wouldn't
know a Mako from a Snark
a Swan from a Salty
Goose. But he is the moving
orce behind one of the big-
boating projects ever-
Name Operation Sail
THE NEW YORK TIMES, SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 1975
'76 Sailing Race to Recall Spirit of '64
By WILBUR A. HOLLANDER
"So far, we have 16 private
than 25,000 sailors in port, with
For Frank Osborn Braynard,
yachts from Poland, and 10
a naval vessel representing
from Holland. And this time we
each participating nation in a
an author and illustrator with
have the participation of the
file on the Narrows. The main
a special fondness for the sea,
East European countries-Po-
reviewing stand, he said, would
imagination has seldom had an
land, the Soviet Union, Ruma-
be a United States aircraft car-
ebb tide.
nia and Yugoslavia. And we're
rier, with 3,000 distinguished
In 1964, during the World's
working on Bulgaria and Hun-
guests aboard.
was
.
mover
of
"It's
going
to
he
a
VESSELS WHICH HAVE ACCEPTED (IN WRITING OR VER-
BALLY) THE INVITATION TO PARTICIPATE IN OPERATION SAIL 1976
AMERICA (2-masted schooner-USA)
Address of new owner to come
BARBA NEGRA (. barkentine - flies Canadian flag)
Captain Albert J. Seidl
Owner-BARBA NEGRA
Nicholsons Caribbean Yachts
Box 103
St. Johns
Antigua
PACK PEARL
Barclay H. Warburton, III, Esq.
c/o The American Sail Training Association
Eisenhower House - Fort Adams State Park
Newport,
Rhode Island 02840
CHARLES W. DANA (schooner-USA)
Captain Skip Walter
c/o Marine Motivations
30-20 Willow Place
Douglaston, N.Y. 11363
CHARM III (schooner-England)
Church Wood Estate
R. Stansell & Partners
Plymouth, Devon
ENGLAND
chief
Chri
CLEARWATER (sloop-USA)
Captain Frank Fulchiero
GREAT
Hudson River Sloop Restoration, Inc.
88 Market Street
Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 12601
DANMARK ( bark -Denmark-Merchant Marine)
Captain Vilhelm Hansen
Koebmagergades
Post Kontor
Copenhagen. Denmark
CHIEF APTAKISIK
Charles L. Latimer, ED. D.
Deputy Superintendent of Schools
Balboa Heights, Canal Zone
CHRISTIAN RADICH (3-masted ship-Norwary-Merchant Marine)
Captein Kjeld Backen, R. No. N. (Rtd)
Manager, CHRISTIAN RADICH
Ostlandets Skoleskib
Prisensgt. 2 Oslo 1
Norway
DAR POMORZA (3-masted ship-Poland-Merchant Marine)
Rektor Kowaczyk
Wyzsza Szola Morska
Gdynia,
Poland
EAGLE (3-masted bark-USA-US Coast Guard)
Captain James Irwin
U.S. Coast Guard Academy
New London, Conn. 06320
EFFIE M. MORRISSEY (2-masted schooner-USA)
Mr. Harry Dugan
World Travel Films
Wynnewood, Penna. 19096
ELISSA ( bark -USA)
Galveston Historical Foundation, Inc.
P.I. Box 3021
Galveston
Texas 77550
EVELYN (2-masted schooner-flies Danish flag)
Mr. Rick Miller
Four Winds Copra Trading, Ltd.
P.O. Box 491
Mammaroneck, New York 10543
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ESMERALDA (4-masted bard-Chile-Navy)
Officer-in-Charge
Estado Mayor, General de la Armada
Correo Naval
Santiago, Chile
FREEDOM (2-masted Schooner-USA)
Port of Baltimore Sea School
Maryland Sea Service, Inc.
47-5 Roland Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21210
GAZELA PRIMEIRO (barkentine -USA)
Philadelphia Maritime Museum
321 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, Fenna. 19106
GLADEN (2-masted schooner-Sweden-Navy)
Officer-in-Charge
Royal Swedish Navy
100 14 Stockholm 100
Sweden
GLORIA (3-masted bark-Colombia-Navy)
Vicealmirante Jaime Barrera Larrarte
Commandante de la Armada Nacional
Fuerza Militares de Colombia
Bogota, D.E.
Colombia
GORCH FOCK (3-masted bark-Germany-Navy)
Federal German Navy
Kapitan zur See, Hans Freiherr von Stackelberg
Korvettenkapitan, Immo von Schurbein
Segelschulsciff "GORCH FOCK"
23 Kiel, Blucherbrucke
Germany
HALCYON
Captain Chris Phelan, Director
School of Navigation
Warsash, Southampton
England
GERALD
HARELDA
Captain Anthony Q. Keasbey, RCN (R.) Ret.
370 Riverside Drive Apt. 5B
New York, New York 10025
HUDSON BELLE
Hudson River Maritime Academy
Pier 1.Foot of 60th Street
JUAN SEBASTIAN DE ELCANO ( 4-masted bark-Spain-Navy)
Capitan de Fragata, D. Marcial Fournier Palicio
Commandente del Buque - Escuela Espanol
Madrid, Spain
PATHFINDER (2-masted brigantine-Canada)
Mr. Frederick C. Stinson, Q.C.
Toronto Brigantine, Inc.
P.O. Box 10035
36 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2K4
PERSEUS (3-masted square topsail schooner-USA)
Mr. Eugene Klakovich
321 Sapphire STreet
Redondo Beach, Calif. 90027
PIONEER (schooner-USA)
South Street Seaport Museum
16 Fulton Street
New York, New York 10038
PLAYFAIR (2-masted brigantine-Canada)
Mr. Frederick C. Stinson, Q.C.
Toronto Brigantine, Inc.
P.O. Box 10035
36 Adelaide Street East
Toronto, Ontario M5C 2K4
PRINCE LOUIS (gaff rigged schooner-USA)
Mr. Eugene Klakovich
321 Sapphire Street
Redondo Beach, California 90027
RICHARD HENRY DANA (schooner-USA)
South Street Seaport Museum
16 Fulton Street
New York, New York 10038
GERALD
TOVARICH (bark-USSR)
c/o The Embassy of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
Captain Anatoliv P. Zotov
Assistant Naval Attache,
2552 Belmont Road N.W.
UNICORN (brig-USA)
The Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard
775 Taylor Lane
Dania, Florida 33315
Poland has indicated that sixteen vessels
will come to OPERATION SAIL !
WESTWARD (schooner-USA)
Corwith Cramer, Jr., Esq.,
Sailing Education Association
3 School Street
Boston, Mass. 02108
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VESSELS WHICH HAVE INDICATED A DESIRE TO PARTICIPATE AND ARE EXPECTED 75% CERTAJ
BILL OF RIGHTS (schooner-USA)
Captain Joseph Davis, Jr.
Bowen's Wharf
Newport, R.I. 02840
BLUENOSE II (schocner-Canada)
&
Captain Oddmund Skodje
c/o Mr. John McCormick
Department of Tourism
Government of Nova Scotia
P.O. Box 130
Halifax, N.S. B3J 2M7
CAPTAIN JAMES COOK (schooner-USA- Seamen's Int'l Union)
Harry Lindbergh School of Navigation
Piney Point,
Maryland
CORSARO II (sloop-Italy)
Ministero Della Difensa-Marina
Secretary General's Office
Rome, Italy
HENRY ADAMS (schooner-USA)
Peter Nelsen, Esq.
Atland Corporation
1801 K Street Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20006
KRUSENSTERN (4-masted bark-USSR)
c/o The Embassy of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics
Captain Anatoliv P. Zotov,
Assistant Naval Attache
2552 Belmont Road Northwest
Washington, D.C. 20008
LIBERTAD (3-masted ship-Argentina)
Captain D. Raul Eduardo Suarez del Cerro
Centro Naval, Florida 801
Buenos Aires, Argentina
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL ( 3-masted schooner-England)
Sail Training Association
Bosham, Near Chichester
Sussex, England
ST. LAWRENCE II (brigantine-Canada)
Mr. F.A. MacLachlan, President
Brigantine Incorporated
152 King Street East
Kingston, Ontario K7L 3A1
VENDREDI 13 ( 3-masted schooner-France)
11, rue des Halles
75001 Paris,
France
VESSELS WHICH HAVE INDICATED A WILLINGNESS TO PARTICIPATE 50% CERTAIN:
L'ETOILE (schooner - France - Navy)
M. le Capitan de Vaisseau
Commandant l'Ecole Navale
29N Brest
France
HENRYK RUTKOWSKI (ketch-Poland)
Liga Obrony Kraju
Gdansk, Poland
KONSTANTY MACIEWJEWICZ
Mr. Leszek Kosek,
Grzyboska St. 30
Warsaw, Poland
REVOLUTION
ERPHOTO:
J.S. Coast Guard Cutter EAGLE, magnifi-
sail training ship of the Coast Guard
AMERICAN
BICENTENNIAL
New London, Conn., which will be
1776-1976
for OPERATION SAIL - 1976.
MADE AMERICA, AND IN THE SUM-
"Operation
OF 1976 THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD
SALUTE OUR MARITIME HERITAGE.
Sail" 1976
TRAINING SHIPS OF THE WORLD WILL
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IN AMERICAN WATERS BRINGING
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MESSAGE THAT THE BROTHERHOOD
HE SEA IS REAL. THE RENDEZVOUS
OFFICERS I
INCLUDE VISITS AT MANY AMERICAN
PORTS DURING 1976. KNOWN AS
Rear Admiral John J. Bergen, USNR
ERATION SAIL - - 1976" THE COLORFUL
Chairman Emeritus
IS RECOGNIZED BY THE AMERICAN
Emil Mosbacher, Jr.
LUTION BICENTENNIAL ADMINISTRA-
Chairman
AS ONE OF ITS MAJOR EVENTS.
Henry Geyelin
Vice Chairman
Robert Hubner
Those interested in learning more about
Vice Chairman
Chairman of the Executive Committee
PERATION SAIL may write to its head-
arters office in Room 73 W, One World
Barclay Warburton, III
Vice Chairman
Center, New York, New York
H. Alexander Salm
048. Volunteers are urgently needed
President
that office to type, file and help in many
ferent ways. Contact your local or Bi-
Ellen I. Sykes
ntennial Commission.
Secretary
Howard Slotnick
OPERATION SAIL 1976 is a tax ex-
Treasurer
non-profit corporation. (Donations
welcome. Please make out your check
Frank O. Braynard
General Manager
OPERATION SAIL - - 1976.) The proj-
was started by the South Street Sea-
I BOARD OF DIRECTORS $
Museum, famed maritime restoration
Richard Aldrich
on New York's lower east side. It
recognized by the National American
Henry Dormitzer
volution Bicentennial Administration,
Roger Fortin
Washington, and many state and city
Walter S. Gubelmann
centennial groups.
Bruce Inverarity
Jakob Isbrandtsen
Ships "LIBERTAD" and "EAGLE"
Alexander B. Lyon
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr.
Julian K. Roosevelt
Peter Stanford
Capt. Donald Stewart
Caspar Ewig, Esq.
A. R. G. Wallace, M.D.
d
"Many nations still maintain sailing ships,
Imost an anachronism in the nuclear age,
ecause they believe there is no better way
build character in young men than sail
raining."
HARALD, Crown Prince of Norway
There are perhaps 35 major sail training
hips in the world. In addition to these there
re countless smaller sailing crafts used for
raining purposes. The Operation Sail com-
hittee, a private, non-profit organization of
ailing and maritime enthusiasts, has invited
nese vessels to join in honoring our nation's
Sailing Ship "SAGRES" - Portugal
00th birthday by visits to American ports.
Danish Sailing Ship "DANNMARK"
Cadets in Sailing Ship Rigging
THE PROGRAM
HIGH GOALS
The British Sail Training Association has in-
OPERATION SAIL has high goals. There is
vited the world's sail training ships, large and
truth to the brotherhood of the sea. It has a real
small, to race across the Atlantic. Their sched-
meaning, especially today in the world of
ule is as follows:
atomic power and great risk to humanity sur-
Sun., May 2, 1976
Race from an English
vival. We are all sailors aboard spaceship
port to Lisbon
earth. The oceans bind us together, and OP-
Thurs., May 13, 1976
Cruise in company
ERATION SAIL will make this truth evident to
with crew interchange
many millions. It can be a positive force in the
from Lisbon to Tenerife
cementing of better relationships between the
Sun., May 23, 1976
Race from Tenerife to
peoples of the world. It will be.
Bermuda
An anticipated thousands of young people
Sun., June 20, 1976
Race from Bermuda to
from 20 to 30 nations will gather together, will
Newport, R.I.
sing together, will dance together, will parade
Sun., July 4, 1976
together. Will lead the world together in the
Grand parade of
generation oncoming. It is planned that ships
ships up New York
from this fleet will be able to visit many other
Harbor. After de-
ports on the Atlantic, Gulf, Great Lakes and
parting New York
Pacific coasts after their rendezvous at New-
ships will visit
port and New York.
other cities in the
United States.
Their presence will remind America of its
past maritime glories, will suggest that the
The races will be run by the Sail Training
seas still have much to offer.
Association, which since 1956 has done so
much to publicize the cause of sail training.
"AMERIGO VESPUCCI" - Italy
After the trans-Atlantic race the entire fleet
will enjoy the hospitality of Newport, R.I., and
will engage in various inshore regatta activi-
ties. On Thursday, July 1, the ships will leave
Newport for the parade to New York. Those
too large to get under the historic Brooklyn
Bridge will go "outside" to Sandy Hook,
where they will be welcomed by N.J. resi-
dents. All the others will pass down through
Lona Island Sound. with overnight stonovers
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Welcome Susan Ford,
The Bicentennial commemorative piece of scrimshaw that
you have been presented with is made from a slice of a
sperm whale tooth, an important link in American history.
The traditional art of scrimshaw has preserved the history
of this country and I hope you will wear this scrimshaw with
the same pride of the Americans that went down to the sea in
ships.
Captain Ken lish Ken Dick
BERALD
ARY
OF
Scrimshaw -
Sailing Ships and Whaling Men in Ivory
By Lydon Kuhns
If you are from New England, you
know what scrimshaw is. But most
people from other parts of the
country don't. John F. Kennedy first
brought scrimshaw to national fame
when he was president. It is said
that one of his favorite pieces of
al
scrimshaw was buried with him.
What is scrimshaw?
It's the art of carving pictures on
whale's teeth developed by sailors
on whaling ships in the days of Her-
man Melville. Scrimshaw is probab-
ly the only native American artform
developed by Caucasians.
"Scrimshaw, like gold, is where
you can find it," said Ken Dick,
owner of the Florida Clipper shop
on the St. Petersburg Pier, and one
of the few scrimshaw carvers in
whaling ships with fake gun ports,
Florida - or the nation. "It's days
giving the vessels the appearance of
RHEA
are certainly numbered and, in a
a ship-of-the-line or man-of-war
WITH
way, it's a lost art."
(war ships). Thus, in foreign waters,
The main reason for this is an em-
our young country gave the impres-
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bargo on whale ivory in the U.S.
sion of having one of the most
"Whales are now legally protected
powerful navies in the world.
in most countries," Dick said, be-
"The New England whalers had
cause some species of the mammal
carried the American flag around
are threatened with extinction.
the world, greatly adding to the
"Scrimshaw artists today use
knowledge of navigation and chart-
whale ivory purchased before the
ing the globe's seas.
embargo, or acquire it from docu-
"The initial purpose of whaling
mented sources," he said.
was oil made from the blubber. The
Ken Dick is a flurry of ambiguities.
teeth were discarded by-products
He admires whales and whole-
which some sailors picked up for
heartedly supports the embargo on
souvenirs. Some of the more artis-
their ivory - and elephant ivory,
tic mariners carved portraits of
too. He calls whales and elephants
loved ones on the teeth, inscribed
"two of the most beautiful mam-
messages or recorded scenes of
mals on earth."
whaling.
Yet Dick loves carving scrimshaw,
"My carvings depict the past, the
not on plastic (as some buffs are
great courage of the whaler throw-
HOP
proposing) but on genuine whale
ing a small harpoon into a whale
ivory. For the beginning scrimshaw
carver, plastic's fine. But not for the
veteran. It's the principle of the
thing. He feels he is preserving a folk
art and can't see plastic as a substi-
tute. To him, scrimshaw is a link
with the history of whaling ships.
"Whaling left a mark in history
that few people know or under-
Photos by Art Lopatin
stand," Dick said. "People should
delve into the history of the Ameri-
Above are some samples of Ken Dick's scrimshaw. The top two photos show the front
can whalers. By 1850, the New Eng-
(ship with sailing angle and sunburst) and back (square rigger passing another ship with
land coast boasted 700 whaling ves-
quote from Melville) of amedalian Dick made and wears. The middle photo is a medalian
with a portrait of Dick's wife, Rhea, incorporated into a nautical scene. And, bottom, is a
sels - now that's Yankee ingenuity!
whaling scene carved on an antique ivory letter opener.
"American sailors painted their
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FROM:
Jim O'Doherty
OPERATION SAIL 1976, INC.
Room 72 North
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OP SAIL76
New York, New York 10048
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
In far-off ports and on sea lanes charted by mariners centuries before
the invention of the smokestack and the oil slick, men and boys and majestic
sailing ships are getting ready for a parade that's still a year away.
And what a parade it will be. The date is July 4, 1976; the place,
New York Harbor, and the participants, the largest assemblage of square-riggers
the world has seen since the 1827 Battle of Navarino in the Mediterranean Sea.
The occasion will be OPERATION SAIL 1976, which its planners say will
likely be the most spectacular single event of the American Revolution
Bicentennial celebration.
Invitations to participate have been flowing out since May, 1974, to the
world's navies, merchant marine schools, marine museums and private owners. To
date, 15 countries have replied, promising more than 100 sailing ships measuring
100 feet or more in length for the parade. Twelve of these are the classic
three and four-masted windjammers of 200 feet or more.
"Tall Ships" committed so far are the Libertad of Argentina, the Esmeralda
of Chile, the Danmark of Denmark, the Gorch Fock of West Germany, the Amerigo
Vespucci of Italy, the Christian Radich of Norway, the Dar Pomorza of Poland,
the Sagres II of Portugal, the Juan Sebastian de Elcano of Spain, the Gloria
of Colombia, the U.S. Coast Guard's Eagle, which will be the host ship, and the
Philadelphia Maritime Museum's Gazela Primeiro.
By the time the marine parade date rolls around, it's estimated at least
20 of the "tall ships" will be in the processional line. Virtually all of them
are sail training ships with crews largely made up of cadets planning careers
at sea with their countries' navies or merchant marine.
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The OPERATION SAIL organization is a non-government, non-profit group.
Its membership comprises well-known yachtsmen, retired Navy and Coast Guard
brass, maritime industry officials and a growing crew of enthusiastic volunteers.
Chairman is Emil (Bus) Mosbacher, Jr., former U.S. Chief of Protocol
and twice the successful defender of the America's Cup. General Manager is
Frank 0. Braynard, marine author and historian and one of the founders of
Manhattan's celebrated South Street Seaport Museum.
Right now, says Mr. Braynard, the OPERATION SAIL organization ranks
two of its projects as having equal priority: to get as many members of the
world's dwindling windjammer fleet as possible to participate, and to raise
$500,000 to cover administrative, logistical and hospitality costs.
"At this point, we seem to be doing a better job in signing up the
square-riggers than we are in raising funds," he observed, saying the group
has raised less than one-fourth of the estimated budget required.
In a sporting show of broad-mindedness, Britain will play a major
role in attracting the ships to this marine commemoration of the independence
of her former colony.
The British Sail Training Association is inviting the sailing ships,
large and small, to race across the Atlantic to the New World. The fleet will
leave Plymouth on May 2, 1976, and race to Lisbon. On May 13 the fleet will
cruise in company from Lisbon to the Canary Islands, setting sail on May 23
in a race to Bermuda, and then, on June 20, sailing still another race to
Newport, R.I.
The last of the racing ships is expected to arrive in Newport by June
29 and after two days of festivities there sponsored jointly by the British
and the American Sail Training Association, the fleet will set sail for New
York on the morning of July 1.
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Most will proceed through Long Island Sound to anchorage in Gravesend
Bay by the afternoon of July 3. Ships too tall to pass beneath the Brooklyn
Bridge (127 feet) will head westward off the southern shore of Long Island and
make anchorage at Sandy Hook, N.J.
The Independence Day marine parade will begin at 10 a.m. the 4th and
will take four hours from the time the fleet's leader, the Eagle, gets underway
and the last ship passes up the Hudson River to the George Washington Bridge,
the end of the processional route.
The sailing ships will pass in review of distinguished visitors aboard
a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier. In connection with the naval review, it is hoped
there will be some 60 U.S. and foreign naval vessels in the Harbor.
After the parade, the visiting sailing ships will tie up at piers in
Manhattan, Brooklyn and New Jersey until the following Wednesday or Thursday,
and a round of entertainment is being planned for their professional and cadet
crew members, the latter estimated to number 6,000. A grand ball is planned
for July 5 at Manhattan's new Port Authority passenger terminal. A ticker-tape
parade will be held in the financial district on July 6 for the visiting cadets.
At the end of their New York stay, many of the ships plan to visit other
U.S. ports before proceeding home. Under plans now being drawn by OPERATION
SAIL regional committees, one group is expected to sail north to Boston, another
through the St. Lawrence Seaway to Great Lakes ports, and the third to Baltimore,
Philadelphia and on to southern and Gulf Coast ports.
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GREAT FORD
R.R. Gardner
donem
1200 North Shore Drive N.E. Apt. 403
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
July 18, 1975
Miss Patti Matsep:
The White House
Washington, D. C.
Dear Miss Matson:
You will recall that you offered to get Miss Susan Ford's
autograph for me if I would send you a picture I had taken
of her.
I took some pictures while Susan was here in St. Petersburg
but the sun was back of the folks on the platform and their
faces were in shadow and I was out in the crowd so I didnt
get very good pictures. However I am enclosing some I did take
and if you will get Susan's autograph, I will appreciate it
very much.
I think it was so nice of you to offer but then as one
Nebraskan to another, how could a nice person like you
do otherwise.
I was raised on a farm in Nebraska, attended school at the
Wayne State Teacher's College, taught school in Boyd County,
Nebrqska and served for a time as Attorney for the Federal
Land Bank of Omaha. So that should make me a Nebraskan.
However, I eventually wound up in Wyoming where I practiced
law until I retired.
Mrs. Gardner and I are especially interested in the Ford
Family. In the early days in Casper, Wyoming, Mr. and Mrs.
C. H. King, Grand Parents of President Gerald Ford,
were close friends of the Wilson Kimball family. Wilson
Kimball was Mrs. Gardner's Uncle. The Kings had four
children, two boys and two girls. Mrs. Gardner, when
visiting in Casper at her Uncle's home, met and knew the
two girls, Savilla and Marietta. And when Edness Kimball,
daughter of Wilson Kimball, and Mrs. Gardner's cousin,
was baptized, Mr. and Mrs. King acted as her God Parents.
Mr. King had stores in Casper, Glenrock and Douglas and
my home was in Glenrock.
R.R. Gardner
1200 North Shore Drive N.E. Apt. 403
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
One of the boys was named Leslie Lynch King and was the
father of President Gerald R. Ford. He married DOROTHY
GARDNER, (whom I would like to claim as a relative altho I
have no knowledge of any connection) . Then had one son
and named him Leslie L. King Jr. As you know, Leslie and
Dorothy were divorced and Dorothy then married Gerald R.
Ford who adopted Leslie and gave him the name of Gerald
R. Ford.
No doubt you are familiar with all this genealogy but
since it in a way, involved Mrs. Gardner and myself I
thought it might be interesting and I have made a little
family tree showing how it all happened. And because of
all this we will be most happy to have Susan's autograph.
She just might be my thirty second cousin.
With all good wishes and much appreciation, Iham
Sincerely
FORM
R. R. Gardner
1200 North Shore Dr. N. E.
St. Petersburg, Florida 33701
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OFFICERS
JOHN J. BERGEN, R. ADM., USNR
Chairman Emeritus
EMIL MOSBACHER, JR.
Chairman
HENRY GEYELIN
September 11, 1975
Vice Chairman
ROBERT HUBNER
Vice Chairman
Chairman of the Executive Committee
BARCLAY WARBURTON, III
Vice Chairman
H. ALEXANDER SALM
Miss Pat Matson
President
CASPER EWIG
Assistant Press Secretary to Mrs. Ford
Secretary
The White House
HOWARD SLOTNICK
Treasurer
Washington, D. C.
FRANK O. BRAYNARD
General Manager
Dear Miss Matson:
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
RICHARD ALDRICH
HENRY DORMITZER
Enclosed is our latest material on the progress
ROGER FORTIN
of OPERATION SAIL 1976.
WALTER S. GUBELMANN
BRUCE INVERARITY
JAKOB ISBRANDTSEN
ALEXANDER B. LYON
We will keep you informed as events take place
JULIAN K. ROOSEVELT
via our press releases and newsletter.
PETER STANFORD
CAPT. DONALD STEWART
ELLEN I. SYKES
Sincerely,
A. R. G. WALLACE, M.D.
Leon a Schertler
Leon Schertler
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the little pieces together. From them
came a magnificient spectacle that was
wonderfully breathtaking as the tall
sailing ships proceeded under a fog-
laden Verrazano Bridge only to break
into the bright sunshine as they passed in
single file before a flotilla of reviewing
ships in New York Bay.
But, before that memorable morning
and the rare sight of the sailing vessels,
plenty of hard work, planning and a
tremendous amount of effort made it
possible. Just who was the one who made
it possible? None other than Frank
Braynard. This is the chap who
persuaded the Government to name the
first nuclear merchant ship the
"Savannah". He is filled with a love of the
sea and ships
he is a brilliant historian,
very capable artist and the author of the
voluminous history of the "Leviathan".
He was a ship's news reporter at one time
for the late lamented N.Y. Herald
Tribune. He is back again getting the tall
ships in line for July 4, 1976. He also is the
man who is shaping up the South Street
Seaport that will someday be New York's
biggest tourist attraction.
After the New York Bay rendezvous
next summer, some of the Tall Ships will
head down the East Coast. The "Eagle"
of the United States Coast Guard
Academy and perhaps several of the
foreign vessels will sail into the St. John's
River July 23, 1976 for a 3-day
bicentennial salute to the Number One
Port in the South Atlantic.
Plans are now being made by Captair.
Leonhard Andersen, Warren Anderson,
W. D. (Billy) Lovett, Frank Allcorn,
Captain Ed Dorr, Captain Ernest Mur-
dock, Lt. Cmdr. Jim McCartin, Bill New-
burn, and others to make the ships wel-
come here. Capt. William R. (Bob) Parker
will be chairman of a special Propeller
Club committee to assist arrangements.
Dick Gourley is vice chairman.
THE TALL SHIPS AGAIN
Susie Ford, the daughter of the
president, christened "OPSAIL "76," the
Morgan detach donated to the committee
By Harry P. Hart
for use as the committee boat in "76. The
Chief Executive's charming daughter
When "Operation Sail" was held in
States Coast Guard"; and the writer
was attired, appropriately enough in a
New York Harbor in 1964, it was
journeyed from New York to
red, white and blue pants suit as she
commonly thought that it would be the
Washington to meet with the naval
smashed the bottle of champagne across
last gathering of the "Tall Ships." But,
attaches of many foreign countries in the
the bow of the Morgan boat and named
fate and Frank Braynard have deemed it
British Embassy. It was a colorful and
her "Opsail "76" in St. Petersburg, June
otherwise! Frank was the guiding genius
interesting afternoon with the various
27.
back in 1964 and now, a dozen years
officers united in the common bond of
In Defense of Sail Training. Some
later, he emerges again as the moving
the sea. Also bottled in bond.
people reading about the "Tall Ships" are
force behind "OPSAIL "76" - Sailing's
The British Embassy was the
liable to be critical of their use in the
Salute to the Bicentennial Celebration of
appropriate meeting place since Prince
education and training of the future
the United States.
Philip enthusiastically accepted the
officers of ships in this day of modern
We remember the early stages of
chairmanship of the international event.
technology, satellite navigation and push
"Operation Sail." Probably the first
President John F. Kennedy was an
button controls. But, let the skippers of
official movement was made in 1963
equally enthusiastic sailing buff and his
these training vessels sound off, as they
when Frank; C. Bradford Mitchell, the
interest in "Operation Sail" was
did during their visit to New York in
able historian; the late Commodore John
tremendous.
1964.
Bayliss, "the grand old man of the United
But, it was Frank Braynard who put
Captain William Earle, skipper of the
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The Nation's Capital, led by its Number One resident, was an important
source of news and support for us during recent weeks.
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
--- President Gerald Ford
warmly endorsed OPERATION
July 3, 1975
SAIL in a letter to
Ambassador Emil Mosbacher, Jr.,
our board chairman.
Dear Ambassador Mosbacher:
You and your dedicated colleagues are to be commended
for your splendid effort to launch Operation Sail 1976
---- Susan Ford, the President's
18-year-old daughter,
as a major part of our Bicentennial observance.
flew to St. Petersburgh, Fla.,
I am convinced that this colorful and exciting event will
to christen "OP SAIL 76,"
provide a fitting opportunity to remember and salute the
our new staff flagship.
seagoing heritage which has played such a predominant
role in the development of our great country.
---- Secretary of the Navy
By bringing together major sailing ships from other lands
J. William Middendorf II,
you will also emphasize the international fellowship and
announced that an international
goodwill to which we are so totally committed and which
naval review will be held in
we recognize as an essential ingredient to a peaceful third
New York Harbor next July 4,
century of national life. You have my best wishes and my
complementing the OPERATION
full support in your endeavors.
SAIL review of sail
training ships.
Sincerely,
Herald R Ford
--- The American Revolution
Bicentennial Administration
designated OPERATION SAIL as
Honorable Emil Mosbacher, Jr.
recipient of a matching
Chairman
project grant of $40,000.
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JAPAN COMMITS TALL SHIP
The number of classic "tall ships" commit-
ted to participate in OPERATION SAIL 1976 has
been increased to a record 13 with the July
announcement by the Japanese Government that
it would send its magnificent NIPPON MARU to
parade with us up the Hudson River next July 4.
This great four-masted steel bark measures
318-feet overall and displaces 4,043 tons.
Operated by the Institute of Sea Training of
Japan's Ministry of Transport, she carries a
complement of 19 officers, 47 ordinary seamen
and 112 to 120 cadets in training for the
merchant marine.
The NIPPON MARU was built in 1930 at the
Kawasaki Dockyards in Kobe. During World
SUSAN FORD TRADES HONORS WITH OPERATION SAIL
NIPPON MARU
War II she was more fortunate than five of her
sister training ships, which were lost to
Susan Ford, 18-year-old daughter of the President, flew to St. Petersburg, Fla., to
bombs or mines, and survived to spend the immediate postwar years in transporting repatri-
formally christen "OPSAIL '76," our new staff flagship, and in the process was herself
ates from other Pacific lands back to their Japanese homeland. She resumed her normal
named as OPERATION SAIL's "First Cadet." Her new title testified to the fact that the
schedule of peacetime training cruises in 1953, calling first at the Hawaiian Islands.
true "stars" of next year's event will be the thousands of cadets who will man the
sailing ships. Young men and women from 15 through 25 years-of-age, they are of
To send this ship to New York will be a substantial undertaking. She plans to sail
her generation.
from Japan on April 15, a full two and one-half months before our event. Meanwhile,
Japan's Finance Ministry has allocated 400 million yen (or $1.3 million U.S.) for new
The christening took place June 27 in a festive setting on St. Petersburg's harbor.
engines and fittings in preparation for the voyage.
The ceremonies were arranged jointly by that city's Bicentennial Commission and
Morgan Yacht Corpporation, which donated the 41-foot Out Island ketch for OPERATION
OLDEST OF ALL?
SAIL's use as a floating executive office until our program terminates late next year.
In the less than two months OPSAIL '76 has been at work, she has called at Miami,
Perhaps the oldest ship in our July 4th fleet
Jacksonville, Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk, Long Island's Sea Cliff and Port
will be the Philadelphia Maritime Museum's great
Jefferson, and New London, Conn., for meetings between our staff executives and local
barkentine GAZELA PRIMEIRO. Built in Cacilhas,
Portugal, in 1883, she is one of the very few
OPERATION SAIL committees planning to join our national program. Early calls also
wooden ships of her time and type left in the
are scheduled for Washington, D.C., Baltimore and Philadelphia.
world. The last of the Portugese square-rigged
fishing fleet, she worked at her trade until
just six years ago, sailing every spring from
Lisbon to the fishing grounds off Newfoundland's
WORLD NAVIES TO REVIEW OPERATION SAIL
Grand Banks. Fishing from single-man dories in
the open sea, it often took six months before
Navy Secretary Middendorf, at left in photo,
her hold was filled with salted cod and she
as he informed OP SAIL Chairman Emil Mosbacher
could return home.
that an International Naval Review will be
held in conjunction with our parade of sail-
This 178-foot vessel was built of Portugese
ing ships in New York Harbor next July 4.
pine cut from a national forest preserve planted
in 1460 by Prince Henry, The Navigator, expressly
More than 90 maritime nations are being in-
for the building of ships. This fine old ship,
vited to send destroyer-type ships to form
the gift to the museum of an anonymous donor,
the naval review line, at anchor, for the sail-
will carry a crew of 37 to OPERATION SAIL. Life
past of the wind-driven OP SAIL participants.
will be somewhat spartan by today's standards.
Her only running water is from a hand pump in
The review line is expected to stretch the
the galley. The only bathing facility is a shower
full length of the 19-mile sail parade route
head -- on the open deck -- attached to the bottom
GAZELA PRIMEIRO
between the Verrazano and George Washington
of a bucket-filled water keg.
bridges.
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Port watchers along the Eastern Seaboard are having an uncommon treat this summer
as a number of international sailing ships pay visits amounting to mini-previews of
our parade next year.
Spain's three-masted topsail schooner JUAN SEBASTIAN
DE ELCANO visited Miami and New York City in May. The
colorful 79-year-old former Norwegian whaler BARBA NEGRA
and the Port of Baltimore Sea School's 100-foot staysail
schooner FREEDOM arrived together at Manhattan's famous
South Street Seaport on July 22, the old barquentine for
a three-week stay and the American training ship, two days.
Argentina's magnificent 206-foot, full-rigged
LIBERTAD is calling at New London, Conn., Aug. 12-18, as
guest of the U.S. Navy.
The Norwegian windjammer CHRISTIAN RADICH, a 298-foot,
full-rigged frigate, is causing a stir as she visits six
eastern port cities as part of celebrations marking the
150th anniversary of the departure of the first immigrants
from Norway to the New World. Her schedule: Miami, Aug.8-14;
Norfolk, Aug. 19-21; Washington, D.C., Aug. 22-26; Baltimore,
BARBA NEGRA
Aug. 27-29; Philadelphia, Aug. 30-Sept.4, and New York
City, Sept. 6-12.
When the Norwegian sail training ship ties up at the South Street Seaport on
the 6th she will be joining the U.S. Coast Guard's celebrated 265-foot bark EAGLE,
which will have preceded her into the museum's piers on Aug. 29 for a nine-day visit.
OP SAIL DECAL FOR DONORS
This striking decal (actually colored red, white and blue) is now available to
donors to OPERATION SAIL 1976, for application to windshields, store windows, briefcases,
handbags or any other articles our donor wishes to use to proclaim his or her support
of this historic event.
The decal will be provided to all who donate $5.00 or more to OP SAIL. It is
tax-deductible. Just fill out the coupon below, enclose your money order or check
made out to Operation Sail 1976, Inc., and send it on to us. We'll send your decal by
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COMMEMORATING OUR
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August 11, 1975
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Larry Elliston
WFLA-TV
905 East Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
Ms. Patty Matson
c/o The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C.
Dear Patty:
Here is the film I promised on Susan Ford sailing in Tampa Bay during
Operation Sail.
It's the out-takes, but I think she will like it. By the way, our report
on Susan was shown a couple of days later on NBC.
I've started keeping closer tabs on Susan since she was here, and I hope
this will be a good 18th year for her. I also think it's far-out that she's
into photography. I'm sorry I did not have the opportunity to talk with
her.
Patty, if I have the need for anymore communications up your way, I
hope you don't mind if I drop you a line.
Also, would it be possible to receive a Presidential Memento?
Sincerely,
Larry Elliston
October 26, 1975
Dear Larry:
Thanks so much for the film. Susan really appreciated
it and plans to include it among her treasured mementos.
Things of this type are really a treat for her to receive
because she can save them and they also bring back
many fun memories.
Again, thanks from Susan and me.
Sincerely,
Patti Matson
Assistant Press Secretary
to Mrs. Ford
Mr. Larry Elliston
WFLA-TV
905 East Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
P.S. Susan's having a ball with photography!
SAQ
October 26, 1975
Dear Larry:
Thanks so much for the film. Susan really appreciated
it and plans to include it among her treasured mementos.
Things of this type are really a treat for her to receive
because she can save them and they also bring back
many fun memories.
Again, thanks from Susan and me.
Sincerely,
Patti Matson
Assistant Press Secretary
to Mrs. Ford
Mr. Larry Elliston
WFLA-TV
905 East Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
P.S. Susan's having a ball with photography!
SAQ
October 26, 1975
Dear Larry:
Thanks so much for the film. Susan really appreciated
it and plans to include it among her treasured mementes.
Things of this type are really a treat for her to receive
because she can save them and they also bring back
many fun memories.
Again, thanks from Susan and me.
Sincerely,
Patti Matson
Assistant Press Secretary
to Mrs. Ford
Mr. Larry Ellisten
WFLA-TV
905 East Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
P.S. Susan's having a ball with photography!
SAQ
FORD LIBRARY
October 26, 1975
Dear Larry:
Thanks so much for the film. Susan really appreciated
it and plans to include it among her treasured mementos.
Things of this type are really a treat for her to receive
because she can save them and they also bring back
many fun memories.
Again, thanks from Susan and me.
Sincerely,
Patti Matson
Assistant Press Secretary
to Mrs. Ford
Mr. Larry Ellisten
WFLA-TV
905 East Jackson Street
Tampa, Florida 33602
P.S. Susan's having a ball with photography!
GENAU FORD
SAQ
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St. Petersburg Times - DICK DICKINSON
A smile reflects Susan Ford's enjoyment - which extended a two-hour sail to three hours.
Smooth sailing
on Tampa Bay
for Susan Ford
By HELEN HUNTLEY
St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
When Susan Ford returns to Washington, D.C., she'll take
back a St. Petersburg sunburn and memories of a "good time"
sailing on Tampa Bay.
In town to christen a 41-foot yacht in a Bicentennial cele-
St. Petersburg Time
Newspaper
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1975
St. Peteraburg Times - FRED VICTORIN
Susan Ford kicks off sail celebration
In the shadow of St. Petersburg's Bounty, Pres-
pagne on the bow of the yacht "Opsail." The
the
vessel
New York Times. . June 29, 1975
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United Press In
AT THE HELM: Susan Ford on Opsail in Tampa Bay Friday. She helped start
tennial celebration and had earlier christened the yacht. At the left is Repres
C. W. (Bill) Young, Republican from St. Petersburg, Fla.
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PRESIDENT'S DAUGHTER
ST. PETERSBURG, FLA. (AP) -- SAILING BUFF SUSAN FORD WILL TRY HER
HAND AT THE WHEEL OF A 41-FOOT YACHT TODAY, THE FLAGSHIP FOR A PROGRAM
HONORING OLD TIME THREE AND FOUR-MASTED VESSELS.
PRESIDENT FORD'S DAUGHTER WILL CHRISTEN THE YACHT, ''OPSAIL,' IN
BICENTENNIAL CEREMONIES. IT'S THE FIRST OFFICIAL FUNCTION FOR
*OPERATION SAIL '76,'' A PROGRAM TO EMPHASIZE AMERICA'S HERITAGE OF
THE SEA, PROGRAM LEADERS SAY.
FOLLOWING THE CERMONIES MISS FORD WILL TAKE A CRUISE ON TAMPA BAY,
ESCORTED BY COAST GUARD SHIPS AND A FLEET OF SAILBOATS.
'SHE'S REALLY INTO SAILING, SAID PATTI MATSON, FIRST LADY BETTY
FORD'S ASSISTANT PRESS SECRETARY.
MISS FORD PROBABLY WILL SPEND THE WEEKEND IN FLORIDA, MISS MATSON
SAID. SHE SAID MISS FORD WANTS TO VISIT HER COUSIN, DR. THOMAS FORD,
IN ORLANDO DURING HER TRIP.
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PEOPLE IN THE NEWS
TODAY IN TO WHITE AND BLUE PANTS SUIT, WENT SAILING ON A 41-FOOT
A ST. RED, PETERSBURG, FLA. (AP) -- SUSAN FORD, DECKED OUT FOR THE OCCASION
IT'S KICK OFF THE AMERICAN BICENTENNIAL'S OPERATION SAIL "76." YACHT
CHAMPAGNE PRESIDENT'S 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER SAID AS SHE SMASHED A BOTTLE THE OF
A GREAT DAY, AND IT'S GOOD FOR YOUNG PEOPLE,
IN CHRISTENING THE YACHT ''OPSAIL.'
BAY
WITH CRUISE. MISS FORD ABOARD, THE YACHT LED A FLEET OF SAILBOATS ON A TAMPA
COAST CRUISE AT NEW WHICH YORK WILL HARBOR. SEE A FLEET OF SAILBOATS BEGIN AN EAST
THE 1976 CELEBRATION THE YACHT 'OPSAIL'' WILL BE THE FLAG SHIP FOR A HERITAGE GALA JULY OF 4,
OPERATION SEA. SAIL'' IS DESIGNED TO EMPHASIZE AMERICA'S
Congressman C. W. Young, R-St. Petersburg Beach. The Florida
men at right were not identified.
Bicentennial celebration there. At left due is 28,1975
Bay, helm aboard the sailing yacht "Opsail" Ford, takes
Tampa, Fla., yesterday to help on hick. off a Tampa
Susan Mrs. Goes Sailing for Bicentennial United Washing Press tox International Star
the Susan Ford, daughter of President and
St. Petersburg Times - DICK DICKINSON
A smile reflects Susan Ford's enjoyment - which extended a two-hour sail to three hours.
Smooth sailing
on Tampa Bay
for Susan Ford
By HELEN HUNTLEY
St. Petersburg Times Staff Writer
When Susan Ford returns to Washington, D.C., she'll take
back a St. Petersburg sunburn and memories of a "good time"
sailing on Tampa Bay.
In town to christen a 41-foot yacht in a Bicentennial cele-
bration, the President's daughter had so much fun she
it
Pharmacy Studies Can Wait: Miss Florida
Story, Pictures, Pg. 1-D
National Awareness
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New Delhi
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Protesters
NEW DELHI (UPI) - Club- dira Gandhi, who warned of a
swinging police waded into un-
"widespread conspiracy" among
armed crowds of antigovernment
opposition political parties to
sympathizers Sunday, arresting
disrupt India's internal security.
at least 30 persons in the first
Opponents had called for Mrs.
known mass demonstrations under
Gandhi's resignation after her
India's state of emergency decree:
conviction June 12 for violating
(Sentinel Star Photo by Red Huber)
SUSAN FORD WAVES FROM GRAND PRIX: Sharing car is Suzy O'Hara with Barbara Manfuso, left, and Mrs. Tom Ford in next racer
Mickey
N Mates Meet Susan
By MARK HANEBUTT
trouble at the amusement park's
After they found Dopey, she
slipping through side doors to see
Senting! Star Staff
Grand Prix attraction and jumped
kissed him on the nose too.
the Hauhted M an S i 0 n, Space
Susan Ford, daughter of Presi-
up with mild fright when a guide
The photographers wanted shots
Mountain and Pirates of the
dent Ford, Sunday shook hands
on the Jungle Cruise shouted that
of that. They. swarmed around
Caribbean.
with Mickey Mouse, rissed Grum-
the mechanical hippo was getting
her, stumbling over their feet to
DV on the nose and watched
a
get - just the right position.
She arrived in Orlando late
angry.
to
Opsail '76
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SORC Changes
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