From: "Lutzke, Wendy" <wlutzke@WisconsinMaritime.Org> Subject: model ships and boats event in Manitowoc Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 21:08:11 +0000 Message-ID: <38FF74D83015DE44A62E51AEB2E68A96B4639B78@LAKE-ONTARIO.WisconsinMaritime.Org>
Wisconsin Maritime Museum to Host 40th Annual Midwestern
Model Ship Contest, Longest Running in Nation
MANITOWOC, Wis. - The Wisconsin Maritime Museum, 75 Maritime Dr., Manitowoc
, is pleased to announce that it is hosting its 40th Annual Midwestern Mode
l Ships & Boats Contest & Display on Sat., May 21 from 9-5 and Sun., May 22
from 9-2.
Fifty-six ships and boats created by accomplished modelers from eight state
s and one Canadian province will be on display. They will be part of the lo
ngest running juried model boat contest in the nation. Other activities inc
lude an outdoor radio controlled boat pond and the opportunity to vote for
the People's Choice model.
As a special feature to celebrate this anniversary year, an additional 37 m
odels will be part of the Masters Model Competition. These are gold award m
odels from previous years' contests.
Visitors will enjoy models representing a wide variety of boats and ships f
rom many eras, including a 1st century Sea of Galilee boat, an 18th century
longboat, a Richardson fishing boat, the USS Arizona, the Great Lakes side
wheeler Sheboygan, a Japanese submarine, and a US One design racing sloop,
to name a few. The public is welcome to view the models and enjoy the dayt
ime activities free with museum admission.
Sponsors of the model contest include: F.K. Bemis Family, Badg
er Air Brush, Wisconsin Scale Boating Association, Nautical Research & Mode
l Ship Society of Chicago, North Shore Deadeyes, Midwest Model Shipwrights,
Rocky Mountain Shipwrights, River Bluffs Maritime Museum, and The Nautical
Research Guild.
Wendy Lutzke
Director of Education
Wisconsin Maritime Museum
75 Maritime Drive
Manitowoc, WI 54220
920-684-0218 x 115
www.wisconsinmaritime.org