BY DENY HOWETH
Four Sheets to the Wind is a sea chanty band from Calvert County, Maryland. Members Rachel Patten, left, and Karen Jarboe play traditional sea chanties and sailing songs. BY DENY HOWETH
Lauren Baldwin, Delaware Seashore State Park interpreter readies the Lyle Gun to be fired at the wreck pole to begin the mock rescue. BY DENY HOWETH
Tahmeen Klein-Scearce, 8, and Ariana Klein, 3, look for fossils at the Ocean City Life-Saving Station Museum exhibit. BY DENY HOWETH
Jai Ailawadi, 9, tests the weight of the heaving charge that will be shot from the Lyle Gun during the rescue demonstration. BY DENY HOWETH
Brendan Healy, 8, tries his hand at making modern-day scrimshaw with a bar of soap as Aidan Healy, 2, keeps a watchful eye on the process. BY DENY HOWETH
Mary Poudel, lead interpreter, demonstrates the heft of a line. BY DENY HOWETH
Tracy Mulvany, president of the Lewes Lightship Overfalls Foundation, tests out the scrimshaw craft. BY DENY HOWETH
Sarah Schapira, a naturalist intern gives Aidan Healy, 2, a shark tattoo at the face-painting table. BY DENY HOWETH
Delaware Seashore State Park interpreters (l-r) Alex Peterson and Lauren Baldwin are joined by U.S. Coast Guard Bryan Thurman BM1 and Steve Klein, BM1, securing a line during the rescue demonstration. BY DENY HOWETH
Nick Muskalla, U.S. Coast Guard executive petty officer, is rescued from the wreck pole during the Breeches Buoy Rescue Demonstration. BY DENY HOWETH
The third annual Maritime Heritage Festival was held July 21 at the Indian River Life-Saving Station in Delaware Seashore State Park. Musical entertainment, local historical societies, the Delaware Tech Treasures of the Sea Exhibit and the Lightship Overfalls were among the exhibitors.
The highlight was the Breeches Buoy Rescue Demonstration, which portrays a historic shipwreck rescue. Coast Guard members joined Delaware Seashore State Park interpreters to show the difficulties that faced the U.S. Life-Saving Service of years past.
Storyteller and musician Matthew Dodd shares what life was like aboard old sailing ships.
