Happy Earth Day!

Show your love for nature on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day LAMI’s programs provide young people with an extraordinary and enriching connection to nature and the ocean. Please also show your LOVE for LAMI on this EARTH DAY by donating here.

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Hello Educators

Hello Educators! To support you as you adjust to life in the virtual classroom due to COVID-19, Los Angeles Maritime Institute has launched a Digital Resources Page. In this new series, Los Angeles Maritime Institute provides tools and resources for online teaching success. You will find written lesson plans (with California K-12 and NGSS standards attached) linked to ship…

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March 27, 2020 Is Our 28th Anniversary

Dear Family and Friends of LAMI, Yesterday, Friday, March 27, 2020 marks Los Angeles Maritime Institute’s 28th anniversary as a non-profit serving young people though empowering experiential programs aboard our sailing tall ships. This happy occasion is usually celebrated at LAMI’s Building G with plenty of pizza and reminiscing around tables with folks from every…

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LAMI: COVID-19 Update Doing Our Part to Flatten the Curve

Los Angeles Maritime Institute (LAMI) prides itself on prioritizing safety in every aspect of delivering once-in-a-lifetime educational adventures to young people at sea aboard our sailing tall ships. One of the essential lessons working at sea teaches us is to be prepared for any unknown circumstance and to quickly respond to, adjust for, and solve…

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Unfurling the World

The film Unfurling the World; The Voyages of Irving and Electa Johnson will be screened in LAMI’s Building G. Gary Jobson, film Producer, narrator, America’s Cup winner, accomplished sailing coach and race competitor, author and VP on the Board of World Sailing will present opening remarks and lead a Q&A following the film. This event will provide all LAMI supporters, volunteers, crew…

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Swift of Ipswich is Back in the Water

About a week before that crisp, damp Friday morning, December 6th, 2018, the final trunnel was hammered into the hull of the Swift of Ipswich. The last thru-hull was inspected, the new bottom paint dark as a starless night, her topside red and yellow as the sunrise, every hull plank and keel bolt longing for…

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