Join us as Red Moulinier gives a history of the past 22 years of Harbor of Refuge Lighthouse restoration and the challenges the Delaware River and Bay Lighthouse Foundation have faced. The lighthouse anchors one end of Lewes’ Outer Breakwater, and this presents hazards to the lighthouse structure. The talk will cover how the Foundation continues to work with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to solve some of these issues. Red will also talk about past lighthouse tours and the sunset cruises that the foundation runs every year.

Join us on Saturday May 17th between 11 am and 3 pm for a celebration of Lewes’ maritime history! Free and open to the public, there will be an opening ceremony at 11 am to recognize National Maritime Day, acknowledge our Overfalls members who have recently passed over the bar, to induct the 2025 Delaware Maritime Hall of Fame honorees and to celebrate the reopening of the Lightship Overfalls (LV-118) for the season. Come stroll the vendor exhibits, have a bite to eat, enjoy live music provided by Historic Lewes and Minus 2 Plus 1 and experience the boat tours and demonstrations throughout the day. Exhibits and the ship will be open for free visits and tours starting at noon. Additional details will be provided as we get closer to the event.

If looking to be an Exhibitor, please email us at Lewes.Maritime.Day@overfalls.org

Featuring Matt Robinson Guitar

At this event, kids will receive an introduction to fishing, learn how to fish from the public docks on the Lewes Canal, bait a hook, retrieve a fish gently, fishing etiquette, and learn of resources available relative to paddle sports, beach rentals and fishing from CHSP pier.

• Target audience: kids 5yrs to 13
• Casting contest (accuracy) on grass of CFP
• Supervised fishing from city docks
• Life Jacket Demonstration
• Breakwater Bait and Tackle – Delaware Paddle Sports – Sea Scouts

Featuring Cathy Gorman; followed by the Canalfront Park Concert by the Gatsby Gang

Learn about the history of sailing and the history of sailing in the Delaware bay. Board three beautiful yachts that compete in local and open ocean races.. Meet three of the top sailors in the state, including one of the most impressive female sailors in the country. Hear about how sails are raised and lowered and how lines and halyards are used.

• Kids 5yrs and up
• See the inside and decks of three of the fastest yachts in Lewes
• Learn about how sailing has affected our local history
• Hear “Sea Stories” from three of the “Saltiest” sailors in the state
• Learn how sails are raised, lowered, and changed to maximize speed in a regatta

featuring Bob Crabb, followed by the Canalfront Park Concert with Mike Hines and the Look

Knots are used for sailing, rock climbing, camping, trucking, boating, fishing, surgery, decorating and many more different activities. They can be made from a variety of different materials such as rope, cord, twine, yarn, and thread. Participants will each receive a 3’ piece of sailboat line to learn knots and to take home to practice knots they have learned. Kids will be taken onto the Lightship Overfalls to learn some basic knots and to see how and where they are used on a ship.

• Kids 5yrs and up
• Learn to ties basic knots on their “pet rope”
• Be taken aboard the Historic Lightship Overfalls to learn about how and where knots are used on a real ship

Featuring (our own) John Bolster

featuring Cathy Gorman; followed by Canalfront Park Concert by the Funsters